What's Up Wednesday: Halloween Week

What's Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop created by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk to help writers stay in touch.

What I'm Reading: 
I'm only two chapters away from the end of Return of the King so I'll be finishing that today. Sadly I didn't get to read Allegiant over the weekend because it was delayed in the mail and didn't arrive until Monday. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to start it tomorrow or Friday, but I will definitely be reading it this weekend.

What I'm Writing: 
Hopefully, after I finish RotK, I'll have some more free time on my hands and I'll be able to start up daily revision goals again.

What Inspires Me: 
I stayed up until one last night watching Pacific Rim for the first time and I can honestly say that I don't know what took me so long. Just everything. It was weird because I fell in love with the music first and to see it in the movie was disconcerting, but also awesome in a way.

What Else I've Been Up To: 
Halloween! It's tomorrow and I don't think I've been this excited since I was a kid getting ready to go trick-or-treating. I don't really have any special plans. Other than going to class dressed up and hanging out with my friends all afternoon. My costume this year is a Star Trek science officer, so I carved my pumpkin in the shape of the insignia. I'm happy with the way it turned out, considering it's my first pumpkin carving attempt.

Comments

Juliana Haygert said…
Pacific Rim is great! Loved it ...

Great costume idea!
October 30, 2013 at 2:22 PM
Lori M. Lee said…
I LOOOVE Pacific Rim! And that is such a cool Halloween theme :) I hope you post pics!
October 30, 2013 at 2:56 PM
SF said…
Nice, I've been meaning to re-read tLotR! It was supposed to happen this summer, but it didn't...maybe over Christmas. Tolkien is so worth the time it takes to get through those.

And that sounds like an excellent pumpkin-carving job!
October 31, 2013 at 10:06 AM
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