When 2010 started out, I already knew that it was going to be a really cruddy year.
2011, thusfar, is already shaping out to be quite an interesting year. It opened with the news that my sister-in-law is pregnant and that there’s a chance it’s going to be twins. YAY. More to add to my niece and nephew collection. Loving it.
I also started to go to the gym after having done no sports or exercise for the last 8-9 years. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not overweight, but what I do have has been accumulating. I’m at 130lbs and I’d like to stay at that weight, just a little more toned. It’s mostly for my cardio that I’m doing it. I’m tired of my heart feeling weak, so gym it is!… What’s a little bill of 2,000$ to get what I want, right?…
Aside from that, I’ll be starting up my French lessons at work again. It’s always an 8 week program of intense proportions, but I WILL be speaking French fluently, even if it kills me. Currently, I speak street Quebecois. Lots of cussing and slangy French. Incredibly unattractive. If anyone wonders why I’m perfecting French, it’s because I live in a French place. It’s disrespectful to speak English when the locals don’t.
Writing is going extremely well in this new year. I’ve written upwards of 50,000 words so far on various stories. I know I should only be working on one at a time, but working on the 3 stories I love is actually getting the words out faster and the period of evolution shifts much quicker as well.
I got to hang out with one of my best friends that I haven’t seen or talked to in the last 2 years. It was as if we’d never stopped speaking. She was a little concerned it would be different and all that stuff, but being my usual carefree, laid back self, I pretty much guessed right when I said it would feel normal.
My goals before June are to finish at least one of the stories I’m working on and have at least a second draft for it. It doesn’t have to be the final draft yet, but at least the second. Finally update my website. I have this nice theme that I worked on, but I haven’t got around to fixing the small details to be able to put it online yet. It’ll be much friendlier for navigating and pretty for the eyes. Yay! Also, no more ads in the middle of articles. I hate that and I apologize for subjecting you to it.
I’ve been working on two articles as well. Creating fear in child characters in a way that draws the reader into the story, fearing for the child based on their emotions in the moment, and another that talks about the rambling that writers tend to do, that others find incredibly annoying, but it as important to a writer as discussing a bug in code for a programmer.
Update soon!
Have a great day and I hope you’re all having a great start to your new year.
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