Vivienne's Adventures

  I did it! I hit 50k, and managed to wrap up my story. Ten minutes later, I already miss them. but I got to give them a sweet ending, and realized just how unintentionally terrifying my MC Azzi can be. (lol do not get on her bad side, cause Dang.) But since I finished late on the 27th, technically the 28th, I'm still writing, taking notes for another book I want to write, and generally keeping in the writerly zone. or trying to. I'm starting to let myself relax a bit and read more in the series my sister got me totally hooked on. It's a nice change of pace to read someone else's story for a while.  How about you, anyone doing Nano, have you won yet? How close are you? ^_^

  So many people are running around, getting ready for the December holidays, and I'm over here, wanting nothing other than my tea and time to write. I'm nearly at the end of this story, and I'm realizing that maybe it doesn't want to be a full length novel, maybe just a novella. that's ok. I've learned a lot about my characters, and I've come to realize Azzi is highly amusing to write because she's got a flair for the dramatic and for unintentionally terrifying people that just makes those scenes so much fun.  I'm sad that we're nearly at the end, so I have to figure out just how to wrap up, but however my story ends, I'm pretty sure it wont be in a way I expect. ^_^ (Word count is currently at 47.5k!)

  Even though this year has majorly been on kind of lovely dumpster fire after another, I'm reminded of all the little things. Like being able to watch my nephew (I got lots of baby snuggles last night) ^_^ and being able to chat with one of my closest friends reminded me of when I visited her in February, and she discovered her old writing...And we were both amazed at the interesting quality of the work...I ended up starting a TLDR recap for one of our mutual friends, and it cracked us all up. We all need things that make us laugh, and we need things that show us how far we have come since we created it. It really helps put things into perspective. So, just for this week, I'm going to ignore all the things that are stressing me out, and I'm going to focus on the good.  (But don't worry, I'll still take all the safety precautions I need to) ^_^

  I'm going to give you a little tidbit of my project, to give you a sneak peek! The context for this scene is recently, Azzi found someone who was supposed to be able to help her, but instead, they didn't seem to have any confidence in her plan, and she, well, gave him a piece of her mind and then returned to the tavern. “Another one, Miss Cassidy?” Dori asked, holding up a bottle and smiling at another patron. “Yes, please.” Azzi put her head in her arms on the bar. “You know, too many aren’t good for you.” Dori said in a low voice, sliding something toward her. “I don’t care. It tastes good. And it’s helping me forget how stupid I was this morning.” She lifted her head and saw Dori crack a smile at her. “No-one’s perfect, Miss. Just the way it is.” With that, he bowed a little, and turned to another patron. (Can you guess what she ordered? It's actually not what you think! Keep reading!) Azzi wrapped her hand around the plate and drew it closer. She picked up the...

  This weekend, I got to spend lots of time with my nephew, and one of my favorite things right now is the fact that every so often he'll take a few steps on his own, but he also really likes to grab my fingers and take me for a walk. I keep him upright, and he takes me on a little adventure. Even if we're just doing circles around the tiny apartment, I enjoy it, and he get some energy out.  Little ones are so precious, and with the way this year has gone (it's been really rough on all of us, in a million different ways), I've come to really cherish the little moments I have with the Little One.  Also, you know, November is a good time to reflect on things, and be grateful for the good things in a frustrating, hard year, so I'm trying to do more of that. Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving! 💜

  As a DM, it's the little things I love. I mean, obviously it's fun when your players take over the session and plan a fighting tournament between themselves to "keep from being bored, also it's entertainment!" And then instead of the tanky druid managing to beat everyone, it was the tanky bard! (There were a number of rules set before the tournament began, and some players...managed to break one or two. One of the rules was 'cheating is allowed as long as you don't get caught.' My favorite part about this was that they came up with All the rules and the fight arrangement. All I had to do was monitor the fights and pipe in with the few notes I had that were still relevant.)  But it's also those moments with an 8ft tall cleric bashing in a door, not realizing the halfling ranger has the key until the monk takes the key and opens the door. (The cleric ended up closing the door and bashing it into destroy it just because...showering their two new fri...

  This week, my nephew and my sister watched me get my hair done (cut and color so that I was more purple and not so shaggy), and the Little One was fascinated at how my hairdresser (my amazing aunt!) washed my hair in the kitchen sink with all the plastic things to keep the rest of me from getting wet. Watching the Little One's face was amusing, as was being able to chat with my sister.  One of the things that made this visit so fun was that we're all in various places in this one book series. I'm far behind my sister and my aunt, but now we got my mom hooked on the series, and it's just amazing how excited we get, talking about favorite scenes and characters, and asking how far along someone is. I hope someday my books will bring about that reaction. ^_^