I'm actually finding this very enjoyable! Even though I haven't gone through the book as fast as I usually do, I have gotten a lot of inspiration from the assignments. Sadly, I'm not too sure about how I actually feel about the book. I am almost done though (111 pages left to read and then… Continue reading Assignment 6
Tag: Fiction
Assignment 2
Think of a person from history intrigues you. Napoleon? Cleopatra? Martin Luther King? Write a description of that person eating a meal. What would he/she eat? What would he/she be thinking about as he/she ate? What would they talk about? Remember: Bring your character to life! His hands worked hard against the steak, cutting it… Continue reading Assignment 2
Assignment 1
I am reading book #7 for this year and it is called THE FICTION CLASS. I had just read the first "chapter" of the book and in the end of it, an assignment for the class is posted. What's cool is that after every segment where the main character is doing her class, a new… Continue reading Assignment 1
Book Six of 2013: SWEETHEART by Chelsea Cain
With Heartsick, Chelsea Cain took the crime world by storm, introducing two of the most compelling characters in decades: serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her obsessed pursuer Portland Detective Archie Sheridan. The book spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and garnered rave reviews around the world. But the riveting story of Archie and Gretchen… Continue reading Book Six of 2013: SWEETHEART by Chelsea Cain
This is Sad…
Lately, all of my posts have been about the books I've read so far. Isn't it sad that I've been going through books like toilet paper and have yet to really make any update on the personal life or the life of my own literary creations? Well, here's the update (in case you were wanting… Continue reading This is Sad…
Book Five of 2013: LUMINOSITY by Abigail Boyd
Just when she thought the dreams couldn't get any stranger, Ariel Donovan is transported in her sleep to Dark. A dog barks, and she knows she must heed his call. During the journey, she finds what she lost long ago, and discovers how important it is in her quest to outsmart the Thornhill Society...before it's… Continue reading Book Five of 2013: LUMINOSITY by Abigail Boyd
Book Four of 2013: UNCERTAINTY by Abigail Boyd
Last year, Ariel's life was ripped apart. She's finally started to put the pieces together again, and is looking forward to summer break. That's when a dream brings her back to the mysterious Dexter Orphanage. With the return of an unlikely person in her life, Ariel begins to find out answers to the secrets that plagued… Continue reading Book Four of 2013: UNCERTAINTY by Abigail Boyd
Book Three of 2013: THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA by Nagaru Tanigawa
Haruhi holds the fate of the universe in her hands . . . lucky for you she doesn't know it. Meet Haruhi - a cute, determined girl, starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her. Meet Kyon - the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the… Continue reading Book Three of 2013: THE MELANCHOLY OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA by Nagaru Tanigawa
Book Two of 2013: STARDUST by Neil Gaiman
Hopelessly crossed in love, a boy of half-fairy parentage leaves his mundane Victorian-English village on a quest for a fallen star in the magical realm. The star proves to be an attractive woman with a hot temper, who plunges with our hero into adventures featuring witches, the lion and the unicorn, plotting elf-lords, ships… Continue reading Book Two of 2013: STARDUST by Neil Gaiman
After 34 pages and over 13k words
You would think that after a first draft and writing the second one in over two months, I'd be a lot farther along. Sadly, that isn't the case. I think in part it has to do with the subject matter. For some reason, I love writing in a more serious overtone than what I am… Continue reading After 34 pages and over 13k words
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