Picture: I dressed as Edgar A Poe for Halloween yesterday and had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, only ONE other person went to school in costume (my friend Lindsey was Axl Rose), and not many people guessed my costume correctly, but I submitted the picture to the LA Times Literary Halloween Costume photo gallery (along with a pic of the family dog, Hunter, dressed as Ace the Bat-Hound), so the viewers of that gallery will know. hehe
In addition to dressing as Poe, I participated in Neil Gaiman's All Hallow's Read. I took a bag full of books to school and handed them out to USCA's writing tutors. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to share any with my sister's co-workers in Aiken Tech's tutoring center... but USCA's tutors appreciated it! They picked books by Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ray Bradbury. And I knew that one tutor is a mom, so I took some kids' books with me. She said she can't read scary stuff, but she picked up Disney's The Sorceror's Apprentice picture book for her 4-year-old. =)
I also did the All Hallow's Read thing here at home when the trick-or-treaters came around. Unfortunately, there were more little kids than I'd anticipated, so I ran out of books for them fairly early... but, their moms got some books from me instead! hehe I was able to share Stephen King with some cute moms, so that made me happy. Yay!
Speaking of book-sharing with moms... An old friend from elementary school (yeah, a LONG time ago) was in town and she brought her kids by to trick-or treat. While she was here, she gave me a gift card from 2nd & Charles, my favorite second-hand book store! Double Yay! So, I'll be going there at some point today. hehe
I'm a little sad that Halloween's over and I didn't get to do a lot of the traditional stuff... but there's always next year!
Now... today's November 1st, which means NaNoWriMo starts today. I'm a bit nervous because I registered Hyding Out. I haven't finished typing out what's in the notebook yet, but once I do, I'll probably have the first day's worth of words. hehe So... I'd better go get started on typing that. If any other authors out there are participating in NaNoWriMo
In addition to dressing as Poe, I participated in Neil Gaiman's All Hallow's Read. I took a bag full of books to school and handed them out to USCA's writing tutors. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to share any with my sister's co-workers in Aiken Tech's tutoring center... but USCA's tutors appreciated it! They picked books by Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ray Bradbury. And I knew that one tutor is a mom, so I took some kids' books with me. She said she can't read scary stuff, but she picked up Disney's The Sorceror's Apprentice picture book for her 4-year-old. =)
I also did the All Hallow's Read thing here at home when the trick-or-treaters came around. Unfortunately, there were more little kids than I'd anticipated, so I ran out of books for them fairly early... but, their moms got some books from me instead! hehe I was able to share Stephen King with some cute moms, so that made me happy. Yay!
Speaking of book-sharing with moms... An old friend from elementary school (yeah, a LONG time ago) was in town and she brought her kids by to trick-or treat. While she was here, she gave me a gift card from 2nd & Charles, my favorite second-hand book store! Double Yay! So, I'll be going there at some point today. hehe
I'm a little sad that Halloween's over and I didn't get to do a lot of the traditional stuff... but there's always next year!
Now... today's November 1st, which means NaNoWriMo starts today. I'm a bit nervous because I registered Hyding Out. I haven't finished typing out what's in the notebook yet, but once I do, I'll probably have the first day's worth of words. hehe So... I'd better go get started on typing that. If any other authors out there are participating in NaNoWriMo
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