I've Done It!!!!

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

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!

Unlucky 13?

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.

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

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

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.

Flower names

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

In order:

Amaryllis

Lilac

Zinnia

Orchid

I think they're really pretty.

Cheerio, peeps.

Boulevard of Broken Dreams

"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.

Randomness

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.)

Cover for Revenge

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.

Nothing to Say!

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)!

The Eye

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...

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

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!

Respect

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

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!

Inter-book communications

Are you aloud to take characters from one book you write, and them also use them in a different series? I don't know. But, I think I'm going to use some characters from one of my books in The Digger's Daughter. I'm going to use William Clarke, from The Card Players as Nathaniel's uncle. I think that works. That will also help me save the other series of books, because I was stuck with them. So, I hope it works.

Cheerio, peeps!

Character Personas

Ok, in books, there are usually a number of different personas. Some people call them personalities, but the real thing that there is almost always the same of are personas. There a few different kinds that I have seen. There can also be multiple of one persona in a book, though plenty of times there isn't. Ok, getting to the personas...

First, my favorite, The Dark, The Mystery. (Or you could call them The Rebel. :-) Usually a boy, though not always. He, or she, but for this purpose it'll be a boy, is kind of on the edge of things. He adds a lot of interest to the story. Here, in real life, imagine all the high school groups. There's the populars, the nerds, the band, and some others. Then there's that one other group, they don't really have a name, sometimes they're goth, sometimes not, but there's always one boy, on the edge of that group, who fits the persona to a T. In Twilight, obviously, Edward is that person. In Harry Potter, I am fairly certain that Harry fits. In a new book I'm reading, that person is Kartik. In the Underland Chronicles, that would be Rippred. In my book, I'm sure that it's Nathaniel. Usually, this persona has a bit of a rebellion, one of the main characters. Oh, they also either think WAY too much of themselves, or have WAY too much confidence. I'm pretty sure that in real life, I will fall for one myself. ;-)

The Friend. That persona is pretty obvious, although it's the least defined. They could be obnoxious, and have a crush on the main character, or helpful, bumbling, or... There are lots of choices. In Harry Potter, that's Ron. In Twilight, that's Jacob. In my book, that's Olivia and Nicolaus. Here are my takes on The Friend. Olivia is hyper, obsessed with clothes, and fashion, but when it all counts, she'll be there for Artemis. Nicolaus is a bit obnoxious. He's very similar to Jacob, and doesn't like Nathaniel much. But, he too, will be there when it really counts. And that's the binding factor for The Friend. The main, and sometimes one similar trait between the lot of them. They will always be there when it counts.

The Popular. Ah, the dreaded popular. There always is one, no matter what book you read, there is always a stupid snob who thinks they're better than the main character. They can never steal The Friend over, and usually not The Mystery, either. :-) Sometimes, though, they get won over and become friends with the main. Not always, though. Just like real life. :-P

The Main. Now, this persona is a bit difficult. They can all be even more different than even The Friend. But, they all have a bit of a courageous, brave streak. Sometimes, they have a power. But, they all help The Friend, make sacrifices. And that's what they really are.

Tomorrow is my birthday!

Cheerio, peeps!

Obsessing over character's music

Ok, I am obsessed with getting songs that match up with book characters. I don't know why, but I really like to search for the songs. It helps me with character development, I guess. (Good writing tip, here! :-) So, I have been searching for songs for my characters. Here are some...

Holiday-Green Day This song works very well for Olivia. It has her kind of care free, what ever attitude.

He's a Tramp from The Lady and the Tramp I think this song is for Nathaniel. He is so stupid, sometimes. He breaks a bunch of rules, and then half the girls in the school are nuts for him.

Meant to Live-Switchfoot This song is possibly for Artemis. There is one line, that I can't remember, but it works well for her.

Map of the Problematique-Muse This is another possible Artemis song.

Take a Bow-Muse This song is for Dieudonne Legard. I don't really need to explain, if you've heard the song. He, by the way, is the villain in my story. (And he scares me to HECK! How does that work? I created him, but I'm terrified of him, and find it tremendously fun to make him scare the heck out of my characters! I am SO weird.)

Cheerio, peeps!

How to write a book

People write all these books about how to write a book. HAHAHAHA! No, actually. Not funny at all. Those things suck. It's just a bunch of stupid gits trying to earn some money by saying they have the "perfect way to write a book", or what ever the heck else they say. No. It's all crap. Don't bother. There is no real way to write a book! Most of the time, when I'm writing a new story, I don't even know what the big event is going to be, till I'm practically half way there! So, don't fall for all the gits' evil, money-wasting, tricks. Just sit down, create a few interesting characters, take them to a place you like, and see if you can make a story out of it. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. But, no one will care if it doesn't work. You can take all the time in the world to write. You don't have writing dead-lines till you're a real, published author. ;-)

So, good luck, with all your writing schemes! I hope you get as far as I did, to a finished book. (Well, it's almost done. A few more days, and I truly mean it!)

Happy International Left-Handers Day!

Cheerio, peeps!

Publishing companies?

I am almost done with my book. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! I have two, or so, chapters left. FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! So, I've started thinking about publishers to consider sending my book to. My book is mostly likely to be categorized as Young Adult fiction, but I can't be sure. I'm positive on the fiction part. But, there is a little bit of romance, so, I don't know. Whatev. I think my book is a little scary, actually. But, yeah. That's not what I set out to write this post about.

Ok, good places to try to send to get published. Scholastic, Random House, Little, Brown. Those are all I can think of. I actually need some suggestions. Anyone? PLEASE.

Yeah, that's all for now.

Cheerio, peeps!