Before I used to write I sang and acted. Here is an archival video of my Eliza( or the girl with the weird cockney accent and the red hat)
No I am not british, I just had to pretend to be. Well have a good week.
-AM
Saturday, April 4, 2009
A word from my sister
A couple years ago I managed to force my sister to write( unfortunatly my sis happens to be a popular, phone chatting girl who always is saying, "OMG I cannot believe that he likes me. I mean I like him but Lindsey likes him. This is soo unbelievable". So she wrote a fast fiction( a literary term for a book that is shorter than 5 pages). It's called The Underwater hotel.
A UNDER WATER Hotel
Well, it was my birthday and my mom said we were going to a fancy hotel. I grabbed a dress and rushed to the car. Then we drove off and I was looking out the window thinking where is it? Then 30 minutes later I saw the hotel. My mom said, '' go check in and we will be in the room". My mom said we could see the pool from here. I ran over and saw a huge sword fish swinning out of my window,and a ton of other fish. I said to my self I am not swimming in that pool. I ran to the lobby and said there was something wrong with the pool. The pool was full of aquatic creatures. The hotel was underwater! "WHAT" I screamed. I ran up to my room and yelled at my mom '' WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME WE WERE STAYING AT A UNDER WATER HOTEL!'' My mom said" I thought you loved the ocean". I don't, especially when there are sharks and sword fishes in it.
Then I went to bed. In the morning we had great eggs and beacon . I thought to my self I can not go on not going in the ocean. I grabbed my bathing suit and zoomed to the ocean. I got their and it was so pretty,it had bright blue water and gorgeous blue fish and it felt like dolphins were saying come on in. I jumped in and saw a dolphin and I grabbed on to it's fins, we saw whales sharks and the fish sitting next to my window. It was pretty fun. The most scary part was that I rode a shark and it took me an underwater cave. I went back to my room and every thing was packed as I reached down to get my towel it was all packed. I found out that we were going back home, but hey there is a good story to tell all my friends
Now I stayed true to the story, and didn't edit a lot. I know that it is a cute story, but she should have edited it and added a lot of detail. Maybe I can force my sis to write another book, but everytime I bring it up she says "Umm you can get the ideas, and I'll just type the book". So technically I'm doing all the book, and she just writes it down. Well have a good week. Oh and thanks for the people who commented! I just love comments!
A UNDER WATER Hotel
Well, it was my birthday and my mom said we were going to a fancy hotel. I grabbed a dress and rushed to the car. Then we drove off and I was looking out the window thinking where is it? Then 30 minutes later I saw the hotel. My mom said, '' go check in and we will be in the room". My mom said we could see the pool from here. I ran over and saw a huge sword fish swinning out of my window,and a ton of other fish. I said to my self I am not swimming in that pool. I ran to the lobby and said there was something wrong with the pool. The pool was full of aquatic creatures. The hotel was underwater! "WHAT" I screamed. I ran up to my room and yelled at my mom '' WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME WE WERE STAYING AT A UNDER WATER HOTEL!'' My mom said" I thought you loved the ocean". I don't, especially when there are sharks and sword fishes in it.
Then I went to bed. In the morning we had great eggs and beacon . I thought to my self I can not go on not going in the ocean. I grabbed my bathing suit and zoomed to the ocean. I got their and it was so pretty,it had bright blue water and gorgeous blue fish and it felt like dolphins were saying come on in. I jumped in and saw a dolphin and I grabbed on to it's fins, we saw whales sharks and the fish sitting next to my window. It was pretty fun. The most scary part was that I rode a shark and it took me an underwater cave. I went back to my room and every thing was packed as I reached down to get my towel it was all packed. I found out that we were going back home, but hey there is a good story to tell all my friends
Now I stayed true to the story, and didn't edit a lot. I know that it is a cute story, but she should have edited it and added a lot of detail. Maybe I can force my sis to write another book, but everytime I bring it up she says "Umm you can get the ideas, and I'll just type the book". So technically I'm doing all the book, and she just writes it down. Well have a good week. Oh and thanks for the people who commented! I just love comments!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Beware of the vampire novels.
Recently I've had some freetime, so I decided to look up the term Vampire on Amazon. I got over 15,000 results and none of them were the Twilight series. My warning to people is that Vampire romances are out of date now, and people just don't read vampire novels other than Twilight. Listen to my warning because I myself had tried to write a vampire novel but I just knew that competing Twilight.
-AM
-AM
My top seven worst books I ever wrote
Is it possible to remake a remake? I am almost done with my first remake. Surprisingly I'm making a remake of the book I couldn't get past one chapter writing. I'm talking about Adventure to the City of gold. I found out that rewriting a book from scratch was too hard, so I just got the original copy and added and deleted some stuff So far I'm almost done with the book.
But is it possibly to make one of my big failures worthy for publishing? My answer is no. No matter how much I edit it and I just can't get rid of the old shadow of it's old self. For this I give you my top seven worst books I ever wrote list.
1. Adventure in a fantasy land: A book I only mentioned Small but this book combined Monty Python stolen humor, a predictable plot and battles that aren't needed. It had over 14 main characters( which was very hard to make it so each of them had the same amount of lines). Plus it had a lot of cheap humor and bland characters.
2. The Talking cake: A mixture of cheesy humor, extended battle scenes, and the over 20 locations they all went.
3. Seven girls music adventure: One of my books that included more than five main characters. It combined real stupid sequences of the girls(all ages 10 to 12) posing as electricians(WTF what I thinking!?) and getting to be background dancers after Crystal Shane's( a hit musician) agent sees the girls dancing the theme dance of the song. For one thing it had a unrealistic story of girls who suddenly get really famous after one night and already have school kids crying at their feet. 2: It had a real stupid dance/singing moment of a song that I just noticed sounds a lot like Nobody's perfect even though it was written way before Hannah Montana ever sang it.
4. Monkey from Outer space: I already told you guys what the plot was. I believe that it's main flaws were the whole "One paragraph, no chapters thingy", and the fact that I used My sister, her friend and I as characters. Plus the fact that the whole plot is a very common story line
5. The family news: Ok it is technically not a book, it was more of a newspaper I wrote. This is only about issue one. That is where there are numerous authors who are having a fight while writing the article and for some reason were writing it all into the article. It is definitely a REALLY stupid thing I ever wrote
6. Mystery at the Wax museum: This was a lame attempt to write a mystery Carol Marsh style. That's just when Carol marsh's villains gave the kids obvious clues to find them. Thank god I didn't make myself a character! Plus it had a unrealistic plot. Why would criminals want to make off with a bunch of wax figures? Oh and did I mention the fact that I once again added a violent gun fight when it was not needed?
7. Adventure to the City of Gold: It has a unrealistic plot, terrible action sequences, and bad comedy. It would be a number one if I wasn't remaking it
I know that if I find more of my old books the list will continue. I'll keep writing. Have a good spring break!
-AM
But is it possibly to make one of my big failures worthy for publishing? My answer is no. No matter how much I edit it and I just can't get rid of the old shadow of it's old self. For this I give you my top seven worst books I ever wrote list.
1. Adventure in a fantasy land: A book I only mentioned Small but this book combined Monty Python stolen humor, a predictable plot and battles that aren't needed. It had over 14 main characters( which was very hard to make it so each of them had the same amount of lines). Plus it had a lot of cheap humor and bland characters.
2. The Talking cake: A mixture of cheesy humor, extended battle scenes, and the over 20 locations they all went.
3. Seven girls music adventure: One of my books that included more than five main characters. It combined real stupid sequences of the girls(all ages 10 to 12) posing as electricians(WTF what I thinking!?) and getting to be background dancers after Crystal Shane's( a hit musician) agent sees the girls dancing the theme dance of the song. For one thing it had a unrealistic story of girls who suddenly get really famous after one night and already have school kids crying at their feet. 2: It had a real stupid dance/singing moment of a song that I just noticed sounds a lot like Nobody's perfect even though it was written way before Hannah Montana ever sang it.
4. Monkey from Outer space: I already told you guys what the plot was. I believe that it's main flaws were the whole "One paragraph, no chapters thingy", and the fact that I used My sister, her friend and I as characters. Plus the fact that the whole plot is a very common story line
5. The family news: Ok it is technically not a book, it was more of a newspaper I wrote. This is only about issue one. That is where there are numerous authors who are having a fight while writing the article and for some reason were writing it all into the article. It is definitely a REALLY stupid thing I ever wrote
6. Mystery at the Wax museum: This was a lame attempt to write a mystery Carol Marsh style. That's just when Carol marsh's villains gave the kids obvious clues to find them. Thank god I didn't make myself a character! Plus it had a unrealistic plot. Why would criminals want to make off with a bunch of wax figures? Oh and did I mention the fact that I once again added a violent gun fight when it was not needed?
7. Adventure to the City of Gold: It has a unrealistic plot, terrible action sequences, and bad comedy. It would be a number one if I wasn't remaking it
I know that if I find more of my old books the list will continue. I'll keep writing. Have a good spring break!
-AM
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Adventure to the City of Gold
Ok this is one of older books, which I had planned of remaking. It is not that bad( I actually had to edit it a lot). So unfortunatly this isn't the original version( I accidently clicked save so the original version might be gone, :( ). Well here is the chapter. Oh and sorry about the whole no comment thingy. I'll continue to work on it. Even if I have to have About Me at the top of the page.
Chapter 1: Myth and a Chase
There has always been a legend of a city of gold which was used to hold the most powerful nuclear weapon on earth. Many people believed it was a myth, or fairy tale.
But one day, three unlikely girls who barely knew each other, would be put into a epic quest to find it. It all began one night at Lily’s house.
All the neighborhood kids had gathered to play the daily Flashlight Tag Game. This was normal for these kids, for every night they played it. Lily was being forced by her parents, who are usually out of town because her dad is a high ranking FBI agent, to babysit over six kids.
Lily, who was 17, was like every other American girl. She loved sports, and she had many friends. She lived in a large suburban house, which was normal in her neighborhood in Washington DC. She is the President of the Young Democrats club, and currently takes teaches karate to kids. She’s the perfect child, except for the fact that she’s still a virgin at 17!
It was to be a normal night, she had invited her neighbors Ariel and Sophie to come along. Ariel ran up to Sophie and exclaimed,
“ So anything new with you?”
Sophie then flipped her blonde hair back and said snobbily,
“I just got back from totally making out with my new boyfriend. It was soo fun. You know Oliver from Art class. He’s like totally hot, and he’s a great kisser. He’s like a totally good match for me. Well a match fit for ten minutes”
She then high-fived Ariel, and she continued,
“Oh Ariel, your soo lucky that you have an abnormal friend like me. You so normal. If only I could be you. If I was like you then I would be unpopular, and a nerd. You know I’m just messing with you”
Ariel came from a normal family. She went to school like a normal kid, and she ate a very normal diet. Ariel looks like a normal, boring person on the outside but she was a jealous wreck. She lived with her newly adopted older brother, named Nick, who almost everybody loved more that her. Flashlight tag was the only way to get away from him.
She wasn’t very active and the only thing she did in the summer was tour across Europe and take an all girls retreat in July. Ariel and Lily are somewhat friends, but they didn’t see each other often. Ariel is usually heavily reading, and or blogging. She is usually quite, and keeps to herself. She is the exact opposite of Lily.
Lily was a popular girl, while Ariel wasn’t really. She blamed it on the fact that she was one of the few red-haired girls in her neighborhood. Her parents just said,
“Just ignore them, remember red-haired girls are beautiful. When your 14, we’ll allow you to change your hair color.”
Ariel was only one year away and she wanted it to go by fast. She mainly had one true friend, the young Sophie.
Sophie was the second youngest kid in her neighborhood at age 14. She was best known for being a glamorous kid, who every night at flashlight tag, wore some new lipstick color. She also happened to have three ex-boyfriends (most considered them just friends) and one boyfriend so far. Sophia always boasts how she makes out with her boyfriends behind the school, and how her blog gets over a million hit’s a day. She is always the girl who shows up to each class an hour late.
It started the normal way, all the kids met at Lily’s front porch and discussed where base was going to be.
“ Now remember, my Mom says that we can’t go in the road and into the neighbor’s yard. Now, let’s make this a nice and fun game.”
For an hour, it was very calm; nothing but kids playing games and the slight sound of cars passing bye.
Then something strange happened, a white van just stopped in front of Lily’s house. At first they didn’t mind it, but slowly it got a little disturbing. The three girls hid in the bushes and watched. They were a block away from Lily‘s house. It was eerie as the people in the van just stared at the house. Then, the doors opened and six men wearing black suits walked out. They all looked almost identical, and threatening.
Ariel could see that they each had a gun and she knew that they had bad intentions. She tried to keep quiet as the men looked around the house. Sophie had an idea, and threw a pinecone a couple feet away.
The men then jumped into their car and sped off on the other direction. The girls made a dash to Lily’s house. Then, suddenly, the car spun around and drove toward them quickly.
The girls were freaked out as they all tried to run fast. The car was only a couple of feet away when they then heard gun shots. They were so close to Lily’s house, but Sophie accidentally tripped on the sidewalk. Lily quickly helped her up .
Ariel was trying hard to open the door, for the men had gotten out of their van and were running towards them. Lily then fumbled to unlock the door, and they all fell in. She barely had enough time to lock the door behind her, as the frightened girls started to hide around the house.
Sophie, being the smallest of the group, hid inside a box inside Lily’s Mom’s closet. She then piled some clothes on top of her and went into a deep silence.
The other two girls hid in other places. Then, suddenly, they heard the sound of the door breaking down and the racing of footsteps around the house. The girls didn’t know why the men wanted them or what they wanted. Ariel, (who was hiding under a bed), saw the feet of many scampering about the room. They were throwing stuff all around. Most of the things were very expensive. It seemed they were searching for something. One of them said,
“ Find that map!”
He said it constantly. Ariel could tell that whomever it was had more authority over the other 3 men that were in the room. The four men then left the room angrily. After twenty minutes they heard the sound of a car driving away.
The girls were still worried , for they didn’t know if there were still anybody inside. Lily , who was hiding in a secret trapdoor below a carpet, had called the police.
In a matter of minutes, the police had come and all of their parents were desperately worried. Ariel’s mom Judy cried,
“ Ariel! Are you ok? Did anything happen?”
Ariel had barely enough time to answer, because her mom was hugging and kissing her. Lily’s father instantly ran inside and started searching the house frantically. Lily walked suspiciously up to her dad, and asked,
“What are you looking for?”
Her dad then looked inside a small vase( which was full of flowers) and started digging. Then he took a rolled up sheet of paper which was covered in dirt out. He sighed heavily in relief and then put it back in the vase. He then turned back to Lily, who was very suspicious, and said, “Oh nothing, I just had to see that everything was there”.
He then walked away, after telling Lily to not tell anybody about what she just saw. The first thing Lily did was quickly take out that sheet of paper from the vase. All it had was drawings of animals, and some stuff written in French. She then put it back and forgot about it.
Though soon the map would be back in her life, and even more important.
Chapter 1: Myth and a Chase
There has always been a legend of a city of gold which was used to hold the most powerful nuclear weapon on earth. Many people believed it was a myth, or fairy tale.
But one day, three unlikely girls who barely knew each other, would be put into a epic quest to find it. It all began one night at Lily’s house.
All the neighborhood kids had gathered to play the daily Flashlight Tag Game. This was normal for these kids, for every night they played it. Lily was being forced by her parents, who are usually out of town because her dad is a high ranking FBI agent, to babysit over six kids.
Lily, who was 17, was like every other American girl. She loved sports, and she had many friends. She lived in a large suburban house, which was normal in her neighborhood in Washington DC. She is the President of the Young Democrats club, and currently takes teaches karate to kids. She’s the perfect child, except for the fact that she’s still a virgin at 17!
It was to be a normal night, she had invited her neighbors Ariel and Sophie to come along. Ariel ran up to Sophie and exclaimed,
“ So anything new with you?”
Sophie then flipped her blonde hair back and said snobbily,
“I just got back from totally making out with my new boyfriend. It was soo fun. You know Oliver from Art class. He’s like totally hot, and he’s a great kisser. He’s like a totally good match for me. Well a match fit for ten minutes”
She then high-fived Ariel, and she continued,
“Oh Ariel, your soo lucky that you have an abnormal friend like me. You so normal. If only I could be you. If I was like you then I would be unpopular, and a nerd. You know I’m just messing with you”
Ariel came from a normal family. She went to school like a normal kid, and she ate a very normal diet. Ariel looks like a normal, boring person on the outside but she was a jealous wreck. She lived with her newly adopted older brother, named Nick, who almost everybody loved more that her. Flashlight tag was the only way to get away from him.
She wasn’t very active and the only thing she did in the summer was tour across Europe and take an all girls retreat in July. Ariel and Lily are somewhat friends, but they didn’t see each other often. Ariel is usually heavily reading, and or blogging. She is usually quite, and keeps to herself. She is the exact opposite of Lily.
Lily was a popular girl, while Ariel wasn’t really. She blamed it on the fact that she was one of the few red-haired girls in her neighborhood. Her parents just said,
“Just ignore them, remember red-haired girls are beautiful. When your 14, we’ll allow you to change your hair color.”
Ariel was only one year away and she wanted it to go by fast. She mainly had one true friend, the young Sophie.
Sophie was the second youngest kid in her neighborhood at age 14. She was best known for being a glamorous kid, who every night at flashlight tag, wore some new lipstick color. She also happened to have three ex-boyfriends (most considered them just friends) and one boyfriend so far. Sophia always boasts how she makes out with her boyfriends behind the school, and how her blog gets over a million hit’s a day. She is always the girl who shows up to each class an hour late.
It started the normal way, all the kids met at Lily’s front porch and discussed where base was going to be.
“ Now remember, my Mom says that we can’t go in the road and into the neighbor’s yard. Now, let’s make this a nice and fun game.”
For an hour, it was very calm; nothing but kids playing games and the slight sound of cars passing bye.
Then something strange happened, a white van just stopped in front of Lily’s house. At first they didn’t mind it, but slowly it got a little disturbing. The three girls hid in the bushes and watched. They were a block away from Lily‘s house. It was eerie as the people in the van just stared at the house. Then, the doors opened and six men wearing black suits walked out. They all looked almost identical, and threatening.
Ariel could see that they each had a gun and she knew that they had bad intentions. She tried to keep quiet as the men looked around the house. Sophie had an idea, and threw a pinecone a couple feet away.
The men then jumped into their car and sped off on the other direction. The girls made a dash to Lily’s house. Then, suddenly, the car spun around and drove toward them quickly.
The girls were freaked out as they all tried to run fast. The car was only a couple of feet away when they then heard gun shots. They were so close to Lily’s house, but Sophie accidentally tripped on the sidewalk. Lily quickly helped her up .
Ariel was trying hard to open the door, for the men had gotten out of their van and were running towards them. Lily then fumbled to unlock the door, and they all fell in. She barely had enough time to lock the door behind her, as the frightened girls started to hide around the house.
Sophie, being the smallest of the group, hid inside a box inside Lily’s Mom’s closet. She then piled some clothes on top of her and went into a deep silence.
The other two girls hid in other places. Then, suddenly, they heard the sound of the door breaking down and the racing of footsteps around the house. The girls didn’t know why the men wanted them or what they wanted. Ariel, (who was hiding under a bed), saw the feet of many scampering about the room. They were throwing stuff all around. Most of the things were very expensive. It seemed they were searching for something. One of them said,
“ Find that map!”
He said it constantly. Ariel could tell that whomever it was had more authority over the other 3 men that were in the room. The four men then left the room angrily. After twenty minutes they heard the sound of a car driving away.
The girls were still worried , for they didn’t know if there were still anybody inside. Lily , who was hiding in a secret trapdoor below a carpet, had called the police.
In a matter of minutes, the police had come and all of their parents were desperately worried. Ariel’s mom Judy cried,
“ Ariel! Are you ok? Did anything happen?”
Ariel had barely enough time to answer, because her mom was hugging and kissing her. Lily’s father instantly ran inside and started searching the house frantically. Lily walked suspiciously up to her dad, and asked,
“What are you looking for?”
Her dad then looked inside a small vase( which was full of flowers) and started digging. Then he took a rolled up sheet of paper which was covered in dirt out. He sighed heavily in relief and then put it back in the vase. He then turned back to Lily, who was very suspicious, and said, “Oh nothing, I just had to see that everything was there”.
He then walked away, after telling Lily to not tell anybody about what she just saw. The first thing Lily did was quickly take out that sheet of paper from the vase. All it had was drawings of animals, and some stuff written in French. She then put it back and forgot about it.
Though soon the map would be back in her life, and even more important.
The first Book idea web sale!
Welcome hopeful writers, or people from my family! Today is the first annual book idea sale. I have tons of ideas you can have for nothing but $0.00! I got fantasy ideas, and sci fi ideas! Almost any idea possible. Here is my catalogue
Fantasy: A prince( who is said to be dead) falls in love with a young girl( whose father is the evil king of a fantasy land). The prince has to decide whether he should stay away from the girl out of fear of being caught, or stay with her.
Now I know that is a common idea, but I hope people have creativity!
Modern: A young teen actress's parents are killed and she is forced to be adopted. She then goes from rich life to a middle class life. Plus her new stepsister happens to be her biggest fan!
Sci Fi: A group of girls find an abandoned spaceship, and go on a intergalactic trip. Unfortunatly they find out that the ship actually contains a man-eatting creature.
These ideas are free, and you can use them. You can even send me a link to the book if you like! Have a good day! Oh and I might continue my fairy tale book during Spring Break. I'll definitly have loads to say during Spring Break. Hope I get some sun( doubt it though)
-AM
Fantasy: A prince( who is said to be dead) falls in love with a young girl( whose father is the evil king of a fantasy land). The prince has to decide whether he should stay away from the girl out of fear of being caught, or stay with her.
Now I know that is a common idea, but I hope people have creativity!
Modern: A young teen actress's parents are killed and she is forced to be adopted. She then goes from rich life to a middle class life. Plus her new stepsister happens to be her biggest fan!
Sci Fi: A group of girls find an abandoned spaceship, and go on a intergalactic trip. Unfortunatly they find out that the ship actually contains a man-eatting creature.
These ideas are free, and you can use them. You can even send me a link to the book if you like! Have a good day! Oh and I might continue my fairy tale book during Spring Break. I'll definitly have loads to say during Spring Break. Hope I get some sun( doubt it though)
-AM
My obsession with remakes
Ever since I finished making a book, and several sequels I found that the only other type of book I could write was a remake. So I took out some of my old books( my MAJORLY bad ones ), and started thinking of remaking some. I tried one book( Seven girls music adventure) but I got kinda bored. Then I tried A Girl's adventure, and I couldn't get passed one paragraph! Writing a remake is going to be hugely hard, and challenging.
Oh and I plan to post a chapter of either The Talking Cake or A Girl's adventure online today. Have a good day!
-AM
Oh and I plan to post a chapter of either The Talking Cake or A Girl's adventure online today. Have a good day!
-AM
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
How I reacted when I found my old books
One word: Horrified! For one I can't believe that I made one book basicly a long paragraph. I still remember that one book. I think it was called the Monkey from outerspace( I was 11 so you can't blame me for the stupid title!). It was mainly about two kids(at the time they were my sister and her friend) find a monkey in a UFO( which happened to crash in the middle of a park, but nobody but them seemed to notice for some reason). It was not one of my best novels, nad I even thought of remaking it.
The second book I found was simply called The Seven girls music adventure. Unfortunatly it was about me, a old friend of mine, and several fake characters get to be backup singers in a concert and get famous. Ok so it's not a seriously bad idea, but I'm just mad that it was soo stupid and I used myself( and a person I know) in it. I might remake it( I'll just make changes to the book so I don't have to rewrite the whole darn thing). Though I've had a butt-load of books I want to remake.
The third book was a kinda prequel/fantasy version which once again stars my friend, the fake characters, and I. I don't plan to remake it.
Well since I said that I would put a chapter online, tommarow I will post a chapter of one of my older novels which I don't really care about.
-AM
The second book I found was simply called The Seven girls music adventure. Unfortunatly it was about me, a old friend of mine, and several fake characters get to be backup singers in a concert and get famous. Ok so it's not a seriously bad idea, but I'm just mad that it was soo stupid and I used myself( and a person I know) in it. I might remake it( I'll just make changes to the book so I don't have to rewrite the whole darn thing). Though I've had a butt-load of books I want to remake.
The third book was a kinda prequel/fantasy version which once again stars my friend, the fake characters, and I. I don't plan to remake it.
Well since I said that I would put a chapter online, tommarow I will post a chapter of one of my older novels which I don't really care about.
-AM
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