Hey!

I find that again I must extend my apologies. It has been a while since my last post.

I fell into my newest obsession to learn Japanese and was swept away. I have to say, learning this has been one of the greatest joy's in my life. It has been a couple of months and my progress has, to be honest, astounded me.

I had always considered learning another language to be one of the hardest things to do in life. But to my complete and utter surprise, I find it to be, while yes, it IS hard, it is also fun, and I am kicking myself for only now taking the time to do it.

I know the Hiragana, or ひらがな。Also the カタカナ。Or Katakana.
I know about 120 Kanji on sight and about 50 of their Kunyomi and Onyomi readings. And let me tell you, when I finally figured out how to put two Kanji together and the reading was the word I already knew for the word, well, the light-bulb almost blew up, it burned so bright. And I know that last sentence didn't make much sense, so, I will give a brief demonstration.

The word for train, in Japanese, is densha.
Densha = でんしゃ
The Kanji for train is 電車. Okay, the TWO Kanji for train are those.
The reading for 電 is den or　でん。
The reading (in this case) for 車 is Sha or しゃ。
Hence, densha!
I saw the light. It was amazing.

Okay, now that that impromptu lesson is done, on to writing stuff.

I am participating in CampNano July this year.
It is almost over and has been the hardest struggle. I wouldn't say that I was burnt out. Bot at all. But having written almost 4 novels in less than 6 months, well, it wasn't as easy was it once was.

But I am getting there. I have 4K left for my modest goal. and I will have those finished in two days.
I HOPE to have Forbidden: Addicted complete by the end of August.

In my new goals for accountability, I will be trying to make bi-weekly posts. In my next one, I will post the character inspiration pics for Forbidden: Redemption.

See you in a few days!