Today should be a busy but fun day. I am going into the city to run a few errands and hang out with my bestie as we start preparing for two events coming up. The first will be over Labor Day weekend up in Hannibal, Missouri. We will be going to the Steampunk Fair. There is little we will need to do for preparation as my bestie is taking care of the sleeping arrangements. I just have to get my costume(s) together. Good thing I already have a few corsets and lots of other items I can piece together. The other event takes place in mid-late October (20-22). We shall be hanging out at Persimmon's Days.

I need to fill out my application as a vendor and pay my booth fee this coming week. Today, I shall swing by Hobby Lobby and see what they have in wooden boxes and maybe a few scrapbook elements as well. I have plenty of paper, paints, glue, etc. I only have 10-12 boxes made at the moment and around 35 journals/sketchbooks made. I would like to have at least 20-25 boxes to take. I might even make a few more journals and bring the number up to 50, as the festival will last 3 days and I will need enough goods to last that long. Once I have everything made, I will have to get pictures taken and posted up on Facebook and maybe even here as well.

In between all this crafting and running about, I also need to get some writing in each day. To help with that, I made myself a writing journal of sorts, but only putting writing prompts and names for characters inside it. As of this morning, I have 1202 writing prompts in my journal. So I have no more excuses to write SOMETHING each day to help spark my writing creativity.

I also decided I will use my blog as part of my writing journal. So on the days I am not working specifically on one of my novels, I will pull a random prompt from my journal and write it here. When I am working on my novels specifically, I will post an update on that journal and include word count and maybe a passage or two that I am particularly proud of. I have never been very good at keeping a writing journal, so this will be a good way to learn and to help keep me disciplined.

Other than my my blog, I don't anticipate doing any other writing today as there will not be much time for it. I might surprise myself and get in another 500 words on my current novel project this evening, but I don't know yet when I will be coming home or how tired I will be after walking around the city for much of the morning and afternoon. I am planning on going to Hobby Lobby and then strolling and browsing shops downtown and having lunch somewhere. I have a lot of fun with my bestie, we make each other laugh so much that sometimes people think we have had a bit too much to drink! Truth is, we just really enjoy each other's company and we like to laugh a lot and loudly.

Until next time, peace and be safe.