The Second Draft

Is finally ready! Ta-da-da-da!

It still needs tons for editing and, first of all, my inner powers to perform that editing. But that will be tomorrow. Today I am celebrating. As The Ice Beast Tale is a story I’ve been trying to embody since I was eleven years old, I guess. And my dream has finally come true!

I almost remember the day when it all started with a word Oraolё that came up to my mind. And here we are, decades later. Extraordinary feeling.

It is not the end of a story though, but a beginning. Which joys me most of all. As I am stuck with the characters I’ve been loving for years.

And as a New Year bonus to myself, I decided to duplicate my blog notes in Ukrainian. I never felt more connected to my people story than I am now. So let it be.

As per will and destiny

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Другу чернетку…нарешті завершено! Та-да-да-да!

Вона ще потребує тонни редагування та, насамперед, моїх внутрішніх сил, щоб виконати це редагування. Але це буде завтра. Сьогодні я святкую. Оскільки «Сказанка про Крижаного Звіра» — це історія, яку я, мабуть, намагалася втілити в життя десь з одинадцяти років. І ця мрія нарешіті здійснилася!

Майже пам’ятаю той день, коли все почалося зі слова Ораолё, що застрягло в моїй голові. І ось ми тут, десятиліття потому. Надзвичайне відчуття.

Але це аж ніяк не кінець історії, а лише її початок. І це мене тішить найбільше. Бо ж це значить, що я застряла з персонажами, яких люблю, ще на деякий час.

І, як новорічний бонус, я вирішила писати обидвома мовами у цьому блозі: додала Української. Ніколи не почувала себе такою спорідненою з історією мого народу як зараз. Тож нехай так і буде.

Бо того є воля і доля

Happy Holidays

It is the most wonderful time of a year, according to some sources. Well, the year we’ve left behind wasn’t too easy or too happy. Or any other kind of ‘too’. Pretty hard, pretty interesting, pretty exhausting. Though, I spent it with my family staying safe – it is more than some people have.

But I do want to get more out of it. So I won’t pretend I am content with what I currently have. I am grateful that I am alive and I have work and my loved ones near. But it is always more out there, isn’t it?

So Happy Holidays everyone! Never stop seeking more for yourself! And may happiness and success pursuit you next year!

Nonsense

Yesterday Canada celebrated Thanksgiving Day. My second Thanksgiving celebration since I moved to Canada. However, last time, I didn’t feel the spirit of the holiday, I was horrified of being moved to another country.

This time it was way way better. We asked our friends to come by, we cooked so many tasty things, we watched movies and talked. That was heartwarming for real.

We also played some board games, and one was called Nonsense. You answer a question, right down the answer on a piece of paper, fold it and hand it over to a person next to you so they could answer a following question, but they couldn’t see what you answer before, and so on, so you get a little story in the end. A little random story, to be honest.

The weirder answers you put, the more interesting it gets in the end. More drama, said I yesterday 🙂

And it helped me with kind of a block in my head. All this overthinking and doubting bring you to an understandable end. You stuck. So I am glad I unstuck myself in such a pleasant way.

Have a great week everyone! And hope you’d feel joy out of this Autumn.

21.12.2016

I received my first salary yesterday. It’s cool. Feels like I can do anything. Maybe, it’s so.

Meanwhile, New Year is approaching very fast. I am going to gather all my family and meet the holidays together. Almost all presents are bought and packed, and I’m awaiting the moment my relatives’ll unwrap them!

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Happy Holidays to all of you! 😉

Progress

Two weeks have passed since I’ve been working. And it’s only beginning.

I found myself in a very new and undiscovered world of mobile marketing. I didn’t know anything about CR and CPI before, but now, after two and half weeks I can proudly say, that I am not dumb in that anymore 😉 Good for me!

The next grand problem was communication. I had to talk to many people simultaneously and it has driven me crazy at the beginning. And recently too. Sometimes.

And I convinced once again: you can learn everything, you just need to feel determination to do it. That’s it. Have fun. steve-faleiro_snowman_ykrjrmo

P.S. Just wanted to have some winter mood 😉