Plots and Seams

  The Shards of Ailevon is finally available  in print form!!!!! :D :D It is available from Amazon or CreatSpace . I would love it if you bought one or told your friends about it! ~CH~

Happy December everyone!! Christmas is almost here and NaNoWriMo is done!!! So, I didn't write all of the first draft of Dark Fire Book 2 this month. I was away for a couple of weeks. But I was able to write 12,000 words out of the 35,000. That's the most words I have ever written in a month! I will try and finish this draft by Christmas. We will see how that goes :) Have a great week and enjoy the last month of the year!    ~CH~

Sorry that I haven't written a post in a while, life has been busy. I mentioned in my last post how I have been editing. Not just revising, but totally re-writing my book. That has occupied a lot of time.  I have a love/hate relationship with editing (actually, with writing in general). It's hard work and I procrastinate at lot. But it's also amazing and fun. I get to take my first draft, which is a poorly written version of my story, and make it what I meant it to be. I get to leave out all the annoying and weird things that I first wrote and make it way better. It's awesome. I haven't finished editing Dark Fire book 1 yet, but I am about three quarters finished. I will hopefully finish the second draft in December, since this month I will be busy writing the second book of the Dark Fire trilogy. Today is my first day of NaNoWriMo!! I have never written an entire first draft in a month, so we'll see how it works! I intend for Dark Fire book 2 to be around...

So, after my lovely break from writing in August, I have now begun to edit my fantasy novel! Instead of going through and cutting words and rearranging sentences like I did with my last book, I have decided to just rewrite my entire book. It sounds like a daunting task, but so far, it's actually really fun and freeing. On another note, an exciting package arrived in the mail today. The proof of The Shards of Ailevon! So, now I need to read through it and see if there are any things that I need to fix (I've already found a few), and then I will be able to make The Shards of Ailevon available in print form!! I was rather excited!! :D ~CH~

Today, I thought that I would tell you some random facts about myself. At first I couldn't decide how many to do, then I decided to do seven, since it is the perfect number :) So, here you go, seven random facts about yours truly: I LOVE soundtracks!! Lord of the rings, How to train your dragon, Avengers etc. The new Cinderella has quickly become a favorite. It's so beautiful and magical! I have a ridiculous fear of sharks and sea serpents in lakes, ponds and pools. My favourite Austen hero is Mr. Tilney. He is friendly, funny and forgiving.  In 2010 we went to Costa Rica, and there I was stung my a scorpion! Thankfully, it was not poisonous. My favourite book of the Bible is Psalms. It's so poetic!   I have been wearing glasses since I was five, because of a lazy right eye. I can see fine without them now, though I still wear them most of the time. I love coffee crisp chocolate bars!! Hope you enjoyed this! ~CH~

Last week I finished writing the first (or rough draft) of my fantasy!! The last two days of writing (Thursday and Friday), I wrote about 1,000 words each day. I felt like I was getting practice for NaNoWriMo. :) For any who are unaware, I am making this a trilogy. I am not sure yet what I am going to name each of the books, but I will be calling the trilogy Dark Fire. I have begun to outline the second book of this trilogy, while I let the first book sit for all of August. I will start editing it in September. I am hoping to write the second book in November for NaNoWriMo. 35,000 words in 30 days? No problem. ;) ~CH~

I finished making the Elsa dress for my niece!! I had originally wanted it to be fairly screen accurate, but it turned into more of an Elsa 'inspired' dress. I added this ribbon to the dress because I thought it looked too plain. Sorry that I don't have a picture of the dress without the ribbon.  I attached the cape to the dress with snaps, so that it would be removable. I also made this cape for my younger niece (she's 2) so that she would be able to play with her sister. Let me know what you think! ~CH~