April Challenges Completed, May Challenges Begin

May is upon us! I'm only slightly surprised at how fast April flew by. I knew Camp Nano would speed things along for me. I met and exceeded my Nano goal, so that's a win. And I completed the three challenges I started on April 1st. I thought for a while, I wouldn't be able to complete one of the challenges because it was a writing prompt. But then I realized, there were no limits on /what/ could be written for that prompt. Read on to find out more about that and the new May challenge.

#authorschallenge2019 Days 29 - 30

Day 29 - Stargazing - I wasn't really sure what to post for this one so I shared my hopes for the future of Y'Dahnndrya (between 5 & 7 books on the current plot arc) and tagged my kids to whom the future belongs.

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#AprilAuthorInspiration Days 29 - 30

For the 'people helping you with your current WIP' shout-out, I tagged several, but certainly not all those who have really encouraged and helped me with the different aspects of putting a novel together. My mom, my husband, several friends of ours, Andrew Oberste (music collabs), writing buddies (TheLordofRuss, Elzevera Koendrick, Brandy Henry, and C.H. Knyght to name only a few.)

Favorite Book Cover You Own: I've done this one so many times before, it seems, and I love Boris Vallejo's artwork. This cover is so dynamic and striking in addition to being beautifully framed. I love the font and the artwork. It struck me quite forcibly how this image is similar to the section in Ripples where Yetsye meets her ancestor in a vision. It's not exact, of course, but very similar. (To those offended by artwork focusing on the human form, my apologies. When done correctly, I find this artwork inspiring and honorable.)

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#WWFChallenge2019 Days 29 - 30

For the fellow author shout-out, I tagged Natasja Eby, whose work I shared with you on Wednesday. If you didn't get a chance to check out those book reviews, click the photo to do that now. :)

I wasn't going to do this prompt challenge for day 30 until I saw this photo on Pixabay. The prompt was "a boat, a lover, a map" and I don't know how but this photo clicked for it.

Oh, what shall I do now
My lover has gone
A'seeking his fortune
First hither, then yon
He's boarded a ship
With a map and a gun
On top of all that
He's stolen the sun

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 #AuthorsChallenge2019 - May Edition - Days 1 - 2

5 things I love: family, friends, the play of shadow and light, plants, music 4 things I hate: lies, selfishness, bullying, unsewing (a.k.a. ripping seams because I made a mistake) 3 things I enjoy doing: nature hikes, finger painting, and reading to learn 2 things I'll never give up on: my marriage, my kids 1 thing that makes all the difference: my faith in Messiah Yeshua

I don't much like selfies. So I collabbed with my fan and Picas to create this ethereal 'almost there' image of my face. LOL

I start with characters and getting their profile basics jotted down. Then I fill in from there. Y'Dahnndrya was always meant to be a growing, changing place with limitless possibilities and for me, the way the characters view the world around them is the best way to fill it in. That comes with the writing. I use Nano for writing drafts and speeding revisions along. And I just go from there.

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Thanks for stopping by! I've no Monday post planned as of right now. Since I'm only participating in one IG challenge this month, I'll save Monday posts for updates on OLUS and the artwork, since that's what I'll be tackling for the first two weeks of May.