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!!