Thursday, August 27, 2009

WiP update


I GOT 600 WORDS YESTERDAY!!!!

Nothing could possibly convey my excitement about actually getting something written better than CAPS right now. Except possibly this: --->

Oh yea, that was totally me after FINALLY ignoring my homework and putting in some MUCH needed writing time.

I've divided my schedule up and I'm not going to lie, I have homework time and practicing time and even workout time. All other free spots in my schedule will be split between my buddies (yes, I have IRL friends!) and writing. :D

I'm a happy panda right now. Seriously. Look at that picture again and tell me it doesn't make your day better.

Of course, I've also realized that I'm not entirely sure of my ending at this point for Rise of the Phoenix and that's more than likely why I only managed 600 words. This means I'm actually going to have to do some outlining *gasp* and figure out who dies or ya know whatever.... :)

I think I'll go do that now, instead of reading for class because frankly I'm tired of reading required material right now. Yay procrastinating for a good reason! :)

Have you been behind on your writing goals? Have you put your other responsibilities on hold to get some writing time in?
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

WiP Wednesday, College, Life, Fraternity, and Supernatural

So it's that time of week again and, alas, I have nothing to show for my WiP. This hurts me. I've been trying to transition back into college and frankly it's wiping me out. I have about an hour and a half right now though so as soon as I'm done here my butt will be glued to my bed and Word will be up.

I mean it.

College is awesome. Really it is. I'm a nerd, I love school. My only problem with it is the other people. They tend to lose all of their manners and become rude little pricks who are so wrapped up in drama that sometimes I feel like I've been physically run over by the train of lies, accusations, and angst that trails behind them.

Yay college. :) On the other hand, my classes FREAKING ROCK. Except Psychology, he just preaches straight outta the book. It's dull. But everything else is amazing. :D

All of my free time lately has been going to homework, my friends and/or the fraternity to which I have pledge my soul (it's music, so it to a good cause). What's left of my time after all of that? Quality roommate bonding time over Supernatural on DVD. What better way to de-stress than by watching Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles battle supernatural forces?

Absolutely. Nothing. (Unless you throw in some Jiffy Pop and Dr. Pepper or sweet tea.)

So that's what I've been doing. Taking life one day at a time and trying to figure out when I'll have time to write. Speaking of which, I'm down to an hour and twelve minutes so I'm gonna gonna go now.

Hopefully the rest of you have had MUCH more success and progress this week than I have. I know life has been getting in all of your ways as well so here's to hoping she'll stop being so needy and clingly and let us get some work done.

QUESTION of the DAY: What do you do to de-stress after a long and tiring, or possibly just nerver-wracking, day?
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Falling Behind

It's Wednesday. I missed Teaser Tuesday and have nothing to show for WiP Wednesday and I'm sad.

Dear College,
Stop interfering with my writing.
Yours truly,
Amanda

However, it looks like I'll have plenty of time to balance classes, lessons, homework, practicing, a social life, SAI meetings, AND writing so it's all good. I'll jump back on the writing later today and might catch up on the last two days' posts. Might.

On another note, I'm super excited about the Mythology class I'm taking. It reminded me how much I love school, and we haven't even started yet! Haha. Yay for nerdery. :D

Well, I'm off to try writing since I don't have my reading glasses and reading tiny text from a book is harder on my eyes than typing is. Here's to hoping the week off will let me fly through this!

Is your life getting in the way of your writing lately?
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Kreative Blogger Award!! :D



Look, look, look!! I got an AWARD! :D I'm thrilled, speechless. No really, I don't know what to say. Icy Roses, you are awesome. Thanks SO much for my very first award. I mean, it's so pretty and nice. Go ahead, take another look. I'll wait.

Mkay, moving on.


Rules:

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might not know.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

7 Things About Yours Truly:

1. I absolutely LOVE buying TV shows and movies on DVD. I have over 50 seasons of TV and 100 movies.
2. I have 3 siblings (all 1/2); an older brother by my mom and two little sisters through my father.
3. I haven't seen or heard from my father in at least five years, sadly, this doesn't bother me.
4. My blog keeps going bold for no reason as I type, it's getting rather annoying.
5. I wrote the first college paper that I absolutely loved last year over the monomythic cycle and how it applies to Dianna Wynne Jones' Howl's Moving Castle. :D Yes, I am proud to be an English nerd.
6. I am a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, a women's music fraternity, and I have the best Big Sis EVER.
7. Animals are one of the great loves of my life. I have a cat named Kitta (though she goes by many names including KitKat and at one point Kiwi when the twins I used to babysit decided that was a good name for her). I also have a Yorkie who looks like a Doberman whose name is Chloe. My senior year in highschool we had 13 pets, most of which were birds.

OMG that was hard. Ok on to the tagging! And yes, I can only tag seven. :(

7 Lucky People:

1. Natalie - Between Fact and Fiction
2. Tess - Tess Hilmo
3. Jenn - Author Jenn Johansson
4. KM - ...&&Prophetic Pictures
5. Elana - Elana Johnson, Author (again :P even though she's on blog vacay now)
6. Lady Glamis - The Innocent Flower (also again, you guys are just popular haha)
7. Kiersten - Kiersten Writes

Ok, so I tried to get people that hadn't already recieved it and who I think are totally awesome and/or very helpful. If you aren't one of them, don't fret! I have about 80 blogs I try to keep up with, so please don't feel unloved. this was seriously hard. :(

But CONGRATS to you lucky 7 now keep it going! :D
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Life/Update

Alright, it's Monday morning and I haven't written or read anything in days. It makes me sad, but I've been packing and running around doing things lately as I move back into the dorm today. Yay.

There was a funeral on Thursday. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were let's see how much packing, hanging out with mom, and spending time with friends I can cram in to each day kind of days. And today is let's haul all of Amanda's crap up to Russellville, sign in, unpack, go eat, go shop, say goodbye, and organize the new room day.

Hopefully life will not continue to come between me and the WiP and I will be able to finish the first draft soon. Hopefully.

Has life gotten in the way of your writing this week?
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