College and Career

      My second week of college has officially ended and the third week will begin on Tuesday. So far I've been making good grades and I enjoy most of my classes. I wish I could brag about the college I'm going to, but that would give away my location which I'm not supposed to do. I can, however, brag about my teachers. All my teachers have been wonderful. I plan to tell you all about the community college I'm going to and the wonderful teachers in January. That is when my birthday will finally roll around and I can tell you a little more about myself.
    I'm not sure how much I told you about the courses I'm taking.... In case I didn't say, I'm working on getting the Early Childhood Development Certificate. I'm a full time student so I have no time for work, but next semester I might apply as a substitute teacher. By the summer I hope to have a full time job at a daycare such as the Early Head Start. I want to work with infants or toddlers, preferably infants. Later on I might put my portfolio introduction up here which will basically say the same thing, but in more words. ;)
     I haven't been writing for two weeks now. Writing books, I mean. I've had plenty of essays and assignments to write, but no creative writing. So far I haven't had an intense desire to write something, but that may be because I am currently avoiding Pinterest. Pinterest is my main source of inspiration. I can't go there and not want to write. I think I just used a double negative.... (this is why I have two English classes)
     Anyway, that's all I have for today. For those of you going to school I hope you're having a great time. :) Have a fantastic day! God bless you.

Prince Honor Leopold and Captain Sebastian Smith

My second "main" character from mine and Ginny's fictional, medieval novel Icy Silence.  FYI, by "fictional, medieval" I mean a completely made up world in a made up medieval like era.
    Honor Leopold is the first prince of Ladok. With two younger brothers and a younger sister he will be the one to inherit the throne after his father. He's a reckless, playful boy with a temper who can be more serious than his peers would expect. His siblings look up to him and though he might be the more honorable one in the family he can be unpredictably moody and too easily angered. All this changes on one fateful day when the prince and other royalty and nobility go on a hunting trip. To gain more control of the throne one of the nobles plots to kill the heir so that his younger brother, Prince Malcom might inherit the throne, as she has more influence over him than Honor. Lady Tucker's captain conveniently found himself alone in the woods with Prince Honor, the perfect opportunity to kill the heir. For not only were they alone in the woods, but they had accidently crossed the border into enemy territory. So he drew his sword and committed treason of the highest kind, murdering the prince.
     Just kidding! He thought he killed Honor, but miraculously he survived. Lady Chrysanta of Torres (the enemy territory) and her captain found the prince just in time. However, like most of the people of Torres they'd never seen the royalty or nobility of Ladok before so they had no idea who's life they saved.
    When Honor awoke he was Honor no more. Suffering a severe head trauma he lost all his memories. Those who did know him thought he was dead and those who knew he was alive didn't know who he was. Lady Chrysanta and Captain Kaiden pieced him back together again and he became Captain Sebastian. Sebastian served King Augustine of Torres and became Prince Ezekiel's closest (and only) friend. A year went by and Sebastian became his own man, with still no memories of who he was before. Ladok declared war on Torres, sending Sebastian to the battlefield alongside Ezekiel.
     Sebastian is an angry man, ready to take his revenge on his attacker should the opportunity arise. He's not the same playful boy he was before and he's far less reckless. Perhaps the only thing that softened his heart was Lady Chrysanta. The most graceful and beautiful women in all of Torres stole his heart with one glance.
    Will Sebastian ever remember who he is? That is the question I was unable to answer until just the other day. 80,000 words later, reaching the climax of Icy Silence, Sebastian found his family, learned the identity of his "killer", and... *drum roll* had his memories returned to him. Captain Sebastian of Torres and Prince Honor of Ladok become one man. A soldier and a prince. A Torrian and Ladokian.
     That is the last scene I wrote in Icy Silence and one with the most development for Honor's character. For a while I seriously considered never making Sebastian remember. Sebastian was still in many ways the same man he was before. As I was writing the scene though, it just sort of happened. I knew that when he returned to the scene of the crime then it would trigger something in his mind and he remembered. It's cool how writing works like that sometimes. The story just takes off on it's own and things happen whether you meant them to our not. Honor still has much to do that will continue to shape him and change him and even alter the course of the story.
     When writing his character it was actually helpful for me to watch movies on characters who suffered memory loss. So when watching The Bourne Identity I called it research. ;) So yeah, it's been pretty fun writing Icy Silence.
    As far as character bios go I think this might have been one of my better ones.  Until next time...
Have a blessed day. :)

A Peak into my Writing and Characters

     Writers, have you ever sat down with you computer, or pen and paper, and tried to write but you just couldn't. You literally couldn't do it. No matter what books you opened, what writing prompts you read, or what music you listened to you still couldn't write.
     I am having the problem today.
     It's like I've hit a writers block, but the thing is I know what will happen next in my books. It's not a real writer's block. In Tick Tock I want to make a confrontation between Claudia and Horatio. In Icy Silence I want to write Alice sending Malcom a letter that will make for another plot twist in the story. In Symphony's Crescendo I'll write how Cadence deals with Echo's flashbacks. in Light of Dawn... okay I'm actually stuck in that one. Not sure how to deal with the long boat ride.... In Borrowed Time Jasper will be working on the ship. In Western Winds Antoinette will be adjusting to her recent marriage to Lewis. Then there's Invisible. I don't even know where to start in that book. Unlike my other works it has more characters who's point of views I'll be exploring.
     All that and for whatever reason my fingers won't hit the keyboard, my mind won't create the sentences. Do you have any idea how long it took me to start writing this blog post? I feel drained of creativity and imagination.
    
    Okay, enough with the complaining. It's time for me to stop sitting on the pity pot. *sighs* I complain way to much on here.
    Looking to the bright side.... I wrote my first good scene with FBI agents. I tried many times and failed until this month I opened up a blank document and ta-da! :D I haven't named the book yet because if I do that it will be added to my list of serious projects. It's sort of just my free writing story for now. The two agents are Gabriel David and Sybil Romanov who work for a secret, international agency that I have yet to name.
      At the start of the book they're called to the crime scene of a murder victim. It's easy to identify her as Linette Ache and the cause of death is determined as multiple stab wounds to her chest and abdomen. At first it appears that the only questions they need to answer are who did it and where are they now? Via security cameras they discover that it appears to be a young girl no older than twelve who might be the culprit. It's a disturbing, violent crime that Sybil has difficulty blaming the child for. How could a girl commit a crime as ugly as that? Following a lead to England they discover it may be a lot more complicated than that.
    After that it gets to complicated for me to explain without just handing you the answers on a silver platter. Because some of the characters and their backstories preexisted before the book. The child is Emily, daughter to a well appraised assassin, and yes, she killed Linette. For one undecided reason or another it was self defense. The explanation I will most likely end up going with is that Cara, another preexisting villain, poisoned Linette with an undetectable drug that drove her so crazy she attacked Emily.
    Cara will no doubt be in Risking Love, which most of you have heard about. For those of you who haven't it's a book Ginny and I plan to co-write. We already have a lot of the characters formed, it's just a matter of choosing which one is the main character and when we should start writing. Cara Montoya, though... *smiles to self* I love her character. She is a villain, which you've surely guessed from her poisoning Linette, but later on in her story she has a change of heart. Well, more like her eyes were opened and she now has a lot of regrets. Still, she is the best villain I have ever created. She will probably frequently appear in Risking Love, she'll have a bigger role in my untitled work I was just talking about, and she was mentioned in Ginny's series, The Colors of Murder trilogy.
    You know what, maybe my next character bio will be on Cara. I don't know, I might not publish it if it ends up too dark or violent. She had a pretty rough past. And future... and present....
    So this post turned out a lot longer than I expected. Hopefully my next post will be a well written character bio. I will try to post one more time before school starts. Monday is my first day of college so please pray for me. Being a homeschool girl this will be a very new experience for me. I have no idea what college will do to my social media and blogging time so just consider that a heads up. It might take me awhile to post, but I guess that's nothing new.
   Thank you for your time. :) God bless you and have a fantastic day! :D

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College and Writing Frustrations

     Sorry I've been gone awhile. At least, it feels like a long time, but I'm not really sure how long ago my last post was. I just... I don't know what to blog about. I haven't been writing much since camp NaNo, which usually happens. My mom said I can't write during school which starts in a week. Um, I kind of freaked out about that.
.......
I was in shock. I think I still am. I was speechless, then angry, then I cried and now... now I'm in denial. I am a writer! Writing is... it's who I am. I can't just not write for several months.

     So, I need to get off that topic before I start crying again. I'm not a crier... or I thought I wasn't. Something happened when I hit my teenage years and now I'm emotional. I was not this emotional as a kid. I would just angry and then I'd get over it. My thing was "suck it up", "get over it". Somewhere along the way that stopped working.
     I still don't know what to talk about. Obviously, I'm just rambling a little on writing and college and crying, That's really boring. How are you still reading this? So um... it finally got cool enough here for us to start opening the windows and letting some fresh air into the house. I love opening the windows in the spring and fall. I just love the fresh and natural light. :D
*several long minutes later* Got to go, I'm watching a movie with my family. :)
God speed ;)

My July

     So I guess today has been an eventful day. I had a job interview, but I'm not sure how it went. Whether or not I get the job is still up in the air. I sent Darkest Before Dawn to a publishing company and should hear back from them in 2 to3 months. Because I'm finally trying to get it published I took it off of Wattpad, but if anyone wants to read it and give me a review just let me know. The more feedback I get the more my novel improves.  I also got a call from my college about one of the classes I'm taking. It looks like I'll be dropping the class which I'm actually happy about because I feel like to keep it would be too much. I don't have enough credits to be a full time student, but I have enough schoolwork to feel like one.
     I go on vacation soon. I'm super excited about that. Of course, if I get the job then I might not be able to go on the vacation. Still, I choose work over a week at the beach at this point. Because of my college schedule it's hard to fit in work too.
     I took a break from writing today which has been pretty nice. After writing in so many projects I need to leave it alone for awhile. My imagination can only stretch but so far at one time.

Bloggers, surely there are some of you reading my posts. Are not some of my followers bloggers too? In case you didn't notice I nominated you as my best blogging buddies and asked you to share the link to your blog. Go on now, don't be shy. :)

God bless you! Thanks for your time. :)

Best Blogging Buddy Award

Guess what everyone! I was nominated for the Best Blogging Buddies Award! :D Thank you Ruby at singingtothesea.BlogSpot XD
Before we get started let me list the rules, which as you'll see don't include not excepting the award after already receiving it once or twice. For those of you whom have been following me for a while now you'll know I've already done this once or twice. :)
1. Show award on blog.
2. Tag the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate best buds and ask them fifteen questions.
4. Answer the questions you've been asked.

Here are Ruby's questions for me and my answers in italics. :)
1. What is something you've never told anyone? I had a crush on a boy who I've never even met before. I met him on NaNoWriMo's Christian Teen forums and he was funny, a good writer, and he seemed like a good Christian too. Of course, I know better than to assume people are who they say they are online, but I still liked him. :)
2. When did you lose your first tooth? lol! You're kidding right? Stars, I can't remember. I only remember losing a few and I have no idea which ones were my first or my last.
3. Favorite childhood story? As a child I didn't really have a favorite, but if I had to choose one now I would say "The Monster at the End of this Book". :) I'm going to read that book to my children and grandchildren and hopefully my great-grandchildren too. XD
4. What is a "little kid" show that you secretly enjoy? Is Gravity Falls a kid's show? Because I've seen a few episodes and I love it. :D I can't think of any. Just movies. :)
5. Favorite fandom? Do you really have to ask? Doctor Who all the way!!! XD It is my ultimate fandom obsession. XD I'll forever be a Whovian!
6. How many pets have you had and what are/is their names? Just one Jack Russell Terrier mixed with another breed. Her name is Maggie and we think she's eight years old, but it's hard to keep track.
7. If you could fly or become invisible which would you choose? Invisible. If I could fly that would probably mean I'd have wings and that would be a hassle. ;)
8. Have you ever swallowed a fly? Yes, I think so. I probably swallowed quite a few flies and other bugs in my food, like in my fig newtons. But there was no memorable moment of me swallowing a fly that flew into my mouth or something, if that's what you're thinking of.
9. What is something weird that scares you? Monsters under the bed. I know there are other teenagers out there who understand because I've seen their tumbler posts. :) You know that feeling you get sometimes when you turn out the lights at night and suddenly it feels like something or someone is going to reach out and grab you. So you fling yourself onto your bed and scramble under the covers as if that will somehow protect you from the thing under your bed that you know isn't there. It's weird and scary. It doesn't happen to me that as much anymore, but it does happen on occasion..
10. If you had to either run a marathon in the mud or jump from a plane (with a parachute) which would you choose? I would jump from a plane. This girl doesn't run.
11. Favorite kind of candy? Hershey's milk chocolate bar.
12. If you could only read something from one author for the rest of your life who would choose? Not too long ago I probably would have said Veronica Roth or Merissa Meyer, but given their all too agreeable response to the Supreme Court's biggest mistake I will no longer be promoting their work. I would have to say Conan Doyle or Jane Austin.
13. Where is your favorite pizza place? The Kitchen. It's actually not that far from my place. I just walk from my bedroom to the kitchen. I don't even have to go outside. :D
14. Do you like chocolate? Given my answer to question eleven, yes, yes I do. XD
15. Which scares you more, snakes or spiders? Oh defiantly snakes. You can step on a spider and it's gone forever, never to bother you again, but a snake.... *shivers* I hate snakes.
(BONUS QUESION) 16. Will you take the ring to Mordor? No. Absolutely  not. No. It's mine! All mine! My precious! XD

Alrighty, it's time for me nominate and ask questions. :)
I nominate all the bloggers who are reading this! :D
So, my fellow bloggers, here are your questions:
1. What era in history do you think you actually belong in?
2. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Or neither? Or both?
3. What is your blog about?
4. Sweet tea, iced tea, hot tea, or none of the above?
5. If you could travel anywhere in time where would you go first?
6. If you were given free, one week vacation at the location of your choice, where would you go?
7. How long have you been blogging?
8. What was your favorite TV show to watch when you were a kid?
9. Which musical instrument do you play? If you don't play any which one do you wish you could play?
10. Chess or checkers?
11. If you were title a novel about time travel what would you name it?
12. Are you a writer? (If the answer is no then you should become a writer.)
13. What are your hobbies?
14. What is your dream job?
15. If you were to grow a garden what would you plant?
(BONUS QUESTION) 16. Will you take the ring to Mordor?

P.S. Nominated bloggers please leave a link to your blog so we can read the answer to your questions. Just leave the link in a comment. :)

Darkest Before Dawn - Three Chapters

 Hello again! I'm back. :D I thought in an effort to get my book out there I would publish this blog post on my old blog, which I still haven't gotten rid of. :)
    I've published three chapters of "Darkest Before Dawn" on Wattpad! :D After the first chapter it took me forever to finish editing the other two. I have a process for editing this time which is more thorough and therefore a lot slower. I still don't have another editor like I would like to, though. I'm having a lot of fun writing "Tick Tock" and I think that's helped me open up my "Darkest Before Dawn" document again. I haven't started writing in it yet, but I'll get there. I had hoped to get in paperback by the summer using my NaNoWriMo rewards, but I'm not so sure that's going to happen. We'll see. :)
     If you haven't already read the first chapters of "Darkest Before Dawn", then please check it out. If you like it, please vote for it by clicking the little star above each chapter. I think if I have more views on my books the easier it will be to encourage others to read it.  :)
     That's all for now. Have a wonderful day! God bless you. :D