The life of a young author

Script review: Odysseus

2010-05-06T16:37:00.002-04:00

Dear Hollywood,
I've noticed that you have been raping our childhoods by turning toys and books into mindless action films with no relationship to the source material but somehow you think that's "cool". Well you've gone too far this time. Never before in my entire life have I read a script that has soo few similarities to the source material that you should just call it fan fiction. The Odysseus script is truly horrible. Here's why:
Characters:
Odysseus: Not only does Odysseus character almost nothing like the classic character Homer had written, but they weaken him a bit. He gets captured by Antonious (who I think is a villain created specifically for the movie), and gets his ass kicked. Oh and just so they can make the character more 'relatable' they gave him a tattoo. I guess the writer thinks that the way to make characters relatable is to give them tattoos and have them say modern phrases (which I'll talk about later). They took away the charm of the character. When I read the script I couldn't find it in me to want Odysseus to succeed.

Antonious: Oh and they just had to make his costume "cool" by giving him a mask (yes because all people back then wore metal masks to battle). Speaking of Antonious I think the only reason they made him is because 1. The writer realized 'Oh crap you can summarize when Odysseus comes home in less than five pages. I gotta add in some made-up villain just so I can force this movie to be longer than two hours and 2. Apparantly evil cyclops, creatures with nine heads who rip your bodies apart, cannibals, angry gods, and giant whirlpools of death were too lame to be in this movie.

I think he was supposed to be Antinous (whose only in the book for less than ten pages) and if he is supposed to Antinous then the author mustn't have ever read the book to realize that Antinous's role was to get killed off by Odysseus, he never took control of the city, doesnt know how to spell his name and he never captured Odysseus. Antinous is a suitor not some warlord! Another character that has been butchered by Ann Peacock (the writer of this script)

Telemachus: I loved Telemachus.....in the book. Here they just reduced him to the stereotypical angsty teen with daddy issues. Though I'll admit I did kind of like reading him in the script. The only part I liked was when he got killed. They killed him. The writer had the BALLS to kill off the eye candy for us girls! NO NO! DOES NOT COMPUTE! DOES NOT COMPUTE! I'm sorry about that. I just don't like it when the eye candy IS KILLED OFF! HOW DARE YOU! YOU KILLED TELEMACHUS! HOW DARE YOU! Umm....moving on

Penelope: I think the writer did the math wrong. The script says she is in her 30s so I'm gunna guess that's 35. Since the script takes place 20 years after Odysseus's wild journey, wouldn't that mean Penelope would be in 15? If they wanted to make it more realistic (and not make it seem like Penelope had a teen pregnancy) they would have made her in her 40s or 50s. Then she would be in her 20s or 30s when Odysseus left. But I guess the studio wanted to make Penelope the eye candy and being realistic wasn't cool enough for them

Ok so let me just summarize the action. It wasn't anything insanely special. They changed the part of the Odyssey where Odysseus changes himself into a poor begger, wins a contest to shoot an arrow through some axes and then proceeds to slaughter all the suitors, and just changed it to this: Odysseus (not a begger) is forced to fight his son for the enjoyment of Antonious. Odysseus pretends to kill Telemachus , and then proceeds to light the place on fire and he and Telemachus start to kill everybody. Oh and I forgot to add that Penelope was in the room. Yes...so he locked he, his wife and his son in a burning room while his poor wife watches the slaughter. Worse part was that he didn't even feel upset when Penelope is assumed dead. He was like:
Telemachus: Oh mom's still in the burning room roasting alive. I think she's dead
Odysseus: Ehh.......Whatever
He sure does win the husband of the year award.

Dialogue: *groans* For some reason they tried to make it modern like Clash of the Titans so they included modern phrases like "Shove it up your ass", "mother fugga" and "I'll be back" (a line which I can't help but think about the Terminator). Dear Hollywood, if you wanna have your character be relatable to teenagers you don't have to have them say modern phrases, have tattoos. Give them issues that the teen can relate to. I wouldn't be suprised if in the second draft of this script Odysseus starts to rap, wears Abercrombie, and listen to Lady gaga. Oh and I wouldn't be suprised if the soundtrack is some loud rock music and the trailer includes quick action sequences, very little talking, and boasts it's CGI.

So if I could give Odysseus a final grade it would be a D-. Sure some action sequences were average at best, but the characters and plot are nothing like the source material. Plus I'll never forgive them for killing Telemachus. Suggested cast:
Odysseus: Channing tatum (I'm not happy with this script, so it deserves a crappy cast)
Penelope: Megan fox
Telemachus: Some good actor who can make the other actors look worse. Dear Telemachus you will not die a bad actor

My next script review

2010-05-04T18:00:00.003-04:00

Coming possibly tommorow I will write a review for the sh!t stopper, the horrible, and down right unfaithfully adapted script known as....Odysseus. You see Hollywood is losing ideas rapidly and more and more books/comic books/old movies/tv shows are being made into movie. What better place to seek ideas than Greek Mythology? If you've noticed recently there have been a lot of Greek Mythology movies being made (or have been made). Here are some:
1. Clash of the Titans
2. Percy Jackson
3. Wonder Woman (well the animated one and possibly upcoming live action. Also I plan to write a review for two Wonder Woman scripts I found)
4. God of war
5. Untitled 300 sequel
6. Thor (well that's Norse mythology actually. But since It's mythology then it basicly counts)
7. The script which shall not be named (fine Odysseus)

Before you cry "But, It's the Odyssey. They can't go wrong!". Think again. Not only does the movie start when Odysseus comes home (so no Cyclops, Sirens, Calypso, Circe, Scylla and all the cool stuff), but they literally make up a plot just to force this movie to be longer than two hours. Plus they do the one thing that when I tell you Homer will probably role in his grave. Well I better go finish this god awful script and wonder why they didn't just make a movie off of the Odyssey.

Script review: Thor

2010-04-29T21:02:00.003-04:00

Now I havn't finished the whole script yet (I don't have the guts to. I'll tell you later why), but from what I read all I can say is "WOW". This script is like Lord of the Rings epic. It is only the first draft, and if they stuck with that first draft then the movie would cost over 300 million dollars. There is soo much going on and we get to see soo much stuff. There are viking battles, horned hats, weird tree people who rip your heads off, frost giants, Norse Gods, flying horses, and that's all that I've read in 30 pages and the script is over 130 pages.

The reason why I don't have the guts to read it all is not because I don't want to spoil the movie (even though I can tell that the final draft is 10000% different from the draft that I have because in the draft I have the Destroyer, Jane Foster, Darcy and several other things don't appear) because something about your main lead being a total arrogant asshole just doesn't appeal to me. Plus the fact that I always get weirded out when I read the part where Thor is sent to earth and things get all....freaky.
I'm personally suprised that this is being rated Pg-13 when there is a scene where Thor basically crushes a guy's skull with his bare hands, and so many scenes where I thought "When did this turn into a porno" (there isn't any sex in it, but there are soo many akward moments which make me think that the writers were horny when writing the script) Seriously....and this is pg-13? Thank god they changed that..hopefully

My current review (even though I havn't finished it yet): ★★★★☆ (it would have been five stars if it weren't for those certain....ummm....weird moments)

Script review: Green Lantern

2010-04-29T18:53:00.004-04:00

This might seem new to you guys, but I am planning to start writing script reviews for several movie scripts I have found. Some of those scripts include the Green Lantern first draft, the A-team (I believe it's the first draft), the ditched Johny Quest script, the first draft of the Thor script, two Wonder Woman scripts, and several others. Here's my grading scale:
☆☆☆☆☆: FCK YOU WHOEVER MADE THIS piece of crap! RAAAA!
★☆☆☆☆: God I hate this. Somebody needs to be fired
★★☆☆☆: Meeh. Forgettable. Has few good moments but a whole lotta bad ones
★★★☆☆: Good. With a decent cast, and good director this could be a really good movie
★★★★☆: Great! The pros out weigh the cons and I have no doubt it will be good
★★★★★: Better than the Dark Knight, Iron man, The Godfather, Star Trek, and the original star wars series combined! :D
So let's begin with my simple Green Lantern script review. Here's a brief summary of the Green Lantern movie (plot wise):A test pilot named Hal Jordan is granted a green power ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers. It also gives him membership in an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps, tasked with keeping peace within the universe

Pros: My favorite parts of the scripts are the scenes that include Sinestro. Man they (the script writers) nailed Sinestro. He is just soo incredibly awesome. He has some great lines and his fight scenes are cool. I never knew that Sinestro used a scimitar and was a great motivational speaker. Sinestro is awesome and I can't wait to see him go bad in the sequel. Yes Sinestro pulls off the old 'mentor goes evil' thing. The script is full of little references to green lantern and dc related things (for example: several DC cities like Star City and Gotham city are referenced) and there are some moments that both foreshadow the involvement of Star Sapphire and Sinestro as villains in the sequel.
Now onto our main lead Hal Jordan . Let me just say that I bet the writers had Ryan Reynolds in mind when they were writing this. Some of the lines seem like stuff Ryan Reynolds would say in real life. Hal in the script is both slightly funny (in an asshole like way), cocky, and just plain likeable. Ryan Reynolds is the perfect fit for Hal.
The action sequences seem really cool and I can't wait to see the ring constructs (even though Dc really does have an obsession with swords)
Then there's our main villain Hector Hammond. All I have to say about him it just "God I hate his guts". He does some really heartless things. Spoiler Alert: He actually uses his mind powers to force Hal (as Green Lantern of coarse) to kill innocents. DAMN!

Cons: During a very great scene where Sinestro is giving a major pep talk to the fellow corps members before they head off to find Legion (one of the villains) and he ends by saying the Green Lantern warrior cry. The cry is "WE! ARE! THE! CORPS!". WARNING THE CHEESE LEVEL HAS GONE TO MAXIMUM! I literally face-palmed when I read that. It was just soo cheesy and odd. Talk about ruining a perfectly good scene.
A major con is Carol Ferris (who in the sequel will most likely become the villainess Star Sapphire). A major problem I have with her character is that she is too weak. Spoiler Alert: Towards the end, Carol is trapped in a plane which is heading towards the cliff, and for some reason she could have just pushed the eject button but instead had Hal push the eject button for her. That's pretty weak.

Overall it's a very good script and I know it's gunna be a great movie. It is being directed by Martin Campbell. Stars Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris, Mark Strong as Sinestro, and Peter Sarsgaard as Hector Hammond.

My rating:★★★★☆

The Talking Cake parody chapter two: Stop ignoring me

2010-02-20T19:43:00.001-05:00

Chapter two: Stop ignoring me

Our four heroes were sitting in Claire and Daisy’s bakery. Claire looked straight ahead, and whispered to Daisy, “We’re on. Say your line”. Daisy perked up and said, “So you think we should get a carriage to ride in”. Will replied, “Yah, and exactly what time period are we in?”.
Claire shrugged and answered, “The author never really decided what time period this took place in. The book is clearly modern enough to feature Azerbeijan, and Ireland, but not modern enough to use swords. Yet we wear clothes from the 17th century. I guess we’re sometime in the 15th century or something like that. That made more sense in my head”.

Suddenly there was a puff of smoke and flame and a old evil witch appeared. It was Minerva. None of our heroes reacted, and Minerva shouted, “It is I Minerva! I have come here to kill….umm hello right here”. The others didn’t seem to notice her, and Claire took a deep whiff of the air and said, “Eww what’s that smell. Daisy did you leave the fire on?”
Minerva shot some energy blasts at the, but Claire, Daisy and Will managed to avoid them. Claire shouted in fear, “ Who could have done such a thing? Oh my god, Carlisa must be in here invisible. Clearly this must be Carlisa”.
Minerva sobbed, “Stop ignoring me”. Will said, “Yah I mean why would the author waste her time with the other witches. Carlisa clearly is the main witch”. Minerva whimpered, “Stop…ignoring me! Anne you better talk about me more. I’m a villain too right”
Me: Sorry your being cut due to the fact that basicly Carlisa is the main villain.

Minerva was in disbelief with the author’s decision, and yelled, “ So is that why your having them ignore me!? Because I’m not as important as Carlisa!”
Me: Basically. Ever wonder why this scene never made it in the final novel
Minverva: God I hate literature

NOW BACK TO THE ACTION:
Claire wondered, “Ok so that was weird. So you were saying we should get a carriage? Yah so thankfully we’ll forget common sense and have a carriage appear in the next ten minutes”.

MEANWHILE SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY IN A PLACE THAT IS NEVER ACTUALLY NAMED:

Carlisa was reading the script to the remake and mumbled, “Wait so I had an affair with…” before Carlisa could reveal any details about the remake, Minerva ran up to her and cried, “CARLISA STOP!” Carlisa stopped, rolled her eyes and said, “What?”. Minerva quickly explained that the author is attempting to keep details about the remake a secret other than the details already released to the public. Carlisa then asked Minerva seriously, “Did you kill Will?”. Minerva answered, “He didn’t even look at me. But you still love me, don’t you”. Carlisa was too busy looking at her nails, and said, “Girl, not even the author loves you”. Minerva slumped in sadness, and blubbered, “I guess I might as well go off screen till the author decides to have either Will, Claire, Daisy..err not Daisy, or Trevor kill me off. Bye audience”.
Minerva walked off screen and doesn’t return for another couple chapters.

Carlisa, ignoring Minerva, walked over to the window where a generic black crow with bright red eyes was perched on the mantle. She said to the bird, “Find me Prince Will of Nohavia, and let me know exactly where he is. Go…now!”. The bird flew off and Carlisa thought, “God I’m soo bad-ass”.

Final results for the Mary sue quiz

2010-02-19T21:44:00.002-05:00

Not suprisingly Nancy was the biggest Mary sue (at 81 points), then suprisingly Claire was the second Mary sue (at 76 points I think), Will was next, then Daisy, and Ariel at the last. Wow I thought Claire would be the least Mary-Suish, but I guess not. I was even more suprised that Ariel was the least Mary Suish. I intentionally based her off of me, and I made it a wish fulfillment. But I guess that since she gave up some times, and she was pretty selfish (but in an unintentional way. So wow my prediction was partialy wrong. Nancy was the biggest Mary sue (though I'd count her as a angsty sue because she spent most of the time moping, and having bad stuff happen to her).

The Mary sue test

2010-02-17T15:58:00.002-05:00

I have five characters from several of my books, and we're going to see whose the bigger Mary Sue/Gary stu. Our contestants are Daisy, Claire and Will from the original Talking Cake, Ariel from The Race to the City of Gold and Nancy from the Diary of a Lipgloss addict. I found a Mary Sue litmus test and we"ll see which one is the bigger Mary sue. All I have to do is answer some simple questions and then the tally up the number of answers selected and then it will reveal if your character is a Mary sue. This is the grading scale.
0-16 Points
Most likely Not-Sue. Characters at this level could probably take a little spicing up without hurting them any.

17-21
Probably not a Mary-Sue, although a character can go either way at this point. Fanfiction writers should pay attention to ensure that their characters aren't getting too Sue-ish. For an RPG or original fiction character, however, you're probably perfectly fine.

22-29
Some definite Sue-like tendancies here. A little polishing might be in order to put original fiction and RPG characters back into the balance, especially if Kirking is involved. Fanfiction characters should probably have some work done.

30+
Fanfiction authors beware - Mary's on the loose. There's still a chance you can save this character with some TLC, though. Role-players and original fiction characters, you should also strongly consider giving your character a workover.

36+
Fanfiction authors, you might just want to start over. Role-players and original fiction authors, at this point your characters are likely to provoke eye-rolling and exclaimations of "yeah, right!" from your readers. (Well, at least from me.) Immediate workover is probably in order.

50+
Kill it dead. Or make sure you read the instructions properly (some people don't do this, which causes freakishly high scores) and take the test again.

I'm predicting that Nancy will be the biggest sue, following Will, then Ariel, then Daisy, and Claire at the last. Let's see what the final results are. *results will be posted later*

Who stays and who goes: Daisy or the three other witches

2010-02-17T10:58:00.003-05:00

In the Talking Cake original, Daisy serves a serious role (but that role kinda dwindles throughout the book until the end), anf the three witches were the villains. So who serves a greater role. The three witches (I'm not including Carlisa, because she is 100% going to be in the remake), or Daisy (our stereotypical damsel in distress). First lets see how each character impacted the story:

Daisy: The first part of the book, her only goal seemed to be just being with Will, and most of the time she was a damsel. Near the end was when she finally showed that she can kick ass (she killed Carlisa). My only problem with her is that she seemed too stereotypical, and didn't really help the story till the end

The 3 witches: Minerva, Drisela, and.....Laverna (I always forget their names) main purpose in the book was to make the fight even. You know 4 vs 4. I also made them so each of the heroes could kill a witch. Despite the fact that Carlisa was the youngest, she some how managed to have leadership over the group.

So who stays? The stereotypical damsel who really didn't help the story, or the three witches who were only purpose was to let each of the heroes kill one. The person(s) who will go to the remake is....Daisy! Yah the only evil witch (god that's cliche) will be Carlisa, even though she really was the only villain in the original and the others were kinda more like henchmen than actual villains.

The Talking Cake: A parody

2010-02-16T21:00:00.002-05:00

So I have been working on a spoof of the Talking Cake. Here is the first chapter of parody. *note my characters do break the fourth wall a lot*

Our story begins in the cliché town of Septleford. You know the type of village where everybody is happy-doodly happy and everybody is stupid enough to not realize that the two main characters are witches. That type of village. An old man, who will no longer have a purpose after this scene, came into the small bakery where our heroines live. Claire, our stereotypical savior, and Daisy, our stereotypical dumb blonde (who never really acts that dumb) have been preparing some bakery goods (because that’s what bakers do. In this fictional world women can own a business). Claire turned to Daisy and said, “Daisy, the plot device is heading this way”. Daisy looked over to Claire and said in a pirky voice, “Now? I thought we had more time”. Claire replied, “No we gotta rush this story, remember?”. Daisy nodded.
The old man leisurely shambled his way (see I’m raping the thesaurus) to the ladies and said, “Hi I’m the plot device. Here’s the magical potion, don’t ask me how I got it. It’s never explained. Well…that’s all the time the author gave me. Adieu ladies”. He left without saying another word and that’s the last you‘ll ever see and hear of him.
Claire looked down at the potion and said, “Well I guess the plot starts now. I might as well put this potion, which is clearly a just a normal potion that I got from a creepy old man, onto a cake and then leave. Come on Daisy, lets go”. The two leave, and the stereotypical handsome prince starts to form.
That night as Claire and Daisy slept, Daisy whispered, “So I was originally supposed to be this girl named Sarah. You know a self insert, but the author decided to make me a total airhead. Sucks doesn’t it”. Claire nodded, and wondered, “Wait why the hell are we sleeping over at the bakery when the author clearly states that we have a house? Wow this author will do anything to force this story to begin”. Claire waited a couple seconds before she heard the stereotypical prince calling for help. Claire sighed and walked over to the bakery area where the cakey prince was residing. Claire jumped with a fright, and thought, “Ok surprised reaction is done”.
Claire looked down at the cake with the face and said, “What the hell? This doesn’t make sense”. The cake replied seriously, “Nothing in this book is meant to make sense. Ok so I’m Will, I’ll be the main price of this book, and yah I’m a cake. Oh now don’t worry about me being a cake for long. I’ll only be a cake for one chapter, which totally defeats the purpose of this book being called The Talking Cake ”. Claire nodded with agreement, she then said, “So I’m guessing your going to tell us about the four witches”. The cake nodded (because in this book cakes can nodd), and said, “Yah so there are four witches who cursed me and my country of Nohavia. And now for some reason you have to help me. You know the cliché stuff. These witches can only be killed by other witches, or if their wand is broken”.
Claire asked, “Wait so they can be killed if their wands are broken, so why is there the whole ‘only witches can kill witches’ thing?”. The cake calmly replied, “The author wanted to make it so each of the main heroes gets to kill a witch. I’m not the author, so I’m not supposed to know these things. Let’s just ignore it and hope the audience forgets about it. So…I hope you’re a special kind of which whose wand can be broken and you can still live”. Claire nodded, knowing that the canon the author set out was altered so it would be harder for Claire to die. The prince, whose name is William (hint hint his name means strong-willed warrior), then said happily, “Ok so that’s enough character development. Bring on my love interest”. Claire then called for Daisy, and Daisy skipped into the room. Once she saw Will’s cake face, she exclaimed, “Even though I just met you, I find myself drawn to you”.
Will was pleased and said, “Well we got a couple minutes to prepare before the adventure starts. I hope you girls can easily pick up skills”. Claire and Daisy nodded, but Daisy was too enthralled in Will’s beautiful face. Will said, “So I’m guessing that’s the end of chapter one”. Claire sighed, “Yah, so…did anything get accomplished?” Will shook his head no and said, “Nothing really. So I guess we should probably leave and find some way to get ourselves in trouble”. The others agreed and left. Meanwhile somewhere far away the four witches were devising a plan to kill Will (which is what all villains seem to do these days)

Hope you like it, more might come soon.

Whose staying and whose going: Azerbaijan (Or whatever you call it) or Austin/Benjamin

2010-02-16T10:56:00.003-05:00

In the original Talking Cake, the country known as Azerbaijan (which was unfortunately is a real country in a book with a bunch of fictional things in it), and two Irish guys named Austin and Benjamin. Only one (or two if you count the Irish guys)will make it into the remake (or is it reboot. I'll check and see whats the difference)). So which one is it? Lets first see how these characters/destination impacted the story, you know to see if the book can continue if the things were gone.

Azerbeijan: It was the home of the magical ruby which can break curses. Coarse I didn't really do my research and my portrayal of Azer-whatever is highly incorrect.

Austin and Benjamin: They were basicly only in the story just so I could give my two cousins a cameo. I've also noticed that some of my relatives were given unneeded cameos. Austin and Benjamin's role in the book was I guess to let the main characters that they are in Ireland (another example of a real country in a fictional universe. Fail), and as a limited time comic relief.

So which stays in the remake. *drum roll* The Azerbeijan thing. Though it will be renamed and finally fit the description that I made (more of a desert city). Sorry Austin and Benjamin, your characters were just unneeded cameos and nothing else. Oh and I found out that the new book is a remake. It will contain some of the elements of the original, but with some new stuff.
The next episode of Whose staying and whose going will be Daisy (our stereotypical damsell in distress whose main purpose was to be the love interest of Will) and the three witches (Carlisa is still going to be in the remake no matter what). Who wills tay and who will go?

The first steps in the Talking Cake remake/reboot (which ever it is)

2010-02-14T20:17:00.003-05:00

Once again I'll be saying this "I'm seriously thinking of remaking (or is it rebooting?) the Talking Cake (+ it won't be called the Talking Cake anymore). I have bene working on a blueprint on some major changes and some things I plan to keep. Here is my plan for the remake (or is it reboot? I could never tell the difference). The only thin I'm seriously worried about is that the Talking Cake (and some parts of the remake/reboot) is VERY cliche. God I hate cliches, but the entire premise of the book seems pretty cliche. Heres the main cliche in this book,

In a time of troubles, a group of adolescents are drawn together through circumstance and destiny to form a group that is larger than the sum of its parts. Generally, these young people are outcasts, orphans, or people on the fringes of society. Most or all of these people also possess some form of special powers (hint hint Claire's magical abilities)'. These characters eventually find friendship, community, and sometimes love with the others in their newly formed group (cough cough the Will/Daisy relationship and Claire/Trevor thing). This group frequently ends up either overthrowing the current social order (often to restore it to the realm's previous idyllic state) or overcoming some threat that no one else is aware of or able to face.

Wow I'm really not that creative. CURSES!

How come I keep getting drawn back to the Talking Cake?

2010-02-13T20:55:00.002-05:00

Last night I kept thinking of ways to remake the Talking Cake, but give it a more realistic, darker tone. That unfortunately means no more magical elements (witches, troll demons, fairies, ect). I had even revised an alternate version of the book just to make it more realistic. Cause I recently got a comment saying how the witches thing was too overused, and I realized that the Talking Cake was pretty cliched. Now there is a very low chance that I will fall through with my darker Talking Cake thing (I don't know if I will even keep the whole cake thing). I'm still doubting my writing ability, and so far my ideas are pretty dark and wouldn't make it a childrens book (more of a teen novel). I mean my ideas are REALLY dark. Here is one of my current ideas:
1. Years before the events of the Talking Cake (you know when Nohavia was still there), Prince Will had an affair with Carlisa (who will be rewritten as a warrior princess of another country). When Will dumped her, she went crazy and convinced her father to invade Nohavia (saying that Will had abused her and that was a reason to invade the country). During the invasion, Nohavia's king and queen are killed. Will manages to escape but knows that a majority of Nohavia's citizens are enslaves and or dead (I know that sounds cliche, but lets continue). Trevor (who Carlisa know has a fancy for) is taken captive by Carlisa and goes off the map for a while. *now we all know that he escapes, but that's pretty obvious.
2. Daisy will be taken out of the book because I feel that she mainly served as a love interest for Will, rather than a vital part of the story. Claire will be the female lead (I always liked Claire better). Claire will be (like in the original) a good fighter (but not a witch). I had a tiny idea of making Claire either a old friend of Carlisa (whom Carlisa now hates) or even make Claire Carlisa's sister (banished duh). You know just to add some depth to the characters and make the Claire/Carlisa rivalry a little more interesting.

Yah my ideas do sound pretty cliche, but at least I'm trying. I'll make a Talking Cake remake when I feel more confident about my writing. First I gotta read a whole lot of teen fantasy fiction (you know to try to base my writing style off of theirs to get the true feel of writing a mature fantasy). I may or may not keep Claire and Carlisa as witches, you know just to keep the fantasy genre in the book. Who knows, but I still think that I won't 'raise the Talking Cake'. But you guys can stay hopeful.

The song that reminded me on how much I once loved the Talking cake (wow this is a long title :)

2010-02-12T22:35:00.004-05:00

Here is the song/video (be sure to watch the WHOLE video):

The Talking Cake and I'd relationship if like Batman and Catwoman's

2010-02-11T22:38:00.002-05:00

Sometimes I feel bad for the book, and accept it as fairly good. (while other times I insult the book to death!) Today I listened to a song that I had played along with a fake trailer for the Talking Cake, and I was reminded on how much I loved that book. I suddenly felt bad for insulting the book. I mean it was ok, not publishing worthy. Sure it had Mary/ Gary sues, the plot was off the wall at some points (but at least it made sense), it had many cliches in it, but I just love the characters, and it was fun to write. *Groans in sadness* if only that book didn't have all those bad stuff in it. I mean that book had potential to be a cute kids book (ehh not really because compared to other books, TC sucked. but it was something cute to read to my cousins).
I don't know really. The Talking Cake still holds a place in my heart no matter how much I insult it. I wonder how many more songs I will find that make me feel bad for making fun of the Talking Cake.

I just have to find a way to get rid of all my hate of the Mary sues

2010-02-11T16:11:00.002-05:00

I mean I have three Mary sues (Alyssa, Phoebe, and Bella Swan. with Alyssa being the worst) that keep bugging me in my sleep, and I gotta find a way to unleash all my anger. I don't wanna talk too much about how much I hate them on this blog, so I gotta find a way to unleash the fury! So in order to get rid of my anger I'm going to make a short, but very angry rant on these three Mary sues:
AHHHHHHH I HATE THIS BLEEPIN MARY SUES THEY'RE TOO PERFECT, I WANT JASON VOORHEES TO SLAUGHTER THEM ALL AND THEN PISS ON THEIR DEAD BODIES! AHHHH RAAAAA! I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE THEM ALL! ALYSSA IS TOO PERFECT SMERFECT! PHOEBE IS A UNGRATEFUL WHINY BITCH WHO SHOULD LIVE IN HAITI FOR A WHILE TILL SHE REALIZES HOW LUCKY SHE FREAKIN HAS IT! BELLA IS BASICALLY A FAT MORMON HOUSEWIFES' SELF INSERT. ALYSSA CAN DIE FOR ALL I CARE, I WANT ALL THOSE CAMP CONFIDENTIAL BOOKS TO BE BURNED IN A MASS GRAVE BECAUSE NOBODY LIKES MARY SUE! WHY IS IT EVEN CALLED CAMP CONFIDENTIAL IN THE FIRST PLACE?! THERE ARE NO MAJOR SECRETS OTHER THAN 'HE LIKES SHE AND 'I CANT DECIDE WHETHER TO GO OUT WITH HIM OR HIM!'! RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! F THEM ALL F THEM ALLL!

There now I feel much better. Sorry for going all psyco on you guys, but I just had to get it out some way or another

The top categories of Wish fulfillment

2010-02-11T07:36:00.002-05:00

Every I mean every novel has some form of wish fulfillment in it. Here's a list of common categories of wish fulfillment in novels.

1. "How I wish my childhood/teenage years were like': most tween/teen romances tend to fall into this category. It is done when the author (who usually had a bad childhood) first images a version of herself but more perfect, and then surrounds herself with the friends she always wanted. Most authors then give their character great grades, have tons of guys like her, and have the character get everything she ever wanted. Examples: Charmed Forces (the author clearly was imagining herself as Alyssa, and the other girls are the author's friends she wished she knew), Zoey Dean's Talent (need I say more), Twilight (read my older posts), Fan fiction, and Oh My Gods (I guess the author wished she was a selfish bitch), The Diary of a Lip gloss addict
2. "How I wished my sex life was like": Authors of Harlequin and basically every romance novel do wish that they could live out the sex life that their character is living. Example: Harlequin, Twilight (again), Gossip Girl
3. "How I wished my life was in general": Some subcategories of this category include: "I just wanna be beautiful", "I just want to kick ass", "I just want to be wanted", "I just want to be rich", ect.

My favorite and least favorite books

2010-02-10T21:25:00.002-05:00

Favorite (in no particular order):
1. The Hunger games: The plot was interesting/addicting, the characters were likable, and it always kept me guessing. This film should 100% be made into a film. I would soo see it
2. Graceling: The main heroine kicks ass! I always love a strong female lead rather than a weak little character who justs gets her ass kicked. Karsa (the main heroine) is awesome! She fights, plus she is anything but a Mary sue. She has the ability to kill people by touching them (and she hates it), she feels guilty for accidentally killing her cousin, she is disliked/feared the whole kingdom, and she is used as an executioner/torturer. I feel bad for her. Plus the plot is cool and is very interesting. I can't wait to finish it!
3. The Vampire diaries: It's everything Twilight should be. It's 1,000 percent way better than Twilight. It's definitely has a spot in my fave books

Least favorite( aka most hated books): This time in order of most hated to just normal hate
1. Charmed Forces: Read my older posts and you'll know why I hated this book. Two words: Mary-Sues
2. A tie between Zoey Dean's talent and Martin the Warrior: Your probably surprised that I put Martin the Warrior on the list. Personally I was lost the whole book. Zoey Dean's talent's problem is obvious. For one thing the author put her name in the freakin title (just like James Cameron). Looks like Zoey was desperate for attention (I bet Zoey is trying to say "HEY GUYS THIS IS MY TALENT! PLEASE READ THIS BOOK!). Other than the title this book was incredibly boring! I never got past chapter three before I was getting bored out of my mind! Plus it was kinda unrealistic: A 12 year old can pose as another 12 year olds agent and people actually believe her? Here are some unrealistic elements: The main heroines don't act like tweenagers, more like snobby, materialistic eighteen year olds. Most singing sensations aren't 12, most are 15+. Plus you need an agent and tons of experience rather than an authors easy way of forcing the story along. GOD I just hated this book. It pained me every time I read this book. Unlike Charmed Forces where I had the guts to finish the book, I never could finish this book. It was soo boring
3. Any of the books by Carole Marsh. God she sucks as an author. No time/thinking was spent writing these books (I'm guessing it took her less than two days to write each book). The characters are a toned down Mary sue (their flaws are meant to be cute), it has mixed messages. There are grammatical/spelling errors. The plots were unoriginal, and cliched. The only reason this is number three is because I enjoyed the books while reading them.
4. Oh my gods! The main heroine was a whiny brat who wasn't thankful for ANYTHING. I just wanted to go slap her across the face for being soo ungrateful. She can't accept defeat, and thinks she must be the best at everything. Whine whine whine, that's all she does.

You might have noticed that Twilight wasn't on my worst list. I didn't put this on my list because I really liked Twilight when I was reading it, and it still has a place in my heart (though that place is very small). The book isn't that bad that I have to put it on my worst list, but it is still pretty bad.

Books I enjoyed but aren't my favorite:

1. Lucky T: IDK why I liked this book. It was kinda funny to see this girls life fall apart when a t-shirt goes missing and go through the cliche 'coming of age' story
2. Gossip girl: I only read the books because it was a tv show, and I saw a couple other girls reading the books. Now even my mom is reading the books! Yes an adult is reading a book meant for teens.
3. Cross my heart and hope to spy: Just a cute book, nothing else
4. Song of the Sparrow: Ohh the joys of reading poetry about the King Arthur legends. It was a beautiful book.
5. The Lovely bones: This book made me sad...kinda. Some parts of the book were really good while other parts weren't
6. The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren: A Simon Pulse romantic comedy which once again was a clear fits into the category of 'wish fulfillment'. Think about it: the main heroine Roxy suddenly becomes this beautiful siren and has tons of guys fawning over her. She can use her magical abilities to get everything she ever wanted....yadda yadda yadda. I believe this wish fulfillment goes into the category of 'How I wished my childhood was like'. I mean most people usually do want to be beautiful at a young age and have tons of guys begging for you. Oh and soon I plan to write the most common categories of Wish Fulfillment. This book was basically a dumb read for me. Sure it had it's flaws, but at least I could imagine myself as Roxy and live out a fictional life of being drop-dead gorgeous, getting every material good I ever wanted, and having tons of guys fawn over me. Here's how my reaction was at the end of the book, "Ok so the book is over, everybody is better off.....seriously did anything actually get accomplished?"
7. The Virgin secretary's impossible boss: A couple months ago I was planning to write an article on Harlequin for this blog, and I felt like I had to actually read a Harlequin before I rip the company to shreds. So I went to Target and bought the most cliched Harlequin book I could find. This book had the two common stereotypes of Harlequin: a rich, handsome billionaire and a sensible virgin girl. I never actually finished it (I read a couple chapters, imagined it was me, and then skipped to the sex scene).

A major road block in the making of my superhero book

2010-02-10T12:52:00.002-05:00

This is horrible news. I just realized that my superhero book idea has many similarities to the film The Last Action hero. For those who are lucky enough to not know about this film the film is basicly about a boy who is teleported into the film universe. The kid then starts pointing out the cliches, and sometimes references other films. Then somehow that kid becomes the sidekick of the action hero (played by Arnold Swartzenegger), and the film ends when both the action hero and the kid teleported into the real world and fight the villain (who talks briefly about bringing other film villains into the real life).
DAMN YOU MOVIE! I mean there are soo little differences between my idea and the The last action hero (oh and the similarities are unintentional). This sucks. I mean I could try to have the superheroes come into the real life.....Nope that seems like a mixture of the He-man movie and the Last f-ing Action hero. Well rest in peace, potentially good story idea.

My official details for the superhero story

2010-02-10T10:00:00.002-05:00

I'm now in serious consideration for writing the story about the superheroes. Here is some stuff that I absolutly plan to do for the book:
-It will be mostly a comedy, but will have some action/adventure moments in it
-I will be refrencing other comic book characters (Superman, batman, Captain America, hulk, ect)
-It will be for kids ages 8-12.

Now I have been thinking of several scenes to add into the story. As a treat I plan to give you a uber special preview on a certain scene I want to add in. *note this is script like. so it's mostly just the lines*

Holly: So do you think there's a possiblity we might have...you know superpowers? We are in a comic book, right.
Evangeline: We're in Falcon comics, so there's a low chance of that.
Holly: Why?
Evangeline: Unless we're bombarded with radioactive waves, have some mutation, or are given super-soldier steroids, then we're just your every day human.
Holly: Well that sucks. Stupid realisticness
Evangeline: yah. I mean we're surrounded by gods and near-gods and we're mortals. If only I had brought a DC, then we'd have powers.

Ok so it's going ok so far. I have been thinking of fun ways to reference superheroes. Oh and Falcon comics is basiclly like a spoof of Marvel comics (which is known for its realisticness).

A demotivational poster

2010-02-09T20:09:00.001-05:00

Some book ideas I have been throwing around

2010-02-09T17:07:00.006-05:00

Let me make this clear: This is not a 100% confirmation that I will ever start writing fiction again.
Recently I have been thinking of going back into writing, so I started thinking of ideas for books down, and some things to change about my writing style over-all. Here are some things I plan to change:

1. Seeing that the book Charmed Forces was written almost identically to the way that I used to write mine and somehow that book got published, then maybe I should change my target audience from teens my age to writing more children's books. Though that comes at the hard price of dumbing down my books, making it more simple conflicts, and cutting down on the action :( But at least it will be easier to write...hopefully.

2. Definitly make my characters more relatable, and show rather than tell. I gotta show my character's flaws rather than just throwing the flaws at the audience and expecting the audience to accept the flaws. Plus it makes my characters seem like Mary sues (even though Alyssa had no flaws, and somehow the book she was in still managed to get published. Ohh the irony). Oh and have my characters act their age. So an 12 year old should act like a 12 year old rather than a 15 year old (unless their character is supposed to be mature)

3. Stop trying to add in descriptive action sequences. Though one of the book ideas I have does
require some action, but if I plan to keep it in a PG rating then I either gotta not describe it as much, or at least not let it drag on. Most of my books had long descriptions of battle scenes that lasted many chapters and were kinda boring in some parts

4. Don't bond to my characters too much. My next goal is to have the ability to kill off a character (even though if I plan to write preteen fiction then I might not want to graphically kill of characters). I gotta be able to let go of characters, and maybe have stuff happen to them that might not end up in their benefit. My attachment issues probably have something to do with the fact that I usually base most of my characters off of me and I kinda 'fall in love' with a certain character and just can't bear to lose them

5. Stop being sane. As writing-world.com says "All writers are insane", that shouldn't be too hard for me to accomplish this one. ;)

6. Make events make sense. I should stop adding in random events as 'filler' or to force the story forward. All events should help the plot some how

7. Get my confidence up. My problem is that I get the 'Writing blues'. Most writers say that spending time alone writing can cause depression, weight gain (because each word you write is at least 100 calories), and poor productivity. Believe me I just hate it when I abandon a potentially good concept. Some times I even feel like I'm forcing myself to continue a book. The main reasons I abandon a book is a) I think my writing sucks and decide a wait a couple years to rewrite the book b) Just don't find the will to continue c) I think "wow this is crap", and delete the project. d) fear that my book won't be as good as the idea I am thinking of. I like have the attention span of a goldfish if I don't get really devoted to a certain idea.

8. Have one set audience. In most of my stories the age audience kinda flip flops. Some times it hearty like a children's novel (age 8-10) but sometimes it's violent and mature like a young adult novel. Definitely gotta have a ideal audience age. Is it going to be for children or teens?

now for the moment of truth: my top two ideas for my next book:
1. Well I'm kinda going through a superhero craze phase, and writing about something you enjoy is kinda easier than writing about something you don't enjoy. What's a better way to show my love for the comic genre....making fun of it of coarse! Here's my idea, "
Comic book loving Evangeline Huffy is sent to a all-girls camp for the summer when her parents force her out. At first Evangeline hates being there till she meets Holly Fields, a witch. Holly invites Evangeline to a special ceremony which allows humans to speak to a living, dead, or fictional person for a while. Then Holly’s spell accidentaly teleports the girls into Evangeline’s favorite comic book: the Liberty knights. Unfortunately when they teleport in, the Liberty Knight’s team leader is killed when the lightening bolt that teleported the girls into the comic universe strikes him. Now Evangeline and Holly are forced to be the replacements for the fallen hero, and they start to question their ability to be the new heroes (especially at their young ages of 12 and 13). Things get worse when the Liberty Knight’s enemy known as Sherina Reel (a demon who can turn into any human/superhuman ever, but prefers to keep the form of a child in order to fool her opponents) seeks to destroy the Liberty Knights. Unfortunately Holly and Evangeline's presence has altered the reality in the comic book and now there is a possibility that them and the Liberty Knights could get killed. "

Ok so I know that your probably thinking, "Wow this is soo a wish fulfillment of yours". Yes and no. Yes I would probably want to be in a comic book, but I personally don't really see this as total wish fulfillment......ok this probably is wish fulfillment for me, but I plan to change that. I plan to make my characters different from me (and not in a "if I was perfect I'd be like this" way), and try as hard as I can to not imagine myself as Evangeline (though that might be hard seeing as that we already have one thing in common: our love for comics. Gosh this is getting worse than I thought). And is it me or does this sound like something you'd see a made-for-tv movie being made about? I gotta go check and see if this idea is still original.

2. This idea is one I just thought of today but the only problem with it is that it will be hard to make it make sense. Here's what the confusing part is: It's a fictional story about a fictional character. Now before you start scratching your heads let me explain. Now most of you hopefully know that I hate Mary sues, and since I read that bs known as Charmed Forces, I had to find a way to get rid of my hate. What better way to get rid of my hate of Mary sues then to write about it? Here's a quick summarization of my idea "A Mary sue, who is used to living a perfect life where everything works out for her, suddenly wakes up where the world she lives in is no longer perfect. She then has to cope with the fact that her perfect life is no longer perfect after her author died (oh and the author was the one who kept her life perfect) so now her life is a wreck. She now has to find a way to manage her new life (which she is now in control of).". Major plot holes: how can a fictional character take control of her life? Answer: Since the author is dead, then nobody is controlling the fictional universe that the Mary sue lives in, so anything can happen. Since the Mary sue (whom I havn't named yet) is used to having only good things happen (because the author made those things happen), mostly likely she'll be whammed with bad stuff. I also plan to reference the concept of wish-fulfillment and self-inserts (which the main heroine happens to be unfortunatly), and literary things. Yes I only want to write this book just to give Mary sues what I think they deserve. If I REALLY wanted to give those stinken Mary sues what they deserve, then I'd have my budddy Jason Voorhees kill them all....but I'm too nice for that.

3. Then there's that old worn down idea: remaking The Talking Cake. I still think that book was an epic fail which can never be cool.

Reading Vampire diaries: part 1

2010-02-05T11:04:00.003-05:00

Plain and simple: I love this book. Elena is a way better character than Bella swan. Elena can take care of herself, has flaws, is brave, and not a wossy-cry baby like Bella. Basicly Vampire Diaries so far is what Twilight wants to be. I also noticed that the two books are very similar in ways, even though VD came out way before Twilight came out. Did Twilight plagarize?

Writing just isn't really my thing

2010-02-04T21:29:00.002-05:00

I had an idea for a children's story, but right when I try to write it I just loose confidence. All my past books have been crap even though my parents say otherwise. The story idea was simple and something that could get easily published by Simon Pulse romantic comedies, but right when I thought about writing it I just couldn't. *sighs* writing just isn't how it once was. Maybe this is a sign that I'm not supposed to be a fiction writer. Though every time I think of something non-writing job like (modeling, acting) my dad always says,"I think you'll be famous by your writings". Bullcrap! My writing sucks and even though my parents keep saying my writing is good, it's still bad by comparison to other books. Writing just isn't my thing so far and unless I find that confidence I once had in my writings then I don't think I'll be writing any new stories any time soon.

Simon Pulse Romantic comedies: Harlequin for preteens

2010-02-04T10:53:00.002-05:00

For those who havn't heard of Simon Pulse Romantic comedies here's a simple explanation. It's a large romantic comedy series meant for preteens. The stories are short, and the plots are usually fairly simple. Now I personally like to believe this is just Harlequin romance but for preteens. You know if you take away the sex, the large breasts, the whole 'every guy is a billionaire/millionaire/prince/or some other rich profession', add in some cheap comedy, and BOOM you got a Simon Pulse romantic comedy.
The similarities between the two companies is simple: the books are quick reads, and are meant as wish fulfillment for the readers. Harlequin ideal audience are bored housewives who don't get enough sex, while Simon's ideal audience is unkissed girls ages 8-12. Both companies only publish books which have happy ending, and their covers are very goofy looking. Harlequin's covers always feature a half-naked beautiful girl making out with a hot guy (and I've noticed that most of the covers are kinda alike. I see the same positions of the models, and occasionally the same models). While Simon pulse covers are usually a cartoon-like girl and a boy about to kiss, or doing something together. Some covers just feature the main heroine doing something that reflects on the story. Example: One Simon pulse book was about luck and playing cards, so the cover was a girl playing poker. It's very simple".
A year ago I was a big fan of these romantic comedies, and I don't really hate them today. They were just fun reads, even though I never really got the comedy in it. I reccomend the books are kids ages 8-11, even though I never got the comedy maybe you can.

The next book I will be reading

2010-02-04T08:01:00.001-05:00

I'm working on the Vampire Diaries, and some other vampire romance which I can't remember the name to. So far the Vampire diaries has been good. Oh why is it that it is more fun to write about bad books than it is for good books?

And now the the thrilling conclucion (yes yes that's what this is)

2010-02-03T18:26:00.002-05:00

I'm starting to believe that the first three chapters were written by a totally different author. Why might you ask? Because right when I started on chapter 4, the book suddenly changed...dramatically. Suddenly bad stuff started to happen to the characters (bad as in some things don't end their way), Alyssa and the other girls are less anoying and kinda show some personality. Though not a lot. Gaby now comes off as a freaky obsessive stalker who wants this guy named Donovan (what a weird name). The main heroines still are identical-boy crazy freaks, but at least I can tolorate them.
When I said that things don't go their way (unlike the first three chapters) the girls loose a race, I think Gaby embarrises herself in front of Donovan, the magical amethyst is stollen, and the girls instantly start accusing their friends of stealing it. Gaby finds out that the guy she wants doesn't love her in return and in fact loves her friend. Alyssa hads multiple visions of her friends in danger. WHY THE HELL WASN'T THE WHOLE BOOK LIKE THIS!? The character's have flaws, not everything goes their way, and did I mention that the characters are less annoying.
Coarse the moments of glee after reading a book that didn't feel like a burden were soon to end. The whole conflict of "One of your friends is going to possibly die" and " The magical amethyst has been stollen and can be used for evil" only lasted three chapters. So guess how the last ten chapters were spent. Mary-sueism. Gaby of coarse got the guy she wanted, turns out it did snow (which came with the cliche frollicking in the snow and snowball fight scene), and basicly every single character turned back into a Mary sue after the three chapters of me tollerating them. Oh and turns out Alyssa's friends weren't in trouble after all and it was just a fake vision. Thank you book for destroying what could have been a cool plot line. THANK YOU. *sarcasm*.

Overall I'd give this book a low C. The first three and last ten chapters were crap, while the book managed to redem itself during what I call the "conflict chapters". The book is good for girls ages 8-12 *but only if that kid hasn't read any mature books*, but anybody above 12 will be dissapointed.

Mary Sue/ perfect world moments in Charmed whatever

2010-02-03T10:51:00.003-05:00

As I dreaded reading every single Mary-sue ridden page of this Charmed Forces, I decided to take note of all the Mary-sue moments in this book so far. Here's the list:
1. Everybody seems to adore Alyssa and the main heroines. One girl said, "I want to hang out with you because you seem nice". Wow that's so not like real life. That thing the girl said can easily be translated into, "I want to hang out with you because your soo awesome!".
2. The only people who don't like Alyssa are spiteful, mean and jealous of Alyssa. There is only like 5 people who don't like Alyssa and everybody in the campsite seem to not like them. Which kinda says "Those who don't like Alyssa are mean, unpopular and jealous of her"
3. Alyssa succeds (and gets) EVERYTHING! She won the rally and got the fastest time and everybody adored her more. She passed a uber hard test with flying colors despite the fact that she said she never studied and sucked at whatever the test was about. She got all her first choices for activities. She's the one who gets the magical abilities. Is this author even trying to have a flawed, non-perfect character? Cause so far I have found NO flaws of this little brat.
4. Nothing bad happens. The closest I ever got to a bad-thing was when the character Natalie's dog might have a tumor. That was the closest the book ever got so far to a bad moment. Of coarse turns out the dog was ok, and the book went straight back to it's happy, perfect utopia with it's Mary sues.
5. Alyssa is always right. So far even when she doesn't use the crystal she is always right.
6. Tons of guys love the girls. Ok might I add this this book seems as if it is written by boy-crazy preteens on a sugar high. There are long paragraphs of nothing but the girls going gaga over boys (who all seem the same. Cute, sweet, and...*groans*perfect). WHY THE HECK IS EVERYBODY PERFECT!?

Since I havn't even gotten to chapter 3 yet, I'll be praying for some form of bad event, or non-perfect moment to happen just so I can say that this book isn't all Mary Sues, and perfectness. GOD I hate this book.

Reading Charmed forces: part 1

2010-02-03T08:01:00.002-05:00

I just can't do it. I just can't. This book is soo horrible. *sucks it up*. Well so far Alyssa is showing how perky perfect she is. Everybody loves her (one girl says, "I wanna hang out with you because you seem soo nice". Which easily translates into, "I wanna hang out with you because your soo awesome", she has gotten everything she wants (magical abilities, and tons of boys). Speaking of boys, there is one part where Alyssa says, "Oh I wonder whom he will choose", I said, "I bet it will be you, Alyssa". Alyssa is always right so far, and is described as being pretty. OMG this girl named Bella Swan look like a round character! I mean I just can't stand this girl! She has no flaws, and is the biggest Mary sue I have encountered in my entire life. She's a bigger Mary sue than most Harry Potter fan fictions. Alyssa is that bad! Plus she friends aren't any excuses to. They are equally perfect, and lacking personality. Character wise I give this book an F------. I just hate to read about these characters. They are too perfect, and just Mary sues. I have never read a book where I seriously hated the characters while reading the book. When I read Twilight and the Carole Marsh mysteries, I would generally stand the characters while reading it. But when I read this crap-tastical book I just wanna go slap some flaws onto these superficial girls and just get it over but. BUT NO! I have to finish this super-crapperf*&kerificexbeawholelottabullsh^t book just so I can write a complete review.
So far reading this book feels like I'm having my face burned on a hot stove while being injected with adrenaline which keeps me alive so I ma forced to live through every waking-painful moment.

A preview review for the book Camp Confidential: Charmed Forces

2010-02-02T21:32:00.006-05:00

I was at my local library today and I happened to stumble across the book Charmed Forces. After looking at the cover (which featured two half-naked, thin girls in a snowglobe jumping in the air as if they are on a commercial for Limited Too), and read the back summary for the book, I had a bad feeling this book would be crap. The summary was: The members of bunk 6B have been sworn into secrecy: Alyssa is in possession of a seemingly magical amethyst, and some pretty weird things beggin to happen. Ever since she found the purple stone on the campgrounds, she's been accurately predicting her bunkmates' futures and interpreting their dreams. Now she predicts that it will snow! *end of summary. literally that's how it ends*
When I first read that I thought, "Wow wish fulfillment". I instantly thought that this was the author living out her ideal vacation/adventure with her ideal friends. Plus from what the summary says, there is no conflict. Sure the girls finds a magical rock but where's the conflict. Predicting snow doesn't make a conflict. I put the book back on the shelf but was tempted to come back and get it just so I can see how horrible it was.

During the car ride I decided to flip through the book. For one thing: The font and spacing is very large (which sets off the illusion of a long book). The author quickly rushed into the girls finding the crystal rather than showing us the character's personalities. To me they all seem like identical perky, perfect teens (even though they act like 10-year olds). Once they find the crystal they aren't even that impressed. I mean if I found a amethyst I would be like, "HOLY COW I'M RICH NOW! THIS IS AWESOME", but the girls treat it as if they found a piece of granite. I'm guessing that the author was trying to speed through them finding the crystal, character development, and rising action and just jumped over to them getting their magical abilities.
Now onto the writing. I am personally surprised that this book was meant for teens. The book is written like it was by a 11-year old and is meant for kids 8-12. The book could have easily been put into the children section and kinda belongs there. How the heck did this get into the teen section!? It has no plot so far, the character's are bland,boring,unoriginal, Mary sues and stereotypical (the perky, perfect girls), and it is looks like something I would have written when I was 11! Now I haven't read the whole book yet, and this review is basically my first impressions. I plan to force myself to read the rest of this book just so that I can make a full review of this so-far bad book.
My predictions: When the plot finally comes, the girls will win some how and get everything they want. The villains (if there are any) will be mean and jealous of the heroines, and will lose in a very ridiculious way.
Now for my review of Impossible.

I was at my school's library and I had been waiting for the book Impossible to be free. When it was finally there I was soo excited to read it. The plot was:On the night of her prom, Lucy, 17, is raped by her date and becomes pregnant. She decides to keep the child, and she is supported by her foster parents and Zach, her childhood friend whose love for Lucy changes from platonic to romantic as the story progresses. The teen discovers the curse on the women in her family when she reads her birth mother's diary. Lucy is destined for madness at 18 unless she can perform the three impossible tasks described in the song and break the curse of the Elfin Knight. She is determined to rid herself and her unborn child of the curse, and her family and Zach help her as she works to solve the riddles. Sure it sounded pretty good.
So I started reading. The first 100 pages were just talking about how much Lucy hates her mom, how she's going to the prom, and a whole lot of worthless stuff. I thought, "Umm the action is bound to pick up". When Lucy got pregnant and learned that she had to complete impossible tasks, then I was like, "YEAH bring on the action!". The action never came. The rest of the pages were just talking about hos she doesn't want to go crazy if she doesn't do the tasks, how she loves her baby, and she needs to get married. I was just waiting for the action to pick up. It wasn't till the last 30 pages where we got some action. Coarse it was just the guy who came cursed her saying that he would just take away her curse if she married him. How anti-climatic! I was waiting for her to do the tasks, but she never did! She just had the guy who cursed her say he'll take the curse away. What a horrible ending! I found the book very boring, and the ending was very bad.

It is kinda funny how the book Impossible is way to slow in getting to the action, while Charmed Forces just rushes to the 'conflict'. Which is worse?

Photoshop fail

2010-01-30T18:45:00.003-05:00

I was online and I saw this clearly photoshopped Harlequin cover: Here you go

That girl just looks soo weird, and you can tell they photoshopped her face to make her seem flawless. She doesn't even look that human, i mean 1. she has no eyebrows. 2. her face is too small compare to the rest of her head. 3. she has to hands of a newborn child 4. it looks like somebody got a picture of an angel, added some flesh color and poorly photoshopped it on a girls body. Very poorly done, at least the guy looks realistic ( even though once again every guy in Harlequin is drop-dead gorgeous and this guy kinda looks drunk)

How come there are no teenaged children in Harlequin

2010-01-23T11:04:00.000-05:00

How come it's that most Harlequin novels never have the child be a teenager (or at least a 12 year old)? I mean 90% of the kids in Harlequin novels are 7 and under. I guess that most of the bored housewives (who only buy Harlequin for wish fulfillment reasons) must find the perfect child to be within the ages of 0-7, rather than a mature teenager. I guess the bored readers and writers of Harlequin think that us teenagers are evil, which we kinda are. I mean if something doesn't go our way, then we rip your soul out from your eye sockets....

Nah...but most parents absolutly fear the teenage years of their children, but I'm suprised that Harlequin writers havn't glamorized it yet (you know make the teenagers be perfect), but no. Every child in a Harlequin novel is always a stinken kid ages 0-7, I've only seen one book with a teenager and two with a kid older than 7

Some more books if they were realistic (and took place in modern society)

2010-01-19T20:40:00.002-05:00

Gossip Girl:
1. Blair asks a computer hacker to hack into Gossipgirl.com and find out whose email it is. Once the email is found than mystery solved. Plus wouldn't Gossip girl be arrested for cyber bullying

Harlequin:
1. Some pretty virgin marrys a rich, attogant,hot guy for his money and gets knocked up.

Lord of the rings:
1. They catapolt both the ring and Boromir into Mount Doom. They need to get rid of Boromir so Aragorn can become king
2. Nuke the place, and drop the ring in Mount Doom. Oh and be sure that Boromir is in the area before the place is bombed (Aragorn needs to be king)

Song of the Sparrow:
1. A whole lot of poetry, and naked swimming

Fan fiction:
1. IDK really. Just the tweenaged author drooling over their favorite book character and having a relationship with him or her. I've never written fan fiction (well my mom said I wrote one LOTR fan fiction, but I only remember writing the last chapter of it)

The Talking Cake:
1. Younger, and hotter versions of the Lord of the rings, except more crappy

The Diary of a Lipgloss addict:
1. IDK, basicly be an identical replica of Bella Swan meeting an exact replica of Edward Cullen, and making enemies with an exact replica of the stereotypical bad-girls/James, Victoria, and Laurent)

Who is worse: Stephanie meyer or Carole Marsh?

2010-01-19T16:36:00.002-05:00

In corner number one we have Stephanie Meyer aka our bored, horny housewife, and on corner number two we have Carole Marsh, aka our attention seeking lady. Who will win the battle of the whose the worst author. This will be judged on which is worse (so don't think i'm picking who did a better job, it's on who did worse. got it) Let's begin with Round one with whose the worst Self insert.
While Stephanie Meyer tried to hide the fact that Bella Swan is basicly how she wishes she was in high school (pretty, popular without trying, ends up marrying a rich dominating guy, and be smart), Carole Marsh literally made herself and her family characters in her series. They are even on the cover. Though her self-inserts aren't as idealized, but they still have some common Mary sue elements. For example: it's always up to the children to save the day, and they always do without any trouble. Their flaws are meant to be seen as cute and funny and for some reason they never seem to age. She also probably made herself a character so she can imagine herself going to the many locations that she wants to go to, also she put a lot of merchandise plugs (cough cough Carole Marsh Mysterious fan club watches cough cough) in many of her books. So whose the winner: the author who secretly made herself a overly idealized self-insert, or the author who intentionally makes her family characters?
The winner is... Stephanie meyer! For going out of her way to live out her personal desires through her novel. Congrajulations..you suck!

Round Two: Writing style
Stephanie Meyer has been both praised and critisized for using over-the-top descriptions of everything (but mostly Edward), while Carole Marsh has tons of grammatical, and spelling errors. The clear winner is Carole Marsh! For writing a story as if you wrote it on less than a hour.

Round three: Reality (two part)
Stephanie Meyer did no research what-so ever (because if your dead you can't have kids, Forks is not the rainiest place on earth, there are no eight pointed snowflakes, you can't skip school ever sunny day without the government getting mad, it is illegal to ride a motorcycle without a license, and there is no 1 thousand dollar bill in Italy). While Carole Marsh altered reality just so her grandkids can go on adventures by themselves (nobody attempts to rape or kidnap that kids while they wander around by themselves, and they don't go missing). The clear winner is Stephanie Meyer.
Round three part 2: If the books were realistic.
Here are some common scenarios of what could happen if the characters of the Carole Marsh Mysteries were transported into reality (which is worse?):
1. Grant and Christina witness a murder and rather than telling the police they try to solve the mystery themselves. The two children manage to track the criminals to an abandoned warehouse. The two refuse to call the police because they believe the criminals will either give themselves up or not hurt them because they are kids. The two confront the criminals, but the criminals aren't as nice as the kids imagined them to be. The two are taken hostage, and Grant is killed. Christina is then addicted to drugs by her captors, and sold into prostitution. Meanwhile Carole Marsh wobbles home drunk after allowing her grandchildren to wander around the heavily populated areas. She doesn't notice her grandchildren are gone for another four weeks, which she spent drinking, partying, and reading Harlequin novels. She is then arrested for child endangerment, child neglect, child adandonment, and not calling the police after the kids didn't return. She was then put in jail for over fifty years, and Christina has yet to be found

2. Grant and Christina are allowed to wander around New York by themselves as long as they return to a certain spot in a couple hours. They loose their way and their grandma won't pick up the phone. The children stay the night on the corner of a street, and eat some scraps of food from the garbage for dinner. They refuse to call the police or go to a shelter because they know that they will not help them. After a cold and hungry sleep, the two decide to go to a shelter where they are returned to their grandma, who thought they would return soon. The parents of Grant and Christina take them back home, and dont allow the kids to return to Carole. Carole is later sued

3. While at Disney world, Christina finds out that the kidnapped kids are in the Cinderella castle (for some reason) and decides to go into a closed-off area. She is unfortunatly cought and banned from Disney World. Some security guards go to see why she was going up there and find the kidnapped children. The end

4. Chrina or grant hear about some form of mystery, and they call the police, and or tell the police about the clues they find. The mystery is solved in a couple minutes. The end

Twilight realistic version:
1. Bella swan meets a handsome man. He emotionally abuses her (controls the relationship, bosses over Bella, sometimes physically abuses her, treats her as inferior, and makes her stay weak) but she continues to stay with him because he sexually satisfies her. Her friends are worried for her and calls Edward's obsessiveness and abusivness bad, but Bella defends him as being protective and that he loves her a lot. It ends when she becomes the weak, submissive housewife/high school drop out whose husband bosses her around and decides everything that they do. The end

So whose the winner (or is it loser) of the realisticness. The Winner is.... it's a tie! For making it seem that if you wander away from your parents and search for criminals then nothing bad will happen to you, and that you don't have to do research.

Round four: Morals/messages
The messages of the Carole Marsh mysterious are simple:
1. Hey kids, it's ok to abandon your parents and wander around heavily populated places (which is probably full of pedofiles, kidnappers, drug dealers, pimps, and worst of all....scientologists)
2. When you see a crime happen, don't call the police and instead investigate the crime youselves. Criminals won't hurt you because your kids
3. Grandmas, it's ok to allow your 12 and 7 year old to wander around heavily populated cites by themselves. What pedofile, or rapist would want ot kidnap/rape a 12 year old girl and a 7 year old boy?
Twilight messages are more like
1. Ladies, your only goal in life should be marrying and having babies. You SHOULD NOT attempt college, and instead be a housewife
2. Again ladies, your husband should control the relationship and everything in your life. He is your new owner and you must give into his ever wimb
3. Teen pregnancies are cool
4. Guys, being a stalker/ possesive jerk is the best way to show a girl you love her. Once you see a girl you like, don't stop talking her and being a total jerk towards her till she's yours
5. It's okay to have sex with a older man as long as you look older than you actually are. Translation: If your 14 but you look 18, then it is ok to have sex with that 40 year old
6. Pedofilia is ok. Child-grooming is a way to make it okay. ( Child grooming is th the deliberate actions taken by an adult to form a trusting relationship with a child, with the intent of later having sexual contact is known as child grooming. The act of grooming a child sexually may include activities that are legal in and of themselves, but later lead to sexual contact. Typically, this is done to gain the child's trust as well as the trust of those responsible for the child's well-being. In this case acting like a brother/friend)

Yah the winner is Stephanie Meyer and last but certainly not least Round 4 : predictability

Carole Marsh writes as if she was told to write a mystery in less than 30 minutes and release two new books every week. So in order to do that, she made the criminals give the children clues (just so she didn't have to think and have the characters actually do some investigating, and to force the story to continue), and makes those clues ridiculiously easy. While Stephanie Meyer's predictability is mostly just "you know Bella will get everything she wants, and nobody important will die". Yet Bella's pregnancy, Laurent going good for about a page, Edward dumping Bella, and the whole Jacob imprinting on Renesmee were kinda suprising. While I knew everything that was going to happen in every single Carole marsh book book. The kids would solve the mystery without a scratch, solve the clues, and live happily ever after. The winner is Carole Marsh

So who overall is the bette author. Ok the better author is...Carole Marsh! While Carole Marsh is a pretty crappy author, Stephanie Meyer just taints her books with too many bad messages. Stephanie Meyer is a better author at making it kinda unpredictable, writing style, and making it a little original. While Carole just seems as if she wrote the first cliche that came to her mind and has only thirty minutes to write it and didn't both to proofread or edit it. She just sent it to the publishers just so she can make more money.

The life of a young author blog might be getting a new look!

2010-01-16T14:42:00.000-05:00

Maybe or maybe not.

What should my new Blogger icon be

2010-01-15T23:47:00.006-05:00

a. My current one: Star Sapphire from the Green Lantern comics:

Pros: Since I'm a new fan of the Green Lantern, and I think Blake Lively (who will be playing Carole Ferris, who later becomes Star Sapphire), I think it would be cool to have Carole as my icon, well for a little bit. I'm not very familiar with the character though.
B. Catwoman from the batman comics (if you didn't know that then I pity you)
Pros: I LOVE CATWOMAN. I've read some comics with Catwoman and she is soo awesome! I love the chemistry between her and batman, they are such a cute couple

C. My old one: Stargirl
Pros: We're both around the same age, have braces, and kinda look alike (even though I did change her hair color for the picture). Oh and suprisingly she has nothing to do with captain America, despite the costume.
D. Wonder Woman:

Pros: We both share some of the same view points. We are feminists, and I bet if she read Twilight she would kill Stephanie Meyer or at least knock some sense into her.

Now readers you decide

New blog...don't worry I'll attempt to update this one

2010-01-15T23:35:00.002-05:00

Like my Young author blog, I have a new blog. It's http://www.actionmovieupdates.blogspot.com/. Or you can just go to my profile. Don't worry I'll be updating both my young author blog, just not as often (even though I wasn't posted that much as is)

Tips for writing a realistic character

2010-01-14T10:49:00.003-05:00

Characters are what drive a story, if you don't what characters then your basicly describing a setting and nothing else. Plus what story (other than poetry) doesn't have characters? It should be very obvious that you need characters in order to make a good story. Since writing (and films) these days seem to crave realistic, and dark characters here are some helpfull tips on writing a realistic character:

1. Show don't tell. Telling a reader the character's personality traits and then never actually showing them gives your character an 'unintentional personality'. An unintentional personality is one where the audiences finds a character to be a certain way despite the fact that the author didn't intentionally write the character to be that way. Example: A character who the author wants to come off as selfless, smart and independent might come off as selfish, whiney, and dependent to the readers. Show don't tell is one of the most important rules in fiction. If you show your character's personality slowly, and don't flat out say, "He's intelligent", then it makes you seem like a better author. Telling and not showing has a very negative impact on the character. For example: If you say your character is normal looking, but then have tons and tons of boys/girls adoring him/her and having perverted thoughts, then we (the audience) believe that he/she must be gorgeous. If you want to tell the audience that your character is a certain quality, then show it throughout the novel. Example: If your character is a major book worm, then have your character reading constantly, referencing books (and not the books that end up being significant to the story), and talking about books. Show don't tell

2. In order to have a realistic, and relatable character, your character needs to have flaws. Oh and be sure that your flaws are equally paired with the positive traits. For example: I read on a yahoo question, that a character this girl was writing both cared for the feeling of others, and was selfish. As I said pair your positive traits and negative traits well, you don't want a character to both care for others and be selfish. It just doesn't make sense! If your character has no flaws (or flaws that aren't personality flaws like being clumsy but then never showing that she's clumsy) then the readers can't relate to them, and believe me readers hate perfect characters (aka Mary/Gary Sues)

3. How will she/she interact with other supporting characters. Will she be cruel to them, and if so then she should probably stay that way for a good part of the story. Most changes that a character goes through usually happen near the end of the story. Helpful tip: Don't make every single person who dislikes the character be cruel, mean, or jealous of them. It sets the allusion that everybody adores your character, and everybody who doesn't is generally hated by everybody. Maybe have somebody who is liked by many people dislike your character for reasons other than, "He/she is jealous of him".
4. The introduction of a character gives the first impression. For example: I read the book Vampire Academy, and the way the author introduced the main heroine just made me feel sick. Ok so it starts when this female vampire bites the mortal girl (the human girl allowed her to) and the mortal girl described it as feeling better than sex, being high and being drunk. That one page had soo many allusions to sex, that it was just gross. I thought that I accidently bought a vampire porno. Let me make this clear: When a male vampire bites a mortal girl then it is cute, but when a vampire girl bites a mortal girl, then it's just disturbing. In short the way that you introduce a character instantly gives us (the audience) first impressions.
5. Have your character act her own age. I mean you usually wouldn't see a 14-year old using fancy, long words. If your character acts either too young or too old for her age then you should probably mature/or dumb down her/himself up. Now I know that there are some characters out there who are supposed to be childish or mature, but if you are trying to make a character for teens to relate to you have to make your character actually act like them.

Updates on my life (just bear with me)

2010-01-13T20:36:00.004-05:00

I haven't been updating lately, so my two readers are probably at least a little happy, and not much has happened. I got my new classes, and unfortunately most of my new classes are mega boring. My new Social studies class is rather boring and unlike my first class where the teacher tried to be funny, this guy is as funny as a rock. My new math class is ehh, it doesn't have Billy in it, but some how Billy's arguments with the teacher made the class some-what entertaining. I wonder what he is doing now? The only new class that I like is my new English class. The teacher allows us to listen to our ipods and is really nice. Finally a good class.

Ok so in Social studies I have to write about five news stories (in the news, duh) and the only stories that were on were about the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, some athlete using steroids (these days who isn't)
, and Tiger woods (seriously I do not care about Tiger Woods...at all). After watching CNN for over an hour and seeing them constantly repeat the same stories over and over again, I decided to go to the one channel I despise the most. Fox news. Let's just say that if you gave me a choice of either watching Fox news or having nails driven through my eye, I would say, " You might as well go the store, I hear there's a sale on nails!". They are soo biased, and sometimes I can just predict what they'll say. It's always, "He's putting this nation into a deeper recession" and "He's ripping apart the foundation of America" "He waited three days to speak about the bomb threat" yet they never once mention the fact that Bush waited SIX days in order to speak about the shoe bomber. Oh wait, they (fox news) absolutely adores Bush and every republican. Then there is that cry baby Glen Beck who pretends to cry. He fake crys stuff like, "This country isn't like what it's was like! I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I'M SCARED FOR IT!". I bet you if Mccain won, then his non-stop cry sessions would have never taken place. Oh and I finally found a translation of every single thing a fox news reporter says.
The phrase (which was on Fox news): If there is another terrorist attack, then this guy is impeached!
Covert Message: Hey terrorists, bomb the USA so we can get Obama out of the white house. REPUBLICAN POWER!
The Phrase: This country is not like it was before, and the morals we used to have are gone. I'm scared for her!
Covert Message: Life was better when Bush was in charge. Now that a democrat is in charge, we are changing rather than being the old self
The Phrase: WAAAAA! I LOVE MY COUNTRY AND I'M SCARED FOR IT! THIS COUNTRY IS GOING TO TURN INTO A FASCIST, COMMUNIST, DICTATORSHIP RULED BY BlACKS AND WHITES WILL BE THE MINORITY
Covert message: WAAA! I'M SAD THAT A DEMOCRAT WON SO I'M GUNNA WHINE AND BITCH ABOUT IT UNTIL OBAMA HOPEFULLY GETS IMPEACHED WHICH WILL BE THE BEST DAY EVER! THE USA IS GOING TO BE STUPID AND A 4RD WORLD COUNTRY UNLESS A REPUBLICAN IS PRESIDENT AGAIN! I HATE MINORITIES AND WILL START BALLING MY EYES OUT IN ORDER TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT I'M SANE. WAAA WAAA! REPUBLICAN POWER!
Stupid fox news people, always seeing the negative in everything. Here is what fox news hates: Democrats, blacks, Muslims, non-Christians, and anything a non-republican says.

ANYHOW, I tuned into Fox news and almost instantly they started bashing Michelle Obama for trying to run a campaign against childhood obesity. Wait how is Michelle Obama trying to stop childhood obesity a bad thing....oh wait since her husband is a democrat that makes everything she does a sin. My parents were behind me talking about some crap, and I shouted, "Could you quite down, I'm trying to watch to Republican propaganda!". Yah they laughed, and that was one of the new funny moments I've had recently.

Vampire romances

2010-01-11T10:57:00.004-05:00

It is very clear that in the recent years, the vampire genre has significantly increased. Possibly due to the popularity of the Twilight series. Now tons of authors are trying to write vampire novels but only few actually succeed in becoming insanely popular. I've looked through several vampire novels, other than Twilight of coarse, and I've noticed some common plot elements.
1. Vampires have turned from evil, ugly and...non-sparkly into handsome, and mysterious lovers. Most vampires have pale skin, beautiful eyes, dashing hair, a mysterious personality, and basically gorgeous. Some vampires even use tons and tons of body glitter
2. The vampire/human relationship is fairly more common these days. Why? I believe because they are easy to write because you already know how they would act. The vampire boyfriend loves the mortal girl but has a deep desire to want to eat her, while the female usually is troubled by the fact that her boyfriend is immortal and wants to kill her. Some novels are very good at portraying the nearly endless blood-lust of the vampire, while some fall flat (Twilight).

Vampires are no longer evil (like Dracula) and are more like every twelve-year olds dream man. They sparkly, speak in a poetic term, are beyond humanly gorgeous, and now don't burn in the sunlight. The differences between modern vampire novels and the classic vampire novels (like Dracula) are beyond counting (and blogging).

My top five favorite superheroes

2010-01-09T22:58:00.006-05:00

1. Batman. Why? Because he's batman that's why! He's ultra cool, dark, and the Dark Knight was a kick ass movie. Unlike that Batman and Robin film made by the dirtbag known as Joel Schumacher

2. Deadpool. Why? Because he's freakin hilarious! Ryan Reynolds is awesome as Deadpool, and I just find Deadpool to be soo funny and I love funny action heroes. Plus what hasn't Deadpool done? He breaks the fourth wall, kicked Captain America in the guy part, made fun of the fact that he's played by Ryan Reynolds (he said, "If you looked like Ryan Reynolds crossed with Shar-pei, you'd understand!), and even sings in some parts. Deadpool is awesome!

3. Green Lantern (Hal Jordan). Why? I've always found him an interesting character, and I recently bought the Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn, and I am a huge fan of Hal Jordan. Sucks that he turned bad, and knowing most superhero films the third films always has the hero go all dark (so unfortunatlly we'll see Hal Jordan become Paralax/aka the bad version of Hal). Once again Ryan Reynolds got another awesome role. Good for him, he really deserves it

4. Captain America. Why? He's an interesting character, attractive, and I can't wait to see the Captain America movie. Marvel has kept the casting very secret so far, and we most likely won't know whose cast until maybe late January or early March. Oh and this is why Deadpool is cooler than Captain America:

5. Superman. Why? I love the show Smallville, and I guess I have to put him on the list. Though I don't really like it how he's too powerful, and doesn't have many weaknesses or flaws. But I still would want to have his powers. Plus he's wears tights and most superheroes now a days wear either leather, or armor. Good for you Supes

Sorry about this not being about any literary related topics, but I just really wanted to write this.

The most sickening thing ever

2010-01-09T19:56:00.003-05:00

I was home alone and I decided to see how long it would take for me to get disgusted while watching the Super Hero Squad tv show. Two seconds. Right when I saw the weird 5-year old like Marvel superheroes I was like, "OH HELL NO! NO NO! OHH GOD! WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU ALL!?". They looked like freakin five year olds! Then when I saw Captain America (who once again looked like a five-year old) sleeping which wearing some geeky blue night cap, I was like, "THIS ISN"T REAL! I NEVER WATCHED THIS! THIS DOESN'T EXIST! I'M NOT SEEING THIS!". I then quickly turned it off and tried to whip that horrible image from my mind. I mean how stupid is it that all these classic Marvel superheroes have been turned into kiddy crap. I mean EVERY superhero looked like a fat five year old. Magneto, The Punisher (whose like the darkest, least-kidfriendly character ever), the hulk (who looked like a happy green giant), Iron man, and even Thor! How could you do that Marvel?! It's looks like Disney is already starting to dumb-down you guys. I mean come on! How dare you turn this :

(bad-ass) into this (kiddy, goofy, tiny, weak. Nonbad-ass. Plus his arms are bigger than his freakin head.

and this

into this (yes that's the actual size of the hulk in the show. He's a little shrimp!) and He's freaking smiling! Wouldn't that make him Bruce Banner again? Oh wait this is a kids show and anger is a forbidden emotion. Gosh I h-a-t-e this show. I only saw two seconds of it and I already hate it. Is this Marvel trying to copy Dc's animated shows? I mean we all know that whenever Dc makes a movie, then Marvel makes a movie. When Dc makes a show, then Marvel attempts to make a show. Marvel your not supposed to make kiddy shows with your characters. Your characters are flawed, and realistic. They can't be like the perfect DC characters who can made to be kiddy. You can't make the Hulk into a kid-friendly character and expect to be taken seriously. Epic fail on your part. I thought you were better than this.

I'm sorry for the whole gettingg angry and being unformal, but I can't talk about superheroes on my other blog. People complained about it.

Wow writing a wish-fulfillment is soo hard

2010-01-07T20:46:00.003-05:00

I thought writing a story for my own personal enjoyment would be easy. All I had to do was create the biggest Mary sue/ self insert of myself, and just start writing about everything I wanted. Sure Anna Elsie has everything I want. You know good looks, insanely popular (people literally instantly adore her), people shower Anna Elsie with tons of expensive gifts, and so far the only people who don't like her are cruel and outcasts. I even plan to give Anna Elsie a perfect boyfriend. What's really weird is that despite Anna Elsie is meant to be me, I still find myself jealous of her and even hating her. If I wasn't making this a wish-fulfillment story then I would kill that stupid Mary sue off in a heart beat. Even though I would technically be killing myself off....but hey it's fiction!
Oh and something about writing a story where everything is perfect and ends perfectly seems soo...weird. I usually have the characters sometimes risk something. Example: Claire gave up her powers to save Trevor, but of coarse I gave them back to her. But in the wish-fulfillment story everything gets handed to Anna Elsie on a silver platter, and she doesn't have to risk anything. I always like conflict and I love adding some action into a story. If this story wasn't a wish-fulfillment then here are some possible storylines:
a. Anna Elsie thinks she's living a perfect only to find out that she's actually in a coma and suddenly awakes back into reality where everything is not perfect.

b. The town she lives in (who apparantly worships her) is actually a evil cult who brainwashes it's inhabitants to worship any new visitor before they brainwash them into believing what they believe in. In short: The citizens are brainwashed to believe any new visitors are gods until a new visitor comes in which the old 'god' is brainwashed into becoming another of the dumb citizens. Too complicated

c. The mysterious teens she sees are actually the only people in the towns that havn't been brainwashed. They explain to her that the life she has been living is not been real, and everybody is only pretending to adore her. Soon the leaders of the town known as "the counselors" learns about how Anna knows that her life is fake and that Anna plans to tell the hundreds of other "perfect life people" that it is all fake. Which will unfortunately end in "the counselors" to lose their power.

Ok so maybe my original ideas aren't as good as they used to be, but be happy that I'm trying. Trying to be creative is as hard as saying that Ryan Reynolds isn't gay looking. What!? He is not the most manliness looking guy in the world. He's attractive in all, but not manly hot. Wow that was totally off topic.

A comparision between Eragon and star wars

2010-01-07T17:33:00.003-05:00

The movie opens with Princess Arya/Princess Leia smuggling a dragon egg/message or Death Star plans from the evil kingdom/Empire. She manages to hide it successfully but is captured by Durza/Darth Vader and interrogated about it’s location. A simple orphan farm boy named Eragon/Luke acquires the egg/plans but doesn’t really know what to do with it. One day/night he returns home to find his uncle and aunt murdered by ra’zak/storm troopers who were trying to recover the egg/plans. With his surrogate parental figure(s) dead he decides to leave home forever to ultimately get revenge. He journeys with an old man named Brom/Obi-Wan who actually knows a thing or two about the dragon/message. Since he was a former Dragon Rider/Jedi Knight he begins to teach Eragon/Luke how to use a sword/lightsaber and how to master magic/the force. Not suprisingly he learns the skills very fast (sounds like a Gary Stu to me). While on their journey, the evil kingdom/Empire draws them to their fortress/Death Star. Once there, they are able to rescue the princess but Brom/Obi-Wan ends up being killed by Durza/Vader. After escaping the fortress/Death Star they meet up with Murtagh/Han Solo who says he can take them to the hideout of the Varden/Rebel resistance movement. (O.K. so this is a chronological discrepancy with the two events occurring at opposite ends of their respective movies but it still doesn’t change the fact that it’s the same crap.) The ever-present evil kingdom/Empire tracks them to the hideout and initializes an attack to wipe out the entire resistance movement. At the climax of the battle is an aerial confrontation between Eragon/Luke with his dragon/X-wing and Durza/Vader with his dragon/Tie fighter. Durza/Vader is defeated and Eragon/Luke blows up the fortress/Death Star.

It sure does sound familiar does it?

The similarities between Stephanie Meyer and me

2010-01-07T10:57:00.002-05:00

1. Both of our novels are based off fantasies of ours. My fantasy being of my ideal adventure, rather than Stephanie's sexual and 'perfect high school life' fantasy. Though my Diary of a lipgloss addict was my 'perfect high schoo life' fantasy just like Stephanie's.
2. Our main heroine is an author avatar of ourselves, except more idealized
3. We don't have the guts to kill off a major character. Though I did kill off Justin in one of my sequels to the Diary of a lipgloss addict, but I had planned to bring him back in one of the sequels.
4. We both love love-triangles. In the Diary of a lipgloss addict both Garret and Justin fight over Nancy (the author avatar of me)
5. We can't take criticism. This is only partial because I want criticism but I sometimes get upset when somebody insults any of my characters. We both say, "Well you just don't understand the character!"
6. We had already casted the characters (actor wise). I had already chosen Keira Knightley to play Claire, and Chace Crawford to play Trevor. It was actually pretty fun to cast them.
7. Our main heroes are our ideal man. Edward is Stephanie's ideal man, while Will, Trevor and Justin were my ideal men
8. We shower our characters with good/bad personality traits, but then we fail to show them. I tried to have Daisy come off as dumb, but she came off as anything but.
9. We rip off of other novels. I admit it: The Talking cake was supposed to be a younger-version of The Lord of the Rings. While Twilight is just another of your cliche vampire romance novels except with a more annoying, weak heroine, and a sparkly vampire (rather than a vampire who either burns in the sunlight, or weakens significantly). Edward is a rip-off of the stereotypical handsome prince, Claire is the stereotypical rebellious princess (minus the princess part for the first part). Daisy is the stereotypical damsel in distress. Oh and I based the troll demons off orcs (from the Lord of the rings), and I tried to make the four witches like Sauron and Saruman.
10. We rape the thesaurus. In the Diary of a lipgloss addict, I attempt to copy Stephanie Meyer's writing style by using fancy adjectives constantly. Sure using fancy adjectives makes you seem smart, but if you use them as filler or just to describe somebody's physical looks constantly then what is the point? Dear Stephanie: You don't need to constantly describe Edward's looks. We get it, he's gorgeous! Move on!
11. Every character (the good ones) get a happily ever after. Will and Daisy get married and become king and queen. Claire and Trevor start to date and leave to have their own adventure. The witches are destroyed, and every character gets what they deserve. Also Trevor comes back to life, because I just can't kill off my ideal man (yes most of the male leads in my books are Gary stues, and a guy who I would date)
12. We use large fonts to make our books seem long
13. We both founds handsome, protective, stalkers to be absolutely romantic. Once again: When I was a twitard I found protective stalkers to be the perfect boyfriend.
14. Most characters who don't like our author avatar are cruel, mean or jealous of them.

Differences between Stephanie Meyer and I:

1. I have some strong female leads. Example: Claire. Bella allows Edward to control her and many times shows that Stephanie made her to become the perfect conservative housewife. Edward controls the relationship, Bella's only goal in life is to marry Edward and father his child (which is kinda creepy seeing that she basically had a teen pregnancy). She even attempts to commit suicide when Edward leaves her because she just can't go on in life without a man to take care of her. And Stephanie Meyer tells us she is a feminist? Dear Stephanie: Read your own books. Oh and don't just read it when your doing naughty stuff by yourself. Bella is anything but a feminist. I know feminist and she is not one.
2. I literally kill off a main character(s). I did technically kill of Trevor, but I brought him back. I mean he did die, so that still counts. While Stephanie never kills off her characters because I think she has too close of a bond to the characters
3. Did I mention that I don't intentionally make my female characters name sound like mine (well in a major story of mine). I am working on one secret story where the female lead's name sounds strikingly like mine: Her name is Anna Elsie. Yes that is the wish fulfimment story I had planned to write). In Stephanie Meyer's The Host: the female character's name is Melanie Stryer, which kinda sounds like a backwards Stephanie Meyer.

So in short, I sometimes feel like I'm a younger Stephanie Meyer. We have many similarities, and few differences.

Summarization of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy

2010-01-06T20:01:00.001-05:00

Fellowship of the rings:
Awesomness
Two towers:
Mega awesomness
Return of the King:
Mega ultra super duper awesomeness

Any questions?

A plot summary of Twilight and New Moon

2010-01-06T19:34:00.002-05:00

TWILIGHT
Hi I’m Stephanie…err I mean Bella. I’m soo beautiful, smart (err not weally) awesome and everybody around me is soo stupid and lame. I’m way better than everybody else. Everybody who doesn‘t like me is mean and cruel and should be killed off. *complains about everything*. OMG LOOK AT HOW GORGEOUS AND SPARKLY THAT HOT GUY IS! WHO CARES THAT HE IS TOO OLD FOR ME, STALKS ME, AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSES ME. HE’S HAWT! *endless sequences of Bella and Edward staring into each other’s eyes and Bella talking about how much she is in love with Edward’s physical looks*. OMG FIVE OTHER GUYS LOVE ME!? BUT THEY AREN’T AS HAWT AS EDWARD! SO WHO CARES. OH NO SOME EVIL VAMPIRE WANTS TO KILL ME. RATHER THAN TRYING TO SAVE MYSELF, I’LL JUST WAIT HERE TILL MY BRAVE BOYFRIEND Edward SAVES ME. I’m such a feminist. Oh FUDGE, the eval vampire bites me. *stops to describe Edward’s gorgeous, stone-like looks and how she loves it when she controls her*. EDDIE SAVED ME! YEAH! PROM TIME! I’M SOO PRETTY AND LUCKY! EVERYBODY LOVES ME AND MY HANDSOME, RICH, stalkerish boyfriend! He’s sooo perfect * remembers that there has to be three more sequels* OH I might as well have another wet dream about my special Edward.

NEW MOON

OMG my perfect boyfriends pwafect family jst threw me a uber special party. Since I’m Stephanie..opps I ,mean Bella deserve every since thing of this. OH NO PAPER CUT! WOW MY PAPER CUTS BLEED A LAWT! *Edward once again saves Bella*. WAAAA Edward broke up with me! I’m too perfect for him to break up with me. I can‘t go on! I juzt need a man to control me! I CAN“T TAKE CARE OF MYSELF! I‘m GUNNA DIE! I MIGHT AS WELL, I‘M NOTHING WITHOUT EDWARD! NOTHING! WAAA WAAA…HE CAN‘T BE GONE!*long scenes of moping*. I better go attempt suicide BECAUSE MY LIFE IS NUTTING WITHOUT MY EDWARD!. Maybe if I attempt suicide and date my awesome werewolf Jacob Black, then Eddie will come back to me! YEAH *attempts suicide*. Aww he didn’t come back to me. NEED EDWARD *hyperventilates and goes crazy for a while*. Oh look the werewolves killed my enemies. I don’t have to do anything! Alice is back! Oh no my dear Eddie is going to commit suicide because he thought I was dead. He loves me soooo much! Now I have to fly to Italy. Should I tell my dad I’m going? Ehh no because Stephanie doesn’t want dads to be protective and care a bit about their daughters. In Italy. YEAH EDWARD’S SHIRTLESS AGAIN! GO ORGASMS GO! *back on topic*. I getta run through a fountain, yeah! I actually save Edward. OH no we can’t have that. Don’t worry Edward will save me tons more times in the sequel, because I gotta turn into a housewife because that’s what Stephanie Meyer wants me to be. Oh yah I forgot, I got these two guys who totally luv me. Umm which is better a normal looking guy who respects me, or a towtally hawt guy who is..towtally hawt! Luv=physical attraction!

Harry potter fan fiction cliches

2010-01-04T14:41:00.002-05:00

*NOTE: I am not saying that every fan fiction has one of these cliches in it. If your writing a Harry Potter fan fiction and it has one of the things in this list. Don't be offended, I am just stating the obvious*

In one of my previous posts I mentioned the phrase Mary sue. I personally find it harder to find Mary sues in original fiction (aka published works) and easier to find it in fan fiction. So I did some searching and found many examples of Mary sues. For one thing: most of the Mary sues have very odd names like Serenity Raindrop Potter or Eh-Mee-Lee (pronounced Emily). Creative names are good, but if the names are too wacky and weird then it just sounds...weird. So after finding numberous examples of Harry potter Mary sues: (go to http://www.fanfiction.net/community/The_Institution_for_Harry_Potter_MarySues/7128/ It has over 1500 different examples of Mary sues!) I decided to search some keywords (Like Harry Potter sister, or American transfer student) into Fan fiction.net and see how many stories have that keyword in it. Ok so let's start!

Harry Potter has over 679 sisters. WOW
There are 155 American transfer students
Snape has over 402 daughters!
Dumbledore has 42 granddaughters
Voldemort has over 561 daughters
=1,839 fan fictions with those cliches in it

Now I know that there are possibly more overused cliches that I don't know about, but I'm not really in the mood to look through fanfiction.net. Ok I'm not saying that all the fan fictions that have these cliches are bad, I'm just saying that the idea of Harry Potter having a secret twin sister is way overused.

How to write for Harlequin

2010-01-02T18:59:00.005-05:00

I've recently been looking through some Harlequin novels, and I've noticed that most Harlequin novels contain some of the same things. So i decided to make a "How to" guide to writing Harlequin novels using the things that I've found.

Characters all together:

Must be white(unless in African American romance)
The only people who die are the elderly, ex-wives/husbands, and minor character. The hero and heroine can never die. If they do, they must come back to life by their true love’s kiss, or by either the hero/heroine’s healing powers.
They must be beautiful
Be in their early or mid twenties, early 30’s occasionally acceptable
Must be Christians
Don’t believe in abstinence, unless you are writing a Harlequin inspirational

Males
Must be handsome
Must be either billionaire/millionaire/tycoon/boss/prince/doctor/or other glamouras proffesion
If a dad: be perfect in every possible way
Not be a virgin. Only females can be virgins
Great at sex
If they are a billionaire make them arrogant, self-centered, and have the common playboy-attitude
the hero gets the heroine pregnant, he will instantly take responsibility for his actions, marry the girl, and take care of the child. He will never ask twice whether or not he is sure the baby is actually his
Be dominating and always know how a win a girl no matter how stubborn she is or resists his temptations

Females:
Be gorgeous beyond belief. They must have long hair(preferably blonde), be thin, and have to be either D-cup or at least B cup. Being curvy is a preffered thing, but it is not needed. They can never be average looking, nor can they be “nerdy”(they can be nerdy but they still must be gorgeous). They can deny it, but we all know they are gorgeous
Be employed in glamouras/unglamorous business but always have lower position than male. Example: Is the male is the boss of a succesful business, than the female is the owner of a unsuccesful business or a new employee
If she doesn’t have or is having kids then she is a virgin
Be stubborn, weak, and or shy. She usually shouldn’t believe she needs a man in her life, or swears off men after a break-up
The heroine should have a small crush on her hero before the two fall in love.
Thinks the hero is at first an arrogant jerk
They must think they are independent but they secretly need the hero
Bad stuff always happens to the female. Ex: financial debt, gets targeted by assassins, gets robbed, kidnapped, or has family troubles

Children:

Must be under the age of 8. Eight is a stretch
Be adorable, and innocent. They can never do anything wrong, except for an occasional good-hearted prank. They usually say the cutest lines like “My daddy is the gwatedest daddy in the whole entire world!”
If their mom or dad is getting married, the child(ren) must instantly adore the new guy/girl and accept her as their new mom/dad. Kids are soo accepting these days aren't they.
Children are never aborted, or put up for adoption. Having kids is considered the greatest thing to happen ever in every heroine’s life. If the mother ever gives up the child, she always regrets it later and finds a way to get the child back. The kid never asks the question, "Why did you give me up in the first place?".

Settings:
If harlequin presents: take place in an exotic place in Greece, France, a private island, or Italy. To have a story take place in the desert, the location must be a oasis.
If Harlequin American romance: Take place in either Minnisota, Texas, New York, or other states Must either have many cities, or have a large rural population. If in texas; the hero should own a ranch but not work on it. They must be the owner of a ranch, rather than a ranch-hand
Don’t describe the setting too much, it will distract the reader from the romantic tension
If a Christmas novel: If they are snow locked in a house, the electricity will not fail so they won’t freeze to death. They also will have a good supply of food

Plots:
If in the Harlequin presents: a wealthy man falls in love with a poor, beautiful girl and uses her for his own sexual pleasure. Usually has graphic sex scenes, and usually ends in pregnancy. Having bribes, and having the male lead kidnap the female is also good
If Harlequin American romance: A single dad falls in love with a single lady(who usually has a job that includes children).
If Harlequin paranormal: A paranormal creature(vampire/ghost/werewolf) falls in love with a mortal
If Harlequin Inspirational: A lady(heavily christian) falls in love with a man(heavily christian).
If Harlequin Intrigue: a police officer/FBI agent/secret service/other must protect a girl from another guy who wants to kill her. It should end when the hero kills the guy who is going to kill the heroine.

Must not does:
Std’s don’t exist. The worst thing that can happen to a lady while having unprotected sex with a man who has already been with many women is pregnancy
You can never talk about real-life issues like abuse both childhood or domestic, realities of war(only glamouras versions), and have strong heroines. If you have a strong heroine, always have her think he is strong but have to give into the male sooner or later
A woman can never be taller, have a higher business status, or be older than the leading man
Have supporting characters with their own problems. Better yet have the only characters be the hero and the heroine. It gets rid of the risk of smaller characters overshadowing the heroes
Be normal looking. Every character must have unbelievably good looks, and never be fat. If your character is “plump” they cannot be belly fat, but more wide hips, big butt, and large breasts
Do not spend too much time describing the setting, and other characters. You need to focus your describing ability on the heroes eyes, or their sex scene

Writing
Suspension of belief is nothing to worry about. You can make it as unrealistic as possible, but that’s what a romance novel is for. To give old housewives fantasies about what they wish their life was. Example: In Harlequin world, a prince can fall in love with a sexy waitress
The only thing you should go in deep description of is the characters physical looks and the sex scene
Happily ever after is a must. Nobody wants a story to end when the heroine learns that the hero isn’t meant for her, or one dies!
A pregnancy is always a good way to end the story. If the main story is about a pregnancy, don’t say the bad things about pregnancy. That means skip morning sickness, and the other stuff that we all don’t like to hear about. If you choose to describe the delivery make it quick and painless(or overaly dramatic). Only describe the cherubic looks of the newborn child. Blonde hair/blue eyes is a great feature to give the child. It is recommended to make the child look like the father more than the mother(unless it is a girl)
If you have twins: it has to be either boy/girl or boy/boy.
The climax of the story must be when they have sex
Flaws are important, but don’t dwell on them too much. The most common flaws are arrogant, possesive, controlling, or seductive. The more likable the character is, the better the novel.
Personality is important, but don’t spend too much time trying to develop it. Characterization takes up too much time, so speed through the characters personality
The title should include one of these words: billionare(or other wealthy profession for ideas look in character: Men section), virgin, bedded, pleasure, sex, captive, pregnant, inexperienced, mistress, lover, ruthless, bought, bribed, desert, island, bride, blackmail, convenient, or baby or a combination
Should be shorter than 190 pages

Self-insert Mary sue

2010-01-01T10:32:00.003-05:00

As a young author I'd noticed that most of my stories were based off of personal fantasies of mine. I would write stories and just insert myself into a character meant to be me. In literary terms: A self-insert Mary sue is a literary device in which an author character who is the real author of a work of fiction appears as a character within that fiction, either overtly or in disguise. Usually the character is an idealized version of the author (example: more attractive, popular) and usually is way of wish fulfillment. Wish fulfillment is a the satisfaction of a desire, need, or personal/sexual fantasy through a novel. My personal fantasy at the time was to have an adventure where I got to fight evil people, fall in love with a perfect man, and leave the adventure richer (both emotionally and financially) for the experience. Most of the events in the Talking Cake were made off of what I wanted to happen to myself if I was in my ideal adventure.
In my first book: The Talking Cake, I had originally wrote the book to star my sister and I. I was originaly supposed to be Daisy (even though I imagined myself as Claire more often). Claire and I had the same physical appearence (even though I wrote Claire to be far more attractive), and I even made my ideal man her love interest. Then comes in Will. He was basicly everything I wanted at the time (a handsome, brave, perfect, has a heart of gold (figurativly) guy), and of coarse he was a Gary Stu. Unfortunatly I had to have him fall in love with Daisy ( I imagined myself as Daisy during those times). Just so that I could satisfy my personal desire for love for myself (Claire) I created Trevor. Who I now find has many resemblances to both Edward Cullen and an angst-gary stu.
A Mary sue/ Gary stu is a fictional character with overly idealized and hackneyed mannerisms, lacking noteworthy flaws, and primarily functioning as wish-fulfillment fantasies for their authors or readers. Trevor is the true definition of angst-Gary stu. An angst-Gary stu is a character who is depressed, has dark past, and basicly an angsty character. Will is an perfect Gary stu. He has no flaws, is gorgeous, and is great at everything. He's like a non-stalkerish/abusive Edward Cullen. He is the stereotypical handsome prince. Oh and Daisy and Wills relationship I felt was basicly based off physical looks (just like Edward and Bella's). Daisy fits into the classic dumb damsel-in-distress stereotype, even though I epically failed at pulling her off as dumb. Not suprisingly she did the most obvious thing: she ended up saving the day. The story ends where each of the characters live happily after and Claire and Daisy each get what they desire.

Back on the topic of wish- fulfillment, the story ended in a way that satisfied me and fufilled my personal wishes. It's hard to explain but the Talking Cake was a written down version of my ideal adventure staring me as Claire, and Trevor and Will as my ideal men. After the Talking Cake came my shorter book called Race to the City of gold. It once again was originally written to star my friend Lauren, Sarah and I. Coarse I had to change the names to Lily, Sophie, and Ariel (whose names have the first letter of Lauren, Sarah and I). It had the same elements of the Talking Cake. Action, a hot romance (who had some resemblences to Trevor), and ends with the characters richer (this time more financially) for the experience.

After that came my longest novel (well not actually long because made the font large) Diary of a lipgloss addict. This book had many resemblences to Twilight. You know a shy girl goes to a new school and instantly many people want to be her friend and two guys start to adore her. The only people who hate Nancy ( another author-insert of me)are spiteful and jealous of her. The two male leads are Justin and Garret. Garret being like Jacob black (being the nice, boy-next-door who respects her), and Justin being like Edward cullen (being the attractive, mysterious guy who does kinda stalk her and protective). Ok back then I was a twitard and I found a guy who is protective, and is obsessed with you romantic. Like Twilight, The Diary of a lipgloss addict was a written down version of how I wished my high school life would be like. Now duh, the book contained some action (since I love writing action sequences).

To summarize this post up: My novels are based of personal fantasies of mine, and most of my main female characters were self-inserts of myself. I've always thought of writing a novel with a pure self-insert of me (not having to change the name and give flaws. Even though most of my characters don't have flaws in the first place), and live out another personal fantasy of mine. It would be secret, and not to be published. Just something for me to read by myself in order to technically live-out my fantasies. But for now, there is a low chance that I'll write again. I don't know why but I'm just not getting the inspiration to write a new novel. I mean I try to write a new one, but just don't get that into it and abandon it. Sucks doesn't it.

Oh.My.Gods

2009-10-20T16:06:00.010-04:00

I love Greek Mythology. I love everything about it. The tales of powerful gods, heroic warriors, and the fact that you can marry your cousin or brother and that would be perfectly fine. So why are the great myths of Greek times being turned into Teenybopper crap? One Reason: Money, and what is the best example of Greek crap? The book:Oh.My.Gods. So what better way to review this literary poop than making a whole blog post basically trashing the novel.

Ok so the first thing everybody sees when they pick a book is the cover. I have to admit the cover is kinda creative.
Though I don't give it much creativity points, but she does get credit for the clever cover. Oh wait not the author, the cover designer. Sorry Tera, you don't get the point. Back on topic: Most book usually have a summary either inside or outside of the book which tells us what the book is about. This book did but it didn't really tell us anything. It introduced our bratty main character Phoebe, the greek gods, and her new secret school for greek gods. Gee a secret school for people who abilities, now where have I heard that?

You wanna know one big difference between these books/m0vies and Oh.My.Gods? All the movies/boks are better than OH. MY.GODs. Other than the whole "overused concept thingy", the synopsis never actually tells us what the plot is other than: Girl goes to school with descendents of Greek Gods. So I had no idea what the real conflict was. When I found out I was surely amazed(sorry but ill tell you all later).

In the first page we meet our Heroine Phoebe, who I swear would be perfect if she didn't complain soo much. I mean she whines about everything. School, moving to Greece to live on a private island(which isn't technically a bad thing), not having powers, and not being the fastest person on her new godily sports team, and basicly every page is her whining about something. You could actualy replace all her lines with this:

She even compares her life to Animal Farm. Hate to break it to you Phoebe, but just because you see your privilaged life as bad doesn't mean you can compare it to Animal Farm. You have your own private island, attend a super-exclusive high school, and can basicly get anything you want doesn't make you equal to the poor animals who worked nonstop, had no rights, were executed if they didn't support Napoleon, and had little food. You selfish, self-pitying freak! Oh and I hate it how almost everybody(except the villains) absolutly adores her(which just sickens me how much of a Mary sue she is). For all you people out there who don't know what Mary Sues are, Mary Sue is a literary term for a character which is perfect. Everybody loves her, she's beautiful, and everything works out well for her. Phoebe is a strong case of Mary Sue.

After reading endless chapters of basicly Phoebe complaining about everything(which makes me
actually find her more annoying than the villain, who is supposed to be anoying, but really isn't), we finally get to that one page where we finally learn what the conflict is going to be. Rather than having the conflict being something about the gods fighting another, or something that is ACTUALLY ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY, instead the soul conflict is just Phoebe wanting to win a track meet with the other gods. Are you freaking kidding me. I wasted my time reading a stupid book only to learn that the soul conflict is something soo uninteresting as a stupid track meet! I can already think of a way better conflict than that:
A group of rebel gods find a form of power that is greater than Zeus' and steals all the gods powers. Phoebe is instantly accused of causing the mayhem, and she must prove her innocence and find out who the rebel gods are before it is too late.
See that is a way more interesting plot than a mortal wants to win a race against the descendants of gods(who happen to be mortal too, so that just takes away the soul purpose of gods VS humans). Seriously Tera, out of all the possibilities that Greek Mythology offers, you pick the most boring one out of the batch.

Well the book ends the way everybody expects it. Phoebe finds out *surprise* she actually does have powers, she wins the hot guy(who happens to be one of the dozen guys who adore her), and no surprise she wins the race. Oh and turns out she is in some form of prophecy, which is no surprise.
Overall I hated the book because there was no character development, the heroine came off more as a selfish brat, the story was predictable, and the authors idea of comedy is just adding Greek-themed puns into the book every time it got boring(so there were tons them)

A new blog-based off my writings

2009-10-17T23:20:00.002-04:00

Im working on a new blog which will be like a fictional online diary of a teenager as she learns about a secret society of other teens who think they are the bringers off doomsday, and that they must release their inner demons in order to destroy the world. But all of the demons have to be released, and the only person whose demon isn't in control is that of the main character. There is also gunna be a story about the doomsday-bringers having to fight against thet group of people who are said to be the saviors of the world. It's kinda like a story told from the villain's point of view.
Now I know this is probably gunna be a Character Blog, and Im only writing it because I couldn't really write it as a book. It is not confirmed that I am even going to write this blog, but i hope so. Though having my freshmen blog, the young author(which i havn't been using a lot lately), and now my character blog might be a big challenge for me.

PLEASE SEND THE LINK OF MY FRESHMEN BLOG TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW

2009-08-22T22:56:00.001-04:00

The link to my new blog is on my profile and I really wish that people would read it.
*sigh* I guess I'll start blogging on this blog soon. Well I'm writing a new story, but unfortunatly it's an anti-fan fiction for the movie High school Musical. I'm not really in the mood to do character developement and other stuff so this is the only simple thing to do. High school is going well and it is definitly not as stressfull as I thought it would be(so far)

Hey I have a new blog!

2009-08-11T16:33:00.001-04:00

Go to www.Freshmenconfessions.blogspot.com. Don't worry ill still be updating the young author blog, but the Freshmen confessions will be more about me and high school. Tell your friends about my blog! Thanks!
-AM

What I think is the worst book series ever

2009-08-05T17:38:00.005-04:00

There are thousands of books in this world which I think are terrible, but there is one series that combines lack of creativity, unrealisticness, and bad messages into all the books and that book is none other than childrens book series Real Kids Real Places by Carole Marsh. You might be suprised that a childrens book series would be considered the worst in my view, so here are my simple reasons.

The books usually start the same. Two children named Grant and Christina, ages 6 and 8, are allowed by their irresponsable grandmother Mimi, AKA Carole Marsh(apparantly Mimi, Grant and Christina are based off real people and supposedly real events), to wander around heavily populated places by themselves without adult supervision. One thing that bothers me is the fact that Mimi(Carole) is ok with her grandchildren wandering around heavily populated places and never worries about them getting kidnapped, murdered, or god forbid raped. Nope, she would rather do whatever her character does than actually care about the well-being of her grand-children.

After that some crime is commited, rather than the kids telling police about the crime, they go on their own "search" to find the criminals themselves. You might have noticed that I put quotations around the word search, mainly because it isn't really a search. Its more like a game of scavenger hunt, but the baby version of scavenger hunt. Apparantly the criminals give clues to their whereabouts to the children and boy are the clues obvious. In one of the books called "Mystery at Disney World" one of the clues is "Its a world of laughter and a world of peace". Wonder what that must mean? Its a small world of coarse and it only took three seconds to solve. I believe that Carole did not want to have Grant and Christina actually think so she had the criminals give them obvious clues so she wouldn't have to think much while she wrote the books.

Then the kids usually go find the clues which takes them on a tame-goose chase to another part of the country they are in. Usually the clues lead to monuments, museums, or other public places rather than dark alleys, abandoned warehouses, or peoples houses. After that they spend half of the time enjoying themselfs rather than calling the police or at least looking for the next clue. When they finally find the clues, they spend thirty minutes trying to decode the clues that would take a smart person two seconds to solve. The two kids, who are usually occompanied by two other kids, follow the next clue and this continues for another thirty pages.

Sooner of later we get to the climax, which is usually very tame and anticlimatic. The criminals usually give up once they are found and the police usually follow.Though most of the time the criminals aren't arrested in the end. The books always end when Grant and Christina are reunited with Mimi, doing god-knows-what while they were gone, and Mimi usually doesn't care that her grandchildren have been chasing criminals the whole day.

So there you have it, I basicly described the plot-arch of every Real Kids Real Places book. Now there are somethings that aren't related to the plot of the story. For one thing: The books are highly unrealistic. What criminal would give obvious clues to children without intentions of killing the children in the end? More importantly: Why is Carole Marsh promoting the idea of kids running away from their parents in search of criminals? We might never know, but I have my ideas.
I believe that Carole Marsh thought "How about I have the children solve crimes by themselves! That would be original". Man, how many times has that been done? I can already think of four child detectives who solve crimes by themselves: Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, The Boxcar children, and the Hardy Boys.

The last thing I am going to say is that the books all send bad messages to kids. I think her book unintentionally send a message that it is ok to wander around populated places and you wont get hurt because your kids. It also says that when a criminal sends messages to you in hopes to you finding him(or her), go follow them and get yourself cought by the criminal. The last message is that when a crime is commited and only you know about it, dont tell the police. I do not believe that Carole Marsh did these things on purpose, but I just hope she knows.

My personal belief is that Carole Marsh didn't really attempt to write a good book, and she just wrote it to make money. The only good thing I have to say is that the Real Kid Real places series definitly would make a cute Disney channel show. It is marketable, corny, and you could replace the real people who play Grant and Christina with pretty,older actors. Overall I still stand by my point of the Real Kids Real places series to be the worst book series ever

-AM

ps: I am kinda worried about high school because Im going to be a freshmen(women) next week. AHHHH!

Im starting a new book!

2009-07-27T21:34:00.002-04:00

Ive been gone for a long time, but I've finally gotten my love of writing kinda back. My new book is called: The Adventures of a Beauty Queen. Its going to be about a young pageant winner who finds out that many of her competators in the Miss Preteen America contest have been kidnapped, and she and a friend have to find the kidnappers before it is too late. Ok so it may be a common plotline but I hopefully can make the characters original. Though when you think of pageant queen's you think of these common sterotypes:
1. A spoiled rotten, stupid girl who cares only for her looks and nothing about others
2. A emotionally damaged girl who is only doing pageants to please her mother
Now its kinda hard to go beyond those sterotypes, but Im still working on it. I hope to write more, and update my blog more often. Have a great day!
-AM

I might get an agent.......

2009-06-18T17:40:00.002-04:00

You probably thought that the title of this post meant I was getting a LITERARY agent, but hate to break it to you but I was talking about an acting agent. My love of writing just seems to dissolved since I stopped writing the Fantasogra book. Now I've started to love acting, and singing. Tonight is the final performance of my MTW camp. I play Shen-Shen from Wicked(Galinda's friend), and Jan from Grease. I can't wait to finally perform! Wish me luck!
-AM

I'm taking a break from Writing and trying something new

2009-06-10T17:47:00.004-04:00

I just don't know what is wrong with me but I've been kinda losing my love of writing. Suprisingly I've kinda looking forward to getting a new hobby. Though my new hobby I've been thinking of getting interested in is probably acting and modeling. You see I got a makeover today and I totally feel confident about my looks(which I usually didn't feel so happy about). I don't know whether I will actually get more interested in acting and modeling or if I will go right back to writing. For now I am just taking a break from writing and I don't know if I will ever go back to it for a while.

Have a great summer!

-AM

No Talking Cake remake will be made soon

2009-06-08T10:38:00.002-04:00

*sigh* it's true. I thought about the remake all last night and I realized that I just can't remake it in a succesfull way. As you guys probably read in my last post the remake would have been definitly darker then the original. My main reasons why I am not making a remake is simply that I don't feel that I could correctly portay the darkness of the book, and the fact that most of my family adore the original for many reasons.
I feared that if I redid the Talking Cake my family would feel like I totally ruined the child-friendly nature of the book and turned it into a darker book.
I think the phrase to describe turning a cheesy thing into a mature thing is called Batmaning it. You know in the original batman tv series batman was a real cheesy character(weird catchphrases, bright costumes, and cheesy fights). Then Christopher Nolan turned the character into the darker person. It kinda constrasts to turning the Talking Cake from a cheesy book into a more darker book. Now I know that whole batman reference doesn't make sense to you guys at all, but it was the closest thing I got to changing a cheesy thing into a dark thing.

In other news: I feel like I might be losing my love for writing. I'm just never in the mood to write anymore. Well I'm going to pool today and possibly I can get some ideas for new books, or I could even write a play or something.
Have a great summer!

Am I capable of writing the Talking Cake remake?

2009-06-07T21:28:00.002-04:00

I've thought about it lately and I fear that because the changes I made to the book will be too mature and dark for me. Here are some hints to what I mean by dark changes:
1. In the new beginning, Carlisa and Will are said to had an affair. In Nohavia it is illegal to date a witch. When Trevor(Will's 12 year old brother at the time) sees the two together Carlisa attempts to get rid of him. Sure it sounds not that dark. Right? Did I mention that Will kinda set Carlisa up to attempting to kill Trevor and eventually killing Will's sister Hannah. Will somehow finds out about Carlisa's plan to kill Trevor but unfortunately sees Carlisa "kill" Trevor. In a panic Will escapes with Carlisa. Hannah finds Trevor, barely alive, and the two escape. After Hannah gets Trevor out of the city, she is killed by Carlisa.
Now Will believes that Trevor is dead and doesn't learn that he is alive till the end of the book. Claire keeps Trevor's survival a secret from Will because Trevor still hasn't forgiven Will for abandoning him.
My only worry about writing it is that this idea is soo mature and dark that I wouldn't be good writing it(description wise). If you guys have any tips on writing this book, please tell me. Have a great summer!
-AM

I'm seriously considering remaking the Talking Cake

2009-06-07T10:52:00.002-04:00

This might be suprising to some of you, but I have seriously considered remaking the Talking Cake. I plan to give the Talking Cake a more mature and darker look to it. I've already gotten a couple ideas down and I definitly can tell that it really is darker than the original.
Well I'll keep you all updated on whether or I will ever remake the Talking Cake. Have a great summer!
-AM

The Fantasogra book is officially abandoned

2009-06-03T12:06:00.002-04:00

I know this might be a shocker but I just can't continue the Fantasogra book. Everytime I think about it I just feel soo ashamed. The Fantasogra book definitly will not be finished any time soon. I hope you can all understand and agree with my decision. My book was just not described well, too short, and too predictable.
I am still waiting for that book that I can feel proud about even after I finish it. A book where I don't feel ashamed of after I finish it. Have a great summer!
-AM

My dream of publishing at a teen age will be delayed for a LOOOONG time

2009-06-01T20:05:00.002-04:00

Yes it is true, I realized that my writing is too amateur to actually be published. I plan to get published when I write a book that has a more mature form of writing and a story that is not laughable(when it is not intended). My writing will probably be good after college or something. My decision to have the Fantasogra book not published was hard. My top three reasons for not publishing the Fantasogra book is:
1. I don't go into deep description of the story. Though when your writing a childrens book you don't have to go into too much description. But you also have to be creative in your describing too.
2. The characters are too common and too sterotypical
3. It is too fast paced and predictable
You might have all noticed that I was pretty enthusiastic about this book but my love for my books usually end after a couple weeks. Have a great summer!
-AM

My problem with fast paced novels

2009-05-31T12:27:00.004-04:00

The Fantasogra book I know for a fact is definitly fast pased, unlike my other novels which took place throughout the coarse of a whole year. The book is fairly fast and only takes place between a two day period. I know that it is very unrealistic that a handsome prince would fall in love with a random girl in one day and be fully devoted to her the next. I hope that I can possibly add some more scenes in that can possibly focus on Charles and Elizabeth and at least make the story take place on a longer period of time.
Maybe I can add some more scenes to focus more on Charles and Allison's relationship. You know make it slower and maybe have Charles have a little torn between Elizabeth's beauty or Allison's personality.
I'm just worried that since it is soo fased paced that it would seem unrealistic and confusing. Have a great summer!
-AM

The A-list, B-list and C-list characters

2009-05-30T09:45:00.002-04:00

Much like in a hollywood movie the characters are usually classified into three major groups. There are the A-list characters, which are the main characters or have the most influence on the plot. Then there are the B-list characters, which are supporting characters who have some influence on the plot. After the C-list stars, who are the cameo characters and have little to no influence on the plot(like cameo scenes in movies).
Since lately I have been more interested in the next book I will write, I have been neglecting the Fantasogra book for a long time. I know that I gotta keep writing it, but everytime I continue writing the book I get a weird sense of shame. It feels very odd, because I actually feel like I don't like the Fantasogra book anymore. The Fantasogra book used to be my best novel before I went through that long phase of "What was I thinking?! this book sucks!". I fear that I might never complete the book. Wish me luck!
Have a great summer!
-AM

Yah my 100th post!

2009-05-29T11:32:00.003-04:00

I am soo happy that it's my 100th post! Thank you all for viewing my blog and for the great comments. Just to make you guys happy, here is a funny video I made about Finding Nemo. Here is some background facts about Finding Nemo. Yes it is a Disney film, and yes it got good reviews. My little two year old sister is absolutly obsessed with Finding Nemo and I thought it would be fun to end Finding Nemo the way I think it should have ended. Enjoy!

Have a great summer!

-AM

My review for the Bratz Movie

2009-05-29T11:24:00.002-04:00

A movie review for that stupid movie Bratz:
Ever since I first heard that they were making a Bratz Movie I said to myself “This is going to be the stupidest movie ever”, and frankly it was. It is a story based off the freak dolls who live in a perfect world. The movie trailer literally tells you how it ends. You know they defeat the popular girl and they win the guy. You have to be an idiot to not know how it ends. The movie was highly unrealistic, I mean what school is ruled by cliques, and what girl has an elephant at a party? The movie is very stupid, predictable, and the cast is basically composed of unknown stars who probably are doing nothing now. What genius thought that it would be cool to make a movie off the stupid doll company which portrays a anorexic, skanky version of what a girl should look like. The Bratz movie is just like the dolls, Fashion crazy, stupid and lack everything to be entertaining.
Unlike most of the other films I reviewed, I never liked this film even before it came out. Have a great summer!
-AM

A Movie review for Star Trek

2009-05-28T22:46:00.001-04:00

Yet another movie review by MWAH!

When I think of the Star Trek movie, I think of hot actors, cool special effects, and a some light comedy moments. I think that Star Trek definitely lives up to the Star Trek francise and definitely appeals to the younger audience. It has hot, young, and basically sexy actors who will make even the most hard-core Luke Skywalker fan drool uncontrollably. The action is superb and I always was at the edge of my seat during any battle. The sci-fi effects are very good compared to the trashy effects of the 1960 tv show which the movie is based off. The comedy in the film is very light and I don’t think that the film does a lot of comedic moments. The film company heavily relies on action, adventure, and hot actors to pull the film through .
Although most Star Trek fans will probably be disappointed with the fact that their favorite actors are being replaced by younger, more modern actors. They must not realize that the original actors are unable to do the stunts and nonstop labor of filming a sci-fi film. Those fans should be happy that Leonard Nimoy even got a cameo in the film. I mean what could anger those trekkies more than not having that 15 minute scene of the Starship Enterprise cast just sitting in a long room talking about galactic diplomacy in deep detail. They must be irate with the cool special effects, galactic battles and the fact that you can actually understand what the Klingons are saying! Unfortunaly during the film some moments didn’t really make sense, like the whole Black hole thingy was confusing at the start but made sense during the end.
The Star Trek movie will definitely impress almost all of it’s audience except those Trekkies who would rather watch two out of shape guys wearing bad makeup fighting in a real akward way. I give it 4 out of five stars with the one star off because of the fact that most Trekkies are upset with the fact that the Star Trek movie actually made sense.

Unlike the Prince Caspian review, this review is mostly positive. I absolutly loved this movie. Have a great summer!
-AM

A movie review by AM

2009-05-28T22:28:00.002-04:00

I've tried doing some other types of literature, reviews. This review is of the film The Chronicles of Narnia:Prince Caspian.

The only thing I have to say is: Why Disney!? WHY? The movie relies too much on heavy action sequences rather then the characters personalities and the actual plot. What with the many added scenes that don’t really help the plot and the changes of the characters that are not in the actual book. For example: Peter and Caspian get along in the book but in the movie they are constantly bickering and fighting about the most random stuff. Almost the whole movie is just of action sequences and a bunch of teens constantly fighting each other. The high kings and queens are supposed to act like kings and queens rather than a bunch of whiney kids who have nothing better to do then complain about each others actions.
Also the whole Caspian/Susan romance thing was totally uncalled for and it angered a whole lot of Narnia fans. Disney made a very bad attempt to add soo much stuff in that wasn’t in the book that it just seems that the Prince Caspian movie is only related to the book by name. Not to mention that the whole “Night raid” thing was only added in so that Disney could appeal to the eyes of perverted teens who enjoy seeing talking animal-freaks being stabbed to death.
Ben Barnes did an adequate job as Caspian but he didn’t really “WOW!” me. In fact most of the actors seemed the same. They all were whiney complainers who would rather argue then do anything. Also Caspian doesn’t really act like a king and Disney definitely did some major character changes(age, looks, goofy accent).
There is countless things that the movie could have left out. The countless action sequences that aren’t in the book could have been censored down or limited to only three main battles. That whole thick accent thingy was too funny to take seriously.
Though the Prince Caspian movie isn’t all bad. The action sequences can appear a bit entertaining and the special effects are good(well except for Aslan). This movie is recommended for people who just enjoy watching non-stop action and care little for talking and character development.

It feels very weird to be insulting the movie that I was once obsessed with. Two or three years ago I used to be obsessed with this movie(well before it came out). My film obsessions happen almost all the time and right when I see the movie I almost instantly get over them. Hope you enjoyed the review! Have a great summer!
-AM

The Fantasogra's honeymoon is over

2009-05-21T18:23:00.002-04:00

It's a sad part of my life when I have to admit that my new book has flaws. I now know that the Fantasogra book has flaws. Which put the end of my Fantasogra book's honeymoon(when I believed that everybody would love the book, and I thought it was the most perfect book ever). Here is the list of flaws that I found in the Fantasogra book:
1. The character of Elizabeth is too sterotypical. A evil blonde girl who will stop at nothing to have the hot guy
2. Charles lacks personality except for his hate of Elizabeth and minor emotional stability issues
3. The plot seems too obvious

Luckily I'm not done with the book so I can possibly change those things. In other news: I'm waiting for the results to my audition for MTW(Musical theatre workshop). I can't wait to know what I got! Have a great week!
-AM

The Literary dream

2009-05-20T17:26:00.002-04:00

Ever since I wrote the Talking Cake, I've dreamed the Literary dream. The Literary Dream is a concept where authors believe that their book will be best-seller, be made into a movie, and have that movie win an Oscar. Basically it's what every author wanta to happen to their novel.

My literary dream began when I wrote the Talking Cake. I believed that the Talking Cake was the greatest novel ever and that it was for sure to be made into a movie. I had even made my ideal movie trailer and cast. My high hopes for the Talking Cake soon ended when I started writing the Diary of a Lipgloss Addict. Then I started thinking that the Diary of a Lipgloss addict would be a best seller, and would finally give me some respect in my school. I even thought that it would be made into a tv show.
I've noticed that whenever I wrote a new book I would loose confidence in my older novels. Now I have to know that there is a very low chance that any of my books will become best-sellers and be made into movies. Have a great week!
-AM

An update of the Fantasogra book

2009-05-19T16:46:00.003-04:00

Here is a simple update on The Fantasogra book.
1. Elizabeth leaves the Library and heads back to her house.
2. She tells her slave Beatrice to have Silverthread(her horse) ready because she plans to see Mrs. Beauty(Sleeping Beauty) to ask her about how to get Charles to love her again. Elizabeth then starts to believe that Allison is a witch and she cast a love spell on Charles
3. Elizabeth talks to Mrs. Beauty, though she doesn't tell Mrs. Beauty who Charles's lover is.
4. Elizabeth then decides to skip Health class( which is basicly just about how to stay skinny by being anorexic) so she can spy on Charles to see if he is with Allison
5. She skips Lunch(which is not suprising) and sees Allison and Charles together in the Lavender Garden
6. While Allison and Charles share an intimate moment, they are interupted by Zach, one of Allison's friends, who demands to know that the rumor about Charles and Allison are going out. Allison tries to convince Zach that Charles employed her as a slave and that he is just being nice to her.
7. Zach warns her that he's heard many stories about Chosen folk seducing Normal ones just to break their hearts and make them the laughing stalk of the town. Allison refuses to believe it.
8. After Zach leaves, Charles and Allison make their way to the Godmother's path to be alone.
9. Elizabeth sees all of it and goes to Principle Charming(Prince Charming) to finally complain abhout Allison and Charles being together.
10. She makes up a fact story in order to make herself seem like the heroine of the story. She claims that Allison had been threatening Elizabeth, that she caused the carriage crash(when indead it was a drunk driver who caused it), and that she cast a spell on Charles to make him love her.
11. Elizabeth and four members of the Fantasogra police then go off in search of Charles and Allison who are at the Godmother's path
12. It ends when the police surround Charles and Allison.

Oh and my Writers Club is over and I am soo sad. Who am I going to tell about the posts I write online? Have a great week!
-AM

The Fantasogra book's secret message

2009-05-18T19:45:00.002-04:00

When I was reading through The Fantasogra book, I noticed some odd things. Soo much of the book reminded me of the prejudice and gender roles of the 1950-1960s. Here are the following reasons why:
1. It talks about the cruel treatment of people who don't fit into the society(the Normal ones).
2. How the government made harsh laws in order to keep the Normal ones in poverty and their population low.
3. Women(princesses) were supposed to be obedient to their husbands and weren't given most rights. Which I think contrasts to the whole "Ideal family" thing about women being stay-at-home mothers. Though in Fantasogra the princesses were required to have a son for their husbands, and no more than one daughter.
4. People found the affair between Charles( a chosen one) and Allison( a normal one) a serious crime. It kinda contrasts with the whole interracial marriage ban.
5. The Chosen ones were taught that they were better then the Normal ones. This one needs no explanation. The Chosen ones are given the best of everything.

Now I didn't do these things on purpose, I just noticed them later on. Some people might not think that The Fantasogra book has anything in common with the 1950-1960s, other maybe not. I'm just saying that most books have hidden messages that if you read between the lines you start to realize things that might surprise you.
On a lighter note: I've made my own soundtrack for the Fantasogra book. I've decided that the Normal one theme is God Help The Outcasts from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Have a great week
-AM

Point of Views

2009-05-17T08:28:00.002-04:00

Whether your story is in first person or is omniscient, your novel depends on point of views. A matter of fact this post is in first person. Here are the common types of point of views and their advantages and disadvantages
First person: when a story is told by only one character at a time. They usually use the words I, and we. It only shows the point of view of one character, and is usually bias against another character or the plot( it only shows their side of the story and not the others). The Fantasogra book is in First person, but it switches point of views every two chapters from Allison to Elizabeth.
An advantage is that the audience bonds more with the main character.
Disadvantage: Writing the characters personality and how they react will be a bit harder. Plus everybody is tempted to write what another character is thinking or doing but you can't except if the main character is involved.
Second Person: It's the most rarest kind of narration. It's when the audience is an actual character, and they use the phrase "You" a lot. For example: Suddenly you walked up to him". I personally never used it except when I'm going school essays, but that's it.
Advantage: the reader kinda feels like they are closer to the story
Disadvantage: It sounds weird, and is rarely used in the literary world( especially in fiction). Though it is used in self-help books, and non-fiction works.
Third Person: It is the most commonly used narrative theme . It is when characters are referred to as "he", "she", "it", or "they", but never as "I" or "we" (first-person), or "you" (second-person). The author can peer into the minds of more then one character and tell what's going on a thousand miles away or in another location.
Advantages: Lets your reader know more about the characters, locations, facts and point of views of the characters
Disadvantages: It is harder to manage all those characters and plus make it believable to the audience. When I wrote The Talking Cake I always wanted to write it in just First person because the characters were not interesting and it was soo hard to manage all them.

Now that you know what the different types of point of views there are you can simply pick one out. Though sometimes when you are writing a story you suddenly feel like your constantly wanting to know more about what the other characters.
When I was writing the Talking Cake I wanted to write a whole new story but from Claire's point of view. So I wrote a new story called Against The Dark Night. After writing around ten pages I realized something. The Dark Night book was basically just the Talking Cake book but from Claire's view. There wasn't any real differences, plus the title sounded like The Dark Knight. You have no idea how many times people asked "But there is no Dark Knight", and "Why is Batman in your book". I canceled the book and have no real plans to start it again.
Have a great week!
-AM

Some great news

2009-05-14T16:57:00.002-04:00

YAH I passed the CRCT, so now I don't have to go to summer school! I am soo happy. The only bad thing is that now I have to find some things to do during summer. Hmm what can I do? Write books, go to White Water, hang out with friends, and go to Drama camp. Oh and not to mention blogging all about it.
Now on writing news: I sent a copy of the first chapter of my Fantasogra book was sent to Mr. W( the teacher who hosts my Writers club). It is said to be "published" even though it is just being bound together and put in the Media center for less then 6 days. I guess that will be the closest to publishing as I will get so far.
Also I've noticed that whenever I write a new book I loose confidence in my older novels. I remember the days when I used to believe that The Talking Cake would be a best seller and be made into a movie. I had even made a powerpoint on my ideal cast members. Worst part when that I even imagined how the trailer would look like. But when I wrote The Diary of a lipgloss addict, I started to realize how terrible the Talking Cake was. I then believed that the Diary book would be a best seller and be made into a movie. I even made a trailer! When I wrote the Fantasogra book I started realizing how bad the Diary book was. I realized that the Diary book had soo much going on that it was hard to keep up with.
I just wonder how I will feel about the Fantasogra book when I write my next novel. My main worry is just that I will feel like my old writing is terrible after I write a new book. Have a great week!
-AM
Ps: I won't be able to post any new posts tommorow and on Saturday because I am going to a sleepover(the first in over a year). Thanks!

The Talking Cake changed me for the better

2009-05-13T20:04:00.002-04:00

Like the song For Good from Wicked, The Talking Cake has changed me for the better. For one I know how NOT to write a book. Two: It gave me some basic character concepts for most of my modern characters. Three: It helped give me ideas for my other novels.
I don't know whether The Talking Cake is a big failure or a platform of my older novels. Have a good week!
-AM

My top three ideas for when I finish the Fantasogra book

2009-05-12T16:57:00.004-04:00

I usually don't like to take a break after I finish any story of mine. So I compile a list of story ideas to keep me entertained. Though this isn't the case all of the time, but most of the time. Here is the top three ideas for stories I will write when I finish the Fantasogra book
1. Title: Order up. It's a comedy about the lives of a bunch of teens working at a local fast food restaurant
2. Title: unknown. It's a romantic fantasy documenting the life of Medusa before and during the whole "Perseus thingy"
3. Title: unnamed. A fictional diary of a teen who lives in 2013 right after an nuclear meteor collides into Earth destroying most of it's land and transforming it's people into werewolves. It will talk about trying to rebuild a society off of nothing, and trying to defend themselves from the werewolves.

Ok so the last one was a little too far fetched, but I feel that it could be a bit interesting. Though I doubt that a meteor can turn people in werewolves. That's what fiction is for! Making up random reasons to cause the most weirdest phenomenons ! Have a great week!
-AM

Land of the Lost Stories

2009-05-11T21:25:00.002-04:00

When I was in 4th to 8th grade I used to have an alphasmart(which is like a mini typing pad), and it was home to some of my original novels. Now I constantly had to replace them to either get an updated version or because it broke. I only remember a small batch of the stories that got erased when I sent the alphasmart back. Here are the three that I do remember:
1. An unnamed Titanic ripoff: Basically it was a childrens version of the movie Titanic. You know a wealthy first class girl falls in love with a 3rd class boy. YAWN!
2. Yet another unnamed story about two sisters who sneak into the "Upper class area" of their town to try to get a normal life rather then one on poverty. The only problem was that it was one of those novels where the mom dies and I just didn't know how to end it
3. One of the thousands of Talking Cake sequels. I used to have hundreds of ideas on how to make a sequel. The first sequel I got rid of because it made no sense, and another got accidently deleted.

I know that there must be loads of stories that were erased(most of whom I might not even remember). Oh and I'm sorry that I havn't been updating my blog lately. I've been busy with homework and tests. Have a good week!
-AM

An update on the Fantasogra book

2009-05-03T09:42:00.002-04:00

ok now recently I havn't been writing as much posts lately( mainly because I've been busy with CRCT test prep, and I've been slowly losing ideas for post). So I decided that the most simple post is to just talk about the Fantasogra book. Here is what is happening:
1. Elizabeth consults the mirror on the wall and learns that Charles might not love her
2. The next day Charles sneaks Allison out of school and takes her to the Silver Lake
3. While at the beach Allison falls more in love with Charles, but the other "Chosen ones" who are at the beach get aggravated with the fact that a Normal one(Allison) is at a Chosen one beach. The two are forced to leave, after they notice Charles become more flirtatious with Allison
4. It then skips over to Elizabeth who is in the bathroom primping her hair. It also talks a little about the Chosen one craze of being skinny. Elizabeth's friend Tanya tells her that Charles and Allison were seen together at the beach.
5. Elizabeth storms out of the school with Tanya and her friend Caroline in search for Charles. They go to the Silver Lake, and they find out that they must have gone to The Wall( which is the only barrier between Fantasogra and the Fairy Tale Land). The Fairy Tale Land is where all Chosen ones go to have their happily after, Fantasogra is like a Chosen one training place. It can also be where most Chosen ones choose to retire
6. Elizabeth gets to the wall only to see Charles kissing Allison. She is enraged and waits till the two leave to confront Charles
7. Elizabeth goes to Charles house and she hears Charles fighting with his mother about Allison. When Elizabeth finally catches up with Charles he admits that he never loved her.
8. After a failed attempt to seduce Charles, Elizabeth starts to believe that Allison is a witch and she must have cast a spell over Charles
9. While heading to the library to research ways to break a spell, She sees yet another riot at Rats County(which is where Allison lives). Elizabeth admits that she is a Chosen one supremacist.
10. While at the library she finds out that she has to get Charles to believe that she is his true love. Her famous line is "Charles and I will live happily ever after if he likes it or not".

I hope to continue writing and hopefully get to the end soon. I know that this is going to be a short story. My only question is whether I want the Fantasogra book or the Diary book to get published. Have a good week!
-AM

Climax is like the cherry on top of a ice cream sunday

2009-05-01T21:46:00.005-04:00

By definition the Climax or turning point of a work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given. Yah that's the stupid Wikipedia definition. My view of Climax is the part that the book(or film) is most famous for, it's what everybody wants to see. It's the best part of the book!
To write a succesful climax you usually have to know the ending to your book and have everything planned out. Once you done that try to slowly piece together your climax, try to make it the best of your writing. Also most climax's usually include a large action(or suspencful sequences), or they just find the solution to the problem. Then just write your climax, and be SURE that it entertains your reader.

Now not all Climaxs are action packed and complex. There are some things that are like the opposite of a climax, that's c alled a Anti-climax. An anti-climax is where something which would appear to be difficult to solve in a plot is solved through something trivial. For example, destroying a heavily guarded facility would require advanced technology, teamwork and weaponry for a climax, but in an anti-climax it may just consist of pushing a red button which says "Emergency Self-Destruct", or even more so, simply filling out an eviction notice and destroying the building.

Climaxs are huge and if you know what to do you should make a climax that everybody will remember. Have a good week!
-AM

Reading

2009-04-28T18:05:00.002-04:00

Unfortuntly for all you die hard readers out there, this post won't be all about reading. Well might as well start talking at reading. To be a author you can't just be good at writing. You must read. Now when your writing a book it is VERY helpful to actually read. Now most people know this. So let's say that you are writing a romance you should read some romance books because it lets you know how other authors write romance and it can hopefully give you tips on how to write yours. There can't be a good author without being a good reader

Ok now to move onto a small section about the Talking Cake(yes that book). During Lunch I was thinking about that book. You see during my Young Writers club I started to talk about how the Talking Cake sucked( bad writing, TOO HUGE font size, and bad cover). I always thought that I could possibly remake the Talking Cake but get rid of some stuff. So I spent all of my Lunch thinking of ways that I could do to possibly remake it. So here is a excerpt of that long list
1. Only one villian( there was four, and it was hard to manage them all. Which included giving them an equel amount of lines)
2. No Azerbaijan( In a couple chapters they are heading to Azerbaijan, and it was just too weird to have them traveling from one place to another)
3. No more Will and Daisy( sorry people but it's hard to write all these main characters. Plus Daisy doesn't really help the plot till the end, and Will is kinda just there because he looks good)
4. No more Austin and Benjamin( they are my cousins who I let them have a MAJOR cameo through out the book, and even made them semi-main characters. I just think it's weird to have real people that you know personally in your book)
5. No more real people cameos( I actually made my sisters, and I characters. I even thought about making my dad a character. Like OMG!)
6. All fiction( it switching between the fantasy and reality realm too much. I mean in the end of the novel it turns out that Septleford turns into Virginia. It really made no sense)
7. NO CAKE!( It was stupid, cheesy, and I wanted to get rid of it from the start. But everybody was like "Ohh it's soo cute, use it!")
8. No more Maldovians( they were a race of humans who were bad. They don't really help the plot, but they do make a cool secondary villian)
9. No magic sword( a object which was supposed to have great importance but I never emphasized on it in the book. Basicly something that was supposed to be major, but I forgot about it and didn't edit it out)
10. No more "To be continued"( that was at the end of every part, and it sounds really cheesy)
11. Have one set audience( the Talking Cake was constantly switching from kid to teen in between chapters)

Now that list has 27 things on it and counting. I don't want to remake the Talking Cake because I'm getting tired of writing battles, and romance. I plan to when I finish writing the Fantasogra book to try a whole new genre. Maybe even a mystery, or a sci fi. Anything but romance, because I'm bored of it. Well have a great week and I'll be posting the next chapter of the City of Gold book soon.
-AM

Organizing your books

2009-04-24T22:24:00.002-04:00

*sigh* yes you sooner or later have to organize your books. I used to have a large box of my old books( which included drafts, spare sheets of papers, timelines, and many Talking Cake copies). I then noticed that my box was getting stuffed to the max, so I decided to organise my books. I got rid of the drafts, spare sheets of paper, and most of the copies of the Talking Cake. I then got my old, and new books I organised them by Genre.
Organizing is very important because it helps you know where each of your books are(plus is gives you a lot of more space in your closet or whereever you keep your old books). Well it's late, and my next post is going to be about Reading(yes reading). Have a great week!
-AM

Titles

2009-04-21T16:54:00.001-04:00

Every book, play, and every bit of written work has a title. Whether it has nothing to do with the book or is of major importance. I still havn't picked out a title for the Fantasogra book. Well here are some easy steps to make a title:
1. Think of 3 or more words that you think summarizes your plot. For example if your book is all about a teen who has to save the fairies you can call it The Fairy Quest or The Fairy rescue
2. Capture your reader's attention
Picking out a title is very important because it is the first thing that a reader sees. Also you should have a good plot summary. For example the plot summary for the Fantasogra book is: A normal looking girl falls in love with a handsome prince who is destined to marry a beautiful girl in order to have his happily ever after.
Ok so it might be a common idea, but if you ever read it you'll know that it's different. Well have a good week!
-AM
Ps: Have a question for me? Just ask it as a comment and I'll reply. Have a great week!

My third post about Romance

2009-04-20T18:32:00.003-04:00

"And they all live happily ever after". That's the most common phrase that I have ever heard. It has come to be know as the way that every fairy tale wants to end. When good triumphs over evil and the prince and princess live happily ever after. Sorry to break it to you guys but most romances don't end the whole "Disney ending" way anymore. I am actually thinking about having the Fantasogra book not end the whole happily ever after thingy. Just to interest you I managed to pull together a list of common Romance endings:
Romeo and Juliet(aka they all die): It's when the two lovers learn that they can't be together while they are living, or one of them dies. The grief striken lover then kills him(her)self in order to not live a life without their lover. Basicly they love eachother soo much that they would kill themselves to be together. Awwwwwwww :'(
One survives: when only one of the lovers survives and the other one either kills themself or learns to move on
True love is close to you: The girl(or boy) realizes that the person they think they are in love with( usually a hot girl or boy) turns out to be nothing more than a user( or something bad), and they find out that they actually love their close guy(or girl) friend.
Happily Ever after: yawn. Basicly it's just the hero wins the girl and they live happily ever after. The problem with this is just that it's what everybody expects, and if it ends that way then you'll just bore the audience. Only use this ending if you are writing a romance for kids

Now those aren't the only endings, there are possibly thousands more that I don't know. My next post will be about Book Titles. Unfortunatly I have not picked a title for the Fantasogra book( and no I don't plan to call it The Tales of Fantasogra, or the Fantasogra book). Have a good week!
-AM

Social class: which one are you in?

2009-04-19T19:07:00.005-04:00

"Tiffany walked through the hall with her long, smooth black hair flowing behind her. All off the kids eyed her with beady eyes and the guys heart thumped faster in the sight of her beauty. Soon over twenty kids started crowding around her desperatly wanting to talk to her. They all had one goal: Become friends with Tiffany so they can be popular"
That was an example of the popularity group in school. Now this post is only for people who write books about social status. For example: In the Fantasogra book, the country of Fantasogra society is split into two group:The Chosen ones(who was drop-dead gorgeous) and the Normal ones( everyday looking people, normal looking people).

Though most societys aren't as strict as the Fantasogra book when it comes to social classes. In the Fantasogra book everything good goes to the Chosen ones. The good medication goes to the Chosen ones and they are given mega mansions, and are allowed to party all the time. Plus it is illegal for a Chosen one to get arrested or be in any sort of crimanl trouble. In Fantasogra it is perfectly legal for a Chosen one to kill a Normal one.
Ok off my book, there are mainly three social groups:

The Popular and the Rich: Those are the ones who are very popular and very rich. They are usually the antagonist of most teen novels
The middle class: They have some friends and live the life of a normal person in middle class America. I kinda fit into that group(when I'm not in school).
Outcasts: Have few friends and mostly like to be alone. They are common protagonists in teen novels. It usually ends when they gain a larger social status

I know you might be surprised that I am talking about social classes when this blog is clearly about writing. I feel that when you are writing a teen book you should be well aware of the common social classes. My next post will be about the common Romance endings( I have to admit I just love to write about Romance). Have a great week and wish my luck because the CRCT is tomorrow!
-AM

The Talking Pie

2009-04-19T11:48:00.004-04:00

I once again searched in a old box full of stuff from my sister's past. That's when I found the true inspiration for the Talking Cake. The Talking Pie. Lucky for my sister she got the Talking Pie put in the local library for a year, so this is the original copy that was in the library. Unlike the other books that I put online I will not be editing them.
Yes I have been editing some of the books(mostly spelling, gramattical and I added some details in). Here's the Talking Pie:

Once upon a time there was a girl who made pumpkin pies. Her name was Sarah. She sold ever one. But one last pie was left. It could talk. She said "hi" to the pie. The pie said back "hi" to the girl. Sh was amazed. The pie was talking! "Oh my gosh" she said. "I will never eat you. I'll never hurt you". The pie said "Do you want to be my friend?".
Sarah replied "sure". Sarah then cheered "I will make you a muffin for you". The pie said "ok". The muffin was done. "delicious" the pie said. He then added "Thank you". One rainy day they went to the park. They found a red diamond. "Ohh" they said. It's from a ghost. "Let's let the class have it, pie" Sarah said. The pie looked at the diamond and said "I do not like to give it up Sarah". "You will give it up". They looked down and saw a message. "I wonder what it says?".
The message said " 123 ghosts haunt this diamond".
Then suddenly they heard someone yell behind them "Boo!". Sarah and the cake cried "AHH". The diamond fell out of their hands. Then poof the ghost went away. And the diamond was gone. That ghost took the diamond and ate the pie.
The End

Well the Talking Cake definitly doesn't have ghosts and the red diamond is actually a ruby now. Plus the cake never gets eatten. Plus I replaced the name Sarah with Claire. When you are writing a remake it is best to read over the original book first, because I never did look at the original book. My sister just told me about the book and I just started writing. Have a great week!
-AM

Another fast fiction by my sister

2009-04-19T11:40:00.005-04:00

I was searching through an old box which had stuff from my sister and I's kindergarden and 1st grade year. Then I found this really old story by my sister which is called Luna. I have to admit it is a kinda interesting title. Here is the book:
One rainy day, Luna took a walk on Mars. It was a dark night and the stars twinkled like tiny gemstones in the darkness. She was glad that she had eyes to see with. Suddenly she heard a sound. It was her mom yelling "Luuunnna! Come home for dinner". Luna ran as fast as she could. When she got home it was her favorite dinner, mooncheese soup and mooncheese pie. Yummy! The End

Now recently I've been running out of ideas for posts, so I've just been finding old stories to post online. Well my next post is going to be the ORIGINAL version of the Talking Cake called the Talking Pie, and I may talk about the major differences between the two. Have a great week!
-AM

I found my FIRST mystery

2009-04-18T19:54:00.002-04:00

I was reading Twilight for the third time when my mom came in with a bunch of old books. One happened to be called: Mystery of the stolen props. It was made in 2006(which was two years before the Wax museum book). Here is the plot summary of the stolen props:
Detective Cold is given a case to solve, it is of a bunch of props stollen from a theatre. He arrives and the owner of the place tells him to talk to actress Betty Mcquire, and the fired prop designer named Tom Amerigo. Cold talks to Tom and Tom refuses to answer question and states that he wants the theatre to close. Betty says that she saw a person enter the prop room and never leave.
Cold then finds a secret passage in the prop room and finds a small slipper which was supposidly missing. Cold goes back to the owner and the owner says that the nearbye antique store owner had wanted some of their props because they were old. Cold then realizes that Tom Amerigo must have found the secret passage and stollen the props. Tom is arrested and the play goes on. The ending says that Tom had escaped from jail and that was supposed to lead into a sequel(which I never made)

That was my first mystery and believe me it is kinda good. Though it was predictable and it was basicaly one paragraph. Oh and please comment. Have a good week!
-AM

A secret look into the covers of my books

2009-04-18T12:58:00.007-04:00

I thought that I better reward you all for being so nice by showing you the covers of my old novels.

The Talking Cake: If you can tell I used photos of numberous celebrities and real places to make the cover. I not believe that you should not use celebrities in book covers

Diary 0f a Lipgloss addict: I think that this is one of my better covers. Ranking number 2 on my best cover list. My best cover is something Talking Cake related

Monkey from Outerspace: . This is what I call a Mash Cover. I basicly got a bunch of images and combined them together

Against the Black Night: The book was supposed to be about the Talking Cake but from Claire's point of view. I like this book cover the most because it reminds me of those classic romance novel covers.

Those are some of my covers and I can post some more later.

-AM

Fonts: Resist the temptation

2009-04-17T22:23:00.003-04:00

Imagine this: I was easily writing the Talking Cake and I was just about to write the famous words "And they all lived happily ever after", when I noticed something. The book which I had desperatly hoped to be longer than 180 pages turned out to be only 114. I had promised myself that I would write a book longer then 180 pages. I didn't want to add stuff in, so I did the thing that most authors did. My eyes scrolled slowly to the little button that read "Font Size". I knew somewhere deep in my head that making the font larger would basicly be lying about the lengh of my book. Though I was so bent on the idea of telling people that my book was longer than 180 pages that I changed the font from 12 to 18. Sure enough the 114 pages turned into 198 pages!

Now when I look at my book now I realize that I cheated myself into believing that I wrote a uber long book, even tohugh it was only 114. People believed me when I said I wrote such a long book, though inside I knew that it was just a small book which had been given steroids. My personal message to authors is that using the MASSIVE fonts wont get you anywhere. Sure it makes your book look longer but all agents and publishers only accept font size 12(possibly 13). Have a great week!
-AM

Twisting Fairy tales

2009-04-17T22:05:00.004-04:00

In this society most people find out that poking fun at most of the traditional fairy tales is a quick way to a story. I've actually am working on a book which parodies most fairy tales. For example: The Swan princess was for dinner to the King and Queen of Fantasogra, and the Little Mermaid is being kept as a pet. Luckily most of the parodies aren't as dark as the swam princess being eaten. The princesses are taught how to be damsel in distresses, and how to look pretty. Even some Normal folk are taught to be villains.

Now a days everybody can put their own twist on fairy tales. Some authors usually attempt to write fairy tales of their own. For example: My original intention was to have the Talking Cake be a fairy tale but it got to messed up that it had over 6 genres. They were romance, action, adventure, fantasy, suspense, and comedy. Now a days I try to limit it down to only one or two major genres.
Have a great week!
-AM

A book review by AM

2009-04-17T20:15:00.003-04:00

Being a writer also means that you have to read. And believe me I read A LOT! I once had this phase when I used to read the Carole Marsh Mysteries. After finally getting to my sense I managed to write a succesfull review for the Carole Mysteries. Here is a review for the book
Mystery at Disney World
When I first read the Disney world book I instantly noticed that it was going to be the worst novel I ever read. Here are my simple reasons
1. It was so cheesy to make REAL people take part in fictional stories
2. Carole Marsh was SOOOO advertisting herself. I mean is it odd when she says " And they took out their Carole Marsh Mysteries watch". Sounds like somebody is desperate to get attention
3. The plot was stupid, predictable, and totally unrealistic. I mean what criminal would give obvious clues to their whereabouts? Stupid ones I guess
4. What person would let kids ages 7-13 travel alone in Disney World? No wonder they were kidnapped. I expect that Carole Marsh must be a bad grandparent. It gives the bad message to kids that they can wander off in heavily populated places and easily get back home without a scratch.
My warning to anybody who seeks a good mystery is to avoid these books and go for the Nancy Drew series, Hardy Boy, or anything BUT the Carole Marsh Mysteries.

Now I personally despise the Carole Marsh Mysteries, and I hope to add more reviews later on. Have a great week.
-AM

How to succesfully base a character off a real person

2009-04-17T19:58:00.002-04:00

I've had my bad experiences with basing characters off of real people. Now almost all authors have based characters or events off of real events or people in their life. I myself had based most of my original characters off of people I knew. First I will be giving you a quick list of characters I wrote and who they are based off of
Nancy: Now most main characters I usually base off of myself
Claire: This was actually based off of Keira Knightley. I just got that mental image of Keira as Claire and I stuck by it
Will: I based it off of my ideal prince

When I was writing the City of Gold book I unfortunatly told a friend of mine that the character Lily was based off of her. The problem with that is that it sounds both creepy and usually ends with that person obsessing with the fact they have a character based off of them. My rules for basing a character off a real person is simple:
1. Do not tell the person that a character is based off of them
2. Base it off them loosely and try not to make it obvious
I broke the first law today when I told PM that the character Maggie kinda acts like her several times in the book. Well have a great week and please visit the Ilovegaryclub.blogspot.com. Please.
-AM

A special message from AM and PM

2009-04-17T19:03:00.002-04:00

Hey it's AM and PM, and once again we are asking you to subscribe to the I love Gary Club. It's easy and it will make both of us very happy. Please people, we have no subscribers. Have a great day, and once again Gary said hi.
-AM and PM

Ps: For all you writers who just go to this blog for the whole writing thing and don't personally care about my advertising: More writing related posts will be online soon.

Update on the Fantasogra book

2009-04-16T19:09:00.002-04:00

This is going to be a new segment that I will do once everybody. It will basicly being telling what I have finished writing in the Fantasogra book. This is what happened today:
1. Charles sends a letter via Griffon to Allison asking to see her.
2. Allison goes to school early to see the Chosen ones partying and passing out one by one
3. Elizabeth once again shows what a selfish, spoiled b!tch she is. Elizabeth believes that beauty gets you everything including love.
4. Elizabeth trys to convince Charles that he loves her. Stating "I'm beautiful and your handsome, we're perfect together."
Here is the plot so far from beggining to star:
1. Allison goes to school, and talks about the Fantasogra system of Chosen Ones and Normal one(or Normal folk)
2. Allison sees Elizabeth Belle who is the most popular and prettiest girl in school. Elizabeth was voted Most likely to be locked in a high tower.
3. At lunch Anya( a chosen one) freaks out over a bug and the characters Adam, and Zach are introduced
4. Allison walks home and while walking through the Ogre Forest( which is the only path that is allowed to the Normal ones) she is nearly hit by a carriage( which has Elizabeth and Charles inside)
5. Allison and Charles are forced to life the carriage after it tips over. Charles talks to Allison possibly over sheer pity about nearly killing her. He calls her pretty, and Elizabeth hears
6. It skips over to Elizabeth's point of view and it mainly focuses on her obsessing about the fact that Charles calls Allison pretty. Oh and Charles goes back into the woods to find Allison
7. Allison talks with Charles and she feels like Charles may like her... continues on to top of page

That's whats happening so far and I plan to keep you all updated! Have a great week!
-AM

Deleted scenes: Keep them!

2009-04-16T17:20:00.003-04:00

In my writing life I've gotten rid of many scenes from my books. But right when I start to imagine the day that I become famous, I would like to have those scenes back. Why you ask? To sell the original copy of my book with the deleted scenes. You know to make money.
Now I've had many scenes that I deleted from my books. Here is some stuff I deleted from my book that I havn't told anybody else.
Diary of a Lipgloss addict deleted scenes:
1. There were numberous scenes in the Diary book where Nancy dated Garret and he kissed her. Reason for deletion: It didn't help the plot, and I wanted the book to mainly about Justin and Nancy rather then Nancy and Garret.
2. There was a chance that Justin was the father of Maggie's baby. Reason for deletion: I didn't want to have too much going on. I wanted J and N's relationship to mainly be based off of Nancy's problem with a gang
3. During chapter 5 there was a major food fight which was supposed to get Nancy in trouble(again). Reason for deletion: Once again it didn't help the plot
Talking Cake deleted scenes:
1. The curce was supposed to be broken with the ruby and the Sleeping Rose of Nohavia. I just took out the Rose thingy. Reason: It would make them go more places and make it even more confusing, and it would drag on more. I had to get to the climax fast.
2. Daisy was supposed to die. Reason: Daisy's my favorite character, and I felt that I had to get rid of a loved character. So I got rid of Trevor. Well I thought he was liked, I don't know for sure.

The Fantasogra book:
1. There was supposed to be a chapter from the point of view of Charles. The chapter was basicly just Charles stating how much he hates Elizabeth and a couple parts of him sending a letter to Allison asking to see them alone. Reason for deletion: I had a feeling that it would get too confusing if the book was constantly changing point of views. Now the book only takes place from the point of views of Allison and Elizabeth
2. Allison was supposed to become the next fairy godmother and takes away the happily ever afters of Elizabeth and everybody who wronged her. Reason for deletion: I liked the idea of a Normal person dating a real prince( who is supposed to marry Elizabeth who is the prettiest girl in school).
Now I have a lot of deleted scenes, but you might have noticed that the Fantasogra book has only a few changes, but those changes are major. Have a good week!
-AM

Everybody has limits

2009-04-16T17:00:00.003-04:00

Everybody has limits to their writing. Whether somebody belives that their limit in writing is to kill off a main character. Personally I crossed my limits( which was only boy/girl relationships) and I found it felt very weird to write. For some people crossing your limits is a good thing. It helps them explore new territories and hopefully find that they are good at the stuff they once fear. While for others it is a terrible experience and they choose to stay within their limits.

My personal tales of crossing my personal writing limits began when I was writing the Talking Cake. My motto was once "Heroes always win and they never die". I knew that I had to make a real shocker climax. So I looked through my main four characters and had to decide which one to pick off. I unfortunatly decided that I was to kill off Trevor(who happened to be the youngest character at age 16). Right when I wrote that into the story my limits were broken. I had almost no limits and I did everything.
In the Diary of a Lipgloss addict I wrote about teen pregnancy, drugs, gangs, alchohol, abandment, scandal, and teenage sex. I knew that I crossed the limit when I wrote book three all about Nancy and Jeminy. Yes they started dating and right when I wrote this one page( hint hint it's about the song I kissed a Girl) I knew that I had to go back to my original limits.

Now I still kill of characters, but I don't cover the naughty topics. That's why I believe that I went back to childrens fiction. In childrens books you always make it kid friendly and you don't have to worry about it being too naughty or too kid friendly. It is neutral. I plan to work on my childrens books for a long time and possibly go back to Teen fiction later on.
I love the comments you guys have been writing. You guys are soo nice. Have a great week!
-AM

Comedy=hahahahhahaha

2009-04-16T07:28:00.002-04:00

Everybody writes comedy here or there. It makes the book amuzing to read. My only rule for writing comedy is to NEVER USE COMEDY FROM ANOTHER BOOK, TV SHOW, OR MOVIE NO MATTER HOW FUNNY IT IS. It's plagerism. Even is you change the words it's still plagarism. Also when your writing comedy don't make comedy that is only funny to one type of person, make it funny to everybody.
Well have a great week, and hey this is my 60th post. :) That's way more posts then my last blog(that only had 36 posts). Keep commenting
-AM

Chapter three of Race to the City of Gold

2009-04-15T19:18:00.001-04:00

Here is chapter three. Be free to comment.

Chapter 3

It had been a day since they were first kidnapped. It was already 8:00 AM. The girls were hungry and scared. They knew that they would probably never get out. Ariel sobbed,
“I had no idea I would die like this. Trapped in a room with only Lily and Sophie. That’s any kid’s worst nightmare”
Lily, who was too busy trying to unlock the door, said, “I think I might be able to get us out”
She then started using her pocket knife as a key, and then she heard the most beautiful sound ever. A click. The clicking of a door unlocking. She then slightly opened the door, and saw that it was unguarded. She then motioned for Ariel, and Sophie. The girls then crept out of the room, and then raced out of the place thankfully unnoticed. Then they were in the parking lot. The girls hid behind a large trash bin because it was guarded by Leo and a couple other men.
Lily then eyed a small, blue car which she thought could help them escape. She then heard Leo say to the other guards, “I think this area is secure, I can probably handle it”. The other guards then left, leaving Leo alone. Lily thought that she could easily take Leo out and make it to the car.
She then slowly crept towards him with her pocket knife in hand. Though she knew that a small pocket knife could not take out a six foot tall guy who obviously works out. She was about to jump on his back and yell at Ariel to get the car, when Leo spun around and grabbed her. Lily yelled, “Let me go!”. He didn’t, and she knew that she was done for. Lily then sobbed, “Please don’t kill me. I just want to go home. My parents are probably worried sick, and if they found out that I was killed they would be heartbroken. Plus if they heard that I died from a terrorist group then it would be even worse”. Leo, who had not wanted to be a terrorist in the first place, let her go and said, “Fine, but you and your friends get out of here fast. And take this”.
He then took out of his pocket a crumbled up piece of paper. The map! Mr. Jeffery’s had given him the map because he trusted him. Lily was shocked that Leo was actually helping her. He then handed her some shiny silver keys and said that he could take his car. His car was a shiny, blue car which was very fast. Lily then hugged Leo, and jumped into the car. She then thanked Leo, and sped off. Leonard then raced to get out of the scene. Sweet freedom!

Mr. Jeffery‘s then was about to go into the room where the girls are being held. When he saw that they had escaped he went irate! He yelled and demanded that they catch the girls. Worse part was that he found out that they had “stolen” the map from Leo. One of his assistants said, “ They are probably hours away. We should just drop the mission ”
Mr. Jeffrey then barked, “ No we could make millions off of this. Not millions more like billions. We could lose all of that money all because they got the map! Get any car that is fast enough to get them!”. The others then rushed off and a couple of men got into a red Ferrari. They then rode off after them.
Meanwhile, Lily was holding tight to the steering wheel as were cheering that they had escaped. “We can finally go home and forget this ever happened” Sophie kept saying over and over again. Lily looked through her rear window and saw a small red dot in the distance. Ariel looked out the window and saw it was a red car. It was gaining up fast and at first she didn’t worry.
As the car quickly got close to them. Ariel could clearly see somebody take out a large gun and fire it at them. The shot scared Lily and caused her to swerve a little. They approached a sharp turn at a steep cliff. The red car was right next to them. Lily tried to ran her car into the other, which caused both of them to swerve.

They were only inches away from the cliff and it was hard to concentrate with the gunshots. Ariel then rolled down the window, only to see the red car was only inches away from her. She screamed and ducked. The Ferrari then rammed into the girls, and Lily steered the car right into the car. It then spun around in circles, till it came to a screeching halt. Then the girls heard gunshots, but none of them hit the car. Soon they were far away from the horrible place, and the red Ferrari. They were finally free.
Have a good week!
-AM

Thanks for the award Weston Elliot!

2009-04-14T20:47:00.001-04:00

I'm soo happy to have this award and I love you all. Your soo encouraging and supportive. You guys rock!
-AM

I solved the mystery of the lost book!

2009-04-14T20:29:00.002-04:00

After searching my mom's computer for the 5th time, I managed to find my sister's book! Yah! I thought that what better way to show how happy I am then to post her book online. Well here it is:

Long ago in a far away land lived a beautiful princess named Katia. She was known far and wide for her great beauty. She had long brown hair which shined like a diamond in the sunlight. Her large green eyes enchanted everybody in their path and her body was small and curvy. Her father constantly boasted on how beautiful she was and how she was the most beautiful girl on Earth.
One day her father came to her room and asked her, “ My dear Katia, Many men had asked your hand in Marriage. You have refused the offers of all of them. Prince James came yesterday with promises of piles of gold, and land as far as the eye can see. Yet you refuses. I've decided that I might as well pick a husband for you, and I have found one!”
Katia was not surprised with her father’s choice. She never wanted to marry. She loved the life as a young maiden and didn't want to be given away to a prince so she could serve him. She would rather run in the fields then cook for a prince. She would rather read all day then have sons for the prince. Katia sai " But Papa, none of the princes are good for me. None of them have the qualities of a real prince. They aren't nice, brave, smart, and handsome. Will you please stop this non stop marriage thingy. I am 16. I'm way too young”.
Her father was very disappointed and demanded her to marry soon. Katia hissed, "You can't sell me and I will never marry anybody I don't love."
Katia was aggravated by her father and marriage. She then ran to her room and slammed the door shut.
That night , she called for her good friend Eric to come to her room. Eric secretly in love with her. What was not to love about Katia? She was beautiful, nice, smart, and adventouras. Eric said to Katia “I agree with you, you should pick your husband.” Katia said back to him “At least you understand. Papa would never let me marry whom I chose to me my husband”
Eric sighed and looked at Katia. Katia proudly said " Well tommaro I’m gunna find out who my new husband is. Wish me luck Eric".
Eric then whispered to Katia “ well if your looking for love I’m the guy your looking for!”
Katia laughed and said “ Eric, you’re my best friend. How could I marry you?” Eric said “ oh fine, is it because I’m not a prince?” Katia said “ well…. It’s because I’m not really into guys like you.” Eric said “ please I really like you.” Katia said “ hmmmm, I have a idea. I’ll marry you if you promise to finish the Odyssey book to me!” Eric smiled , then he hugged Katia. The next day while Katia was getting ready for the wedding, She thought of all of the fun times she and Eric had together. Then she knew that she really loved him. Then the wedding started. After they both said “ I do” and kissed. They danced slowly, and they realized their deep love for each other. Eric asked Katia “so do you still want me to finish the book?” Katia said “ ohh you don’t. I think I really love you inside.” And they all lived Happily ever after

Ok so it is basicly the idea of Princess-marries-best-friend-rather-then-wealthy-prince-and-they-live-happily-ever-after. I have to admit that it is kinda uncreative, but she is a good writer. I gotta force her to write more. Have a good week!
-AM