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Last week, went smoothly, which was strange.  I got most of what I wrote about done.  Which was a set up and reorganization of the writing projects.  I am still adding words to Makers because there is a half of a third scene plaguing me.  I was also looking over the scenes and notes for Connection Lost and searching for everything I wrote on the story now called Fayte.  If I wrote about in the past updates, it might be called Night Taxi or Kharon’s mantle.  None of these working titles worked for me. I decided to call the story after the female lead, her name is Fayte.  I am not sure about that name as a working title either, but I am going to go for it.  The last story that was prominent in my mind, last week is called Scions.  It is a story that deals with a half-dragon mage living in the modern world.  It is quite possible that listening to the Death Before Dragons series, reminded me that I had a story like Scions under development.   In the future I might share short summaries for these working titles. I know one was done with Connection Lost, but that story goes under the overall working title of Midnight Fantasy Witch Tech.  There might be some research involved before I do a whole recap. 

The side job of childcare has gone on hiatus.  I need to be able to make money to live.  I have started to look for another day job and that is a job in itself.  The resume has been revamped but since I’ve been sick, it effects the jobs that I am looking for now.  The hustle is long and frustrating.  My silver lining is that I got some coffee stickers, along with the stickers of my day planners and washi tape.  I plan to make my days in December look pretty on paper, reality may differ.  The decorate-for-the-holidays family members have move to their own houses.  I put most of my cheer out on the internet.  

The flower pictures I will be using for the month of December are snowdrops.  I saw an image and I just really liked it and collected all the ones I could for free. Thank you Pexels and WordPress.   I didn’t think to look up the flower for December.  Snowdrops are listed as a January flower, and holly and narcissus flowers are listed as December flowers.  My ignorance has placed me on a path I am sticking to.   I have done this before with birthstones and I think birth flowers.  Deciding on a set of images for the month helps with posts. 

As stated, before I am listening to the Death Before Dragons series by Lindsay Buroker, it is a nine-book series, and I am listening to book 5 Storm Forged. The series started off with the main character being a loner, she has now reconnected with her estranged family and has some found family as well.  Everything that has occurred is believable, so there is no room to call BS on anything. Lindsay Buroker is a slow-burn type of author.  Her main female characters always have a love interest, but it takes almost to the end of the series for them to get horizontal. I have only listened to the 2 series so far and this feels like a feature of the stories.  Her most recent series is based in the Death Before Dragon world. It is not free on YouTube, so it is on my wish list on Audible.

The goals for this week are to continue with the reorganizing of the writing projects.  One priority is to revise and update the essay on adaptations.  The second will be the outline for the December 21 essay that will be posted on Medium.com.  I will also be making changes to this website blog. Please if anyone has any constructive suggestions or criticisms, I am open to read it, by all means, share. 

That is all for now.  I hope these words find you all doing well.  Remember to be kind. 

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Last week, was all about the Thanksgiving holiday.  I spent time with my daughter, sister, and nieces. It was a blast, and I am still recovering from it today. Sorry not sorry for this late post. I accepted that no matter what happens now, I won’t be winning NaNoWriMo this year. So, Boo to that. The silver lining to all this is the 10k words I wrote. With a sigh of relief, I made note of the places in the story that gave me trouble and the plan is to work on them.  Makers and Mages will go through a type of overhaul and will most likely be the Camp NaNoWriMo project in April 2023.   

There are several projects I will review this week and figure out where they will go.   Over the summer I worked on an essay that I was proud of.  It needed to be updated and I planned to do it as a side project this month, but never got around to it.  I have two short stories that need their first drafts to be completed.  I need to seriously think about the content I am writing for the Medium account.  By the end of the first quarter of next year, I want to be in a paid partnership with them.  I have more thoughts on that subject but can’t share them right now. 

It just occurred that December will be the last month fourth quarter.  I like using this method to plan the year.  It is not as efficient as it could be but small steps to the greatest and all that. December is about the holidays, for me Christmas, Kwanza, and New Year’s.  It is also the month of reflection.  Many of the content creators I follow will either be reflecting upon the old year or sharing plans for the new year.   Not sure what the next four updates will be like a mix of both, I think. 

Last week, I wrote I won’t be looking into any new books.  That was a lie.  I was preparing seasoning for the Thanksgiving meal and started to listen to Lindsay Buroker’s Death Before Dragons series- book 1 was titled Sinister Magic.  This story is an urban fantasy, set in the modern world. The main character is a half-elf-human mercenary.  She is the classic loner but over the course of the series that is bound to change.  Lindsay Buroker has an interesting world-building style. There is a world similar to our own and then there are other realms ruled by shape-shifting dragons.  I have so many questions and only two or three were answered in the second book Battle Bonds.  I started to listen to that book over the commute from my niece and family’s apartment in Brooklyn to my house in Queens.

This week’s goal is to start planning for the success quarter of 2023.  It will be difficult because I only know half of what I should be doing.  I have promised over and over to write reviews on some of the things I read or watch.  It has not been abandoned.  I just have to adjust how many will be posted a month. 

That is all for now.  Congratulations to all the NaNoWriMo Winners.  I hope these words find us all doing well and sharing kindness all around.