{"id":921,"date":"2020-03-31T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-25T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:14:10","slug":"monthly-wanderings-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-wanderings-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Wanderings: March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Monthly2BWanderings2BMarch2B2020.png?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">March 2020 has sucked. There&#8217;s no way around it. It hasn&#8217;t sucked not just for me but for the whole world. It&#8217;s been a month of destroyed dreams and lost lives. I&#8217;ve tried to stay positive about it but it feels like every string of hope I latch onto gets taken away.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><!--more--><br \/>\n<!-- more --><\/p>\n<h2>What I did<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">1.) Despite all of the chaos, I&#8217;ve managed to get an outline together for <i>The Rose in the Wolf <\/i>(formally <i>Red Hood<\/i>) and I&#8217;m now over 15K into the rewrite (not including the first five chapters which make up another 10K). So I feel like that&#8217;s a big accomplishment. Thank God the publishing world is still moving right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">2.) March has been &#8230; extremely hard, the hardest it&#8217;s been in nine years for me. I&#8217;ve either lost or have had one of my jobs suspended until further notice and in my other job I&#8217;ve been in grocery stores watching shelves be demolished and people walking around in masks and surgical gloves. It feels like the apocalypse. I almost wish I was forced to stay home because I&#8217;m tired of being amidst all of the stress. It&#8217;s gotten better over time, but that doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m not taking off some time next month to recover.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">My mental health has taken a big hit. I&#8217;ve cried &#8230; a lot. I&#8217;ve felt extreme loneliness because I don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;m seeing any of my closest friends or family again. I&#8217;m so grateful I got to see three of them in February, but I&#8217;m afraid I won&#8217;t see any of them again for a very long time and that just crushes me.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">Escapism has been my best coping mechanism. I&#8217;ve CCed, written, watched anime, GMM, read books, and played video games. When I&#8217;m lost in those fictional worlds, I forget about how broken ours is right now.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: yellow;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">3.) I&#8217;ve finished <i>Let the Ghosts Speak <\/i>by Bryan Davis and <i>Mistborn <\/i>by Brandon Sanderson and have enjoyed both. ^ ^<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">4.)<span style=\"background-color: white;\">\u00a0I wanted to have an\u00a0<i>A Quiet Place II<\/i> review up on Culture Eater, but the release has been suspended. I&#8217;ve anticipated this film for years &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-012B21.22.29-2.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>The Geeky Department<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.) I got to play<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/span><i>Ori and the Will of the Wisps<\/i> which is a game I&#8217;ve anticipated for years and years. I adored the first one and I enjoyed the second one equally. Gorgeous storytelling, beautiful music, and graphics of your dreams.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-132B17.18.20.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.) I&#8217;ve finally finished\u00a0<\/span><\/span><i>Final Fantasy X<\/i>! I played the game up until the last few bosses then watched the YouTube gameplay because I didn&#8217;t feel like making the effort. XD But I really enjoyed the story!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-022B20.25.39-1.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">3.) My new solace has been\u00a0<\/span><\/span><i>Animal Crossing: New Horizons<\/i>. I played the original Animal Crossing as a kid on my Nintendo DS and when I saw the trailer for this new edition I knew it was the game for me right now. It&#8217;s relaxing and adorable.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-272B16.45.29.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What I&#8217;m Going to Do<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">1.) I&#8217;m participating in CampNaNo with a 30K goal so I can get a good chunk of <i>The Rose in the Wolf <\/i>written.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">2.) I was going to MegaCon. I was so excited, but because of the pandemic it&#8217;s been canceled. It&#8217;s been moved to June and I&#8217;m praying that it can still happen, but I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m not supremely disappointed because that was my birthday plans &#8230;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">3.) I&#8217;m going to finish <i>The Ocean at the End of the Lane <\/i>by Neil Gaiman and start <i>Firstborn <\/i>by Tosca Lee and maybe <i>Son of Neptune <\/i>by Rick Riordan.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-272B16.24.12-2.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Last Month on Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak.html\">A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/writing-lessons-from-video-games-legend.html\">Writing Lessons from Video Games: The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess vs. Okami<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/a-book-review-of-queens-resistance-by.html\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">A Book Review of the Queen&#8217;s Resistance by Rebecca Ross<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/scribetunes-soft-action.html\">ScribeTunes: Soft-Action<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/five-tips-on-designing-book-covers-for.html\">Five Tips on Designing Book Covers for Indie Authors Featuring TerriblyBadBookCovers<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/a-book-review-of-progeny-by-tosca-lee.html\">A Book Review of The Progeny by Tosca Lee<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/advanced-description-take-your-prose-to.html\">Advanced Description: Take Your Prose to the Next Level<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2020\/03\/scribetunes-somber.html\">ScribeTunes: Somber<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Coming Soon to Wanderer&#8217;s Pen &#8230;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>April 3: A Book Review of Let the Ghosts Speak by Bryan Davis &#8211;<\/b> I feel like this is Mr. Davis&#8217;s magnum opus. It has all of his favorite things wrapped up in one book!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">7:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Writing Lessons from Video Games: Final Fantasy X &#8211;<\/b> I was inspired by the game so I had to write a post about it!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>10: ScribeTunes: Skirmish &#8211;<\/b> A post about a playlist for your fight scenes!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">14:\u00a0<\/span>Now I\u2019m 27 &#8230; &#8211;<\/b> I&#8217;m honestly hesitant about writing this post because I&#8217;m not liking how my 27th year is going to look so far, but we&#8217;ll see what happens in the coming weeks.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">17:\u00a0<\/span>A Book Review of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson &#8211;<\/b> I really really enjoyed this book! It was so fun!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\">21: <\/span>A Book Review of the Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman &#8211;<\/b> This is a strange but deep book. I&#8217;m glad I read it though. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>24: ScribeTunes: Chasing &#8211; <\/b>A post about a playlist for your chase scenes!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">April<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>28: Monthly Wanderings: April 2020 &#8211;<\/b> Like this but for May, but if there doesn&#8217;t seem to be any improvement in well the state of the world I&#8217;ll be either lessening my posts to just once a week or going on hiatus in May. The only reason why I have a full April schedule is that I got most of these done in advance.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-192B15.31.09.jpg?resize=640%2C640\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'georgia' , 'times new roman' , serif;\">These are dark and scary times. I wish I could give some profound word to encourage you guys, but right now I just wanted to be real. I feel like I&#8217;m living in a YA dystopian novel as I watch the world. I&#8217;m just praying this crisis can be over soon not just for my sake but for everyone. And I&#8217;m praying for all of you readers to be safe and healthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How was your month? What did you do? Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming posts?<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 March 2020 has sucked. There&#8217;s no way around it. It hasn&#8217;t sucked not just for me but for the whole world. It&#8217;s been a month of destroyed dreams and lost lives. 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