Hey!
Writing is going . . . okay. I'm lagging at the moment and I need some sleep. I have not added on to Her Fear of Heights in several days-- a bad habbit I need to break!
I ordered Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead as well as Spells by Aprilynne Pike. Can't wait! :)
Must write about 200 words before bed. Writer-worthy updates are coming soon! See ya!
Alex
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Way To Run a Blog!
I wish I could say I have an excuse for not blogging in . . . months. I don't.
Here's what I've been up to-
Feb and March went by so quickly . . . I don't even remember what was so important I had to quite blogging . . . Let's make a list of how I like to waste my time! :)
TV:
Yes, I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender around January. I'll post tons more on that soon (for real) but I am proud to say I'm glad I watched the show. It is by far the best Nick and animated show I''ve ever seen. It was dazzling and addictive in a way that I couldn't stop watching until I finished all three seasons. 5 stars!
Remember the X-Men movies? My best friend Sarah got me into the cartoon version of Evolutions. I haven’t seen the movie, but the series is something good to watch. Not as good as Avatar of course, but entertaining nonetheless.
Movies:
Saturday, I watched my first Bollywood film. It was called Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na. It was very interesting, yet relatable. Though most of it was in Hindi, subtitles worked fine and the characters also randomly use English. Easy to understand. Plus, India seems to have a love for song and dance—am I right? :D
A few weeks ago, I watched a film called Slumdog Millionaire and fell in love . . . with Dev Patel! On a serious note, the movie is about a boy named Jamal who grew up in the slums of India, fell in love with a girl, and participates in a game show like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He was arrested under suspicion of cheating. Dev Patel (Jamal) is marvelous in this movie. So are his co-stars who played his brother Sallim, friend Latika, and Jamal at younger ages. So that makes 3 actors for Jamal, Sallim, and Latika. Those kids really carried the movie, too. Rubina Ali plays youngest Latika and she was brilliant! She and her co-star both actually live in the slums of Mumbai. For some reason, his name escapes me, though he is equally awesome! Anyway, all I can say is that this movie is breathtaking in every sense. Go watch it!
Eclipse (June 30th) I’ll be watching this solely to see how Kristen Stewart does. She is my favorite actress.
The Last Airbender (July 2nd) I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!! More thoughts are coming soon, but would you look at the title? Sound familiar? It is! It’s the movie based off my favorite TV show ever! Can’t you tell I’m excited? :D Dev Patel is in this as Zuko, my favorite character . . . it should be a very nice day for me!
Books:
Ah, so many books. I only have two favorites so far from the past few blog-free months:
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Q&A by Vikas Swarup (the novel Slumdog Millionaire is based from)
In the mean time, a book called Spells by our loved Aprilynne Pike came out today! I'm ordering it along with: signed coppies of Spirit Bound and Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead, Slumgirl Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars by Rubina Ali, The Last Airbender Prequel: Zuko's Story, and The Last Airbender Movie Novelization. :)
Writing:
I finished part one of my novel Sleep, but have yet to do much more. No party yet, sadly.
Her Fear of Heights is lagging on at the moment. I have about 13,500-something words. As you know, this was started in November for NaNoWriMo and never finished. It is a novel for my family and friends so they’ll at least stop bugging me about writing more, blah, blah, blah. I only have May to finish before my Uncle David, who promised to print it, retires this summer. So it’s back to writing after this.
However, I’m not entirely useless—I did Script Frenzy this year! A sister to big event in November, SF challenges you to write a 100-pages screenplay in 30 days. April 1st- 30th. This applies to you even if you’re like me, and have never written a script before. It was a challenge even with the correct software, Celtex, and I only got 66 pages done. With the fail, however, came the hook for a great novel I plan to write in November for NaNoWriMo. I don’t have a title yet, but it’s basically about this girl named Jin who goes to live with this family she’s never met after living her entire life in the circus. She trains to be an acrobatic performer, cleans and elephant, falls in love, and engages in other fun activities. One thing I found interesting about her is she’s half-Asian and half-white with blond hair. In a world where grey eyes are common and feathered horses roam the land, you’d think that would be less of an oddity. However, this girl looks to be Asian . . . with blond hair. Lol! She’s adorable, really, though the hair doesn’t look as good on her as it would her friends. The world, though entirely fictional, was inspired by China and India, using element from both cultures and sometimes adding my own twist on things. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Bye!
Here's what I've been up to-
Feb and March went by so quickly . . . I don't even remember what was so important I had to quite blogging . . . Let's make a list of how I like to waste my time! :)
TV:
Yes, I watched Avatar: The Last Airbender around January. I'll post tons more on that soon (for real) but I am proud to say I'm glad I watched the show. It is by far the best Nick and animated show I''ve ever seen. It was dazzling and addictive in a way that I couldn't stop watching until I finished all three seasons. 5 stars!
Remember the X-Men movies? My best friend Sarah got me into the cartoon version of Evolutions. I haven’t seen the movie, but the series is something good to watch. Not as good as Avatar of course, but entertaining nonetheless.
Movies:
Saturday, I watched my first Bollywood film. It was called Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na. It was very interesting, yet relatable. Though most of it was in Hindi, subtitles worked fine and the characters also randomly use English. Easy to understand. Plus, India seems to have a love for song and dance—am I right? :D
A few weeks ago, I watched a film called Slumdog Millionaire and fell in love . . . with Dev Patel! On a serious note, the movie is about a boy named Jamal who grew up in the slums of India, fell in love with a girl, and participates in a game show like Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? He was arrested under suspicion of cheating. Dev Patel (Jamal) is marvelous in this movie. So are his co-stars who played his brother Sallim, friend Latika, and Jamal at younger ages. So that makes 3 actors for Jamal, Sallim, and Latika. Those kids really carried the movie, too. Rubina Ali plays youngest Latika and she was brilliant! She and her co-star both actually live in the slums of Mumbai. For some reason, his name escapes me, though he is equally awesome! Anyway, all I can say is that this movie is breathtaking in every sense. Go watch it!
Eclipse (June 30th) I’ll be watching this solely to see how Kristen Stewart does. She is my favorite actress.
The Last Airbender (July 2nd) I MUST SEE THIS MOVIE!! More thoughts are coming soon, but would you look at the title? Sound familiar? It is! It’s the movie based off my favorite TV show ever! Can’t you tell I’m excited? :D Dev Patel is in this as Zuko, my favorite character . . . it should be a very nice day for me!
Books:
Ah, so many books. I only have two favorites so far from the past few blog-free months:
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Q&A by Vikas Swarup (the novel Slumdog Millionaire is based from)
In the mean time, a book called Spells by our loved Aprilynne Pike came out today! I'm ordering it along with: signed coppies of Spirit Bound and Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead, Slumgirl Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars by Rubina Ali, The Last Airbender Prequel: Zuko's Story, and The Last Airbender Movie Novelization. :)
Writing:
I finished part one of my novel Sleep, but have yet to do much more. No party yet, sadly.
Her Fear of Heights is lagging on at the moment. I have about 13,500-something words. As you know, this was started in November for NaNoWriMo and never finished. It is a novel for my family and friends so they’ll at least stop bugging me about writing more, blah, blah, blah. I only have May to finish before my Uncle David, who promised to print it, retires this summer. So it’s back to writing after this.
However, I’m not entirely useless—I did Script Frenzy this year! A sister to big event in November, SF challenges you to write a 100-pages screenplay in 30 days. April 1st- 30th. This applies to you even if you’re like me, and have never written a script before. It was a challenge even with the correct software, Celtex, and I only got 66 pages done. With the fail, however, came the hook for a great novel I plan to write in November for NaNoWriMo. I don’t have a title yet, but it’s basically about this girl named Jin who goes to live with this family she’s never met after living her entire life in the circus. She trains to be an acrobatic performer, cleans and elephant, falls in love, and engages in other fun activities. One thing I found interesting about her is she’s half-Asian and half-white with blond hair. In a world where grey eyes are common and feathered horses roam the land, you’d think that would be less of an oddity. However, this girl looks to be Asian . . . with blond hair. Lol! She’s adorable, really, though the hair doesn’t look as good on her as it would her friends. The world, though entirely fictional, was inspired by China and India, using element from both cultures and sometimes adding my own twist on things. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Bye!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
How evil!
A few days ago, my Microsoft Word trial quit working. I'm supposed to buy the full version in order to resume working. I'm going to talk to the family about that, but am sure to start writing again in the near future.
Current Progress On Novels:
Sleep- 2/5 Chapter 19, End of Part One, Pages: 515, Words: 85,025
Her Fear of Heights: a novella- 2/5 Chapter Five, Pages: 41, Words: 12,589
I'm off to bake a peanutbutter-chocolate cake! Ymmmm! :)
Tonight, I'll upload the pictures, and will give you a full description of my Richelle Mead Adventure when I sit down at the computer this Friday.
Still waters always run deep!
~Alex
Current Progress On Novels:
Sleep- 2/5 Chapter 19, End of Part One, Pages: 515, Words: 85,025
Her Fear of Heights: a novella- 2/5 Chapter Five, Pages: 41, Words: 12,589
I'm off to bake a peanutbutter-chocolate cake! Ymmmm! :)
Tonight, I'll upload the pictures, and will give you a full description of my Richelle Mead Adventure when I sit down at the computer this Friday.
Still waters always run deep!
~Alex
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Wow!
know you're all interested to hear about my meeting with Richelle Mead, but that'll come latter. Meaning, I can't upload the pictures yet . . .
Anywho, I've been wanting to do this for a while. I'm going to go over the Best of 2009 Books. We have many different categories, such a Best Couple etc.
Top Five Books I Read In 2009!
5. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
4. 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
3. Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
2. The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
1. Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Top Five Favorite Covers:
(These are books I’ve seen, but not necessarily read yet)
5. At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost
4. Succubus Heat by Richelle Mead
3. Blood Promise by Richelle Mead
2. Spells by Aprilynne Pike
1. The Den of Shadows by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Bonus: I also loved Firestorm and Cape Storm covers by Rachel Caine! Well, I think this is more like numbers six or seven. :D
Top Five Favorite Character POVs!
5. Tally Youngblood from the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
4. Cat Crawfield from the Halfway to the Grave series by Jeaniene Frost
3. Melinda Sardino in Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
2. Rose Hathaway in Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead
1. Joanne Baldwin in the Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine
Top Five Favorite Side Characters:
5. Hannah Baker from Jay Asher’s 13 Reasons Why
4. Carter the angel from Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead
3. David from the Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine
2. Rahel from the Weather Warden series
1. Dimitri “Dimka” Belikov from Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series
Favorite Couples!
4. Cat and Bones from the Halfway to the Grave series by Jeaniene Frost
3. David and Joanne from Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden Series
2. Holland Jagger and Cece Goddard
1. Rosemarie Hathaway and Dimitri Belikov
Enjoy!!!!!
Alex
Friday, January 15, 2010
Sad and happy news!
Okay, so it isn't exactly sad, but I have to add another chapter to Part One of Sleep. Oh well, just one more chapter and I'll be done. then, I can have my little party!
The good news is I'll be meeting one of my favorite authors on Saturday, 1/16/10! I'm going with two of my friends and am so excited!!! :)
Richelle Mead, author of Vampire Academy 1-4 (five and six on the way) as well as Succubus Blues 1-4 (five and six are also on the way), is coming close to where I live for a book signing! *squee!* Promise to post pictures of me meeting the lovely Miss Mead.
See ya!
"Alex"
The good news is I'll be meeting one of my favorite authors on Saturday, 1/16/10! I'm going with two of my friends and am so excited!!! :)
Richelle Mead, author of Vampire Academy 1-4 (five and six on the way) as well as Succubus Blues 1-4 (five and six are also on the way), is coming close to where I live for a book signing! *squee!* Promise to post pictures of me meeting the lovely Miss Mead.
See ya!
"Alex"
Friday, December 18, 2009
Distractions
Jeez, where’d the day go? Today was the last day before the holiday break, so I was free to do what I wanted when I got home. I played Sims3 on my laptop for . . . about three hours. Then my Sim got old, died, and I became bored. Of course, there was sort of nothing else for me to do, then . . .
Anyway, to celebrate the almost-accomplished finishing of Part One of Sleep, my friends and I are planning a little party. :D Cake and character drawings and fun! I’ll take pictures, I promise, and show them to you the next chance I get.
Why the joy, exactly? I’ve been working on (writing, rewriting, writing more, rewriting, adding and editing) this part for nearly two years now. Two years in April, because I begun a month early in hopes I could give it to my best friend for her birthday. Which I did— only it wasn’t even halfway finished. Not to mention it was a rough draft. ‘Nough said. Anyway, that year, I went with her to Pensacola, Florida; we read seven chapters while there. :D
In case you haven’t noticed, this is a big deal to us. Hopefully to you guys as well.
I have to go and write now, unless I want to have a party for no reason . . .
Ha! That’d be fun, if only it wouldn’t mean failure. Talk to you later! :D
“Alex”
Anyway, to celebrate the almost-accomplished finishing of Part One of Sleep, my friends and I are planning a little party. :D Cake and character drawings and fun! I’ll take pictures, I promise, and show them to you the next chance I get.
Why the joy, exactly? I’ve been working on (writing, rewriting, writing more, rewriting, adding and editing) this part for nearly two years now. Two years in April, because I begun a month early in hopes I could give it to my best friend for her birthday. Which I did— only it wasn’t even halfway finished. Not to mention it was a rough draft. ‘Nough said. Anyway, that year, I went with her to Pensacola, Florida; we read seven chapters while there. :D
In case you haven’t noticed, this is a big deal to us. Hopefully to you guys as well.
I have to go and write now, unless I want to have a party for no reason . . .
Ha! That’d be fun, if only it wouldn’t mean failure. Talk to you later! :D
“Alex”
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Cute picture!
Cute, huh?
Me and friends!
Bet you can't guess which is me, because . . . well, you haven't seen me yet! lol!
"Alex"
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