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Caution! Editing in progress! Do not speak! Do not look in the general direction of my laptop or notebook! Do NOT spill anything on my notes! DO NOT COME NEAR ME OR I WILL HAVE A PANIC ATTACK! That about sums it up right there. But since some of you are so sweet and have been listening to my rants on this journey since I decided to start a blog to document it, I will give you a real update. So far, I am putting my edits that I made on the printed copy of my manuscript into the computer…
When a new book comes out, I spend pretty much all day reading it. So you can imagine that when the clock hit midnight and I could finally buy Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire on my Nook, I was reading away (I will ignore the fact that it took them until 12:30 to take the damn pre-order off of it so I could actually start reading). I’m not going to go into a review since I have a hard time writing one without spoilers and it just came out today and I don’t want…
Sex. It’s such a delicate topic, don’t ya think? Stella is promiscuous and that’s me putting it lightly. Ever met a girl in high school who you just know has slept with the entire football team? You don’t get how she does it because, why do guys all want to sleep with the same girl? But they do anyways because they want the conquest. Well that girl is Stella. Only thing is, she is the one who considers them a conquest. If it wasn’t so trashy, I think I might…
SPOILER ALERT! DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THIS BOOK!!! Here are some of my thoughts after finishing Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire today! Do you ever get a book and know instantly from the synopsis that you will love it? Well, Beautiful Disaster was like that for me. I started it at 11pm and finished at 2:30am to sleep then proceeded to read it from 7:20am until around 10:30am when I finally finished. It was a fast read because it kept my attention the entire time. Let me start with Travis. Travis is…
2013 YA Contemporary Challenge! I have been challenged and I accept! I will posting my list of books I plan to read shortly…
My mind is full of stories. I can’t stop. I’m supposed to be editing my novel. While I have started the beginning over, I haven’t touched the rest in days. It sits in a pink binder gathering dust while I rework the first pages, send myself voice memos of lines that I must add throughout, and write. What am I writing? A trilogy. I.Can’t.Stop.Writing. This is a problem. I created a new world in my head. One set in the future. (Yes, dystopian society) I can’t get…
A quick word on beginnings. As a writer, I know that it is my job to hook the reader immediately. If I don’t, they will put the book down and move on to something else, something better. Now that I’m in the editing process of my novel, I could not hate beginnings any more than I possibly do now. Or maybe I just hate mine. But I digress… The beginning of my novel took place after a one night stand. Yep, Stella is mighty classy (not). But reading it after having a lot of space…
My first draft of my novel is COMPLETE. (!!!!!!!!!) I cannot believe I’ve actually finished this novel! It has been a crazy process and I can’t wait to start editing and sending out query letters to agents! I already have my query done & edited and have gotten the opinion of a few people and they all love it so hopefully an agent will too! I feel like I should pop open a bottle of champagne in celebration. It’s taken three and a half years and countless tiring hours but at 73,868 words, it…
My novel takes place over the course of five months, beginning with the start of Estella’s senior year and ending at Midnight on New Years Eve…
I think I’m actually in the final chapter of my novel. I’m at least in the final “event” that is going to take place. I’m just not sure if it will take one or two chapters to fulfill this. It is a very crucial moment and it is going to be very emotional but also very pleasing to finally write it since I’ve been dreaming about this moment for so long. A word about (my) endings: I’ve probably written about ten different endings for this novel over the…
