Why school sucks

it sucks... i've barely gotten any writing done in the past few days... maybe after i get home from class tomorrow i'll just hide out in my room and write until i fall asleep... of course, i'll have to listen to a bunch of music to get my writing groove back... i get into different moods when i listen to music

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song: "Almost Lover" by A Fine Frenzy
book: "Eclipse" by Stephenie Meyer

The time of death

my classes have started again... darn... o well... maybe it won't be so bad this time around... at least i met some interesting people today in my tutorial... they seem pretty nice

i've been writing the new book... which needs a better title... i wanted to mention both the fact that she's a photographer and that he's a vampire... i've been listening to a lot of Evanescence as i write this... i think that when i get a better feel for what i'm writing, or when i finish, i'll put up a theme playlist for this new book

have a good September, peoples

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song: "Your Star" by Evanescence
book: "Sabriel" by Garth Nix

And the world goes on and on

i've started writing a new book... i was going to wait and start it for this year's NaNoWriMo, but i was just so interested in the plot i thought up i didn't want to wait... so, i have about 2,000 words written, and i'm going to get as much done during the week-end before classes start on Tuesday

i don't want to go back to school and so on... but i have to... o well

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book: "Emma" by Jane Austin
song: "In The Deep" by Bird York

Trying to write... again

so, the week-end was a bust writing-wise, and i now have 10 days to finish the first draft by the deadline i set for myself... it's looking like i'll have a few nights of late writing ahead, since usually i can't write anything good until 11 at night which is very, very odd... sleeping in late and getting headaches from drinking coffee at noon sucks

now, i know i said i wanted to do mermaids for this year's NaNoWriMo novel, but i started thinking about writing something about an investigative photographer getting a stalker, but more like a vampire stalker... it came to me when i was reading something about some vampire tales when they have no reflection, and then thinking that they wouldn't end up on film, either... now i don't know what to write about... o well

school starts in 2 weeks... barf... this time i'm busy Tuesday and Thursday afternoons... parking's going to be fun if i can't find a spot at where i usually park... the city's increasing prices there in September, maybe the cheapos will leave and i'll get a spot at 12:15pm or at 11:15am

and i got a manicure today and have already ruined the polish on one nail... but i got a bottle of the colour the woman used, so i can always do it over... the downside, my nails will never look this pretty unless i get another one... o well... at least my nails aren't too long that they mess up my typing

happy writing, peoples

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book: the Key series by Nora Roberts
song: "Famous Last Words" by My Chemical Romance

Has something changed??

6 months ago, i was sporadic at best with posting to this darn thing, and was bored out of my skull... now, i'm posting from every other day to every day, and writing like a crazy person... have my priorities changed??

well, to a point... i'm writing more, which is good, but i'm not working, which is bad... i know you're thinking, but aren't you a student?? shouldn't you be working to pay for tuition??... yes, but i have money put aside for school, so shush

i'm also at a bigger word count, maybe 40,000 more, maybe just 35,000... i've written 10,000 in the past two months, but that gap had papers and finals in it, and 3,000 of it has come in the past few days... it's totally wiped me out, but you never know what happens when you're on a roll

for all you writers out there, check out Mark Putnam's Plotastic blog, and Paula B's Writing Show podcasts featuring Mark Leslie... 5 bucks says these guys will have published novels in the next 12 months

oh, and i know what i'm going to write about for this year's NaNoWriMo... mermaids

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book(ish): "The Iliad" by Homer
song: "Through Glass" by Stone Sour

This is why school sucks

I DON'T WANT TO STUDY ANYMORE!! IT'S BORING!!

WHO CARES ABOUT 20th CENTURY LITERATURE ABOUT PLACE, PLACELESSNESS, IDENTITY, AND DISTANCE FROM SOCIETY????

so, there's my rant of the day... i'll probably have another on Friday

i miss writing

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song: "Situations" by Escape the Fate

What to do now?

well, i know what i should be doing... studying for my Tuesday evening exam... barf... not today... or tomorrow... i know, i know, i'm slacking, but come on, who wants to study in the summer

no one, that's who

meanwhile, in the more interesting part of my life... i've submitted something for the SiWC writing contest... i can only hope that they don't hate it... i was writing something, and realized that I couldn't get it finished in time unles i wrote for about a day or two straight... instead, i sent the first chapter of a novel i started last spring, before my grandmother passed away... afterwards, i couldn't really get back into it, i tried to, but it's been sitting around in my Word files unfinished for about a year... i'd be happy if i just got one of those honourable mention thingys

also, there's a new blog in my list to the right, Starting Write Now... it's done by a bunch of different people, blogging about their writing experiences, goals, and writing while dealing with real life... this blog is really interesting, and everyone should stop by it to read it

and hugs to my Jeannie... you deserve everything you want and more, i just wish i could send you those oiled hunks/assistants

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books: the Stanislaski books by Nora Roberts
songs: "Alegria" from the Cirque du Soleil show and "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles

Writing update... number however many it is

so... i've done almost no writing since early July, which pisses me off just a little... i mean, i wanted to finish this darn thing, so i could maybe do an editor/agent interview at the SiWC in October... now, i'll be lucky if i finish before classes start again in September

exams happen in about a week and a half... hopefully they won't be terribly impossible... i don't think they will be, but you never know... this pretty much means i have until Friday to write as much as i can, then study my butt off... i think i can do it... this one distance class just made no sense half the time, but with some luck, the exam won't suck

now, i'm going to try and get some writing done, get some people through some realizations... and props to Wendy for continuing with her script

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song: "Bitemarks and Bloodstains" by Finch
book: "Parallel Heat" by Deidre Knight

Marked for life

so, i got my tattoo done on Saturday... i was surprised at the pain, but after a little while it was bearable... like bee stings over and over and over again... once it heals over and peels off, a picture will appear

i've got barely any writing done, because i've got papers to write... i'm hoping to get some done on the week-end, when i have the time... after this other paper is due in a couple of days, the next thing that happens is exams in 3 weeks

how fun

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song: "Save Me" by Remy Zero

Sunny week-end alert

well, for all you people experienceing summer and it's going to be sunny, enjoy yourself... if you're not any of those people, well, watch a beach movie and pretend it's sunny out

it's looking like a slow week-end here, haircut tomorrow, nothing on Sunday... hopefully i'll get a chunk of writing done before the essay rush happens mid-next week... i hate it when i have 2 papers due the same week

so, i started on my writing contest submission for the SiWC... i just want to finish the darn thing and submit it... i don't exactly care if i win or get an honorable mention... i just want to send in the little story and have actual authors read it

now, i'm going to try and keep on writing... if i don't, then i'll lose my train of thought, and i'll end up forgetting about it completely

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song: "The Grace" by Neverending White Lights
book: "Bet Me" by Jennifer Crusie

So many words

ok, peoples, i've been doing a lot of writing recently, and i'm up to 92,672 words, which is about 360 pages double spaced... in November i never thought i'd get this far... well, when i reached 50,000 i hoped i'd end up at 100,000, but it's so within reach right now

party!!!! :D

i'm no quite sure what'd brought on this sudden writing splurge... is splurge the word i want to use here??... but i like it, i just want to write more and more and more... it's just going to suck when i have papers to write and exams to study for

on an even more fun note, i get my tattoo done on the 14th... i'm so excited... sure, it might be painful, but as long as i get it i'll be happy

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song: "Low" by Marianas Trench
book: "Jane's Warlord" by Angela Knight

Proof I'm a night owl

ok, this is just insane... it's right after midnight here and i've found my writing groove again... take that, Wendy... ok, kidding, but still, this is just strange... it's midnight, i have to be up at around 7:30am to get ready for class, and i'm away from my laptop until 3:30 in the afternoon

this really sucks... why can't i get the writing groove back when i get back from class?? it would be so much more convenient if i felt like writing when i knew i didn't have to be anywhere the next day... o well... long weekend's coming up, which means i have class Wednesday morning, then no class until the next Wednesday... wooooooooooooo

of course, i'm out of town on the week-end, but i'll be taking my laptop with me since i've made a deadline to finish my book, which is obviously a first draft of a manuscript... i'm aiming to finish by the end of August... but if i average 3 pages a day, it'll take me 22 or so days for me to reach my tentative page goal of 404, which is about 101,000 words... and that's about the middle of July... once i go back and add enough to get me to at least 22 pages a chapter, which'll give me 404 pages, then i'll start at the beginning and edit and review to my heart's content

unfortunately, this mid-July date is surrounded by 2 papers i'll have due... thank God one was moved to the 18th instead of me having both due on the 16th... ewwwww

i guess that's it for me for now... i'm off to write another 3 and a half pages (which i told myself i'd write before i went to bed)

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song: "Not Good Enough For the Truth in Cliche" by Escape the Fate
book: "Hunting the Hunter" by Shiloh Walker

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

Just an update

well, i wasn't really sure what the theme of this post would be, so it's probably going to be all over the place

school's going good, i'm a little behind on one class, which means lots of reading over the next week or so, but it's ok... Monday's a holiday, Victoria Day, but it just means i'll be at home reading for my distance class instead of at school reading for my not distance class

June's on its way, which means Script Frenzy starts soon... i'm not so sure about it... i mean, i'll try it and everything, but i don't think I'm going to get all that far... how can a 20,000 word script be equivalent to a 90 min to 2 hour movie... i'm at 83,000 words for me book and i'm just starting to get close to the end, got a few more chapters left

i think i've gotten hooked on e-books from Ellora's Cave... which is good, i'm getting some ideas, but it's also bad because i've spent a lot of money... at least i've got the ones i wanted to read

my passport finally came last Friday... 12 and a half weeks from the time i mailed it to the passport offices to the day it got here... NOTE to everyone: get your passport now, even if you're not planning a trip... get it now

i guess that's it for now... have a nice day, peoples

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song: "Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)" by Lostprophets
book: "Finding the Dream" by Nora Roberts

Life update

well, peoples, it's that time again... well, it's always that time, but who really wants to be technical??

the first week of school is pretty much over, and it wasn't that bad... well, it's the beginning, it's never bad at the beginning... i've got a 2 page mini-essay due in a week and a half, then little write-up's for the books i have to read due the next week... then another few essays due in June and July, and exams in August... but i was expecting that

the weather's been nice, warm and sunny... the backyard looks amazing, all new and shiny... maybe not shiny... the new grass is growing like it's on growth hormones, the new plants are starting to get flowers, the little fountain and pond is bubbling away... once i get some pictures i'll put them up here

i've done a little more writing, but it's been slow goings... every once in a while i get a block and i can't think of how to continue, so i just watch a movie or read or whatever then get back to it... i'll update the little chart soon

did you all see my new label cloud thingy?... it's so pretty... i think i might change the colours around a little, and the font, but it's looking pretty good... if you think it's too cluttered, let me know

have a good week-end, peoples

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song: "Say Anything" by Marianas Trench
book: "Born in Ice" by Nora Roberts

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

The time of relaxing has come at last

my exams are over, so i can stay up as late as i want tonight... which sounds like i'm 10 years old instead of 20... which is just so odd, cause i always thought i sounded like i'm 11 or 12 :D... kidding... i swear to everything i hold dear, which is my laptop, my green iPod, and my huge library of romance novels (don't joke, i love them), that i'm an adult... plus, it's legal for me to drink up here... boo-hoo to all you 20-year old Americans, head for Canada, we've got the good beer

i've set up a little chart thing for how much i've written for my books, the first being my book from NaNoWriMo, then second being the one that comes after it... i know, i'm not even done the first one and i've started another... but i swear, it's only a couple of vague prologue sentences

i guess that's it for now, i'll probably post something before i go away on vacation on the 18th... i'm taking my laptop with me, but who knows when i'll get wireless access... i still want to take it with me so i can do some writing, and finish this darn book... but of course, once i'm done comes editing and revising, and i hate that... i'm of the opinion that what first comes out of your fingers is the best thing you can say... except research papers and thesises and school-related papers, those need many drafts

hugs to everyone... enjoy your week-end

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song: "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)" by Lostprophets (cause i love their music)
book: "Sex as a Second Language" by Jamie Sobrato (this is a plug for her new Harlequin Blaze book, cause earlier i commented on her blog, but this book is so good she deserves it)

Studying away

ewww... it's that time of year, when spring semester exams start... and students bury their faces in textbooks and notecards... i really hate this time of year... it's when migraines happen... i've got an english exam on Wednesday, and a physics exam on Friday night... after that, I'm going to sleep in on Saturday and relax until we go away

english exams suck, you have to remember themes and terms and be able to remember what the books were about... physics exams suck, you have to remember rates and equations and improbably theories and other scientific data

if only exams had one or two questions, or they were all multiple choice, then everything would be so much easier

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*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

And I've done it again

okay, i'm going to have to remind myself every day with notes to actually write this darn thing... i told myself i'd write something every other day, but i've been slacking again... darn it

well, my classes aren't helping, because i have a 5 page essay due Friday, which isn't that bad, and a Physics midterm Thursday evening, which i don't want to do... i so hate science, why did i agree to take this class anyways??

and since i've been in my classes, i haven't gotten any writing done, which means i missed the deadline to get a free printed copy of my novel... o well, maybe next year... and maybe when i'm gone in April on vacation... i so want to finish it so i can go over it and edit it and everything

i guess that's it for now... enjoy your week-end, people

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song: "Count Yourself In" by Ten Second Epic
book: "Archangel" by Sharon Shinn (love love love this book)