Life As an Aspiring Author

I told my mother that can of frosting helped my "Writer's Block"! Lol!!

I must admit that I'm really enjoying working on my first novel, "Four Weddings".  Despite the fact that I gave up my dream of wanting to write novels as a little girl, I've recently recanted; I really enjoy it.  I'm not saying that I'm giving up on Screenwriting, but I'm really enjoying this entire process of writing a novel.  What has been the biggest challenge for me, so far, is getting used to the formatting; I mean, for the past three years I've been studying formats for scripts.  I love how writing seems as if it's the same, but can be very different when you consider the formatting; for example, novels, scripts, and teleplays, is something I've worked on in the past few months and it took some time getting used to all of them.  The authors that I've interviewed on eBook Addict have all pretty much given the same advice to aspiring writers, which is "Write everyday"; I thought the advice was smart and insightful, but not something I could do because of my schedule, but they were right!!  It's as if I write now without even thinking twice about it; whether it's a sentence or a paragraph, I always make sure I write at least a little something everyday.  When I started eBook Addict, I never anticipated meeting such wonderful authors; authors who sometimes go unnoticed, but they gave me hope and made me want to pursue this journey.  Also to my surprise, I've been really dedicated to this novel; usually when I start working on a screenplay, I work on it for a few days and start working on a new screenplay within the next week and completely abandon the one I was originally working on.  Now, the only thing I want to work on is "Four Weddings"...maybe this is a good sign.  Like I mentioned before, I have ran across some great authors, but the Unsung Heroines that basically gave me the push that I needed towards this new journey...the women that I hope to be as successful and talented that they are will be listed below.

My Unsung Heroines (authors)

Sybil Nelson
Samantha March
Lacy Camey

**These women have been so incredibly amazing (and friendly to me) and has inspired me tremendously!!**

Food for Thought!

For the past week, I've been reading this book, "A Sister's Forgiveness" by Anna Schmidt from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion of this book.  Although this has been an extremely long novel (and I'm still not through with it), it has really got me to thinking.  In this novel, two sisters whose families are extremely close are basically torn apart when a tragedy strikes.  When one sister's child is responsible for the other sister's daughter's death, how do you deal with something so tragic.  I've had mixed emotions while reading this book.  I mean, how are you supposed to just go on and pretend as if nothing ever happened as if your daughter's killer isn't family.  Can you turn away from that?  Would you turn away from that?  As much as I would hate sending my niece or nephew to prison, I don't think I can just turn a blind eye to them being the cause of my only child's life.  What would you do...could you go on with your only child dead, knowing that your niece could possibly walk away scot-free?

Big Things to Come

Now that school is out for the summer there are HUGE PLANS for my summer break.  Since I've been blogging more frequently on my other blog, eBook Addict, I decided it would only be right to show my first baby some love.  So I decided to redecorate it; make it look extra pretty, add some tabs, and make it something that will make me want to come back to.  Since I'll be off for the next three months, I've decided to focus on my writing.  I have ideas for my novels that I can put to use, ideas for my scripts, all I have to do is be able to sit down long enough to put it all on paper.  I will be continuing to update this blog over the next week or two, I hope you'll enjoy the finishing product.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to the best mom ever!!

Mother's Day ended up being quite the success over here...I loved that my sisters and me were able to put a smile on my mother's face; she definitely deserved to have this great day.  Don't just take out one day to show appreciation to your mom though, you should make EVERYDAY Mother's Day.  Happy Mother's Day to ALL the mothers out there:  expecting mothers, Grandmothers, Godmothers, step-mothers, mothers who have passed on, and the fathers who takes the role of the mother for any reason.  A big Happy Mother's Day to the most important women in my life:  my mother, my maternal Grandmother, my aunts, and my sister; and to my deceased aunts and paternal grandmother, Happy Mother's Day...you may be gone, but you will always live on in our hearts!! :)

25 Years Later

In 25 Years, I think the world will be completely different from how it is now.  There are a ton of things that can change between now and then, but the top three things I think will change the most is life with technology, our health, and cars.

I think that technology will take over the world completely in the next 25 years; it has partly taken over already.  In 25 years, I think instead of actual textbooks in classrooms, they will have Kindles and you'll be able to download all of your textbooks onto your Kindles.  I also think houses will become a lot more tech-savvy...almost like the Disney Movie, "Smart House".

Also in 25 years, I think our health will change immensely, but all for the best.  I think they will finally have a cure for cancer, infertility, and all the other diseases and disorders that has plagued our lives.

And last but certainly not least, I think in 25 years, all cars will be hybrids, but just in case they aren't, I'm crossing my fingers that gas prices won't be as high.


**This post is for the Fire Up the Future Giveaway!!**