A chapter of The Tales of Fantasogra is going to be published!

YAH! I'm a part of a writers club in my middle school, and my teacher Mr.W wanted for each of us( there is usually four) to send in a chapter of one of our books. Unfortunatly DOALGA(Diary of a lipgloss addict) is too long, and Teen world is kinda lame. So the fairy tale( fantasogra) is my only book that's ok.
In related news, have you ever noticed those type of guys who will do anything to impress you. Even lie that they are published authors in North Korea only? Yah well there is this guy in my school who I thinks likes me because in my technology class he said( and I quote)
,"Yah I'm a published author in North Korea only and I can't give out the title. Plus I'm part of this secret online organization of writers and I can't give the name out"
What a loser. I mean I'm a writer, but I know for a fact that you can't be published in only one country( plus barely anything from the USA even makes it into North Korea). Sorry boy but if you want to impress me actually get published and be honest.
I just hate it how sometimes people just use my writing skills as a odd way to flirt with me. Now I'm not majorly popular, and frankly I'm kinda shy( some guys flirt with me just to mess with me). I'm more of a reserved, quite person who just likes to think. I'm not that way with my girlscouts though. I'm usually off the wall, and since I had to do my service project on creative writing(duh!) I gotta spred my knowledge on writing to several of my Girlscouts.
Though some of my girlscouts absolutly despise writing, and I found that very easy to understand. Well it's late, and I have to wake up WAAAAY early tommarow. Wish me luck!
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I met my characters

When I was writing my books I usually try to imagine my ideal character( what they look like). Now occasionally I see somebody who fits the total description of my characters. Here are two examples on how those things happened to me
The Girlscout looks like a character: Now one of my old book( like 4th grade old) stared a character( whose name I won't tell because I don't want to single her out) who I'll just call Elle. Then a couple months ago this new girl joined my girlscout troop and she has the same name and appearence as the character. It's really freaky
The chorus kids looks like Nancy: Now Nancy Bakers is the main character of Diary of A Lipgloss addict, and there is this kid in my 1st period who kinda looks like her( only a little bit shorter).

Now none of the characters are intentionally based off of those people. It's kinda weird to know somebody who reminds you of those characters.
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The art of covers

The first thing most readers see when they pick up a book is either the cover(or the spine). Some authors choose to make their own covers. For the last couple books I have written I have made my own covers.
The Talking Cake cover I had made a collage of different images( places, people, objects) to form a cover. Now I know that using celebrities in your cover is a very bad idea. It looks cheesy and stupid.
The Diary cover was mainly a tartan background with a small bottle of lipgloss with a heart inside it. I personally believe that it is simple but not very cheesy
Now when you are making a cover you should try to make it describe your book, but make it very simple. When I was writing some of my early works, my covers were usually of photos of celebrities, and artwork.
In short you can make any cover you like but just have it has something to do with the book.
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Creating Creatures

Now when you are writing fiction( mostly fantasy) most people choose to create creatures to make their book more creative. When I was writing The Talking Cake, I made two different types of creatures.
Troll Demons: Like a mixture of minotaurs, and trolls. They work for the 4 witches, and we generally scary. Writing villian creatures is fairly easy because all you have to do is juts imagine the scariest thing ever and write it down
Maldovians: A group of viking-like people who terrorize Ireland( unfortunatly another place where The Talking Cake goes). They are friends with the 4 witches.
Now if you are trying to make your own creatures here is some stuff that might help.
1. What do they look like?
2. Do they have any weaknesses?
3. where do they live
4. Are they good or bad?
5. How do they act?

Now I know that answering these questions won't make it 100% that you can make creatures. Just use your imagination, and if you can't do that you can just combine common fairy-tale creatures together to make a new creature( like mer-fairy, or Angelmon).
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Love: The foundation of any writing

Ahhh love. It's the most beautiful thing to write and experience. I myself have written many tales of romance in my book. From the classic tales of a Prince falling in love with a peasent, to a shy guy who dates a rich, popular girl. Though romance can be either simple or hard to write( mostly depending on what type of romance). I think that the two examples I gave of romance might shed some light on the common forms of literary romance.

Prince who falls in love with a peasent: Now in The Talking Cake a small part of it talks about two star crossed lovers who meet at the most random moment. Instantly they fall in love with eachother and promise to get married even though he is a prince. Their love grows as they encounter trolls, witches, and a lot of random plot twists. Though the story line of love at first sight, and not letting near death tear you apart is a common story line in most fairy tales. It is rarely used now a days because people like the common Slow Love storyline better.

Shy guy-popular girl: In the Diary book, Nancy slowly finds herself liking loner Justin( who she knows has a crush on her). Though she knows that since a gang is trying to kill her she could put Justin's life in trouble. Their love has their ups and downs, but it ends well(well for book 1) Now I think this catagory more goes undet the common Opposites love. Most people usually like to hear stories about two totally opposite people with different pasts suddenly falling in love. It usually ends well. This romance type is most commonly used in movie, and comedies.

Prince loves pauper 2: In The Talking Cake, Prince Trevor finds him both hating and loving Claire at the same time. It ends when Claire realizes her love for him after he is killed( unfortunatly I brought him back to life). I feel that this romance goes under the Love to hate you genre. It mainly focuses around two people who hate eachother but slowly start to love eachother.

Ok now I definitly gotta go to bed, and I hope that this post let you people know about the different forms of romance in literature.
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My suppost to be first remake is forgotten

I had finally gotten all of my details for how to change A girl's Adventure, so I decided to write a couple chapters. I had gotten to only 1 paragraph when I knew I could not write that and enjoy it. I'm sad to say but this is a good example on how I got soo excited about writing a remake, that I didn't realize that I just couldn't write it. I gotta go to bed.
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Writing, writing, ahh it's gone

Many times when I am writing a book I have to know that over 80% of the books I write never end up being finished. Only 2% of my books are longer than 100 pages( on normal font). Ever since I started writing I knew that only a small fraction of my books are finished.
When you are writing a book, you should set your priorities and have your plan in head. If you write the first couple pages of your book and don't feel any happy writing it, or you just find it boring to write then you probably shouldn't write it. Though you can write a book and you feel really good about it, but you can suddenly get writers block( or just lose interest) in it.
When I am writing a book I need to know if I am able to write this book. Just remember if you lose inspiration for your book but you know it is a good idea doesn't mean that you have to force yourself to write the book. Believe me my computer is stuffed with tons of unfinished stories. Half of whom I don't plan to finish.
My tips are to accept that when you can't finish a book to just stash it away for a while, and maybe continue it later. Well I better go because I have other stuff to do( I gotta send this link to my friends)
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An Adventouras Remake!

Now right now it's very early, and I spent most of last night awake( I wasn't feeling well). I did use some of my time to write down some ways to redue A Girl's adventure. Now I know that I can't get too focused on my remake because I know I gotta focus one The Tales of Fantasogra, and possibly Teen World( which is just a book I have to write for Girlscouts). Well last night I knew that I had to change some parts about A Girl's adventure. Here is a list of some of the stuff I plan to change:

1. Make characters older. Ariel( who used to be 13, which was how old I was when I wrote the book) will now be 16. Sophie will now be 15(she used to be 10), and Lily will now be 18(I think this is not a change, because I think Lily was always 18).
2. Possible change main man's name( cause Matt's original name was suppost to be Desmond but my sister didn't like the name, so we changed it to Matt)
3. Get rid of the whole Flashlight tag thing( Sorry Lauren, it just gotta go).
4. Make it make sense why Lily's parents have a map to the city of gold( I'm thinking FBI, and DO NOT STEAL MY IDEA!)
5. make the characters go to Brazil rather than Australia(they go there in the original book)
6. No more battle scenes, except when I really need them
7. change title to something more mature( definitly make font smaller. The original font side was this big!).

Ok now that I've given you some info on a possible remake(I've never made a remake before) I hope that I will continue to focus on The Tales of Fantasogra, rather than getting distracted by the remake. On the non-distracting side I'm getting closer to getting The Diary book published! Horray! I just can't wait to actually get published, and knowing that I'm a teen it might get some actual attention! Though I'm not getting my hopes up, because getting published is a very hard thing. It takes a lot of time, patience, and a very good mind. I'll keep you guys updated, and I might post a chapter of the original Adventure story before I remake it.
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Action sequences: cool but deadly!

Now when I was writing the Talking Cake, and another book I'll just call A girl's adventure, I noticed that writing action sequences is very hard. Especially when the action sequence's main characters are of kids ages 10-16. I noticed that I had either two choices: Try to make the most action filled sequence, or a action sequences which is very kid friendly. Here is the list of stuff I did wrong in A Girl's adventure
1. there was the fastest car on earth in it(it was a car chase). It is like super unrealistic and very cheesey
2. it went into big detail( ex: The car spun around in circles, and Lucy shot three bullets. She moaned and put more bullets into the gun). Now I know you probably won't think that is bad, but when you read the whole book(I might post a chapter onto the blog) it will show how bad it was
3. I had young teens( ages 18 and younger) participating in action sequences that you would never imagine a person doing in real life. 4 example: the youngest character which is Lucy ends up using guns
4. I definitely dramatised an action scene in the end of the book. Let me just say that use weapons from this year. For some reason that I don't remember they used swords, and medieval cannons in a book that took place in 2007.
5. I had young characters traveling around the world without an older person

I am ashamed of A Girl's adventure, though I always wanted to remake it. Make the characters older, cut out the cheesy dialogue, and and the obvious plot turns.
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How to successfully kill off a character

ok when I was writing most of my books I noticed that it was very hard to kill off characters. Not just the fact that you will have to write the other characters responses, but the fact that most authors( like me) usually get emotionally attached to their characters and usually feel really bad when they have to kill off a character( expecially a character which is good).
When I was writing TC, I knew that I had to kill off a main character. Now it is not mandatory that you kill of a major character, and frankle I don't recommend it. Back on topic about Tc, I had spent a long time thinking and rethinking Trevor's death. How would the other characters react? Good, bad, or a mixture of feelings?
Writing death is the hardest thing for a writer to do( other than action sequences, which I will explain later). I managed to make a couple tips for writing death:
1. Pick your characters right. Think: if I kill off the main charater how will the audience react. Will they stop reading the book because the most liked character is dead, or will they be eager to read on.
2. Do not kill of the youngest character(characters that are younger 18). The audience will think your morbid
3. Don't go into too big description of their death. Try to make it as censored as often, but don't just say "Suddenly he was killed". That bores the audience and takes them too much by suprise. Make it descriptive but not boring(expecially not gory!), but not too less descriptive that it doesn't make sense
4. Will your character's death be a sad event or a happy event( if it is happy it better be a villian's death!). How will the others characters react?
5. Dead is dead, and it sounds odd to randomly bring a character back to death. It makes the reader think that you can't write death. Any author can write death, but rarely any can keep that character dead
6. Should a character avenge the person. Now this a commonly used method of starting an adventure, and it is easy to write. There are two ways to use the whole avenge thingy: a) They go on the adventure ONLY to avenge the person's death. b) use's the person's death as an excuse to want to kill the murderer

Now most of those tips I broke when I was writing TC. Though that was the first book where I had killed off a major character. Well I've tried to limit down on my character deaths. Most of the time I give them near-death experience. It is easy, it lets you write a death sequence, but still keep the character. Well I'm going to keep writing, and I'll keep posting later.
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Sequels sequels and more sequels!

Now when I was writing the DOALGA series I noticed that it was hard to let go of my characters(which was how I felt when I finished the Talking Cake). So I kept writing sequels. Here is a simple warning for writing sequels:
1. make sure each of your sequels end in a way that ends that book. You don't know if you will get writers block during your next sequel
2. Try not to have huge events happen in smaller sequels( short stories). Add major events to books that are larger
3. Don't make too many sequels, limit yourself.

Ok now the hardest part of writing a sequel is getting your ideas down. I would spend every night getting together ideas, and going through ways to perfect certain scenes. I would think all day about a certain scene if I would change it or get rid of it. Thinking of your book is an essential part to writing. I would spend all of my time reading, getting ideas, and editing.
Speaking of editing: Editing is as major as writing the book. If you can't edit, then there is little hope. Luckily I have my mom, and a proffesional Pulitzer-prize winning editor who reviews my books(mostly my ideas) editing my books.
Now I know that editing is a hard thing to do, and editing sequels are very hard. You have to make sure that everything make sense. Example: Let's say in a book one the main character's boat is called the Blue Rose, and in the sequel it is called the Thrasher. Make sure your facts make sense, and are equal to the other books.
Well I better go to bed, I'm blogging as I watch Hells kitchen(which was a inspiration for my forgotten novel called the Roseseed Grand).
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Imagine the movie

This is going to be short because It's late. Try to imagine your book like a movie. Think, "Does this make sense". Try not to fill in events that don't help the plot. Be sure that EVERYTHING makes sense. Don't add him events that you think will be funny, but don't add to the plot.
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Perfect guys= boring people

ok so when I was writing William( who was supposed to be the perfect prince) I noticed that his character was the most boring to write. I mean he was perfect in my eyes. He was handsom, strong, brave, and royalty. Every girls dream, but he was a very boring character.
Nothing barely happened to him personally except his brother died( though I have to say I thought Trevor actually had personality and flaws).

William does have mood swings, and does end up becoming king in the end of The Talking Cake. His story does end like every other fairy tale. He wins the girl, and the kinddom and live happily ever after. YAWN! How come there are barely any fairy tales there the hero dies and the villian prevails.

You know what would be a good book idea. It would take place in the point of view of a sidekick, who when the hero is killed he(or she) finds itself suddenly expected to save the world( which is a very commonly played theme). Maybe have the sidekick be a slender, shy person rather than a dashing, muscle-bound hero with great hair.

There aren't any normal heroes any more. There are just gorgeous, shirtless guys who save princesses and end up living happily ever after. People are seeing heroes as handsome men in tights flying around taking young women into the sky. People don't see that real heroes are just like everybody else, and most don't have gorgeous hair and never end up saving a gorgeous lady in the end. Why can't more fairy tales be like that? Include normal men rather than drop-dead gorgeous ones who the author try to say are normal.

Though some authors have tried that, and most succeed. Though most fairy tales are still stuck on the idea of handsome princes saving weak girls. Not all girls are weak. Why can't there be a story about a princess who has to save the prince. That would be a very interesting story.

Well I gotta go, I have Spanish to study for and it is super boring.

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The things you should consider to do when writing fiction

When you are writing fiction there are several things that you should never do. I made a list of things, most of whom are based off of things that happened to me while I was writing The Talking Cake,.

1. Don't make battle scenes in books longer than two chapters. Any longer and they will bore the audience
2. Do not make yourself a character( you can base characters off yourself but don't make it obvious). I had once allowed two of my cousins to be characters in my book( yes I used their names), and all of my sisters(including me). All it did was make it seem very cheesy and stupid. Though Carole Marsh does it all the time( she writers unrealistic books where her grandchildren and her are the characters)
3. Try not to make your characters too funny, or too handsome, or too perfect. They will seem unrealistic. People like it when a character seems perfect but they are hiding major flaws. Remember it is easy to write unrealistic characters, but it is easier to write their flaws.
4. DO NOT use comedy from tv shows, movies, or other books. Even if you change it, it is still called plagerism
5. try not to make sci fi, and fantasy books( mainly realistic fiction) take place too far in the future but not too close to current times. Except in some cases like in diaries
6. If you are writing fiction(expecially ones with magical creatures, fictional countries) try to balance out the reality( real places) and fiction. You can do either all fantasy( no sign of any realistic places), or a realistic fiction( a mixture of fantasy and reality)
7. Try to keep your characters close to home. That means to not have them go from one place to another place which is million of miles away in one chapters. In TC the characters went from Virginia to Ireland to Azerbeijan to England to Nohavia( a fictional place) in only a couple chapters. It confuses the audience
8. Long, inteligent words are good. Use them with a character you would imagine to say those stuff. Like a dumb person wouldn't say "Your mind is very agile". basicly use smart words with smart people, and dumb words with dumb characters.
9. Try to avoid the common story lines. For example: Boy-meets-girl-and-they-get-married, or Teen-has-to-defeat-overlord-from-taking-0ver-the-world. Those are commonly played themes and if you use those(without making MAJOR differences) your book will just drown in the sea of other books who did that theme.
10. Have one set audience! Some of the books I wrote kept flipping ideal audiences. Some chapters were kid-friendly while other chapters were meant for adults. Pick your audience and stick to it!
Now there are many things you should consider when you are writing a fiction book. Like beware of the boy-friend! I hope you use this imformation to help write great books and not write books like The Talking Cake. Just remember to never put yourself in a fiction story.
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The problem with guy-friends

Now most romance novels(expecially for young girls) usually include these four things:
1. The sweet, innocent, unpopular girl(usually the lead)
2. The hot, atletic guy who the unpopular girl likes
3. The guy friend who is friends with the unpopular girl and has always been there for her
4. The jealous ex-girlfriend of the hot, athletic boy

Now we know that usually it ends when the Unpopular girl finally wins the heart of the Athletic guy but dumps him when she realizes how much of a jerk he is. She then finally dates her guy-friend. Now most authors try to do that and they usually end with the girl getting together with the guy-friend. The only problem about that is that it is WAAAY to obvious.
Though some people agree that you rather date your guy-friends than a popular jock. It does send a good message to girls, but it does make the plot very predictable.
Though not all guy-friends usually end up dating the girl. In Twilight, Bella dates vampire Edward rather than her friend Jacop.
Ok now you decide, are Guy-friends in books a good decision or a easy way to a predictable plot?
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Unfortunatly you have to learn when you read this

Ok due to the fact that it's late and I don't want to write a really long thing about a certain thing that bugs me(that's for tommarow!) I got some info on Fiction writing. Note: I found this on a website, so it's not mine

Plot is the organization of events that will take place in the story.
Characters are the people or animals who will be in the story.
Setting is the physical time and place in which the story takes place.
Dialogue is the spoken words of the characters in the story.
Point of view is the relative identification of the narrator with the characters.
Theme is the main idea or meaning behind a story.
Style is the writer's use of the language.

Be specific in your writing. The more specific the detail, the more real the story will seem to the reader.
The best fiction can come from the preposterous imaginations of writers who are good storytellers.
Becoming a skilled typist (on a word processor) is extremely useful to a writer.
Very few people make a living at writing fiction( aww to bad).
Revision is important. A writer can always do one more revision. At some point the writer has to stop revising and get the work published.
Show, don't tell( this is major).
Don't use clichés( damsel in distress, handsome prince, so far so good, ect)
The more detail in the story, the more interesting the story.
Revise, revise, revise, revise, . . .
Avoid author intrusion.
Write what you like to read.
Don't use exclamation points.
Use surprise and irony.
Avoid overused words( said, walked, ect)
Success breeds success. The more published you are, the easier it is to get published again.
Every word can be used appropriately somewhere in some story.
Don't tell what happened; recreate what happened.
The beginning of a story must be interesting. Readers can be lost on page one.

Character inspirations

Ever notice that a character in a book you read(or like me write) sounds awefully a lot like a person you know? I noticed that about some of my DOALGA characters. I don't know why but I kinda unintentionally use personality traits, and events that happen in my real life and use it in my books.
For example: I noticed that the character Maggie's personality sounds a l0t like one of my friends. Or in TTOF the main villian Elizabeth sounds a lot like a person I don't like(which I might have done on purpose).
It is odd how sometimes you find out that your characters sound like people you know. Hmm. Well here is an update in my writing progress: I added the club book to my list of ideas.
Ok to explain my list of ideas: Since I only have a limited amount of time to write my books, and I try to give each an equel amount of time. So I made a list of book ideas. Most of whom I never end up writing.
Well back onto the subject on character personalities. These are some tips for future writers
1. make a character portfolio which includes personality traits, appearence, fears, likes, and a short history. It will help you write about your characters
2. if you want to be creative make a trailer out of movie clips, pick your ideal cast out and maybe even a soundtrack. I did those thinks with all of my books
3. Write a timeline of events and then slowly start to fill small events inbetween those events. So you know what to write
4. Attend writers clubs( I am attending my schools Young Writers club)

I hope that info helps future writers. Have a good day!
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Little miss Creative

Ok when it comes to writing books, my main trouble is focusing on one book. Knowing me I get random book ideas in the most random places. I got the idea for The Diary of a Lipgloss Addict while trying on some Jollyrancher lipgloss. I got the idea for TC after my sister wanted me to redue her book called the Talking Pie.

Any how, unfortunatly I got another idea for a book. That wonderful idea unfortunatly got me sidetracked from The Tales of Fantasogra. The idea is about a young girl who tries to get into this huge club of girls who demand perfection. Ok so the idea is commonly played but if I ever do write the book I can make it as different as possible.

Unfortunatly right when I got all of my info down for the club book(I havn't picked out a title, but I'll let you know when I can) I got writers block! It all happened when I was at study hall before school and I was peacefully writing chapter 9 of The Tales of Fantasogra.

Charles was just about to admit his love for Allison when suddenly the black shadow overcame my mind. I was stuck. I didn't know how to continue my book. Should Charles realize that he loves Allison more than his beautiful girlfriend Elizabeth, or should he stay with Elizabeth so he can have his happily ever after? I had fallen and I couldn't get up.

All because I had gotten a new idea for the club book. And people say that Creativity can't hurt. My new book idea caused me to suddenly get bored of it. I gotta focus on The Tales of Fantasogra. While I was writing the Talking Cake. I was writing over three other books. It is soo hard to handle just one book. I just have too big of a imagination!
Well I'll try to get my interest back in The Tales of Fantasogra soon, so I don't lose interest in it. As my mom says,
"You don't want to be the author who rights a million books but never finishes one".
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Ps: How come when you are writing a fairy tale you usually start it with Once upon a time?

What makes a perfect villian?

Ok I know that I've been writing a lot for one day, but I'm kinda new to this whole blogging thingy. Ok in most of my books; Talking Cake, Diary of a Lipgloss Addict, and my new book The Tales of fantasogra usually have female villians. I find it very hard to write male villians, and it was expecially hard to write The Talking Cake(it had 4 female villians!)
Ok some background info on The Talking Cake. Ok my sister had written a book called Talking Pie. when my sister was in Kindergarden and she wanted me to jazz it up. So I did, but I just changed the title and a whole lot! The original characters were suppost to be my sister S(abriviated) and I. I then took out S and I's name and put in my main 4 characters names. Which are Claire, Daisy, William(who I feel may not have a real personality in my book), and Trevor( if he were real I would probably date him). Then there my four villians(I made the villians equal to my heroes). They are Carlisa, Minerva, Drisela, and Laverna. Unfortunatly they are common female villian nanes(well Minerva and Laverna are). I totally made Carlisa and Drisela up.

Ok in Diary of a Lipgloss addict, the main villians are a bunch of wild, drug-addicted teenagers who are in a gang. In The Tales of Fantasogra the villians are the government and the Upper class. I noticed that the villian in The Tales of Fantasogra might be the cruelest character I ever written. I mean she's(yes she) is cruel, and she cares only for herself. Though what makes a even better villian? Does a villian just have to be cruel, or is there more. Should I explore her personality deeper, or just keep making her evil. Should I have her turn good in the end, or have her end tragically.
To be evil or to not be evil. That is the question.
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How do you write fantasy?

Ok so I've took a long break from Fantasy because I was writing The Diary series( 4 books! Holy molley!). I havn't written fantasy in over a year, and I find it hard to go back to fantasy. Well I've started a new book(my first fantasy in a long time) and it's called The Fantasogra book
Ok so The Fantasogra book mainly talks about a land where fairytales happen everyday but only to the Upper class. Those are the ones who are beautiful and have good singing voices. Now the land called Fantasogra is ruled by the all powerful Fairy godmother. But the Fairy godmother is thinking of retiring, and she picks a lower class citizen(the people who the Upper class hate) to be the next FGM(fairy godmother, duh!).

Opps I may have said too much! I don't want to give too much away. Back on subject, I've been reading a book called Writing Magic by Gail Carson Levine. My grandpa(who is a published author, go Grandpa!) met her and she sent me a signed copy of her book. Though I sent her copy of The Talking Cake, she seemed very supportive.

I've written about 26 pages of The Tales of Fantasogra and I'm noticed that it is very easy to keep my attention in this book.

U see when I'm writing a book I keep writing my book(or keep writing sequels) till I finally get bored of the book. I managed to keep my attention on the Diary of a Lipgloss addict series for a very long time. I wrote over 3 sequels! That was the only book that I actually wrote a sequel to. Though I had always wanted to make a sequel(or even a remake) of The Talking Cake. Though I don't know how.

For some reason the sequel of Diary of a Lipgloss addict was easier to write. Maybe because I actually wanted to, and I found it enjoyable.

Gosh I keep getting off track! This whole post is just suppost to be about writing fantasy. I gotta stay on topic! Ok so The Tales of Fantasogra includes prince, princesses, unicorns, magic, fairies, mermaids and ogres. I've even made my own trailer! I have to give my thanks to Marie Antionette for the clips I used in the video.
Well in The Tales of Fantasogra I tried to give a new look to the common fairy tale creatures. Instead of the sweet prince and princesses that we are all accustome to, I gave them a little change. They(the prince and princesses) are cruel, selfish people who personaly want the Lower class citizens dead. They care only for themselfs, and they know that they are going to be given a happily ever after no matter how cruel they are.
The mermaids(which provide a small role in the book) are actually kept as pets, and Unicorns are used as steeds(which is not suprising). The lower class citizens(peasents, and farmers) are actually the good hearted people and one turns into a hero.
Well I hope to continue blogging later, and I might give more spoilers on The Tales of Fantasogra and more info on The Talking Cake and the Diary of a Lipgloss addict series.
-AM

My first post about my blog

My name is AM(my initials). I'm a normal 14 year old in suburban USA. Now most people see me as a "different" person. The person who is always writing during her free time, and doesn't have many friends. Though I have friends outside of school( Girl scouts), I find myself always been drawn into the world of writing.
Ever since I wrote my first real book The Talking Cake I've fallen in love with writing. Though I had to learn from my mistakes( cough cough The Talking Cake), and I'm trying to write a more.
The Talking Cake was probably my biggest failure ever. It had cheap, cheesy comedy, and the appopriate audience is not there. I mean it has cheesy fantasy, but violent battles. Plus I kinda used some comedy from tv shows I saw, and kinda mixed it in. Plus it is only 198 pages because I used huge font size.
My last book which is called The Diary of a Lipgloss Addict( once again the abriviation) I feel is publishing worthy. I actually thought of getting The Talking Cake published but I noticed how bad it was(and what a high chance that they won't publish it because of it's cheesiesness).
The Diary of a Lipgloss Addict is mainly about a young teen's(I find it very easy to write about teen girls like me) life is effected by underage violence, dating, and secrets. I noticed that it is WAAAAAAAAY more mature than the Talking Cake.
The Talking Cake was( I think) mainly focused on the younger age, while The Diary of a Lipgloss addict is meant for teens. It includes such topics as Teen pregancy, drugs, dating, gangs, grades, and girl fights. Plus it kinda swears a lot. I had to make it as different from The Talking Cake as possible. Even though I fear my parents will think it is too mature
Though I plan to have The Diary, and my new book called The Tales of Fantasogra published. I will be telling all of my viewers(if there are any) about the writing process and maybe even some book spoilers.
- AM
ps: Anybody notice how most of Zoey Deans books are advertising herself. Though Carol Marsh is the queen of advertising herself and writing cheap, unrealistic fiction. Anybody know what you call it when a real person participates in a fiction book?