A little late, but here it is

So, Angela got me the Durmstrang Lego set for my birthday and she wanted pics of me making it!! It was fun to do too!! If only I had a fireplace I could put it on or something.

Anyway, here's my progress... I did it the next day I think:

Snow Fun

Yay :)- One good thing came out of the snow storm.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

I guess you can say I'm finally a "published" author! It's just time to be a PAID author

Jeana's Copy Angela's Copy Julie's Copy

Sorry about the quality... It has a glossy cover so when I use flash it covers half of it in white streaks :(

That and I suck at taking pictures... my hands move too much.

So the great thing about the books is that they're size 14 font. So... they look like kids books. However! They are DEFINITELY NOT kids stories. You will corrupt your children with it. Wait until they are at least.... 17 and I can no longer be to blame for the corruption:)

OO!! OO!!

I started writing my second book!! So far, if I keep it in this order.... whoa! It's definitely steamy! It's on the edge of young adult and adult... Not romance... although I really could have gotten carried away.

But my characters aren't ready for that. I'm ready to write it, but they aren't ready to do it.

I think I'm finally able to understand how some writers say their characters talk to them. Because mine were definitely telling me to stop. Well, one of them. They wanted me to stop while the other didn't ;)-

UMMM

I am not made of stone. And if I were, I'd still be breakable. Don't make me drive in the snow for your ungrateful thing!

Norah and the Kitties

Craig's Grandma (Norah) cannot for the life of her remember any of the cat's names.

Norah: Hey kitty, are you Sunshine?

Gwen (Craig's mom): no, that's Buggs.

Norah: Huh? Sunshine?

Gwen: No, it's Buggs mother.

Norah: Oh, this one's Sunshine then, alright.

Gwen: No, listen to me, her name is Buggs!

Norah: Ohhh, Buggs. Okay, this one likes to sleep with me doesn't it?

Gwen: No, Sunshine likes to sleep with you!

Norah: Yeah, this one visits me all the time

Gwen: No mother, Sunshine is the one that visits you.

Norah: Oh okay.

Five minutes later...

Norah: Hey Kitty, are you Sunshine?

.... nope.. still Buggs...

Craig said that one day she made up a poem and said it ALL day:

"Hey kitty, where's your sister?

The black one kissed her."

Yup.. it rhymed so she thought it was the coolest thing.

(black one is mine and Craig's... or as Norah puts it: The scary cat from the pound... -- Rogue never goes around Norah... Rogue doesn't like her because she's too shy.)

Oh Boy

I wish I was in high school

Remember the days when you were sick and you could just stay home with your mom calling in to excuse you? 

Yeah, I miss those days...

On Monday, I walked into the bathroom at around 3:45pm and stood next to someone recovering from some kind of cold or flu for about... 30 seconds... by 5:00 I started getting sore and my head started hurting and I felt... exhausted.

By that night... I was nauseous, had a nose full of crap and I was sore all over. If you know anything about me you should know this (okay, there's two things...): I'm afraid of pain and I don't do well when it's inflicted on me or on Craig. AND I can't do stomach aches.... I have a complex against puking, so all my energy and mindset goes towards not puking...

So.. Tuesday was worse because I was still nauseous and sore and I wanted to punch a baby... don't judge.. and the worst part was that I couldn't finish my book. So I had to format everything for my book completely unfinished... but... the good thing is, is that it's only going to 3 people, and they're not the possible agents.

Wednesday had more soreness and sniffles and crap in store for me. Craig had to drive me to work again because of the nasty snow and ice. We went to Office Depot to get my book printed and they didn't have the font I've been using... so I had to take it home, redo it and email it back in with my instructions... I hope it works... b/c it sounds expensive.... 

Today!! I have a sore throat that is also itchy.  I'm coughing, I'm blowing my nose, I'm spitting up mucous, I have a hurt tummy, a headache, and a full head of crap... :(

And I think that my old boss is sabotaging me... No one has called... not anyone for a part time easy job...

Underpants

So, I'm on chapter 9 out of 26 total chapters on my 2ND rewrite. It's so weird though, I've began this weird habit of getting sleepy when I'm reading. It's not just my book (I'd be worried), it's any of them. The one's I love, hate, both... I just can't seem to stay awake for too long after I start reading. Weird, I know..

Anyway, I went to the bookstore and I got soooo many books!! :)-. And the main reason why I got so many was because I wanted to use my gift cards. Well guess what... paid for it all by my credit card instead. So, I will need to go back to the bookstore again!! And no, I didn't plan that, but then again, I didn't fight to hard with my conscience to go back inside and use my gift cards.

Oh well :)

Me Bookie

KK... Starting putting together my Query letter to send with my manuscript to agents! Here's hoping!

Bad Amber

So, while I was doing my rewrite, I noticed a lot of spelling errors. Here are the good ones:

blue... meant: blew

rapped... meant: wrapped

rince... meant: rinse

roal... meant: roll

four... meant: for

breath... meant: breathe

nevermind... meant: never mind

comma... meant: coma

effected... meant: affected

a lot of making two words out of one:

mini skirt

half way

hand cuffs

half heartedly

child hood

night mares

Another Monumental Moment for Me!

I'd like it known by everyone who follows my blog, at 11:52 p.m. on Wednesday night, I finished my first rewrite of my book!!!!!

I loved it... loved the beginning... I have to do a few things to the middle and end... kind of tie a few things up... but otherwise... I'd like to let you know I think I'm a genius right now :)

Yay!!!

**70,000**

Woot Woot!

I reached 70,000 words on my book! 30,000 more to go for it to be the length I want... which should be no problem. Already, I changed what used to be chapter 10 to chapter 14.

And in case you're wondering, word # 70,001.. or at least what I added to get to that number, is "smell"... 

OOOhh just gave away the plot! ;)

My Birthday madness

Silly me

So I was reading through my book (for the millionth time) just sort of getting back into how my character thinks (which is really close to how I think sometimes)... and I came across these two sentences... they just made me laugh...

It's feisty meets sweet in 29 words... and I enjoyed it. So here's a snippet of my book... 2 sentences!! yay!!! dont' say I never gave you nothing! and you can decide if you like it or not.

"I loved it when he called me by my nickname even in moments such as these, where I want to rip his head off. It makes me feel special."

Awesome right??

That's all for right now!

I need some ideas

So, Julie and I are going to try to win a free ARC for the third book in one of our favorite series. And yes, I do mean ONE of our favorites.

We have to draw a picture/make a film/fanworks/or take a picture of either of the first two books in a weird location.

I would love to do all of the four, but the reality of it, is that I can't draw, I don't have a video camera, I don't know where to begin to make fan stuff.. I guess I can be creative..

But Julie and I want to take a shot at the picture option....

The book is the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Claire (City of Bones, City of Ashes, and soon to be City of Glass)

What ideas do you have?

And the Beat Goes On

Life as Amber has been better. I keep thinking of ways to succeed, and trying the options out there. But time after time, I'm rejected because I'm "not good enough".

But because I have a self destructive mind set, I'm constantly trying. Trying to work, trying to find better work, trying to write, trying to write better, and trying to get ahead. I don't

 understand how some people are just THAT good at having life easy. Or at least, easier.

I wish I had a way to go to college and not have to work. Or have someone else bring in all the money, so I can make an honest attempt at writing and making a semi-okay living. Hell, I'd rather make the same amount I make now, and write. I could make $200 less and still write. I like it tons better.

And that's where the problem lays. There isn't that opportunity to stay at home, or write for $200 less or equal to current pay. There isn't the option for me going to school while I'z Gotz Billz To Pay, and my financial stability is far more important to me than my education is. At least until I can find a way to do it.

I have excellent credit and it's taken a lot of careful work to get there. I don't miss payments, I send my payments before they're do so they aren't even late. I even send more than what's due. EVERY TIME. And I'm an awesome spender. You have to spend money to pay it back and earn the credit. Good credit is still better than no credit. And I know that Excellent is better than good.

Anyway, I'm exhausted, it's 11:30 p.m. and although I don't have 

to go to my paying job, I am doing a lot of work on my non-paying-but-hopefully-will-give-me-money-soon job. Which is going good by the way. I'm a little behind schedule, but considering the amount of content I've added, I say it's pretty good. I can't wait to read through it like it's another author's story. But that's hard. Because I can't seem to finish finding ways to fix things or make them better.

Alrighty Mighty Tighty Whitey... G-night, and sleep tight, and don't forget my birthday is in two days.. almost... :)-