SUMMER FUN

8/1/2023

SUMMER SUMMARY

I can't believe the kids go back to school Monday and it's still soo hot outside. We've had a great summer. Here are the highlights:

Acting Classes wrapped up with the last showcase May 12th. My little actors performed another original short play of mine written just for them called SEA MONSTERS OF MESSINA. You'll find a picture in the GRIFFITH PLAYHOUSE gallery. The play is based on the Greek myth of Scylla & Charybdis, two sea monsters, that guard the straights of Messina. The kids said they enjoyed it, even though they had to learn a little about Mythology. I'd been wanting to do a play, featuring Greek Myths, for while now. Especially since I've been writing my own Mythology based YA Novel.
Speaking of my Novel BEYOND STYX. Good news! I finally finished it-72,346 words later. I can't believe it's done. I'm in the editing stages now and am getting ready to send out queries. I can't wait to get it out into the world.

I'm also excited to say that I've been working on converting my Kindle Vella book ROSE MAIDELIADEN: THE UNOFFICIAL TALE OF HOW THE LILY GOT IT'S NAME into print on Amazon. I got the proof back just before we left on our summer trip, but it still needs a little tweaking. Here is a peek at it!
For the third year in a row my family decided to go road tripping this summer. The first year we went to Virginia, then Illinois, and this year Maine. We have almost seen the entire United states. For fun I journaled the whole thing on my facebook account @carlene.fieldgriffith June 19th - July 8th. We travel through NV, AZ, UT, CO, NB, IA, WI, crossed the border up through CANADA. We drove through TORONTO, MONTREAL, and QUEBEC, across the border and then down to ME. We stayed in ME for a week. While we were there we did a day trip to NEW BRUNSWICK. On the trip home we went through MA, RI, CT, NJ, NY, PA, OH, IN and then back the way we came. Here are some photo hightlights.