Catch Up Time!!

Christmas in July...do you celebrate it or just treat it like a regular month?  Oddly enough, Christmas in July is something I enjoy celebrating; lots of people find me weird because of that, but surely I'm not the only one, and if I am, then maybe I am weird!  I don't go as far as to putting up a Christmas tree in my house (because that would probably make me seem more psycho than weird), but I do blast my Christmas playlist and sing along to songs like "Silent Night", "This Christmas", and "Do You Hear What I Hear".  Listening to Christmas carols in the middle of the year is actually relaxing.  Now if I could just do something about this heat, I'd be all set.  If you don't celebrate Christmas in July, I highly recommend it; it's good for your youth!!


There is definitely a such thing as being overly confident, and it's called cockiness.  Just like the picture says, "confidence is attractive, cockiness isn't."  One of my biggest pet peeves is learning about a cocky person.  I love reviewing books and connecting with the authors who have written these amazing novels.  Awhile back, Jodi Picoult stated in an article that people shouldn't self-publish.  A few weeks ago I read an article where a woman called the genre, Chick-Lit, stupid and said it was a sexist term.  Throughout her interview she just seemed really cocky and overly confident which was a huge turn-off for me.  Authors who are that cocky and say things like that steers me in the wrong way; I'd much rather read a self-published novel by a down to earth author than an overly confident author whose book has been published by a major publishing company.  Authors have fans and their fans look up to them; the last thing any author should want to do is say something so discouraging in an interview.

Father's Day

My father, my sisters, and me

My father, sister, nephew, and mother

Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful fathers out there and also to the single mothers who are taking the role of fathers.  For 21 years, I have had an amazing role model as my father.  He's the best man I know and I couldn't ask for a better dad.  He's my hero and I love him to death!!

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.