My WIP

My current work in progress is Nobody’s Angel, the fourth part of the Promise Trilogy. Yes, I know, a trilogy is only supposed to have four parts. But the third book, Promise Child, only opened up a thousand new plot threads and it was impossible to end them all. I’m still calling it a trilogy, though. A trilogy plus one, maybe.

At the moment, the novel has thirty-eight pages, 21.300 words, and four chapters. It’s a decent count. I started the novel on the seventeenth of this month. My sister Dominique and I are racing to see who can finish their novel first. It’s not really a fair race. I have my own laptop, my navy blue Toshiba named Tasha, and Dominique uses the ancient desktop in my parents’ room.

My word count goal is 80.000, the same as the other three books. The plan is to be done with the first draft before the end of the month, so I can devote all my time to studying for the ACTs. Not to mention my mother and sisters are threatening to read the first two books. They probably won’t appreciate not knowing what happens in the end.

I finally got my book!

I've been sick for a couple of days (during spring break no less) but on Thursday I finally managed to get up and walk around without running into any walls :) And I got my proof copy from Createspace!

You’re supposed to name eight books you would really like to live in for a week, then tag eight people. Here are my answers:

1. Maximum Ride

2. Any of the Secret Series books

3. Timelock

4. Curse of the Blue Tattoo

5. Firefly Dancer (my first ever novel)

6. Phantom Stallion

7. East

8. Line of Fire (my other novel)

I tag: Everyone who loves a great book! ^_^

Photo Contest

I entered a photo scholarship contest with one of my absolute favorite pictures. You can see the picture (and vote for it, if you'd like!) at the bottom of my blog.

Seven Things...

Here is a list of seven books that everybody should read.

1. The Name of this Book is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch - it's the first book in the Secrets Series. I think it's YA but pretty much anybody can read it.

2. The Angel Experiment by James Patterson - excellent cast of characters, fight scenes, and flying kids. YA

3. Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by...um, I forgot - my favorite book ever, containing invisible dragons and a girl masquerading as a boy. YA.

4. A Voice In the Wind by Francine Rivers - the first of the Mark of the Lion series. Once again, excellent characters. Christian Romance, I think.

5. Dairy Queen by Catherine Murdock - DJ is one of my all-time favorite novel characters. She lives on a dairy farm, which she basically runs by herself, and she wants to play football. YA

6. Firestorm by I have no idea - first book in the Caretaker Trilogy. Has a very interesting style of writing. For the older end of YA.

7. Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw - I had to read this for school. It's historical fiction. I absolutely loved it; five out of five stars. I guess it's YA.

Driving lessons

It's been a month and four days since I got my learners permit and I got to drive on the road for the second time today! My dad is teaching me and my older sister Liz at the same time and it's fun to see how differently we drive. She loves the accelerator and I love the brake. In spite of my being taller, I drive with my seat closer to the wheel than she does. And everybody said I was going to be the crazy driver :)

When my uncle heard I was driving he said, "Everybody get the women and children off the roads. I'll call the police and have them set up a road block right now." But I just barely hit 25 MPH today.

Dad said I can drive on the roads more often once I make my turns tighter. I love driving. It's so much fun. At this rate I just might be driving before graduation. Oh. Right. That reminds me of something I was supposed to be doing...

Return of the King poster

My mom got me an awesome Return of the King movie poster on Saturday =) I am now officially out of wall space.