Now I'm 22

First day of being 22. 

Growing up is weird. I just turned 22 this week, and it feels ... well ... weird. I've started this journey of being a writer officially at 16 then started this blog at 19 and now I'm 22 and I feel in my heart I'm on the verge of being published. Big swoop of nostalgia.

And I have a theme song now:

I had some rough spots in my 21st year but I also had a lot of triumphs and good times. I feel like I grew especially a lot last year as a person and as a writer.

Here are some highlights:

I went to MomoCon with two of my good friends and I got to meet several animation voice actions including Dante Basco aka Zuko! :D

If you've read my "So Your Character is Adopted ..." post then you know that I'm, well, adopted. Last year I finally met my birth grandparents on my dad's side! They're so nice. Yes, I know it sounds like something in a book. Feels that way too.

At long last my best friend Cassidy finally came to visit! She lives in Florida, okay?
It was a long time coming. We had a fantastic time!

I went to DragonCon, cosplayed, and met several actors
 including Craig Parker aka Haldir from the Lord of the Rings!

I won the Beyond the Steeple Award for Red Hood at the
Florida Christian Writers Conference and I had an awesome time with so many good friends!

For my birthday I had a Hobbit/Lord of the Rings marathon with one of my good friends!

I had a lot of amazing accomplishments in writing even besides the award. In my 21st year I worked on three different books: edited one, rewrote another, then drafted another in NaNoWriMo which I won (Woot! Woot!) and now up to now I'm rewriting the one I edited. It needed more work lol. I have an editing position for the website Geeks Under Grace and I have some publishers highly interested in some of my work so my 22nd year will mostly be working on getting material ready for them! I'm working on two books at the same time right now. Not recommended lol. 

Among some geeky gifts, for my birthday I got Omega Dragon by Bryan Davis, Failstate: Legends by John W. Otte, and a Bestiary! You'll see reviews of those two novels in the future and probably several of those creatures from the bestiary in my stories. ^ ^

Thanks to everyone that contributed to making my 21st year awesome! Thank you to my friends and family and all you readers out there. I feel like I'm so close to finally being a published author and it's all because of you guys! 

When's your birthday? Is it in April as well? What are some of your highlights of last year?

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