Onward and Forward

I love children's books. Especially the nonfiction books. They make a brief overview easy, since they get straight to the point. I'm doing a little research as I am starting the first revision of The Maker.

And Spring is finally here. YAY! I wore a new green dress that my mother had given me in honour of how I was feeling. But since it is so warm already, I've guessing we're going to be having a HOT summer ahead, which means, I will become brown like an Indian because I'll be in the pool most of the chances I get.

I'm looking forward to finally graduating and being done with school. I'm looking forward to redoing my schedule so I can plan for daily exercise and writing, which I don't do now. I exercise maybe once or twice a week, which is once or twice a week more than I was last year. And if I write, it's only on Sundays.

Which brings up an interesting thing. I'm against working on Sunday. But I don't feel like writing is working. Perhaps because I haven't sold anything to be published yet. And I tend to get story ideas while sitting in church. Strange, huh?

If anything will stop me...

Right now is the last Spring Break I will ever have. That's right. Ever! Because (at least at this point in time) I have no desire to go further than my BA. That said, a break is great. I get to destressify, and relax, and realize how much like my mother I am.


I'm bored. I've been watching movies, reading books, reading blogs, doing my own personal writing. I worked most of the weekend. And my mind is not engaged and active. That is something to say for school. I am always thinking and planning my time and doing something that needs to be done by a certain date. So, this will be an interesting week for me without the pressured deadlines from school affecting my time. And I'm sure I'll survive the week.


What I'm really wondering is, how will I survive a full time writing career afterwards? I look forward to how the future will play out.

Things That Inspires

Today, I was sitting in church listening to the speakers, trying not to fall asleep (it happens when you work nights) and the last speaker began to sing, Be Still My Soul. (The link is not the man who was singing in church; just the hymn in case you're not familiar to it.) Tears immediately came to my eyes. I was touched. That's how music works for me, especially when I've been praying about something, Heavenly Father likes to give me answers through music. 


Also, lately I've been struck by some of the buildings on my college campus.

Watson Library. It is just a beautiful building, even though the lighting in this photo doesn't do it justice.

Snow and Strong Halls at Magic Hour.

This octagon looking feature is actually the outside of the Natural History museum's atrium. I like it because it reminds me of how the entrance to the castle in Fiala's story is an octagon.

The back of the Natural History Museum. Reminds me of castles sticking up above the trees in other pictures that I've seen.

With each of these pictures I was just walking along, saw the picture and felt "inspired" to take them. What has been inspiring you lately?