Je suis si excite!!!

If you're wondering what 'Je suis si excite' means, it's French for 'I'm so excited.' And I am - really excited! Another thing you might be wondering is why I chose French. I mean, why not Italian, or Spanish, or Japanese? Well, I chose French because next week I am going to do a French workshop with Madison, as part of the student-led workshops.

I've wanted to learn French for ages, and I've heard of lots of different websites but I never found the time. Now I'm going to be learning with Madison, a student who has been studying French for her Passion Project. And, like I said before, I'm REALLY EXCITED! 

I don't really know why I want to learn French, of all languages. I don't have any French heritage or anything. Pretty much the only connection I have with France is that I do ballet, and all the moves are in French, and ballet originated in France and all that. Also, my older cousin Madison (not the Madison who's going to be taking the workshop) went to France last year, and she had the most AWESOME time. I was so jealous!

Anyway, I know a bit of basic French - Bonjour, Au revior, je, suis, si, excite, oui, non, maines, maman, papa. But I can't wait to learn more!

My Story

I didn't just call this post "My Story" because I am writing a story, and it's mine. I called it My Story because that's an example of the type of book I'm writing. I don't know if you've ever read the My Story series, but they're really, really good. They're all diaries, set in the past. The ones I'm most interested in are the ones set in the Tudor times, like...

Lady Jane Grey 

Elizabeth

Henry VIII's wives

Anne Boleyn and Me

Bloody Tower

And now I'm writing a historical fiction novel in the form of a diary. I don't know what it's called yet, because for some reason I always put the title of the story last. But I can tell you this. The years it's set in are 1533 to 1536 (Tudor times). The main character is called Annabelle Richmond, and she's aged 11 - 14 as the years go on. 

I started at 2 January 1533, and, by skipping days as diaries do, I'm now on the 25 January 1533 (the day that dear Henry VIII got married to him doomed second wife, Anne Boleyn).

I want to get the writing side of it done as soon as possible so that there's plenty of time for me to think about the publishing side of things, and so I can start on a new Passion Project hopefully at the end of this term.

I did some more research on those lovely Tudors today after I had done some writing, mainly about Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, (cousin of his fifth wife) and her EXECUTION!!!

This project is really beneficial. I'm learning so much while still having fun, I'm learning to manage my time well, I'm learning research skills, I'm learning task commitment, AND I'm practicing my writing! And all of it ties into one big passion, probably the academic passion I'm most passionate about: 

WRITING A DIARY ABOUT THE TUDOR TIMES.