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Hello Dears!

Sorry I have been gone so long here is something that will hopefully make it all better. :)

Awhile ago you fine people asked for a sneak peak of a story so that is what you shall get today :) The first few paragraphs of a new story that is called Carnival of Ancients and is accepted to Static Movements anthology Carnival edited by Dorothy Davies. Please leave feedback my dear! And Enjoy :)

© 2011 Kelley Nicol

" In my small Midwest town parents have a story they tell all the children. It’s about a carnival that only appears on Friday 13th. No matter which month it falls in, no matter the year, every time there is a Friday 13th a tent is erected on the other side of the lake from our town. This carnival is led by a large clown who ushers people into the tent where they meet a horrible end, or so the story goes.

I was terrified of clowns as I grew up, because of that story; all the kids in the town were. We never attended anything that had clowns, ever. Now I’m older, a teenager, I realize how dumb I had been as a child; our parents had only told us that story to keep us out of the woods. The lights we saw across the lake were probably just parties. In fact, just two weeks ago I was out at a party there. I could see why parents wouldn’t want young kids walking in on a bunch of teenagers drinking or anything else we did out in the middle of the woods. I mean, if we can be that bad on a normal Friday, it’s going to be worse on a Friday 13th.

It’s Friday 13th, a few of my buddies and I see the lights across the lake and get excited. We love to party, drink and hook up with random girls; there isn’t much else to do out here. We set off round the lake, walking the well-worn path next to the river, joking and talking about the different girls we hoped were going to be there.

Soon we could hear laughing and cheering; it sounded like a good time and we hurried to get there. Through an opening in the trees we could see the party clearing, but it wasn’t the usual crowd. Most of it housed a large, bright, yellow and red striped tent. Surrounding it were a bunch of games and food stalls: popcorn, skeeball, sno-cones: it was a real carnival. My friends were super-excited; they thought it was some type of themed party, but I was much more cautious. The carnival people weren’t our friends."

So? do you like it? :D

Absence - Wedding

Hello Dears,
How is everyone? I am sorry that I have been gone for two weeks things have been a bit hectic. Starting with two weekends ago, when my sister got married. It was a lot of work but it was beautiful! We had to decorate the hall, and the next day I had to do my hair and get ready I was a brides maid! It was so much fun. And afterward the reception was so much fun! We danced the night away and the food was delicious! Here are some pictures!

Aren't they gorgeous? Lynsie and Josh August 20th, 2011. After the wedding, I took a few days to re cooperate. That week I spent down in Rochester working with Justin's mom on my Ren Fest costume. It was a lot of fun! The weekend after that I went with Justin's family to the MN state fair. His uncle raises cows, so we were watching some of the 4h kids show their cows. So that was nice. I spent the next week cleaning and with my roommate, which was really nice. That weekend it was the state fair with my family, it was a ton fun! I spent the day with Justin and Brooke. Then met up with my family for the talent show which was so nice!

This week I meant to post yesterday between classes, but that didn't happen because an ex wanted to catch up the Justin went into the hospital. So i was worried and distracted so i only got a quick post up. So here is my long post. Normal schedule to resume Tuesday of next week :)

Enjoy your day!

Apology

Hello Dears!

Sorry I have been so absent. It has made me rather sad. I know I have lost some followers because of it. And I will have a long post for you all tomorrow. Today I cannot as I am visiting with my grandparents before school starts. But tomorrow I have time so I will give you a long post and explain :)

Tell-All Tuesday: Home, Belated Blogaversary, and A Request

Hello Dears,

Hope you are all doing well. :) I am taking a break from college life after finishing my last summer class. I am sorry I missed last Thursday I was helping someone move and studying for my final test for class, but I am back in full swing with my blogging schedule and commenting.

© 2011 Kelley Nicol

So for my break I have gone home, to my childhood home where my parents still live. And as I am watching a movie they said Thomas Wolff said "You can't go home again." But as I am home, I have been thinking about that and I believe that it is both true and false. Yes, their are some people who cant go home due to fire or flood or other disaster, but for the most part in one way or another we can all physically return home. If possible I highly recommend it. It's rather nice to be home and basically go back in time. Plus family time is always nice. For me since I went to college and now have an apartment I haven't been coming home too often. So this is very nice for me.

At the same time, you really can't go home. Even if your at your childhood home, everything is different. Your older, so is your family. So things will be different. You will be treated differently and just in general it will not be the same as it was when you were younger. And home is where the heart is so just because you at your childhood home you may not be where you consider home now. For me I say I have 2 homes, my apartment and my parents home. When I actually get a house I may very well stop calling my parents house home.

What about for you? Where do you call home?

As of August 3rd, my blog is one! Whoo! Right now my blog is not super popular and I don't bring in many comments but I appreciate those of you that have been here since the beginning. I don't really have anything special planned to do for this occasion so I am sorry. But I do have a request.

I would like you lovely people to let me know what I can do better. What would you like me to write about? what would make my blog better?

I'm off to copy family recipes and write! Have a wonderful day dears!

Kelley

Tell-All Tuesday - Organization

Hello Dears!

Today is supposed to be about me and my life. :) So I think I will talk about organization. It’s been on my mind a lot lately, and as a college student I should probably have some type of it.

My entire life I haven’t been the most organized person in the world. I am trying to fix that now. Do you fine people have any tips or tricks that you use to keep yourself organized?

I recently bought a 9 shelve storage unit, it’s starting to help. Little by little I have been working in my room here in my apartment. I have the top of my dresser finally done, and my floor is mainly clean the only thing that is 100% clean is my desk.

Isn't my computer so pretty? My boyfriend made it for me. Yes, made it. Anyway, my closet is also clean, mainly because I never use it. The rest of my room is a mess. The nine shelves have stuff on them but the nine shelves are not really organized. Papers shoved into them and other random things. I think I just need to lay everything out and catalogue it then arrange it. Hopefully that will help, that is what I did with my closet. In fact I think this inspired me so I shall go organize. (I hope) Hehe!

Also I realized, Recently was my one year Blogaversary. I must think of something to celebrate.

Have a good day dearies!

Kelley

Overhaul and Schedule

Hello All,

I know I said no more blogging on Fridays, but yesterday was hectic and this will be short, as i have class in a bit. :)

I am going to change the look of my blog a bit today after my class. I think I may keep the jellybeans since there was such a positive response, but I am open to suggestions! So that will be happening today as well as more story boarding which i am also open to suggestions and tips on. :) Also from now on my blogging schedule will be Tuesdays and Thursdays. It will be my old format where Tuesday’s will be tell-all days where it will be more about me, and Thursday's will be more on writing and WIP and stuff like that. Hopefully with a better schedule you guys will be happier and i can attract more readers and attention. :)

Have a wonderful day all!

WIP

Good Morning Bloggers!

So I learned to never post on a Friday cause people aren't around. But if you read this go check out the pictures from my dinner :) So what new in everyone's writing?

For me, I recently rewrote an old carnival story of mine and I think I may submit it to Static Movement. Also with that piece i was going to make it into a novel at some point and now with the changes to this piece (which i think i may use as a prologue) I am starting to storyboard. I never used to storyboard, but this is a bigger project so I am going to try it. :) Do you have any suggestions on how to make a story board better or perhaps other options? Well of to work on the story and read some of your wonderful blogs. :)