Yeah, it's a couple days late. But it's here. Be happy.
I got almost all my books read. I was so close. But not quite. *sighs* Five of the books on my list didn't get read. Anna Karenina, Around the World in Eighty Day, Anne of Green Gables, Arrowsmith, and Bringer of Storms.
I admit, the first four I didn't really want to read. I will be reading them at some point nonetheless. They had to be returned to the library and I forgot to check them out again. Genuinely, I did forget. And if you know my memory, you might actually believe that.
The last book I didn't read, Bringer of Storms, I still intend on getting to before the new year. *snorts quietly* Guess we'll see, ya?
Getting all those books read was a relief. Of course, I now have a new stack, but it's slightly smaller and more manageable. I can get it done. If I managed this fall, I can certainly do it this winter. Boo-yah. *smiles*
Well, I have to go. Grandparents and the mysterious Matthias are here, and soon... the Relatives! *gasps*
Happy Christmas all!
(You better be happy with this Nathan!)
Shine~Ley
Monday, December 24, 2007
Fall Into Reading Wrap-up Post
Monday, December 03, 2007
OBD
I am currently obsessed and bored out of my mind. I'm anxious to see which will win the next round. Undoubtedly, it will be a tie.
I have been playing spider solitaire for the last hour (and a half?) and if that's not a sign of absolute boredom, then, dang!, I don't know what is. I am also compulsively checking various forums and sites and turning imaginings to absolute mush from overuse. Obsession 101.
I've officially gone insane. (Again.)
Ah, yes. Also, I've been listening to This Is Halloween (the Marilyn Manson version), you know off of The Nightmare Before Christmas?, almost constantly. Something about that song just makes me want to giggle erratically. Hey, it's a distraction.
I should go write. It's a portion of my obsession, so I should be happy, but it interests me little. Really, I should go read, but that has nothing to do with it whatsoever and so interests me none at all. I'm never going to catch up on history. *sighs*
The joys and horrors of my 'little obsessions'. Why do I do this to myself? Oh wait, I remember. I don't. It just happens. Where are my books when I need them?....
....Life's no fun without a good scare....
Well, now that I've bored you all out of your minds, I'm off to moan and dream...
Shine~Ley
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Good-bye November, Helloooo December!
It's that time of year again. Bitterly cold weather, yet no snow. Cold feet, cold hands, and we're still not sure about the hearts thing. The panicking over the Christmas shopping yet to be done is starting to mount. And the final NaNo wordcounts have been posted, the documents closed and saved (or deleted) for posterity.
Ah, yes, it December, the most miserable *coughs*, I mean, wonderful time of the year.
Why am I up at the wee hours of the morning, when all sane people are in bed, you ask? Maybe you missed the portion when I mentioned NaNo, or maybe you just don't understand the term, but on this night, all across the globe, there are thousands of people just like me, some already finished and others frantically trying to.
Yes, it is the First of December and the grand and awe-inspiring National Novel Writing Month is finally over.
I, like the rest of the insane members of this crazy world of noveling, stayed up late typing as fast as my chilled and sore fingers could. Luckily I had a Buddy to keep me company into the wee hours of this chilly first day of December, to cheer and amuse, to encourage and rejoice with, our own dear Nathaniel, who hit an official wordcount of 4,505, quadrupaling his word count in only a few hours.
Though neither of us accomplished the distinguished (although, admittedly, demented) goal of 50,000 words of pure reading pleasure (read: absolute, but entertaining, crap), we accomplished our own personal goals with great zeal and verve. My own goal was to pass up my last year's NaNo count, which I achieved in excess of almost 4,000 words, bringing my total to 12,097, as an official, validated, and locked count.
Another fall almost crumbled and blown away, another winter creeping up in its silent ice-slippers. Seasons change, word counts peak and bed times come.
We have succeeded in changing our own little worlds this quiet night. November died, but novels, writers, were born. And a young December presses on, determined to give birth to a bitter, joyous winter.
And so, this hyped and slightly disturbed writer signs off for the night, wishing only to leave her readers enlightened and hopeful for the new month, coming season, and future NaNo.
Here's to future WriMo's and NaNo winners!
Congratulations to all the 2007 winners!
Special congratulations go to the especially deserving Circle Wrimo, history (fondly called hist) aka, haironastick, who outwrote everybody with an insane drive worthy of a true WriMo. You have inspired us all.
And to close, I finish with a quote I deem fitting, from our own dear Chris Baty. "Your optimism and plucky refusal to adhere to reality inspires us all."
Good night, cruel world! Save some cake for me!
Shine~Ley
Friday, November 09, 2007
NaNoWriMo
Yes, yes, YES!
I finally started my nano-novel! YES!!! Only 351 words, but dang, it's a start. I've decided that as long as I get more words than last year (8,000 some odd), I'm happy. Officially, I'm aiming for 20,000. I wasn't intending to do it by hand. It's slower and if I'm going for 50,000 it's too slow. But right now, I'm good just to write. Period. Maybe this'll help pull me out of my dump.
YES!!!!
Shine~Ley
(check me out!)
Friday, November 02, 2007
NaNoWriMo
It's November 2nd and I haven't written a word yet!!! AH!! *panics*
I'm leaving in like, an hour (less? I don't know) for ATF in Cleveland. I don't even have time to write! I'm scared. But I am taking my research with me. Maybe I'll have a little time. God help me. I can do this.
Anybody else up to the challenge (and maybe doing better than I am?)?
Ich bin nicht allein!
Shine!~Ley
Saturday, October 27, 2007
The A....
C....
*looks around furtively*
t!
Yup, I took it. And I'm kinda cheating today on my sentence a day. See, I wrote, on my essay. But posting it here could get, like, dismissed or something. Okay, I'm sorta making fun of the strict rules about that. I mean seriously they made me sign a special 'document', saying I wouldn't tell.
Okay, I can keep my mouth shut.
Yay! I have taken a test. I'm now officially smart. Now what?
Monday, October 22, 2007
I breathe therefore....
...I survive? Not quite enough for me, but I guess it's a start. Ever feel like all you're managing to do in life is breathe? But I'm think maybe, just maybe, I might be starting to push through. I hope. 8P
A happy thought... I wrote yesterday! An entire 4 pages. Okay, so they're hand-written, but talk about rush. Yow. Of course, I haven't written today, debating on which way Trev is going to react to this awkward situation. Somehow it keeps changing on me. Not something that happens often. I'm really having to dissect him. Not literally of course. *shudders* But you get the drift.
Now, I know I started this post with something in mind to put in it. Humph.
AH!
I got The Restorer's Son. Yee! I was so happy. And I read it faster than I knew I was capable. The third's on my Christmas list. (Mom's already got us started. The thought of shopping makes me panicky.) I can't imagine waiting that long! But there's other good books lying around to tide me over.
Well, I'm going to get back to reading The Secret Life of Becky Miller here in a few minutes, so I'm dropping this to finish up my e-mails. Yikes! That's what I get for not getting online in over a week.
Shine~Ley
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Marcher Lord Press
Marcher Lord Press is a new independent publisher that specializes in speculative and related areas of fiction.
Yeah. Sweet. The official luanch date is October 1, 2008 (God willing ;-) ). I'm waiting on tip-toe. *smiles*
So, if you're a reader or writer, check out their site and get some info. Sign up for their newsletter. Maybe win a prize. And come next year, read some good books. I'm all for that.
Speaking of speculative fiction, I just finished The Restorer by Sharon Hinck. It was amazing. And you know, I knew that it was going to end that way. It's kinda frustrating. I need The Restorer's Son next.... now! *sighs* But I'm broke. And the library just isn't cool like that (my new favorite way to refer to them, after all they are cool in some ways).
I've been trying to bribe Richard into buying it for me. So far, no luck. Mom isn't cooperating as she should. *smiles* At least, I won't have to wait too long for the third one. It comes out December.
....
AAHHHH!!
Humph. I need my book. Let's see, we're going to the library tomorrow and if......
*grins wickedly*
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Fall Into Reading List
This time I am not in any way editing my list once it's posted, excepting to mark when I've finished one. I'll be posting the books I've read in my sidebar, also.
- Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott ~
- The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey ~
- The Restorer by Sharon Hinck ~
- Abomination by Colleen Coble ~
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Arrowsmith
- Fancy Pants by Cathy Marie Hake ~
- The Dead Whisper On by T.L. Hines ~
- Fair Game by Elizabeth White ~
- Miss Invisible by Laura Jensen Walker ~
- The Begotten by Lisa T. Bergren ~
- The Betrayed by Lisa T. Bergren ~
- Beyond the Summerland by L.B. Graham ~
- Bringer of Storms by L.B. Graham
- The Secret Life of Becky Miller by Sharon Hinck ~
- Valley of Shadows by Shirlee McCoy ~
- The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket ~
- Bachelor's Puzzle by Judith Pella ~
- A Hideous Beauty by Jack Cavanaugh ~
- Idlewild by Nick Sagan ~
- Child of the Mist by Kathleen Morgan ~
- Wings of Morning by Kathleen Morgan ~
- A Fire Within by Kathleen Morgan ~
- Soul Tracker by Bill Myers ~
- Prints Charming by Rebeca Seitz ~
- Hood by Stephen R. Lawhead ~
- Scarlet by Stephen R. Lawhead ~
- The Rise of the Wyrm Lord by Wayne Thomas Batson ~
And last but most definitely not least....
- Boo by Rene Gutteridge ~
- Boo Who by Rene Gutteridge ~
- Boo Hiss by Rene Gutteridge ~
- Boo Humbug By Rene Gutteridge ~
There's a fourth one! I'm so happy.
That's my list, and if you think that is scary, try this fact. All of these books are currently at my house. Yikes.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
The Last Day of Summer
And I have yet to write my reading list! Aahhhh!
*breathes deeply* Can't panic, can't panic can't.... Aahhh!
Okay, so maybe it isn't that bad. Although for a saturday this has somehow felt... hectic. Not sure why. I think I need to go away. Oh yeah, that's why I read and write. Whoops.
Really, I'm excited about Fall Into Reading. And NaNoWriMo. And everything else.
I'm just totally not in the mood to do anything today. I really need to read. It's actually a good book. I wasn't anticipating that. I just don't feel like reading it. Silly, foolish girl. I'll get over myself.
'Course first I'll have to get off the computer. *smiles*
Speaking of computers, Dad's working on getting mine up and running. Yay! This means I'll be able to do my NaNo novel upstairs. And in comfort. It's on the desk this time. (Can you say, 'Sitting for long periods of time without cramps?' *giggles*)
Well, off to procrastinate and play DF. See ya!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Speech
No, I am not doing speech. No way. Kill me. But Crystal is.
And she can't talk. For 24 hours. We're all going to go insane.
I never knew that someone else not talking could be so difficult. We've already had multiple little sign language conversations (those letters come in handy) and one mad gab one. That was weird. But funny.
And then something weirder happened. She called me. Actually she called Mom, but she was driving and I answered. Fortunately, she didn't talk or we would have to start all over again. (Notice how I say we. Ha!) She then hung up after 24 seconds and I'm dying to know what the heck that was.
Have you ever gotten a call from a mute person? (No? That's weird. Happens to me all the time.) That's sorta what it felt like. If anyone 'over there' knows whats up, shoot me a comment, yeah?
Night y'all,
Shine~Ley
SaD Updates
I have been writing. I just haven't been posting. :D But I've decided that from now on, I won't get on the computer until I have written. Just another way to make sure I get in my writing.
9-11-07
"You have a daughter."
9-12-07
All were engaged.
today!
He turned when no response was forthcoming.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Fall Into Reading 2007
It's finally here! I know none of you have been waiting for it! Mostly because you don't have a clue what it is!
Yeah!
So anyway, Fall Into Reading 2007 is yet another reading challenge hosted by Katrina at Callapidder Days. Just like the Spring Reading Thing, you basically make a list of books and read them! Simple. I like simple things. Unlike geometry.
It's fun, it's books, and there's free ones. What more could a girl (or anyone else for that matter?) want?
If you so desire you can put 1 single, lonely book on your list. You're almost guaranteed to get that done. (Wimp.) Come on, try it out with me. This will be especially interesting as I intend on participating in NaNo in the middle of it all. What a lovely way to start a not so lovely school year. (It'll level out.... I'm sure.... It's gotta.... Dang, it better!)
And speaking of Nano.... You know y'all want to....
Okay that's it for my cajoling today. I'm not especially good at it anyway.
Have a good night's sleep and may God bless your dreams.
Shine~Ley
SaD
I won't make excuses. I plain forgot. Hey I got yesterday anyway.
He had never been a steady hand with sewing.
Friday, September 07, 2007
On Romance
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
First Day of School
The weekend was a blast, but also exhausting, even though I didn't do much. I got sick. As in, fever and chills, miserable weakling, sick. But it was still fun. Except for the whole, you know, doing stuff thing.
Unfortunately, that didn't add up for the best first day of school. But, hey! we all survived, right?
Ah... Right?
Yeah, of course. Anyway, it was still a good day other than that little issue with Rosetta Stone. Everybody finished everything they were supposed too... except for that walk I was supposed to take. Sshhh..
It was definately hectic. Noisy. It'll take some getting used to. All this school stuff and people again. But it's worth it.
Ich liebe Deutsch und Schule!
(I'm hoping that's right. *grins*)
Shine~Ley
SaD
From 'Jacey and Cottar'
He closed the gap slowly.
I admit it, I didn't write everyday I was gone, but I had an excuse....
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