Wrap Up April\\Hello, May!

Greetings, all! 

Welp, April has come and vanished.

And I’m not entirely certain that someone didn’t speed up time this year.

April is one of my absolute favorite months. Spring finally decides to show its face, the weather starts to warm up, and its also my birthday month (so maybe I’m a little biased XP).


(And shh. I totally know its May 9^th. This post was definitely planned to be late. XD) 

Music of April

(I listened to a lot of movie and video game scores this month. XD)

Worlds Colliding from Spider-Man by John Paesano 

This song is just downright gorgeous. <33

Can You See Jane from Thor by Patrick Doyle

I LOVE the first two Thor movie soundtracks. This one is from the end of the movie and it’s lovely.

The High Seas from Assassin’s Creed 

I discovered this album not too long ago and was amazed at how the feel of the music fit perfectly with my pirate novel. :-O <33

Can You Dig It from Iron Man 3 by Brian Tyler

This song makes me smile. It’s reminiscent of The Incredibles soundtrack, but with more Tony Starkness in it. XD 

Movies of April

Psych Series 3

The Thief Lord <33

Mary Poppins Returns

Time Changer

Newsies <33

Rise of the Guardians

Lady in the Water 

Avengers: Endgame <333

Books of April

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell

Brotherband: Slaves of Scorro by John Flanagan

The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

Renegade Skyfarer by R.J. Metcalf

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Void Born by R.J. Metcalf

Brotherband: Scorpion Mountain by John Flanagan

(the book titles with links attached to them are ones that I’ve written book reviews for)

Events of April

Camp Nano-I DID IT!!! I WON CAMP NANO!!! I was a little distracted about halfway through because we had a tragedy happen to one of the families at our church; but I managed to pull through and smash my goal. I even went one word over my goal. XP (I’ll have some snippets for you to read in a moment.) HUGE SHOUTOUT to all my lovely fellow Fellowship of the Keyboards cabin members; and our Most High Honorable Cabin Leader Jane. It was an awesome writing session, friends. <33

Oh, and we had a rogue orc in our cabin that kept eating up our comments. Did anyone else have this orc or his accomplices raiding their cabins? XD

My Birthday-I turned 17 this month! Here is a link to my birthday speech, if you haven’t read it yet. XP In that post I also announced a vlog that I am going to host hopefully this month; so if you haven’t asked me any questions yet and you would like to do so make sure to visit that post and leave some questions in the comments. :-)

Avengers: Endgame-I WENT AND SAW THIS MOVIE ONE APRIL 30^th. IT WAS AMAZING. I SHALL SAY NOTHING ELSE ABOUT IT UNTIL IT COMES OUT ON DVD. THEN I SHALL HAVE A BLOG POST ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WAS PHENOMENAL. <333

(I did do a few other things, but they’re not really worth mentioning.)

April Writing

For my Camp Nano project this year I tried to finish my pirate novel, Of Seas, Silver, and Shipmates.

Well…I’m almost done with it. I think I have about threeish chapters left. IT’S SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE THOUGH EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

And then come August I may be asking for some beta readers…if anyone is interested. XD

Snippets!

*

We traveled all that day and late into the night. Elani told us that the location on the map was on the west coast of Africa; near an old abandoned pirate hideaway. I asked her why it was abandoned.

                She said it may or may not have had something to do with Colin getting lost on his first sea voyage without his father, an unwanted present, and a dare from the ship’s cook. She wouldn’t say anything else.

                I would have liked to hear more about this adventure.

*

We stared at each other in horror, listening to the cannon balls splash into the water or smash into the sides of our ship; hitting with a solid thunk or cracking the tough boards wide open.

The ship rocked back and forth; and the lantern slid across the small open surface area of our small hiding place. I grabbed it’s handle to stop it from tipping over.

A cannonball smashed into the side of the ship nearest us; and we heard the boards splinter. A steady sound of water began; and I could see moisture seep into a small crack in the floorboard above us.

“We can’t stay in here long,” I said. “This compartment will flood!”

*

My mind was whirling. She appeared to be making sense; but what if I couldn’t trust her anymore? Why was nothing logical? What was happening?

                Then Elani moved.

                And I ended up on the ground.

*

Aanndd…that is all I have to say for now.

So how was your April? How many writerly types out there smashed their Camp Nano goals? Who else has seen Endgame already? (No spoilers please! I don’t want any spoilers on my blog. XP) And what is one of your favorite movie scores?

Until next we meet!

Namarie!