Deathly Hallows, Part I

Yes, it's almost 3am. Yes, I just got back from Deathly Hallows part I.

Yes, it was amazing.

The next few months are going to be torture.

Halfway Through November

It's November 15th, and that means I'll be hitting the 25,000 word mark sometime today. It also means my term papers are coming up due this week (I should probably start those...)

But anyway, on a more silly and fun note, my query is on Evil Editor today!

I've done this a few times, and the minions never fails to give some great insight. I'm usually so close to my story that I can't see the forest for the trees, and hearing what the minions think about my query and my general idea really helps. Go check it out if you want to see what I'm writing about. It's for How To Be Ruthless, the WIP that's on pause for NaNo but I'll be working on again once December hits.

Leah Clifford's amazing contest!

Leah Clifford, one of the YA Rebels and author of A Touch Mortal (coming out in Feb 2011), is having an amazing, unique contest on her vlog this week.

What you have to do to enter: suggest a boy's name for her to use in the sequel to A Touch Mortal and tote it all over the internet.

What you can win: a signed ARC of A Touch Mortal, your suggested name used in its sequel, AND Leah will include your name in the acknowledgements of the sequel!

Isn't this awesome? What are you waiting for, go enter!

ENTER NOW.

NaNoWriMo, Day 9

The past few days I fell behind, and this morning I calculated that I needed to write 2,946 words to catch up to the goal.

I was discouraged, but promised myself that after every block of 500 words, I could eat an Oreo.

Guess what? I hit the goal. My word count is now 15,012, well into the awkward teens. Actually, halfway through the teens.

This bodes well. I'm completely rejuvenated and back on track! :)

Although I'm also enormously stressed. I have two major essays due soon, one next Thursday and one the Monday after that. And I haven't started either one. I usually thrive when I have to work last-minute, but I think my sanity is starting to erode.

I wish I wasn't so good at procrastinating!

Yay, blog award!

KT gave me the Honest Scrap award! Thanks, KT! I'm very honoured :) So now apparently I'm supposed to share ten facts about myself. This will be fun!

1. I love Hanson. Yes, the band of long-haired blonde brothers from the 90s. I first became a fan when I was seven years old, and last month I saw them in concert and realized my childhood dreams. Have you heard their latest stuff?! Amazing.

2. I wrote my first novel at 13. It was a thinly-veiled School of Rock fanfiction. I also wrote a lot of Harry Potter fanfic. Who didn't?

3. I'm terrible at poetry, which is bad because I have to write a lot of it for my creative writing classes.

4. Despite being thoroughly not-Catholic, Catholicism is one of my biggest interests. Go figure.

5. I drive a 1999 Saturn SL that kind of sucks but I love it anyway.

6. I don't want to move out. I love my parents too much.

7. I loooove silly words. Especially IKEA brand names. Like I love how this lint roller here is called a Bästis.

8. I've read all of Jane Austen's novels.

9. I don't like ice cream. It's too cold on my sensitive teeth.

10. My favourite TV show of all time is Friends.

Woohoo! Aaaaand now I get to give the award to other people! And I pick:

- Ambur

- Tracey

- Sumayyah

Yayy!

NaNoWriMo, Day 4

I was originally hoping to do a daily post on NaNoWriMo, but that's proving difficult. School is amping up and it's all I can do to stay on top of everything!

That being said, I'm making sure NaNo is a priority. I love it that much. I don't want it to suffer just because of some lame schoolwork. Seriously, if there's one thing I'll willingly cut to make time for writing, it's my social life. Luckily I have understanding friends.

It's going pretty well. I was a day ahead but it caught up to me today, when I didn't have much time to write. I'm just getting to an important part - the first mermaid sighting!

Oh, by the way, I'm writing about a lesbian who meets a mermaid. It's called AN ELEGANT NOISE, and that's all I really know about the plot so far :)

So far, though, loving it. NaNo rocks.

And they're off!

So it's November 1st, and you know what that means!

I only just got home from school (where I managed to rack up 300 words during class), so NaNoWriMo begins for me... now.