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