Currently... {Blogtember Challenge}

September 6th Prompt: A "currently..." post. Tell us what you're loving, hating, reading, eating, etc. 

I AM CURRENTLY

Loving all of the "fall" things that are coming out lately! I LOVE pumpkin everything.

Hating that people are posting about "simple white girls" being obsessed with fall. I feel like I can't celebrate my favorite season anymore.

Reading Where There's Smoke, a short story by Jodi Picoult, in anticipation for her new novel, Leaving Time, which comes out NEXT MONTH!

Eating nothing, but my handsome husband is BBQing for a fun night with friends!

Thinking about finishing some projects...

Planning a Halloween party... because it's on a Friday this year, guys!

Making our wedding photo album - it's a slow process, and I want it to be the nicest it can be since we'll be showing it off for years to come.

Working on new prints, magnets, canvases and ideas for my Etsy shop!

What are YOU up to currently?

About the Author {Blogtember Day 1}

One of my favorite blogs to follow posted about the Blogtember challenge today, where she will write about a different (scheduled) topic each day throughout September! I love the idea (and participated last year), so I decided to join her! Check out Bailey's post too!

September 1st Prompt: Imagine the front sleeve of a hardcover novel. Give us your "About the Author" so we can get to know one another, and for fun, tell us what your imaginary novel would be about.

Well, here goes:

"Janelle is a newlywed who just moved from Colorado to Ohio, but she calls Missouri home. She has taught middle school language arts for four years; however, since her move across the country, she is running a small business through Etsy. She loves to read, write, and run, having completed her first marathon in the spring of 2014. Janelle is married to Dan, who is a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force, and they have two feline companions, Gilligan and Stormy."

If I were to write a novel (or if I were to tell you about the one I actually DID write for NaNoWriMo in 2010), I'd have to tell you that it's definitely YA, or young adult. I have heard that you should only write what you would love to read, and YA books are my favorites. People sometimes judge me for that, but I blame it on being a teacher to teenagers, but that's only half true. I just love them. My novel would definitely be about a complicated friendship between two teenage girls who are brought together through an unlikely source: September 11th. I never went further after writing and editing. It's the first piece of writing I've ever felt truly proud of, but I'm still way too nervous to share it with others.