books

I believe that books should be open and read. They should be read to much that small tears start to form. The cover of the book may be frayed or has fallen off.
I believe that when you open to the pages, sand should fall from the beach. Leaves or flowers should be pressed, and tears should stain the pages.
Or when you fall asleep reading you should use it as a pillow.
That is what a well loved book should be. A book that is shared and re-read hundreds of times.
Books are another world we can escape to and are precious in life. They let us be heroes and villains and eat Turkish delight.
At the heart of the book is an author who can feel the readers warm heart as they read their soul that the placed on those pages for everyone to enjoy.

rejections at last

So I have received my first rejection. But I know my mistake. Not because they let me know though. I think I read once that if a part of your own book bores even you then it'll bore your reader. Well my prologue is boring. So I'm going to integrate it within the text of the story. Since you can get the history lesson later on rather than in your face. Maybe it'll add some mystery to the plot as a whole.

I also believe I wasn't hitting the right genre either. I believe that mines more action/adventure/romance/fantasy/sci-fi/epic. So that was mistake two. Good thing I only sent the other query to two people. Now I can start over and try again. 

My geek is showing

So I was recently asked once have I traveled to Europe. And I said yes, I traveled with a select group of my fellow AP English classmates back in high school. Then I was asked what trinkets did I take back to remind me of my trip. I blushed slightly and answered, "I went into a bookstore in each country and found the first Harry Potter book and purchased it in that respected language."
Though I am sad to say now that I am missing the Italian version. Once day I will travel back and retrieve a copy.
I also live in Florida...and have never been to Harry Potter World. I believe its because my father worked for Disney and its like taboo for us to go there for some reason? In any case the last time I was there was on a Band trip and it was still being built. But it is my mission this year to go to Harry Potter World. I will most likely cry when I get there....I will be so happy.

endings

It has come to my attention that I don't have happy endings when I write. Or rather, I have harsh cliff hangers. Or an ending the reader doesn't expect. And I think a book needs that because too many books have an expected ending. I like to make the reader think that there is still hope and there will be a happy ending, then I'm like "ha ha! gotcha!". I'm a little bit nice, but not completely. Maybe it's because I have not had my own happy ending yet, though I'm on the way. So until then, people who have been snipped of their happy ending in life, or have been hurt in some shape or form should enjoy endings I tell. Because what is a book but another moral of life.
(but trust me I can be nice. In my trilogy I'm..."nice").

Thoughts

Currently reading: Anthem, by Ayn Rand

Something of late has been troubling me and it's the soul fact that I have a fear our society will turn into something along the lines of 1984. And if this were to happen, would I rebel or join to save my own life. The question then is would I be able to live the lie and join the others as a mindless zombie? Or will my creativity be te best of me....

Then as I wrote all of this....an idea for a new book has stirred inside my being...a lesson just as 1984 by George Orwell was....

I just hope I can finish it in time

Ready for rejection

It has been a week or so since the last update. That what moving out of your apartment will do as well as having nice sunny days outside to relax and read a book in.

The query and book will be sent out today. For real this time. I'm ready. I  have the itch. I mostly had to digest the fact that I was actually going to let it go finally. I'm nervous, yet excited at the same time. There is a hollow pit in my stomach and I know I wont be able to eat today. But I know I'm ready. The query was actually the hardest part. For some reason it feels dry to me. I hope that it actually isn't. I also wish I didn't have to send in my prologue as part of my first five pages. That is definitely boring. It just highlights the very distant past of the book.
Though my family of friends of critics say that it is ready.

Now I am very ready for rejection, and I want to share some ideas I have for what I will do when I get a rejection letter.

1: woo! They actually said something back!
2: Now I feel like a real author. Such as J.K Rowling who also was rejected.
3: I may cry...someone thought my baby was ugly.
4: Take a deep breath.
5: Edit what they told me, if they did. If they didn't. Edit anyways.
6: Try try again.
7: Throw something.
8: Go running.
9: Eat.
10: Try to win short story competitions to build a biography.


If and when I do receive a letter and contract. I shall
1: Drink
2: Cry
3: celebrate
4: Work on editing the next books in my trilogy.
5: Doing 4 so I can finally write a new book.