sleep; take frequently

This is my thirty-eighth post. Hey, that's cool.

I've spent my evening downloading new songs on to my iTunes, and syncing my ipod, which is exciting on the one hand--new songs, new fun stuff--but also a bit sad. I'm deleting all of my old playlists, which I've had since I was thirteen. Wow, fifteen years ago this kind of internal conflict wouldn't have existed.

I honestly can't think of anything more to write. Maybe things will change over the next five months--a brand new semester, rid of stressful, tiring things like PE. Only time will tell.

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*sleep*

Erika

one, two, three persons

Ughhhhhhhhhh.

Exams; need I say more? I had my one and only exam today--very little work considering all of the provincials that older students have to take--and it was exhausting! Maybe in part because I had totally psyched myself up for it, or because it was an English exam (which I'm generally good at), but either way an hour or so later I was really tired. And I don't think I did very well, but that's beside the point.

Despite my desperate need for rest, I am online, and trying to squeeze every ounce of creativity from my desolate corpse. Now, I'm sure you're not reading this to hear me complain--or maybe you are. Who am I to judge? In either case, let's change the subject.

I've just started reading City of Glass, the third book in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. I'd consider it YA but the slightly larger-than-normal print could bump it down to middle grade. The plot centers around a group of gifted people that belong to a separate race known as "Shadowhunters" (or Nephilim), whose mission it is to rid the normal world of downworlders (demons, vampires, etc). It's a good book so far, but not as good as the first one (City of Bones) which completely blew my mind.

There's a collection of witty, memorable characters who help paint a vivid picture of the modern day New York they live in. It is both fantastical, and firmly planted in the real world. All of this wrapped up in a neat little third person POV.

I've decided to try writing my new project in the third person point of view, which is kind of new to me. While I've used third person before for small projects, never for a whole story! Recently I've discovered how useful first person can be to color in a character's motivation, emotions, and actions. So, needless to say, it's been a little hard to make the transition and still create full, vivid characters.

If anyone has any suggestions of books that are emotional and strong while using the Third Person, please let me know! So far I'm going to review certain parts of City of Glass, and, of course, Harry Potter :)

Thank you, Erika wrote in the sincerest of tones.

stella, STELLA

I've been haunting the AW (Absolute Write) forums for a while now, which could explain why I haven't been posting... hmm, coincidence? I think not. They have forums for nearly everything where you can ask a writing related question, find an answer, or just waste entire days at a time! :)

I've also been playing around with the idea for a story, which I haven't actually put down to paper until earlier today (one page, anyways). One of the forums in particular has caught my attention, and help me to, uh, visualize my new project. Casting your novel is a great concept that I had never really thought about before. Because I'm a very visual person, it was always hard for me to give a detailed description of a character without having a concrete picture of them for me to look at (rather than just in my mind).

That being said, here it is *drum roll please* the very beginnings of my new writing project, "Whatever it's called"!

This is Eliza No-current-last-name, played by a younger Alexis Bledel (who was also in my very favorite Gilmore Girls).And here is Desmond (Des) Conway (surname subject to change!), played by the always lovely Gaspard Ulliel. As if writing about him wasn't enough, just looking at his picture is pretty fun :)

I have a few more characters in mind, but for this... whatever it is, I've decided to go slow and enjoy the writing process! That and my mind has a hard time dealing with one character!

Have a good day,
Erika

PS: I definitely recommend checking out AW if you haven't already. My username is indie_girl, if you wanna be friends :3

leaving the station

So, my dearest Blogosphere, I am writing to you as a new and improved fifteen year old!

Yesterday, January sixth, was my fifteenth birthday! It was lovely. This post is going nowhere, in case you were wondering.

At midnight my friend texted me with birthday wishes, one of my friends baked me a cake and brought it to school. Suffice it to say, I'm friends with some pretty amazing people! I had band practice afterschool, where I had an epic out-of-body experience while listening to Greensleeves. I had an extra long session of cello, then retired for take-out Indian food and a move (Eagle Vrs Shark. Amazing).

Over all it was a wonderful birthday. I've enrolled in a free online plot workshop, I'm trying (and, to be honest, falling behind) to stick to my 1,000 word a day goal, and the gymnastics unit in my PE class is going surprisingly well. In case you didn't know, I don't do gymnastics. But I try, and I'm going to keep on trying for a whole new year.

Happy Thursday.

Erika