{"id":9524,"date":"2015-05-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T21:08:45","slug":"monthly-summary-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/monthly-summary-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Summary: May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MonthlySummaryBlogMay2015.png?resize=640%2C612\" width=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\nOh. My. Gosh. This has been a busy month, the busiest one of the year by far. I&#8217;ve been traveling and seeing family like crazy, plus writing to get my books ready for submission to editors and agents. Writing has been TOUGH to squeeze in, but I have managed it&#8211;except I fell behind and now I have to catch up. Still, it has been a fun month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What I did:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.) I&#8217;ve been writing every day this month with a minimum of 1000 words and a max of 3000 and I&#8217;m finally nearing the end of the rewrite of <i>Red Hood<\/i>! I&#8217;ve also been writing in <i>Subsapien Biomech<\/i> when I can, but I may not finish until participating in the July Camp NaNo (which I was <i>not<\/i> planning on, but this book needs to be done. \ud83d\ude1b )<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-5-14_MorColoredCroppedDarkEffectWallpaper2.png?resize=320%2C133\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n2.) I wrote a review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksundergrace.com\/movies\/review-avengers-age-of-ultron\/\"><i>Age of Ultron <\/i>for Geeks Under Grace<\/a>! I looooved the movie!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Avengers-Age-of-Ultron-Poster.jpg?resize=216%2C320\" width=\"216\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n3.) I went to my cousin&#8217;s wedding in Tennessee and saw a lot of my family! It was so fun. We stayed in an awesome hotel with clear elevators and my own little desk for writing.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-162B16.47.10.jpg?resize=239%2C320\" width=\"239\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Me (left) and my sister Mc&#8217;Khayla (right)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n4.) I finished <i>From the Mouth of Elijah<\/i> by Bryan Davis and&nbsp;<i>Failstate: Legends&nbsp;<\/i>by John W. Otte! Reviews coming up soon!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/91964ef044c547048c306f89f1a00fb6.jpg?resize=212%2C320\" width=\"212\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n5.) I did (and still am at the time of writing this post) visiting my best friend down in Florida for her high school graduation! We&#8217;ve been writing together the last few nights! She pretends to hate it, but we both know better.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2015-05-292B21.31.17.jpg?resize=239%2C320\" width=\"239\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Me (left) and bestie Cassidy (right)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>6.) I&#8217;ve finished at least one drawing this month: Happy Matt! The first happy one I&#8217;ve drawn lol. I&#8217;m trying to finish the Matt expressions, but this month has been so busy &#8230; Oish. I&#8217;m chronicling my drawing challenge over on my <a href=\"http:\/\/ladyelasa.deviantart.com\/\">deviantART<\/a> which I really need to update &#8230; I will when I get back from my trip lol.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/HappyMattColored.png?resize=260%2C320\" width=\"260\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">What I Learned:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.) Don&#8217;t Procrastinate &#8211; I&#8217;m really regretting procrastinating with <i>Red Hood.<\/i> It was due to busy-ness yes, but I should have focused more then I wouldn&#8217;t have to write 20,000 words in two weeks. So basically stick to your project and stay focused and schedule around vacation time.<\/p>\n<p>2.) Writing in Bits &#8211; To catch up on writing I&#8217;ve had to get over 3,000 words every day before going out of town which is way above my average. What helped me accomplish this was writing in bits. Every hour I would write for ten minutes, in which I would get 250 or more words written. This way it spread out the work and made that large word count far less intimidating.<\/p>\n<p>3.) SCHEDULE &#8211; Like I&#8217;ve said, this month has been nuts and I would never have gotten all my posts in consistently if I didn&#8217;t plan out what I was going to post and scheduled as many as possible. I cannot stress this enough. If you want to be consistent then planning your blogging schedule for the month (or even further ahead), then posting on time becomes far easier.<\/p>\n<p>4.) Line by Line Editing in Person is Fun &#8211; Since I&#8217;ve been at my bestie&#8217;s the last few days, I&#8217;ve been able to be with one of my writing buddies in person. During that time, she has helped me edit blog posts (like this one). It&#8217;s really fun to read out a post and have your friend give you live critique of it.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: blue;\">(EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE. Yep. This has been happening. ^ ^ Frequently and often. It&#8217;s fun for the editor, too :P)<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/10406584_904268112947631_624601357644722826_n.jpg?resize=240%2C320\" width=\"240\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Me (left) and my bestie Cassidy (right)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>5.) Word Warring in Person is Fun &#8211; My bestie and I have also been word warring the past few nights despite our full schedules. It&#8217;s really been a motivator and it&#8217;s fun to discuss the warring sessions between each war. Doing it over chat is fine, but in person is definitely the best.<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\">What I&#8217;m Going to Do:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.) I&#8217;m going to finish the rewrite of <i>Red Hood<\/i> by June 7th and start micro edits that Monday! Normally I would wait a bit, but I&#8217;m on a time limit since I want the book to be ready by September. I&#8217;m also going to continue to try to get <i>Subsapien Biomech<\/i> done. July for sure. Working on two books at the same time is hard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/NewSubsapienLogo.png?resize=320%2C144\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n2.) In the drawing department, I&#8217;m going to work on Emil&#8217;s and Mor&#8217;s expression challenges and hopefully finally get to that Matt and Bryce drawing of them happy.<\/p>\n<p>3.) My cousins are coming to visit from South Carolina!<\/p>\n<p>4.) Some friends of mine are coming up to go the zoo!<\/p>\n<p>5.) I&#8217;m currently reading <i>The Seventh Door<\/i> by Bryan Davis. Next I&#8217;m going to read&nbsp;<i>Omega Dragon<\/i> by Bryan Davis and <i>Failstate: Nemesis<\/i> by John W. Otte.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/9780899578828.png?resize=212%2C320\" width=\"212\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Last Month on Stori Tori&#8217;s Blog &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The top five most popular post on the blog for May 2015 were:<\/p>\n<p>1.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/05\/writing-lessons-from-tv-shows-avatar.html\">Writing Lessons from TV Shows: Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/LessonsfromTVShowsAvater.png?resize=217%2C320\" width=\"217\" \/><\/div>\n<p>2.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/05\/beautiful-people-9-ingrid.html\">Beautiful People #9: Ingrid<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/9c6339d698b08dd35b1a7860f1deb0fd.jpg?resize=262%2C320\" width=\"262\" \/><\/div>\n<p>3.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/05\/the-book-of-encouragement.html\">The Book of Encouragement<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TheBookofEncouragement.png?resize=320%2C241\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n4.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/05\/interview-with-dina-red-hood.html\">Interview with Dina (Red Hood)<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/a1ce961c7669877114008358865539b8.jpg?resize=222%2C320\" width=\"222\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n5.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/2015\/05\/7-tips-on-how-to-give-your-shorts.html\">7 Tips on How to Give Your Shorts Stories the Power of a Tornado, A Guest Post by Cassia Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/CassiaGuestPost.png?resize=320%2C212\" width=\"320\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Coming Soon to Stori Tori&#8217;s Blog &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">Here are some of the posts coming up!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">For Tea Tuesdays, we&#8217;ve got more <i>Firefly<\/i> blends coming up!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 5: I&#8217;m calling for questions for Faol, a werewolf from my steampunk fantasy <i>Red Hood<\/i>! The interview will be following two weeks afterward.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/b49f3b82891784cec9aacec257ca7a352B252812529.jpg?resize=320%2C302\" width=\"320\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Faol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 6: On this day, I&#8217;m doing a post on Inciting Incidents.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 12: I&#8217;m contributing in a blog tour for Turning Point, a really exciting YA collaboration project.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 13: A book review of <i>Song of the Ovulum<\/i> by Bryan Davis.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/song-of-the-ovulum-cover.jpg?resize=206%2C320\" width=\"206\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 20: A how to post most likely on anime relating to writing. I&#8217;ll probably update this with a confirmed title.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot; , &quot;times&quot; , &quot;freeserif&quot; , serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; line-height: 20.790000915527344px;\">June 26: Beautiful People!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nThat what be happening in the life of this aspiring writer! I&#8217;m slowly working my way toward my goals and I&#8217;m hoping one of these publishers for<i> Red Hood<\/i> will be the one. *crosses fingers*<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>How was your month? What did you do? Are you looking forward to any of the upcoming posts?<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; line-height: 20px;\">\nIf you liked this post, come back every Saturday for more writing advice, character interviews, book reviews and more!&nbsp;On Sundays I have Soundtrack Sundays where I post a new score piece, Tuesdays are Tea Tuesdays with tea reviews, Wednesdays I have Wonderful Word Wednesdays where I post a new vocabulary word, and Fridays are Fan Fridays where I post tags and other goodies.&nbsp;To help support my dream to be an author follow this blog, like me on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuthorVictoriaGHT\" style=\"color: #bf9000; text-decoration: none;\">Facebook,<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;watch me on&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ladyelasa.deviantart.com\/\" style=\"color: #bf9000; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;\">deviantART<\/a><span style=\"text-align: center;\">,<\/span>&nbsp;and follow me on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/storitori\/boards\/\" style=\"color: #bf9000; text-decoration: none;\">Pinterest<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VictoriaGHowell\" style=\"color: #bf9000; text-decoration: none;\">Twitter<\/a>. If you want to know more about my books check out them out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/p\/current-projects.html\" style=\"color: #bf9000; text-decoration: none;\">here<\/a>. Thank you! \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/victoriaauthor-1.png?resize=400%2C115\" style=\"border: none; position: relative;\" width=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh. My. Gosh. This has been a busy month, the busiest one of the year by far. I&#8217;ve been traveling and seeing family like crazy, plus writing to get my books ready for submission to editors and agents. 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