HAPPY NEW YEAR

Another year gone, time to start a new one and see what happens this time around. I hope for a good year. My resolution is to get my book published. I know that it can be found on amazon (when amazon is not being a prat that is) but I want to have someone professional edit it for me... whatever, I'll see what happens. 

Here is the edit that I made for this year: 

So, no this isn't the edit that I made for my friends (can't remember how I labeled that one lol)

Merry Christmas 2012

HAPPY CHRISTMAS (I so don't know why I'm doing it the British way by saying happy instead of merry but whatever LOL) 

I just posted the finale chapter of my 'The 12 Days of Christmas story', did my weekly post on 'The Majors Army' blog and now I'm going to post the edits that I made for my friends Christmas cards. After I finish this blog post I'm going to play some games and watch Christmas movies all night with mom and check in where Santa is thanks to Google Maps (yes I still like to see where he is, even if I am 25) 

had to make 2 because some of my friend's were complain that their fav actors wasn't in the first pic LOL. 

Oh on a side note, my friend Sabrina and I will be going on 'A Year in the life of Lizzy Teller' after Christmas and I'll be sending it to another publishing house. 

So I've heard from the Publishing House

So just a few minutes ago I heard from my friend Laura's publishing house, this is what they said in the email to me:



Thank you for submitting your manuscript, A Year in the life of Lizzy Teller. While we truly appreciate the care and attention that has gone into the preparation of your submission, regrettably the feeling is that your story and characters are not sufficiently developed for publication.

Here are our top tips to bear in mind for your next submission:

1. Ensure that your story and conflict are character-driven.

2. Focus on the internal emotional conflict of your characters

3. Use secondary characters to add richness and depth to your central romance but don’t let them take over! 

So... yeah so... um I don't even know what to say, I've always thought that my characters were well written but clearly they aren't. I worked so hard on this novel and now I'm being shut down, I know that I should try other publishing houses, but I don't want to be shot down again. I feel like crying. 

I don't even see a bright side to this, sure my book is currently on amazon.ca for people to buy (haven't told anyone mind you) but that only happened because I wanted to give a couple of my friends a special Christmas gift (even if it is late) of the first edition of the novel. Mom and my friend Sabrina are the only ones that they shot me down. I wonder what I'm going to say to Laura when I talk to her, I'll most likely just play off that I'm not hurt by this decision, I know that its not only her decision, for all I know she may not even had seen it. 

So what now? I so don't know, do know that I need to let my 'friends' know because I promised everyone, I just hope that Laura doesn't start on me seeing as how its her publishing house, would hate to lose her as a friend. 

Author Interview with Amanda Taylor

Amanda Taylor is a first time self publish author. Her first book is "The King and His Warrior Bride". I was able to sit down with her and do this interview.

Summary: King Henry has chosen what he believes to be a meek woman. A short courtship soon disproves that. It is only after they are wed that he sees the woman he really married. She is kind, but very protective of those she loves, and is willing to die for what she believes in. When an enemy of her past teams up with an enemy of his, the battle for their kingdom is on. What else about his bride does King Henry not know?


So Amanda, please tell us about yourself? 

Well my name is Amanda Taylor and I am 23 years old. I've been married almost a year.

Tell us about your book? 

The King and his Warrior Bride is my first novel. It tells the story of King Henry of England and his bride that is so unlike any woman from that time period. She can kick ass and defend herself just as well as any man can. The novel details the first year of their marriage and all the trials and heartbreak that occur within it. It has its sad moments and definitely some good times too. It is an adult novel I will tell you that.

What made you want to write this book? 

I have wanted to write my own novel for some time now. I just never had any ideas of my own. I actually wrote out one chapter of this when it came to me. Just something in my head that I wanted to write out. I got involved in a sort of writing competition and i decided to use the one part I wrote as a starting point and went from there.

 Who are your literary inspirations?

Well I pretty much like to read anything I can get my hands on. As long as it gets me interested, I'll read it. I have a lot of favorite authors and I hope that one day I can be like them. Rowling was amazing in how she got the whole world interested in a boy wizard. Meyer was good with her love story between a eternal teen and a mortal girl. I like how they did their stories. Another favorite of mine is Sharon Lathan. She wrote what you would call a continuation of a classic and still made it her own. She wrote what happened after Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett confessed their love for each other. She did a really good job and I hope that one day I could be like these authors and have great novels that people love to read.

 
How long have you been writing? 

I've been writing for a long time actually. Nothing really big. I do write a lot of fan fiction. This is my first writing project that wasn't based off of someone else's idea. I've tossed and rewritten so many ideas that it's crazy.

Why did you start writing?

I started writing because I wanted to put my imagination out there for someone else to read. I wanted to escape into a world of my own and just give others a world to escape to as well. Writing helps me escape and I love taking characters and making them have adventures and that sort of thing.

What are your plans for the future? 

Hopefully I can write more novels and become a good author. I am not doing it for the money or anything like that. I want to write novels to give readers out there something different and good to read. I get ideas often and I hope to turn them into actual novels

Any other books that you are working on?

As far as future books, yes there will be more coming from my brain. I don't think I can continue Warrior Bride unless I go with a future generation but I do have other ideas swimming around in my head. Modern day stuff, period pieces, mysteries. Anything that I can make my own I will write.

Thank you so much Amanda, for doing this interview with me. 

You are very welcome and thank you for having me on here

The King and His Warrior Bride 

The 12 Days of Christmas

So here's the 3rd story that I'm posting this week. It will be a 12 chapter, drabble like Christmas story featuring Peter and Bella.

The 12 Days of Christmas  

The Babysitter

So here is my first Carlisle/Bella story. It was written apart of FAGE 5 (Fic Awesome Gift Exchange) This was so fun to write and I plan on writing more C/B fics

The Babysitter

The Dream

This is my 40th story posted on fan fic. I've been writing for almost 4 years and I've just hit my 40th with 41 being posted on Weds and 42 being posted on Thurs.

This was donated to Fandom4Homeless and I'm now able to share it with my readers. The manip is made by IllicitWriter. Its what inspired me to write the o/s

The Dream 

Jackson-Bullett Magazine interview and pics

So recently, Jackson did an interview with Bullett mag, here is the interview and the pics from it. 


When Jackson Rathbone visited the BULLETT offices one recent Tuesday for a photo shoot and interview, he came equipped with his crimson-haired better half, stylist Sheila Hafsadi and 6-month-old baby son, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI. Asking for style advice from the teensy little progeny, Rathbone was a decidedly warmer, more soulful version of the character he has been known for over the past 4 years, Twilight’s blood-lusting Cullen clan vampire, Jasper Hale. With the Twilight movie franchise taking its final lap in theaters, the world is entering a new life cycle, and so is Rathbone. This month he debuts his first solo album, Billy Badass, an explorative work of multiple genres, blues and country included, where Rathbone takes his love of storytelling into record form. Here Rathbone talks about the last night on the Twilight set, his sartorial choices choices (one crushed red velvet suit in particular), and his childhood travelling the world.


How many interviews do you think you’ve done since the whole Twilight franchise has started?

Since it began? Hundreds.




Are you going to miss all that craziness?

Yes and no. I like crazy. I was born on the run. I was born travelling. I was born in Singapore, so I like moving around. I like being in constant motion. So I’ll miss that aspect of it. As an actor, I like being someone else. So it’s kind of like the hardest part of it all—doing the press. It’s one of those requisites of the business that you don’t find out about until you’re in the business. When I was a little actor back on the stage in high school, I was just playing parts. That’s what I love: being someone else.




What was the craziest or most memorable moment from the Twilight experience?

The first Twilight premiere. Pulling up in the car with my parents in town and seeing all the people out there, that was weird. That was a trip. We didn’t think it would be as big as it was or had become. It was gaining steam as we were filming and by the time we were done filming, it was a lot bigger than we had anticipated. But when we got to the red carpet there were a lot of people screaming and taking pictures of us, and yelling our names, which was really weird.




Are you going to keep in touch with anyone from the cast?

I think so. Definitely. We’ve become good friends over the years, and Nikki Reed’s the godmother of my baby, so I think we’re going to see plenty of her.




Did you celebrate the end of Twilight in any special way?

There was no confetti or balloons coming it out. It was like, Alright, you’re wrapped. Oh really? There was the main unit wrap, and then there was two weeks left of second unit where we do the stunts. It was just the Cullens, us five who had been doing this movie from day one, and that was weird. When we wrapped at 4 in the morning, it was cold. It was rainy. We went back to the hotel. I had a few drinks with Liz [Reaser] and Peter [Facinelli]. Then I went back to hang out with Kellan [Lutz] and Ashley [Greene] in their hotel. We ordered pizza at 6am in the morning, and we were listening to Mumford and Sons while the sun was coming up just kind of reminiscing. Nikki had already gone home at that point. I just wanted to see my costars and say thank you. It’s been a nice ride.




On the topic of Twilight red carpets again, you’ve had a lot of fun fashion wise. I particularly enjoyed that red velvet suit that you wore.

[Laughs] It was awesome.




What was going through your head when you picked that?

I like weird and out there. I like extremes. I like either being completely simple and classic, or I like being completely weird and modern and out there. I don’t know. I just wanted to try something different. And the moment I put that crushed velvet on, it was so damn comfortable.




So is fashion important to you then?

It is, and it isn’t. I like to say that I just wear the cleanest clothes I have at the moment, pick whatever off the ground, but I do put thought into what I wear. I’m color blind, and because of that I’ve always gotten flak for clashing. So I kind of like embracing that. I have no idea what I wear. I see things very much as shapes. I find it interesting to mix genre and time in terms of fashion.




You mentioned you travelled around a lot as a kid. Where did you live?

I was born in Singapore. I moved to Jakarta, London, Connecticut, California, Norway, Houston, TX, Midland TX, Interlochen, MI, and I got to L.A. when I was 18.




Where was the longest stretch of time?

Texas and Norway. Norway was four years. Texas was five.




How did that affect you?

That was weird. [Laughs] It made me a really happy outcast. I never felt like a pariah. I never really felt like I was shoved to the side. I was always that kid in school who could kind of float in between different groups. I could hang out with the jocks and play sports. I could hang out with the nerdier kids and talk about theology or talk about different kinds of science equations, just something different. I loved the arts, so I was always drawn to those kids. That’s the outside-ish perspective. I love people watching, and to be on the outside and be on the fringe and to be able to go into a group and not be able to be inside of it at the same time that’s what I enjoyed about travelling.




How long have you been acting?

Professionally since I was 17. I fell in love with acting when I was 13 or 14.




What about singing?

Same. Singing is weird. I don’t consider myself a singer. I like to think of myself as an entertainer. Even actor, these words feel a little dirty sometimes.




Too categorical?

Yeah. It’s a weird perception. I always wanted to be an actor, but I never wanted to be called an actor.




Why did you decide to try acting?

I don’t know. I love art. It’s like the most insincere and sincere answer at the same time if I say I did it for girls. I was kid. I was doing football. My sisters were doing acting, and their friends were very attractive. They would come over and run lines and stuff. I was like, “Oh. That’s interesting. I should try out for all the plays.” And I did. At the same time, there was always a sensibility where I was always a class clown. I was always in trouble for acting out in school, So I think there’s a sense of always wanting to be on the stage.




Do you think it’s because you were seeking attention?

It was never that. I love entertaining people. It wasn’t to draw attention to myself. It was to distract people, to bring a smile to somebody is really, really fun, even to just distract them from what’s going on in a moment. Sometimes, escapism is a wonderful way to get away from your problems and really find an answer to something. It’s like when you lose your keys, the best way to find them is to stop looking for them.




So what actors do you idolize, or what artists?

Everyone. Andy Warhol, huge fan. Johnny Depp, I really like. Robert Downey Jr.




Why these particular men?

They’re not afraid of going off into a really different world, and they’re not afraid of expanding their own horizons as well as their artistic boundaries, which I think is admirable.




Would you take Edward Scissorhands if it was presented to you today?

I wish scripts like Edward Scissorhands were presented these days, but there’re not a lot of risk takers. Doesn't seem to be at least.




So was teen heartthrob ever on your agenda?

No.




Have you embraced it?

No. It’s the weirdest thing.




What do you think goes into making a teen heartthrob?

[Laughs] I have no fucking clue.




If you could make only one album in your life, what kind of music would be on it?

I’ve had this idea for a long time. I was really close to doing it for this first album, but I wanted to do something that I knew I could do right off the bat and I wanted to record all in one month. Those were my standards for the Billy Badass the album. For my next album, It’s a concept I’ve had in my head called the American Spirit Blues. I want to start off with chants and the way that music has progressed over the years. When we first started communicating, we started with songs and chants and tribal clapping and taking rocks and hitting them together to make percussive sounds. Then, the next track could be the birth of the first instrument like maybe a lute or a guitar to symbolize that. I’d like to explore eclectic sensibilities and genre as well and how things change over time. It would be fun to start off with no instruments just vocals and then by the end of it you hear all weird synth sounds and computer bleeps. I think that would take you on a journey.




So you’re a 5th and your son’s a 6th? Were you always cool with being a number? A lot of people aren't.

I love it. I like tradition. Don’t get me wrong. I hate some traditions, but I like certain things that give you a sense of family. I grew up travelling so much that I don’t have a best friend since birth or kindergarten. I had my sisters and my parents, and that’s it. So I think that sense of family is very strong with me and I wanted to keep that.




Rathbone’s next single “Indian Drum” from Billy Badass is out December 7th.

The Rebel Soldier and his Little Lady

So this is my newest story after coming off of NaNo. Its Garrett/Bella and I swear its gotten so much attention and only 1 chapter is up so far.

This banner is the last one that Ellie Wolf made, there was a lot of drama; that I didn't get involved with because A) I know better and B) I didn't know what in hell was going on. Anyways Ellie left FB, FF and she's stopped making banners, I'm thankful that she fixed the one mistake on it and has sent it to me through a friend because its a really awesome banner and I wouldn't have wanted another one.

The Rebel Soldier and his Little Lady  

NaNoWriMo Winning Certificate 2012

So I saw a fellow author of mine (still boggles the mind, me an author) had posted a pic of her winning certificate, I mention that I didn't have mine yet and thankfully Lissa was able to tell me how I go about getting my certificate saying that I have reached the goal of 50,000 words and that I'm a winner.


Here is the certificate

Also I've sent an quarry letter, synopsis and the first 3 chapters to a publishing house. I won't know anything till sometime in January. Till then I'll either panic that the book won't be made or forget about till I see an email from the publishing house.

Novels done, now what?

So I finished my novel last night, took an almost hour to copy and past all 14 chapters into one word doc, I then submitted it to the NaNo website; it said I was 3 words over but word said I was right on target, anyways nothing happened, no congrats from the website, no telling me what's to come now. I don't know if I need to reupload it or not.

After I get it validated, I'll be contacting Laura to see exactly how I go about sending my story to her to see if its good enough to become an actual book. If they don't think its good enough, I may try another publishing house because I know that there is a lot of people that want to read this book.

I really hope that this can become an actual book. I would mean the world to me if I can actually do something exciting with my life, I mean to walk into a library or bookstore and see my book on the shelves, see people reading it, would be amazing.

I got my first request for an autographed novel from one of my friends last night, I know I'll have to sign a lot of others; if it becomes a book, I plan on sending one to all of the girls who's names that I used in the novel. I guess time will tell what's going to happen next.

I FINISHED MY NOVEL

Yep you read that right, I've finished my first draft of the novel and a couple of days sooner than I thought thank you very much. Strangely I don't feel anything, sure I proud but I don't feel relief at having it done, sadness, happiness nothing. Not a single fucking thing, I'm just empty a big fat void.

People say that I'll feel something tomorrow when I go to work on it but I don't know, I thought that I would feel something with all the congrats that are coming in but nope still void *shrugs* I don't know what it means.

I got to get the story validated now the only problem is I'm 63 words over and I don't know where to cut it off. Its annoying really, one minute I'm 60 words under and now I'm 63 over and I hardly added anything on, just two lines that so didn't add up to 63;I don't think.

Once its validated, I'll have to talk to my friend Laura to see how I go about sending her the first draft to see if its good enough to be turned into a novel;probably not though at the rate I'm going. Anyways its done and I can say that I accomplish one goal in my life so far; that of having a novel written by the time I'm 30.

NaNoWriMo-Day 23

As of yesterday these were my totals:


NaNo Total for today: 2,935
Words remaining: 2,093
Days remaining: 7
Grand total of words: 47,907

I still haven't got Nov to crack 2,000 words but I think the way that I'm going to fix that is have Jackson and Lizzy go on a date, they haven't been on one since he's was turned so I think it will be great. I'm so freaking close and I can't wait to finally hit that 50,000 word total.  

NaNoWriMo-Day 22

So as of yesterday, these are my totals:

NaNo Total for today: 1,631
Words remaining: 5,028
Days left: 8
According to website, I'll finish on: November 24
Grand total so far: 44,972 

So I've got November figured out and I just need to finish that and then stretch out some of my other chapters and I should be at 50,000 words. Holy fuck its still mind boggling that in a couple of days I'll have my first ever novel written; sure its only a first draft, but its mine and its written. GAH I can't wait to see what happens next. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 21

As of yesterday, these were my totals:

NaNo total for today: 1,592
Words remaining: 6,659
Days left: 10
Chapters left to write:1 (and I don't know what to do with it)
Grand total of words: 43,341 

So I finished Christmas yesterday and when I went to work on the honeymoon I realized that I was only going to be doing an overview of where Lizzy and Jackson went and that I couldn't even get a full chapter out of it. So I had to add the overview of the honeymoon to Oct (the bachelor/Bachelorette parties and wedding) 

I was then left with trying to figure out what to do with Nov, I couldn't think of anything last night but it finally came to me while I was drifting off to sleep. Nov will be Lizzy and Jackson heading back to Texas because Jackson needs to meet with the pack and Peter Sr is going to step down as alpha and promote Peter Jr to alpha, I originally had that idea tossing around in my head but I was undecided on if it will be Peter or Jackson that takes over the pack. 

I finally came to the decision to let Peter do it and have Lizzy and Jackson travel the world as nomads, coming home once in awhile to spend time with the family. Once I get that written out and I see how many words I cranked out in that chapter, I'll most likely have to go back and stretch out some shorter chapters, to reach the word count. I'm confident or semi- confident that I'll reach that goal in enough time.     

NaNoWriMo-Day 20

As of yesterday, these were my totals:

NaNo total for today: 1,131
Words left to write: 8,251
Days remaining: 11
Chapters left to write out: 1 1/2 

So I've got the first have of December written, where we met a new character, I've decided that Ian should finally find his mate and so I wrote that in. Her name's Amanda and she's been a vamp for 100 years. He met her when him and the rest of the family; minus Lizzy and Jackson, went to London to get the castle ready for Christmas.

I've got Jackson and Lizzy's gifts already picked out; thanks to mom, Lizzy is giving Jackson a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 and Jackson is giving Lizzy a pink cameo white lace choker. I think its great for a first gift. Today I hope to finish Christmas and tomorrow I can finish working on November. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 19

As of yesterday these were my totals:

NaNo Total for today: 1,851
Words left to write: 9,382
Days left: 11
Chapters left: 2

I finished the Epi yesterday and now all I have to do is write Dec and Nov. If I get each of those chapters to 4,000 words then I'll just go back and extend either April or August. Time will tell which I extend. So exciting, can't believe that I'm so far in such a short time. The weird thing is, I'm the only one out of my writing buddies to hit 40,000+ words so far and its even weirder because some of them already have books out. 

I thought I be so far behind shouting, "Don't leave me." to my friends but I'm the one that is ahead of them, I'm so freaking blowing away by that its not even funny. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 18

Here of my totals as of yesterday:

NaNo total for today: 2,154
Words left to write: 11,233
Days left: 12
Chapters left to write: 2 1/2

I started to work on the Epi last night; one thing that I'm so looking forward to, I really hope that people like how I'm winding up the story. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 17

As of yesterday these were my totals:

NaNo Total for today: 3,979
Words left to write: 13,387
Days left for NaNo: 14
Chapters left to write: 3

Getting so close to the finish line and at this rate I'll be done way before Nov 30th which is exciting. I think I'm going to start writing Dec and the Epi first and then go back and write the honeymoon because I'm so excited to get to those last 2 chapters. Need to think of some awesome gifts to get everyone for Christmas. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 16

So now that we are getting closer to the finish line, I'll be showing not only how much I logged in but also how many words left to go; been doing this on FB for awhile now. 

So as of yesterday, these were my totals:


NaNo total for today: 1,757
Words remaining: 15,609
Day left: 14

As of right now, I'm almost done the wedding; just getting to the naughty part ;)    and then I'll be starting on the honeymoon in November. 

NaNoWriMo-Day 15

Yesterday's total:2,906 words. Yay getting so close and I have a strong feeling that I am going to complete it seeing as how the chapters I'm working on are things that I love writing about plus also I'm really excited to work on the epi. There are 15 days left and I've got another 17,000+ words to write.

No strange or odd dreams last night; which is good, I can't even remember what I dreamed bout last night.

NaNoWriMo-Day 14

So yesterday was a great writing day for me. I logged in 2,656 words (give or take, can't remember) I've finally got to the stuff that I can't wait to write, which is the proposal and soon I'll be starting the wedding. I had an idea last night while I was trying to fall asleep for the Epilogue and I think I'm going to run with it. So don't want to give it away, so people are going to have to wait and find out what's up my sleeve. Of course no one reads this blog so even if I do say what's the idea, no one will know.

I've decided that I'm going to bring Joesph back into the picture. My idea is that he was turned into a vampire. He doesn't know that Lizzy is a vampire as well and one day when he runs into her, he thinks that he's dreaming. He is in no way going to try and steal Lizzy from Jackson; because he has a mate, he just wants to reconnect with her after all these years mourning her death. Not only did he lost his future bride and mother to his unborn children, but he also lost his best friend, so I think that this will be great way to tie the book up.

So I had another weird dream last night. This time I was sitting in between Matthew Grey Gubler and Kellan Lutz and we were watching people's audition tapes because my book was going to be turned into a movie. I guess that MGG was going to be the director, I just don't know what Kellan was doing there but hey I ain't complaining ;)

I guess that's what I get for watching CM and Kellan interview on a late night talk show before going to bed LOL

NaNoWriMo-Day 13

So yesterday I logged in over 1,500 words. I figured out how I wanted to end July and how I want to go about writing August. I don't think that Aug will be all that long but that's ok because one of my other chapters is not that long either. I can't wait to start writing Sept, Oct, Nov and Dec, I've got those all planned out and they just need to be written.

So I've been having some odd dreams lately and I don't know if I should believe them or if I'm just hoping for something that won't amount to anything. The night before, I dreamed that I was on Ellen's talk show, she was interviewing me because my book was flying up the charts and there was talk about turning it into a movie. Then last night, I dreamed that I was at a book launch party for my book. The people in attendance were some of my friends as well as some of my fav celebs. They were all loving my book, complimenting me on writing it and wanting to know when my next book would be coming out and what it will be about.

I don't know if I should believe that those dreams are going to come true or chalk them up to being nothing more then my over worked brain. I've said it some many times now that its starting to lost its meaning, but I guess time will tell if those dreams come true or not.

NaNoWriMo-Day 12

So yesterday, I didn't really have a good writing day, 1,556 words but I have an excuse... I was watching the LA black carpet premier for Breaking Dawn Part 2. Its sad to know that the movies are almost over. My friend got to see it last night because she was at the premier but she won't tell me if any of the Cullens dies *pouts* but I guess I can't  be to hard on her seeing as how she got me, Stephenie Meyer, Jackson Rathbone and Tinsle Korey's autographs. So exciting.

Anyways, I now have to figure out how I'm going to end July I had originally planned on have all of August them finding out what Jackson is a hybrid but July seems so empty so I'll have to add the hybrid part to July, think up something new for Aug. I was originally gonna have Lizzy and Jackson get jobs in Sept but I've since changed my mind to have Sept Jackson's wedding proposal and then Oct the Halloween wedding. I can't wait to write that bit. If I get stuck on Aug I might just write Sept and Oct then go back and work on Aug.

These remaining 18 days should be interesting to see what comes out of them.

NaNoWriMo-Day 11

For some reason, I never do very well on the weekends when it comes to writing. I don't know what it is, but on the weekends I hardly pass 1,000+ words but during the week I usually do. I logged in only 1,200+ words yesterday (can't remember the exact number).

There are 20 days left and I still need to write another 26,183 words left to write. I was telling my friend Erin last night that the 20 days feels like some big ass monster that's standing in my way and won't let me pass so that once this month is over, I won't have made the 50,000 words. She's great, she told me to kick it in the balls, spring over top of him and give him the middle finger as I cross that finish line. She told me to keep believing in myself because I'm half way there and I can make it. She then helped me get my mind off of the terror of the 20 days by joking about who we would get to star in the movie of our books.

I can't thank my friends and mom enough for all their faith in me during this time. I know that if this does get publish, I'll have a lot of people to thank in my dedication page; just hope I don't forget anyone LOL.

NaNoWriMo-Day 10

So yesterday, I logged in 1,799 words. Slowly getting closer to the end of the mark and its exciting. I'm so glad that I'll be able to keep the promise to myself to have a novel written by the time I'm 30. I have an album on fb of who I see as characters from my book and seeing as how some of the characters are named after my best friends, I tagged them in the pics and they are always so excited about finding out that their name will be in my story.

The people that I've used their names are the ones that I'm really close to, even though I've never met any of them... yet, I still feel really close to them and this is my way to honor them. I think out of all my writing buddies on NaNo, I'm the only one at 20,000+ words so far and I'm amazed by that seeing as how at least 2 of them; that I know of, has books already written and published. I blows me away that I'm so far ahead and they aren't, yet they are the professionals. MIND BOGGLED

NaNoWriMo-Day 9

So yesterday I finally gave my story to someone else to look at. I was talking with my friend Sabrina last night and she was asking me how it was going and I told her. She then asked if she could read it and so I sent her what I have written so far which is 5 chapters plus the preface, she read the preface and she loved it so much. I'm beyond happy that she's loves it, she's the first to see it outside of me that is, no one has had the pleasure to read it. I'm feeling really confidant with this story and I hope that it amounts to something once its all done; course I can't say that out loud because I'll be virtually hit by some of my friends hehe. 

Anyways I logged in 1,323 words or around there. I'm slowly getting closer to the finale goal and I can't wait till I can say, "Yeah you did that but I wrote a whole 50 k word novel in one month." I really hope that my friend Laura's publishing house will help me to turn it into something that the world can read but I guess time will tell if its good enough or not.

NaNoWriMo-Day 8

So yesterday I logged in a little over 1,000 words but that's ok because I was finishing up May. I noticed that I've been forgetting to subtract what I had already written, so my chapters don't add up to the # on the page but its ok I'll go and fix it. I'm excited bout this story and I really hope that I can get it posted.

NaNoWriMo-Day 7

So yesterday was better then the past couple of days. I logged in 3,000 words plus also I mostly figured out what I want the rest of the chapters to be. I also got told by my godmother that she's proud of me for writing my own novel and that she hopes that its gets published. She also told me that my other aunt and uncle are proud of me also which is saying something because not everyone in my family gets along with each other. I happy that it looks like I'll be keeping my promise to myself about writing a novel by the time that I'm 30, at least one of my dreams is coming true so far. I wonder if my other dreams will come true also.

NaNoWriMo-Day 6

Yesterday I logged in at 1,712 words. Pretty good, have been having a couple of days where I don't feel like writing but I know that I have to. I need to figure out what's going to happen next, sometimes I wonder if I did wrong by doing a chapter for every month of the year. I know that in chapter 9 or 10 (Sept or Oct) Lizzy and Jackson will get married because I know for a fact that writing a wedding is one of my strong points, don't know how or why but it is and every time I have a wedding in my fan fics I get great reviews for it. I'm wondering if I should have Jackson turned into a vampire without have any problems so that he can live forever with Lizzy. I'll give it more thought and see if I like the idea or not.

NaNoWriMo-Day 5

So yesterday was another not good day for writing. I only logged in 1,408, I think that it had something to do with the test that I took yesterday morning. Oh well here's hopping for better results. My friends are really great, they are all encouraging me and telling me that I'm going to make the 50,000 words and its a great boost of confidence for me.

NaNoWriMo- Day 4

So yesterday wasn't a good writing day. It took me so long to actually crack 1,000 words and its seems that I wasn't the only one because some of my friends were having trouble also. I did mange to finally get 2,037 words, which isn't that bad. I'm about 37,886 or somewhere around there words left to do before the deadline. Think I can make it? I don't know but time will tell.

Jackson Rathbone- Billy Badass

So last night, Jackson released his first solo single and I LOVE the song. Its called Billy Badass and he gave it to all his fans for free, all we had to do was tweet saying we were going to get it and to have other listen to it and it was ours. I've listen to its 12 times already since last night and today and now its on Youtube. I need to find it for my MP3 player also.

Can't wait to hear the rest of the album. Jackson's sound is country mixed with rockabilly mixed with rock and roll and something else that I can't remember right now LOL

Here's the vid...

Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

This was one of the last stories that I posted before I started NaNo and its got a lot of people asking for more which I might do another chapter in Dec once I finish Cowboy Boots and Pink Tutus.

Are You Afraid Of The Dark? 

NaNoWriMo- Day 3

Yesterday I logged in 3,418 words. I'm killing the daily total and super excited bout that fact. Thanks to my friend Amanda, I finally figured out what I was doing wrong on the word count. I'm supposed to add the total words from today to that of yesterday, now I wasn't doing that and I couldn't figure out what was going on when I saw everyone else with 8,000 words + and I was like WTF am I doing wrong. So Amanda walked me through it and I'm now on the right track.

My friends are all so supportive as is my mom and they are so happy for me. Which in turn makes me very happy as well. I can't wait to see what happens at the end of this month if I did it or not. Once the novel is done, I'll be sending it to my friend Laura's publishing house to see if it can be turned into a novel. That would be even more exciting if something I wrote gets turned into a novel that has nothing to do with fan fic

NaNoWriMo-Day 2

So yesterday I logged in 4,007 words. Half of me is thinking "OMG I'm going to actually do this" while the other half is like "WTF did I let myself get talked into this? I can't do this." I guess that we will see in bout 27 days which side is right.

NaNoWriMo-Day 1

So yesterday was the first official day of NaNo. I did very well, I logged in at 3,231 words. I've got some good things planned out for the third chapter and I can't wait to start working on them. Still trying to figure out what sort of conflict I want to have in the book; can't all be sunshine and rainbows. I'm sure it will come to me soon.

Criminal Minds-His Favorite Profiler

So last night on Criminal Minds, was their Halloween episode, like they have every year. Now I thought the cutest episode was when Hotch's little boy Jake came out at the end of last years episode dressed as Hotch but I was wrong.

On last night's episode, JJ's boy Henry didn't want to go trick-or-treating at the opening of the show because he heard JJ and her hubby talking and he thinks that Halloween is when all the real monsters come out but the last minute of the show, JJ announced that he did want to go trick-or-treating because JJ told him that he can figure out who is real and who's not... a little profiler in the making.

JJ said that he didn't want to be any profiler, he wanted to be his favorite one, and he walked out and was dressed as a mini Reid. He was so stinking adorable and Reid had a huge smile on his face and was so proud of his Godson.


Here's the vid

Happy Halloween

BOO! hope I didn't scare anyone LOL. Of course its Halloween today and the streets are filled with ghost and goblins, princess and witches, vampires and werewolves and many other things.

This is my costume

And now here is some music

Have a great time everyone

Breaking Dawn Part 2-Strongest

So a new clip was released and its the one thing that I am most looking forward to: The Arm Wrestling part. I'm so glad that not only do we get a kick ass new clip but we finally get our first look at Jasper and not just hearing his voice; not that listening to Jackson's voice is a bad thing mind you. This is a really great clip and I can't wait to see the whole thing. 

Jackson-Glow Fashion Mag pics

Some new pics of Jackson from Glow Fashion Mag. Credit goes to my friend Iris over at JRathboneFB

                                                         Love this pic

Joe gifs

So today's blog post will feature gifs of Joe

                                          Fuck me

                                                   UNF

                                             This man is going to kill me

                                            *waves* hi sexy

                                             I love his smile and laugh

                                                             *dead*

Jackson-John Varvatos West Hollywood 10 Year Celebration

Pics from an event that Jackson attended.

and a Jackson gif that I found

National Novel Writing Month

Ok I'm crazy and an idiot. I've just signed up to try and write a 50k novel in ONE MONTH. All my fan fics will be on hold till Dec but first I'll be working my ass off to get my FAGE (Fic Awesome Gift Exchange) and my Toys4Tots entries done so I can focus solely on my novel. God help me. I'll be needing lots of chocolate and sexy pics of my fav guys.

I'll be posting updates here to this blog as I go. Wish me luck because I'll need it.

Magic Mike-Big Dick Richie- cool pic

So in the Alcide Wolfettes group that I'm a member of, one of the fellow Wolfettes posted a pic of BDR with her name on it. I asked if she made it, she told me that she didn't it was on the website: magicmikeladiesnightout.com, you sign in with you fb account and then give $20s to your favorite stripper and each time that you do, you unlock something new. They start you off with $120 and after giving $60 to BDR I got the pic of him with my name on it. So awesome, wish I really could have Joe's autograph *sigh* one day

                                                                 God he's so sexy

I'll never leave you

So I wrote this story at 4 am. My friend Ellie made the wonderful banner and ever since I saw it an evil goddamn plot bunny was hopping around in my head saying "write me, write me, write me. You know you wanna" I was screaming and cursing that damn bunny all through writin the wedding for CB&PT.

Once I had the wedding done and the plot bunny wouldn't die, I wrote this out. It may not be the best but its mine and I can now say I wrote something for Revolution. Oh btw.... I <3 Billy Burke.

                                                             I'll never leave you

2 Joe Manganiello videos

So my friend Sue found these vids of Joe and knows how much I love him, that she tagged me in these vids. The first one is from behind the scenes FAULT mag vid and the other is a tribute vid

FAULT mag behind the scenes video with Joe Manganiello

25 Things You Don't Know About Joe Manganiello

So back in Aug, 2011 Joe did an interview with Us Mag and he reveled 25 things that his fans might not know about him. I have to say that so far this man has had a very full life and he has so much more life to live. Love #25 hehe

True Blood werewolf Joe Manganiello, 34, shares the 25 things you don't know about him with Us Weekly.

1. I am excellent at knife-throwing.

2. My eyes are so bad, they can't be corrected by laser surgery.

3. I made the junior Olympic volleyball team when I was 16.

4. I worked as a roadie for the rock band Goldfinger.

PHOTOS: Before they were on True Blood

5. I was an altar boy.

6. I once planned on playing college basketball and joining the FBI.

7. I love Disneyland.

8. I was asked to skip two grades in elementary school but chose not to.

9. I shaved my head twice and got my front teeth pulled out for stage roles in college.

10. I sang backup on one of the Used's albums.

PHOTOS: Joe Manganiello's best shirtless moments!

11. I love karaoke.

12. My favorite city is Venice, Italy.

13. My favorite movie is Fight Club.

14. My first concert was Pantera.

15. I won third place in a chess tournament when i was 6.

16. I got a 750 on the math portion of the SATs.

17. I am a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

VIDEO: Joe Manganiello tells Us how he stays in shape

18. I trained as boxer and was a sparring partner for an NHL player.

19. At age 16 I got paid to dress up like Captain Morgan at bars.

20. My favorite play is A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams.

21. Last summer, I caught a touchdown pass from Joe Montana in a charity game.

22. My favorite book is The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

23. I appeared full-frontal nude in an Off-Broadway play.

24. I have a bachelor of fine arts degree in classical theater.

25. When I was young, I prayed that God would turn me into a werewolf.

Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/25-things-you-dont-know-about-me-joe-manganiello-2011248#ixzz29JCyy53z

Joe Manganiello (Alcide) Narrates Patricia Briggs Dragon Bones

So I'm a member of Alcide Wolfettes group of facebook and one of the Wolfettes found this from back in June; too bad she didn't find it earlier there was a chance to win the audio book. But anyways, thankfully there was a youtube vid of the first chapter (?) I believe and UNF just being able to listen to that man's voice sends shivers down my spine.

Here is the vid

                                        Almost ten whole minutes listing to this man speak
                                                                  thank you lord.

Teaser: Professor Whitlock and Miss Swan by Laurie Whitlock

Teaser: Professor Whitlock and Miss Swan by Laurie Whitlock

Rob new photoshoot pics

So yesterday pics were released from an unknown photoshoot that Rob did back in July. Rob looks so sexy in these pics.