...and Happy Halloween I guess, whatever. hahaha.

Tomorrow is November 1st, which means writing time. I'm getting super excited to start, and excited about my premise. My story is about a girl who is doing NaNoWriMo, who wakes up on November 2nd with the villain of her story in her  room, unhappy that things aren't going his way.

This is my second time doing NaNoWriMo, and I'm a little nervous this time because I'm much more busy with work and life this time around but I still have faith.

I live in New Zealand, and November 1st at 5am also marks the rugby world cup final, so I will have to stop writing to watch the game, but at this stage I can't decide if I should stay up until midnight and write until 5am-ish or if I should nap and write later after the game is. What should I do?

Also, tell me about your premise! :) I would love to be buddies on NaNoWriMo website.

I AM PARTICIPATING IN NANOWRIMO... again.

For anyone who doesn't know, I not only love to read, I also love to write. I love writing stories no one has read before, and it is one of my dreams to one day get published. The idea of writing someones favourite book is unfathomable.

NaNoWriMo (in case anyone has been living under a rock) is National Novel Writing Month. Even though it is now largely international. It occurs in November, and the aim is to power out 50,000 words of your novel in 1 month. essentially... the first draft. Sounds daunting? It is. Sounds hard? Of course it is. Sounds insanely fun? *ding ding ding* we have a winner. NaNoWriMo is insanely fun and the community is amazing. You should all add me as a NaNo buddy here, and we can help each other through this insanely awesome/challenging/rewarding time. I will be posting NaNo updates on twitter, where I love to participate in word sprints, and right here.

Hello all! ...... *crickets*

I know I haven't posted on here in many many months but I haven't forgotten about this beauty. Today I wanted to do a quick review of Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, with no spoilers. This is the first book in a trilogy, and I had been dragging my feet about reading it for ages! But a book blogger I follow on youtube, Katytastic, finally convinced me to make this the next book in my TBR

This book is set in Prague, and is about Karou, a young art student who runs mysterious "errands" for Brimstone, who lives elsewhere..

Karou has become one of my new favourite heroines, blue hair and all. She totally kicks ass

Prague was magical as a setting; Laini Taylor made the streets and locations in the book seem intriguing.

It was absolutely beautifully written, and I found myself taking my time savouring each well crafted sentence. I have already bought the next two books in the series and can't wait to dive in.