Redwall Recipes

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the Redwall series. It's always seemed a little... obscure. Usually when I mention it to someone they just sort of give me a blank stare. I actually had no idea it existed up until I was about eight years old, and then a family friend introduced it to us, and we fell in love with it. Since then I've collected every single one of the books, including the newest ones. I'm an avid follower and fan.

Well, today I opened the present my little sister had gotten me, and I was surprised to see a cook book! If you ARE familiar with the Redwall series, then you'll know that the descriptions of the feasts, and the food in general, are very exhaustive. I love reading about the food in the Redwall books. It's almost half the reason I read them! And the cook book I now own is a cook book filled with recipes for some of the most delicious sounding meals in the Redwall books!

I'm very excited to start trying them out. I think my first one is going to be something call 'Nunnymolers' or Honeymoles. I'll let you know how the recipes turn out, Readers!

- Aimee

Hey, Readers. It's been a while since I posted last, and I apologize for that. What with school, and finals week finally coming around, I've been very busy. Thankfully, tomorrow is my last day of school before Christmas break. I have my history and psychology finals tomorrow, but they should be a piece of cake.

Since I've been so busy with school, I've been having a hard time concentrating on my writing. I've gone through fifteen or so chapters of my novel, editing and stuff. And I just started writing something new recently. It's something about a dragon. I haven't gotten very far yet. I doubt I ever will. I just can't help writing down new ideas when they come to me. I've got far too many stories in my mind...

Well, hopefully over the Christmas break I'll have a bit more time to write, and edit my novel.

Have a merry Christmas, readers!

Failure/Success

This November has been a time of both failure and success. Although there are still three days of November left, I have called it quits. I reached the end of my novel, and have no more words to write. Even after attempting to fill in more of the story, I could not reach the world goal. So, while I did finish my novel, I failed to reach the 50,000 word goal of the month, and the end of November marks a time of mixed triumph and failure.

I never knew that both could exist together so peacefully.

Thank you for accompanying me on my journey this year, readers. I will continue to update my blog on a (hopefully) regular basis. In fact, I am about to embark upon a new adventure. I have decided that, in order to keep myself writing every day until next November, I will attempt to write one thousand words a day, following daily photo writing prompts. This will be my daily writing practice. Practice makes perfect, readers. Always remember that. Starting on December 1st, I will begin, and hopefully continue my writing on a/n (almost) daily basis.

If I do skip a day or two, forgive me.

- Aimee

Day Twenty-Two

Word count - 41,443

My word count has gone up by maybe 1,000 words since I last updated. I've written such a small amount in the last day or so, it's a little sad. Here I am, nearly done, and I can't seem to get any more words out! Plus, I'm not even sure if my plot will fill up the 50,000 words required to win.

Funny, I seem to remember having the same complaint last year around this time.

I really hope that I can manage to write another 8,557 words without ending my book. If I do reach the end, I guess I'll just have to go back and throw in some filler scenes that I may have forgotten along the way! The urge to put in a smiley is almost overwhelming, so here you have it, readers: =D

Now, I'd better get going so I can write at least a little bit today. I'm all done with my homework for the day (including my final Psychology paper that's not due until the ninth or something?) and now I have nearly all day to write! Good luck to all my readers who are participating in NaNoWriMo! We're nearly in the last week!

- Aimee

Day Twenty

Word count - 39,399

I'm so close to 40,000, it's not even funny. But I can't seem to get there. Only a few hundred words to go, and they just won't come! It's all because my stupid MC had to do something stupid.

On the plus side, I made a visit to the Department of Redundancy Department last night with the sentence: "Overwhelmed by an overwhelming feeling..." How fascinating, the overwhelming feeling overwhelmed her! I shall have to examine that statement more closely just to see how overwhelming one might find an overwhelming feeling that overwhelmed her.

I had to laugh when I wrote that sentence last night, but I was not too half asleep to catch it and correct it. My inner editor is pretty quiet this time of year, but when I make such a glaringly obviously mistake, I can't help fixing it, no matter how funny it is.

Right now, before I try to do any more writing, I have to do some research for a paper I plan on writing tomorrow. I have to research Anti-Social Personality Disorder, which I believe is the disorder The Joker suffers from. Even though no one ever says exactly what The Joker's problem is, I'm pretty sure that's it. I just have to do a little research so I can back up my opinion. After that, I will try to at least break 40,000 words. Wish me luck, Readers! And expect my next update soon. If not tomorrow then at least in the next few days!

- Aimee

Day Seventeen

Word count - 35,995

Welp, I've written very little today. I don't know why, but I've had trouble getting any words written. They're all stuck in my head somewhere, and they just refuse to come out!

On the plus side, I love it when small characters I never intended to be important turns into an important character. My character Jesse has turned from an unimportant character I threw in just for the heck of it, into a potential villain! I really have no idea who his character is going to turn into. He has the potential to go either way, so I guess I'll just have to see how this goes.

The Christmas season has started once again. Honestly, I turn into a bit of a Scrooge during the first MONTH of the Christmas season. When I have to put up with Christmas carols, and decorations, and all the commercialism of the holiday season every day after the first of November, I get a little cranky. I mean, what happened to Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. What's not to like about Thanksgiving? I mean, there's food, family, and thanks to be given! I guess the main reason I dislike the Christmas season is because it just sort of swallows up my favorite holiday. But once the actual holiday Christmas comes around, I tend to shed my Scrooginess.

This year, give Thanksgiving some love, and hold off your Christmas commercialism until at least December.

Thank you.

- Aimee

Day Sixteen

Word count - 34,131

I'm so close to finishing, I can nearly taste the victory. But at the same time, my plot has so much further to go, I highly doubt that it will fit within 50,000 words. So I won't worry about fitting it in. I won't worry about finishing my novel at 50,000. I'm ahead of schedule, so I ought to be able to finish the entire story by the end of the month.

My villain is busy being villainous right now. With his agenda revealed (to the readers, at least), he has only to reveal to the world what he plans to do. People will object, at first. Radical groups of rebels will fight back against his regime of terror. But in the long run, he'll succeed. Or will he?

I'm having a lot of fun planning out what will happen with my villain. Villain's are always so fun to write for. Their evil plans are fun to come up with, and planning their next move is cool.

Anyway, I'd best get back to writing. I'm not planning on doing a lot of writing tomorrow, since I have to teach and take piano lessons, and then do a lot of homework. I have a test to study for.

- Aimee