Rustling Thoughts

Contrary to popular belief, no I have not fallen off the face of the earth into oblivion. Life just happened. Anywho. Many of y'all know that I participated in NaNoWriMo (for those who don't know: National Novel Writing Month) last November. Although I did not finish, I still had a blast and thoroughly enjoyed myself! I started at midnight, November 1st, with several other blogger friends all grouped on a google hangout. The goal that day was to write 5k words. I barely squeaked by, but felt very productive. Though, many others wrote more than me. Then you know, life. School. Family. Thanksgiving. I fell behind. Lowered my personal goal to 25k. still only just made it past 15k. I wasn't happy with myself for not completing a full 50k for the second year. BUT, I was very pleased that I had written more than I ever had in one month. But y'all are here for snippets, aren't you? No? Then leave. Or scroll down until you see a bunch of screenshots or some...

*cough cough*  *emerges from hiding* I have a treat for you! Snippets!  (And don't worry, this is not the snippet post I have been promising ever since NaNo ended. Like, sheesh. That would have been a letdown. Anywho...) Sare  tagged me a while back. Ever since NaNo it's been making the rounds through the blogging community, and I had been interested in it. But I am a polite pirate and refuse to steal a tag unless it's a really good one that I haven't seen very much. And we all know the drill. Answer the questions, then select a couple fabulous bloggers to carry it on. 1. Share your most gripping, fascinating, and hooking first line of a story.  Hold up.  Line?  Only one line? *ditches that* Dust and ash. Cloud. The stench of burnt-ness hovered in the stuffy air. Red was the horizon. Darkness everywhere else.             A Queen sat on her throne. A creaky kind o...

Goodness, another month ending? How can this be? And to think, only one more month to go before the end of the year! Wasn't 2016 just starting? *obligatory flailing over the speed of time* Boring Stats from the blog that you will probably end up skipping over: Ok, who is in Singapore, please raise your hand. I must know. Happenings. What? Surprised that I put this in? Well it's in the title so: 1. We gathered with Dad's side of the family to celebrate Grampa's birthday, and guess what?SMORES! 2. I almost forgot about some assignments twenty minutes before they were due. No joke! That'll give you a huge burst of energy right before you're trying to go to sleep. It was one of those: "OH MY GOODNESS, NO!" moments. 3. I learned more swing dancing moves. I am now ambidextrous in that area. So um. Yeah. I can teach anyone if they want to learn it. 4. Gonna address the elephant in the room now: GUYS. NANOWRIMO HAPPENED! And I was in a lov...

This transition tho. "Master." Millicent sensed Darkness' presence. "Hello, my pet, my little ray of pitch black, my darling ." his voice was a smooth as honey, low and sweet, but Millicent hated the way that he drew out 'darling' whenever he called her thus. He flashed a pointy grin. "I'm sure you know why I'm here, you're smart like that, of course." "No. This time you seem to have come needlessly and without point or purpose. So tell me, to what do I owe the honor of your visit." "Why, is it not like me to show up for the pleasure of your company?" He glided closer, and Millicent resisted the urge to pull her legs up to her chest in a defensive position. She forced a small laugh out of her dry throat. "Me? You came to see me for the fun of it? Why?" She batted her eyelashes, flirting a bit, all the while forcing herself to keep a pleasing look on her face. "Actually, I had hoped ...