Mer-Palooza and Camp NaNo

I’m sorry that I was rather absent last week.  I was preparing a short story for a contest and packing for Orlando over the weekend.  Heather and I went to Mer-Palooza to represent Minnesota Mermaids.  I don’t know if I talked about this before, but Mer-Palooza is a mermaid convention and this was its first year.  It was an interesting trip for a variety of reasons.  I will have pictures soon, but I haven’t edited them yet, so for now I am presenting the blurry picture above as a sneak peak.  On Saturday, Heather put dreads from Diva Dreads into my hair for the pool party.  My mom was disappointed that I don’t have pictures of them in, but I really liked them so I’m sure that there will be some in the future.

Also, I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but I am participating in Camp NaNo again this month.  I know, it didn’t go so well in June, but I did get a decent start on a story and that always makes NaNo worth it.  I am pretty behind this month because of my trip and the short story that I mentioned earlier.  I’m hoping to write close to 15,000 words this week to help make up for it.  The good news is that for a week this little guy will be staying with me and will be providing lots of inspiration.