Listen to my Heart for a Time

So hello everyone, y'all probably thought this was an abstract short because of the title but SUPRISE! It's not because I'm working on a new book and I remembered today, "Oh yeah, I have a blog that nobody is going to read because I never post anything anymore" so I really was thinking of you while reading Adam Young's blog and giggling all alone at home to myself. 

Moral of the story? I thought, since National Novel Writing Month was coming up, I'd list all the books I'm working on and tell you a little about all of them. Prepare to be disappointed, though, because several of them have already been abandoned. 

This is how my files look. Very organized, yes. 

So the first book on the list, entitled Blank, is an abandoned one. This one started out as the idea of this young girl who was selected by the government to become a force of the Secretest Secrety Service. (Many of my books will sound like this.) She went through a lot of upgrades and painful things to become this force, and she had a companion who helped her out with everything. Her name was Tagg and his name was Trevor. The idea was that they would eventually overthrow the government, but not fall in love. 

The next book, Centurion, I will have a special post for, since it is new and exciting and wonderful. 

Then, there is How Beautiful We Were. This is about a futuristic society in which everyone eventually turned into robots, since whenever something broke or got old on their bodies - a broken arm or failing eyesight - that part was replaced by a new, robotic part. This even happened to their brains: that is, when someone starts losing memories and getting old, their brain is replaced with a robot one, and they turn into what is called an Android. Well, the grandson of the man who invented the robotic brain, named Jex Gear, is determined to put a stop to it. This is about how he set about doing that.

Next on the list is I Am Nothing. Depressing, right? This is about a girl who is persecuted for being one of the rare magic users in the world. She has two personalities, one for each form of magic: a negative and a positive persona. I got this idea when I was hanging out with some awesome people who were of the Gothic persuasion. I came out one day wearing this brilliant yellow shirt, and the next day dressed like them, in blacks and dark colors. That’s where this one came from. And, unfortunately, it’s halfway abandoned.

Last of Five I’m not going to talk about. Suffice it to say that…. It all started with a name.

Ranco is about a Los Angeles boy who meets a shape-shifter living in the city. They strike up an unlikely friendship and become partners battling crime.

Skye is about freaky government experiments, again. An alien ambassador comes to Earth to ally itself with the American Government, and does so by unlocking elemental powers in certain younger people. And it’s abandoned.

Slash is the biggest book so far in this list. It’s inspired, partially, by the movie “Wreck-It Ralph,” and the songs “Shut Up and Drive,” from that same movie. It’s about underground street racers, explosions, heartbreak, sorrow, loss, revenge, speed, and good looking people. This is a book that I love opening up randomly and adding a few lines to every now and again.

Sylvain Life is a book about an explorer named Ambrose Fontain who believes in elves. He sets out to find one, and does. It doesn’t really have much of a plot, so it’s pretty much abandoned by now.

The Chronicles of Viveria was my first attempt at writing the Last of Five. It didn’t work out, but I never deleted it, for some reason.

The Outfitter was an interesting attempt at a new writing style. It is about a girl named Skeyna and her mother, Morgan. They owned a shop that prepared supplies for adventurers that was pretty successful because the owner, Morgan, had the ability to read her customer’s futures and tell from that what they would need on their adventures. Abandoned due to lack of plot.

The Right Side of the Fence is my attempt at an autobiography about life. Abandoned due to lack of plot. Just kidding! I just never really felt like anything was that important that I needed to write it down.

The Writer’s Passage is about a girl who lives in the time of knights and kings, and who attempts to be accepted into the highly secretive but widely acclaimed Writer’s Guild. (It’s actually where you learn how to write magic. Cool, right?) Once again, abandoned due to writer’s failure.

Werewolf Nightmares was my first and last attempt to write down my frenetic and insane dreams. Abandoned because of sheer psychotic insanity.

So, there you have it! A list of the half-finished books that I have locked away on my computer. TaDa!

Please forgive me for rambling in your ears (eyes?) and spurting nonsense at delicious times of the day. 

Oh Noes! And a Book and a Song, and Some Fluff...

Dearest Readers!
I might not be able to update for a while!
Let me explain. My father the Manager is going with my mom the Queen to Dallas, and my Uncle (Rich) Farmer is going with them.
For two weeks.
And they are depending on me to do my school, milk the cow, and take care of the house. That is a long time for me to be doing that.
As a result, I doubt I'll have much time to write or do anything.
Sorry.
Anyway, I have a book and a song for you!
The book is Divergent.
I loved it.
I devoured it.
But I would recommend it for those readers who are sixteen or older. There are just a couple parts that made for uncomfortable reading, nothing really big, but just...uncomfortable.
That aside, I liked it way better than the Hunger Games!
The song is called "I Don't Care" by Fall-Out Boy. This song is the only thing I've been listening to in my truck. It's got a great big band sound, and I love singing it, too. This is a link, just for you. 
The fluff? I got obsessed with Divergent. I took the quiz, and predictably, tied for Erudite and Dauntless.
Then I thought: what faction would the characters in my book choose? Here is what I came up with.
Dreyken: Dauntless
Aronis: Amity
Deverell: Abnegation
Crev: Erudite
Triss: Candor
Derain: Dauntless
Illusion: Candor
Jess: Dauntless
Balavan: Amity
Avanish: Erudite
Alright, readers, there are the choices of my main characters. I love you to the moon and back, everyone!

Realizations

Howdy, dearest readers of mine,

It's almost April!
But I still managed to fit in eight posts for this month!
Anyway, here is some stuff.
First of all, if you like books, have you ever tried reading comics? Like this one? http://gunnerkrigg.com/ 
And second of all, I think I'm getting older. Darn it. The reason I think I'm getting older is because some ideas that have been floating around in my subconscious have been coming to the forefront of my mind. For instance, I have a new book to write. Like I don't have enough already. And also, I've been thinking of these little phrases that I have been thinking about for a while, but only with half of my mind. Such as:
It is easier to walk into the darkness with the light guarding your back then to come to the light with the darkness watching your back. 
And after that cheerful note, here is my idea for the new book:
Nadir/Zenith is a girl who can change who she is, from a dark shadow on the street to a woman whose powers cannot be hidden. When she is Nadir, the shadow, there is very little of her. So little that no one can really see her or, if they do, just think of her as another person of no consequence. When she is Zenith, the magic-user, it is hard to notice anything other than her. However, magic is rare in her world, and when found, it is persecuted. For that reason, she stays mainly as Nadir, and just tries to exist in her city. This is working until one day, someone sees her. And is able to focus on her and talk to her.
Her powers will be explained better in the book, but for now, that's all I have for you.
Till next time, my wonderful compassionate awesome readers!

Excuses, Excuses....

Dearest readers....
I'm so tired.
I hate to whine but right now, there is no alternative.
My parents left for a few days, leaving me, my brother, and my college sister at home.
My brother and I have a wonderful tutor who comes over every day and helps us with school, but I was left with the chores, which means: waking up on my own, getting my brother (Who is now to be known as Superman) to wake up, watering the plants, cleaning the house, milking the cow twice a day, and getting the mail.
At first I was like, "I'm going to be so awesome, I'll do a surprise spring cleaning for them!" After the first day, I thought, "No. That obviously isn't going to happen."
Visual Aid:

So I'm sorry, dear readers. I have nothing for you today. 

EXCEPT....An update on the book! 

I can't tell you exactly where I am, but I'll tell you this: I don't think I can get the person I want to draw my cover to draw my cover. <(;_;)> She won't answer my emails. 

I'll keep trying, though, and if you want to see her art yourself, here is her website: http://seraph-inn.com/ 

Anyway, I'm looking at sometime in the end of April, beginning of May to publish. 

Thank you for putting up with me, my wonderful handsome/beautiful readers. 

Constant Movement

Hey, what's up! 
Here, dearest readers, is something I wrote a couple months ago and then forgot about. 
By the way...the book, "The Last of Five" is going to be finished this month! Keep an eye out, I'll be publishing as soon as possible!

Growing, believing, belonging: gone. I am new now, having purged myself of these sometimes unimportant things. I am fire: I light the night, burn away the impurities of today, growing stronger the more I incorporate. I am earth: mighty and powerful, passive but not neutral, ready to shake you to the ground. I am water: engulfing, pounding, full of energy, always moving. But mostly, I am air: moving, pushing, rushing, whispering, moaning, dancing across the earth. Leaving both of our cares behind, I will take you away, to somewhere that I will be free to roam, not running up against walls or iron bars that sap my strength. Never again shall I subject myself to the will of others. I do not need them, do not need support, borrowed emotions, masks. I only need myself, although others can depend on me if they want. But still, it’s not that important. I’ll take them with me, stretching them out until they are tall enough to stand on their own, then leave them behind. It doesn’t bother me in the least. If it bothers you, don’t look away; just cover your ears. The music is what makes it scary. In complete silence, you will hear many things. Don’t take my word for it, though: just see for yourself. Hear everything, and grow still. Then, I will leave you, because all these things will pass, and I want to move on. Silence is life: movement is life. Never stop moving completely, or your body will turn back into energy, and you will be like me: swept away on the gust, the wave, the earthquake, the inferno that I cannot control, that are my passions, my emotions.  

A New Book

Dear readers: I've started a new book.
I haven't finished my other one, the Last of Five, but this couldn't wait.
I can't share the book with you because I'm afraid of people stealing it, but I had to share this with someone.
Last night, I woke up sometime in the dark hours, and I had this idea in my head. It was like someone opened me up and put it there. I didn't dream about it. I didn't think about it. It was just there.
I've heard of people who get flashes of inspiration like that, but I have never had it happen that way. My ideas usually start simple. My entire dream universe started with a name, and grew from there. This time, it didn't happen that way.
Anyway, the book is called, "How Beautiful We Were." The funny thing is, it's about a future where humans turn into robots called Androids over their lifetime. This happens because when something breaks or stops working, say, if someone from that future breaks an arm or gets arthritis in their legs, they get a new mechanical arm or a new set of mechanical legs. Since it is a natural thing for the human body to sort of break down over time, eventually, everyone in that world becomes a robot.
The book is about the one person who realized how wrong and unnatural it was for this to happen, and how he challenged the world as he knows it (how he will know it? It's from the future [will be from the future?] and I don't know how to phrase it.)
Anyway, my dearest readers, thank you for letting me share this with you. I'll let you know when I finish writing it, but don't hold your breath. It could be a while.

A Book and a Song

Hey hi hello, readers!
Here is a quick review of a book that I didn't remember in time for the last post, and a song that I really like.
The book is called "A Wizard of Earthsea." Tolkein fans, delight! Usula K. Guin is an amazing author, and this book is incredible. I haven't yet had time to read the second or third books, but this one is so good! It is written in the same style as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and...And I'm definitely not going to go on a mythology/writing style rant, so you'll just have to read it! Appropriate for whoever is able to read it, I suppose.
The song is called, "Radioactive in the Dark." I love to start playing this song for someone, then say, "You've never heard this song before." Invariably, the response is, "Yes I have! Radioactive, by Imagine Dragons!" And it's timed perfectly so that when they say that, the mashup begins. Yes, this is two songs put together, Radioactive and My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark. After I listened to this mashup, I realized, "Wow, these songs are so musically similar!" and they are! Just listen. Oh, by the way, here is a link! Just in case you do want to listen to it.
By the way, readers, if there is a certain book or song or whatever you want me to review and critique, just tell me in the comments! I'll try to read/listen to/whatever the book/song/whatever as soon as I can, and post my thoughts of it.
And I really am trying to get the fashion thing together. Clothes just don't happen to be my forte.

Bye!
And...happy Super Bowl to...Let me google who won...Seahawks fans! And Bronco fans, too, I'm not judging you.

Books!

Dear readers: stop reading right now and go read the post below. This post will then make much more sense.
Alrighty, readers, now that you're done reading the post below, we can continue.
Here are some books that I read and devoured. These books were my substance for weeks.
First off: Here, There be Dragons by James A. Owen. Fans of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams, or any of the Inklings, this book will blow you away. The older you get and the more fantasy books you have read, the more you will appreciate it. However, it is an amusing read for anyone, no matter what their literary experience is. I would suggest an age limit of anywhere over ten. Readers who are about ten years old, however, will probably have trouble understanding it.
The Ranger's Apprentice, by John Flanagan. Whoo, that was a good series. There are twelve books in this series, and they are all incredible. Adventurous, bold, brave readers will be delighted by these stories. HOWEVER, if you are under, say, sixteen, please ask your parents to read books two and three before you do. There is a slight part, hardly noticeable, in one of those, and your mother or father will need to give you permission.
Fablehaven, by Brandon Mull, is an excellent read. I would start reading those five books as soon as you are able to understand them.

Dearest readers: Thank you for commenting!
And have fun reading!

Music and Books!

Hello, dearest of readers:
Yay! Comments!
Be guaranteed, I read through all comments before publishing them.
And this post is an answer to my very dear friend, Jules Gomez.
So, I'm frantically trying to catch up on semi finals and find a way to post my favorite outfits.
The going is slow.
BUT! I can critique music and books very easily!
So, here are some of my current favorites, judged for your enjoyment.
MUSIC
I love music. Right now, as I write, I am listening to Ed Sheeran's "I See Fire," from the movie "The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug." Here is a link.
This song is wonderful, soft, slow, and passionate. I listen to this as I'm writing things that are sad but necessary in my book. It is a wonderful end song to the movie it came out with.
Another song that I have been listening to for a while is Tristram's "I Remember." Link
This song is...How to put it? dubstep? techno? Anyway, before you close this page in disgust, just try it. When I hear this song, I think of where Aronis, Dreyken, Deverell, and Crevan came from. I will not disclose this info, because it's private (and slightly embarrassing), but there was a terrible war that lasted for years, and this song reminds me of the end of that war.
Another song on my current playlist is Maddie Rodriguez's "The Hummingbird." Link
This song, believe it or not, reminds me of a place in a book called Brisinger, by Christopher Paolini. If you have read this book, think of when Arya was telling Eragon about the Menoa tree. In this song, a flower loved a hummingbird, but to me, this song is a terribly sad tale of mistakes.
Warning: Spoilers! I think that flower was experiencing a terrible crush, but went about earning the hummingbird's love the wrong way: by her attractiveness. Because of this, the hummingbird loved her, but it wasn't lasting love. He took all her nectar, and then left her. Only then was the flower able to move on, and love another bird. When the hummingbird tried to come back, he realized "how much it really hurt." However, he had already moved on! He left her, found another flower (doubtless draining all of her nectar, too) and only then wanted her back again.
Alright, readers, this post is already long enough! So sorry! however, I will post on books immediately!
And wonderful readers: if you do archery, don't forget your arm guard!