Blog Tour Prep + End of Summer Vibes || August Recap

Hey, fam. How goes it?

I know I say this like every month, but did August F.L.Y. by or what?! Like, what happened. Seriously.

|| Work

• Work was pretty typical. We did have a few positions change, with summer employees going back to school and new people arriving on the scene. There's always good and bad sides to that sort of situation, but it's all starting to fall into place. 

printing lots of tags for new merchandise! 

• Aside from my real job, I spent two days dog-sitting/house-sitting this month. Which included falling asleep on the couch with the puppy in the floor beside me both nights. And getting like four hours sleep before going to work. 'twas great. *thumbs up*

• Another "side job" that I stumbled upon recently was helping my family roof a house. The mission trip we go on every year in June always involves roofing houses, so the #PottsFam figure that makes them professionals...or something...

|| End of Summer Vibes

• Lots of end-of-summer vibes this month! Including a lake day with the family which turned out to be loads of fun, even though we did end up trying to get four people and a bunch of stuff across the lake in two single-person kayaks...right before a thunderstorm. But we survived—clearly. xD

Since I didn't get any pictures that day, here's a few random summery pics from the last few weeks. <3

|| Random Life

• Helped plan a surprise birthday party for my boss which...turned out to be as much of a surprise for us as it was for her when she showed up 30 minutes early. xD  Anyway, it was a lot of fun though. And everyone got a good laugh out of the whole thing.

• Got to hang out with my sweet friend, Angela! While in the area, she came by to see me at work. We got to talk books and blog tours, laugh and catch-up, and pray together. It was a sweet time. <3

• Went to see Overcomer with a friend and, ummm.... If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and go see it already. It might be their best movie yet. Spoiler: I cried. A lot.

I don't think I read a single book this month?? I did read quite a bit in a book one day, picked up a few books on a sale, and got some from a friend. But other than that? *shakes head* The way things are going, I should just discard this whole section and save myself the trouble. :P

|| Update

Writing for the month of August consisted of final edits on Freedom (#YEET) and piddling in a few random WIPs when I had a few minutes to spare + had the need for word magic. After the craziness of the blog tour winds down, I'm STOKED to get back to work on Chasing a Dream. :D

|| Snippet

“That’s pretty much it…” I say, staring down at the decking boards that stretch out beneath my feet and run the length of the porch. Anything to not have to see the tears shimmering in her eyes.
She doesn’t say anything, doesn’t have to. I know how she feels. But I just needed to tell her, needed her to know.  

“I’m sorry for bringing this up now,” I say softly, when seconds turn into minutes without a word from her. “This should be a happy time for us,. Not spent dwelling on the past, but… I just needed for you to know.” 

“No.” A pause, and then her voice softens. “No… I’m glad you did.”

— random snippet, random project

|| Blog Tour Prep

• Literally spent the whole month figuring out things for the blog tour, sending and responding to emails, answering interview questions, sending review copies, organizing links, creating blog tour schedules and plans, and finalizing giveaway details.

Oh, and did I mention chugging coffee and drawing semicolons on my knee?

|| My Posts. 

|| August Goals

• Finish the final edit of Freedom.        YES.

• Send Freedom to the formatter.         YES.

• Prep for the 13 Reasons Why blog tour.            YES.

• Answer all blog tour author interview questions.      barely...

• Pre-write over half the blog tour posts.      *dies laughing* nope. I'm winging it.

• Order a proof copy of Freedom.      hehhhh, no. Soon.

• Finalize paperback preorders of Freedom.      YES! Details releasing tomorrow :D

• Anything and everything Freedom. xD           I guess?

• Probably 74 other things I'm forgetting.          Honestly, who knows....

• Sleep occasionally.         Once in awhile...?

|| September Goals

• Rock the world with the 13RW tour.

• Release Freedom.

• Mail all preorder paperback copies.

• Keep up with social media.

• Clear my inbox.

• Figure out what to do with myself once I'm not spending every waking moment freaking out over anything and everything Freedom related... xD

how was your august? are you okay with summer being over? 

who else is H.Y.P.E.D. for 13RW?!

also this <3