March 2021 Wrap-Up

Hi! March is over, which means that it’s time for another monthly wrap-up! I didn’t do one for the last two months. I thought I did one for January, but evidently not! Anyway, time to do one today.

Books Read:

I thought I didn’t do so well, and although I didn’t do great, I did manage to read 10 “books”. Two were audiobook courses (which I’m counting this year), two were short stories, and four were rereads:

• Chain of Iron – Cassandra Clare
• Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write About Anything – Dorsey Armstrong (audiobook course)
• The Four Winds – Kristin Hannah
• “After the Bridge” – Cassandra Clare
• “Jocelyn’s Story” – Cassandra Clare
• City of Bones – Cassandra Clare (reread)
• City of Ashes – Cassandra Clare (reread)
• City of Glass – Cassandra Clare (reread)
• Great Heroes and Discoveries of Astronomy – Emily Levesque (audiobook course)
• City of Fallen Angels – Cassandra Clare (reread)

After reading Chain of Iron, I guess I just kept going with the Shadowhunter’s books. I was planning on rereading them this year, but I was planning on reading them later in the year.

Writing:

Writing is not going so badly right now. After reading Chain of Iron, I just had to write something to heal my heart while waiting for Chain of Thorns (I know Ms. Clare will take care of it in book 3, but I don’t want to wait with the characters in distress like that for a year–and no, I’m not going to spoil what’s going on here). I wrote the short story “Shah Mat” in response. That does contain spoilers so don’t read it if you haven’t had the chance to read Chain of Iron yet.

I decided to enter RevPit this year (again) and so I’m rewriting The Brightness of Shadow (again). After RevPit I’ll start submitting to agents again. I’m doing Camp NaNoWriMo this year. For the first part of the month I’m revising The Brightness of Shadow, and for the second half I’ll work on Saving Adelinetta.

Life:

It’s so weird not having updated since the end of last year. So much has gone on.

The job that dh started in December… didn’t really work out. They lied about the benefits they offered, and he couldn’t afford to work there. So he’s working at a nonprofit radio station now, and the benefits are amazing. Plus he got a pay raise. The other people wanted him to stay, and he agreed to work part time. He feels like he’s out of his element at his new job. If you’re the praying type, please pray that God equips him to do the job.

I started trading cryptocurrency again. I used to do it several years ago, but didn’t keep at it. Maybe because I was only doing these little trades and making a few cents. Anyway, a long time ago I had mined some DOGE, a meme coin. It was worthless at the time, but a couple months ago, it shot up in value to $.08. I had tens of thousands of them. So I sold most of them bought a new laptop, and had a couple thousand left over to trade with. As of yesterday (it’s gone up in value a little since then), I’ve pretty much doubled the money I had two months ago. It’s a lot more fun when you’re watching your profits go up by $50 or so a day. If I continue to do well at this, I might finally be able to buy the DSLR camera I’ve been wanting for over a decade. And maybe pay off the car at some point.

I’m pretty excited because tomorrow we’re going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science! I haven’t been in quite a while. Both my daughter and my son wanted to go. Going to museums is so different than it used to be, because you have to buy your tickets in advance for admission at a certain time.

So that was March! How did it go for you? How has your reading been? Hope you have a great April!