Happy 50th Post!

I have officially written on this blog for 47 days STRAIGHT. I'm going to give myself a round of applause, especially since I don't have this kind of glorious consistency with my actual novelling hobby.

So even though it's been only 47 days and not 50, I don't care. I'm celebrating anyway.

Also, I found a really neat music video for one of my favorite songs, a cover of the song Somewhere Only We Know, originally by Keane. I'm fascinated by the behind the scenes in movies; I get very annoyed if the bonus features on my DVD's and BluRays only come with the stupid trailers as the bonus material. UGH.

And NOW; THE BULK OF THE POST!

I've started a novel that's full blown romance, the entire story is entirely ordinary in the sense of there aren't any fire breathing dragons or princesses that need rescuing, but a broken man and a broken woman come together and help heal each other.
The catch?
They're emotionally stunted individuals, for the most part. Neither of them are good at processing their own emotions, and seeing is how I'm an outwardly emotional person, I've been struggling with how to write their romance. Until I found this bad boy, here's the link.

I've used this blog in the past since this girl has amazing topics like how to tell if your character has PTSD or how to write an emotionally dependent character or how to create rock-solid character traits. I was SO excited to find this post since it breaks down Sternberg's Triangular Theory, thus making my character's relationship make more sense in my emotional mind.

I also found this one on her website which goes into it even more, here's the link.

I've determined that they have empty love at first which grows into compassionate love, and eventually sprinkles of physical intimacy make their way into it. I'm so excited, if it's wrong to fangirl over characters I've discovered in my head, I don't want to be right.

Thanks for reading! Happy 50th post!

Love, Mackenzie

Writing Prompt Wednesday

Here's this weeks writing prompt with the link!

On a side note, I nearly had a heart attack when I thought I missed a day. This post marks 49 straight days I've posted on here so if I missed a day, it would feel like the end of the world.

Thanks for reading!

Love, Mackenzie

The Plague

Hand Foot Mouth is running rampant through our household! Lincoln had it first, and then I got it (it's hard for adults to get it so I guess my immune system is compromised... maybe its because I've been sick five times this winter but whatever) and now Noah has little blisters on his legs too. UGH.
I'm a very social person so the fact that we have to be quarantined for two weeks as soon as the blisters show up is torture. UUUUUGH.
Hopefully we won't go too stir crazy here and I hope this is the last of the plague symptoms we have at the Packer household.

My expression 90% of the time for the past week and a half. Not pretty.

Love Mackenzie

Geekery

I may have posted this song before, but I don't care. I shall post it again. 

But here's the real topic of this post. Avatars.

The struggle is real. I love the Elder Scrolls series and once Josh is done playing through Fallout 4 I'm super excited to take a whack at it. But it's agonizing when I have to design the character and then name it, as fun as it really is for me.

I identified with this illustration so much, it felt so wonderful to know that others struggle just like me. Here's the link to the original post.

Love, Mackenzie

Happy Easter

I hope everyone had a fun and spiritual day! Hopefully next year we won't be contagious and we'll be able to go to church!

Here's the link to this graphic.

Love, Mackenzie

Kress Wedding Video-Grab The Tissues

Okay, I know it's stupid to get emotional over a celebrity's wedding video, but I did, okay? I DID. I cried like a freaking baby because it was so adorable and they just make me happy.

But hey, he's my favorite Tech Producer and his wife is just adorable. (I may or may not follow them both on Instagram...... Okay, I totally do.)

But if you watch it too, I think you'll have the same reaction. The way he talks about London at the end just gets me, you can hear how deeply he loves that woman. ALSO, they're all Christians who aren't afraid to talk about God at a wedding. How lovely!

Watch it. Just watch it. You can spare 7 minutes of your life to get the warm fuzzies. Do it. Click this link and watch it.

How I felt at the beginning:

How I felt after seeing it:

Thanks for reading!

Love, Mackenzie

Good Mythical Morning

I happened to rediscover this Youtube channel last night and made the mistake of staying up until almost 1 AM watching their videos. Whoops.

Anyway, I really enjoy this channel, especially their Will It? playlist. Delightful! Here's my favorite one (that I've seen thus far) from said playlist.

I also really enjoyed their Would You Live In A Biosphere? episode. Hilarious, and something I likely wouldn't have thought of to look up.

Thanks for reading!

Love, Mackenzie