I've been going around to all of my writing sites promoting like crazy. I've recently entered a heart-based contest on Figment.com and I have so much competition it's not even funny. I really need hearts, but you can only heart my story if you're a member of Figment.com. If you are or if you know someone who is, have them check out "Moe" under the username SparxFly101. It's a two-minute read that I'd really like to get up to the Top 10 Most-Hearted since those are the ones that will be read by the judges. Tell everyone you know about this - I need all the help I can get!
The story is about a girl who buys a stuffed monkey from a store around Valentine's Day and when she brings him home, he comes to life. Here is the link if you'd at least like to read it: http://figment.com/books/526668-Moe
Thank you and have a good weekend! :)
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Flash-Fiction
On Figment.com I'm always getting swap requests, and lately I've realized there's always been a pattern to the ones I get. Right now there's a Romeo-and-Juliet theme coming through, so I checked to see if there were any contests going on. Sure enough, there was a "dangerous love" contest on the list. No wonder I keep reading about Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, and the rest!
The contests I saw listed looked fun, so I decided that if there was ever a contest that I liked I would try to enter. Then, yesterday, one came up. My prompt was to write about someone who does something heroic to save his/her family in 250 words or fewer. I've never written flash-fiction before, but I gave it my best shot and entered the contest. As far as I know I'm the only entry right now. The deadline is Monday.
If you'd like to read the story I entered, follow this link. It only takes a minute to read. http://figment.com/books/521431-Superhuman
Happy reading and have a good weekend! I'm finally free of government class since semester ended on Thursday, so for the first time in a while I'm excited about school on Monday! :D
The contests I saw listed looked fun, so I decided that if there was ever a contest that I liked I would try to enter. Then, yesterday, one came up. My prompt was to write about someone who does something heroic to save his/her family in 250 words or fewer. I've never written flash-fiction before, but I gave it my best shot and entered the contest. As far as I know I'm the only entry right now. The deadline is Monday.
If you'd like to read the story I entered, follow this link. It only takes a minute to read. http://figment.com/books/521431-Superhuman
Happy reading and have a good weekend! I'm finally free of government class since semester ended on Thursday, so for the first time in a while I'm excited about school on Monday! :D
Friday, January 11, 2013
Sonic Can Dance!! :D
It's times like this when I am again reminded of how awesome Sonic is. This is him REALLY dancing, just edited to fit the song. The modern Sonic is a WAY better dancer, but classic does pretty good, too. I LOVE THIS HEDGEHOG!! :D
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Garnam: Adventure Awaits
So today I heard about yet another online writing community, called Movellas (for reasons unknown to me). For the past couple of days I've been thinking on a new story idea. So what do I do? Combine them. The new story is called "Garnam" (just a name I came up with that I thought sounded cool) and its kind of a mideval magic story. It's available on both Figment and Movellas if you want to check it out. Here are the links.
http://figment.com/books/501407-Garnam
http://www.movellas.com/book/read/201212240007402405
The following picture was supposed to be the cover for this story, but it was too wide to get both the cover and the character on the same page, so I had to end up looking for a new cover. I thought this one was awesome. I wish it could have worked.
Anyway, as this picture shows: in Garnam, adventure is just around the corner. Go read it to find out why!
Oh, and on another similar note, I am entering the Scholastic 2013 Writing Awards with an excerpt from "Follow the Raven." Wish me luck!
http://figment.com/books/501407-Garnam
http://www.movellas.com/book/read/201212240007402405
The following picture was supposed to be the cover for this story, but it was too wide to get both the cover and the character on the same page, so I had to end up looking for a new cover. I thought this one was awesome. I wish it could have worked.
Anyway, as this picture shows: in Garnam, adventure is just around the corner. Go read it to find out why!
Oh, and on another similar note, I am entering the Scholastic 2013 Writing Awards with an excerpt from "Follow the Raven." Wish me luck!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
What is Minecraft, and who is Herobrine?
So my brother is really into Minecraft. I don't know exactly what it is...best I can figure is that it's a building game where everything is cube-shaped. I haven't seen any circles. Everything is made of blocks. Even the sun and clouds are blocks. Anyway, he keeps trying to show me stuff that he's built, and I do look at some stuff, but since I'm not into building I'm never really that impressed. (Until he built our house on Minecraft. THAT was pretty good.)
Anyway, getting to the story. For the past two weeks he's convinced me to watch some Minecraft music videos. Two weeks ago he showed me three different ones. Ever since then I've had the one called "Revenge" stuck in my brain every other day and I've had to listen to it a lot just to get it out. I find myself humming it when I'm focusing on math or Spanish. Here's the link if you want to listen/watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJUBQd-PNM
Then last week he showed me another one, called "Cube Land." Again, I've had it stuck in my head ever since. Good thing the song is catchy and has an interesting video. I guess this one is what finally got me interested in Minecraft and the only reason I'm typing this post: the mysterious character Herobrine that was featured in the video. He apparently looks like the character you start with, Steve, only his eyes are empty and glow in the dark. Kadin says he can control lighting. I don't really know much, but in doing some research I've discovered that he's a really big mystery. He is apparently not supposed to exist, and many don't believe he does, but others have caught him in their single-player worlds. Sometimes he just stands there and stares while other times he'll chase you and try to kill you. He's a very controversial subject, I guess you could say. In any case, Herobrine is what finally drew my attention to the game my bro likes so much.
Why am I drawn to characters like this? I don't know for sure. I was drawn to Shadow and Raphael and Antauri in the same kind of way - they each have some sort of mystery about them or puzzle that I just have to solve. I guess Herobrine is kind of similar in that respect.
Well, that's my life so far. I'm REALLY ready for Christmas break. My homework tonight took me a whopping hour and a half. Usually I'm only working for 45 minutes at the most. I guess that's what I get for missing a day. Two days = two times the homework. Fun...NOT.
On the plus side, I'm going to play some Sonic racing with my bro. He like never wants to play it with me so I'm going to take advantage of this oppurtunity. But first I owe Sonic a race from five-ish weeks ago...
Anyway, getting to the story. For the past two weeks he's convinced me to watch some Minecraft music videos. Two weeks ago he showed me three different ones. Ever since then I've had the one called "Revenge" stuck in my brain every other day and I've had to listen to it a lot just to get it out. I find myself humming it when I'm focusing on math or Spanish. Here's the link if you want to listen/watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPJUBQd-PNM
Then last week he showed me another one, called "Cube Land." Again, I've had it stuck in my head ever since. Good thing the song is catchy and has an interesting video. I guess this one is what finally got me interested in Minecraft and the only reason I'm typing this post: the mysterious character Herobrine that was featured in the video. He apparently looks like the character you start with, Steve, only his eyes are empty and glow in the dark. Kadin says he can control lighting. I don't really know much, but in doing some research I've discovered that he's a really big mystery. He is apparently not supposed to exist, and many don't believe he does, but others have caught him in their single-player worlds. Sometimes he just stands there and stares while other times he'll chase you and try to kill you. He's a very controversial subject, I guess you could say. In any case, Herobrine is what finally drew my attention to the game my bro likes so much.
Why am I drawn to characters like this? I don't know for sure. I was drawn to Shadow and Raphael and Antauri in the same kind of way - they each have some sort of mystery about them or puzzle that I just have to solve. I guess Herobrine is kind of similar in that respect.
Well, that's my life so far. I'm REALLY ready for Christmas break. My homework tonight took me a whopping hour and a half. Usually I'm only working for 45 minutes at the most. I guess that's what I get for missing a day. Two days = two times the homework. Fun...NOT.
On the plus side, I'm going to play some Sonic racing with my bro. He like never wants to play it with me so I'm going to take advantage of this oppurtunity. But first I owe Sonic a race from five-ish weeks ago...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
12/12/12
I figured since today is 12/12/12 my blog deserved a post. This is the last time something like this will happen for a while.
To update on my last blog: I didn't win the Costa Rica trip, but my Spanish teacher really wants me to go on the 2014 trip. I told him I'd consider it. He's been on to me about it since I first met him last year. Haha
I just passed my one-year anniversary on Wattpad. My stats are pretty impressive, considering that they are more than my other four writing sites added together. 55 fans, 20 readers (yes, there is a difference between the two), 65 votes, 89 comments, and 2,900+ reads. All based on one book. Score!
Everyone knows about One Direction's song "What Makes You Beautiful," right? You should listen to this cover band I found a while back. They're called Cimorelli, and they are made of awesome! Have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNkNWQAewQ
In other news, I've decided to enter the first 50 pages of "Follow the Raven" in the 2012 Scholastic Writing Awards. The deadline is January 5, so I need to see our school's writing teacher and get the thing squared away. I mean, how often does an aspiring author get to have her book read by Scholastic publishers without having to have a Facebook first? YEAH!!
Is anyone else ready for Christmas break? I know I am! Here's a Chistmas picture for you:
Happy 12/12/12! :)
To update on my last blog: I didn't win the Costa Rica trip, but my Spanish teacher really wants me to go on the 2014 trip. I told him I'd consider it. He's been on to me about it since I first met him last year. Haha
I just passed my one-year anniversary on Wattpad. My stats are pretty impressive, considering that they are more than my other four writing sites added together. 55 fans, 20 readers (yes, there is a difference between the two), 65 votes, 89 comments, and 2,900+ reads. All based on one book. Score!
Everyone knows about One Direction's song "What Makes You Beautiful," right? You should listen to this cover band I found a while back. They're called Cimorelli, and they are made of awesome! Have a listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNkNWQAewQ
In other news, I've decided to enter the first 50 pages of "Follow the Raven" in the 2012 Scholastic Writing Awards. The deadline is January 5, so I need to see our school's writing teacher and get the thing squared away. I mean, how often does an aspiring author get to have her book read by Scholastic publishers without having to have a Facebook first? YEAH!!
Is anyone else ready for Christmas break? I know I am! Here's a Chistmas picture for you:
Happy 12/12/12! :)
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Solos and Español
Since I haven't updated in a while, I figured I'd go ahead and start with some exciting news: I finally, finally got a solo in my choir class! The beginning of first song that my choir does is when I sing. And the best part is that since it's the Christmas concert, I get to do it twice. Once at 1:30 and again at 7:30. Woot!
In other news, the drawing for the free Costa Rica trip is tomorrow. When Señor Monaño did the mock drawing today, my name came out 5 in 7 times. How exciting is that? If I actually won for real I think I'd run around the school screaming with joy. Haha that would be so cool! I really love Spanish and hope to speak it fluently someday. I already watch movies in Spanish and listen to Spanish songs all the time. My MP3 player is in Spanish! :D
Christmas is coming up! Here's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for you! Or, as they say in Spanish, "Rodolfo el reno de la Nariz Rojo." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOlagOGOS0
In other news, the drawing for the free Costa Rica trip is tomorrow. When Señor Monaño did the mock drawing today, my name came out 5 in 7 times. How exciting is that? If I actually won for real I think I'd run around the school screaming with joy. Haha that would be so cool! I really love Spanish and hope to speak it fluently someday. I already watch movies in Spanish and listen to Spanish songs all the time. My MP3 player is in Spanish! :D
Christmas is coming up! Here's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer for you! Or, as they say in Spanish, "Rodolfo el reno de la Nariz Rojo." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwOlagOGOS0
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