Oh goodness, I haven't made a post here in a long time. Well, one of the reasons is that I haven't been writing. I was taking a bit of a break before I start editing Another Imagination. And that takes me too my 2016 writing goals.
And that's it! I know it should be waaaaay longer (in my opinion), but all of this is going to take a long time. Ebinicah James and the Crystal Orb is suppose to kind of be like Harry Potter, Percy Jackson and some other random awesome book all smashed into one book. I have a lot on my hands (yayyyaaayyyy....). Looking for the right agent is going to be difficult because I want to find the one. And I don't want to self-publish, that's also a reason. I was thinking about putting my book up on Amazon as an e-book and wait for someone to notice me there.... BUT there are so many authors already doing that and I don't want my book to stay there (just as an e-book, with no agent or publisher). Editing Another Imagination is going to be a tad bit more difficult than I had anticipated. The only reason being that some (maybe most) of my characters seem a bit flat, there needs to be more description of scenery, I need to slow down some conversations, maybe even add a few more conversations and realistically show an adult in an eight year old's POV (for those who don't know, POV stands for point of view). That may sound like normal editing to some people, but this is going to be my first time editing a book. Not a school paper. What are your 2016 Writing Goals?
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Hey guys! Sorry I haven't been posting a ton. Not only am I rushing to prepare myself for NaNoWriMo (which is only 23 days away), I'm trying to catch up on school (which I am kind of behind in... I still have an 'A' though!). What are YOU doing to prepare for NaNoWriMo? I've been thinking about this question a TON lately, and I realized--nothing. All I've done is make my 'book cover' (it's cool... But it could be WAY cooler), think up a book summary and name it. Then, I'm going to panster it all the way through (so much for being a planner... -_-). Would you like to know what my NaNoWriMo book is called and is about? I'm not going to leave you in the suspense this time. :D My book is called 'Another Imagination'. Abbie can see things others can't. A rare ability to some, a curse to others. Watching the beautiful creatures move around and about has people scared that she'll be influenced to do something she's not suppose to, but on the contrary the creatures that she sees want to be her friend, to be laughed with, to have someone love them. Do you like it? I can't wait to start writing! I'm going to have a character interview with Abbie some Thursday this month, so be on a look out! Are YOU participating in NaNoWriMo? Are you thinking about doing it this year? Do you have a book that you're about to start (even if you aren't doing NaNoWriMo)? By the way, I'm thinking about having a 'Book Cover Contest' for my book because I made a cover for myself, but I'm not sure if it really fits... If you like the idea, I'll consider putting the contest into action. Thank you so much everyone for what you do! (c) All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce, plagarize, or dulicate any work on this site. Links back to the site are encouraged and welcomed. Hey there everybody! As you can see on my Writing Progress, my New Book (which has a name, I just haven't revealed it yet) has 20, 470 words. I am so proud that I've written that many words! My personal due date for finishing the book is November 7th. I know that cuts into NaNoWriMo time, but since I've committed to finishing my book AND starting a new book for NaNoWriMo, I'm gonna do it. Honestly, I can't wait. I'm trying to prepare two books so I can pick which book I want to do for NaNoWriMo but I haven't completely finished the preparations. I hope I can become a winner this year. Although this is my second year doing YWP NaNoWriMo, I know that my older sister did Camp NaNoWriMo for one year and I think she did NaNoWriMo and she had lots of fun doing it. She's one of the reasons why I'm writing. :D The hard part for me is deciding whether I'm a planner or a panster.
Source: NaNoWriMo Prep Last year, I was a total Panster. I had NO idea what I was doing, only that I was writing a story that I barely knew anything about (which was Ebinicah James and the Crystal Orb. Don't get me wrong. It is still a fantastic book. It just needs to be seen with a new eye). It was fun being a Panster though (*grins*). But this year, I am going to TRY and be a planner and see whether being a Planner or a Panster is easier for me.
Guys, I am SO excited to start NaNoWriMo! Are you doing NaNoWriMo this year? YWP NaNoWriMo (they're getting a new website this year!)? Have you done NaNoWriMo in past years? If so, do you have any writer-to-writer advice you would like to give? Have a fantastic day! Good morning writers! From this week forward, I will be having writing contests twice a month! But the contests might be a bit difficult. Fortunately, they're still going to be fun. *dances around under cherry blossom trees* I am so excited to begin! TOPIC: You have to write about a character having a life changing moment! And this could be anything, create the moment! This sounds really easy, doesn't it? *shakes head* Absolutely not. TWIST: You have to write the moment with no feeling. For instance, you can't write 'I had the greatest time ever!' or any of that jazz-y stuff. START WRITING: You can start writing when ever you want actually. I'm just going to provide a deadline. DEADLINE: September 10th I hope this is a good enough challenge for all of you! It might be a little hard, but it will be fun. Be the awesome writers you are and write! Test thy might, brave knight. Test thy strength. When thou finish thy battle, thou shall walk away courageous. To enter, leave a comment leading to your blog post. For those who don't have a blog, you are welcome to write a short story in the comments.
Currently, I do not have a button for the challenge, but I'm going to create one soon! ;D Feel free to invite anyone you want. Hi everybody! As you know, I am currently in the process of writing my 'New Book'. And, my main character's name is McKenna. But, I need help figuring out two more girl names. Below are the two options for the names. Please tell me which soundsare the best!
Thank you for picking (assuming that you did... You did right?), in the near future I will be revealing what the names are for.... Or I can just tell you know. The 'New Book' is kind of part of a series, but the cool/weird thing about it is that they will be only SLIGHTLY related. They will have hints that they connect, but other than that, they are all on their own. Personally, I am super excited about this! I've never done anything like this. Actually, I've never completed a book before, so this is all going to be crazy new for me. Gah, I'm so excited. :3 Now, I have to change my writing schedule to fit in with school, and that's going to be crazier. Although it does have its perks. This is the music I get to listen to when writing. Awesome right? And this is only one of them. (I love the Vocaloids). So while I'm jamming out to this music, I get to write hundreds of words for my book. And my word count is 6,956! Ah, I'm so proud of that. :D
Everyone have a great last few days of summer! I am so sorry that I haven't been posting recently, summer is proving to be more hectic than planned. I've decided that I'm going to be starting up Nex Gen Justice League when the new school year begins, because then I'll have to fit blogging into my schedule and whatever is in my schedule must come to past! Anyway, I was looking at this REALLY cool blog called Lazy Penguins and she did a post about that included watches (here is the original post: 10 Extreme Cool Items You May Love To Wear) and the two that I'm going to blog about really stood out to me. :3 The first watch: Midnight Planetarium Watch. Site Link Beautiful, right? Kind of reminds me of what Dumbledore would wear. That's a watch I would definitely get if I would remember how it works (lol). The next watch: Ring Clock. Site Link
Awesome right? I've never seen anything like it in my whole entire life! Thanks everyone and check out Lazy Penguins! If you are new to the Nex Gen Justice League here are the past entries: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5. Batboy's Point of view "Smallville.... Smallville, we had to have Smallville," a boy said. His red hair was pulled back into a small ponytail and his blue eyes were shimmering under his white mask. "Be quiet! Everyone--listen," I instructed. Immediately everyone became quiet, and the noise came again, but a bit louder. SCREEEEEEE! "What is that?" Robin asked. "I'm not sure. Maxim, record the sound and send it to Batgirl," I whispered to the red head. As he nodded the sound came again. Robin covered his ears and started to wince. "You okay?" I grew concerned. Robin was one of our best men when it came to battle. He nodded, "Yeah, its just that, the sound. Its vibrating in my head." "Batgirl isn't responding," Maxim replied. I turned around just in time to see a tall figure come right behind Maxim. "MAX! Behind you!" I screamed. The tall dark figure grasped his arms around him and vanished. Only leaving Max's mask on the ground. I will only be posting Nex Gen Justice League twice a month. On every second and fourth Friday. Hello world! Sorry that I didn't post on Saturday, but I've got something to say. At the end of each of my posts, there is a blue 'Bianca' sign. And it hasn't been popping up when you read my posts. BUT when you click the title and comment on the posts. THEN you can see the blue 'Bianca' sign. It's still there. (I just covered 'And Some Explanations' part of the post.) Now off to the 'Go Teen Writers Word War' part. As you all know, I love Go Teen Writers, I adore Word Wars and the two coming combine? It's like a miniature birthday. LOOK AT THAT GLORIOUS SIGN. IT'S MAGICAL. Okay, to get to the point, since they are having a word war, at the end of each of my posts, I'm going to post how many words I wrote at the end of the day. So if the posts come late in the day, it's for that reason. Thanks everybody! (And if you comments, we could decided on some Word Warring. :3)
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IT WAS AWESOMELY-AMAZING! That had to be the best thing that I have EVER known. The authors, the writers, the amazing special effects... (btw there was TONS of that). The morning Keynote speaker was Jessica Day George, author of Dragon Slippers, Tuesdays at the Tower, and tons of more. After the keynote speaker, we all ran to our classes. Because if we didn't get to our class before it got full, we would have to go to another class. Thankfully, I was able to make it to ALL of my classes on time. :L Here was the class schedule: (the red is the classes that I did) 8:00 – 9:00 Registration Ballroom Lobby 8:45 Against Her Will book launch with author Jo Schaffer (You don’t want to miss this!) Ballroom 9:00 – 9:25 Welcome by Writers Cubed Ballroom 9:25 – 10:10 Morning Keynote Jessica Day George Ballroom 10:20 – 11:05 Breakout #1 How to Write a Killer Fight Scene by Jo Schaffer Ballroom Writing Fantasy and Sci-Fi by Julie Wright Room 206 A Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson Room 206 B The Art of Inspiration and Thievery by Natalie Whipple Room 206 C The Secret Ingredient to Great Fiction (Advanced Class) by Bree Despain Center Stage The Secret to FINISHING you Book by Tom Durham Room 213 A Let’s Make a Story by J. Scott Savage Room 213 B Panel: Writing Habits: Elana Johnson, Michelle Argyle, Peggy Eddleman, Sara B Larsen and Frank Cole Reagan Theater 11:10 – 11:55 Breakout #2 From First Glance to FIrst Kiss by Melanie Jacobsen Ballroom Murder & Mayhem: Elements of Writing Mystery by Lois D. Brown Room 206 A Dystopian Doesn’t Mean Made Up by Jonathan Ryan Room 206 B Digging in the Dirt (Advanced Class) by Matthew Kirby Room 206 C Plotting Dastardly (Fictional) Deeds by Shallee McArthur Center Stage The Psychology of Heroes, Villains, and Everyone Else by David Powers King Room 213 A What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that! by Margie Jordan Room 213 B Panel: Villains We Love to Hate: Lisa Mangum, Tyler Jolley, Jessica Day George, Leigh Statham Reagan Theater 11:55 – 12:55 Lunch 12:55 – 1:40 Breakout #3 Starting Your Story by Brandon Sanderson Ballroom Three Parts to an Awesome Story by Chad Morris Room 206 A Writing the “Unputdownable” Story by Ilima Todd Room 206 B Making the Old New: Fairytales Retold & Re-imagined by R.C. Lewis Room 206 C How to Write a Book in a Weekend (Advanced Class) by Taryn Albright Center Stage Make Your Readers Cry with, Chuckle, and Want to Punch Your Characters in the Face by Chantele Sedgwick Room 213 A Writing Groups by Tahsha Wilson Room 213 B Panel: Favorite Books and How They Inspire Your Writing: Sara B. Larsen, Renee Collins, J.R. Johansson, Amy Jameson Reagan Theater 1:45 – 2:30 Breakout #4 Ask the Author: NEW THIS YEAR! Writers Cubed will be joined by several other Drill Sergeants (one author per round table) in the Ballroom. Come and pick their brains and ask questions about your work in progress in a more personal setting! Ballroom Let’s Make a Story by J. Scott Savage Room 206 A Writing Fantasy and Sci-Fi by Julie Wright Room 206 B Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson Room 206 C How Not to Muck Up Your Book by Frank Cole Center Stage The Art of Inspiration and Thievery by Natalie Whipple Room 213 A Digging in the Dirt (Advanced Class) by Matthew Kirby Room 213 B Panel: Things that Go Bump in the Night: J.R. Johansson, Bree Despain, Tom Durham, Jonathan Ryan Reagan Theater 2:35 – 3:20 Breakout #5 Murder & Mayhem: Elements of Writing Mystery by Lois D. Brown Ballroom How to Write a Book in a Weekend (Advanced Class) by Taryn Albright Room 206 A From First Glance to FIrst Kiss by Melanie Jacobsen Room 206 B Dystopian Doesn’t Mean Made Up by Jonathan Ryan Room 206 C What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that! by Margie Jordan Center Stage Making the Old New: Fairytales Retold & Re-imagined by R.C. Lewis Room 213 A Let’s Get Serious (Advanced Class) by Jennifer Jenkins Room 213 B Panel: Out of This World: Brandon Sanderson, Renee Collins, Tyler Jolley, Peggy Eddleman, Leigh Statham Reagan Theater 3:25 – 4:10 Breakout #6 The Psychology of Heroes, Villains, and Everyone Else by David Powers King Ballroom Describing Where You Are: It’s More Than Just a Place by Elana Johnson Room 206 A Three Parts to an Awesome Story by Chad Morris Room 206 B Writing the “Unputdownable” Story by Ilima Todd Room 206 C Let’s Get Serious (Advanced Class) by Jennifer Jenkins Center Stage Make Your Readers Cry with, Chuckle, and Want to Punch Your Characters in the Face by Chantele Sedgwick Room 213 A Plotting Dastardly (Fictional) Deeds by Shallee McArthur Room 213 B Panel: I Want to Be Published! Amy Jameson, Jo Schaffer, Terri Baranowski, Lisa Mangum, Jonathan Ryan, Michelle Argyle Reagan Theater 4:20 – 5:05 AFTERNOON KEYNOTE BRANDON SANDERSON Ballroom 5:05 – 5:30 First Chapter Winners & Closing Ceremony Ballroom 5:30 – 6:30 Massive Book Signing Ballroom Lobby (Both Jessica Day George & Brandon Sanderson will be signing in the Ballroom). It was literally the best day of my life. (it was even better than Christmas!) When I went to my first class (Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson) I REALLY wanted to scream because I was meeting one of the Go Teen Writers authors. It was the best class EVER. My next class was Villains We Love To Hate. It was very informational and I got tons of ideas for a villain(s). :D My next class (after lunch of course) was Favorite Books and How They Inspire Your Writing. It was really good. Like really. After that class was The Art of Inspiration and Thievery. If I had to say awesome 10 times. I would. Natalie Whipple draws manga, writes books, AND is a great artist. It was amazing! Then, my next class was What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that by Margie Jordan. Man, I could listen to her talk for hours and think of nothing but writing. It was the best. And after that I did I Want to be Published! I learned so much stuff in there that I am no debating whether or not I should do self-publishing or publishing (there is a difference). Everyone in my family (except Charisma) says I should take the self-publishing route. But I'm still thinking about it. Okay, after that everybody came back to the Ballroom and watched these amazing performers do an interpretative dance for Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. If I could take any dance class, I would go find those performers and tell them I want to be just like them. Because, I am not joking, you wish you could see it THOUSANDS of times. It was WAAAYY better than EPIC. After Brandon Sanderson's Keynote, it was the First Chapter Contest winners. I had entered and I expected to win to be one of the ten runner ups... but nope. I didn't win. It was sad... But that encourages me more to do better next year! :3 And at the very beginning of TABC, they showed a video called 'I'm Reading A Book'... IT WAS HILARIOUS! Here you go! :D
hehehe... I love that. :3 SO after that, it was the TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING! I jumped up and ran to Jill Williamson's booth and asked her to sign my TABC tee-shirt (because I wasn't wearing it). She signed it, and, after I said thank you, ran to the rest of the authors asking them to do the same thing. GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!
THANK YOU TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP FOR EXISTING!
TOMORROW IS TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP... WHAT DO I DO?! I mean... I'm prepared and all... but... it just feels as if that I'm so UNprepared and so SCARED. (hehe... that's because I AM scared.)
I am meeting a ton of authors that write for teenagers and I'm pretty sure that I haven't read any of their books. (Jessica Day George is going to be there and I haven't read ANY of her books... HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?!) -_- I feel so terrible... Oh well, I've got to get over it and be myself tomorrow. Because tomorrow is a big day for me (and everyone else in my family, because they're going to.) Wish me luck! |
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