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  • freedom posted an update 5 months, 1 week ago

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    A bit of a I guess life update?? idk😂

    Just wanted to pop on here and let everyone know how everything is kinda looking. Writing is going fairly well (Broken Shackles is over 43k words!!!), but life is about to get CRAZY busy. Thank goodness the school year is over🥳 but July is going to be a crazy month.
    I anticipate Freedom’s Fire to release sometime in July, so that’s exciting!!! But I also have an eye doctor appointment, two Orthodontist appointments (time to get fitted for braces😬), AND it’s past time I get my Driver’s permit😂 In between writing craziness and life busyness, I see myself probably not being on KP as much, so just thought I’d let everyone know that <3

    As for me personally, I'm doing well. God has really been working on me, working on my heart, and helping me walk with him despite the hardships and despite the fact that I oftentimes don't feel "worthy enough" to do so💖

    But how is everyone else? How are the writing projects? How's life? How are you doing altogether? I'd love to know if you're willing to share🥰

    • I am also possibly going to be beta reading for one of my fav authors, so there’s that too 😂

    • That’s great! Hey, it’s good to be busy sometimes. It feels good to get those kinds of things done XD

      I’ve had some really bad days recently but I’m learning how to cope with my issues and I’m actually taking it into my own hands instead of waiting for things to change, which feels good. My relationships all feel like they are changing, and it is sad for me, but I’m looking forwards to the new ones I’ll build at school this next year. Also, I’m going to a psychologist this next week which is super scary but very overdue lol

      And guess what? I’m moving out for college this fall 🤯🤯

      My word count for ATOH is at 35k and I have a plot down for a one shot comic book! I’m probably going to save it for my zine publishing class but who knows. I’m really enjoying writing and my main wip is pulling together a bit. If I don’t try to make it perfect, I might actually get it published one day XD

      Rn I’m generally just nervous and happy. I’m so happy tobe getting out there this year and learning about stuff I love. I always thought I would be a in some boring stable career while enjoying art on the side, but I had a really good proffessor last year who told me he could see my comics in the local bookstore 😶🫢🤭 and I decided to make it my major!

      Oh, and I finished the two towers! I didn’t like it as much as the fellowship, but I do like ferimer.

    • Hi!!

      Sorry this is kinda late—I’ve been in and am in Colorado and the connection is TERRIBLE.

      Anyhow….

      43k, eh? That’s nice!
      Ooof… medical appointments are no fun! I have a wisdom teeth removal appointment soon and I’m definitely not looking forward to that, lol… 😅

      I’m doing good. Just trying to draw closer to God, because the world is getting darker and I really need Him more than anything. 🤍🤍

      Nothing else is really new…. Still just living life one day at a time, lol. Oh, I recently found a fascination with language and how our mouths make different sounds and such, so I’ve been considering looking into becoming a speech-therapist/language-pathologist… but we’ll see—I might just like languages and conlangs a lot… lol

      Writing is going great, though! TPE (my “most important” novel at this point) is coming along really well! It has roughly 46k words currently, and I’m really enjoying writing it. I am at the hardest part right now though—my triplet MCs’ parents are coming back for them after abandoning them for roughly fifteen years, and I’m not sure how to go about writing that lol—but my mom is helping me add emotion and depth and the such, so that’s been really nice.

      Aight, that’s it. I don’t have much else to say… lol 😅

    • @freed_and_redeemed
      Omc I’m so excited for you!!!
      About how I’m doing….I posted a status update the other day that explains everything! xD
      Have a great day (:

    • I think Wyoh ate my notification about this. 😅
      Sorry about the braces. 😬 Those hurt. Beta reading for one of your favorite authors sounds so cool! I’m going to get a learner’s permit soon too, which would be a lot more exciting if our car weren’t a 12 seater van. 😅 My writing isn’t going so great, because I have 4 main projects, and I can’t decide what to work on, so I don’t work on any. I’m going on vacation in a week though, and I hope to get a lot done then. And in my duck WIP, I have too many characters, and I’m having trouble keeping track of them.
      Life is rather normal right now. I just found out I’m eligible to take pre/beginning pointe now though, so that’s exciting! And the aforementioned vacation is going to be fun. There is also a very rare bird at a state park two hours from my house, so hopefully I can convince my mom to take me to see it. Probably not, unfortunately.😢

    • Oh yeah, totally understand the life busyness. 😉
      Oooh, beta reading for one of your favorite authors?? That sounds so cool!! Who is it?
      😬 Yikes, braces. I just got mine off this February. Tbh, they really weren’t as bad as most people make them sound. Granted I took care of them and managed to only have them on for as long as scheduled, so surprise extra six months. (Thankfully!) Psst, I still ate popcorn and Skittles. 🫢 😂 Oh, and getting braces will hurt to begin with and the first few adjustments, but you get used to it. 😉
      Driving sounds funnn! My brother’s working on getting some hours before drivers ed and then getting his license. I’m gonna be a sophomore this coming school year, which is when most people learn to drive, but because of my age, I actually can’t start learning to drive until, like, a year from now, lol. Anywayyy, that sounds like fun!! Are you nervous?
      I’m so glad you’ve been seeing God’s goodness!! 😊
      I’m doing well! Just got back from vacation, which was really fun. We got to spend some time with family and some time outside before it got humid and hot and gross, lol. Writing has been going SUPER well right now. I got some writing done in the car while we were traveling, which was awesome. XD I’ve been making great progress on my newest WIP which I’ve dubbed as either Project New Mexico or Worth All the World. My trilogy has been put on the back burner for a while, but it’s been good to step back from that.
      Life is staying pretty busy for my family as well! Volleyball’s starting up for me and my sister (we’ve got tryouts tonight! 😬) and I have a couple summer jobs which keep me busy. I’m really excited for my church’s VBS though because it’s our new church and I get to be a counselor/group leader for a group of kids! 😊 So yep, life’s been good and, of course, the Lord is still good to me and my family through everything. <33

      • It’ll be Jayna Baas, a Christian Historical Fiction author who writes stories set during the time of the American Revolution! It’s her second book, and I’ll be one of the ones helping beta read it 💖
        Thanks. I feel a little less nervous now haha. <3

        YES, super nervous about the car things🫠
        So glad life and writing is going well!!!!! And doing VBS sounds like so much fun!!
        Speaking of kids, I may also start babysitting (if time allows) this summer! Paid for a $45 Red Cross First Aid & Babysitting course and will hopefully also be able to babysit soon for some people🥰

        • Oh cool!! That’s awesome!
          Good. 😊
          Oh yeah, totally understandable. 😉
          Yes I’m excited!!
          Oh fun! I took a course similar to that where I learned the Heimlech maneuver. (I wonder if I spelled that right… lol)

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