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MY BOOK IN PRINT // SQUEALS & PICTURES of GIFT OF THE SEA

10:39 AM


Everyone listening...I did it. I ordered Gift of the Sea in PRINT. All my work...nano, handwriting, notes, scribbles, thoughts, difficulties, writer's block...here it is. Embodied in this cover and full of English words.



LOOK AT THAT ^. Remember nano??? Remember early mornings writing with me? Remember the quotes/excerpts? All the thoughts, all the adventure...it all started on a balmy summer day in 2016, with a long sheet of paper and a calligraphy pen. Now it's a book. A real, honest-to-goodness book.


This is draft 1, so after I go through with a mechanical pencil and jot mistakes/thoughts/details and make an indirect but detailed enough plot for book 2 (YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT) I'll have a hint of draft 2. Who knows when it'll be ready. Maybe by draft 10 *smirks*. How can I finish my novel when every 3 months I look back at my writing and make this face like *BLAH*?



: Sag mal, wo hast du denn den Einkaufszettel hingelegt? : ... ... : ... Liebling! ...der Zettel für unseren Einkauf? : ...jetzt nicht! Warte doch bitte ausnahmsweise eeeeinmal einen kurzen Augenblick ab! ... *ein kurzer Augenblick später* : ...aber irgendwann müssen wir den Kindern doch etwas zu essen geben!:

It's been quite a journey and I've only just begun.

For this first draft, I used LuLu.com and got two prints with a coupon code (from my dear coupon queen friend) for $8.00...something. That includes shipping.
The cover I made with canva, using a free image and using my own image of the ship, which I photographed only 15-20 minutes away from where I live.

The hardest part was definitely editing it with the LuLu system. GETTING THE SPINE TO LINE UP. You may not know now, but just you wait. You'll be making your spine title a whole lot smaller.
And then as you can see, there's little 'waves' below the chapters, that kept moving every time we uploaded it (and I say we because Mom got in on this ordeal). And then the cover, because I had saved it as jpeg and just uploaded it as that, it changed like I had used a filter (but actually it looked mystical so we just kept it).

FINALLY IT WAS ORDERED.

After a whole day on the computer, with tired and dry eyes, I knew my book was soon to be on its way.

It arrived at our local post office about 8-10 days after (okay so I don't remember now exactly when). Mom filled the post-lady completely in about my book, and how I had ordered it, and then

and then

 I found the scissors and opened it up right then an' there.

I could not stop smiling for anything...like a kid who's just opened a toy on Christmas that's as big as he is. Mom had the post-lady read the back...or she asked to I honestly don't remember which. In the heat of this, another lady walked into the post office and got quite excited over the whole thing.

"No, it's not for sale now" *thoughts* > that'll take years if it ever is.

Well...that's the story. And now everyone who comes to the house has held it (and I'm blushing somewhere in some small corner). And I'm partially afraid they'll open to some dramatic scene or some grammar mistake, and then I'll be truly mortified. 


(first collage for Gift of the Sea)

Have you ever printed a book??

Ever edited your book? Have advice?

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THE SNIPPETS TAG // Wholly doveted to GOTS

8:37 PM


So...Sarah tagged me for ^ this thingy. I just have to say that this has been really hard...I've had the struggle of  "That would be good for that" "But didn't I have another part?" "Wow, 104 is too many pages to search through". It's been quite the struggle, so I hope you all keep in mind that I have many other pieces to this puzzle. Without further ado...here's my scribbles from Gift of the Sea. 


{1} Share your most gripping, fascinating, and hooking first line of a story

*ahem* obviously I had to include the whole thing and not just the first line. But really...this is not my best because *surprise* *surprise* I've progressed past this...writing skill wise.
“Oh, dear God!” A cry, A plea, a beg, echoed across the tossing waves. Sitting arms tied to the back, was a girl, young in years, on top a chair. She bobbed dangerously in the waters, which played with her unmercifully, and of no doubt would soon become bored with her, ending her anxiety."

{2} Share a snippet that made you want to shout to the world that you're SO. HAPPY. 

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I think the reason that this made me...I dunno...joyful, is because I not only described what was yet to me an undescribed feeling, but because I found a relish in putting Christ in my joy...writing.

 "A spirit washed them both; they could not think of evil, nor worry, nor the vile, useless things the world rained upon them. Their faces brightened with the hope of the savior, the Lords son who had died for a sinner such as them, and all in that room grew closer to perfect than any outside it. This was a power stronger than death. Any who have not felt it cannot understand it, because it changes every eye that looks out on things, every ear, and every opinion. There is a joy in Christ’s children that cannot be bought any other way than by accepting him into their heart. Because it cannot die, nor grow weary. Whatever life brings, there is a joy when thinking of the next, knowing that it is more pure, righteous, and beautiful than anything the sinful world can grow, give, or have. And this, though not explained by the preacher nor preached at the pulpit, was evident in every mind and soul, and grew to preserve those spirits though their bodies be mortal and flesh. "
{3} Share a snippet that gives you a bit of insight into one of your most favorite characters ever. 

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 I suppose Charlie was always my favorite; even when she was unborn, and just the distant thought of her floated about my mind's eye. The curly, golden hair; sea-sparkling blue eyes, flashing, righteous temper, go-lucky forever optimistic attitude (a fighter) and a humble girl, beautiful though she does not know it. Yes, she shaped her own clay.
"The light made her skin and her face pink. Whether if she had stormed or raged or cried or taunted, she would still look salmon-pink in this light.  
She was a girl, and, if only there were nights like these every night, Charlie felt she could always be one. 
Always have that right, lovely word at the right, precise time. Always have roses in her hair; oh, how splendid did roses sound now. She did not want pink, or red roses; nor yellow or orange or lavender or even the rarest blue. No, white roses were the best, there was no comparison. For they were spotless in beauty and soul, the perfect example of an angel in form of a flower. Yes, when she was married-it would never come but why not dream on a night like this-she would carry white roses. Because then all would be perfect, and she would never think of the past or future; it would only be the present. At this moment Charlie looked down, and there at her feet was a pool of water so big she saw her whole appearance, from braided hair to black boots. If she had not known herself she would have immediately denied that the person below her in the puddle was, indeed, Charlie prodigy, with the Greek style dress tunic and the pretty flushed face. This, this was an incredible thing, there must be a fairy godmother somewhere turning the puddles into magical mirrors. But the big eyes that fluttered up in shock so told her that she had eyelashes, too. And what a surprise it was."


{4} Share a snippet that gets you beaming with pride and you're just like 'yep, I wrote that beauty'. 

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                                             (My brain ^ after I write something good)


 Okay...this was actually super hard because there are so many of those little, precious moments where the writer takes her fingers from the keyboard, smiles like the Cheshire cat, and squeals. But here we go...

"Yet she stood by the window, placidly looking out onto the wide world from her small, humble place, and whispered, “Father I thank you.” If she had not wasted all her tears she would have cried then; not a painful weep where one’s heart is stabbed, but a sprinkle of gladness so thankful, so much full of hope, that water comes from the eyes uncontrollably.     Suddenly, one tap or noise came into the house, and gradually it began to make music of the normal mornings sounds. Leila smiled when she heard it, for life, it’s little things like Nana setting a pot of oatmeal on the stove or Charlie falling down the steps, were like beautiful notes in an orchestra. She could not help but love them, each little note that made up the song of this thing called living. Some were low, they reached into your soul, pulling the nasty things from their hiding places, and some were high and celestial, as you thought of heavenly things and lovely happenings. In all, Leila decided, it was a song worth listening to, for you yourself were singing it, but it had been written by a more supreme power than your own. She turned from the window pane and out of the room into the hall, to join into the tune of the day. Where it would lead her, she did not know but would follow the lyrics note by note."

{5} Share a snippet of genius, deliciously witty dialogue between your characters.

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Charlie and Leila have a way of talking that makes the contrast between their characters show immensely, yet all the while it shows their bond. Like a dialogue paradox, really. (to understand this know that Charlie onced disguised herself as a boy for work purposes).

"“Oh, I don’t know.” Leila squirmed in the sight of Charlie’s anxious eyes as they locked on her expression; if she would not say it Charlie would get it out of her face. But Leila held as close to decent composure as she could. “I thought you were trying hard to be polite, though you were rude. For that I already liked half of you. You cared about me, obviously. And…had some sort of secret you always seemed to be hiding, that at the most random moments kicked you in the heart. I didn’t like you at all, firstly. You debated some boy on whether to ‘keep me’, and after just coming from a hopeless situation I was thankful, yet at the same time mad at myself for being thankful towards such character. When you gave me bread, I think I realized that it all was a font on your paper front. After that I think I got used to you.” Charlie was pale. “Most persons would just say  they hardly knew me as a boy; then there is you.” She said it so lovingly that Leila laughed, fell out of her cross-legged position and fell like a toddler is often onto the carpet. “You can describe two seconds in the length of three volumes.” “Yes; but are they a good two seconds?” “It doesn’t matter, you’d make it interesting.” “Thank you, Charlie.” “Always dear.” " 


{6} Share a snippet that leaves you breathless, in a cold sweat with action-induced intensity. 
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 Unfortunately, my most intense scene is too long to put down here. So I'll go for the verse that leads up to the chorus, the anxiety that plunges into desperation.

"With a lunge and a strength rare for such a woman, she wrenched Charlie from Leila’s arms, carrying her as she had when she was but a one-year-old newly orphaned babe and rushed her to the kitchen counter. All the while Nana was watching those big, blue, frightened eyes-those baby eyes-she did not see the teenager, she did not see the tomboy, she saw her sister’s baby, alone, frightened, orphaned and injured. There was no better nurse at that moment, when Nana had pulled forth a freezing cold cloth and placed it on the gash. Charlie’s eyes disappeared as she squinted painfully; all present seemed to hold their breath with the sight of it. Her mouth opened as if she was gasping, though no words could be heard by the human ear. It was a horrific moment. Leila, in fear that Charlie would lose conscience and fall onto the hard kitchen floor, stood behind the counter by her curly wig, supporting Charlie’s head with her hands. “Oh Charlie, oh Charlie! You beautiful baby girl! See me, see Nana. Hold the pain, Charlie, hold it.” "

{7} Share a snippet of a most interesting first meeting between your characters

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Charlie and Leila, my two main characters, are painting in the woods on a spring morning. There they are surprised by a neighbor whom they have never met, Lucy Ann. Since their first few words are not 'most interesting' I'll skip to this part, just a page or so away...
"“Do you like it here?” Lucy dropped her paintbrush, scanning the sky, and said decidedly, “No, I don’t. It’s a bit like a worn book.” Leila for some reason or the other had never particularly felt that ‘this place’ was strikingly beautiful, nor that it was dryly ugly. But when Lucy Ann had so flatly stated her feelings, all at once an old friend was being mocked in Leila’s eyes. She looked to Pebble Brook, that creek which gentle laughs played with her eyes and delighted her ears; she thought back to the humid yet graciously beautiful summer, and with an undertone of vengeance, said proudly,
“Yet worn books are far more interesting than new ones.” “how so?” Said the other. “They have 99% more character, for the foremost part, being used one always thinks of what kind of people that used it, and what they were like.” “Probably drunkards who chopped trees and plain, mistreated farm wives.” “Yes, maybe.” Said she with pain in her voice, “but what were they like. Did one of them have a good egg out of a bad batch, a good son, who cherished that book and when reading it thought of the beautiful, orphan girl across the creek? Did he finger the tattered pages with love and loss and bravery brewing in his heart? When he penned his name on the flyleaf page, was he thinking of me, a hundred years later, reading it and in turn thinking of him?”
 Lucy Ann’s voice became a sort of baffled mumbled as it replied, “New books are still more beautiful.” “Ah, but they do not have three-hundred-year-old tombstones spotted across their tawny brown fields, or Indian burial grounds with stranded necklace beads hinting history. There are no old bricks to kings castles still lingering with reminisce of their glory days in the sun. I will always like the old things; beaten and battered as they are, they fascinate me and intrigue me. New things are so dumb and naïve I cannot stand them.” "



I proudly hand the pencil too...


{Micaiah}


{Grace}

{Hannah White}


Hope you all enjoyed! Let me know what you think...okay?

Which snippet was your favorite? Do you have a book your working on? Wanna share???


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My 5-Step NANO SURVIVAL KIT

3:00 PM



I'VE NEVER DONE NANOWRIMO. I've been waiting for a year. November is one of my busiest months, balancing over 3 birthdays, preparation for Christmas (yes, I said it) several youth group outings, donating and making hand-made wreaths, Thanksgiving....oh boy. In order to multi-task, I need a writing, or nano, survival kit. So here she goes.
My note book is my best friend.

Says every writer ever. And then the pen. You know you get those ideas....where your fingers can't move fast enough, and suddenly all those writerly thoughts are flowing. Notebook=obvious.


(maybe this is already a thing, I'm not sure) I created a PLOT MAP.
Basically it's a start-to-finish vertical line with little check points down it indicating scenes/chapters/etc. I'm not quite finished with mine.

Okay.
Paragraphs.
I tried part of the snowflake method. It definitely helped me think-out the overall plot of Gift of the Sea. And I urge you to try it, to have those notes ready.

My friend told me to try character files!!! I did-and it makes your otherwise paper-only character seem partially alive. Drawing your character is the funnest thing ever.
I just draw a bunch, yet I still have Charlie and Leila's main appearances in my head. I think being artistic with my book helps express settings, scenes, and particularly emotions that my characters feel or go through. Besides, being artistic and a writer, the two bond incredibly. I want to have this big watercolor with Charlie's face silhouette on the right and Leila's on the left and my best quote from the book. Ah! mais oui!
Okayyyy. So I like popcorn.

And I like tea. But it must be from the U.K. It's my way to connect to my British side *laughy squinty face* and to feel like I'm o'er the pond. Until then, dear England *salutes*.


Also...is it just me or does drinking tea while writing make you feel more like an author???


(what ah yah think of my try at this collage?? ^)

Yeah okay still working on the collage. Charlie's...curly blonde/owl-sea-blue eyed/shortish and Leila's taller/chocolate-oval-eyed/long straight brunette. PLUS the picture has to capture their personalities; Charlie being go-lucky yet half wistful and Leila emotionful (emotion-full, i.e, full of emotion. Different then 'emotional' wherewith the occupant is full of it yet not overflowing. E-hem) and mature.

What inspires me with this novel???

Old docks on misty bays


Go-lucky characters



Wistful faces



Roses



tales looming just over the horizon; calling out to be written down.



I HAVE THE BEST WRITING BUDDIES. We are going to change the world!!!! And write epic novels (Lordwilling :) !



Are you excited yet?


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FINISHING the New Moon Series // Emily Byrd Starr

9:31 PM


L.M Montgomery is most famously known for Anne of Green Gables...but what novels lie beyond the red head and Rainbow Valley?


First of all...the plot for Emily of New Moon is so classic L.M Montgomery wonderful! Ah, the Murray's, the family of which Emily is set into-against her will-when her Father dies. I had a time with Aunt Elizabeth, rather disliked Aunt Laura...not all the way however, and Cousin Jimmy (excepting at times he was slightly spooky when he went into his poet-trance) was just the spoiling Emily needed to round-out Aunt Elizabeth's stern, un-writerly hand. Emily's diary entries were....OH  they felt so real and cute and girlish and goodness were they real.

 Young Emily was so very lifelike and young Perry and Isle (Isle's character...superbly unique, by the way) and Teddy. Teddy's drawings...couldn't I just see them.



Emily Climbs was a nice sequel, balancing intense and pleasant moments. I liked seeing through the eyes of a 14 year old L.M Montgomery heroine. And seeing her writing progress, as she looked back at her old scribbles ( WRITERS THIS IS SO TRUE IS IT NOT) and wanted to burn them, I believe. Dr. Burnley's story was ever tragic, yet fulfilling and extremely dramatic. Another side story in an L.M Montgomery book that was quite spectacular. Something that always bothers me in L.M Montgomery books is the unexpected mentioning of Greek 'gods'. It is random and normally small, and the next chapter will be filled with church and thoughts on God, the preacher, etc. Quite confusing to the reader.

This is precisely how I feel about Emily's Quest. For most of the book I felt Emily's despondency over her dreams, and the wrong paths everyone was taking simply from a big misunderstanding. Then the whole thing sizzled out right-side up in about the last twenty pages.

Overall I liked Emily; humor, poetess, beauty and all. Her way of finding the 'indescribable word' and spinning normal words into fantastical beauty.

The first book is a must-read for the classical bookworms. I warn you you will come to very very much like Aunt Elizabeth.


Have you ever visited the realm of New Moon? 
Who was your favorite character?
Have you ever read an L.M Montgomery book?
Did Aunt Elizabeth win you over?

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How to Write a Novel with LUCY Ft. Sarah from the Introverted Extrovert

10:10 PM


EVERYONE IT'S HERE. A post purely on writing tips by your's truly and the spectacular SARAH from the Introverted Extrovert!!!!!!!!!!!! Down to the pure extract of this post---these are tips (I'm still learning, thus is my learning so far)
       >>>Me first<<<

Ah, a plot. The BEGINNING. the BIRTH of your novel. I'm one of those writers that is quite full of plot ideas. For me, a walk in the woods can bring ideas of fairies hiding behind trees and dwarfs nestled inside chimney stumps. However, there are couple easy ways to find a plot. 
Think of what you like, i.e, historical fiction (then to your favorite era, then to your idea of you in that century...or a character idea you've always had). When forming a plot, I sort of have my giant ball of yarn, each color in it representing another character, and I weave them all into one thick blanket. Take this character and that character, and his backstory and her backstory; making all one cake in a rich mixture of individual and extreme personalities. 



This is very important. I found myself, neck-deep into Little Women, discussing Laurie & Jo as if they were living and breathing. Making your characters A-live is a giant step...making them human. I try to give my characters human features. Like faults. Faults such as mistakes + lessons + friend/family issues = bonding and understanding the character. Super fundamental in seeing through the characters eyes for the reader.


Relationships form, they grow, they bloom. They endure storms; torrents, and are tested to the core. Book relationships should flex and feel real just like ours. Not always perfect. Sometimes turbulent. But after the storm there's a growth in relationship. And a feeling of experience. Making relationships grow, bloom, and survive is an important part in highlighting character's reactions to certain situations-showing their virtues and values, and personalities. It helps to bend my characters relationships, test them and make the reader see and feel their struggles.




>>>Sarah Now<<<

Dialogue is essential. It just is--I mean, you aren’t writing a whole book on description because without dialogue in life it would be B-O-R-I-N-G. Here are a couple tips on making your dialogue as realistic as possible:
  1. Make your people real. Because, they are. Add normal conversational things that make it sound like the reader is listening in--the reader has to understand things, yes, but if you add little things that hint to an average life it makes you believe it’s real.
  2. Don’t force it. Go with the flow and cut out later.
  3. Leave out the droll stuff. No one wants to hear the how do ya do’s and such. Keep action, and pace as even as you can.




I’m pretty bad at this--It’s really not one of my good spots like I’d have to say dialogue is. I mean, I’m too busy saying the things that have to be said to pause and describe the way someone looks or the way the breeze feels. So, here are a couple things that I need to work on myself:

  1. People gotta know what the new characters look like--they just have to.
  2. Don’t just describe the way people look straight off--anyone can have red hair and green eyes. Whatever. But they’ll care, and BELIEVE more if the character stumbles on certain words while they talk or have a certain style of speaking. Maybe they talk more, less, or maybe they use a lot of sarcasm.
  3. Don’t worry about making everyone unique. That baker in the back doesn’t have to be special. He can be, but it’s not necessary if it doesn’t play a role to the story.



It doesn’t matter if your readers ever know these. But YOU have to know. Sometimes, without you even knowing, a character may not even seem real to you. Here are some tips on how to solve that.
  1. Get a notepad and scribble out a ton of stuff about your character. Not necessarily for you to write, just for you to know. Get to know your characters.
  2. If you are writing a book with several main characters like I am, you may have to figure out several backstories. Just make sure you don’t “connect” too many things--no one likes cliche.

Sometimes, the best plot twists come to you when you are writing it in the moment. Often, planned plot twists are pretty obvious because they are obvious to YOU. Don’t worry about what others are writing--if you think they are better, or whatever. You have your own style, be you. Anyways, I’m not a great writer. I’ve only just reached the mark of my first novel and these are just a few tips I’ve picked up along the way. Thanks!



THAT'S ALL FOLKS.


Did you enjoy this post as much as I did????
Agree with all thee above?
Followed Sarah's blog yet?
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WRITER'S LIFE // Word Wars

6:17 PM


So...everyone wanted to hear about little ol' me's writings. Here's the first post, as I plan, hopefully, to be updating my jottings & typings & scribbles & such. First let me introduce you to my novel-in-progress (and be very nice to it because it's young and tender and a wee bit wobbly in the legs. Also I'd 'preciate it if no one stole any of my ideas they might think worthy. Merci).


Okay. I like the title...and *surprise* it actually goes with the book (I know those wonderful names one thinks up that have absolutely zero to do with the novel). I don't want to share overly much of the book, but, my two character-filled girls are named Charlie & Leila. They are sisters-or rather grow into being sisters-not by blood but by bond. One is a go-lucky tomboy yearning for lady-likeness; the other a feminine little lass with an introverted yet loving heart. But they do not wholly make up the book. I'll talk about that more later so keep on the look out. I started this novel by calligraphy pen.


For Nanowrimo 'cause it's so extremely close and I've only done camp so I'm worried but excited (a writer's life). Isn't Nanowrimo kind of like Christmas for writers??? I mostly plot by tablet with Jotterpad or just by notebook. I have sort of a genealogy, or a family tree, for my characters, and I'm working on some literal files for them. It's so much fun, you should seriously try it. I'm also mapping out Gift of the Sea by season; spring, summer, fall and winter. That-a-way I can fit about two to four big (story-changing hold your breath moments) into a season.




I have THE ABSOLUTE BESTEST word-warring group. We (ahem, try to) gather at 10:30 am and do about 2-3 wars. I mostly write about 200-300 in ten minutes, which, though I think that sounds really good, I also realize I'm going to need to type and think faster this November. Word Warring is superbly fun for many significant reasons. 1, it helps you write and not get in a rut (technically it kinda forces you out of that muddy rut and back onto the clean smooth road. Beware of minor pebbles when first coming out). 2, it helps with writing class for school and brings ideas quicker (by means of timed writing I produce more). And 3, it is just fun to wake up, write, and share with fellow writer buddies. I encourage you to try.

Hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know down below what your thoughts are on all these interesting subjects, and, by the way, happy October. Oh, and, it's 29 days, 6 hours, and 18 minutes till Nanowrimo begins *realizes*.


What are your November writing plans?
Do you have a great word-war group?
Are you working on a new novel currently?

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Wisteria Writers Tag { All Authoressess of Adventure }

9:59 PM




 Why, thank you Sarah dear for handing me this little tag 'o writers questions. *Air hug*.

 Rules // thank the blogger who nominated you // answer the ten questions // add ten (writing or book) questions of your own // nominate ten people
// are you writing anything at the moment? if so, what?

Gift of the Sea



...definition....A cheery, go-lucky, tomboy, dimpled, sea-blue eyed, curly blonde haired girl; a beautiful, long haired, whimsical brunette; a white-washed farmhouse; an orphan and a run away. An Uncle with a tragic story, a girl with open ears. A tomboy with a wish to be a lady, a feminine young lass with the instructions. A healing cry, a forgiving God.

// if you are a fantasy writer, have you ever created your own map?

Yes....ish. I drew part of one for Away in the Woods, my years-ago-thought-up-story-that-I-need-to-re-write (that, by the way, was written in notebooks. by hand). 

// do you listen to music while writing?

Honestly I've never tried. If any writer was to see, however, what I am listening to while writing, he or she might faint dead away. Saws, drumming (in the room next *cough*) loud music downstairs (gospel reggae *cough* *cough*) and various other noises that echo from my musical carpenter creative house.

// planner, plotter or pantser?

*Ahem*. I am a "Planster", which means I'm a bit of both. A sort of think up the basic outline and color in the rest as you go gal.

// what, or whom, inspires you to write?

Ah, the woods, my lass, inspire my song and my lyric, my love and my tragedy. Nature, the bay, the breeze that fills not only your hair but your heart, and lifts it high-high into the clouds where there are thoughts of pureness and beauty. The Lord really inspires me; through his beautiful creations.

// have you ever made any book covers? can we see??


(know that some of these images are via google and are not mine)



// writing pet peeve?

UGH. When you forget something. Ya' know, your writing along *type* *type* and suddenly you forget what you were leading up to. There it goes *ker-splash*. And obviously when you can't write, your fingers are stiff, you are sick of the computer and have no ideas (eek okay that just sounds terrible).

// where do you normally write?

In my room, in my chair, at my desk, with the keyboard in front of me. With the windows open, maybe a cup o' British tea and some popcorn. 

// when did you start writing?

Stories...em.....seven...ish....I believe. I've comes so far when I look back. At the beginning of the old dirt road there were four-paged stories about my pet dogs with terrible grammar...and spelling. Goodness, but we could not get anywhere if we never started, eh?

// do you have stories saved from when you were little?

Oh yes. And when you are young you fully understand them. Then they are a bit shady, sort of confusing, you notice there are zero quotation marks anywhere. A few years after that they don't make much sense, but are a lovely memory of that beautiful beginning...that will be the staring line for a long race of ink-blotted, humorous, memorable trials to that golden novel.

Dear Writers....

What is the name and what does she/he look like of your favored character?
What would you describe your writing style as?
How much writing do you complete in a week?
Plotting...on a note card, in a notebook, or in your brain?
What does your book couple's wedding look like?
Ever sketch your characters? Care to share?
When did you start to write?
What inspired you?
What still inspires you?
And finally, what would your published book look like, inside and out?



Dear Authoresses of Adventure...

Alea // Mikayla // Hannah // Meredith // Chloe // Lauren //  Hannah Joy // Vivian // Lydia // Hannah P



I TAG YOU!!!!