I hope y'all's summer was wonderful. Mine was, and I'm still trying to figure out how it's already gone. It's seems like it was just a week or two ago that I was planning everything fun that was going to happen, and now fall is informing us that it's not too far away.
It's kinda funny, isn't it. How the things that you look forward to the most are the things that seem to pass the quickest. And you're left just wondering where the time had gone to.
A lot happened this summer. It was one of those times where, when you were in the midst of it, nothing felt like it changed. But looking back ... nothing is the same.
For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you probably have a pretty good idea of what's been going on in my life. Seeing as how it's pretty much the only social media site I actually use somewhat frequently. XD
This summer I enrolled for EMT classes at a local community college, and I'm in the middle of my third week of classes. I'm not even sure if words alone can describe just how much this means to me. I've dreamed about college for years, but due to family health issues or such, I was never able to actually enroll and begin. I'm still trying to believe it has actually happened. (Though, the homework assignments are starting to make me realize that yeah, this is real. xD)
In addition to that, I've spent the summer working on editing A Question of Loyualty, and sending it to beta-readers. My goal is for it to be released sometime mid-November, but we'll see. I've also decided that this will be the final book in the series. I'm not ruling out a companion novella or something in the future, but this will be the 3rd and final book in the Questions of War series. It took me a little while to come to that decision, and it wasn't an easy one to make. I've come to love my characters and their individual stories. However, when I started writing, I knew it would be temporary. I wasn't one of those people who wanted to write forever. It was a season. And it was a season I loved. Which is why the decisions to make this the final book in the series was so hard. I've been so blessed by all the amazing people I've met in the Indie writing community. I can't imagine life without y'all. <3
Yes, I'll still write. I'll still read far too much. I may publish more books or novellas. But writing ... it's gonna be pretty low on the priority list. College, work, family ... and whetever else God brings into my life in the next year or so, they'll be my priority. Writing is going to be more of a hobby.
College along with my other responsibilities, taking on more work, and volunteering at church as left me not a lot of time for much else. Including blogging. I still want to finish my 1 Corinthians 13 series. I mean, I still have a few weeks until the calender says summer is over, soo... xD I definitely want to finish it before then.
And after that I'm not sure. I want to keep blogging, but we'll have to see. It'll be far from the consistent posting schedule I've tried to keep in the past. (And yes, I'll probably still blog about writing in some form or another. Because I still love to do it. xD)
Hopefully, though, y'all won't mind some more random posts. Because if these past two and a half weeks have shown me anything, it's that an EMT class is far from boring.
How about you? How was your summer? Has anything drastically changed in your life? Anything special happen?
Three of my favorite songs this summer have been Fast by Luke Bryan, Seasons Change, by Scotty McCreery, and Life Changes by Thomas Rhett. Because they kinda sum up what this summer has been about.
Change. New beginings. A new season.
I'm a summer person, through and through. But this year? I can't wait to see what Autumn brings.
