The Night Before

[queenoftheskies]

Twas the night before Halloween
And all through the house
Not a creature was stirring
Not even a louse.

Oh...WAIT...someone's already done a rip off for Halloween, haven't they? Oh, well...

I'm just in the spirit of the Halloween season today, I guess.

Got stuff to make my daughter a Halloween costume today. Admired MANY costume patterns. Would love to make and sell costumes some day. Or just make and wear them would be good too. Love costumes. Love to dress up.

Trying to talk my youngest son into being the Headless Horseman. That would be sooooo EASY. He's got the dress pants, a white shirt, a great cape. And, I want to carve a little pumpkin for him to carry. For some reason, I think the small one would be funny. What can I say? Strange sense of humor!

Got a BIG pumpkin tonight. I think I'll wait until tomorrow to carve it, though. Make a big deal out of it and stick it out on my balcony rail with a candle. Otherwise, nobody would really see it.

Trying to finish a scary short story for a Halloween contest. The deadline is midnight tomorrow night, and I don't know if I'll finish in time to revise or not. It's a 10,000 word limit, so around 40 pages. I'm at 12 pages right now. Should have more done later.

However, I started going through old files early this afternoon to see what else I had in the way of scary/horror short stories that I'd started ages ago. I have lots of all kinds of short stories. But, I'm just not good at the short part. :)

I always write long. Sad to be so long-winded.

Adding on a few more things, too, instead of just finishing my contest entry AND my novel that I promised myself I'd finish this weekend. Sheesh! How can I be so easily side-tracked?

At least I'm writing. :)