More World then One

A new post you say?

2010-01-15T22:05:00.000-08:00

Its true...Im blogging again.
This one will be short but sweet. Just wanted to let you all know that the updates on the book, and book writing in general will be severely slowed because Im finished with school. Thus meaning i must return my laptop to them, halting me from being able to type everything out. I will continue to write when i get stroked of genius, it will just have to be in a private hidden notebook.
I also wanted to say I came across another new book series call House of Night by P.C. Cast. Again, its about vampires and magic and all the other worldy things im addicted too but it has a way of sticking out in the crowd. This particular series, though it can be cliche, cheesy, and kinda dorky at times, also tests the boundries of tradition Vamp lore and really makes you think. You should check them out sometime. The series is slow starting with the book Marked but picks up in the next one.
Also, I have entered a few new characters into the mix of my book but and made some marginal progress with chapters six and seven. Because these to chapters are the build up/bridge chapters before all the action they are proving to be the hardest to get out!
Thats all for now =]

Have "Mercy" Patricia Briggs...

2009-12-29T22:08:00.000-08:00

So a few months ago I got myself sucked into the Mercy Thompson series.... If you haven't read it yet then you really should. Anyways i picked up the most current two books and I am entranced. The way Patricia Briggs gives her charachters such depth and personality is fascinating.

Well being an author myself i decided to go out and pick people whom i thought could play a charachter were these books ever to become a movie adaption. thus far I have-

Charachter: Celebrity

Mercy Thompson: Jessica Biel/Jessica Alba/Nikki Reid (Unless i can find a woman who looks more Native American)

Adam Hauptman: Jeffery Donovan

Samuel Cornick: Sam Worthington/ Ben Affleck

Bram Cornick: Gerard Butler

Stefan: Skeet Ulrich/Johny Depp

Andre: Johny Depp

Jesse Hauptman: Emma Roberts

Ben: Ryan Goseling/ Collin Ferrel

Marsilia: Nicole Kiddman/Scarlette Johanson/ Angelina Jolie

Wulfe: Daniel Radcliffe (if he can manage to be kinda creepy)

Warren: Ashton Kutcher

Honey: Hayden Panetierre Or Beyonce Knowles

Female Seethe Members: Scarlette Johanson/Nocole Kidman/Beonce Knowles/Lindsay Lohan/Amy Wienhouse
Male Seethe MembersDane cook(if he can be serious) /P.Diddy/Orlando Bloom/James Franco

Male Wolf Members: Hugh Jackman/Jude Law/Brendan Fraser/Christen Bale/Kellan Lutz/Chaske Spencer/Brad Pitt

Hiatus

2009-12-18T22:20:00.000-08:00

I know I have been terrible, not only about keeping up with posts but also with writing in general. I have decided to take a small hiatus from my book until February. For many reasons such as My big brother Matt =] Is FINALLY home from afghanistan and we will be spending the holidays with him in a mere 5 days! Then december 29th I will be going in for surgery to have my wisdom teeth removed (insert celibratory applause here). After all this happens my Uncle Rob will be leaving for 7 weeks the the National Guard for some new training and I offered to go stay with my Aunt Robin (I know Robin and Rob, its like "his and hers" towels lol) to help her with the kids and maintaining the house (and working towards loosing the winter pounds that are steadily being packed on =/.
After all of this happens I will be jumping back into my book head first.
As for now, everyone enjoy your holidays!

For Shame Part 2: Revenge of the Distractions

2009-12-01T15:04:00.000-08:00

I did it again...
I let myself get all distracted with the holidays and have barely done anything on my book.
Its really annoying but today i did finish ALL holiday decorations and caught up on my school work. Which means MORE BOOK TIME.
Woo
And so, to keep this post short and sweet, off to my book.

Powering Through

2009-11-20T12:43:00.000-08:00

So my brother brought a good point to my mind the other day when i was mopeing about not being able to move forward with my book. He reminded me that I work best under pressure with deadlines and goals.
So here's the plan!! I am giving my self some goals and some deadlines!
My GOAL is to complete at least one chapter (without revisions or corrections) every two weeks.
My DEADLINE is having one chapter (with out revisions) completed every THREE weeks.
Now the difference between the two is my Goals are when I'd preferto finish a chapter, my Deadlines are when i need to.
This is when self discipline comes in. When I miss a goal, nothing happens. When i miss a deadline I punish myself in some form. We're talking sit ups, push ups, running... maybe even forcing myself to sit through the spongebob movie....

Yikes!

Mojo is a No-Go

2009-11-13T14:05:00.000-08:00

I seem to have lost a bit of my drive and mojo for my book. Mostly due to my ability to be easily distracted and the fact that I need music to fuel my writing and I have heard every song on my Ipod a billion times.
Solution?
Im going to power through it. Im just gonna write, even if I dont like what Im writing, and then I can always go back and change it.

In different news, tying into my distractions, ideas for two new books have sprung into my head.
One of them will be native american legend based and it will be as acuratly tied to the Cherokee tribe I am desendant from as I can get it.
The second book will be out of usual genre for my imaginations. No myths, no magic. Shocking I know, but it will be about something I am incredibly pasionate about. Dancing. There is a particular dancer-who-shall-remain-nameless who's amazing choreography and goof-ball personality that was the main inpiration for this book. It will revolve intirely around music's part in song and dance and life all around.

However I am aware that before I jump into a new project I need to finish the first one, and so I bid you adue as I run of to rejoin my imagination with Damon and Andie.

Kat and Roxie's Excellent (telephone) Adventures!

2009-11-09T11:26:00.000-08:00

So Roxann and i have discovered that when we talk to each other crazy things happend. Such things as: The Happy Dance, Book ideas flowing with extraodinary speed, plots to seduce a celebrity who shall remain nameless, and even more book ideas.
(disclaimer: do not try the happy dance unless you are prepaired to hurt yourself.)
I now have almost everything I need to know exactly how to write my book up with perfect flow.
And!!! I have written a pivotol scene for book one that will soon be plugged right into chapter 7 or 8, depending on how those chapters go.
And now! im off to write.

Dentists

2009-11-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

I have come to the conclusion that dentists are sadistic people who revel in causing physical pain to others.
Translation for my rant? I had a dentist appointment today and my mouth feels ouchy!! =/
However New Moon (movie style) comes out in 17 days and that makes me a happy monkey! In just 17 days time I get to see the glory that is the Wolf Pack Abs on the big screen. *swoon*

On a side note, I took some time off my book to catch up on school. Now that I have my head above water on the school front i can get back to Andie and Damon. Im sure they feel neglected.
And! before you call me crazy for regarding my charachters as real people, I will have you know they are real in my head and insanity is the true mark of an author.
MWAHAHAHA *evil author laugh*

Moving on...
Im off to write some serious chapterage =]

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T09:35:00.000-07:00

And for those who dont celebrate Halloween, happy Oktoberfest!
Im not going to do anything with my book today because I am stepping out of my persona, by extension also stepping out of the persona of Andrina, and Im stepping into the persona of The Queen Of Hearts!!
I will most likely post pictures later.
Be safe tonight everyone!

Oh, For Shame!!

2009-10-26T21:40:00.000-07:00

I have been very bad this week, book wise.
I haven't done much writting of anything! Well I 'spose that's not entirely true.
I did completely revise chapters 3-5 i just have to rewrite them out. And i've gotten a few paragraphs into the first draft of chapter 6! WOOO. (I know previously i only had 4 chapters but i had to split one because it was too long and dragged on.)

Im battling with my brain. Its no secret that i need my music to write. So one fine day i sat down to add to chap. 6 and instead got inspiration for a completely different scene that doesn't even occur until much later in my book. I didn't want to loose the inspiration so i just went with it but now i cant seem to focus my mind on chap. 6 again. ARGGG!!!

Ok Ranting over.
I am hoping to rewrite chap. 3 out so i can give you guys a few more tid-bits from it.

Captain Procrastinator!

2009-10-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

So I spent the biggest portion of my day, thus far, seeing how long i could put of school work before i started to feel really terrible (Smacks head against wall repeatedly)... I lasted an hour.
Seeing as how i have fallen so far behind in school because my main focus has been my book I decided organization was the only way to balance it. I cant give up my book for school, but i wont forfeit school for my book.
Isn't this where someone walks in and says"Somethings gotta give"?

Any whoo, I tried my hand at being the organized person I'm usually not, and discovered how much easier it made everything. I wrote all the schoolwork down that i needed to finish (i even put little stars next to the ones that are first priority). And i allowed myself little breaks in between to do some revisions and writing for my book.
Along the way I also discovered that i had no idea how to take my book from where it was to where its going. (Mentally screams NOOOOO!!) So I wrote out my plot lines and realized i had way to many major conflicts for them to all go in one book, thus transforming my one book into three books. (Score!)
Now that I can see where I'm taking my characters I believe I will be able to stay on top of school and still finish two chapters a week.

And now, since I am oh so organized lately, I must follow my plan and get back to homework.

The Great Computer Crash of '09

2009-10-20T00:11:00.000-07:00

So earlier tonight (or last night in my case, seeing as how its now the wee hours of the morning), not long after I posted my playlist for chapter one, my dear and dreadful computer went KAPUT!
I lost all my class essays and other homework items, my revisions of chapters 1-3, and ALL my pictures.
A moment of silence please?

Just goes to show you how unreliable technology is. Luckily I had already sent revised chapters 1 and 2 to Roxann for review and she, the wonderful, brilliant, perfect person she is, saved them all in her inbox, so she was able to send them back to me.
Silver lining much?
I'm glad that, of all the things I lost, my two revised chapters were not one of them.

I will be working double time to make up for loosing chapter 3 and all the homework I had lost so don't be surprised if I come here to stamp my feet about stress and school.
I will also be looking around to see if I can somehow locate my pictures through family and emails.

Now time to grumble about schoolwork being lost forever.
*grumble grumble*

Chapter One Song List

2009-10-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

As I finish my chapters I will post the songs that gave me the most inpirations during my writing.

Chapter One Playlist is:
Star of the Show, Fireflight
Stellar, Incubus
Bottom of a Bottle, Smile Empty
Diary of Jane, Breaking Benajmin
Queer, Garbage
Burning Bright, Shinedown
Enjoy the Silence, Lacuna Coil

Play it again, Sam!

2009-10-19T19:20:00.000-07:00

Chapter 2 has been revised! Typed up and sent of for review by Roxie. I'm pretty excited that its all moving right along.

A small background on my inspiration for my main male character, Damon, physical appearance and the dynamic of his friendship with my main female character, Andrina. I drew a very large amount of inspiration from my best friend Trevan (the one with swine flu). Trevan and I grew up together from the age of five, our families were long time friends. Unfortunately he had to move to Utah when his step-dad got a job there and we lost touch for two years. Trevan was always a comfortable friend to have and, yes he was freakishly tall along with his whole family.
The Differences between Damon and Trevan? Damon has a secret, Trevan is too obvious to have secrets Lol. Damon in my mind had very tan skin with just a soft olive undertone to it, Trevan is as white as they come. Damon is 6"6, Trevan is a freakish 6"7 (his brother Kenton is 6"10, i told you they were tall).

Any ways that's all the give aways I will give to you now, hope you enjoy. If I find good enough pictures of my choice actors for Damon's Physical appearance I will post them.

Ready or not?

2009-10-19T16:13:00.001-07:00

So as I previously mentioned one of my best friends, Trevan, has come down with the swine flu. Great news, his doctors say that he found it early enough that he should be able to kick it fairly quickly! Which means all that angsty worry from befor was probably for nothing. arg!
Well, since i have less to worry about now im going to jump head first into my book, and i refuse to resurface until i have mad a big dent in revisions of the first 4 chapters!!!
Away I go, ready or not!!

Perhaps I spoke too soon?

2009-10-19T10:34:00.000-07:00

As I feared it would, the cold came back with a vengence. My eyes are burning and my troat is raw.
Since such is the case, staring at a computer to type out a chapter doesn't seem like a possibilty today so I will, instead, read Roxann's newly finished chapter, send her my thoughts, and than down a few ibuprophen and wait for the eye torture to subside before trying to work again.
Sorry for the interuptions, but such is life!

It's Alive! It's.... ALIIIIVE!

2009-10-18T15:59:00.000-07:00

Thats right, I live again! I am feeling suprisingly well today, considering how terrible I felt yesterday. We're talking Zeus' lightening bolts of death had potentially been rammed into my conrnias. Of course my excursion to take cookies to my, also sick, cousin couldn't have helped the lightening bolt-cornia experiance. (I deserve the "Cousin of the Month award".)
Im taking advantage of my well being, in fear that the cold may come back with a vengance, and am going out to a hockey game tonight, or a fight depending on how you look at it. Haha.
I am thrilled that i have comletely finished chapter one and am almost half way through chapter two but am sad to say that I will be writing at a slower pace for the next few weeks. My best friend, Trevan (Ironically enough a sliver of my insperations for Damon), has come down with the swine flue (H1N1) so I will be devoting a fair amount of my days to talking with him on the phone and, if he gets worse, possibly driving out to see him.
I will still be making regular posts I just wont be making as much progress on the book.
Sorry!

There's no place like "cold"

2009-10-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

Thats right... I have a dreaded cold. At least I hope its just a cold! None-the-less, I have confined myself to bed to avoid getting anyone else sick just incase it is more then a cold. Which means I will be losing my mind by the end of a boring day, but i will also have lots of time for writing.
Bitter-Sweet, is it not?
I have finished my first revision of chapter one and will begin revising chapter two shortly. I've decided to move back and forth a little bewteen revising the first four chapters and writing out the rough draft for the on-going chapters after that. Hoping i can multi-task well enough to keep my book from beoming a jumbled mess.
Hopefully by the end of the day I will have more detailed map outs of my charachters (althougt I already have a crystal clear image of Damon and Andrina in my mind). If i can find pictures of people who i think can depict they're physicallitys properly I may post them for you all.

And thanks to my dear friend Roxie for mentioning me in you blog! You made my sick-day that much less sad and lonely. Lol

Friends and Authors alike!

2009-10-16T22:02:00.000-07:00

I just stopped by my friend, and fellow aspiring author, Roxann Congers blog "Putting Pen to Paper". I would highly recommend to everyone that they stop by and follow her updates on her book as well. Its a wonderful piece taking place in the 1800's in Italy.
But see for yourself at http://roxanconger112507.blogspot.com/

You seem somewhat familiar, Have I written you before?

2009-10-16T10:32:00.000-07:00

Time to unleash my synopsis. A synopsis that I have thought a million times over and i FINALLY get to share it now! Basic setting for my book, a simple medium sized town in southern Oregan or nothern Maine (still in mental debate about that one). Ready? Lights, Camera, Synopsis!

"Andrina Leonidis has spent the last four years of her life trying to forget the mysterious departure of her best friend, Damon, but just when she thought she was finally making progress Damon walks back into her life and she welcomes him with eager, open arms. Andrina's happiness quickly becomes stilted by Damon's strange behaviour. She starts to question whether or not Damon's secrets may have more to do with her then he's saying."

There we have it. This whole synopsis is subject to change, though the storyline will stay the same. It really just depends on how much more information i feel like adding to the synopsis. Let me know what you think!

Hasta la Vista, Writters block!

2009-10-15T21:13:00.000-07:00

A year ago today, I sat down with this very same lap-top under my hands and began a book that I'd had festering in my head for YEARS!! I was steady at writing for six months and then..... An authors worst nightmare.

H-e-e-e-e-re's Johnny!

Only Johnny was not Jack Nicholson with an axe, Johnny was writers block. Writers block staring me dead in the face on my first book.

After six months of preoccupations I sat down, lap-top perched on my lap, and decided to print my 4 completed chapters of my book and revise them in an effort to beat the writers block.

As I write I will post tid-bits and teasers for you all to get a taste of just one of the worlds i have brewing in my head.