Brainstorming Aloud

Quote of the Day - "You must be very drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."

Alright, so I think it's official. My parents believe that I might actually have gone crazy since last time they checked. And I don't blame them. I came up with this new idea the other day and went around the house babbling about it for several hours - it didn't matter to me whether anyone was listening or not. And I wasn't talking to myself. I was brainstorming aloud. Perfectly normal thing to do, so it is.
It wasn't even one of my pretty, fairy, romantic ideas. It was a bit sick to be honest, but it's really blossoming into something. Obviously, there's a love story going on in the background (what book doesn't have one?), but it's pretty heavy stuff. Pain in the ass to plan out though because it's all futuristic and complicated.


And I've discovered that Ike is short for Isaac. I love the name Isaac (I love all those biblical names for guys - Noah, Gabriel, Joshua, Jonah) and I liked the name Ike, but I was always scared it was going to be short for something awful. But it's not, so there you go.


What else... what else...


I have an aim. Well, I have several, but this one's important... kind of.
I have to have Just A Game completely finished before the New Year. AND my New Year's Resolution this year (apart from fixing my appalling diet and not sleeping in till lunchtime at the weekends and going to sleep early and... yeah) is to get published before October 5th, 2012.
Let's see if I can manage it.


And I've totally sent my Santa letter and guess what's right up at the tippy top...
This: http://www.hebeldesign.com/Words-Have-The-Power-To-Change-Us-Scroll-Pendant-MIPEND5.htm. It's not coming on time for Christmas Day, but hell, I couldn't care less. I'm getting it. I think that's the point.


So, I have my new, sick, futuristic work of art to dream up - more on that at another time.


Over an' out.

(Quote of the Day by Rad Bradbury.)

MIDGETS HAVE FEELINGS TOO

Quote of the Day - "Until aught but death part thee and me."

Wow... Where the hell have I been?

Truth is, I have no idea, but I'm here now and it has officially happened. I, as of December 6th 2011, own a hardback collector's first edition of Clockwork Prince. I'm trying my very, very best to ignore it for the time being and finish Silence (which is amazing by the way), but is nay goin' so good. I've read the first chapter or so and I'm right back in love with Jem Carstairs. It's not even funny.

So, we'll ignore that right now - like I'm supposed to be doing - and focus on Silence.

*Spoilers Alert*

I'm on chapter twenty-two or something and I'm in my element because at last Patch is back. It's amazing, since he, quite obviously, is a sexy beast, as I believe I have mentioned. And as it turns out, he's not a hobo as I originally thought. But he does live underground, which is a bit weird...

But anyway, the way things were looking, Becca's latest is so very intense that I thought it might just beat CC for my favourite book of the year, but... well, I mean, this is Cassandra Clare we're talking about. I have a feeling that she might be Jesus (put it this way - if it turns out that I'm not the Messiah, then she definitely is), so as brilliant as Becca is, she just can't do it. I've only read about three chapters tops of Clockwork Prince and all I want to do is fall inside of the book and stay there - forever.

So, about that. I think I have Will all figured out. He opened a Pyxis and released a demon that killed his little sister and he's wracked with guilt ever since, making him into the knob (pardon my language) (or don't bother - whatever floats your boat) that he is these days. Now, there was also a mention of the demon putting a curse on him - hence him going to Magnus Bane and all that - so I'll have to think a little more on what that could be about. It complicates things with Tessa, so presumably it has something to do with his love-life...

And I've had another revelation in my long absence, unfortunately for you.

It's time to start talking about my books, methinks. Simply because MIDGETS HAVE FEELINGS TOO, 'kay?

(And yes, that is my only reason.)

So, my first baby - I mean, book and the only finished one is Just A Game. It's the first in a four/five part series about... a lot of different things. Anytime anyone asks what it's about, all I can say is that it's complicated, but I eventually wrote a blurb to shut people up for a while, so here it is -

Ava Grey returns home from boarding school to find that her twin brother Andy’s been turned into a vampire. Very soon her eyes are opened to the truth of the world and it seems that no one and nothing is what it seemed before - not even Ava herself.

At first, it’s not all bad. There are the Shaydes - Andy’s eccentric, but charming adoptive family, and more importantly, there’s Lynk Shayde - Ava certainly isn’t complaining about him. And her very human best friend Neia is always there to balance her life out with a touch of normality.

But that can’t last forever, can it? Very soon things start to go wrong. There’s something stalking the streets of their quiet little city and it stalks with a purpose. But who will it be? Ava? Andy? One of the Shaydes? And can it be all that bad? I mean, it’s just a game…

So, that's that. I'm working on editing it right now and it's going pretty well, if I may say so myself. I'm going to be totally big-headed the next day and stick up a teaser because I'm that freaking amazing.

All I need to do is try to steer clear of Jem and Co. because I desperately want to finish Silence first. Wish me luck with that - I'll need it.

Over an' out.

Synonyms include... Shagalicious

Quote of the Day - 'Being a writer is like running your own personal insane asylum.'

So... The prologue of Silence - mind-blowing! I was cringing with fear at one point. Fear for Patch, that is. It's not that the book's scary, but no one goes near Patch on my watch.

So, we have business to attend to.

Fwoah: A Definition

Fwoah is a term used to describe, or express appreciation of, a highly attractive individual.

The word Fwoah, must be said in a very particular way. It must be dramatically dragged out and spoken on a breath, so it almost sounds like a sigh. The speaker must have an awed, or appreciative air about them.
The word Fwoah must be written in italics, as it is more like a sound than an actual word and must be stressed.

Example 1: 'Patch Cipriano is just... fwoah.'
Example 2: Attractive male walks past a group of girls. Group of girls all go, 'Fwoah...'

Synonyms of Fwoah include...

• Striking.
• Eye-catching.
• Hot.
• Attractive.
• Sexy.
• Bangable.
• Shaggable.
• Shagalicious.
• Gorgeous.
• Do-able.
• Yummy.
• Scrumptious.
• Babe-magnet.

I hope that gets the idea across.
So, I'm just going to do a few reccomendations because I'm class* -

Recommended Book of the Week: Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick (I have a good feeling).
Recommended Movie of the Week: Breaking Dawn Part One (I give it an 8/10).
Recommended Comfort Food of the Day: Mince Pies (let's get festive).
Recommended Download of the Day: Iron by Woodkid (as heard in the Assassin's Creed Revelations ad).

Over an' Out ;)

*class - Irish slang for 'awesome', or 'cool'. Not that I'm Irish, or anything...

Next Time: Why Cassandra Clare Might Just Be Jesus.

In A Nutshell: Bangable

Alright, so I've made a little promise to myself and that promise is to finish all the books that I own and haven't read, before the year is out. So, it's a nice little challenge that I'll have to fit somwhere into my schedule... not that I have a daily schedule or anything. I mean, I'm normal, so why would I have something like that? That's just ridiculous. Jeez...

The List:

1. Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
2. Wither by Lauren DeStefano
3. The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride) by James Patterson
4. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
5. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
6. Romeo & Juliet & Vampires by William Shakespeare and Claudie Gabel

So, I guess I should start Silence later on today...

Yeah, so you can probably see that I'm one of those girls. One of those girls who just can't get enough of the ol' YA fantasy romace stuff. And I have a major thing for vampires, so as you can imagine... Twilight.

Oh, yes. I said it.

I hate to admit it, but I was once one of those kids who'd rape Edward Cullen if I saw him in the street. And he wasn't Robert Pattinson, or anything, because Edward was real and one day, I'd kill Bella and marry him like nothing normal... Yup... Not some of my finer moments, but what can you do?

Luckily, I'm one of those fangirls who discovered the Mortal Instruments and realised, with mind-blowing shock, that there are better books out there! As impossible as it may have seemed at the time! Now, most books I've read, beat the Twilight Saga. But the movies... Well, see, I have this tradition of sorts with a bunch of my crazier cousins. We always - always - see the Twilight movies the first day they come out (we have a lot of memories based round these movies), but recently it's more of a "We have to do it because we've always done it" kind of thing, as opposed to "Holy mother of sweet Jesus - we're going to see Twilight!"
But there's no denying that they're entertaining movies, in all fairness.

So, back to books. Books, books, books.

I bought Wither today. It looks really interesting. It's different. No vampires, or werewolves - no mythical creatures at all, actually... Bit odd for me.

And as for Silence, here's Amazon's run-down:

The noise between Patch and Nora is gone. They've overcome the secrets riddled in Patch's dark past...bridged two irreconcilable worlds...faced heart-wrenching tests of betrayal, loyalty and trust...and all for a love that will transcend the boundary between heaven and earth. Armed with nothing but their absolute faith in one another, Patch and Nora enter a desperate fight to stop a villain who holds the power to shatter everything they've worked for—and their love—forever.

I've read the entire Hush Hush Saga and all I can say is that Patch is... fwoah.

Now, 'fwoah' is an impossibly powerful word. In that word is contained so many other words and expressions. I will explain it in depth someday, but in a nutshell, it means 'bangable', to be blunt. If I had to chose my favourite of the notorious YA hunks, it would be a toss-up between Patch Cipriano and Jace Wayland. But of course, neither could win.

Why?

Because my heart's always going to belong to Jem freaking Carstairs.

I love that guy. So, as a warning, my reading list up there is going to be messed up bigtime when Clockwork Prince comes out. I've had it preordered from the Book Depository since May and it's not even coming out till December 6th (*tear*).

And that brings us on to my Cassandra Clare addiction... How about we don't deal with this right now... It's difficult to talk about...

Over an' Out ;)

Next Time... Fwoah: An In-Depth Definition.

Babylonian Grammar Nazi

What am I even doing? This is insane... But I'm going to follow through with it.
Why?
Because I am insane.

So, this is a blog. It's my blog and I can do whatever the hell I want with it. I can put whatever the hell I want on it. I am the Overlord of this blog.
And I like it. I like it a lot... 
I did a little dance there, by the way, like a wiggle. It's my Ultimate Overlord Wiggle. It was amazing.

Right, so let's get this straight. I babble. I think I was born in Babylon - I swear to God. Except I'm not Babylonian, which is kind of awkward... But I tend to digress. It's an affliction almost as bad as being a caffeine addict, a Grammar Nazi and a bit of a sociopath - all of which I am, but I'm like a really nice sociopath. I don't want to kill anyone. It's fine.

So, I'm going to write most things on this blog and I'm going to enjoy it, but God help the poor souls who read it... (Psst! Yes, that does mean you.)
I like reading (expect book reviews and freak-outs about books), I notice a lot of really weird things (expect a lot of really weird things), a lot of things annoy me (expect rants), and I write. the writing's the first thing I should've mentioned because I can talk a lot when I get started on my writing, so expect a lot of things about that.

But I mean, this could work. It could be fun. If it isn't, I think I'll just go back to sleeping at night, but hopefully it won't come to that. So... I need to get up at eight and unfortunately being trapped in this mortal form forces me to get some rest. It sucks. But I mean... these things happen.

Over an' Out ;)