1. In the beginning of the month, I visited Lia's house for a week. I read a lot of books while I was there: Wanderlost by Jen Malone, Fawkes by Nadine Brandes, Open Road Summer by Emery Lord, PS I Like You by Kasie West, and The Blue Castle by Lucy Maud Montgomery. You can find reviews of most of them on Goodreads.

2. Lia and I also watched a lot of movies. They are: Wonder Woman, The Last Jedi, How to Train Your Dragon 1, 2, and 3 (I FINALLY WATCHED THEM BROOKE), State Fair, An Affair to Remember, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1, and Falling Inn Love (a horrible rom-com, don't even bother)

3. Lia and I recorded 3 new vlogs that Editing Catherine is absolutely thrilled to receive, LOL. They have not been edited as of yet, but I hope to get to it soon.

4. I have re-formatted Fair Winds into an alpha-friendly draft. When I pick this up for the next drafting session, I may be adding a couple of new alphas.

5. The White Rose ended up jumping the editing gun - instead of waiting for betas, I decided to forge ahead with the first round of edits. I grew disgusted with just how messy my first draft was, so I decided to write my second draft before I do the beta call. With the help of my alphas, I'm now creating a new plot outline, and I will be drafting the second draft during NaNo this year.

6. I've become an alpha reader for three projects now, and am heartily enjoying it. All of them are different genres and all of them are on their way to greatness, I'm sure :)

7. New audio obsessions of the month include Skipinnish (a Celtic band), and the Focus on the Family radio drama Anne of Green Gables. I hope to have a review of the latter after I finish it!





For Working by Candlelight, I wrote 1 post: My Favorite History Periods. Because of some personal stuff that had happened, my blogging took a bit of a backstage for a bit.

For the Rebelling Muse, I wrote 2 posts: Summer Bucket List Book Tag and The Marvel Cinematic Universe Tag. I have two "real" posts in the works, that I hope to publish really soon! 

For Rebellious Writing, I wrote no posts. I've elected to take a further step back in my commitment due to some schedule conflicts, but I will still be part of RW as much as I can.

For Maidens for Mary, I have written no posts. I'm off the hiatus, but also off the schedule due to conflicts. No, I am not leaving but I will only be writing occasionally.



1. Finish the additions for TWR.

I got halfway through these additions, bringing the word count up to 48K, my biggest draft ever. But then my book decided to be moody and I started seeing a lot of problems and errors of continuity. So, I decided to halt progress and start the editing process.

2. Start researching building the author platform.

Oops. I forgot about this goal. *facepalm*

3. Record more vlogs with Lia, and edit them. 

Lia and I recorded 3 vlogs in the week's time that I visited with her. But due to personal struggles, I put off editing those vlogs until later.


Hmm, well, that could have gone better....what about the yearly goals?

1. Finish The White Rose - and have it ready for betas by May at the earliest.


The White Rose ended up jumping the editing gun - instead of waiting for betas like it was supposed to, I decided to forge ahead with the first round of edits. I grew disgusted with just how messy my first draft was, so I decided to write my second draft before I do the beta call. With the help of my alphas, I'm now creating a new plot outline, and I will be drafting the second draft during NaNo this year.


4. Eliminate another 10 movies from the To-Watch list.

I finally made some progress on this yearly goal!! Lia and I consulted "The List" and went through several movies in the 7 days that I visited her. They included:

1. Wonder Woman
2. The Last Jedi
3. How to Train Your Dragon 1
4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 
5. How to Train Your Dragon 3
6. State Fair 
7. An Affair to Remember 
8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 1

We also watched an extra movie called Falling Inn Love, but we're not counting that here. We're only two movies away from this goal!!!



Well now that September has been mused on enough, what will October bring?

October Goals:

1. Make the chapter outline for TWR
2. Finish the remaining draft posts
3. Finish alpha-reading 2 friend's drafts before NaNo
4. Do the Preptober prompts



And so that ends this wrap-up! Who is ready for the pumpkin spice and apple dishes? I sure am! 

Scribbingly yours,

Catherine