Oh well!
I have been writing as much as I can. Book 4 is well underway, although, to be honest, I'm not particularly happy with it. I think it's going to go through some major revisions this summer and fall.
Oh, and what about that series I was planning last spring? The one with the most views on my entire blog? The #WhatMakesaGoodStory series?
Okay, there is a story there.
The first one I decided to try to tackle is, "What makes a good 'strong, independent female character?'"
Yeah. I should've started smaller. I spent like six weeks researching that one, and came up with so much that it ended up being nothing at all.
Then I tried for, "What makes a good 'sympathetic villain?'" Same problem.
I don't know. I need to think about it a bit more.
Anyway, to wrap up, here are some pictures from basically January-last week. I'll try to remember what day they were on.
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| I wore this on the last day of work before Chinese New Year break. |
The next pictures were all taken during the Chinese New Year holidays. These holidays are basically the Chinese version of Christmas; they get two weeks off and everybody goes home to see family--or, if your family is in a city like Shenyang, get your family together and go somewhere warm. The rest of the pictures are all in date order, oldest to most recent.
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| I absolutely loved looking at the windows of all the apartments during Chinese New Year. |
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| This actually wasn't pollution, for once. |
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| The snow's all gone! |
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| And the snow's back! |
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| This was taken February 29. As you can see, the businesses are reopening. |
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| This is late at night, and I took this picture on the first day I noticed that we were allowed to dine-in at restaurants again! |
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| Sitting in my favorite restaurant! |
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| I spied this guy building a nest. :) |
Anyway--stay safe, everyone. Be careful around the people who are especially vulnerable. Also be careful around the "journalists" who prey on your concerns.
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