Rustling Thoughts

*coughcough* totally has this clickbait thing down. I almost dropped my only lens into my tea trying to get this shot so, *sips tea poshly* enjoy it. (yes, ‘poshly’ is totally a word, shush.) Stats: Entry Pageviews United States 532 Russia 201 Ukraine 38 Germany 24 Ireland 17 United Kingdom 9 Canada 7 France 4 Latvia 4 Netherlands 4 Happenings: 1. The final Beauty and the Beast trailer came out. We all desperately want to see it. Gabe doesn't though. *shakes head* IT’S SO PRETTY! 2. The super bowl happened. Don’t ask me whose side I was rooting for, bc I have no idea (and didn’t even pay attention for the most part). We had several families over from Church for fellowshipping, and so that we would have a reason to watch the super bowl because Christian is pretty much the only one who follows sports. Ah, but we had a beautiful sunset that night! 3. Clare...

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...