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Day 5 – What movie, in your opinion, has the best sad scene?
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- A Walk to Remember (2002)
- Up (2009)
- All death scenes.
What about you? What movie has the best sad scene?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Writing Prompt #123: LB and K’s Blockbuster Challenge – Day 4
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Day 4 – Your best movie memory?
- My dad would take me to see the latest James Bond movies when I was younger. I specifically remember seeing Die Another Day (2002) in theaters with him.
What about you? What’s your best movie memory?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Writing Prompt #122: LB and K’s Blockbuster Challenge – Day 3
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Day 3 – Your favorite movie beverage?
- At the theater: I love Cherry Coke!
- At home: It depends. Sometimes water, soda, chocolate milk, a beer, or a glass of wine! We watch a lot of movies at home.
What about you? What’s your favorite movie beverage?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Blog Awards #21: The Supporter Award
Thanks, Daniel, for nominating me!
Here’s the link to Daniel’s post:
The Rules:
- Thank the blogger(s) that nominated you and link back to their post.
- Answer the 4 “First” questions.
- Come up with 4 new “First” questions or just use the same ones from your nomination.
- Nominate your first follower who is still active and interacting with you.
- Nominate up to 4 other bloggers
- Make sure to link back to the original post by The book prescription so I can see all your answers!
- Feel free to add the badge to your blog
The 4 “First” Questions:
1- First memory of a story.
- I remember listening to someone in my family read Dr. Seuss to me.
2- First book you bought with your own money.
- I’m pretty sure it was a few of the Baby-Sitters Little Sister books.
3- First book that made you cry.
- I think it was a cheesy romance book. That’s all I can remember.
4- First book that you didn’t finish.
- Wow. I honestly don’t know the title. I think it happened in college?
My First Follower:
- I had to start in 2016, but one of my biggest supporters has been B.W.!
Nominations!
- Jenna – Bookmark Your Thoughts
- Teagan and Jess – Fiction No Chaser
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Writing Prompt #121: LB and K’s Blockbuster Challenge – Day 2
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Day 2 – Your favorite movie snack?
- Popcorn, hands down! I love the smell, the butter topping, all of it. I know it’s not healthy, but it’s a nice treat.
What about you? What’s your favorite movie snack?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Getting Personal #134: Camp NaNoWriMo July 2018 Recap
I was very excited to do Camp NaNoWriMo again for the month of July!
Since I was very close to the 35,000 word mark at the end of June, I decided to set my Camp goal for an additional 15,000 words. I felt like I could finally reach 50,000 words! This has been a dream since 2012!!
Previous Stats
May 2nd
- Current word count: 33,507 words
June 16th
- Added 623 words
- Current word count: 34,130 words
June 23rd
- Added 339 words
- Current word count: 34,469 words
June 30th
- Added 250 words
- Current word count: 34,719 words
And, now, here’s how I did!
Day 1
Today: 539
Total: 539
It wasn’t until that evening that I could sit down and write for the day, but I was happy with my first word count! Onward and upward!
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Day 2
Today: 0
Total: 539
I didn’t write anything on this day, mainly due to hosting our friend Mike for the evening!
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Day 3
Today: 624
Total: 1,163
Another evening writing session. I felt really good about this one!
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Day 4
Today: 742
Total: 1,905
I’m really getting into the groove of writing in the evenings. More progress!
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Day 5
Today: 208
Total: 2,113
I made progress, but not as much as I hoped. I felt distracted, a bit sidetracked. Plus, I wrote later this evening than I have during other nights. But, there’s always tomorrow!
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Day 6
Today: 676
Total: 2,789
Today was much more productive! I felt really good about the scene I wrote today, too. Excited to see what happens this weekend.
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Day 7
Today: 830
Total: 3,619
I wrote this afternoon, when Al was in the shower. Here’s to more words tomorrow!
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Day 8
Today: 1,131
Total: 4,750
Al mowed the lawn today, so I took advantage of that. This was my highest word count so far!
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Day 9
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I felt like I hit a wall.
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Day 10
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Lacking inspiration.
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Day 11
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Not feeling this writing thing at all.
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Day 12
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
This week at work has been exhausting, and it’s Thursday now. Maybe tomorrow?
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Day 13
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I feel a bit guilty, but I just haven’t had the energy, or desire, to write.
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Day 14
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
I thought for sure the weekend would bring some inspiration, but not today.
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Day 15
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Today was so busy with church and other things, I wasn’t even thinking about writing.
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Day 16
Today: 0
Total: 4,750
Now I’m super irritated with myself. I didn’t make any time to write this morning, and I didn’t have any time to write this evening. Hopefully, tomorrow, this wall can come down!
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Day 17
Today: 595
Total: 5,345
HOORAY! The streak of zeroes is broken!!
AND – I passed 40,000 words overall! I’m a very happy lady!
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Day 18
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
Stupid writer’s block.
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Day 19
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
Still no inspiration.
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Day 20
Today: 0
Total: 5,345
No time today!
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Day 21
Today: 622
Total: 6,022
A later-evening writing session was a success!
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Day 22
Today: 0
Total: 6,022
I felt uninspired again today.
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Day 23
Today: 0
Total: 6,022
Pure exhaustion today. However, I felt a bit of inspiration rising throughout the day. Hopefully I can put my fingers to the keyboard tomorrow!
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Day 24
Today: 451 + 825 = 1,276
Total: 7,298
Yay! I’m so proud of myself. TWO writing sessions in one day?! Woohoo!!
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Day 25
Today: 0
Total: 7,298
I was hoping to write a little bit this morning, but with all the preparations needed for Thursday, it just didn’t happen.
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Day 26
Today: 752
Total: 8,050
Having a rare Thursday off from work was helpful for a productive afternoon writing session!
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Day 27
Today: 853
Total: 8,903
I’m finally feeling more consistent!
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Day 28
Today: 845
Total: 9,748
Yeah, baby! Getting there. Excited to write some more tomorrow – Maybe hit 1,000 words?
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Day 29
Today: 530
Total: 10,278
Woohoo! I passed the 10,000 word mark tonight. Pretty excited!
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Day 30
Today: 345
Total: 10,623
I’m still here, still writing, word by word. I’ll take it! Also, my husband is the best cheerleader!
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Day 31
Today: 1,293
Total: 11,916
I closed out Camp NaNoWriMo July 2018 with a bang! I’m so proud of myself!
Final Thoughts
I was so happy to add nearly 12,000 new words to my novel! I fell a little short of my overall goal, but I’ll take what I can get.
I can’t wait to participate in Camp again next year!
Have you done NaNoWriMo in November before?
Have you done Camp NaNoWriMo before?
Let me know what you think!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Getting Personal #133: August Goals
Image Credit: Blissful Gal
Welcome to August! One of my all-time favorite months, because it’s my birthday month! Yay!!
Here are my goals for the month of August:
- Make progress with cleaning the garage.
- See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
- Celebrate my milestone birthday!
- Start preparing for our greyhound’s arrival.
- See Christopher Robin.
- Get to 50,000 words with my 2012 WIP.
- Participate in Laura Beth and Kristian’s Blockbuster Challenge!
Here’s the breakdown:
Make progress with cleaning the garage.
- We talked about it enough in July, so I’m convinced it will start happening this month!
See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.
- My mom is taking me to see it for my birthday!
Celebrate my milestone birthday!
- I turn 30! I’m excited to celebrate with Al, my family, and friends!
Start preparing for our greyhound’s arrival.
- Since we’re waiting for the call now, we’ll be buying things like dog bed(s), comfy fleece blankets, and other dog-related items!
See Christopher Robin.
- This is another movie that I’m excited to see!
Get to 50,000 words with my 2012 WIP.
- Bolstered by my success with Camp NaNoWriMo July 2018, I’m determined to finally reach 50,000 words!
Participate in Laura Beth and Kristian’s Blockbuster Challenge!
- It’s already started!
- Come back to our blogs every day in August to see our answers!
Do you have any goals for the month of August?
If so, I’d love to hear about them!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Writing Prompt #120: LB and K’s Blockbuster Challenge – Day 1
I’m so excited to be doing this Summer Blockbuster challenge with Kristian of Life Lessons Around The Dinner Table!
As Kristian said – There are no rules. Everyone is invited to participate. We will be posting the questions and answering one each day!
If you do choose to participate, please let Kristian and I know so that we can read your answers & follow along!
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Here’s the link to Kristian’s post:
Day 1 – Your favorite summer blockbuster?
Like Kristian, I couldn’t pick just one!
- Back to the Future (1985)
- WALL-E (2008)
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
- Inside Out (2015)
What about you? What’s your favorite summer blockbuster?
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Getting Personal #132: July Goals Recap
Image Credit: Success Magazine
July flew by! It’s crazy!
Here’s the link to my July Goals post:
Ready?
Here we go!
- See Ant-Man and the Wasp. — Accomplished!
- Curb my spending. — Accomplished!
- See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. — Did not accomplish.
- Submit our adoption application to Old Dominion Greyhound Adoption. — Accomplished!
- See Mission: Impossible – Fallout. — Accomplished!
- Spend at least two hours cleaning the garage. — Did not accomplish.
- Make sure the Household Bills Spreadsheet is updated before the end of the month. — Did not accomplish.
- Spend at least three hours working within Evernote. — Did not accomplish.
- Meal plan as much as possible for the month. — Accomplished!
- Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, July 2018. — Accomplished!
- Update my TBR. — Accomplished!
- Start another writing challenge. — Accomplished!
- Plan a special challenge for the month of August! — Accomplished!
Here’s the breakdown:
See Ant-Man and the Wasp. — Accomplished!
- We loved this movie! It was almost better than the first one.
Curb my spending. — Accomplished!
- I’m so proud of myself!
See Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. — Did not accomplish.
- This one is just delayed – My mom is taking me to see it on my birthday!
Submit our adoption application to Old Dominion Greyhound Adoption. — Accomplished!
- We mailed it off on a Monday, and got a call to set up the home visit on that Friday!
- The home visit happened on Saturday, July 25th. Now we just wait for the call that they have our dog!
See Mission: Impossible – Fallout. — Accomplished!
- We saw this with our good friend, Mike! What a thrill ride!!
- To me, it’s one of the best movies in the whole franchise.
- Tip: Make sure you go to the bathroom before the movie starts. You definitely don’t want to miss a minute of this movie!
Spend at least two hours cleaning the garage. — Did not accomplish.
- This was set with good intentions, but didn’t make time for it.
Make sure the Household Bills Spreadsheet is updated before the end of the month. — Did not accomplish.
- This didn’t happen. I may re-evaluate our strategy in August.
Spend at least three hours working within Evernote. — Did not accomplish.
- I didn’t make time to do this.
Meal plan as much as possible for the month. — Accomplished!
- This was successful!
Participate in Camp NaNoWriMo, July 2018. — Accomplished!
- Look for a Camp NaNoWriMo recap post later this week!
Update my TBR. — Accomplished!
- Here’s the link to my latest TBR post: Getting Personal #130: Seventh TBR Recap
Start another writing challenge. — Accomplished!
- See below for the links to my recent writing challenge posts. I’m loving it so far!
- Writing Prompt #115: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter A)
- Writing Prompt #116: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter B)
- Writing Prompt #117: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter C)
- Writing Prompt #118: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter D)
- Writing Prompt #119: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter E)
Plan a special challenge for the month of August! — Accomplished!
- Check back in tomorrow for more details!
Final Thoughts
- I was able to put Accomplished next to nine out of 13 goals. This was awesome! I feel really good.
- The four goals I did not accomplish: This was all timing.
What about you? Did you have any goals for the month of July?
Come back tomorrow to see my August Goals!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
Writing Prompt #119: The ABC Book Challenge (The Letter E)
Here’s the link to Tiana’s post:
Memorable books that start with “E”:
- This book was a hard read. So many emotions!
- I adored these books when I was younger!
- This is one of the most influential books I’ve ever read. Although it was assigned reading in high school, it was one of the first science fiction books I truly enjoyed. I need to read the rest of the series! The movie adaptation (2013) was also well-done!
- Roald Dahl is one of my favorite authors!
- I think I had to read this in high school? For what I remember, I liked Edith Wharton’s writing so much, that I sought out several of her own works to read on my own.
Books I’d love to read that start with the letter “E”:
- How have I not read this book?
- I first read Uglies in my Young Adult Literature class during the spring of 2011. I enjoyed the book, but have yet to read the rest of the series.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- I listened to an interview with Jonathan Safran Foer last year on NPR’s Fresh Air, and it made me want to read all of his books. Plus, I’m partial to books set in New York City.
What books have you read, or want to read, that start with the letter E? Let me know!
Until the next headline, Laura Beth 🙂
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