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