What 'Full Moon Falling' is all about

recently, i've been talking to Paula B of The Writing Show podcast, and the link is in my blog list to the right... i've been talking to her about writing, sometimes my writing, and something dawned on me while listening to a recent show of hers

have i ever said what my novel is all about??... i don't think so, so i will right now

'Full Moon Falling' is a novel about the life of a young woman, from the time she is bitten and turned into a werewolf, to a point where she's finally accepted what's happened to her, as well as a serious relationship with another werewolf... from when she's 20 to about 27... i've written it in first person, and have tried to make it sound almost like a journal of her life... she goes through weapons training, gets shot, stabbed, and even tortured by the crazed humans that want to kill her and everyone else like her... of course, there's also her dealing with attraction to someone she's not supposed to be involved with, and i worked hard not to make this a romance novel... i want it to be fantasy/paranormal first

if there are any questions about my writing, then feel free to ask in the comments section of his post

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book: "Demon's Delight" anthology
song: "Jaded" by Aerosmith

New blog alert

so, there are some new links to the side, and i'd like to go through them all, just so you people know what they all are

first is Wendy's blog, which has been redecorated recently... Wendy's a blast, and her blog is always amusing... second is Lory's, someone i met through Wendy, and is someone i do online RP-ing with... next is Nancy's, which has a lot of pictures

next is the blog of a literary agent i've been visiting for a little while now, her name is Kristin Nelson, and i heard she's going to be at the SiWC in October, so i'm looking forward to going to the workshop she'll be instructing... next is Elizabeth's blog... i found her through Kristin's blog, and found her comments on writing and wanting to be pulished and life very interesting

the Plotastic blog is interesting... the idea that Mark, the creator, had is to write a first draft of a novel based on plot elements that received the most amount of votes... his site explains it better than i can... next is the link to Paula B's Wrting Show podcast, in case no one listens to podcasts through iTunes... last is the blog of Jamie Sobrato, a published author... i don't know her or anything, but her blog is interesting and talks of her upcoming works

so, that's it, people... enjoy the rest of the week

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song: "Change For Me" by Low Level Flight
book: any Winston brothers story by Lori Foster

Writing update

hi-ho peoples, it's been a while... right?? i forget how often i actually write to this darn thing

so, i'm almost at 86,000 words for my novel, which is about 334 pages double spaced... sometimes it freaks me out when i see the little total page number scroll up when i open the file... the rest of the time i'm all giddy :D... i'm still surprised i've written that much since November... of course, i took December off, and most of February and March and half of April... but my goal is to finish by September... which'll be hard since i have essays due in about 3 or 4 weeks and exams after that hee hee hee... secret message time

the SiWC registration starts in July, and i'm debating whether or not to book an appointment with an editor or agent... i mean, i'm most of the way through this darn book, i have about 3 more chapters to write (i kind of planned out what each chapter would be about so i wouldn't go off track)... my mom said i should make the appointment and just bring the first couple of chapters, but i told her i want to edit the whole thing once before i do that... tell me what you think, people, or just Wendy, if you end up being the only person to read this

i was listening to an interesting podcast from The Writing Show with Paula B... head to http://writingshow.com/ to listen to it... it's the latest one, and very interesting... and it got me thinking that i want an interview like this done with someone talking to me, but maybe i'm just jealous that no one's interested enough to interview me

i guess that's it for now... maybe i'll blabber some more tomorrow... have a better Monday than me, peoples, i had to finish an essay this morning... ewww... why did i chose to major in English??

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song: "Time is Running Out" by Muse

Is that a tumbleweed I see??

ok, i've been thinking here, and i've been wondering if people are actually reading this darn thing or not... sure, i might be boring sometimes, but i'd like people to tell me i'm boring so i know to spice it up a little... this is really making me reconsider my possible podcast

so, tell me people, are you reading this blog at all?? if so, then i'll keep at it... if not, then what's the point??

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O no! Real life intrudes in 5... 4... 3...

*snicker* is it wrong that i think the title is cute? no, of course not

well, it's only the 6th, but it's probably time to prepare outlines and plot notes for Script Frenzy (see link to the right and down)... now, i'm not really all that focused on writing a screenplay or stage play, i'm much more of a novel writing kind of girl, i just thought it would be interesting to try... i've got a lot of ideas rushing around in my head, and i don't think all of them would fit in a book format

what sucks is that my summer classes start tomorrow...eww, i know, but it's only 2 classes, so it's not like i'll be totally swamped or anything... i just have to block off time to write my essays and make sure i read everything i'm supposed to while marking important passages and taking relevant notes... if i do that, then everything will be fine and i won't fail or anything

i've found a bunch of writing tip related podcasts on iTunes, which i'll listen to on my way to school... if you Google these people, then you'll find the websites... there's I Should Be Writing with Mur Lafferty, The Writing Show with Paula B, and the Creative Writing Podcast from americanwriters.com... these are all handy if you're looking to write a novel for the first time or if you're editing a manuscript... i really like Mur's, she talks about continuing to write after being rejected

have a happy week, people... hopefully it's not raining where you are... it is here, which means the birds haven't been around to swim in the little pond we have below our new fountain... i swear, there were like 10 birds either in the water or on a rock next to the water at lunchtime

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song: "Everybody's Screaming!!!" by Lostprophets
book: "The Last Mermaid" by Shana Abé

I'm ba-aaaaack

finally... God, i was getting so tired with that trip after a while, and so tired with flying... i was SO freaking bored on the plane home

but, now i'm back home, and will probably posting here when i get a chance between school and whatever else gets thrown at me... if anyone has random questions, like about NaNoWriMo or Script Frenzy or my possible podcast, then please ask by leaving comments... i'd like to know that people are still reading this blog

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song: "Second Chance" by Faber Drive
book: "The Last of The Red Hot Vampires" by Katie MacAllister

Possible podcast update

well, i looked into it a little more last night, and found out i have to upload the files onto a site set up for it or something, which is a little bit of a hassle, but it's not that bad... so i went to a site i've heard of that does that kind of thing (i'm not naming the site, because i want to look around a little at others), and saw that i'll have to pay anywhere from 5 to 30 bucks a month to be able to do it... OMG... i was so surprised... and i was like, well, how am i going to do that? i'm just a student

then i went through it this morning to see how the whole process works, and found out i can pay for the darn thing using PayPal (bless you PayPal people, you're the best)... and in Feb i tried to set up an account (and almost thought i was out a chunk of change for a little while)... well, i noticed that it was all verified and everything, so i've now sort of solved one of my problems

now, if only i could create a genuis clone of myself that'll take my exams for me, i'll be set for the next couple of weeks

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(sidebar: are people even reading this thing? am i just hoping for loyal readers? would you come here if you could actually listen to me talk instead? post your answers in the comments dealie)

Thinking hard... talking more

for the past little while, i've been thinking of putting together a podcast... just so i don't have to remember to write in this darn thing some of the times... sometimes saying stuff out loud makes so much more sense, because then you can hear the emotion and not just have to imagine it... i mean, i'm not a robot or anything

so, i'll be testing making audio files and seeing it i can post it straight to this site, then have it go through iTunes (cause i love my iTunes, and my green iPod)... when it works, i will have a huge celebration post, plus a celebration podcast

and no, this is no April Fool's joke

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song: "Sweet Sacrifice" by Evanescence
book: "A Hunger Like No Other" by Kresley Cole

*snore* Hum-what? I'm awake

Geez, things just feel so boring right now, it's an odd feeling... well, maybe it's just the weather, it's annoyingly cold outside, raining, earlier it was snowing... i just don't understand the weather

so i'm here, inside, drinking coffee, at 3:15 in the afternoon on a Saturday... and i really don't have to go out until Monday afternoon... i should probably go through my textbooks, maybe on Monday i will... crud, i just realized i have to read a new book for Wednesday, and write something on it for Friday

well, maybe i should pick up my writing again, i've left that poor NaNoWriMo book sitting in it's Word file for so long, unfinished... maybe i'll write some more today, since i've got nothing to do... well, first i have to do a couple of things, then i'll go back to my book

and i've got to think of a way to get more people to read this darn blog thing i have here... hmmm... maybe have some kind of odd contest... or just turn it into a podcast or something

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song: "The Killing Moon" by The Distants
book: "Dance with the Devil" by Sherrilyn Kenyon