Getting down to buisness...

Alright so I am working on getting myself back into the grove of writing posts and writing regularly, working on it promise, so it takes baby steps. And now that I am in the second semester of senior year the stress has decreased a little and I am finding my way back to the land of the organized. Or at least my land of the organized, which is not the average land of the organized, in fact a lot of people think it's the land of the disorganized/organized/--well okay it is not organized in the slightest, but I have a little more control over it than I have had.

My friend K.M., whom I adore she's awesome people her blog always makes me smile and I know I can always email her if I need someone to talk to, is have this little contest in light of all the snow we've been having. All you have to do is talk about her contest, via blogging, twitter, facebook or any other form of communication you feel applicable.

She's giving away a bunch of prizes and well go on over, follow her and BAM comment and spread the word about her lovely contest!!

Okay I'm off to write, and do homework, and enjoy my double snow day. I know I should be bummed that we will not be graduating until August, but I don't even CARE! I am loving these snow days, so very very very very very very very very very very very much.

So off to work...kind of. Oh and keep your eye out in celebration of Valentines day, which is my least favorite holiday of the year, and my upcoming birthday (I do not want to be eighteen. *sigh*), I am going to have a little giveaway of my own. I haven't figured out all the logistics of it yet but there will be chocolate. I love chocolate. And I work at a chocolate store, so yeah.

^-^

Kiss Her Damnit!!

I suppose my No-Kiss scene for this epic fest needs a little bit of an introduction. So here goes, the basic info you need to get the scene. What you need to know:

1) They are on a road trip

2) Zoie just inadvertently adopted a puppy(Bear), by complete accident, but she loves him.

3) They are driving through the country side and have stopped for the night in this old private property because they were way too far away from a hotel and well they’re teenagers, money is not something they have readily at their disposal. She goes for a nice long walk in the morning exploring the property and finds a large water fountain.

4) She talked Demetri into this trip.

Here we go. I would like to apologize beforehand for a few of the grammatical errors that I know are there (because they always are) even though I scoured over this thing trying to make it cohesive. As always feedback is appreciated and I will try to comment on all the other contributions once I get home from work tonight. Happy 2nd Annual No-Kiss Blogfest!!!

Zoie took her shoes off and rolled up her jeans stepping into the fountain. For a moment she just stood there watching as the water traveled around bubbling up and cascading down the elegant sculpture. She reached forwards, closed her eyes and let the cool stream flow over her hand. Bear yipped up at her and she jumped, opening her eyes to glance down at the puppy. He had his two front paws up on the fountain wall starring up at her with big pathetic mudpies for eyes. Zoie leaned over and scooped him up placing him next to her on the wall of the fountain. He stared at his reflection in the water, tilting his head to the side curiously.

“See silly? You’re not missing anything. It’s just water.” she leaned forwards slipping her hand under his reflection in the water and splashing it up at him. He jumped back growling and she giggled standing up, walking away from him, her hands in the air, spinning around slowly. The wind nipped at her ears, the cool excess spray from the fountain landing on her cheeks with the utmost care. Dots beginning to speckle her vision, and Zoie began to slow down, trying to steady herself.

“What the hell are you doing?!” Demetri’s voice shattered the quiet of the morning and Zoie slipped falling backwards into the water. She landed squarely on her butt, just under the cascading expulsion of the fountain. She started to laugh.

“Zoie! What the hell are you doing? This is Private Property, if we get caught we will get in trouble as in jail! I only agreed to stop here because you promised you’d behave!” she didn’t look at him, her hand covering her mouth as she continued to giggle.

“Zoie!” he hollered, and Bear turned towards him, a low growl escaping his lips, he let out a high pitched woof, raising his hackles at Demetri. Zoie waded over to the edge of the fountain where Demetri was standing.

“There is no one here. Take a chill.”

“Zoie this is so stupid we could get in serious trouble, I mean it is bad enough that we’re skipping school and driving over a thousand miles away from where we live, if we get caught we are so dead.” He ran a hand through his hair, and then placed either hand onto the fountains edge leaning forwards. She smiled at him, moving closer to him, she reached out her hands grasping onto the front of his shirt.

“Demetri, you really need to lighten up.” And with that she tugged him into the water with her.

She backed away, giggling as Demetri sat up in the water.

“You are so going to regret that.” He dove at her, grasping onto her side and tickling her feverishly. She began to twist and turn back and fourth painful laughter bubbling up inside her, as they struggled. She tried to tickle him back but he held her tight.

“Stop—Demetri—stop” her voice came in sharp gasps, her brown eyes wide with desperation but he didn’t let go. Zoie shifted again managing to wiggle free.

“That was not fair! You’re bigger than me!”

“You sound like a four year old.” Demetri said as he splashed at her. She moved towards him in the water, admiring how wet shirt clung to his muscles.

“Oh bite me.” They were standing up now and he stood a good foot above her, so she stood up on her tip-toes trying as best she could to get into his face.

“Maybe I will.” He placed one hand onto either of her shoulders, his eyes searching her face. Her mouth twitched up in a smile and she leaned in closer to her, her arms finding their way around his neck so she was completely pressed against him.

“Maybe” she took a deep breath, her mouth as close to his as she could manage, “you should.”

He leaned forwards blood coursing through his veins, he wondered after all this time if she still tasted the same, or if the years they’d spent apart had altered her so completely he wouldn’t recognize her lips.

“Woof!” The ten pound mutt lunged towards them, his hackles raised a growl perched on his lips, throwing himself between his master and the boy he felt was a threat. They split apart as the dog crashed into the water. He let out a yip, began to slash wildly back and forth, his eyes growing wide with fear. Immediately Zoie scooped him up, he clung to her, shaking wet, whimpering from the cold.

“I guess he doesn’t like the water.” Demetri said taking a step back and sticking his hands, unsuccessfully, into his damp pockets, his blue eyes searching her face. She didn’t meet his eyes, just nodded and waded her way over to the edge of the fountain, putting bear down onto the ground and climbing out herself. She rung her hair out and then turned to him.

“Come on, we’ve got to go.” Then she scooped the puppy up again and began to march towards where their van was, leaving Demetri alone wading in a fountain.

So the verdict is?

Alright everyone have a nice day, enjoy the almost kisses and Happy New Year!! Oh and thank you for reading I really appreciate it! :)

Two Days Late But None The Less HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Alright. It's been a tough year, so I'm gonna keep this short. Last year I posted my goals, here, and I'm going to recap the goals I met those I didn't and summarize my new goals! Ready? Okay!(Please ignore the peppy-ness it is late and I am tired)

Last year I wanted to (The ones I achieved are in italicized(hehe I love that button)):

-Finish a WIP
-Finish He’s With Me
-Edit
-Edit
-Edit
-Edit
-Do research for Glass Heart
-Finish Glass Heart
-Edit
-Edit
-Edit
-Find a Crit. Group
-Get into College
-Get through Jr. Year
-Read, over 100 books
-Pass AP exams (with flying colors)
-Give Kittens baths
-Work on stepping out of my comfort zone.
-Work on stepping out of my comfort zone.
-Query until my fingers bleed (after finishing
And editing obviously)
-And get a job (ick)

Overall not so bad out of 21 I did 9! That is just over 1/3!...alright that kind of sucks but college took up way more of my time than I estimated it would so that is life. My goals for this year are similar, and in some ways different. Here we go:


-Do MORE research for Glass Heart
-Finish Glass Heart
-Edit
-Read, over 100 books
-Pass AP exams (with flying colors)
-Give Kittens baths
-Continue to work on stepping out of my comfort zone.
-Query until my fingers bleed (after finishing
And editing obviously)
-Choose a school(for those who are wondering I have been accepted to 6 for 6, out of 14 applications so it will be tough. What was I thinking?)
-Buy(and read) EVERY book that is written by one of my buddies on the blogsphere
-Go to THE MAGICAL WORLD OF HARRY POTTER
-Buy a Wand from Olivanders at TMWOHP.
-Figure out some of the Bestie angst I've been dealing with.
-Clean my room
-Categorize my entire book collection before departing for college
-Organize my life (hehe not happening, but I can hope)
-Help out my crit. groups as much as I can.
-Oh and most important, be at the Midnight Showing for HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 in full HP garb. Yes I am that kind of nerd!
-Alright, I lied, this is the most important, begin posting regularly again, on this blog and my critique group blog.

So that's it.

I will meet most of these, I hope.

And though this is two days overdue and I'm such a slacker I still want to wish you all a WONDERFUL New Year, and I hope with every fiber of my hyper super caffeinated being that all your aspirations and goals pan out for you!

what now...?

It lived up to my expectations.

Blew them out of the water. Like I had a freak out so huge it was equivalent to Pompeii erupting, with of course the exception of all the dead people, but it was big.

So if you'll excuse me I'm off to plan my night for July 15th 2011.

What am I going to do once this is all over?

What am I going to do with my life? I'm not that interesting, I don't have any grand plans or anything. Truthfully my childhood consisted of living Harry Potter book to book, and oh how did I CRY, as in tears of blood I cried so hard, when I read the final book. So then it was movie to movie, that got me through.

WHAT am I going to do? College isn't going to be as life changing for me as Harry was. I grew up with them, laughed with them. They showed me how to truly love reading, and writing, I wouldn't be who I am without Harry Potter.

I'm going to hang in perpetual obscurity.

Well, not until July 15th 2011, at most likely 3am. Hopefully 4am because then the movie will be super long, and I'll have a little more time with my childhood loves.

I'm off to bed, to ponder my question...what now?

Good thing I don't need an answer for a couple months.

In Two Minutes

In two minutes it will be exactly 26 hours until I'm watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

To say I am pumped is an understatement. Also I got a Facebook, so if I haven't found you yet please feel free to track me down.

I've got to go prepare, I'm dressing up after all.

End of an era here I come.

Oh and there will be tears. Lots and LOTS of tears.

Go Look!!!!!!!

GO LOOK!! GO LOOK!!

So my friend K.M., just got herself a book deal with, now wait for it...

Simon and Schuster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I think you should..........


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CONGRATS KATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted over at Ink

So I'm trying to balance all this college stuff right now. It isn't working very well. But I'm trying.

All I wanted to say was that I did my post, as seen by my post on posting, I'm trying to post here on Tuesdays and over on my critique groups blog on Thursdays. I haven't been making the goal. But college apps will be done by November 15th. Then I'll be consumed by NaNoWriMo, but I should be able to post more often. Hopefully.

Okay *deep breaths* I've got to go work on my college essay again. Wish me luck.

Oh here's the critique group blog link.