Melissa sent this to me today, and I love it just as much as she does~

Reading

Another thing contributing to my need/want to write, is that I've been reading 'Hood' by Stephen Lawhead. It's a retelling of Robin Hood, and I'm only on the third chapter, but I really like it! And it's good to use for 'research.' :D

And to celebrate, here's a Book 2.5 quote!!

"Spiteful wretch!"

Who says it? Can't tell ya!! :D

Thank you Erica!

Erica and I just finished reading Book 1 together.  It was great to read out loud again, and fix tiny things I STILL hadn't noticed (after HOW many times reading?? GOSH!), and after it was finished, I just could not. stop. smiling!! I LOVE IT!

And lol, Erica was totally into it, and at the end scene, she goes, "JENNA IS AN IDIOT." HAHAhhaa, and I totally agree, but at the same time, Erica does not know what I know, mwahahahahhaa!

YAAAYYY! I love writing!!

Current mood: ^____^

Progress

My thoughts on writing: Oh man, it's fun! :D 

Here's a quote from the Book 2.5:

Jenna: “All I’m saying is that it doesn’t seem right to love your enemy, and hate the ones you work so hard for.”

Playlist Reader's Guide

For those of you who have finished reading Book 1, or for those who are in the process of reading it now, I am making a guide as to when/where/how/why songs in the playlist fit in. YAY!

You can refer to this blog entry while you read, won't that be FUN!? I KNOW. :D


**SPOILER ALERT** If you haven't read the book, and don't want the plot to be spoiled, DO NOT read the Playlist Reader's Guide!!!!!


Here goes:

1. The Great Escape: this song is for the Spencer Era, when she thinks everything is going spectacularly. ... heh...

2. Show Me Tha Money: getting ready for a date~

3. Who Knew?: the break-up

4. Stranger: referring to Spencer. (what a jerk!)

5. Gone: again, referring to Spencer. Jenna is GONE. out of there! HA!

6. Since U Been Gone: can you guess that these are all break-up songs?

7. Fighter: finally, Jenna realizes that the experience made her stronger. SHe's now a fighter~!

8. Crawling: she still needs the rage music sometimes...

9. Happy Ending: yup, Spencer is a carcass fit for hounds.

10. The Garden: just a good song. She was broken up about it, but now...

11. Way Back Into Love: Ben helps her along. awwww~

12. Move Along: another one referring to Ben.

13. Pop Princess: how Ben feels about Jenna sometimes (although it's not from his point of view, this gives a little insight.)

14. Bubbly: Jenna feels so happy with him!

15. Blackbird:  Technically this is in Book 2, but I really like this song, and I listened to it a lot while writing.

16. Cristofori's Dream: another one I listened to a lot to get me in the mood. This goes at the very first time Jenna sees Michael, and probably any other time.

17. January Rain: soothing, eh?

18. (Pride and Prejudice) Credits: I guess this should go at the beginning of the playlist, but... meh. Anything from Pride and Prejudice helped me write that first encounter she had, waking up in the field.

19. Spell: Jenna seems to put spells on anyone she comes across (figuratively, that is). Michael and Ben are both spellbound by her.

20. Somewhere Only We Know: Um, oops, this is probably supposed to be in Book 2.

21. Stand My Ground: When Jenna makes up her mind to tell Ben her secret.

22. X&Y: This is from Ben's point of view. Basically the whole time he's with her. And maybe more so especially at the end.

23. Love Is Dead: heh heh heh, this goes at the make-out scene at the charity dinner. Why? Because its drive is PERFECT, and it also foreshadows what both Jenna and Ben are feeling. :D HEH!

24. It Ends Tonight: when Jenna decides Ben is not for her. oh how sad!!

25. **secret song** : I can't tell you what the song is, cuz it will give things away!

26. Roadside:  The break-up. Both still definitely feel things for each other. Hmmm~



Well, that's it! I flippin' love having a soundtrack to the book!

DONE!

Mom and I just finished editing Book 1!! YAYY! It was really fun reading it out loud to her, because I think a lot more can be gotten from it by the way I intend to have things said. For example, "what?" can be read quite a number of different ways, and mom got to hear firsthand what specific way that was! Isn't that COOL? I KNOW. :D

So next up for reading the now scribbled on and edited firstish draft is Erica, who was halfway done. Then dad, if he's up for it. Then when I go visit Emily, she can read it! And Nathan too, if he wants. (He read the first chapter at Christmastime and that really meant a lot to me.) :)

What's next? Query letters!

I work on Book 2 almost every day, and think about it CONSTANTLy. It's getting more complicated, and I'm getting frustrated and excited all at the same time!

Ben's Car!!

So I am watching 24 right now, and GUESS WHAT! Jack Bauer just hijacked someone that was driving Ben's Cadillac CTS! WOO! That was exciting~

haha, i am a dork!

Never again!

Last night I *accidentally* stayed up until 3. I was just writing and filling in stuff, and then...yeah. 3 am said 'hello' and then I said, 'good night!' But apparently my brain wasn't ready to shut down, and I kept going on with the story in my head. It was pretty good, and I thought, "oh man, i do NOT want to start up my laptop AGAIN and write this all down!" I thought, "I'll remember this. I won't forget."

HA. I woke up and had completely forgotten that I had promised myself to not forget. I had no clue! But then, when mom and I did some editing, the thought came to me: "you never wrote down that stuff from last night." And when I tried to remember what it was even about, what it even related to, I couldn't remember a thing!!!!

So later I just sat there, looking at my computer, not knowing when this "brilliant" part was even supposed to happen, and I drew a complete blank. Not until dad was recording downstairs and I was drowning him out with music for Book 2, did it finally come back to me. It was like a shock. Like, "OH."

Never again will I take an idea for granted!!!! From now on, no matter what ungodly hour it is, I will make myself write down anything that comes to me. I have a feeling whenever I've stumbled upon something worth writing down, and last night was one of those, and I did NOTHing! I feel so ungrateful! I've spent the last hour and a half (maybe more) writing. I don't want to forget it again! And even though it wasn't a very happy thing to write, I think I wrote it well and am pleased with it.

Phew! I was so scared that I had lost that part of the book! I'm so glad it came back to me. :)

Edits,edits,edits

Mom and I finished editing another chapter today. I really like doing that with her, and I'm glad she wants to help! It's exhausting work really.

Return of the Quotes!

Alright, it's been awhile! Let's see if I can find a good quote for y'all....

#11

Michael: "It is only my life they desire."



Aaaand, because I feel like giving anyone who reads this an extra treat, another quote!

#12

Ben: "How well do you think you could know a person after a mere couple of weeks?"


So Mom and I are working on editing right now. It's fun, but kind of exhausting! And I re-read all of what I have for Book 2. I couldn't help saying, "Did I actually write that? I don't remember..." So I'm glad that I made myself turn on the light, get up out of bed, and write what I had on my mind so many times during the night. If I hadn't, I'd not have very much book written! Oh man, Book 2 ROCKS! I couldn't stop reading it and the last bit took me like 2.5 hours! Geez!

Um! Not good!!

Quote

#10

Ruth: "Believe me, I've been planning what I've wanted to say for twenty two years, and I never thought it would be this hard."

Quote

#9

Jenna: “I do what I can to keep your male ego down.”

Quote

#8

Ms. Harper: "I think it would be good to try and cultivate that lioness that seems to have been born inside you."

Quote of the Every Two Days!

#7

Spencer: "There you were, a dazzling sight to behold."

Quote

#6

Professor Clarke: "Jenna, I couldn’t help noticing that today during class you took it upon yourself to leave our presence for a short time. Mentally speaking that is."

Writing

Last night I only wrote because I couldn't get my mind off of other things, and ended up staying awake until 3:30... Heh. But I only got about 3 pages written. YAY! But they're quite good, if I do say so myself. :D

BUT! All night I kept having dreams about the part that I had just written. And I kept waking up right after it ended. Weird. I never have dreams about my stuff. Heh heh, not that I'm saying it was a bad thing, aheh heh heh. : j

Quote

#5

Jenna: "I must be really screwed up. Irreversibly and totally screwed up."

GOT HIM!

HaHA! I just saw a part of an interview on the Bonnie Hunt show, and after a few seconds of watching I was like, "THAT'S HIM!!!!"

Yes, that's right, I have found someone who could do a good job of portraying Spencer!

Anyways, yup! His hair needs to be a little darker, but yeah! heehee Here's Jensen Ackles!


And a link for another good picture: http://www.teenidols4you.com/blink/Actors/jensen_ackles/jensen_ackles_1185288225.jpg

Quote

#4

Ben: "And the worst you ever called him was a jerk?? I should've used harsher insults..."

:D

Ben's Car

So I'd been contemplating what my superfly character should drive, and a little while ago I finally decided! I'd been asking my dad what every single car was that I thought would work as we drove past them, but then one day on my way home from a temp job, I sidled up next to one of these babies. Awwwyyyyyyeah. Yup, I am pretty sure this is what I want Ben's car to be:

It's a Cadillac CTS 2007. That year because the book takes place in 2006, but Ben has the means to get cars before they actually come out. heh heh heh. Oh yes, and the color of his car is dark blue.

Quote

#3

"You're going to wish you didn't do that."

A Face

So I think I've found a possible face, I guess, for, well, someone. heh.. He's got qualities of two of my characters: Ryon and Michael, but I don't think his face is quite strong enough to be Michael, so he could do Ryon. (In case you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, I just like to find people/actors who would be good in the roles I have created. I'm not counting on anything being made a movie, I only have ideas on what people would be PERFECT for it. ^^)

Well, here he is: Hugh Dancy. And something else about him--he's from England, so that's a plus. (I watched this movie with him in it, but he played an American, but the whole time I was like, he's GOTTA be from England cuz I can hear an accent sometimes..!! Hehheh, turns out I was SO RIGHT.) I can't have an American play the role of Michael or Ryon! (Or any of the others for that matter, except Jenna and Ben and basically everyone that is 'present day.') Oh, and his hair isn't as red/copper as it's supposed to be, but that can be fixed. ^^

So you all might think he's stupid, but to me he *looks* good for the part, and could act the part well I think. Yeah, this is why I'm afraid to come out with everything. I don't want people to be like, 'oh, man, she thought THAT guy would be good?' or 'is THAT what she's imagining when she writes this stuff?' ...... yeah...... whatever. I hate defending myself like that. I know not everyone will like what I write. like I know that people got mad about who was playing Edward Cullen for Twilight. "Ewww, HIM??? Are they CRAZY?" But hey, this is me, saying, "you wanna know what's in my head? here's a taste." No one will ever be able to recreate what I've imagined, but I hope people get close. I'm just trying to help it be as real for the readers as it is for me. And by real I mean made of awesome.

yup

: j

Quote of the Every-Two-Days-or-so

#2:

"Their faces...have the darkness."


haha, where I got this line is a funny story, but I can save it for later.

Quote of the Every-Two-Days?

So I was thinking that I would post lines from my first book here to get people more interested in reading, or something. (Stephenie Meyer has done with this with the Twilight series.) When I have at least 10 lines/quotes from Book 1, or when everyone is finished with Book 1, I will post lines/quotes from Book 2. Yyyaaaay.

One thing I can say for Book 2 though.. I've never been able to get to sleep quickly, and so I always think about something beforehand and for the past two-three years my before-sleep thoughts have been about my characters. And recently, let me tell ya, my characters will NOT. SHUT. UP. Especially two of them in particalar, jeez. I only hope that that will make the final product that much better. I usually let the characters babble/fight/talk for awhile before I finally get up (surrender really) and write down what they've done or said. :) Aaaaand that's why my schedule is so terrible. I start trying to sleep at maybe 1 am, but by the time I finish writing what I want to, sometimes it's like... 5 am. And when that happens, I look at the clock and say, "oh... oops."

Okay! So let me search for a nice good quote of the every two days or so.............................

"She keeps the bait dangling, always high or low enough to keep you interested."

--should I tell you who says it? hmmmm, maybe sometimes yes, sometimes no. This time...no. ^^