Hi it’s Christina –
Good Morning! Happy May Day! If you don’t happen to know what May Day is,
I pulled a definition from the dreaded Wikipedia for you. The earliest May Day
celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times, with the festival of Flora, the Roman goddess of flowers, and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic
countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan
celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion
in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe
and America. In this form, May Day may be best known for its tradition of
dancing the maypole dance and crowning of the Queen of the May.
Here, in
Central New Jersey, May Day is soggy. It started raining two days ago, and it
really hasn’t let up much yet. Schools here have a two hour delay because the
flooding is so bad. Hey, I’m just thankful they didn’t have to close school. If
they had, the kids would have had to go to school on Memorial Day, because that
is the only day they have off between now and the end of the school year. Let’s
keep our fingers crossed that the water recedes enough so the buses can get
through, and we don’t receive an updated call saying school is closed.
Camp NaNoWriMo
is officially over, and five of my twelve cabin mates reached their goal, and
only three didn’t post any numbers. I was so excited. In July, if I remember correctly, I was the only
one who made it to goal from my cabin, and more than half of my cabin had zeroes
for their final word count. I’m glad this experience was so much better, or I
may not have participated again. So guys, you have a two month break before I
start complaining about camp again.
I still have a
ton of writing to do before Faerie Tale Queen will be ready. Yes, I hit over
fifty thousand words during camp, but those fifty thousand were split fairly
evenly between my novel and my blog. In all honesty, between the actual word count,
and where the story is right now, I’d say, I’m a little over half finished, but
who knows. Just like all my other stories, I really have no idea where this one
is going, what conflicts or twists will arise, what solutions will be found or
what may remain unresolved. The only thing I EVER know when I begin to write a
story, is it will have a happy ending.
I hope you have a dry,
warm and sunny day (because I won’t), and happy writing!
Your Last Challenge was:
Use these
three words: Specular, Strengthen, Scandalize
Although
town folk speculated as to the goings on in the house, with the specular
windows, at the top of the hill, they were scandalized when the truth was revealed.
For decades the house
A
small group of kids were playing Frisbee at the edge of the park which butted
up to the suspicious property. When a wayward throw caused the Frisbee to land
in the boundary bushes, one of the teens went to retrieve it. What he saw, had
him signal his other friends. They watched in horror for a few moments, then
quietly snuck away. Without hesitation, the group headed straight to the local
police department.
At
first the police did not believe the children, but then when, even when
separated, they told nearly the same tale, they changed their minds. Since they
were a small town police force, and if what the children were saying was true,
they would need reinforcements. Acting on faith, they called in the state
police. Later that same day, strengthened by the additional back up, they
descended upon the property.
Your Next Challenge is:
A single
candle burned in the window…
Okay folks, we are going to
try something new, and stretch your comfort zone. This is going to be your
prompt for the next three days, however, on Thursday, you need to write a Romance;
on Friday, you need to write a mystery; and on Saturday, you need to write in a
different genre / style of your choosing.
You have ten minutes (be
honest). There is no right or wrong, just write. Spelling and punctuation don’t
count and NO ONE is allowed to criticize what someone else has written. Go.
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