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Wow! I am so glad I remembered that this was due tonight – I was super close to forgetting all about it! XD
This was taken in October when I went with my siblings on a road trip to San Francisco. We saw and drove across the Golden Gate Bridge and it was absolutely amazing! As we were driving back on the freeway, I got this shot which pleasantly caught me by surprise. I had only intended to get a picture of the sunset, but was excited to see the bird silhouettes in the shot, too!
That day was so much fun and definitely my biggest adventure yet 😀
What was your biggest adventure?
Love,
~Fluffet~
Hi everyone!
I decided to enter Megan’s BIBPC since a couple of the teams lost a few members, so I’m here today with my entry! 😀
This picture was taken at the place that my mom and I do our craft fair – it was really neat cause I don’t think I’ve ever been there at night before. I decided to take some photos with my camera while I waited on my mom – this was one of my favorite pictures I took! 😀
Let me know if you would like to see some more of my photography from the craft fair – I took quite a few pics 😉
Love,
~Fluffet~
*Deep breath*
Okay, you guys. I’m doing a scary thing here…
I am going to share with you a blurb for Painting Away the Darkness – the sequel to True Colors (which you haven’t read yet and you don’t even know what happens). Hopefully you won’t care about the spoilers, but if you would rather be surprised later in life when you read the books – then don’t read this blurb. XD
Painting Away the Darkness
“There used to be four of us… Now I’m alone.”
It’s been a year since Astrid, Connor, Sawyer, and Alina set out into The Wild to destroy The Dark Warrior – only to discover too late he was Connor himself.
Since then Astrid has been living alone; too ashamed of her failure to keep Connor in the light to return to Shano and face Zachariah. She decided to settle down in The Wild for the rest of her days, but when she receives a message of utmost urgency from Alina and Sawyer, she doesn’t hesitate to return to the aid of her friends.
Meanwhile, Connor has a thirst for vengeance and is ready to return to Shano in search of an old relic – The Eagle’s Flame – which will give him the remaining power he needs to destroy the old town he once called home and everyone in it – especially Astrid.
Connor is coming. Everyone is busy trying to think of a way to kill The Dark Warrior, but Astrid doesn’t believe he is all that dark and is determined to guide him back to the light.
Will Astrid be able to save Connor before the others kill him – or worse – before he kills them?
~~~*~~~
So there you go! This is my absolute favorite book/story I have ever written – it pulls at my heart and in the words of Katie Grace – it is my little baby novel. I love it so much and I really hope you all will, too! 
Tell me; does Painting Away the Darkness sound interesting to you? Does it sound like something you would buy in a bookstore?
Love,
~Fluffet~
Hi everyone! Today I thought I would share some photos with you of some raindrops on leaves and weeds and stuff that I took after it had rained. This was my first time taking photos like these and I had a lot of fun with it! I couldn’t help but think of Allison the entire time I was taking these pics… XD
I think this might be my favorite one! The drops look so chubby in a way, don’t they? XD
And that was all! I probably would have taken more if I hadn’t run out of space on my camera… XD
I hope you enjoyed the pictures! 😀
Has it been raining where you live?Â
Love,
~Fluffet~
Heeeyyyyhooooo everyone! I don’t know what kind of a word that is, but it sounded fun, so let’s go with it. XD
I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last post – like what?! O_O Don’t worry. That’s changing starting now. I have a bunch of posts planned for this blog that’ll be coming weekly!
I thought that today it would be fun to give ya’ll an update on my writing life, so that’s what I have in store for you today 😉
A week ago I started editing!! I printed out my whole book and it seriously felt AMAZING to hold it in my hands, but it also kinda scared me…. XD
Anyway, so far (in the one day I’ve done it) I’ve found editing to be hard and it makes me feel like I’m doing school. That’s not a good thing. XD So now I know that editing is gonna take me an eternity a while to get through…
Concerning my NaNo novel….
I’ve decided to shelve it for now. Emma helped me to realize that at this stage in our life writing should be fun – not a job. I was not having fun with this book and there’s not really anything about it that makes me excited. So it’s saved on my computer…. Maybe someday I’ll work on it again or maybe I’ll use something from it in another book – I don’t really know. But I’m just gonna let it sit for a while 😉
Heh heh…. Yeah, I’m brainstorming for a new book right now and I’m actually pretty excited about it! I want to put a lot of work into this one – give it history, create back stories for the characters, etc. It’s gonna be kinda like Narnia in the way of a character representing Jesus and there being Christian elements in it, but it’s not going to be so in your face that it’s majorly noticeable, but – well, like Narnia! It’s all there, but you have to look for it Also it’s probably gonna be a dystopian.
So that’s what I’ve got going on in my writing life at the moment; what’s going on in yours? Writing a new book? Editing? In a slump? Let me know in the comments below and we can encourage one another – or rant about writing together, whichever you prefer. 😉
Love,
~Fluffet~
Would any of you like to see more Character Studies with Connor? 😀
*happy sigh as I hear Lord of the Rings Music playing*
Did you all know that yesterday, December 19th – marked 15 years since The Fellowship of the Ring, the beginning of an incredible journey that would enchant so many people and fill ever so many hearts, first released in the theaters?
I can not even believe that movie is 15 years old… You know that means that I wasn’t even 3 years old yet? I wish I had been born earlier so that I could have experienced the excitement of this incredible movie first hand. So that I could have seen all the merchandise and hoarded figurines and collectibles galore.
For years I wasn’t able to see The Lord of the Rings movies, but I grew up in a household that was obsessed with it, so I heard about it all the time.
I remember seeing Narnia for the first time and totally dying and loving it. I used to say that there was no way Lord of the Rings could be better than that and let me tell you – I got a lot of disapproving looks from my family whenever I said that. In fact, my brother, Jordan used to say – “You better like Lord of the Rings more!”
Then the day came when my life was changed forever.
On December 23rd, 2012 I watched The Fellowship of the Ring for the very first time. Within the first two minutes I was completely hooked. I was taken into Middle-Earth – a world full of mystical creatures, evil sorcerers, and characters with such depth that they felt like friends, and still do to this day.
Ever since that night The Lord of the Rings has held first place in my list of favorite movies. It is a work of art that needs to be seen. A story that needs to be heard. An adventure that needs to be traveled.
There are no words to describe just how amazing it really is and believe me, if you have never seen it or read the books – you are in for a surprise. It’s nothing at all like what you think it is and it will leave you drained and dead.
No matter how many times I watch these movies I still cry. I still laugh. I still feel everything. Though I can never watch it again as I watched it the first time, it will always be special and it will always hold a special place in my heart.
I truly feel like each member of the Fellowship are friends of mine. I’ve never felt that way about characters in a movie before. The only others that hold close second are Han Solo and Chewbacca. That’s it.
Because of this close connection I feel to them, I feel that way about the actors behind them. Watching the bonus features and seeing how hard it was on the last day of shooting of  The Return of the King for Peter Jackson to say that the scene was good and how Elijah Wood walked up to him crying and embraced him absolutely breaks my heart. They were all a huge family for so many years and this was the end. They had to say their last goodbyes. <3
My favorite movie out of the three is without a doubt Return of the King. It gave me every single emotion you can possibly have. I cried so hard. It’s so beautiful, so epic, so amazing, and so heartbreaking all at the same time. Did you know that Return of the King did a clean sweep at the Academy Awards? It won every single award. What more proof do you need of its amazingness than that? 😉
To those of you who haven’t watched any of the movies yet, when you do, make sure you don’t turn it off right when the credits start rolling. You have to listen to the credits songs. They’re all amazing and are so much more effective when you hear them immediately when the movie ends.
And after you watch them, drop me a comment! I’d love discuss my all time favorite movies with you
Thank you, J.R.R. Tolkien for writing the most amazing story I have ever heard.
And thank you, Peter Jackson, for bringing this story to life in such an amazingly beautiful way. You did an incredible job.
Do you like LOTR? Did it change your life?Â
Namarie,
*Alatariel Faelivrin*
AAAGHH!! You guys!! I WON NANOWRIMO!!!! :O
I can’t believe I did this. This is the most I’ve ever written in a month and you know what’s even more amazing? Is that I’m not even DONE with this book yet!! For me, that’s pretty exciting since I’m new to the whole “writing longer books” thing. XD SO I’M REALLY EXCITED!!! 😀
*SQUEAL* I DID IT!! *said in a squealish voice* XD
Okay, I’m actually super into my story right now, so I’m gonna keep on writing. Maybe for the rest of the day. Cause I’m finally excited and enjoying this book, so yeah. LET’S DO THIS! XD
To those who won NaNo – CONGRATULATIONS!!!! *high fives* You did a pretty amazing thing, you know that?? 😀
To those who aren’t done yet – don’t worry. You CAN do this. And even if you don’t meet your goal, it’s all good because you still wrote a lot and you did as much as you were able, which is awesome!
Alright, I’m off to write with Cookie if she’s going to still… I think she is… *thoughtful grin*
Love,
~Fluffet~
P.S. I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE I WON!!! XD
Hi everyone! *waves*
I am currently stranded in the car with my mom cause our car was overheating and now we are waiting for my dad to get here and look into things. Yippee. XD
Anyway, I thought I’d talk to you all about how my first week of NaNoWriMo went.
Day One:
I set my alarm for like – 7:45’ish so I could get started writing right away….
That didn’t work out as I had planned. My morning routines got in the way of that. *glares at Facebook and WordPress Reader* So I didn’t get started writing until after 10. *shrugs*
Here’s my set up! I had a lot of screens open that day. XD
Isn’t this mug ADORBS? It’s a s’mores snowman thingy!!! :O
I was so happy it was cold the first morning of NaNo. Perfect for hot chocolate. <3 (ugh our van needs to be towed. Sorry for that random interruption. Let’s get back on track.)
Dark chocolate kisses to reward myself with.
DEFINITELY WAS NOT FREEZING UP HERE AT ALL, I WAS TOTALLY FINE. Haha, I wish. *cries*
The weather was just perfect for writing! I was so excited!
I’m pretty sure I ended my word count on a little over 2,000 words that day. Pretty good
Day Two:
Ugh. This day wasn’t good. I couldn’t seem to find the motivation to write and was just really blah. I didn’t start writing till like 9:30PM and only got in about 200 words. Bleh.
Day Three:
This was a writing day for me, but um, I only got in about 2,000 words…. Not good. I was insanely distracted.
Day Four:
Another writing day and got in another 2,000 words. I’ve realized that’s my average daily word count XD
And then there’s today….
I haven’t written yet and probably won’t get a chance to till tonight. My total word count is over 6,000 words right now, which I feel is pretty good. I’ve gone through some depression and simply not wanting to write moments, but yeah, I think I’m doing pretty good so far…. I think….
Anyways, how are you guys doing? Are you surviving this? Or are you falling through a dark hole that you can’t climb out of? Let’s support each other!! 😀
~Jaclynn~
*deep breath*
*deep breath*
*screams head off*
NaNo is in just a FEW DAYS!!! Â ZE PRECIOUS NANO!!! OH, COME TO ME, MY SWEET!!!
Speaking of sweet…. it is a well known fact that writers around the world depend upon chocolate to get them through the torturous writing days that seem to eat you alive.
Last year I had no chocolate. No yumminess of any kind. Perhaps that is why I failed. Because I had nothing to keep me going through the day.
I will not allow that to happen this year. So you know what I did? I got me some “extravagant gifts of deliciousness.”
Kettle corn to munch on in the day will be very helpful…
Cookies and Cream POCKY?! :O
And of course….
DARK CHOCOLATE. *mouth waters*
I’ve read that people usually reward themselves with a bit of chocolate after meeting their goal, so chocolate will be my rewarding treat.
Oh, and also, for those cold, rainy days that I pray are coming (Please, God!!), I also have some hot cocoa and an adorable s’mores snowman mug! <3
Do you have any snacks or drinks to get you through this time of peril (admit it, thousands of characters are going to be killed off during November and you will most likely be one of the murderers. Poor guys.)?
As each day passes I grow more and more excited for Nano and also a teensy bit worried that I’m being crazy and will not meet my word count goal… o_o
*glances at plot board* *sees list of characters* *becomes confused* Christine is a main character?? Huh. Okay. XD
On a side note, I’ve come to the conclusion that research is hard and I don’t know why I ever had the desire to do it.
Good luck to those participating in NaNoWriMo! *waves*
Love,
~Fluffet~
I saw Loren from Let’s Be Lost make a post like this and I thought it looked super fun and interesting to do!
1. Where do you see yourself job-wise?
Hmm… Right now I’m working in childcare at church (SO FUN), but I don’t think I’ll still be doing that in 10 years… Maybe working at the Disney Store or Carters? The Disney Store would be super fun because everyone there is super nice and fun, you get to hear Disney songs all day, and talk to little chubs like they’re princesses and whatnot. And Carters is just a really nice store and a very comfortable environment, so that would be great
2. Do you see yourself married?
YES, PLEASE!! I certainly want to be married by the time I’m 27! I’d like to be married before then, really! I think the latest I’d like to be married by is 24. XD Okay – I just need to say that it feels so weird to realize I’m going to be 27 in 10 years. That’s almost 30!!! :O
3. Do you see yourself having kids?
I’m hoping that I’d be married for about 3 years, so yes, I’d see myself having at least one kid.
4. What kind of house would you live in?
Um…. I’ll probably be in an apartment. I think it’d be more practical for that time in life
5. Where do you see yourself blog-wise?
I’ll definitely be blogging still! Maybe not as much, but I’ll still blog, for sure 😀
6. Do you see yourself having pets?
I don’t know, really. At least not at that time, but probably later in life for one of my future kids or something. I’d really like to have a dog
7. Do you see yourself having a car?
Absolutely. I’ll need to drive to Disneyland, my parent’s house, to stores – all that stuff. BUT DISNEYLAND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE – STAR WARS LAND!!! *dies* (of course, I had to mention Star Wars somewhere in this post, right? XD )
Well… It’ll be super interesting to see if any of these turn out to be true in 10 years! It’s so crazy how you could so see a plan for your life before your eyes, but then – whoopsie! God has something else in mind. If I’m not even married by that time – I know several of those things won’t be happening. XD
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Love,
~Fluffet~
Hi, I’m Jaclynn!
I'm a crazy writer, fangirl, donut-loving teen with an obsession for BB-8. I hope you stay and visit a while :) Learn more about me by clicking the picture above!
I’m participating in NaNoWriMo!
