Sunday 29 January 2017

My First Knitting Project



Having learned to knit in the past few months, I thought it would be really cool to knit myself a hat to match my favourite red scarf. And since this will be my first finished knitting project, I thought it'd be fun to share how it went with everyone! :)

Saturday 28 January 2017

Year Abroad Update, Part The Last

Tübingen in the snow
This is going to be my last year abroad update. And not because I'm too forgetful to keep writing my blog (no matter how likely that would be)! I've recently decided that I'm not going to continue with studying German, and I'm also not going to continue with my year abroad. So I guess my "year abroad" updates are actually "semester abroad" updates? :P

Neither of these decisions have been on a whim. In fact, my reasoning is going to take a bit of explaining, since both decisions impact each other quite a lot.

Wednesday 18 January 2017

Year Abroad, Part Five: Christmas Markets

One of the few things I've loved about Germany is all the Christmas markets I visited through December. So I thought, rather than boring you all with how I'm doing at uni, I'd focus on the positive and write my next (long overdue) year abroad post about the Weihnachtmärkte!


Friday 13 January 2017

EVE The Awakening: Book Review

Eve: The Awakening by Jenna Moreci is a sci-fi book set in the near future - 2087 - where a sub-species of human, known as a humanovus or, more colloquially, a chimera, has evolved. Chimeras are basically smarter, stronger, and faster humans - who also happen to have telekinesis, referred to as "the gift". But as well as all the stigma chimeras face from the humans around them for being "better", they also have the Interlopers to deal with: a race of aliens dedicated to hunting chimeras down.

Nineteen-year-old chimera Eve, who is notorious for her telekinesis powers in her native San Fransisco, sets off to university in the hopes of starting a new life where no-one knows who, or what, she is. However, Interlopers have been infiltrating her university and abducting chimeras - and dissecting them, alive. Which means that, as well as navigating the complex social circles of the smartest (and richest) young minds in the country, Eve has to try her best to avoid the Interlopers - or choose to fight them. All while trying to keep a low profile and pass as a human...

Friday 6 January 2017

2017 Writing Goals

For some reason, I completely forgot about New Year's Resolutions for this year until someone asked me what mine were on New Year's Day. I hadn't thought about it at all - their existence just completely slipped my mind. Still, it wasn't at all difficult to come up with an answer. I've made so much writing progress recently, and I really want that to continue. So, I decided that I want 2017 to be the year that I get truly serious about writing.

Since planning rather than 'pantsing' my novel seems to have gone pretty well, I thought I'd try the same for my writing life! So without further ado, here are my monthly writing goals for 2017: