Thoughts of Books

Editing. Lots of Editing.

2010-12-31T16:01:00.002-06:00

I'm editing Reborn now!! 66 pages done. Hooray!

I also started writing Revenge. I have the prologues written down on paper somewhere, so I need to type those in, but I started chapter 1. Going pretty well.

I cut a few characters in Reborn, so through the rest of the books I really want to find a good place to weave them back in.

Anyway, not much else to say. I got a pretty decent start on Assassin, then hit a block, so that's when I went to Reborn. I had to write a couple of papers, plus had three-hours-long-every-night play practice for a week and a half. So I didn't have too much time to write.

But, I spent winter break in San Francisco with my dad's family, lots of fun. We've been going through my grandpa's house and we found some pretty cool stuff. Got lots of ideas for my writing.

Plus we went to the Winchester Mystery House, so I know think I know what the Whispers' Mansion probably looks like, more or less. (Lol.) We also went to the Mystery Spot. Lots of fun. Big recommendation. The Mystery Spot, BTW, is in Santa Cruz. If you go, go to the beach. There's a really pretty lighthouse and a nice beach. My mom (From NY.) said the sea was on the wrong side.

Anyway, happy New Year, everyone.

A lot of things changed in 2010, but let's hope things get better in 2011.

Also, it feels a bit weird, because I based The Name of the Game trilogy in 2009/2010.

But oh well...

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. Try Flicks, if you ever see them. So good. So sugary...

I got a sugar rush after I ate three of them. Yum!

Dystopia VS. Dystopia

2010-11-15T20:21:00.004-06:00

I'm reading two almost entirely opposite dystopian sci-fi books right now.

Book 1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and 2. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. Now, you may not know this, but I'm actually not the biggest sci-fi fan. But these are both so good and kind of opposing I had to write about them.

INCARCERON: Incarceron is sort of steam-punk. I do like steam-punk. What I've seen so far is approximately 160 years before the book starts a king decides that things are changing too much, so he stops time. Everyone has to live authentically to the Era, which seems to be set in the late 1700s (Yay! I love that era!). All sorts of futuristic gadgets and such, like medicine and bathrooms (Ew.) are illegal, but the people with more money sometimes work around it. There are limits to even the strictest adherers to the Era Protocol. It doesn't seem dystopian on the Outside. But Incarceron is the prison that has been sealed for 16o years, the building living itself, with other people supposedly living in paradise on the Inside, but it's actually hell. The story follows a boy and his friends trying to escape Incarceron, while it also follows a girl on the Outside, trying to escape a prison of her own.

FAHRENHEIT 451: This world is very modern. Very modern. Everyone always watches TV and books are illegal. The firemen burn the books. People are arrested for being pedestrians and "stopping to smell the roses." (Not literally, but the expression fit there. Or maybe literally... 0.O I haven't actually gotten all that far yet.) A girl is being sent to a psychiatrist for enjoying nature.

Like I said, I haven't actually gotten all that far in 451, while I'm over half way through Incarceron. But I'm enjoying them both! Five stars for each!

High suggestions.

Cheerio, peeps!

The Dream Seer

2010-10-16T15:30:00.006-05:00

"How do you stand it?" I asked him. "Doesn't it feel so much like prying? Don't you hate it?"

He smiled benignly down at me, where I sat on the floor, at his feet. "Of course I feel like I'm prying, Esmeralda. But it's what I am, what I do. There really isn't much more I can say to that. Besides, in people dreams, I see their fears, their hopes, their wishes... Their desires. And then I can give them what they want, and in return I will get what I want."

"But, Sir... I still don't understand why you do it..." I played with the edge of my blue dress, tugging at the lace, just so I wouldn't have to look up at him. I knew what his face would look like, though. Smiling benignly, his dark eyes placid and unreadable behind his spectacles.

"Yes, I suppose you wouldn't. For my whole life, I have been able to see into people dreams while they sleep."

"That's kind of scary..."

"I suppose it is. But I'm used to it by now, Princess."

"I guess you would be..."

He laughed at me. "Are you implying that I'm old?"

"Um... Maybe?"

Before he could say anything more, my tutor knocked on the library door. "Esmeralda, it's time for your lessons. And the queen would like to speak with you, Mr. Jakobs."

"Of course." He stood, and so did I. "Good-bye, Princess." He bowed to me.

I curtsied back. "Sir."

Liar. That's what he was. A con. He couldn't see people's dreams, he could read people. That's all. Liar. My mother made him leave the kingdom, banned him for her rein. And she didn't see any reason to ban him for longer. She was younger than him, and she expected to be living for a long, long time. But she didn't. I was the queen before my 16th year.

What do you think? This may or may not turn out to be an entirly unrelated prelude to Lee Harken. Esmeralda would be her great-grandma, or great-great-grandma.

And Halloween is next weekend!! Yay!

I'm having a Halloween sleepover with Infublo, Fay, Manya, and Samara. Sorry if you've never heard of them.

Cheerio, peeps!

My First Book Review!

2010-09-05T14:24:00.004-05:00

I'm going to start reviewing books. Or at least I'll try.

My first:

Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M. M. Blume

Description: Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists--a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. Then glamorous Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant, Patel, and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, and Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought.

(I don't feel that it's a sufficient description, but that's just me.)

Time to read: About one day

Pages: 261+3(Acknowledgments)

Rating: 5

Review: I love Cornelia Street Englehart. She found some of the best word books ever! She's so lonely in the beginning, I felt horrible for her. I love the way the Blume describes all the characters, though. She makes each one seem real, and nearly all of them are very like-able.

Some parts are a little bit confusing, though. It was written in third person, but Virginia is almost always telling stories, so there were a few parts where it would say 'Virginia said,' but it seems like she said it at the time the story was taking place, not just while she told Cornelia the story.

I cried from about 240 to 252.

My absoloutly favorite is page 252, and a little before;

"Virginia," she said softly.

"Yes?"

Cornelia swallowed. "Are you afraid of dying?"

For the first time in their friendship, Virginia's eyes filled with tears.

"A little bit, Cornelia." She took a deep breath. "But you have to remember that I have done a lot of living in my seven and a half decades. And Alexandra, Beatrice, and Gladys have been gone for many years now. I miss them with all of my heart. Maybe I'll be with them again when I leave this world, and we'll have the biggest adventure of all." She was quiet for a moment. "You just never know what's going to happen."

Just at that moment, the record player finished playing and the old phonograph clicked off. Yet they could still hear the soft sound of Mozart playing. After a minute, Cornelia realized that it was Lucy playing the piano in the apartment next door.

For a long time, the two friends sipped tea and quietly listened to the faint music together through the sky-colored wall of Virginia's Indian bedroom.

Lesley M. M. Blume, p. 251-252-Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters

I cried there...

My suggested age group for this book is anywhere from 10 to... 14? I don't know. They use a lot of big words, but they always have the definition.

Anyone above about 10 can read it, really. It would also be a nice read-aloud book for younger siblings.

Enjoy your readings!

Cheerio, peeps!

New Manuscript

2010-08-14T13:26:00.002-05:00

Since I had to wait for a while to edit Reborn, I started a new manuscript that I'd been thinking about for a few months, since May, I think.

It's kind of sci-fi, but not really... If that makes any sense. It's futuristic, but also in a different world, post-apocalypse. It's very different than anything I've ever written before, both the narrator and the story, and I'm throughly enjoying it. :-)

It actually starts by giving away the climax. I tell you what to expect in the first paragraph. But it's still a very interesting read, I have to say. Or it will be, one I finish. And the chapters are actually some of the longest I've ever written. Hmm...

It's just the way Lee, the main character, speaks, I guess. She has a kind of fun mix of words like weird and cool, and more modern(?) words and then some longer, more sophisticated words.

The story goes from when she's 12 to a little past 15.

It takes place in a country called Amgear (Pronounced Am-jeer), which is pretty much America, but because it isn't actually America, I can make all the little changes I want. Like they have a prime minister instead of a president, and such.

New music:

I love the band The Hush Sound

Not Alone by Darren Criss (He played Harry in A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel!)

I looked for the lyrics, but I couldn't find them.

SO here's the scene from A Very Potter Musical:

But, yeah. I love that song.

Okay then. That's pretty much all I wanted to say...

Bye!

Cheerio, peeps!

Oops...

2010-07-30T12:33:00.002-05:00

Silly me! I missed my blog's birthday!

SO, then...

Happy birthday, blog! I have had it for one year now. But no one comments. :-(

I would appreciate it if you DID comment, then people!

Thanks!

That's all I had to say.

Cheerio, peeps!

I've Done It!!!!

2010-07-29T18:31:00.002-05:00

I can't believe it! Last night I ACTUALLY finished the first draft of Reborn. All 200 pages.

OHMYGOD!!!

Now on to editing. Since I finished a month before my goal (End of August, I finished at the end of July!) I'll probably be quicker with editing than I thought. And I have two superb people to help me with editing. Liza and Infublo. Yay!

Well, yeah... It got pretty depressing/creepy at the end there... I'm also kind of sad at how a chunk of it turned out. I made the main character a little bit meaner than I had meant her to be. Ah, well. It'll turn out all right in the end!

In other news...

A VERY POTTER SEQUAL JUST CAME OUT!!!!! :-D

As you can tell, this has made me extremely happy. It is very much as good as the first one.

And they are both "totally awesome!"

Watch them both and you will understand the line above. IN ORDER!!!!

StarKidPotter's YouTube channel. [Link]

Don't ask why I did the above. It's a joke for myself, in my book. In about two or something years, if I get published, you'll find out why. (It will probably take that long for the book to come out in stores.)

Sorry, I'm a bit tired. I spent most of the last few days in the car...

Cheerio from a person who has written a whole book, peeps!

Forever and a Day

2010-07-10T16:40:00.002-05:00

Well, haven't posted in FOREVER. Because I've been working on my manuscript. Which, by the way, is what I should be doing now. So I'll make this quick.

On chapter 22. 138 pages! Trying for 150 by the next time I see Liza, which is Wednesday. Have I mentioned her before? If not, she's another author who's mentoring me. (Yay!!) I think I'm going to get to 150 too!

So... close... to... 200... pages...

I am GOING to finish before school starts again at the end of August! I WILL!

Some interesting camps right now. Four classes a day, which I signed up for. Archery, then an acting class. After lunch are two writing classes. Fav is the acting class. I don't like one of the writing classes that much. I am SO better than those people! And I'm the youngest! Maybe I'll bring my 150 pages sometime this week.

(Picturing the teacher's face... LOL.)

Week after I'm going to my fav writing camp, Red Oak. Love that camp!

Then we're going on a road trip!

Since I said this would be fast, I'll say more later this week.

Now, for the new and returning season on TV:

Haven is AWESOME! Gonna be great!

Warehouse 13 is going to be BETTER THAN EVER! LOVE Claudia! Thank GOD Artie's not dead!

Waiting for White Collar and Psych! COME FASTER!

Tonight's DW looks TERRIFYING and ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!!! Can't WAIT!

♥ the Doc!

Cheerio, peeps!

100 Pages!

2010-06-27T11:52:00.004-05:00

I have now written 100 pages in my book! I'm so happy! Right now I'm on chapter 16, although it isn't going so well. I think the chapter will be called sleep, but I'm not positive.

Doesn't matter. I love my book!!! I am so happy!!

YAY!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. I really think I might be able to pull off finishing this thing by the end of summer break!

P.P.S. I'm in California right now! Very fun. But I do miss my Mac... Grandpa doesn't have Wi-Fi, so I have to write this on the home comp... :-( But if you think that I'd leave my writing at home, what with how far I've gotten, think again! Muwahahahaha!

Don't ask.

Unlucky 13?

2010-06-13T15:35:00.005-05:00

I'm not superstitious. Or maybe I am, I guess. But my superstitions are different than most people's.

I love the number 13.

But chapter 13 in my book is E-V-I-L.

I can't figure out what to write!

For some reason, if I don't have the chapter title it makes me all flustered and I can't write anything. It's really weird, but true.

Anyway, the pictures at the top are all currently unedited. The first two are from a mine in California we saw over spring break and the second two are from Gettysburg. We went there, I think, two summers ago.

Cheerio, peeps.

Europe-Part 1

2010-05-01T14:58:00.016-05:00

Oh, this is sad... It's taken me to May to FINALLY post the pictures I took in London and Paris.

These aren't in a particular order, considering we went to London first, but what ever.

I don't know who put the sticker on the street sign outside the Paris opera house, but thanks! Now the street is my last name.

I took this picture in a bus.

I think it turned out rather well.

Another picture from the same bus ride, but I used this interesting fade out in Photo Shop.

I really like it. The original's here somewhere.

Box 5 at the Paris opera house. Sound familiar?

I was a little obsessed with the Phantom then. I had just seen the play for the first time, and read the book. I took this the day before my camera died! I was so SAD! I'd had it since second grade, when I first went to London. It was my hanukah present...

Here's the Eiffel Tower. I think this was sometime New Year's Eve....

Another version of one of the bus pictures.

Haha. I love the red phone booths.

HERE's the original picture! Lots of fog that day.

The first time I saw the Eiffel Tower for real. The day we got to Paris, from the CHUNNEL! (Love that name!)

Also taken from a bus.

Random flag hanging somewhere near Buckingham Palace. Sort of...

Taken on a bus.

Notre Dame, my first night in Paris.

Random British guard. We had just watched a piece of the changing of the guards when I had to take the picture opportunity.

Eiffel Tower in B & W.

Trust me, there will be PLENTY more.

Maybe later tonight.

Cheerio, peeps!

Maximum Ride (And a birthday, but I'll get to that.)

2010-04-14T20:33:00.002-05:00

Maximum Ride. One of the BEST SERIES EVER. I love it, so much. Awesome.

Maximum Ride by James Patterson, my review.

James Patterson is one of my heros. He's written more books than his age, and yet they keep getting better! The narrator for the Maximum Ride series is, of course, Max. Her voice reminds me a lot of Percy Jackson, from Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. I admire him too. Sometimes I wish I could write with that voice. The very modern teenager's voice. But I just don't think like that, so I can't write like that. Even if I am a modern teenager. So sad... But still Max is awesome. But Fang is THE BEST EVER!!!! He reminds me very much of my original idea for Vampier's personality. Vampier was supposed to be much more serious and quiet than he is now, but I still love them both!

Now for the birthday.

Happy Birthday, Phillip!

Phillip is the main character of my book's love. He was a prince in medieval France, but one of his two younger brothers killed him in 1200. Later, after the main story, I'll bring him back in a short story, or something. Whatever I do with him, he'll never stay dead.

Cheerio, peeps!

Poetic Notes

2010-04-08T18:01:00.002-05:00

A light on the horizon.

Rising, rising.

The sun, perhaps, is what it could be.

But more likely not.

A light, gold.

A light, black.

A light, silver.

A light, white.

Opposites attract,

or so they say.

Perhaps they do

and perhaps not.

Would I know?

I think not.

A light, gold.

A light, black.

A light, silver.

A light, white.

The moon in the night.

Not always, I think,

though they tell me otherwise,

those men of the world.

A light, gold.

A light, black.

A light, silver.

A light, white.

Only dreams may be an escape.

Only dreams,

although different things

are what they say.

A light, gold.

A light, black.

A light, silver.

A light, white.

This is the first poem I ever wrote, and it was filed with some notes for The Name of the Game trilogy. I don't remember why...

Well, I guess I should go over the book ideas, and others, I currently have.

The Name of the Game-trilogy, current work

The Digger's Daughter-started, but put on hold... for who knows how long...

The School of Time-magic, and etc.

Reincarnation-sci-fi-ish

UNKNOWN NAME-elves, fairies, etc.

The Card Players-Modern, teen band

Hello, I am Your Therapist-short, play-ish like thing...

Short detective stories-?

And that was extremely unorganized... Oh well.

Cheerio, peeps.

Why I Want to be an Author

2010-03-25T16:32:00.002-05:00

I know almost all authors say stuff like, "Oh, I just write for myself. I don't have to be published!" but then why would they really be sending their book to a publisher at all? And I guess I get it, and I write for myself, too. I always write stories I like. But I want to be published.

It's not for money or fame. I know it's kind of rare to become a really famous author. Although, it would be nice... ;-)

No. I write my stories for the people who'll read them. I write my books for the kid who has an absoloutly terrible day. Then they'll come home to a new book, start it, and then get so involved they forget to do their homework.

I write my books for the people who need to forget where they are and what's been happening to them. For the people who need a quick escape from everything.

I want to be the author of THAT book. The one that gets the kid who's never wanted to pick up a book in their life love to read.

I want to be THAT author.

Yep. That's why. If I DO get published, I think I want this to be the start of my acknowledgments.

What do you think?

Cheerio, peeps!

Something New

2010-03-07T07:13:00.002-06:00

Well, the title says it all.

Recently, I've been in a bit of a creative slump. I haven't written on my other blog much either. I think I know the reason too. (No, you won't hear it on this post.)

So, anyway, I just recently went onto Cranberry's blog and... SAW HER GOOD-BYE POST! :-O

But it got me thinking. I don't want to end up say, "Hey, guys, this has been fun and all, but I gotta go now. Catch ya' around!"

No way. This is more important, to me at least, than that. So I'll be working on posting more. I do NOT want to see this turned into one of my unfinished works. I've had a few...

My original book idea. It was great for little kids, like I was when I started it, but it just didn't work. I even tried to start writing it... Then it just crashed. This will not be like that.

I've got some more trip pictures to upload. I'll try and add some of the ones I've worked on already.

Cheerio, peeps.

Decision

2010-02-21T11:23:00.002-06:00

Ok. Now I've completely decided on this. This blog will be entirely about my writing, and my books. Not the poetry. That's on the other blog.

So this blog is stories, and how well I'm getting on with my writing. If you want to read about the crazy people I hang out with, or my poetry, then go to my other blog, which isn't strictly school stuff anymore.

Cheerio, peeps.

Flower names

2010-02-08T16:55:00.001-06:00

I've finally figured out Anthony's sister's names!

In order:

Amaryllis

Lilac

Zinnia

Orchid

I think they're really pretty.

Cheerio, peeps.

Ach!

2010-02-03T19:33:00.001-06:00

What's happened to my blog?! All the things on the side got messed up!

Now they're all at the bottom!!!!!

Growl...

Very not cheerio, peeps...

Amelia Earhart 2

2010-02-02T21:07:00.002-06:00

Starr: Amelia Earhart!!!!!!!!!<3<3<3

Cheerio, peeps.

Amelia Earhart

2010-02-02T18:44:00.002-06:00

Vampier: You do realize she's not ACTUALLY Amelia Earhart, right Starr?

Starr: She's NOT?!?! But WHY?!?!

Vampier: Because Earhart's dead.

Starr: But... But... But..!!!

Vampier: *pat on the head, walk away*

Just boredom during math yesterday.

When Starr was a kid she hero-worshipped Amelia Earhart, so when she heard about Ame, well... Yeah.

Happy Groundhog Day!

Cheerio, peeps!

Curse you, Stephanie Meyer

2010-01-31T22:03:00.003-06:00

AAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!

CURSE YOU, STEPHANIE MEYER!!!!!!!!!!!

I completley just realized the stupid idea I used to un-writer's block myself is totally Twilight-esque. When Bella searches for stuff about vampires, I have Ame and Amanda searching for stuff about Twi, and they find Vampier's stupid website!!!!!

GGGGGRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

And I had been stuck for at LEAST three weeks flat!!!!!!!

And her NAME is even Twilight!!!!!

CURSE YOU, STEPHANIE MEYER.

Grumble, grumble.

cheerio, peeps...

Grumble, grumble.

*dark look at the Twilight poster on my door*

Possibly my biggest ever post

2010-01-31T08:25:00.022-06:00

This is Clover. At prom, in the second book.

Go green!

Here's Ame. Just normal, every-day-ness.

Here's Anthony.

I think the picture looks really good with headphones, but that might just be me.

Hey, Kevin! He looks a little over excited, though...

Meaghan, at prom. Her hair is MOSTLY normal brown, however, even though I invented the character I still haven't figured it out, the bottom is dyed bright green.

"Screw the rules, I have green hair!"

Here's Amanda. She's definitely the girliest of the Sights.

And now we start the elements.

This is Air. She's so cool.

If you make her mad she might not do anything for, like, 5o years, but then one day she'll come and make the wind whack your arm into a wall or something!

This is Earth. He's really sweet and he doesn't like to get into lots of fights. Amanda really likes him, even when they first meet, but he doesn't catch on till either the end of the second book or the beginning/middle-ish of the third.

Here's Fire. She's a little eccentric, if you couldn't tell...

And Water. She's really nice.

Yay Twi! Although her hair is actually a little longer, the point stands.

Vampier! The insane vampire!

Here's one of his many, many, many multiple children. Her name is Claudaria and she's been made into an actual vampire, instead of just a half one, like most of his kids.

Here's Jour. No explanation needed.

And Mariposa.

Here's Nacht. There are some funny stories about his hair...

And here are a few of the stars, the ones that are actually his friends, instead of being all girly.

This is Nithanda. When she was human, she was from Africa.

Here's Leo. Yes, I know it's a girl.

This is Starr. That was her actual human name. She likes to dye her hair blue. And one year she and Leo decided to go trick-or-treating with humans.

As you can tell, she was an angel, Leo was a devil.

And this is Jane. As a human, of course. When she was/is human she's really good friends with Clover. However when she gets a little older(she and Clover are friends when Jane's 6) she gets cancer and "dies."

What actually happens is that Twi comes and turns her into an Adma.

I got the character maker from here.

Thanks for reading my probably-longest-ever-post-that-is-mostly-not-words.

Cheerio, peeps!

Vampier's website

2010-01-30T21:56:00.001-06:00

Yes. The god of vampires has a website. And this post is only for one reason, and it's for my book. So don't worry.

I'm not nearly as insane as you think I am.

or am i..? (dun dun dun DUUUH)

Cheerio, peeps.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

2010-01-30T21:15:00.003-06:00

"I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known. Don't know where it goes, but it's only me and I walk alone."

Just what I'm listening to right now.

I've been working on Anthony's sisters' names. I think they'll all be flowers. (Shout out to Infublo for the idea.)

The youngest is Orchid, but I don't know the others. Their names are being changed from, and this is the birth order, Sarah, Kate, and Jenny. I never came up with a normal name for Orchid. Any suggestions?

Their last name is Whitehall and their father is a movie star.

Cheerio, peeps.

That is messed up...

2010-01-27T21:44:00.002-06:00

I just found an author who's name is scarily similar to mine. He's writing under Ariel S. Levy. Change the Ariel to Ariella and you have my nome de plume.

Really weird... 'Cept he writes in Spanish.

Cheerio, peeps.

P.S. Sorry, but I had to add the French.

250!!!!

2010-01-27T19:07:00.001-06:00

HOORAY!!!!! I have 250(1) posts on this blog now!!!

Didn't notice that when I wrote it...

Cheerio, peeps!

Muwahaha!!

2010-01-27T18:47:00.003-06:00

Don't ask. I dunno what's up with the evil laugh. I just felt like it.

And I finally finished chapter 6!!!! It was called "What Is Reality?" and it took me FOREVER!!!!! Now I'm on chapter 7 and back with Clover. Rather better than Amanda, I think. The chapter's called "Waking Up". Yeah, it is a little weird, but I think I like it.

Still need to post winter break pictures. Maybe some from the play.

Cheerio, peeps!

Randomness

2010-01-21T20:01:00.003-06:00

Why am I writing this post? I don't know. It will be full of what I like to call "doodles". They're not drawings, which people do on the sides of their homework, or on binders during class. They're almost like notes. During class sometimes I'll write character names on paper edges or something. Those are my doodles.

Vampier Mostri. {Claudaria Elizabeth Bizet Mostri}

Twilight

Dawn

Whispers Samantha Kirktrace Mariposa Fauna Anthony

Sarah(?)

Leah(?)

(What's with the bible names?!?!?) Jenny(Jean?)

Kate

O..?

Just some notes.

Cheerio, peeps.

P.S. The format might be different when published than when I wrote it.

P.P.S. The quesion marks are calls for help. The names by Anthony are ideas for his sisters' names. (He'll have four. Sisters.)

2010-01-12T16:23:00.004-06:00

Dracula: Who the heck are you?!?!
Vampier: I WORSHIP you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dracula: Wha..???!?!?!
Vampier: <3 <3 <3!!!!!!
Claudaria: Dad! Leave him alone!

Infublo here, she just came up with that during Soc. Studies. It was funny, and I couldn't figure why she was cracking up while we were talking about girls dying in the streets of China..... and communism...

I know. I know...
Couldn't help it. Vampier sure does love Dracuala... ;-)

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. Infublo's exagerating. We were not talking about girls dying in the streets of China.

yes we WERE!!!

I have returned!

2010-01-02T17:57:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone! I'm back from Europe!

That was AMAZING! I love London so MUCH!!!!!

Tomorrow I'll post all about the trip...

TONIGHT IS DAVID TENNANT'S LAST EPISODE AS THE DOCTOR. OHMYGOD.

EEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

Profile Pic

2009-12-20T16:00:00.004-06:00

Hoorah! A new profile picture! (Because the people trying to replace my lenses broke the frame... Grrrrrr...)

Anyway. This picture is from... Yep you guessed it. Her again. This picture works pretty well for close to the end of Reborn, when Twi is being tortured. : O

Yeah, I know. Don't ask. Just wait till I write the freakin' scene.

Cheerio, peeps!

Cover for Revenge

2009-12-19T23:29:00.005-06:00

This is the current cover for Revenge. However...

I found this picture, and edited it. I think it works better. How about you?

Here's the original. Yes, from the same person as usual.

Cheerio, peeps.

The Waters of Mars

2009-12-19T23:16:00.002-06:00

ohmygod. O.O

That was the scariest Doctor Who episode I have ever seen in my life.

I was practically hyperventilating, curled up on the kitchen floor, for 15-20 min.

NOT PLEASANT.

I would not discourage people EVER from watching Doctor Who, but I suggest you watch this episode at 12:00 P.M. with all the members of your family at home. And then you have some kind of hilarious thing to watch or read immediatly after the episode is done...

O.O

cheerio, peeps...

Really Fun

2009-12-14T20:31:00.003-06:00

Ya' know, I thought writing as Clover was really fun... Not writing the book, although that's amazingly fun too, but writing with her not being scared out of her mind. Just talking randomly. It really seemed like I had gone to her and asked her to write something on my blog. It would be perfectly her, not planing a thing, showing up about half an hour late...

Hahaahaa!

I really think I'm gonna make it into a whole blog...

EEEEKKKK!!!! Next Wednesday (23rd) I go to London!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEKKKKK! WINTER BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!!

Yeah, I really think I'll make a new blog for it...

Cheerio, peeps!

Samantha "Clover" Kirktrace

2009-12-13T18:22:00.002-06:00

Hey, everyone! This is the first of other people writing posts on Ariella's blog. My name's Samantha, but I prefer Clover, 'cuz I'm always so lucky. (And Irish!)

I never actually decided what I was gonna write about, so I'm really not planning this, just rambling. Um... I dunno... I've lived in (city yet to be determined, VOTE!), Vermont my whole life. Both my parents are from Ireland, and I've got three siblings. Two little brothers with red hair and an older sister.

I've got the Irish green eyes and freckles though. My sis, Erin, just has brown hair and blue eyes... ;-D

My best friends are Ame, Amanda, and Meaghan. Anthony and Kevin, too.

Er, yeah. I don't really have anything else that I would want to talk about right now...

Bu-bye!

Poll

2009-12-12T16:32:00.001-06:00

Oops. Didn't notice that before. I'll wait a little longer, but apparently I know where I'm placing The Name of the Game.

VERMONT!

Thank you so much for voting!

Cheerio, peeps!

Don't Ask the Author... Ask Them!

2009-12-12T08:41:00.003-06:00

With author interviews there are usually all these questions people send in to ask the author. Well I've decided that at least once a week (hopefully) I'll write a post about something or other in one of my characters' Pt. of V.s or something. Depending on how it goes/how obsessed I get with it, I might make a new blog with just their POVs.

Should be fun... First one is later today or tomorrow sometime, probably Clover.

I got this idea from Cranberry writing as her alter egos. (Here, Here, and Here.) Thanks for the idea!

Cheerio, peeps!

Nothing to Say!

2009-12-06T14:48:00.003-06:00

Gah! So sorry! I haven't had anything to post in a while, and, really, I still don't...

I'll be done with the second-grade book project soon... I just need to finish a few illustrations...

I can't think of anything to say..!

I still need to up load my photos from NY. I'm going to take the pictures I took at the UN to school, to show at social studies, because we've been learning about stuff like that. Humanities night is on Wednesday, there's a Hanukah carnival tomorrow night, so definitely no posting then, because I volunteered.

VOTE!!!! I can't decide what state to place my trilogy. VOTE!!!!

And what's wrong with me?!?! I keep typing because wrong! Since Thursday!

Oh, and all the people here from the Red Oak newsletter, hey!

VOTE!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. If I finish my homework I'll write up Twi telling Clover and those guys about the way to nullify her and others' powers...

Oooh! In This Twilight by Nine Inch Nails started playing with iTunes on shuffle! Yay! Gotta go listen.

Cheerio, peeps(again)!

Still in NY

2009-11-27T19:24:00.002-06:00

Hi. Still in NY... Thanksgiving was great. My one opf my uncles sells books so he took me and my parents to one of the places he buys. It's in a BARN!!!!! So cool.

I've now had the best pizza in the world twice this week. In Riverdale, in the Bronx, there is this one place called Salvatores of Soho. THEY HAVE THE BEST PIZZA IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep.

Listening to Second Chance by Shinedown. I borrowed the copy of Midnight for Charlie Bone, the first in the series, that I gave my cousin, 'cuz he hasn't read it yet, and I'm rereading it for who knows how many times. Started this morning. Should be done by one tomorrow afternoon.

Coming home tomorrow. I'll post pics and stuff... Yeah. Bye!

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. I wrote a new story for Twi. I might post my ideas on Sunday, or something.

So long

2009-11-21T07:43:00.001-06:00

Today I leave for NY. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures that I'll post.

Cheerio, peeps!

NYC

2009-11-18T19:33:00.001-06:00

Ok everyone. Heads up. On Saturday I'm going to New York to see my grandparents and uncles and cousin for Thanksgiving, so I won't post pretty much all week. Except for maybe on on probably Tuesday on my grandparents dinosaur computer...

They don't even have Word! How do they live like that?!??!?!?!?!?!?

Cheerio, peeps!

Keeping on Without You by This Providence (Official Music Video)

2009-11-17T20:29:00.001-06:00

EEEEEKKKK!!! I LOVE this band! One of my top 5s! EEEKKK!

EEEKKK!!! <3

Cheerio, peeps!

HE IS DEAD!!!!!!

2009-11-15T22:59:00.003-06:00

I just found out that there is going to be a Broadway sequel to The Phantom of the Opera...

WTF!?!?!?!?!??!?!!!?!?!? READ THE BOOK YOU FREEKIN' MORONS!!!!!!!!!! ERIK (The Phantom) FREEKIN' DIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF is wrong with you people?!?!?!

Cheerio, peeps!

Reborn

2009-11-14T09:02:00.002-06:00

If you look on the side I have a new thing under the copyright. That's my "countdown" till I finish Reborn and start sending it to publishers. I have page numbers and chapters. I don't know how many chapters I should have, but I want about 200 pages. I'm pretty sure I'll get there.

Then I have POV (Point of view). I have Clover's and she's the main narrator. I'm working on Twilight right now. I'm probably gonna finish off chapter 4 with her. Then I want to have Amelia and Anthony. Probably Meaghan too. That'll probably be it for Reborn. I'll make sure I get more of a variety for Revenge. Probably Twilight's spy, even. It'll be fun!

I know I was just going to get to chapter 5 and then go back to The DD, but I am in shock I can write this well. I'm seriously in love with this book. And if I ever get famous, this is what I want to be known for. (Crossed fingers...)

Cheerio, peeps!

Friday the 13th!

2009-11-13T22:14:00.002-06:00

Woohoo! Today is Friday the 13th! Awesomeness!

Nothing wrong with a black cat, or two. Meow!

Cheerio, peeps!

(Kitty from here.)

The Name of the Game covers

2009-11-11T20:49:00.006-06:00

This is Twilight Dawn Whispers on the cover of the first book, Reborn. I made her eyes violet because she's sad. No, I'm not gonna tell you why. Wait till I (cross my fingers) get the book published.

This is the original picture.

This is the cover for Revenge. It fits with my basic idea for the story and the few scenes I have planned.

This is the cover for Return. Her eyes are light icy blue because she's so really, really, REALLY angry, she's calm. This is when she gets her final revenge on Diavolo Mostri.

They all come from here. God, this person is freekin' bloody awesome!! (Yeah, yeah. I know my vocabulary's turning British. I can't help it! I need to practice for winter break. (Hooray for London and Paris. Too bad I can't speak French. My mom'll have to translate...))

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. My friend Fay got herself a blog. You should check it out. RockUrWorld blog. It's awesome!

Hello Seattle by Owl City

2009-11-08T18:47:00.001-06:00

Fan-made music video. It's awesome!

Cheerio, peeps!

We Were Meant To Live by Switchfoot

2009-11-08T07:32:00.000-06:00

With Legos!

Cheerio, peeps!

Imperial march of...

2009-11-08T07:26:00.001-06:00

Ducks!

Cheerio, peeps!

Prologue-1777

2009-11-06T19:07:00.002-06:00

Prologue-1777

James Ward woke up staring at the canopy on a bed. He blinked his eyes, trying to remember. He had been somewhere… He shook his head, trying to remember, and promptly cracked it against the headboard.

“Ouch!” he cried out in small pain, but mostly surprise.

He heard a little giggle, that sounded almost like; “Abigail?” James’s voice shook as he asked, almost afraid to know the answer, whether or not it was his dead little sister.

“No,” said the girl. James immediately knew it wasn’t her, even without the negative answer. “I am sorry. But, no, I am not a ghost, nor a demon. I am not here to haunt you.” She answered all his unspoken questions.

“Who are you, then?” James was rough with his question. He was a soldier, even though he was only 15. He had fought in the front lines with General Washington. He wasn’t about to be intimidated by a little girl.

“You know me. I saved your life.”

“It was you?!” he asked in great surprise as his memory came back in a flood. He had been shot in the arm, in searing pain. He had tried to go back to tents, but he wasn’t quick enough. He was going to be shot, either by a red coat or one of their cannons, as he lay on the ground, bleeding, but he had been pulled out of the way with his uninjured arm. He had lost consciousness after that.

“Yes.” Her answers were always simple, straight to the point. It was very frustrating; she hadn’t gotten to the points he wanted to cover a single time yet. To add insult to injury she was still hiding in the shadows.

“Well, could you at least come out, then? I need to be able to thank you properly, after all,” James coaxed her.

The little girl stepped into the light of the few candles in the room. Her hair was black and very long. It was tied up in a way he had never seen before. Her hair was up in two ponytails, on the sides of her head. She wore a long white dress with flowing sleeves, like the princesses in some of the illustrations of the books he had read to Abigail when she was very little. Her eyes were pitch black, but they seemed very kind, to him.

“Who are you?” James asked again. “Are you a witch?”

“No, I’m not a witch. But close. I am a goddess. My name is Twilight Dawn.”

“And what do you have to do with me?”

“By saving your life I have put many things in motion. There is a future ahead for us both that will be different than anything either of us has ever encountered. And you will be my brother throughout it all.”

“What?” he was so confused.

Twilight smiled slightly. “I am not human, but you can tell, of course, can’t you. You have no reason to stay human. You will become like me, and out of choice, too. You will be reborn.”

WHOA

2009-11-04T20:07:00.000-06:00

Best Friends

2009-11-04T16:42:00.004-06:00

In all my books most of the characters each seem to have a best friend. Here's a list;

The Name of the Game:

Twilight Dawn Whispers-Mariposa Fauna

Thanatos Whispers-Viaggiatore Freiheit

Amelia Tyma-Meaghan Rutgert

Anthony Whitehall-Kevin McKinnon

The Digger's Daughter:

Artemis Roswell-Olivia Carwin

Nathaniel Legard-Peter Kerr

Sean Swithin-Riley Greys

The School of Time:

February Bryars-Rebecca Taylor

Collin Bellamont-Jared Emmerson

Alita Lamay-June Liglt

Those are all for now, since all the series' are still in work.

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. Just found the greatest last name website! Here

I love this person!

2009-11-02T21:29:00.001-06:00

This person has the most awesomest pictures EVER! I'm using them on some book covers. I give her all the amazing credit due, of course.

iNeedChemicalX's gallery on DeviantArt.

Woohoo!

Cheerio, peeps!

Butterfly person!

2009-11-01T10:52:00.003-06:00

Butterfly!

Cheerio, peeps!

Done by Lemonstein guy.

This year's goals

2009-10-31T22:11:00.002-05:00

Ok, everyone. Here are this year's writing goals.

For a while, I'm going to take a break from The Digger's Daughter. However, I want to finish it BEFORE summer vacation. (Giving myself a few months...) The revision is pretty much re-writing it... And when I first wrote it I thought it was so GOOD! Sob! Oh, well...

While I break from Artemis, and all those guys, I'm going to be working on The Name of the Game. I want to get through chapter 5 (depending on how long that takes) before I go back to The DD. (Digger's Daughter)

Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off... Then I can start looking at publishers. I have a second cousin who could help, and my mom knows someone who knows someone who works at Scholastic, so that should help... Although it might hurt my chances if they know I'm a kid... I'm only a teen, after all. (And don't you think my stuff is all the better because of it?)

Happy Halloween!

Cheerio, peeps!

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!<3 <3 <3

2009-10-31T07:17:00.004-05:00

Lol!!!! Happy Halloween!!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

(Picture done by this guy.)

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-31T06:51:00.003-05:00

Yeah, you read the title right. There's a birthday on Halloween.

Happy birthday, Nathaniel!

I don't have any pictures to show you. His name is because of The Bartimaeus Trilogy. So, I will tell you the story of how he was created. Or, really, more like the story of how he evolved. Lol.

When I was writing The Digger's Daughter solely for English class, I wanted to add some new characters in for a bit of mystery, add some more interest to the story. So I added Thomas. I thought he was cool, but he needed something more. I added a connection to Artemis' father. Then it didn't seem enough. I changed his age to 13, and his eye color to green, to try and give him to Art... Needless to say, it didn't work. I changed Thomas back and added James. I decided they needed one of those wonderful little brothers... You know, the kind that are your age and they have this weird sense of humor and style? They're really smart, sometimes smarter than older siblings. (like Thomas (Sorry, but I had to make him like that...))

Ah, never mind... It only works out for people who are kids, usually around that age. Oh well.

Happy 14th birthday, Nathaniel!!!!!

Ok, I need to add something for him... How about a math (Sorry people, but he REALLY loves math. Almost as much as Artemis. Lol. I need to give him SOMETHING!!)

Lol! We watched this video in school last year!!! His voice in funny!

Happy birthday Nathaniel!

Cheerio, peeps!

Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-30T23:03:00.004-05:00

I <3 Halloween!!!!!
Heard this on the radio a few hours ago... Freaky as heck! HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Rock on! Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!!!!!

bored out of my mind

2009-10-28T19:24:00.002-05:00

Right now I am so freakishly bored it's not even funny that I'm bored because I have no homework... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Ok, for Lit we have to write stories for our 2nd grade partners. Since there are more people in our grade than theirs some people have the same person. Infublo and I got a little girl named Sophie. So, I'm using some characters and some of the same places as in my book The Name of the Game. The weird thing is that Infublo has a field like mine, creepy people like I do, she has a little bit of a Narnia base like I do, and her place is not affected by time, like a certain place in my book, that I don't feel like going into right now. (Maybe later...) WTF?!?!?!?!!!???? The world has gone mad!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

I'd like to buy a hearing aid sketch...

2009-10-23T19:32:00.008-05:00

My name is Bridget Evelyn Colons. I am goth. I don't care what anyone says, I am perfectly allowed to be goth, even though I'm nine. My mother would really rather have a nasty little girly-girl, but she's stuck with me. One of my brothers is wonderful, but the other is so mean. I am a photographer. I am Bridget Evelyn Colons.

My name is Artemis Emma Roswell. I can see the future. In a way, more or less. It's complicated... I play many musical instruments. My main two are piano and harp, though. (Yes, harp.) I write short stories with my mum. I am in love with a boy named Nathaniel Ian Legard. His father is my father's rival, as they are both archeologists. His father is Dieudonne Legard, and he wants to kill me. I am Artemis Emma Roswell.

My name is Olivia Juliet Carwin. I have know Artemis since we were three, and we are best friends. I could say we are sisters. My mother works with her father, while my father lives in France, as a photographer. He and his new wife own a fashion company, which my sister helps own. My brother is an artist. I have been through everything with Artemis. I am Olivia Juliet Carwin.

My name is Nicolaus Antioco Palmas. I moved from Italy when I was 7 and have been friends with Olivia and Artemis since then. I know everything that they have been through, and everything that has happened to us all since Dieudonne Legard and his sons came into our lives. I am Nicolaus Antioco Palmas.

My name is Nathaniel Ian Legard. My father is a criminal, a traitor and a murderer. Both my brothers agree, as does my sister. I am the youngest of the four of us. My mother died when I was eight. I love Artemis Emma Roswell, even though I am sure I shouldn't. It is complicated, more so than I care to explain... I am Nathaniel Ian Legard.

What'd you think? These are some of my most developed characters, although not Bridget, so much... I FINALLY figured out how to end the series! Fay and Infublo gave me the idea... But I'm not gonna say anything for a while...

Cheerio, peeps!

(Hooray! I've been trying to figure out how to end the series for EVER!!!!!)

White Collar is one of the most awesomest shows EVER!!!!<3 <3

Voice of the Children

2009-10-22T20:46:00.001-05:00

Yay us! My grade, and me!

Cheerio, peeps!

My name...

2009-10-21T19:50:00.005-05:00

My name is February Hazel Bryars. I was born 666. June 6th, 1906. I am a witch. I control the elements, Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire. I am also an illusionist. When I am around, you may never be sure of your senses. My specialty is invisibility. I am February Hazel Bryars.

My name is Amanda Clara Tyma. My twin sister is Amelia. We are opposites. I have short, blonde hair, and blue eyes. She has long, black hair, and black eyes. I am a Sight. I will become the goddess of Contradiction. I am the opposite. I am different. I am Amanda Clara Tyma.

My name is Sage Helen Bryars. I am the niece of February Bryars, though you would never think it, if you were to look at us. Really, you would think me to be her grandmother, or even her great-grandmother. The reason for this lies years before my birth. I have the power over the printed word. I can control anything with words in or on it. I am Sage Helen Bryars.

There are the character bios for today.

Cheerio, peeps!

My name...

2009-10-20T18:43:00.004-05:00

My name is Twilight Dawn. I am of the Whispers clan, the most powerful of all. To the humans, I suppose the name of our clans would be called our surnames. Well, in that case I am Twilight Dawn Whispers. I am a goddess. Don't let my age fool you. I am, in fact, thousands of years old. I may look ten, but I may change my age, almost at will. I am a goddess. I rule the dawn, the dusk, and the young. I am a creation, I was never human. I am Twilight Dawn Whispers, goddess of Dawn, Dusk, and Youth.

My name is Thanatos Whispers. I was once a human, with a different name. My name was James Ward. But now I am Thanatos. I was born in 1762. I do not think I was ever really a human. But, of course I wasn't. I was always a Sight. And forevermore I will now be an Adamas. I am the god of Death, and of healing. For, with a death you need healing. And there cannot be healing without death, however you care to argue. I know it to be true. I have a sister, dear to me. Her name is Twilight Dawn Whispers. My name is Thanatos Whispers.

My name is Mariposa Fauna. I am not really in a clan. For there are only a few real clans. For the most part, we all just follow the Whispers clan. That is what my best friend is part of. Her name is Twilight Dawn Whispers. I was once a human. I do not remember my name, nor when it was. I am a lost child of time. Though, oddly enough, I do not mean Lady Temps. I am not sure who I mean. Perhaps I do mean of Twilight. I have a silly job, I am the goddess of flying creatures. Of insects, to be more precise. But, I am told it is important, so my job still I continue to do. My name is Mariposa Fauna.

My name is Amelia Reese Tyma. I am a Sight. I have seen death in many forms, not the least of which has been one of its many shadows. I have seen it take my mother, my grandmother, and my great-grandmother, all in front of my eyes. I will become Fate. I am Amelia Reese Tyma. (For now...)

Well, what'd you think? If you like this, I'll post some more "character bios", as I'm going to call these now.

Cheerio, peeps!

Be Silent

2009-10-18T20:39:00.003-05:00

With a yawn I rolled out of my bed. And then almost fell to the floor, still not fully awake. I tried to tame my tangled hair as I searched around for my green tree t-shirt, and cursed the science homework.

I was so busy searching that for a moment I didn't notice my open window.

Weird, I thought to myself, as I went to go check it out. I didn't think I had left my window open last night...

On the sill there was a little, torn piece of paper. It was red and slightly muddy. Written in some of the fanciest script I could have ever imagined, and in what looked like old-fashioned ink pen, were these words...

Be silent

The Name of the Game

Cheerio, peeps.

My kitty

2009-10-17T09:10:00.003-05:00

Here's my little kitty when he was a little baby ball of fluff! He's so cute!

Sorry the picture is so suckish. That was in between the times when I was really good with a camera. (2nd grade and now)

Cheerio, peeps!

New Moon album

2009-10-16T22:22:00.003-05:00

Hoorah! The New Moon album came out today! There are a bunch of really good songs on it.
(Now playing: I Belong To You (New Moon Remix) by Muse (<3))

On November 10th the new Flyleaf album is coming out, so I'm really happy about that. There are 21 songs on it!

Cheerio, peeps!

The Fun Theory

2009-10-15T20:24:00.003-05:00

Let's play piano on the stairs!

Zoooommmm... CRASH!

Let's play!

Why fun is a good thing...

Cheerio, peeps!

The Fun Theory

New Eye

2009-10-14T19:13:00.003-05:00

Ok, my first eye was admitedly too much like the Host eye, as Infublo pointed out to me at study hall today. So I changed it around, and this is my new version. Good?

Cheerio, peeps!

Les Miserables

2009-10-11T15:23:00.001-05:00

Wow, I'm so stupid... What with forgetting to post for so long, I never said that I finished reading Les Miserables. (Victory dance!) It was 1222 pages long. I had been reading it since the first week in June, I finished it last sunday. (More victory dance.)

Yay me! Now I'm gonna read The Phantom of the Opera. I just need to wait till it gets in at the library.

Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. When we got to London and Paris for winter break, we're gonna see the opera house Phantom is based on. :-)

The Eye

2009-10-11T08:24:00.004-05:00

Ok, here is an idea for what I want on the cover of one of my books, The Digger's Daughter. That's the story with Artemis, and all of those guys.

How does it look? I got the original eye from this site. And don't insult it, or anything. It took me at least a few hours, over a period of about three days to finish this in Photo Shop...

Cheerio, peeps!

The one thing those stupid word verification things are good for...

2009-10-10T22:20:00.002-05:00

Well, I guess the title says it all. When I was commenting on Cranberry's blog I had to put in one of those stupid word verification things and it gave me an idea. (Why do they have those stupid things anyway? I dunno how they're supposed to help...) The word thing was dionfalls. So now that is a name of a character in The School of Time, or whatever I'm gonna call it. Dion Falls. Which just proves that anyone can find inspiration anywhere.

Oh, and today I started my swordplay/acting class. It's so FUN!!!!! But my legs are really sore from the stances.

Cheerio, peeps!

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

2009-10-09T17:31:00.011-05:00

Oh! I am SOO sorry I haven't posted anything in so long! I got a really suckish part in the school play, so I was moping. But at least it's a character and I'm not a bird girl. O.O

The title of this post means fear of big words. :-) Look it up.

Ok, here's a new little piece from one of my books, The Name of the Game.

"Who are you? Where have you brought us? Why are we here?" Anthony yelled into the empty air of the big, old house.

Suddenly, the beautiful piano music that had been filling the air cut off. Now there was nothing to guarantee that there was anyone besides us alive in the mansion. The six of us waited in fear, listening to the light, barely discernible footsteps coming down the stairs.

Then, quite unexpectedly, the little girl from the class room was in front of us. She looked about 10, this time. Last time I couldn't tell about what age she was. She wore a long, flowing white dress, with her long, white-blonde hair in pigtails. Unlike last time her eyes were black, instead of red.

"I brought you here," she murmured in response to Anthony's question. "This is my home." Her voice and eyes were too old to belong to a child.

"I brought you here for the help you can give me. I need your help to save my brother, Thanatos."

I and some of the others were shocked. This little girl, who we had seen once in our lives, when she crashed through the windows in the gym, swearing, had just asked us to help her save someone we didn't know, and were all sure that he wasn't human.

However, to all of our surprise, Amy was the first to talk. "Is that right," hissed Amy, harshly. "You're going to make us help you find your brother? We don't even know you!"

The girl had a knowing look when she answered. "I know you better than you think. And no, I'm not going to make you help me save him." After a moment she said, "No, I won't make you help me, but I'm begging for the help." The scariest thing about what she said was that her eyes, while she spoke, turned a dark shade of violet.

She didn't look violent or lethal now, just a sad little girl.

"OH! Of course we'll help you!" I could tell that Amy now felt some of the greatest empathy for the child, having been alone enough of her own life, and from seeing all the deaths.

"But you owe us an explanation," Amanda growled through her teeth. I sighed softly to myself, knowing that she would be the last to help. Again I wondered how twin sisters could be so absoloutly opposite from each other.

"You will know, soon enough. For that I am truly sorry," the child whispered, bowing her head, as if in prayer. After a moment she murmured, quietly, without looking up, "For all the Sights, for all the Admas, I am truly sorry."

Of course that was total nonsense to us at the time.

"Wait a moment. You haven't told us your name yet," said Meahgen quietly.

The girl cocked her head to the side for a moment, as if deciding what to say.

"My name is Twilight Dawn Whispers. I am a Creation."

Creepy, right?

Oh, and by the way... Twilight is NOT a vampire! I don't care if her eyes are red and black! They change to lots of different colors! Here's a list.

Red-angry

Black-normal eye color

Dark violet-sad

Icy blue-dangerously calm (Walks slowly up to you, and snaps your neck because she's out of patience calm.)

Sky blue-very, very happy (Rare eye color for her.)

Oh, and the narrator actually isn't that main a character. Haha. No, she's just there to show how different things can be from one person's point of view to another's.

Cheerio, peeps!

Doctor Who and Muse!

2009-09-28T08:21:00.002-05:00

One of my all-time favorite songs...

Uprising by Muse + Doctor Who clips!! <3

I tried to find a good one with my other fav Muse song, Supermassive Black Hole, but they all sucked... :-(

C'mon people!!!!!! :-(

<3 the Doctor...
Cheerio, peeps!

Doctor Who ranting...

2009-09-28T08:05:00.005-05:00

Since blogger is evil, the damm thing wouldn't let me post all my Doctor Who ranting and <3ing.
I love the tie<3...

Especially the coat<3

And the CONVERSE!!

Haha... Listen to me. I'm turning into one of those damm fan-girls I hate so freekin' much...

Haha. Ah, well. Doctor Who is worth it.

<3 the Doctor...
Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. The damm thing is doing it to me AGAIN! I think it has a problem with all the hearts.

Haha. XD

Smith and Jones

2009-09-28T07:40:00.006-05:00

This little clips are from the funniest parts of the Doctor Who episode Smith and Jones. Martha's first.

Hahahahaha...

And again...

Haha. Poor Martha. Her family is nuts. Ah! The Doctor's so funny!

Explaining the tie...

And here we go...

Heehee. The Doctor's not human. Just deal with it Martha.

NO! Not the Sonic Screwdriver! :-(

Enjoy the Doctor Who!

<3 the Doctor...
Cheerio, peeps!

P.S. OMG!!!!! This is my 2ooth post!!!!!!!! GO DOCTOR WHO!!!!!

<3 <3

My Twilight apple

2009-09-27T20:00:00.003-05:00

My version of the Twilight cover. It took SO freekin' long to finish in Photo Shop, so don't anyone dare insult it.

Cheerio, peeps!

Name?

2009-09-27T18:26:00.001-05:00

Ok, everyone. I need your help. Which would make a better name for a goddess, Farfalla or Mariposa?

Cheerio, peeps!

Twitteleh

2009-09-25T17:58:00.001-05:00

Ah! This is so funny! My dad sent it to me.

I hope my mom isn't like this to me when I go to college. Although all the people who are being tormented in this video are guys...

Cheerio, peeps!

Random story time.

2009-09-24T19:32:00.007-05:00

Ok, today during the unscheduled health class, I used my time wisely, and wrote a mini page-and-a-half story. Now, who wants to read it?

Well, too bad. If you don't want to read it, then stop reading this darn blog, 'cuz you're gonna get a heck of a lot more of my little stories. And don't steal them, 'cuz I mean COME ON! They are MINE!!!!!!!

Anyway, here's the story. (May be I should give you an over-view of the characters in this book sometime... Maybe after I finish my homework...)

Story:

"Hey, Jared," I said, coming to lean on the railing next to him.

"Oh, Collin. Hey, kid," he muttered, giving me a quick glance. Then he went back to staring off the balcony.

"What's up?" I was surprised he hadn't made his usual joke or rude remark, or something.

"Nothin'," he said, shrugging his shoulders and kicked a few pebbles off the side of the balcony.

"C'mon, I know there's something wrong. So, let me ask again; what's wrong?"

Jared grinned. "Li and Feb have been rubbing off on you."

"I dunno. Maybe."

"'Kay, fine. February's what's up."

"Oh?"

"She's so ODD. She freaks the hell out of me! She dresses like one of those really creepy villains on a detective show, or somethin'. And she talks so WEIRD! It's just wrong!"

"Ah, c'mon Jared. She's not all like that." He raised his eyebrows at me.

"Well, duh, she talks weird! She was born in 1906!"

"Yeah, but still," said Jared stubbornly. "I still think she's kind of a (Insert swear here.)."

Suddenly, I was distracted by a slight shimmer in the air behind Jared's shoulder, and February appeared in her long black coat, hair tied back, and eyes glittering. She grinned mischievously.

Jared asked me a question, but I didn't hear it.

All of a sudden he saw my face and paled. "Oh, God. She's behind me, isn't she?" he asked hoarsely.

I nodded mutely.

Slowly, she put her hand on his shoulder, in the perfect position to choke him.

"Jared," she said in a soft, deadly voice. "May I ask what you were just saying about me?"

"Uuumm... I w-was j-j-jus-t sa-saying th-t-that uumm..." he was terrified and stuttering.

"Hm, well, Jared. I'll give you a while to think about that." She squeezed his shoulder, before she started toward the door. He looked as though he was about to faint.

"Oh, and Jared by the way," she said, stopping to look back at us, her hand on the door handle. "You aren't the first to think me odd, although Theodore never thought so."

"Who?" I asked, on Jared's behalf.

"Theodore Giselle. But, I think you know him better as Dr. Seuss."

"What?" I asked. She just smiled and slipped though the barely open door. Jared sunk to the ground in a faint, with relief.

Yep, February was buddies with Dr. Seuss! Oh, and she was born 666. June 6th, 1906!

Jared gets on everyone's nerves. Oh, and Li's full name is Alita. She was born in 1617. And that's where I got my age. I said I was born in 1617, so I'm 392!

Cheerio, peeps!

Les Miserables on piano

2009-09-21T21:14:00.003-05:00

For my newest book that I'll be learning out of for piano I get to learn Les Miserables songs. The first song I'll be doing is Who Am I?

Here,

Sorry, this is the best I could find.

Cheerio, peeps!

Argument Clinic

2009-09-21T17:32:00.001-05:00

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No explanation...

Flying Fox of the Yard!!!!! Best part... HAHAHA!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

The Memory of Trees

2009-09-21T17:24:00.003-05:00

This is such a pretty song, I felt like posting it...

Cheerio, peeps!

New Moon album!!!!!!

2009-09-21T16:56:00.001-05:00

AAAAAAHHHHHHH! They released what the songs will be today!!!! MUSE!!!!!! OK GO!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! Yay! A bunch of bands that I really like will be on the soundtrack!!! YEAH!!!!!

Cheerio, peeps!

Let it Rain by Ok Go

2009-09-20T18:21:00.003-05:00

I love this song! It's so good. It's one of my favorites.

And it's been stuck in my head for a while now...

So, hey! What the heck...

Cheerio, peeps!

My shoe!

2009-09-20T10:19:00.004-05:00

I took this picture randomly one day at a photography class.

And NOW it looks really cool!!

Don't ask... I am very bored... I really, REALLY (really, really) don't want to do homework.

Cheerio, peeps!

Following your own blog

2009-09-19T20:56:00.001-05:00

Seriously? Why the heck do people follow their own blog? It's pointless and makes almost no sense. Seriously? Just why?

Sorry, venting...

Cheerio, peeps!

New photo

2009-09-19T20:29:00.002-05:00

I took a new picture for my profile. Yes, I actually do wear purple glasses. I took the picture on my bed, so the dots are my sheets. The books in the pile are Twilight on CDs, Heir Apparent, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Amulet of Samarkand, and The Last Olympian. The iPod is mine. I had been meaning to take a picture like that for my profile for a while, but I never got to it till recently.

For some reason I've lately been obsessed with the song You're Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring. I listen to at least twice a day. I wonder why...

Cheerio, peeps!

Soup!!!

2009-09-17T19:19:00.001-05:00

Yum, yum. My mom and I just made some chicken and matzoh ball soup. Yum. ;-)

Cheerio, peeps!

Respect

2009-09-16T21:41:00.002-05:00

Why do kids have to respect their "elders" if, a lot of the time, the elder doesn't give one ounce of respect back to the kid? Do you still have to respect an adult if they hurt you? Why isn't the rule just to have mutual respect for everyone, younger and older than you alike? In class, do you have to pay attention to the teacher if the teacher doesn't pay attention to you? Some would answer yes, but I am not so sure. I still wonder why the rule is to respect your elders, instead of respect, teach, and learn from all, young or old. That is my new rule. Respect, teach, and learn from all others, younger and older than you alike.

Cheerio, peeps.

Notes

2009-09-13T20:36:00.002-05:00

When you're writing, nothing beats your original notes. If you're like me, then when ever you get a good idea for a story then you write all sorts of little notes about it. Character names, settings, etc. Even if the story changes while you write it, the original notes are the best reference you could have.

Story time; Today I found the original notes for my newest book. I still don't really know what I'm gonna call it, but I think I might call it The School of Time. Sound good? Well, I'm still not sure if that's what it'll be called.

Cheerio, peeps!

Happy Birthday!!!!!!

2009-09-13T16:02:00.002-05:00

OMG. I totally forgot today was Bella's birthday! WTF!!?!? Ok, what is wrong with me... Never mind. Yeah, happy birthday Bella! Here is a good picture I got off deviant (it's by Rinian).

So, happy birthday, Bella!

Cheerio, peeps!

Pancakes

2009-09-13T00:21:00.004-05:00

Screw the Gingerbread Man.

Let's make pancakes.

More like WTF, but whatev.

Cheerio, peeps!

Twilight fonts-a list

2009-09-12T12:07:00.002-05:00

Hey people. I realized that I never actually put up a list of the fonts.

Edward's handwriting is Carmilla.

Bella's handwriting is Pablo.

Jacob's handwriting is Almagro.

Alice's handwriting is JoeHand.

Charlie's handwriting is ASA.

Aro's handwriting is Lucida Blackletter.

Zephyr is what is used for the cover titles.

Cheerio, peeps!

Bella's font

2009-09-11T22:26:00.001-05:00

Hey, everyone.

Remember waaay back, to August 15th, when I was trying to download all the Twilight character's fonts? Well, I finally got Bella's font to work. It's called Pablo. Yay!

Cheerio, peeps!

Ouch

2009-09-07T19:11:00.002-05:00

Ok, so yesterday, I was on a new bike path. I still like it. It's so hilly! I can go really fast. Anyway, since it was my first time, I didn't really know the curves, and I was going REALLY fast... Yeah. The long and short of it is that I pressed the wrong brake too hard, and I almost literally flipped the bike. And I went flying. And now I am REALLY sore. Ow.

Cheerio, peeps.

Jane Austen Mac 'n Cheese

2009-09-06T20:27:00.004-05:00

Here's the Mac before I cut into it.

Mmmm... Here's a plate (bowl) full.

For a present, one time, I got a cook-book of recipes Jane Austen's family ate. So, I decided to try the Mac 'n Cheese. And it was SOO GOOD! I absoloutly loved it! And I don't normally like Mac 'n Cheese! So, yay! Go Jane Austen!

Cheerio, peeps!

Some new photos

2009-09-05T19:28:00.006-05:00

Ok, here are a few of my newest photoshopped pictures.

I tried to make this one look like it was drawn.

I took this at a photography class. It was the sun coming through a pine tree. I thought it was cool, so I took the picture.

This picture is the same as the first. I took it in St. Louis. (Obviously.)

Cheerio, peeps!

The Spiral Staircase, 2

2009-09-04T23:29:00.003-05:00

Here's the spiral staircase before I put it into photoshop. Oh, by the way, I remember where I took the picture. It was in the National Archives, somewhere outside the gift shop. I think. It might have been in the Court house, thing. One of the two. ;-)

Cheerio, peeps!

The orange water in Saint Louis

2009-08-30T14:57:00.004-05:00

Yes, the water really was orange.

I only changed the statue to make it look like a ghost. ;-)

See?! Orange water!

Yep. There really was orange water. I did not photo shop it. I swear on my shelf of favorite books.

Cheerio, peeps!

The Space Needle

2009-08-30T14:43:00.002-05:00

Here is a picture of the Space Needle, in Seattle, from a while ago. by the way, I took this picture during the day. Photo shop is fun!

Cheerio, peeps!