Monday, September 28, 2009
New Story!
Yes, that's right. I'VE FINALLY POSTED A NEW STORY! I submitted it fifteen minutes ago. It should be up on Lit by Wednesday or Thursday. It's called "Giving Up The Ghost". Once again it's highly personal, drawing inspiration from a situation I'm going through right now with a different guy. It's definitely been great for my sanity to write this. I'll let you guys know when it's posted but keep your eyes peeled!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Welcome to the Suck
Oy. I realize it's been AGES since I've spoken to you nerd4music fans. It's been an interesting summer. You know that expression "when it rains, it pours"? Well it's been a damn flood in my life. Just as I was getting over one situation, another reared its ugly head. It is a scientific fact (okay, maybe just my opinion) that whenever one aspect of your life starts to go right, another part will take the opportunity and turn to poop. It's been kind of tough and at the moment it feels like there's no end in sight. I feel like the past year has been a serious growing experience. I've never had to deal with so many problems hitting at the same time, be it relationship drama, worrying about my future, dealing with shitty apartment conditions, or trying to understand weird feelings about a new guy.
It's all so...foreign. I would normally deal with each crises head on, tackling the little things first. But I feel so damn overwhelmed. For the first time in my life I feel utterly helpless. And I don't like it. I've always been rather self-sufficient. It's one of the aspects of my character I admire, my ability to be independent. So now, when I have to ask for help, it's pretty much killing me to do so.
Well, enough about my life.
Now as for writing, I know y'all have been waiting so patiently for something new from me. And it's coming, I promise! I just have to find time to actually sit down and organize my thoughts. It's a bitch, let me tell you. But I just want to thank you, every one who is still here. It means a lot, more than you will know.
Until then.
--S.
It's all so...foreign. I would normally deal with each crises head on, tackling the little things first. But I feel so damn overwhelmed. For the first time in my life I feel utterly helpless. And I don't like it. I've always been rather self-sufficient. It's one of the aspects of my character I admire, my ability to be independent. So now, when I have to ask for help, it's pretty much killing me to do so.
Well, enough about my life.
Now as for writing, I know y'all have been waiting so patiently for something new from me. And it's coming, I promise! I just have to find time to actually sit down and organize my thoughts. It's a bitch, let me tell you. But I just want to thank you, every one who is still here. It means a lot, more than you will know.
Until then.
--S.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Duh, Playlist!
I completely forgot to post the playlist at the end of my last journal. Sorry about that.
Always and Never
Adding to that list...
It Ain't Love by MSTRKRFT
Careless Love by Camera Obscura (a freaking beautiful song)
Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier by As I Lay Dying
Forever by As I Lay Dying
Siberian Kiss by Glassjaw
When Somebody Loved Me by Sarah McLachlan
Lies by the Black Keys
Slow Show by The National
Detlef Schrempf by Band of Horses
The Funeral by Band of Horses
As you can tell, it was an eclectic mix. Leave it to me to create a playlist that breaks your heart and gets your feet moving at the same time.
Always and Never
Adding to that list...
It Ain't Love by MSTRKRFT
Careless Love by Camera Obscura (a freaking beautiful song)
Love is a Losing Game by Amy Winehouse
Behind Me Lies Another Fallen Soldier by As I Lay Dying
Forever by As I Lay Dying
Siberian Kiss by Glassjaw
When Somebody Loved Me by Sarah McLachlan
Lies by the Black Keys
Slow Show by The National
Detlef Schrempf by Band of Horses
The Funeral by Band of Horses
As you can tell, it was an eclectic mix. Leave it to me to create a playlist that breaks your heart and gets your feet moving at the same time.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Playlists, Story Updates, etc...
As you can already tell, the conclusion of "Always and Never" is up. Finally. I've taken a serious beating with that story, but I have to admit I'm proud of the way it turned out. Many of you expressed how you wanted Rachel to end up with Brendan. Sometimes in life, the people we love never really rise up to our expectations. I don't think there was any conceivable way that the two of them could have been together. And I think it was more important for Rachel to find her own voice than to find love with someone like Brendan.
Anywho, the next project is tentatively titled "Confessions of a Bad Girl" featuring Carrie DiValenti. She's an interesting character to write about. Now, I know a lot of you aren't fans of hers. Out of all the ladies in my Hartley series she's definitely the toughest to love. Her story is definitely one of my longer ones, as I try to go into who she really is. Carrie might seem like a bitch (and trust me, she's def one) but there's also a method to her madness. In this story she finally has to deal with the changes in her life: the upcoming nuptials of her best friend, coming to terms with her feelings for a certain Ryan brother, and moving out of her powerful father's shadow. It should make for an interesting read.
In other news, I'm shipping around "One Night in Vegas" for publishing! It's been almost two years since I wrote about Dex and Roxie. I'm very excited for the chance to see my dream of being a published author come to fruition.
Anywho, the next project is tentatively titled "Confessions of a Bad Girl" featuring Carrie DiValenti. She's an interesting character to write about. Now, I know a lot of you aren't fans of hers. Out of all the ladies in my Hartley series she's definitely the toughest to love. Her story is definitely one of my longer ones, as I try to go into who she really is. Carrie might seem like a bitch (and trust me, she's def one) but there's also a method to her madness. In this story she finally has to deal with the changes in her life: the upcoming nuptials of her best friend, coming to terms with her feelings for a certain Ryan brother, and moving out of her powerful father's shadow. It should make for an interesting read.
In other news, I'm shipping around "One Night in Vegas" for publishing! It's been almost two years since I wrote about Dex and Roxie. I'm very excited for the chance to see my dream of being a published author come to fruition.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Story Update (Woot Woot!)
'Ello lovelies! As you can tell by my title and schmancy British greeting I'm feeling MUCH better. Maybe's it's the freakin' gorgeous weather outside. Morgantown in the spring is simply beautiful: clear blue skies, lovely flowers, bright green grass, and of course the boys jogging shirtless. Sigh. I don't know why guys think they're the only ones who enjoy spring. Sure, the skanks wear scandalously short skirts...but for me, it's seeing the helmets come back out. Spring season is bike season and that's when all the hot boys with crotch rockets ride around campus. I feel a swoon coming on.
LOL, anywho I figured I might give you guys an update on the story. Well, it took some time but I've about five or six pages left and then I'm FINISHED. Yes, I promise this will be the absolute last chapter. Now, the end might surprise people. Good. It's what I'm going for. I know a lot of you realize how hard it was for me to write this story. I guess that's why it took so long to finish; whenever I started typing, I found the words so easily because these were the exact emotions I was feeling at the time. In this second part, both Rachel and I grow up. When I write a story, I tend to put myself in my characters' heads and this time it was easy to do because I was feeling and thinking the same things as Rachel.
We all go through heartbreak. We experience the disappointment and agony. This just happened to be my first time dealing with something like that and it was freaking killer. The first part of Always and Never sets up the story. We learn the background of Rachel and Brendan's relationship and the current state of affairs. This time in part two, Rachel has to figure out life after making a serious choice. How does she live with what she's done...etc.
There's a line in one of the early scenes that happens to be one of my favorites. I had originally started off the story in a different way, but realized that Brendan didn't really have a big role until the end. So I wrote another opener and it turns out to be one of my favorite scenes. This chapter has a lot going on, with Rachel meeting a guy who shows her that love doesn't always have to hurt. But ultimately it's up to her to take back control in her life. I've never been more proud of my characters than with Rachel. Ordinarily I would have read a story about a girl like her and written her off as a useless and weak female. But I speak from experience, a Miss-Independent falling hard for a man after years of solitude, compromising herself for the sake of his happiness only to be shoved to the wayside when something better comes along.
We've all been there. It fucking sucks. But hopefully writing this ending gives me some peace. I know, after four (almost five) long fucking months, things are finally starting to make sense.
Like I said, I've got about five or six pages left to really wrap up the story and then some editing, and then I'll be submitting it. I'd love to have ready and out by next week.
LOL, anywho I figured I might give you guys an update on the story. Well, it took some time but I've about five or six pages left and then I'm FINISHED. Yes, I promise this will be the absolute last chapter. Now, the end might surprise people. Good. It's what I'm going for. I know a lot of you realize how hard it was for me to write this story. I guess that's why it took so long to finish; whenever I started typing, I found the words so easily because these were the exact emotions I was feeling at the time. In this second part, both Rachel and I grow up. When I write a story, I tend to put myself in my characters' heads and this time it was easy to do because I was feeling and thinking the same things as Rachel.
We all go through heartbreak. We experience the disappointment and agony. This just happened to be my first time dealing with something like that and it was freaking killer. The first part of Always and Never sets up the story. We learn the background of Rachel and Brendan's relationship and the current state of affairs. This time in part two, Rachel has to figure out life after making a serious choice. How does she live with what she's done...etc.
There's a line in one of the early scenes that happens to be one of my favorites. I had originally started off the story in a different way, but realized that Brendan didn't really have a big role until the end. So I wrote another opener and it turns out to be one of my favorite scenes. This chapter has a lot going on, with Rachel meeting a guy who shows her that love doesn't always have to hurt. But ultimately it's up to her to take back control in her life. I've never been more proud of my characters than with Rachel. Ordinarily I would have read a story about a girl like her and written her off as a useless and weak female. But I speak from experience, a Miss-Independent falling hard for a man after years of solitude, compromising herself for the sake of his happiness only to be shoved to the wayside when something better comes along.
We've all been there. It fucking sucks. But hopefully writing this ending gives me some peace. I know, after four (almost five) long fucking months, things are finally starting to make sense.
Like I said, I've got about five or six pages left to really wrap up the story and then some editing, and then I'll be submitting it. I'd love to have ready and out by next week.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
I'm Back...Sort of...
Life has been much better, I suppose. I'm taking things as they come along. It seems that fate is determined to give me the ol' one-two when I least expect it, but I'm a trooper.
Writing has become...sigh, I just don't know anymore. I love it, truly I do. But I can't seem to make myself focus. I think it's everything: school, work, my abysmal social life. It always seems like whenever one part of my life is motoring along just fine, everything else seems to fall to poop.
School's kicking my ass, and this lack of spring breakness is starting to get to me. Anyone who says online classes are a breeze is just a damn idiot. You're basically left to your own devices and my brain is currently pwning the rest of me. I can't wait until summer.
I will try and focus on my writing because I feel terrible if I let you all down. I realize it's not just me anymore in this writing game, but every person who anticipates something from me. It's kind of daunting and nervewrecking. I guess I'm just used to disappointing myself, but I won't disappoint you all.
Okay, therapy session over. Time for me to get back in the game.
Writing has become...sigh, I just don't know anymore. I love it, truly I do. But I can't seem to make myself focus. I think it's everything: school, work, my abysmal social life. It always seems like whenever one part of my life is motoring along just fine, everything else seems to fall to poop.
School's kicking my ass, and this lack of spring breakness is starting to get to me. Anyone who says online classes are a breeze is just a damn idiot. You're basically left to your own devices and my brain is currently pwning the rest of me. I can't wait until summer.
I will try and focus on my writing because I feel terrible if I let you all down. I realize it's not just me anymore in this writing game, but every person who anticipates something from me. It's kind of daunting and nervewrecking. I guess I'm just used to disappointing myself, but I won't disappoint you all.
Okay, therapy session over. Time for me to get back in the game.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Oy Vey
I know. I am a horrible, horrible writer (well, not really. but you know what I meant). I was supposed to have the second chapter done and submitted by now. But if you've checked my profile on Lit lately, you would have discovered that I've been really fucking sick for the past weeks. It got a little scary at one point and I thought I was going to have to go to the emergency room a couple of times. But thank God I've got an angel looking out for me, because I know I wouldn't have been able to make it on my own.
I've learned a lot: I should probably be taking better care of myself, I need to eat right, and I am stressed out to the MAX. (haha, I haven't used that phrase since '93), and college is basically a large incubator for diseases. Ugh.
Anyway, I'm feeling somewhat better (aka, I'm well enough to stop sucking down soup and pick up the laptop) so I'll be writing again. Story soon, I promise.
Take care!
I've learned a lot: I should probably be taking better care of myself, I need to eat right, and I am stressed out to the MAX. (haha, I haven't used that phrase since '93), and college is basically a large incubator for diseases. Ugh.
Anyway, I'm feeling somewhat better (aka, I'm well enough to stop sucking down soup and pick up the laptop) so I'll be writing again. Story soon, I promise.
Take care!
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