And here I am, stuck in my cave, recovering from a spring cold and hiding from it's mutated cousin, COVID-19.

But life is not all-together miserable, even if I can't get to church or work. Want to know why?





1. On March 22, TWR hit a huge milestone.....100,000 words!!!!! I'm still reeling in shock and disbelief that this story has reached such a high word count after all the struggles of before. The good news is that I am on track to finish the second draft this week, and so a beta announcement will be forthcoming beginning of April!

2. I've started to prep my Camp NaNo project in the midst of TWR's edits, ya know to keep me motivated. I've gotten some character sheets started and avatars will be coming soon!

3. I finally read my copies of the Emily of New Moon series. I had gone on vacation earlier in the month, which included two verrrry long car drives (12 hours, ugh!).

4. I've created my own tagline (Writer. Catholic. Maiden.) and two different banners - a professional one for my YouTube page and a very non-professional one for my Wattpad. Still thinking about a Pinterest re-set, LOL.

5. My family recently got Amazon Prime, so we're exploring all the stuff we can stream. Even though we don't have a TV that can stream it on....(I tell you, my family is just starting to catch up to the 2010s, we're getting there, LOL).

6. I joined two writing groups and created one on NaNoWriMo. So excited that multiple groups are allowed this time so I can interact with even more writers than before :)




For Working by Candlelight, I published 3 posts: 8 Things to Help Your Waitress Out, Saints I Have a Personal Connection To, and In the Kitchen: An Attempt at Unconventiality Takes a Bitter Turn. I'm really happy that I'm staying on track with this.

For The Rebelling Muse, I wrote 1 post: Announcing My April 2020 Camp NaNo Project!. I'm super excited to finally tackle this one, at long last!

For The Cat in the Barnyard, I wrote no posts, as I've made no progress on my Jefferson research (again...).

For Rebellious Writing, I contributed to 1 post: Springing Through Time in Leap Year: Thoughts on Time Travel from the RW staff

For Maidens for Mary, I wrote 1 post: Abstinence Doesn't Equal Boring Food.




Goal #1 (TWR): Continued editing, have reached 100,069 words!! Will be finishing this month and a beta announcement is coming soon!

Goal #2 (Platform): I've created a tagline, and I've created one professional banner for my YouTube channel. Wattpad has a banner too, but it is certainly unprofessional. A brand is starting to come together!!

Goal #3 (April NaNo): Announcement has been made, and the prep has begun. Writing will begin in earnest next month!

Goal #4 (NaNo): No progress. To be expected.

Goal #5 (Movies): No progress. Though with Prime, I may knock out a few?

Goal #6 (Library): No progress. Unfortunately, my state is on lockdown due to the you-know-what, so no trips for me......

Goal #7 (Vlogs): No progress. Definitely procrastinating again.