Oh.My.Gods

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?

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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

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

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!

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!
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What I think is the worst book series ever

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!

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

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

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

*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?

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!
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I'm seriously considering remaking the Talking Cake

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!
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The Fantasogra book is officially abandoned

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

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!
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My problem with fast paced novels

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

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!
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Yah my 100th post!

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!

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My review for the Bratz Movie

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!
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A Movie review for Star Trek

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

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!
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The Fantasogra's honeymoon is over

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!
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The Literary dream

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!
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An update of the Fantasogra book

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!
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The Fantasogra book's secret message

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*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

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

"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?

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!
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Comedy=hahahahhahaha

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
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Chapter three of Race to the City of Gold

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!
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Thanks for the award Weston Elliot!

I'm soo happy to have this award and I love you all. Your soo encouraging and supportive. You guys rock!
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I solved the mystery of the lost book!

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!
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My graveyard of forgotten books

This is a sad post because it keeps reminding me of all the books I never finished. I am writing this post because I decided to stop writing a new book(which was soo young that I never made a title for). It was supposed to be about the First Daughter of the United States who finds herself in an abusive relationship. I stopped doing the book a couple minutes ago, and I'm trying to focus only on the Fantasogra book. Until I finish the Fantasogra book then I will TRY to not write any more books. I mean I'm getting good stuff from that book.
A chapter is getting published, and I might talk to my local library to have it shown there. Here is my list of forgotten novels

1. Inside the Talking Cake: It got pretty far but once I realized how cheesy it was I stopped it. That's a book that I don't plan to continue
2. The Roseseed Grand: When three teens try to save a struggling restaurant. I got to 40 pages, but I got distracted with the Diary of a Lipgloss addict series. Plus I just get bored of writing it
3. Untitled Presidental novel: First Daughter of the United States who finds herself in an abusive relationship. It was good, even though I worried that it sounded too much like First Daughter(that movie).
4. Teen World: It is 2036 and everybody over the age of 21 catches a virus which makes them act like toddlers. So the world is being ruled by the teens. My problem with that book was just it was to boring to write, and I'm not good at writing books about guys. I'm more of a chick-lit writer
5. The Girlfriends Strike back: It was supposed to be the 4th book in the Diary series. Unfortunatly I just couldn't continue. That was the unfortunatle day that I lost my inspiration for the Diary series. That book was the true end to Nancy Bakers
6. Journey to the Fountain of Youth: supposed to be the sequel to Race to the City of Gold, but I just lost my inspiration. Unlike my other forgotten novels I feel like I can easily bring this book back to life and finish it. So far this book is in the death stage, but I can do an old Frankenstine thing and bring it back to life.
7. Anything for Fame: A novel where two celebrities fight it out for the cover of Pose Magazine. I need not say anything because I just am not good at writing fame
8. The Secret Author: A book which was supposed to be about writing. It focuses around a 12 year old girl who happens to be the author of the best-selling teen romance series called The Whisper though nobody knows she wrote. Personally I still want to write this book, but I just have to find time. So for now it is dead
9. Escape from Nethia: A group of teens try to escape from the fictional communist country called Nethia. I still want to continue writing this.
As you see I have many book idea that I never finished. Plus those books are the only unfinished books that are on my computer. More are on my alphasmart, on my mom's computer, and probably scattered around my house. Have a great week!
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Ps: Where are you guys? You havn't been commenting lately.

I found my oldest book!

I searched in an old box and I found a book called The Haunted Christmas. It was written when I was only 7! Luckily I wrote it all down and here is the book(note it is only one page):

It was Christmas Eve, and that night I heard a noise from the Christmas Tree. It sounded like a ghost. I ran downstairs and I saw a scary shadow. It looked like a dragon. I turned the lights on and he was gone. How can he get away soo fast? That night I saw Santa. He was wearing a dragon mask to scare the kids away from seeing him. Boy that was a fun Christmas!

Ok so that is possibly my oldest book, unless I find a book from 1st and Kindergarden. Who knew that I wrote when I was seven. Though The Haunted Christmas is not my best book, and I'll keep searching for more of my books. Oh and I've searched around my house for any of my sister's books. Not going well so far. Have a good week!
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My original story

Ever since I wrote the Talking Cake I always wondered what the first book I ever wrote was. I've searched many places, and usually come up with a couple old books I wrote. Though the mystery of what my first novel still haunts me. So I've gotten a list of several books that could be my oldest book.
Abducted by Aliens: An old book which mainly focuses around my sister and I. We are abducted by aliens and for some reason they are very nice to us. I don't think this is my oldest, but it possibly is my oldest typed out novel.
The ghost that wore grey( a cheap "animal remake"): Now this is very old based off of the handwriting and the fact that I used notebook paper. I expect that this is possibly my oldest novel, except I don't know for sure
Walking Through Time: a very old novel which might have been the longest one at the time. It mainly focuses around Andrea, and I who find out that when we sing we go back in time. Now for some reason back then I just loved putting myself in books. I've lost contact with Andrea and I personally have no clue where she is now. Based on the bad handwriting this is probably my oldest book, and I'de like to dedicate Walking Through Time to Andrea whereever she is.
Have a great week, unfortunatly I have to go back to school. >:(
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The second annual book idea sale!

I'm back again and today's sale is all about sci fi and ghosts! I have everything from countries for sale to a land where all blondes are supposed to be stupid! Here is today's catologue:
1. In futuristic USA after a long war between the blondes, brunettes, and redheads, the USA is split into four counties: The Blonde states of America, the Brunette states of America, ect. America is divided by the common hair color sterotypes. Blondes are tought to be stupid and fashion crazy. Brunettes are tought to be geniuses, Red heads to be adventouras, and Black heads to be musicians and poets. When a smart blonde teen tries to teach a group of dumb blondes she suddenly finds out about strict people are about the whole Dumb Blonde thing.
2. America's economy has plummeted to the lowest in American history. The government then decides to do the only thing possible. They actually plan to sell states to the highest bidder. When two teens are forced to leave their home of Nevada, the teens rally up people from the USA who havn't been sold out as "Mandatory servents" to rise up against the government before all of the USA is sold
3. Madison Bess had moved into Dublin, Ireland, and into a small house which is said to be haunted. Soon a ghost tries to force Madison’s family out of the house in order to have Madison for himself.
Now you can use those ideas, cause personally I don't care for them. Have a good week!
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When your writing remember to make up your mind!

I found an old book called Inside the Talking Cake. No it has nothing to do with the making of that stupid book, it was supposed to be about my sister and I are transported into the book and find out that we caused some of the major events. Now I'm all against the idea of a real person being in a fiction novel.
I did noticed that the main plot line was being changed constantly. In one chapter the organiser controlled the book, but in the other chapters the author controlled the book. It was highly confusing and I even noted in the book, "Wait do the witches want me or the organiser?". It became soo confusing that I actually had to say something about it in the book. My advice is when you are writing any novel to have your plan in mind and not constantly changing details without going back and seeing if it makes sense. I was constantly changing the plot and major details that the book fell apart. That is a book that I never plan to remake.
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My plea to the people to read my blog

PM and I had made the Ilovegaryclub to attempt to get attention. Unfortunately I fear that the way the blog is written and the fact that my attempt to advertise it is failing I might have to delete the blog. I know PM won't like that, but if nobody is reading it then what is the point of keeping it? I plan to give it two more days and if nothing changes I'll delete it.
Though this isn't the first blog I stopped or deleted. My old family blog( which I posted the chapters of the Talking Cake on) I stopped using it. PM and I's old Jonas Brothers fan site I deleted. We both don't use the Ducky club blog(OK we were bored and we both thought that ducks were cute). I fear that the I love Gary blog will join the list of blogs that were ignored. Well I don't want to bother you all with a sob story about the whole Gary blog. Personally I don't think it is the best blog, but I still use it because it is a fun thing to do with PM. Have a good week, and I plan to write a new post soon.
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Mysteries

When I think of mysteries I usually think of Sherlock Holmes, and Nancy Drew. Luckily Americans have started to create new mysteries that are hopefuly flying off the shelves. I myself had actually written a mystery before, unfortunatly it was terrible. Most mysteries usually have these 4 things: A crime, a detective, clues, and a beautiful lady to just make it interesting. Now most crimes are usually a murder, a kidnapping, or a robbery. The detective subject usually goes under these three things:
Amateur detective: Usually close to the victim and decides to solve the crime by him or herself
Professional detective: being paid to solve the crime, and has no relationship to the victim

Clues are a vital thing to the making of a mystery. After doing some research I managed to decide that there are mainly two types of clues:
The obvious clues: Clues that need little or no explaining. They usually lead straight to the next clue or the solution to the mystery. Example: He found a note that read "To find the next clue go to the Eiffel Tower". They are usually straight-forward, and need no real thinking to solve

Thinking clues: Clues that the detective actually has to think about what it means. It commonly used in mysteries for adults. They usually are small details that turn out to be of big importance. Basically it's the opposite of The Obvious clues.
Unfortunately when your young most people use the Obvious clues technique because it is easy to write and makes the story faster. Though it makes the suspension of believability very low. Older and more mature authors use the Thinking clues because it is usually more realistic. The only down side is that Thinking Clues usually take more time to describe and is fairly harder to write.
When I wrote The Mystery at the Wax museum I used the amateur detective and the Obvious clues. I don't plan to make another mystery ot remake the Wax museam book. I'm just not good at writing mysteries. I'm very good at writing romances, fantasies, and I'm ok at writing comedies. Have a good week!
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