Highlights Of May 2018

   Well. May was here, and then it wasn't! (which is why this post is over a week late *cough*)

   May literally FLEW by, and now I've got all sorts of deadlines sneaking up on me - but I suppose I can take a smol break to get up a post about my month for you guys, no? ;D

Huh. Seeing as I was so busy in May, it's a little weird that I don't have that many interesting things to say in this section? Strange xD. Let's see what I can scrounge up...

We went to a graduation party for one of my very good friends, which was a ton of fun! I loved being able to catch up with people and congratulate her (also, ice cream. There was ice cream <3).

And I've been practicing my driving like CRAZY all month (I know, I know - I'm VERY late to the game!), which has been a ton of fun. And the place where my mom takes me to practice is right by a bookstore, so ... you know where we end up when the driving is done xD.

OH ALSO - my sweet friend and critique partner Soleil surprised me with a box of bookish goodies, including a GORGEOUS copy of Legendary (before it came out, which had me floored! xD), and legit made my month (thank you, Sol!). Also, I am now obsessed with book-inspired candles ;D.  

isn't it a gorgeous book?

Whoo. So here's where I promptly keel over and die because THERE'S TOO MUCH HERE. *takes deep breath* But let's give this a shot, shall we? xD

I'm working on the expansion of Forgotten - my Snow White novella for the Rooglewood writing contest last year - into a full novel, and I'm about a quarter of the way through (its taking so much longer than I thought it would!) I guess good things take a lot of time? xD I'm trying not to rush too much, but the deadline for that project is mid-July, so ... there's not much time to waste O.O

And then there's been a lot of flash fiction. I'm still working on my piece for the Penprints Flash Fiction dash (I ... kinda forgot I hadn't done that yet *gulps*), and multiple pieces to submit to different places. Its been so much fun, I love writing short, fast things ;D.

I've also been working on a couple entries to submit to the Oath and Iron anthology - one that's set by the ocean (which I sent off to my alphas, and their feedback is always epic <3), one that's set in the 1920s (which ... I still need to type up. That's one drawback of me always writing my first drafts by hand!), and one that I'm co-writing with my wonderful friend Soleil (though we'll see if we get it done in time! xD). This is my first shot at co-writing anything, and its been a TON of fun!

... I think that's about it, but knowing me, I've totally skipped something that I'll be kicking myself for later xD. Basically I'VE BEEN BUSY and MY PLATE IS FULL and I CAN'T WAIT until I can let you guys beta some of the stuff I've been working on! Hopefully very, very soon ;).  

And I failed to realize until right now that I actually did a lot of reading this month? I found a new absolute-favorite series, tried a couple books that I never would have thought to read without prompting, and got my paws on some fresh-off-the-press books! It was a VERY good month for reading, when all's said and done <3.

- The Jackaby series by William Ritter. OH MY GRACIOUS, you guys. My love for this series knows no bounds. I read the first book a little while back, but managed to somehow not finish the series? BUT NOW I HAVE. And I shall forever regret waiting so long! I'll have to do a full review on the whole series sometime soon, because it just isn't fair to try and contain my screaming into this single paragraph! ;D All you guys need to know is that I LOVE IT VERY MUCH <3 <3 <3

- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And here's one of the books I definitely wouldn't have read without prompting. I guess I'm just not very interested in older classics? But my younger sister (Skylar) read it and convinced me that I ABSOLUTELY HAD TO, and I couldn't say no! And I'm super glad that I didn't, because (shock of all shocks xD), I actually really enjoyed this book! The characters were AH-MAY-ZING, which is half the reason I loved it so much. 4.5 to this beautiful book!  

There's a bunch of other books in that collage that I wish I could ramble about, BUT I read a lot of them to judge for the Inspy Awards (did I mention that I'm one of this year's judges?), and I'm not allowed to talk about what I think of them until that's all over. But I'm having a ton of fun - and that's about all I can say! ;D

BUT if you want a little more of my book ramblings, I did review The Story Peddler and Legendary on my blog this month, and my review of Entwined (by Heather Dixon) went up over on PURSUE magazine's website.

- Aimee Meester is still killing it with her serial story - here's a link to the most recent part posted! (though if you haven't read it yet, start with part one! You need to read all the epicness)

- Ivie of Ivie Writes revealed the STUNNING cover of the book she's going to be releasing! Do excuse me as I melt into a smol puddle of I NEED THIS NOW xD

- Nadine Brandes STARTED HER OWN BOOKTUBE CHANNEL, which I am BEYOND excited about!! So make sure to go check her out her lovely booktube!

- CAIT IS GOING TO BE RELEASING A SECOND BOOK.EXCUSE ME AS I DIE AGAIN. I've been wanting to read The Boy Who Steals Houses ever since ... well, forever! And now we'll get to! I IS EXCITE

- Victoria did a post on writing lessons from The Hiding Place, which was really cool. Now I'm all inspired to write a story with a deaf main character! (NO MORE PLOT BUNNIES PLEASE xD)

- Tons of book releases! Legendary by Stephanie Garber, Porch Swing Girl by Taylor Bennett, and Unbreakable by Sara Ella, and The Three by Christa Kinde - and that's just to name a few! If you haven't read them yet, YOU NEED TO. (*coughs and fails to mention the fact that I've only been able to get to two of these so far*)

   First of all - I did NOT finish up my fairytale retellings blog series in May (pfft, who am I kidding - I didn't really expect to! I just have too many things to say!), so that will be continuing in June. This is going to be a super-busy month for me, so WE'LL SEE how often I can slap up a post xD. And I may or may not have a call for betas for a short story in a week or so... but you didn't here that from me ;).

   ANYways. I hope that y'all had an epic May, and that your June is just as wonderful! Keep rocking your writing, frens <3.

~ Savannah Grace 

how was your May? what was the best book you read? 

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