Bump in the road

We all have those moments where we're just staring at a wall or out the window, eyes seeing but not really looking wondering why? Why did this happen to me? Why am I going through this? What did I do to deserve this? No matter the situation, the feelings that we all go through are the same. Betrayal from the closest friend shatters our perception of trust, dishonesty from the person who you counted on to tell you the truth no matter what makes you wonder about sincerity and the deceit that you never expected hits you with pain so hard that you could never have imagined you'd experience it.
But what we should focus on in a time like this is that betrayal flushes out your true friends, dishonesty makes you more aware of the truth and pain, no matter how awful, is fleeting. As much as you think you do, you do not deserve this. Life puts you in such situations to make you learn from them. Never let the same flame burn you twice. It might take some time, but surround yourself with people who root for you when you're succeeding, who want you to prosper because your triumph is their victory too. Friends are supposed to make you feel better about yourself. And if your friends do not, then you need to re-evaluate your life and find the ones who do. Because no matter how alone you might feel right now, where you are right now is not your final destination. It is just a bump in the road that might set you back or delay you, but your journey is far from over and if you can just cross this obstacle then you can be back on your path.

NaNoWriMo 2015

It is November ! It is officially fall and that time of the year where the leaves are falling, sweaters are being worn and we get to sit in the sun to soak up its warmth. But most importantly it is time for NaNoWriMo.

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and it occurs in November. It is a month in which people - brave people I must say - challenge themselves to write a novel of fifty-thousand words in thirty days. It is my first year participating in NaNoWriMo even though I have known about it for a while and it takes some courage to attempt such a thing. As of today, we are one week into November and I am going strong and staying a little ahead of my word count (just a couple hundred words but I am still ahead so yay).

My story for NaNo was something that I came up with on the 1st of November. I was going to write one story but I switched and changed to this one. All I can say about my story is that it is in the fantasy genre and it is about faeries. YES FAERIES. I am very excited about it because there is a lot of world building - thus a lot to describe which is great for my word count - and there are so many plot directions that I'm exploring along the way.

I don't know if I will complete the fifty thousand words challenge but I am determined. I also don't know if this novel is something that I would ever get to. or want to, publish but we will cross that bridge when we get to it. Right now I am enjoying myself and that is all that matters.

PS: I am posting updates on twitter all the time so check out my twitter for fun stuff. my twitter handle is bloggerofstars.

As always, thanks for reading. Happy writing to all of you participating in NaNo this year!