I think the title says it all.
Finished packing and stuff on Friday night. Then, when my mom came home at eleven-thirty, we threw the last-minute stuff in boxes and hit the road. It was a twenty-minute drive to our new home (from Milton to Mississauga), and now we're in our new home! My mom and I spent most of the night moving boxes around together. You know, keeping kitchen things in the kitchen, taking all twenty+ of my boxes into our room... that kind thing. My dad got to sleep for a few hours since he had to get up and six-thirty and pick up the rest of our furniture (couches, hutch, armoir..) with his friend and bring them here.
When that was done my parents went back to the house to get our cats, since they didn't feel like cooperating when we wanted to leave. My oldest two, Smokey and Oliver, are here with us now. As mentioned in my previous post, Mickey could not come with us. My dad finally managed to get him in the box and take him to the shelter. I'm trying not to dwell too much on any of this.
So, I really like the apartment so far. The bathroom's huge, I'm sharing the master suite with my mom (computer's in my room!), we have a fireplace and a dishwasher now... It's very nice. The downfall is that it's freezing in here. It's only starting to warm up now. I managed to get a few hours of sleep between all the madness, but I should probably go back to bed room.
Now, onto more exciting things.
Bookmarked, my new book blog, is finished!! Yes, as soon as I finished dinner, I ran to the computer and got to work putting the finishing touches on it. It'll probably go through a few changes as I really start to use it, but it's fine for now. Also, I've already done my first review of a book I read last year. So, head on over to www.esbookmarked.blogspot.com to subscribe and let me know what you think. Okay?
xoxoxoxo,
Lizzy
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Busy, Busy
Just a quick update because I feel really bad for not having posted since Sunday when so much has been going on.
Writing: Going good. I'll post my word counts at another time because I'm trying to make this a quick post.
Reading: I have started reading a book online, more on that later.
Book Blog: Bookmarked has been started. You can go and subscribe if you want, but keep in mind that it's not done yet, and may not be for a few more days.
Moving: I'm moving in two days. Ahhh! I still have a lot to pack, and my mom is sick so the packing is pretty much left up to me now. There's a pretty good chance this is the last time you'll hear from me in January.
Real Life: sucks. I have this cat, Mickey. He's great. He's a beautiful grey tabby, only a little over a year old. Unfortunately my parents want to let him go. Tonight will mark our fourth attempt at this - and probably our last as we're kinda running out of time before we leave. I thought last night was it. I did my job and helped my dad get Mickey into a box - and then he broke out when my dad was carrying it down the stairs. Lovely. So you'd think I wouldn't be punished for his mistake right? You'd think he would take pity on me and not make me trick my poor Mickey again. Ha. I don't know what he'll do to Mickey if we can't do it tonight. I really don't want to think about it.
Lastly, I've created a new email address for my blogs. So if any of you have comments or suggestions on my blogs, I'd appreciate you emailing me at blogsbylizzy@gmail.com - Thanks!
-Lizzy<333
Writing: Going good. I'll post my word counts at another time because I'm trying to make this a quick post.
Reading: I have started reading a book online, more on that later.
Book Blog: Bookmarked has been started. You can go and subscribe if you want, but keep in mind that it's not done yet, and may not be for a few more days.
Moving: I'm moving in two days. Ahhh! I still have a lot to pack, and my mom is sick so the packing is pretty much left up to me now. There's a pretty good chance this is the last time you'll hear from me in January.
Real Life: sucks. I have this cat, Mickey. He's great. He's a beautiful grey tabby, only a little over a year old. Unfortunately my parents want to let him go. Tonight will mark our fourth attempt at this - and probably our last as we're kinda running out of time before we leave. I thought last night was it. I did my job and helped my dad get Mickey into a box - and then he broke out when my dad was carrying it down the stairs. Lovely. So you'd think I wouldn't be punished for his mistake right? You'd think he would take pity on me and not make me trick my poor Mickey again. Ha. I don't know what he'll do to Mickey if we can't do it tonight. I really don't want to think about it.
Lastly, I've created a new email address for my blogs. So if any of you have comments or suggestions on my blogs, I'd appreciate you emailing me at blogsbylizzy@gmail.com - Thanks!
-Lizzy<333
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Help Us Search
Tonight I'd like to share with everyone something I've never told anyone before. I have a half-sister who I've never met.
She was born on March tenth, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. My mom gave her up for adoption, and got to choose the family she went to. We know that her name is Martha, and she would have an older brother named Matthew.
Tonight my mom signed up on a site to start searching for Martha, so I'm doing my part as well. I know it's a long shot that she's reading this blog, but I've always wondered if we'd ever been close to meeting each other.
If your name is Martha, and you were born on March 10th, 1986 - or if you know that person - please send me an email at rowlingfan@msn.com. You have no idea how much I want to meet you.
-Lizzy<3
She was born on March tenth, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario. My mom gave her up for adoption, and got to choose the family she went to. We know that her name is Martha, and she would have an older brother named Matthew.
Tonight my mom signed up on a site to start searching for Martha, so I'm doing my part as well. I know it's a long shot that she's reading this blog, but I've always wondered if we'd ever been close to meeting each other.
If your name is Martha, and you were born on March 10th, 1986 - or if you know that person - please send me an email at rowlingfan@msn.com. You have no idea how much I want to meet you.
-Lizzy<3
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Replies & Poll
I think my list of books to read now surpasses a hundred. I've been flooded with recommendations for the past three days. Not that that's a bad thing. Actually, it's probably for the better seeing as how I've become a pretty fast reader over the past year. I'm not going to bore you with the list just yet, but it'll be coming soon on the new blog.
Yeah. So I decided to create a book review blog. I haven't actually started it yet, but I plan to sometime this week. I was going to yesterday but I couldn't decide on a name for it. I did come up with ideas though.
-Book Smart
-Bookmarked
-Virtual Bookshelf
-Lizzy's Bookmarks
There were others (Page Turner, Read Right, Good Reads, Don't Judge a Book, Cover to Cover) but my mom and I like the above four best. I like Book Smart and Bookmarked, she likes Virtual Bookshelf and Lizzy's Bookmarks. Help?! Tell me what your favorites are, out of the choices here or something you make up. I'll choose the winner sometime on the weekend.
Now, onto replies... because I think it's easier to do it here than in the comments.
Heather: The Gift sounds cool. Thanks! Oh, and I've already got two people offering to help you with the movie. =)
Ari: Thanks for the recommendations. I'm really looking forward to reading Silver Phoenix after I read the summary. I will be joining the challenge. Definitely at level 3, probably at level 4. And what's MG?
Okay, that's all I can think of. Oh, and I'm working on updating this blog. Maybe a new layout, some new features, ect. So, keep watch for that.
-Lizzy<3
Yeah. So I decided to create a book review blog. I haven't actually started it yet, but I plan to sometime this week. I was going to yesterday but I couldn't decide on a name for it. I did come up with ideas though.
-Book Smart
-Bookmarked
-Virtual Bookshelf
-Lizzy's Bookmarks
There were others (Page Turner, Read Right, Good Reads, Don't Judge a Book, Cover to Cover) but my mom and I like the above four best. I like Book Smart and Bookmarked, she likes Virtual Bookshelf and Lizzy's Bookmarks. Help?! Tell me what your favorites are, out of the choices here or something you make up. I'll choose the winner sometime on the weekend.
Now, onto replies... because I think it's easier to do it here than in the comments.
Heather: The Gift sounds cool. Thanks! Oh, and I've already got two people offering to help you with the movie. =)
Ari: Thanks for the recommendations. I'm really looking forward to reading Silver Phoenix after I read the summary. I will be joining the challenge. Definitely at level 3, probably at level 4. And what's MG?
Okay, that's all I can think of. Oh, and I'm working on updating this blog. Maybe a new layout, some new features, ect. So, keep watch for that.
-Lizzy<3
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Changes To Be Made
I'm going to ignore my pile of things to do to day, in favor of discussing two important issues with you, and a possible new project or two for myself.
First, I've been hearing a lot about Haiti this past week and it's been getting me a little depressed. I mean, I usually stay out of the current affairs - politics, war, American Idol - but this just seems to be getting worse as time goes by. It's especially bad knowing that there's nothing I can do to help. So that why I'm asking anyone who reads this blog, to please give to the Red Cross or another trusted organization that you know is helping the Haitians. Every little bit helps and you'll earn my gratitude and respect - and let's face it, my gratitude and respect is what you really want out of this deal, isn't it? ;)
Second on my list is big publishing problem. After reading a well-written open letter to Bloomsbury publishers by Ari(here- http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/2010/01/open-letter-to-bloomsbury-kids-usa.html) earlier, I became aware of how Bloomsbury has used a Caucasion model on the covers of two books featuring African American main characters. Thankfully they've already changed the cover of Liar by Justine Larbalestier, but Jaclyn Dolamore's Magic Under Glass still has the wrong cover on it.
Please go over to Ari's blog (http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/) and join in the discussion about how to get Bloomsbury and future publishers to change. And while you're at it, start buying and/or checking out books with main characters of a different race than yourself. While I've never shied away from books not featuring a white MC, I haven't read many either.
Now, onto my new projects:
You already know about my writing challenges which I'm happy to say are going quite well. And I've talked a little bit about the 50-book challenge I wanted to take up last year before real life interrupted it. I'm obviously still doing both of these.
Also, I'm managing the site for the 6 Months, 6 Novels writing challenge I'm doing. I'm involved in two rpgs right now. Toss in my one writing course, chores, and the inconvenience of having to spend time with my family, and you'd think I'm booked full, wouldn't you? Not quite.
I've been working off and on for the past couple of weeks on another site. The official site of Elizabeth Sabourin. Because I figured I'll need it when I start publishing my stuff later this year. Besides, I need a place to store links to all the sites I'm on so when I make new friends I can point them to the site and say "I'm at all of these places. Check me out!"
But after reading Ari's blog, and being linked to a couple of writing challenges, I thought about how I really need to start reading more. I mean, I know I said the 50 book thing was going to happen, but I feel the need to clarify. It's starting next month. As soon as I get to the new apartment, I'm finding the nearest library and taking out a stack of books. But it's not just the reading that's bothering me.
As I said above, I have no problem reading books that don't have white main characters, but I don't think I ever have. I have a list of over fifty books to read this year compiled by my friends and mother, but I don't know if any of them are really going to get me out of my set ways. It's not only the color of the MC I'm talking about, the genre is also something to look at. I'm a fantasy freak. Supernatural, horror, some romance and comedy too. I'm slowly getting into historical fiction by accident. I need a wider variety of books to read.
So, I'm calling on the help of anyone who stumbles upon this post to send me book suggestions. Any books. Any rating, any genre, any length, any author. Keep in mind that I'll be skipping over any sex scenes as best I can. I'd rather just stay away from non-fiction. Anything else goes. Tell me what books you like and why.
Thinking about this, I wondered if, while I'm reading all of these books, maybe I should start another blog that focuses totally on book reviews. I know I've done reviews here in the past, but wouldn't it be cool to have one place devoted to the reviews? -shrug- Just an idea.
So let me know. Give me books to read, tell me if I should go ahead with the new blog. I want to know what you think.
xoxoxo
Lizzy<3
First, I've been hearing a lot about Haiti this past week and it's been getting me a little depressed. I mean, I usually stay out of the current affairs - politics, war, American Idol - but this just seems to be getting worse as time goes by. It's especially bad knowing that there's nothing I can do to help. So that why I'm asking anyone who reads this blog, to please give to the Red Cross or another trusted organization that you know is helping the Haitians. Every little bit helps and you'll earn my gratitude and respect - and let's face it, my gratitude and respect is what you really want out of this deal, isn't it? ;)
Second on my list is big publishing problem. After reading a well-written open letter to Bloomsbury publishers by Ari(here- http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/2010/01/open-letter-to-bloomsbury-kids-usa.html) earlier, I became aware of how Bloomsbury has used a Caucasion model on the covers of two books featuring African American main characters. Thankfully they've already changed the cover of Liar by Justine Larbalestier, but Jaclyn Dolamore's Magic Under Glass still has the wrong cover on it.
Please go over to Ari's blog (http://blackteensread2.blogspot.com/) and join in the discussion about how to get Bloomsbury and future publishers to change. And while you're at it, start buying and/or checking out books with main characters of a different race than yourself. While I've never shied away from books not featuring a white MC, I haven't read many either.
Now, onto my new projects:
You already know about my writing challenges which I'm happy to say are going quite well. And I've talked a little bit about the 50-book challenge I wanted to take up last year before real life interrupted it. I'm obviously still doing both of these.
Also, I'm managing the site for the 6 Months, 6 Novels writing challenge I'm doing. I'm involved in two rpgs right now. Toss in my one writing course, chores, and the inconvenience of having to spend time with my family, and you'd think I'm booked full, wouldn't you? Not quite.
I've been working off and on for the past couple of weeks on another site. The official site of Elizabeth Sabourin. Because I figured I'll need it when I start publishing my stuff later this year. Besides, I need a place to store links to all the sites I'm on so when I make new friends I can point them to the site and say "I'm at all of these places. Check me out!"
But after reading Ari's blog, and being linked to a couple of writing challenges, I thought about how I really need to start reading more. I mean, I know I said the 50 book thing was going to happen, but I feel the need to clarify. It's starting next month. As soon as I get to the new apartment, I'm finding the nearest library and taking out a stack of books. But it's not just the reading that's bothering me.
As I said above, I have no problem reading books that don't have white main characters, but I don't think I ever have. I have a list of over fifty books to read this year compiled by my friends and mother, but I don't know if any of them are really going to get me out of my set ways. It's not only the color of the MC I'm talking about, the genre is also something to look at. I'm a fantasy freak. Supernatural, horror, some romance and comedy too. I'm slowly getting into historical fiction by accident. I need a wider variety of books to read.
So, I'm calling on the help of anyone who stumbles upon this post to send me book suggestions. Any books. Any rating, any genre, any length, any author. Keep in mind that I'll be skipping over any sex scenes as best I can. I'd rather just stay away from non-fiction. Anything else goes. Tell me what books you like and why.
Thinking about this, I wondered if, while I'm reading all of these books, maybe I should start another blog that focuses totally on book reviews. I know I've done reviews here in the past, but wouldn't it be cool to have one place devoted to the reviews? -shrug- Just an idea.
So let me know. Give me books to read, tell me if I should go ahead with the new blog. I want to know what you think.
xoxoxo
Lizzy<3
Monday, January 18, 2010
Not Long Now
My living room is full of boxes, my bedroom is bare, and I have a large pile of laundry to do. What does that mean? Yeah, packing time. Uh.
So yesterday was the beginning of my family's journey of fitting everything from our house, into an apartment. We've been packing off and on for the past few months, but last night we really got to work and cleared things out. I'm not joking, when I woke up this morning the only things I had in my room were two shelves, an end table, my bed, my dresser full of clothes, and a box that will remain open until I have to move - at which point I'll throw my alarm clock and books inside and tape it up.
It was very strange to not bang into the half-closed door this morning (I'm clumsy) because my Harry Potter shelf was not behind it anymore, so the door was wide open. My desk is gone, too. Very large open space now.
Anyway, getting to the important stuff: my writing.
I had a couple of sucky days, but last night was great! After the WriYe Sunday Word Wars (I signed up for both) I wrote a total of 2,337 words yesterday. That makes it 12,484/30,000 words I've written for Oh, Baby! this month, and I've already written about 600 today. And 14,504/300,000 written for the entire year, when you factor in my role-playing applications.
Speaking of role-playing, the website I've been working on for the past month or so with Tippy is finally opening! It's called Tainted Blood, and it's the third in a series of rpgs Tippy's owned. I don't have much to say, except please join! Right now we have eight members - all of us amazing, of course - but we could use some new blood, pardon the pun. So, if you're a Harry Potter fan, and if you role-play (or not) join, pleeease! I play Fred, Luna, Joanna, and Patience at the moment, so contact me when you get over there. www.taintedbloodrpg.proboards.com
Unfortunately Tippy is sick right now (I'm praying for you, hun!) but the rest of us are still there. And once I'm finished my writing for the night, I'll be heading over there to finish Patience's app and starting some mega advertising.
That's all I have to say right now. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow. Doubtful as I'll have to get another newsletter out then. Maybe.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
So yesterday was the beginning of my family's journey of fitting everything from our house, into an apartment. We've been packing off and on for the past few months, but last night we really got to work and cleared things out. I'm not joking, when I woke up this morning the only things I had in my room were two shelves, an end table, my bed, my dresser full of clothes, and a box that will remain open until I have to move - at which point I'll throw my alarm clock and books inside and tape it up.
It was very strange to not bang into the half-closed door this morning (I'm clumsy) because my Harry Potter shelf was not behind it anymore, so the door was wide open. My desk is gone, too. Very large open space now.
Anyway, getting to the important stuff: my writing.
I had a couple of sucky days, but last night was great! After the WriYe Sunday Word Wars (I signed up for both) I wrote a total of 2,337 words yesterday. That makes it 12,484/30,000 words I've written for Oh, Baby! this month, and I've already written about 600 today. And 14,504/300,000 written for the entire year, when you factor in my role-playing applications.
Speaking of role-playing, the website I've been working on for the past month or so with Tippy is finally opening! It's called Tainted Blood, and it's the third in a series of rpgs Tippy's owned. I don't have much to say, except please join! Right now we have eight members - all of us amazing, of course - but we could use some new blood, pardon the pun. So, if you're a Harry Potter fan, and if you role-play (or not) join, pleeease! I play Fred, Luna, Joanna, and Patience at the moment, so contact me when you get over there. www.taintedbloodrpg.proboards.com
Unfortunately Tippy is sick right now (I'm praying for you, hun!) but the rest of us are still there. And once I'm finished my writing for the night, I'll be heading over there to finish Patience's app and starting some mega advertising.
That's all I have to say right now. Maybe I'll be back tomorrow. Doubtful as I'll have to get another newsletter out then. Maybe.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Random Update Post
Look! New profile pic! That's meeeee!
Anyway... Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been too busy writing Oh, Baby! to be bothered with blogging. Today, I'm just doing this so I'll stop my procrastinating habits.
So on Friday I wrote a grand total of 147 words. Wow. I did even worse on Saturday with my lowest word count of the month: 68 words. Then, on Sunday, I remembered the site Write or Die which I owe around five thousand words during NaNo. Basically, you type in the amount of time and how many words you need, set your difficulty level and start writing. And, if you should stop writing, you get punished. The punishment varies depending on the level. I use normal, which flashes a red light at you. Very effective. I wrote 1,196 words on Sunday. Then, yesterday, I continued on with Write or Die, with 1,377 words. That left me with a total of 7.425.
And today? Blegh. I've probably wrote around twenty words earlier (didn't bother counting), but I still have very little inspiration and about four hours of free time in which to write. Five if I push it. Basically what I'm saying is that I really, really, really don't want to write today. Honestly, I'd rather be fixing up my profiles for a role-play I'm helping to build. Wait a minute ... doesn't some rp stuff count to the WriYe total? I'll have to check that out.
In other news, Castle returned from holiday hiatus yesterday and I taped it, so my mom and I will be watching that tonight after the new episode of NCIS featuring Tony's dad. So, maybe that can be my prize for writing? If I make it to over a thousand again tonight, I get to watch my shows. If not, I guess I won't get to watch my shows. That sucks. Better start writing then...
-Lizzy<3
Btw, go to http://writeordie.drwicked.com/ for Write or Die! =)
Anyway... Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been too busy writing Oh, Baby! to be bothered with blogging. Today, I'm just doing this so I'll stop my procrastinating habits.
So on Friday I wrote a grand total of 147 words. Wow. I did even worse on Saturday with my lowest word count of the month: 68 words. Then, on Sunday, I remembered the site Write or Die which I owe around five thousand words during NaNo. Basically, you type in the amount of time and how many words you need, set your difficulty level and start writing. And, if you should stop writing, you get punished. The punishment varies depending on the level. I use normal, which flashes a red light at you. Very effective. I wrote 1,196 words on Sunday. Then, yesterday, I continued on with Write or Die, with 1,377 words. That left me with a total of 7.425.
And today? Blegh. I've probably wrote around twenty words earlier (didn't bother counting), but I still have very little inspiration and about four hours of free time in which to write. Five if I push it. Basically what I'm saying is that I really, really, really don't want to write today. Honestly, I'd rather be fixing up my profiles for a role-play I'm helping to build. Wait a minute ... doesn't some rp stuff count to the WriYe total? I'll have to check that out.
In other news, Castle returned from holiday hiatus yesterday and I taped it, so my mom and I will be watching that tonight after the new episode of NCIS featuring Tony's dad. So, maybe that can be my prize for writing? If I make it to over a thousand again tonight, I get to watch my shows. If not, I guess I won't get to watch my shows. That sucks. Better start writing then...
-Lizzy<3
Btw, go to http://writeordie.drwicked.com/ for Write or Die! =)
Friday, January 8, 2010
Think Short, Think Short...
Okay, I'm going to try and make this post short. 1) because I tend to ramble a lot, which you probably already know, and 2) because I'm really short on time tonight.
So, yesterday I managed to write 1,340 words for Oh, Baby! - all of which I owe to Cryndyl on the 6Mo, 6No site and the word wars we did last night. We're going at it again tonight at 10 Eastern time if anyone wants to join us. The first war is ten minutes, and the winner of that decides when and for how long we do the next one. It's lots of fun and my parents know ahead of time not to bother me so I won't have to leave early like last night. www.6wrimos.proboards.com
Not much else to say really. My total for the year is now up to 4,637/300,000. Not bad, I guess. My brain is still insisting I take up more stories and challenges. It's taking all my strength to say no. As it is, I still have to go and apply to that writing course 2YN. And class started today. Yikes. So, I should probably get going.
-Lizzy<3
So, yesterday I managed to write 1,340 words for Oh, Baby! - all of which I owe to Cryndyl on the 6Mo, 6No site and the word wars we did last night. We're going at it again tonight at 10 Eastern time if anyone wants to join us. The first war is ten minutes, and the winner of that decides when and for how long we do the next one. It's lots of fun and my parents know ahead of time not to bother me so I won't have to leave early like last night. www.6wrimos.proboards.com
Not much else to say really. My total for the year is now up to 4,637/300,000. Not bad, I guess. My brain is still insisting I take up more stories and challenges. It's taking all my strength to say no. As it is, I still have to go and apply to that writing course 2YN. And class started today. Yikes. So, I should probably get going.
-Lizzy<3
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Work? Me? Nah!
Leave it to me to stay up until seven in the morning yesterday. I got up almost three hours ago at four-thirty. I'm still dead tired. Had to get up to make dinner though sooo .... ugh.
Anyway. I didn't do a lot of writing yesterday. I think I got a little over two hundred done. I didn't even bother to update my word charts. As it is, I have about three and a half hours of writing time left, and it's not just writing I have to do in that time. I have a site to update and research to do.
I admitted to the people on the 6Mo, 6No site last night that I'm tackling a history story later this year. Two of those lovely people offered to help me as I'm so not knowledgeable about the 17th or 18th centuries. Now I just have to figure out which century I'm sticking to, and where the story is going to be set. Wikipedia is not being cooperative. Right now I'm thinking the 1700's in either France or England - or both. It seems more realistic because one of my female characters will be an author, and I don't think there were any in the 1600's.
Aside from that, I've started watching Digimon again. I don't have many episodes myself, but I've found two people on YouTube who have posted the first four seasons. It's really been helpful, because I haven't seen the first two in at least five years. Gave me lots of inspiration for the story I'm writing at the moment. Unfortunately, it also gave me ideas for a new story.
Why can't my brain just shut up?? Why must it torture me by coming up with more ideas when it knows I already had it settled with what I was going to write this year? Before you ask, no, my brain did not stop by giving me another digimon fic to write, it proceeded by reminding me of two Harry Potter fics I thought up early last year.
I promised my mom I'd keep these three ideas on the back burner unless I could handle them. I know I have four months free at first glance of the calendar. But let's face it, I'm probably not going to be able to write all of these stories in a month. At least two of them will carry over. I'd actually have five free months if I didn't still have to complete my NaNo '09 novel and get it sent off to CreateSpace for my free copy. And I haven't even added the history and horror novels to the calendar yet.
That reminds me. I'm thinking about getting someone to read my NaNo novel. My mom has a copy of what I've written so far, but she won't be reading it until we're settled at the new place - next month. That's when I'll be finishing/revising it. I don't know. I'm always nervous showing off my work, especially non-fics. And it's not edited yet. Should I really subject someone to an incomplete, rushed novel with spelling and grammar mistakes?
I have to go before I stress myself out further by talking about this. Later.
-Lizzy<3
Anyway. I didn't do a lot of writing yesterday. I think I got a little over two hundred done. I didn't even bother to update my word charts. As it is, I have about three and a half hours of writing time left, and it's not just writing I have to do in that time. I have a site to update and research to do.
I admitted to the people on the 6Mo, 6No site last night that I'm tackling a history story later this year. Two of those lovely people offered to help me as I'm so not knowledgeable about the 17th or 18th centuries. Now I just have to figure out which century I'm sticking to, and where the story is going to be set. Wikipedia is not being cooperative. Right now I'm thinking the 1700's in either France or England - or both. It seems more realistic because one of my female characters will be an author, and I don't think there were any in the 1600's.
Aside from that, I've started watching Digimon again. I don't have many episodes myself, but I've found two people on YouTube who have posted the first four seasons. It's really been helpful, because I haven't seen the first two in at least five years. Gave me lots of inspiration for the story I'm writing at the moment. Unfortunately, it also gave me ideas for a new story.
Why can't my brain just shut up?? Why must it torture me by coming up with more ideas when it knows I already had it settled with what I was going to write this year? Before you ask, no, my brain did not stop by giving me another digimon fic to write, it proceeded by reminding me of two Harry Potter fics I thought up early last year.
I promised my mom I'd keep these three ideas on the back burner unless I could handle them. I know I have four months free at first glance of the calendar. But let's face it, I'm probably not going to be able to write all of these stories in a month. At least two of them will carry over. I'd actually have five free months if I didn't still have to complete my NaNo '09 novel and get it sent off to CreateSpace for my free copy. And I haven't even added the history and horror novels to the calendar yet.
That reminds me. I'm thinking about getting someone to read my NaNo novel. My mom has a copy of what I've written so far, but she won't be reading it until we're settled at the new place - next month. That's when I'll be finishing/revising it. I don't know. I'm always nervous showing off my work, especially non-fics. And it's not edited yet. Should I really subject someone to an incomplete, rushed novel with spelling and grammar mistakes?
I have to go before I stress myself out further by talking about this. Later.
-Lizzy<3
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Calendar Update
As promised, some new stuff about my stories:
Yesterday I joined the WriYe forums. I'd been on the official site before, but never the forums. When I first heard about Writing Year, I thought it was too ... big. I mean, writing throughout the entire year to meet one HUGE goal. Of course a few weeks later I started the 6 Months, 6 Novels project and offered up my sanity to write six novels this year. And when I really thought about what I'm aiming at, it's about 220,000 words this year. That's 30k for each fic, and 50k per novel. That's insane!
So I thought I'd check out WriYe for the hell of it. That, and I've been hearing a few people talk about it over the past week and it kind of got me curious. Needless to say, I'm an official WriYe participant now. -headdesk- I just couldn't resist after reading the list of things that are included in the year's tally. All the work I do for my writing courses, my Screnzy script, novel planning, even some role-play stuff - it's all included!
So, taking all that into consideration, I figured it would add a good 70k. Then I went and looked at the challenges. Well, they have this one called BOYB. Breaking Outta Your Box challenge. Basically you sign up to write a genre that you wouldn't normally write. That got me thinking. There's no doubt that Fantasy is my thing. Magic, vampires, werewolves ... the whole thing fascinates me, and I've written and planned for a lot of stories in that genre. Supernatural also kind of falls into that catergory. Plus, my NaNo '09, Ghosts of Autumn, was a supernatural story. I'm pretty good at humor. At least, I try to include a lot of it in all my stories. Romance, despite my pushing, somehow winds up in the majority of my work. I think I'm pretty good at it too.
So what does that leave me with? Erotica? Hell no. Adventure? I've touched on it a little. Religion? Ghosts of Autumn took an unexpected turn in that direction. Let's not go there again. Science Fiction? Oh, yeah, cuz I'm such a fan of aliens. -eyeroll- Unless I write a fic for the Star Trek 2009 movie, there's no way I can do it. Historical Fiction? So much research ... hmm. I do have an idea for a sort of prequel to this year's vampire novel. Horror? Oh, I love horror. But, can I do it? I tried to cross that line with Ghost of Autumn, and it sure got scary, but a total horror?
So that's where I am now. I've got that kind-of prequel to Afterthought (I'm not gonna bore you with a full summary because you won't get it) about a human who is in business with two vampire siblings in the 1700's, maybe. The horror idea I got from Debbi on the 6Mo, 6No website. A few kids in the 1950's are playing in this river beside a convent, and they find human bones, but no one believes them. I've elaborated and came up with how several years later, one of them ends up dead and the others come back to town for his funeral, only to find his murder involved with the bones in the river. Each novel gives me another 50k.
All together, I think it'll give me over 300,000 words for the year. That's amazing! I've already signed up in the correct club for my word count, and I'm looking forward to participating in the team challenge starting this Sunday. I'm also entering the Harry Potter-inspired house cup.
Anyway, this year's calendar now looks something like this-
January: finishing Oh, Baby!
February: finishing/editing Ghosts of Autumn
March: write Temporary Youth
April: make Ghosts of Autumn into a movie script
May: write Left Me Breathless
June: ???
July: write Afterthought
August: ???
September: write The Historian
October: ???
November: write untitled time-travel story for NaNo
December: ???
So you see, I have four empty months to toy with, and so far I have two new novel ideas. The Afterthought prequel will have to be written some time after Afterthought itself. And the horror one I'd prefer to write in Jun or August (summer months, lots of daylight). And I'm sure I'll be doing a few one-shots along the way. I may even attempt a Star Trek fic like I joked about before. You never know.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
Yesterday I joined the WriYe forums. I'd been on the official site before, but never the forums. When I first heard about Writing Year, I thought it was too ... big. I mean, writing throughout the entire year to meet one HUGE goal. Of course a few weeks later I started the 6 Months, 6 Novels project and offered up my sanity to write six novels this year. And when I really thought about what I'm aiming at, it's about 220,000 words this year. That's 30k for each fic, and 50k per novel. That's insane!
So I thought I'd check out WriYe for the hell of it. That, and I've been hearing a few people talk about it over the past week and it kind of got me curious. Needless to say, I'm an official WriYe participant now. -headdesk- I just couldn't resist after reading the list of things that are included in the year's tally. All the work I do for my writing courses, my Screnzy script, novel planning, even some role-play stuff - it's all included!
So, taking all that into consideration, I figured it would add a good 70k. Then I went and looked at the challenges. Well, they have this one called BOYB. Breaking Outta Your Box challenge. Basically you sign up to write a genre that you wouldn't normally write. That got me thinking. There's no doubt that Fantasy is my thing. Magic, vampires, werewolves ... the whole thing fascinates me, and I've written and planned for a lot of stories in that genre. Supernatural also kind of falls into that catergory. Plus, my NaNo '09, Ghosts of Autumn, was a supernatural story. I'm pretty good at humor. At least, I try to include a lot of it in all my stories. Romance, despite my pushing, somehow winds up in the majority of my work. I think I'm pretty good at it too.
So what does that leave me with? Erotica? Hell no. Adventure? I've touched on it a little. Religion? Ghosts of Autumn took an unexpected turn in that direction. Let's not go there again. Science Fiction? Oh, yeah, cuz I'm such a fan of aliens. -eyeroll- Unless I write a fic for the Star Trek 2009 movie, there's no way I can do it. Historical Fiction? So much research ... hmm. I do have an idea for a sort of prequel to this year's vampire novel. Horror? Oh, I love horror. But, can I do it? I tried to cross that line with Ghost of Autumn, and it sure got scary, but a total horror?
So that's where I am now. I've got that kind-of prequel to Afterthought (I'm not gonna bore you with a full summary because you won't get it) about a human who is in business with two vampire siblings in the 1700's, maybe. The horror idea I got from Debbi on the 6Mo, 6No website. A few kids in the 1950's are playing in this river beside a convent, and they find human bones, but no one believes them. I've elaborated and came up with how several years later, one of them ends up dead and the others come back to town for his funeral, only to find his murder involved with the bones in the river. Each novel gives me another 50k.
All together, I think it'll give me over 300,000 words for the year. That's amazing! I've already signed up in the correct club for my word count, and I'm looking forward to participating in the team challenge starting this Sunday. I'm also entering the Harry Potter-inspired house cup.
Anyway, this year's calendar now looks something like this-
January: finishing Oh, Baby!
February: finishing/editing Ghosts of Autumn
March: write Temporary Youth
April: make Ghosts of Autumn into a movie script
May: write Left Me Breathless
June: ???
July: write Afterthought
August: ???
September: write The Historian
October: ???
November: write untitled time-travel story for NaNo
December: ???
So you see, I have four empty months to toy with, and so far I have two new novel ideas. The Afterthought prequel will have to be written some time after Afterthought itself. And the horror one I'd prefer to write in Jun or August (summer months, lots of daylight). And I'm sure I'll be doing a few one-shots along the way. I may even attempt a Star Trek fic like I joked about before. You never know.
xoxo,
Lizzy<3
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
The Decision...
Well, it's just after ten-thirty here, and that means the end of my writing for the day (ok, so I've been finished for an hour or so).
My final count for the day is 1,460 words. Pretty darn good. That brings my total up to 3,093. No, I didn't make my two-thousand goal, but I'm ok with that. There's also the writing course to think about. I think I'm going to join. I've been feeling really optimistic all day (all week...) and I'm going to try it.
In other news, my parents just found an apartment for us to live in. Um, I did mention I'm moving before, right? Yeah. Was November, then December, then January, now February first. Kinda fits in perfectly with my novels, doesn't it? Anyway, I'll probably be packing more than writing this month, but I shall continue.
Good night all, and happy writing,
Lizzy<3
P.S. I've got news on my 2010 stories tomorrow (more than six?).
My final count for the day is 1,460 words. Pretty darn good. That brings my total up to 3,093. No, I didn't make my two-thousand goal, but I'm ok with that. There's also the writing course to think about. I think I'm going to join. I've been feeling really optimistic all day (all week...) and I'm going to try it.
In other news, my parents just found an apartment for us to live in. Um, I did mention I'm moving before, right? Yeah. Was November, then December, then January, now February first. Kinda fits in perfectly with my novels, doesn't it? Anyway, I'll probably be packing more than writing this month, but I shall continue.
Good night all, and happy writing,
Lizzy<3
P.S. I've got news on my 2010 stories tomorrow (more than six?).
Tick-Tock
Sorry about the lack of a second posting yesterday. I only wrote 332 words, and that was in the hour before I went to bed. So, that puts me at 1,633 words for 2010. Blegh. If I was going by NaNoWriMo standards I'd be at 6,668. In four days I haven't even reached the minimum for one! Well, hopefully day five will be better. I'm going for over a thousand again. I did a lot of research and plotting yesterday, so I think I should have enough to get me to that.
Still not sure what to do about that writing course. And I only have three days 'til class starts. Okay. I've got an idea. If I can write two thousand words today, I'll join the course. That gives me approximately twelve hours of free time to do so. If I really want to do this course, then I'll work my butt off. Wish me good luck.
xoxo
Lizzy<3
Still not sure what to do about that writing course. And I only have three days 'til class starts. Okay. I've got an idea. If I can write two thousand words today, I'll join the course. That gives me approximately twelve hours of free time to do so. If I really want to do this course, then I'll work my butt off. Wish me good luck.
xoxo
Lizzy<3
Monday, January 4, 2010
To Write or Not to Write?
Lots of writing talk today.
First off, an update on my challenge word count. I'm currently at 1,301 words for "Oh, Baby!" The first day I got 698 words, 268 on the second, and 335 yesterday. I haven't written anything yet, but my goal is to write a thousand or so. I'll probably get about 500 but I have to try. Busy day.
In my last post I talked about the stories I'll be writing this year. Two of them were untitled. Well, I came up with a title for the Harry Potter fic. Temporary Youth. What do you think? I also thought of Temporary Childhood but I'm not sure. Any opinions on this are welcome.
I'm also here to talk about writing courses. I recently found out about one called 2YN. It's a two-year course and helps with writing and editing. It's done over the internet and sounds very good. The catch? This is the last year it's being offered free. Classes start on the eighth and I really don't know what to do. I'm already on hiatus from my other writing course. And I'm doing this six-novel challenge, and I'm moving, and I've got sites, and I have a life. Do I really want to torture myself by adding another responsibility to my plate?
Don't get me wrong, I really want to take the course. And I really don't want to pay for it when it starts up again next year. But can I handle it? Time management is not one of my strong suits. I get frazzled at least once a week. It could come from the smallest thing - spending too much time with family instead of writing, or role-playing with friends instead of doing dishes. Eventually I start to panic until I get balanced again. I have been getting better this past month, so maybe I should join?
Must go do chores and un-frazzle brain right now. I'll try to post again later tonight to update you on my word count. =)
Thanks for reading,
Lizzy<3
First off, an update on my challenge word count. I'm currently at 1,301 words for "Oh, Baby!" The first day I got 698 words, 268 on the second, and 335 yesterday. I haven't written anything yet, but my goal is to write a thousand or so. I'll probably get about 500 but I have to try. Busy day.
In my last post I talked about the stories I'll be writing this year. Two of them were untitled. Well, I came up with a title for the Harry Potter fic. Temporary Youth. What do you think? I also thought of Temporary Childhood but I'm not sure. Any opinions on this are welcome.
I'm also here to talk about writing courses. I recently found out about one called 2YN. It's a two-year course and helps with writing and editing. It's done over the internet and sounds very good. The catch? This is the last year it's being offered free. Classes start on the eighth and I really don't know what to do. I'm already on hiatus from my other writing course. And I'm doing this six-novel challenge, and I'm moving, and I've got sites, and I have a life. Do I really want to torture myself by adding another responsibility to my plate?
Don't get me wrong, I really want to take the course. And I really don't want to pay for it when it starts up again next year. But can I handle it? Time management is not one of my strong suits. I get frazzled at least once a week. It could come from the smallest thing - spending too much time with family instead of writing, or role-playing with friends instead of doing dishes. Eventually I start to panic until I get balanced again. I have been getting better this past month, so maybe I should join?
Must go do chores and un-frazzle brain right now. I'll try to post again later tonight to update you on my word count. =)
Thanks for reading,
Lizzy<3
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Writing Frenzy Year
Hey folks. How's everyone doing this fine morning?
Last month I talked a lot about the new year and how I want to make it so much better than the last. But as usual I forgot to talk about the most popular topic this time of the year. Resolutions. I don't think my parents have ever made new year's resolutions in their lives. My mom is of the opinion that you shouldn't make a resolution that you know you won't do. Like how so many people make quitting chocolate or coffee theirs. I agree. So every year since I was about thirteen, I've been making a list of things I'd like to do in the new year. I've never completed the list, but I have been able to cross things off every year.
This year, I've decided to share my list with all of you. Maybe not by going into detail of how I'm going to complete each goal. But by telling you throughout the year when I'm one step closer to finishing something.
You might already know about the biggest goal of mine, especially if you've read my other blog. I've wanted to be an author for a long time. I think I decided on that when I was six. Of course, that was after the phases of waitress, detective, archaeologist, teacher, and lawyer. To be clear on those: my grandma was a waitress; I love dinosaurs and was totally sold on digging them up until my mom told me I might find human bones too; I watched way too many Matlock and Columbo episodes when I was a kid. Oh, and I still want to be a teacher. Anyway, writing. I have collected a large file box full of novel and short story ideas. Want to know how many of them I've finished? Zero.
In 2007 I started a writing course from the Institute of Children's Literature. I course they promise has a two-year plan, but obviously not for procrastinators like me. Through this course, however, I've written two first drafts of short stories, and an article. That's pretty good for me. I admit, I wrote two stories when I was a kid. That was before I could actually write it down. I don't remember much of the stories, but I'm sure my parents have the pictures I drew for them around here somewhere. I remember one was about a young witch on Halloween, and the other was something about a girl being neglected by her parents in favor of her two siblings - a little Cinderella-ish, maybe? From then until the course, I only wrote fanfiction. Harry Potter, mostly. Some Supernatural. A little Digimon. Not to mention the dozens I never got around to writing.
My goal this year is to get something published. I mentioned in my last post how thanks to NaNoWriMo I have a half-finished novel. I plan on finishing that and publishing it this year. Or at least getting the ball rolling so I can publish next year. I want to be a professional writer. Who has actual deadlines and doesn't have to feel guilty as she explains to her parents why she has to meet her personal writing deadlines instead of watching a movie with them. Or an actual office with filing cabinets, a cork board, big window, a comfortable desk chair, a desk that doesn't dig into my leg, and a computer that's not slow with bad speakers. I guess I finally realized I'm never going to be that unless I stop my procrastinating and actually write.
Maybe my irrational fear of turning twenty has something to do with that. As cheesy as it sounds, I liked being a teenager. Everything about me - my likes, dislikes, passions, obsessions, friends - came out in the past seven years. As stupid as it sounds, I don't want that to go away when I'm twenty. I don't want to wake up one day and find out that I don't want to be a writer after all, and that I've wasted years and a lot of money on learning things I'll never need to know again.
I don't want to lose contact with my friends because I stop role-playing, or lose interest in Harry Potter. Amazingly, those two things are all that's connecting me to a few of my friends. That's another thing. I don't want to be shy anymore. I've been shy my whole life, and I'm sick of it. Last year I felt what it was like to have an acquaintance die and realize how many opportunities I had to get to know her better, but I didn't take because I was too shy. I don't want to go through that again.
Aaaaand I'm getting off topic again. You see, this is why I shouldn't be allowed to blog when I'm tired. My mind goes in a million directions, I start remembering things from when I was eight, and I decide to tell you random facts about myself that you don't need or want to know. Terribly sorry. This won't happen again.
So, the main reason I wanted to write this post (when I started an hour ago) was to explain my latest writing project and maybe get some people to join me.
6 Months, 6 Novels is a challenge based off of NaNoWriMo in which myself and several other people will write novels in the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November. A woman I met on the NaNo site a month ago came up with the idea and I made the site for it. We've got well over thirty members now, and we all started writing yesterday. Our rules are slightly different from NaNo's, mind you. We allow you finish started stories, or write fanfiction instead of a novel. And I admit, I made these rules to fit my own needs.
Now, as promised in early December, here are my story ideas for 2010:
January: Oh, Baby! (a Digimon fic)
Go on fanfiction.net and search the author Aduial Evenstar. Under her stories, you will find an incomplete fic called Oh, Baby! which I fell in love with almost a year ago. Realizing she hadn't updated in quite a while, I decided to finish it for her. I'd written three chapters and posted them on my own page before life and writer's block got in the way and I suddenly stopped as well. I plan on having the fourth chapter posted by Monday, and the story complete this month.
Summary: Ten digidestined have been de-aged, and now it's up to Kari and TK to look after the babies while trying to find a way to turn them back with help from Gennai and their families. Plus ... new digidestined?
March: Untitled (Harry Potter fic)
Something I came up with just last month. I couldn't get it out of my head and decided to swap it with another story.
Summary: (summer before 5th year) Severus Snape is working on a potion for the Order and, being short on time, enlists the help of Sirius, Remus and Tonks. Something goes wrong with it and the four adults are de-aged into infants. Harry arrives at Grimmauld Place days later. By the end of the month, Dumbledore has only found a way to slowly age them, but no one to take care of them while they do. The Order members are obviously busy, and Molly can't handle four young children on her own. Hermione then - somewhat jokingly - suggests she, Ron and Harry take them back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore agrees and so beings a re-written fifth year - with no Umbridge!
May: Left Me Breathless (Twilight fic)
Came up with this months ago, but only managed to write a few pages.
Summary: What would have happened if Alice never had the vision of Bella jumping off the cliff in New Moon? Would Edward ever have come back? Would she have moved on? The night Harry Clearwater died, when Bella and Jake are in her truck - the night Alice was supposed to come back - Bella said yes to him. They dated, they married, they had children ... and then they divorced. Bella had been a good wife, giving him everything but the love he wanted from her. And Jacob couldn't put her through that anymore. But he married again, this time imprinting, and was expecting another child. Bella still lived in La Push, was still best friends with Jake and the pack. Still looked after all the kids on the reservation in her daycare. Then, while shopping in Port Angeles on her birthday, she saw him. Edward. But he looked different from how he had the last time she saw him ten years ago. He looked ... human.
July: Afterthought
A vampire novel. -squee-
Summary: Saphetta Mackenzie was your average teenage girl in 1996, until the war started up. Every man, woman, and creature fought to the death - or close enough to it. Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, elves, fairies and all sorts of other things crawled out of whatever holes they'd been living in for the past few hundred years and started to revolt against the humans. Saphetta's family was one of many that fought on the side of the creatures. They wanted equality. But not everyone knew their views. At twenty-four, Saphetta found herself on a battlefield, trying to be the peacemaker and stop the attacking humans, but a vampire mistook her for the opposition and bit her... Now going by the name Saphy Wallace, the century-old vampire works as a college professor. The two roommates who she claims are her cousins happen to be her great-great-nieces. And she really hopes her newest colleague will one day become her husband and mate - if only he'll agree to it first.
September: The Historian (Covenant fic)
I've had this idea pretty much since the first time I saw the Covenant. After several false starts on it, I'm settled on a beginning, but nothing else.
Summary: Defying all odds, Caleb and Sarah had a daughter. Together with her younger brother and the sons of Pogue, Tyler, and Reid, Ashleigh Danvers completes the new generation of the Ipswich witches. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks she deserves to be included. The Parry boy may be the oldest, but he doesn't like Ashleigh being second to Ascend. Tyler's son hates the Power and anyone associated with it since it drove his mother away. Her little brother Zach is just plain jealous. And Reid's son? He's her only real friend. That is, until a mysterious new boy comes to Spenser academy and Ashleigh quickly learns that his life depends on whether or not she stays in the Covenant.
November: Untitled
I actually thought of this while I was half-way through my '09 NaNo.
Summary: Four teenaged friends go camping one weekend in the summer. While they mostly talk about the upcoming school year and have a good time, they each name a reason they'd rather just run away from home. They talk about the possibilities until they all pass out. When they wake up, they're no longer together. Or even in the same town for that matter. And they find that they've somehow aged ten years. Now, while trying to locate each other and figure out what happened, they have to live through what would happen to them if they did run away.
Well, that's all for now. I'm exhausted. So, see you next week.
-Lizzy<3
P.S. If you want to join 6 Months, 6 Novels go to the site - http://6wrimos.proboards.com
Last month I talked a lot about the new year and how I want to make it so much better than the last. But as usual I forgot to talk about the most popular topic this time of the year. Resolutions. I don't think my parents have ever made new year's resolutions in their lives. My mom is of the opinion that you shouldn't make a resolution that you know you won't do. Like how so many people make quitting chocolate or coffee theirs. I agree. So every year since I was about thirteen, I've been making a list of things I'd like to do in the new year. I've never completed the list, but I have been able to cross things off every year.
This year, I've decided to share my list with all of you. Maybe not by going into detail of how I'm going to complete each goal. But by telling you throughout the year when I'm one step closer to finishing something.
You might already know about the biggest goal of mine, especially if you've read my other blog. I've wanted to be an author for a long time. I think I decided on that when I was six. Of course, that was after the phases of waitress, detective, archaeologist, teacher, and lawyer. To be clear on those: my grandma was a waitress; I love dinosaurs and was totally sold on digging them up until my mom told me I might find human bones too; I watched way too many Matlock and Columbo episodes when I was a kid. Oh, and I still want to be a teacher. Anyway, writing. I have collected a large file box full of novel and short story ideas. Want to know how many of them I've finished? Zero.
In 2007 I started a writing course from the Institute of Children's Literature. I course they promise has a two-year plan, but obviously not for procrastinators like me. Through this course, however, I've written two first drafts of short stories, and an article. That's pretty good for me. I admit, I wrote two stories when I was a kid. That was before I could actually write it down. I don't remember much of the stories, but I'm sure my parents have the pictures I drew for them around here somewhere. I remember one was about a young witch on Halloween, and the other was something about a girl being neglected by her parents in favor of her two siblings - a little Cinderella-ish, maybe? From then until the course, I only wrote fanfiction. Harry Potter, mostly. Some Supernatural. A little Digimon. Not to mention the dozens I never got around to writing.
My goal this year is to get something published. I mentioned in my last post how thanks to NaNoWriMo I have a half-finished novel. I plan on finishing that and publishing it this year. Or at least getting the ball rolling so I can publish next year. I want to be a professional writer. Who has actual deadlines and doesn't have to feel guilty as she explains to her parents why she has to meet her personal writing deadlines instead of watching a movie with them. Or an actual office with filing cabinets, a cork board, big window, a comfortable desk chair, a desk that doesn't dig into my leg, and a computer that's not slow with bad speakers. I guess I finally realized I'm never going to be that unless I stop my procrastinating and actually write.
Maybe my irrational fear of turning twenty has something to do with that. As cheesy as it sounds, I liked being a teenager. Everything about me - my likes, dislikes, passions, obsessions, friends - came out in the past seven years. As stupid as it sounds, I don't want that to go away when I'm twenty. I don't want to wake up one day and find out that I don't want to be a writer after all, and that I've wasted years and a lot of money on learning things I'll never need to know again.
I don't want to lose contact with my friends because I stop role-playing, or lose interest in Harry Potter. Amazingly, those two things are all that's connecting me to a few of my friends. That's another thing. I don't want to be shy anymore. I've been shy my whole life, and I'm sick of it. Last year I felt what it was like to have an acquaintance die and realize how many opportunities I had to get to know her better, but I didn't take because I was too shy. I don't want to go through that again.
Aaaaand I'm getting off topic again. You see, this is why I shouldn't be allowed to blog when I'm tired. My mind goes in a million directions, I start remembering things from when I was eight, and I decide to tell you random facts about myself that you don't need or want to know. Terribly sorry. This won't happen again.
So, the main reason I wanted to write this post (when I started an hour ago) was to explain my latest writing project and maybe get some people to join me.
6 Months, 6 Novels is a challenge based off of NaNoWriMo in which myself and several other people will write novels in the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November. A woman I met on the NaNo site a month ago came up with the idea and I made the site for it. We've got well over thirty members now, and we all started writing yesterday. Our rules are slightly different from NaNo's, mind you. We allow you finish started stories, or write fanfiction instead of a novel. And I admit, I made these rules to fit my own needs.
Now, as promised in early December, here are my story ideas for 2010:
January: Oh, Baby! (a Digimon fic)
Go on fanfiction.net and search the author Aduial Evenstar. Under her stories, you will find an incomplete fic called Oh, Baby! which I fell in love with almost a year ago. Realizing she hadn't updated in quite a while, I decided to finish it for her. I'd written three chapters and posted them on my own page before life and writer's block got in the way and I suddenly stopped as well. I plan on having the fourth chapter posted by Monday, and the story complete this month.
Summary: Ten digidestined have been de-aged, and now it's up to Kari and TK to look after the babies while trying to find a way to turn them back with help from Gennai and their families. Plus ... new digidestined?
March: Untitled (Harry Potter fic)
Something I came up with just last month. I couldn't get it out of my head and decided to swap it with another story.
Summary: (summer before 5th year) Severus Snape is working on a potion for the Order and, being short on time, enlists the help of Sirius, Remus and Tonks. Something goes wrong with it and the four adults are de-aged into infants. Harry arrives at Grimmauld Place days later. By the end of the month, Dumbledore has only found a way to slowly age them, but no one to take care of them while they do. The Order members are obviously busy, and Molly can't handle four young children on her own. Hermione then - somewhat jokingly - suggests she, Ron and Harry take them back to Hogwarts. Dumbledore agrees and so beings a re-written fifth year - with no Umbridge!
May: Left Me Breathless (Twilight fic)
Came up with this months ago, but only managed to write a few pages.
Summary: What would have happened if Alice never had the vision of Bella jumping off the cliff in New Moon? Would Edward ever have come back? Would she have moved on? The night Harry Clearwater died, when Bella and Jake are in her truck - the night Alice was supposed to come back - Bella said yes to him. They dated, they married, they had children ... and then they divorced. Bella had been a good wife, giving him everything but the love he wanted from her. And Jacob couldn't put her through that anymore. But he married again, this time imprinting, and was expecting another child. Bella still lived in La Push, was still best friends with Jake and the pack. Still looked after all the kids on the reservation in her daycare. Then, while shopping in Port Angeles on her birthday, she saw him. Edward. But he looked different from how he had the last time she saw him ten years ago. He looked ... human.
July: Afterthought
A vampire novel. -squee-
Summary: Saphetta Mackenzie was your average teenage girl in 1996, until the war started up. Every man, woman, and creature fought to the death - or close enough to it. Vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, elves, fairies and all sorts of other things crawled out of whatever holes they'd been living in for the past few hundred years and started to revolt against the humans. Saphetta's family was one of many that fought on the side of the creatures. They wanted equality. But not everyone knew their views. At twenty-four, Saphetta found herself on a battlefield, trying to be the peacemaker and stop the attacking humans, but a vampire mistook her for the opposition and bit her... Now going by the name Saphy Wallace, the century-old vampire works as a college professor. The two roommates who she claims are her cousins happen to be her great-great-nieces. And she really hopes her newest colleague will one day become her husband and mate - if only he'll agree to it first.
September: The Historian (Covenant fic)
I've had this idea pretty much since the first time I saw the Covenant. After several false starts on it, I'm settled on a beginning, but nothing else.
Summary: Defying all odds, Caleb and Sarah had a daughter. Together with her younger brother and the sons of Pogue, Tyler, and Reid, Ashleigh Danvers completes the new generation of the Ipswich witches. Unfortunately, not everyone thinks she deserves to be included. The Parry boy may be the oldest, but he doesn't like Ashleigh being second to Ascend. Tyler's son hates the Power and anyone associated with it since it drove his mother away. Her little brother Zach is just plain jealous. And Reid's son? He's her only real friend. That is, until a mysterious new boy comes to Spenser academy and Ashleigh quickly learns that his life depends on whether or not she stays in the Covenant.
November: Untitled
I actually thought of this while I was half-way through my '09 NaNo.
Summary: Four teenaged friends go camping one weekend in the summer. While they mostly talk about the upcoming school year and have a good time, they each name a reason they'd rather just run away from home. They talk about the possibilities until they all pass out. When they wake up, they're no longer together. Or even in the same town for that matter. And they find that they've somehow aged ten years. Now, while trying to locate each other and figure out what happened, they have to live through what would happen to them if they did run away.
Well, that's all for now. I'm exhausted. So, see you next week.
-Lizzy<3
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