Thank GOoDness for Ian Somerhalder >=)

Song of the day: Can't come up with anything better so... Beautiful- Akon

Quote of the day: "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson. Meh, it fit. I'm in a stupid RUT.

Thoughts: It's a darn shame that Ian is 18 years older than I am *harumphs and crosses arms*

What I should be doing right now: Giving up writing. But I luffs it too much ^-^

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So, if you caught my last blog post you'll know ABNA decided I'm not good enough, so I've been in a Fallon mood; angry, depressed, and destructive.

I'm not in any danger of giving up writing, if anything I've said has come across that way. Just... contemplating. I was pretty sure I was going to make round one, at least. Needless to say, I didn't.  It's a bit of a low blow, but I'm not dead ;) Takes more than a snooty editor to take me down. I've got too much Lycan in me ;)

So I've spend the last day moping. I read Secrets and Shadows, which was awesome by the way and drank some coffee. But I was still mopy so I did my favorite things; wrote a little and googled Ian Somerhalder ;)

OMG, I KNOW WHY THEY CAST HIM AS A VAMPIRE!!! He's too good looking to be human.

I love the hat so much too XD *wishes could steal*

Don't you think? Because I think he's too good looking to be human.

Am I the only one feeling better?

Plus, I'm feeling that I can prove, with ^zis pic, he could totally be justified as Leo.

Don'tcha think?

He looks very Damon in this one, no?

Ok, I'm feeling better now >=) And hopefully you all are too =) And, in case you were thinking it, yes, it is kind of strange I'm internet-stalking him. Feel free to call the police so he's required to come to court so I can stalk him in person ^-^

...Yeah. Ok, Peace, Love, and NO VAMPRIE DIARIES. ANOTHER STUPID HIATUS T-T

But I still luffs Ian sooooooo... byes!!!

Amazon breakthrough novel award

The votes are in.
Their verdict; I suck.

End of post.

Sharing my newly-gained knowledge of the publishing world with you.

Song of the day: Definitely Happiness is overrated- Airborn toxic event ;)

Quote of the day: "I'll sign the book for 22$. If you don't want it signed, it'll be 25$"- Ross Murphy

Thoughts: LMAO. Well, that was interesting.

What I should be doing right now: Blogging to ya'll about the writer's thing I just went to. Maybe writing some D.D. Oh, and doing my homework *nods*

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Ok, guys, you'll never guess what I did today. I got off my butt and made a step toward being a published author.
No, despite my slightly-leading blog title, I'm not getting published. Still a 14-year old loser, remember? XD No, I just went to a writing confrence with Ross Murphy, author of You will never dance alone and professional manuscript reader (Aka: the guy who reads your submission and sends you all those pretty rejection letters XD).

That, in case you were wondering, is Ross's book <- He was very nice, and very funny XD All the while telling us that our dreams of having millions of people line up at big signings was never going to happen. But, I did find out lot's of very, very interesting things today ^-^ Such as the fact publishing companies to little to nothing.... 

That's right, you heard me ^-^ You're on your own, homies. Even if you get published, you have to pay someone to do all your editing (publishers don't provide people), cover designs (they don't provide those either, you've got to hire someone to make you one) and you've got to go to the managers of bookstores and convince them to buy a few copies; your book doesn't get any real attention until you sell about 5,000 copies 0-0 Yikes. That's... a LOT of bookstore managers to talk to. I'm already shaking; ABNA better come through for me ;)

~~~But, I learned some cool things. Those pesky copyrights. Worried about people stealing your stuff? Worry no more; the instant your ideas are written down, they're copyrighted. So long as you can prove it's yours, you're good.

~~~~You also get a lot of free reign for the book. You want to design your own cover? Go right ahead. You want to draw crappy pictures for the inside? That's fine too. You're the one marketing yourself, so have fun with it ;)

~~~~Also, it's a bad idea to self publish if you want to get picked up by a big publishing house. It get's rid of your "natural" market, and in result you've pretty much ruined that big pick-me-up publishing is supposed to get you.

~~~~OH, AND WHEN EDITORS READ your first page better be epic. Because it's all they read before they start eliminating your manuscript.

Yup, you heard me right. Those people who read your book traditionally read the first page to see if your writing style is any good or not. If they say not... well, you're screwed. Pardon my language, but it's true. So make that first page count so they look again.

What else did Mr. Murphy say *thinks* OH, he said booksignings don't work well either; he's been there for four hours and gotten 8 people to buy books. Meanwhile, 75 people walked up to him and said "I've been thinking about writing  a book." and tried to get him to help them get a deal. HOWEVER, he writes general fiction set in Ireland; cool, but not really the strongest market over here. So it might be different for teen market.

Anyways, that's all I can remember without my notes =) Hope this helped, and if you're feeling discouraged, don't =)

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ABNA Tomorrow. Wish me luck ;)

I reserve my right to blog ^-^

Song of the day: Either Heartless- Kayne West, Boston- Augustana, Happiness is overrated- Airborn Toxic Event, or Everything- Michael Buble. Yes, I'm allowed to have multiple songs of the day. Isn't it wonderful? I have Pandora on non-stop at my house.


Quote of the day: "In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told. Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul to a woman so heartless"~ Kayne West, Heartless (the song). I heard this and all I could think about was "OMG, SOMEONE WROTE A SONG ABOUT FALLON. XD They didn't really, but that's what it made me think. So yes, this is the quote of the day. Epic, no?

Thoughts: Two days until ABNA. I might just die waiting.


What I should be doing right now: Writing Staaaaaaaarski. But I'm lazy and Pierce is being dumb =P He keeps grinning to see if Morgan will notice. She didn't, but she did consider beating him over the head with a rock. Unfortunately, she was raised in the equivilant of the 1800's. Women didn't brain men with rocks back then, unfortunately. Darn shame.

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Ok, so this blog is utterly pointless =) Especially since Autumn is the only one reading (Luffs ya', Autumn XD)

But, I'm trying to be good about blogging. And I've only got 9 blogs this month; so much for one every day XD But yeah... I'll *hopefully* be doing more book reviews soon. I've a couple books waiting at the library (Secrets and Shadows, The Replacement, Once in a full moon, Before I fall, ect) , and I still need to read Incarceron, Maximum Ride, Sunshine, Feed and Dracula. Not to mention my rereads (Need, City of Bones just 'cause I luffs it so, Vampire Academy, ect) Ought to be interesting ;)

So, what can I blog about....snow days XD I had a snow day today. The snow was melted by the time I woke up XD

Short week this week. Only 3 days ;) Ought to be easy... maybe. School is rough. I have to pay attention and deal with stupid people. It's like my own personal purgatory.
OH YEAH, ONLY TWO DAYS UNTIL ABNA. THAT'S WHY I BLOGED TODAY :D This might be my last ever blog ;( Because if I don't make it to round two I might die. I don't handle failure well. Especially not when I lose right off the bad. Waa.

Oh, and tomorrow I'm going to some "How to get published" thing with my grandpa at the library :D With any luck, someone will offer me a publishing deal. And I'll get a magical unicorn and win the lottery while I'm at it XD But hey, a girl can dream ;)
So.... that's it today =) I've got to go and pretend to write, so peace, love, and Vampire diaries peeps!!!!

Wow, his eyes are blue

What's with all the pictures of Ian? I had to make the blog worth reading, didnt I =)

Anyways, PEACE OUT!!! *dramatic exit*

You should be proud of me; If I stay book review.

Ok, few thing's to say before I start this book review.

1.) I started reading this at 11 pm because I was bored and finished around 3. Forgive me if some details are fuzzy.

2.) This is way out of my genre. For one THERE ARE NO WEREWOLVES. OMG. Nor even a mention of werewolves ;( Shame. But, anyways, the last book that was general fiction (which is what I'm calling this 0-0) without being prompted by the school system was like The Wolf Boy or something and I only read it because I thought it was about werewolves. It wasnt. Not even close. It was about an eight year old kid with a box of letters and a weird neighbor. Not my piece of cake ^-^ Now, if weird neighbor had been a werewolf and tried to bite him? THAT would've been cool. AHHH, MAD EIGHT YEAR OLD WEREWOLF IS GOING TO EAT YOU AND BUY PLANE TICKETS TO LONDON SO HE CAN BE AMERICAN KID WEREWOLF IN LONDON AHHHH. Yep. Very epic the way I wrote it ;) Better than ze kid with the box of letters, thank you very much *takes a bow*

3.) Take it easy on me if the review sucks. I'm used to reviewing Paranormal ;)

4.) I read this beacause I heard it was good and wanted to know how the writer would handle it; I had no idea how you'd write something like this and thought it would be a good idea to learn.

If I stay- Gayle Forman

On a day that started like any other…

Mia had everything: a loving family, a gorgeous, adoring boyfriend, and a bright future full of music and full of choices. Then, in an instant, almost all of that is taken from her. Caught between life and death, between a happy past and an unknowable future, Mia spends one critical day contemplating the one decision she has left—the most important decision she’ll ever make.
Simultaneously tragic and hopeful, this is a romantic, riveting and ultimately uplifting story about memory, music, living, dying, loving.


Pitch:
Actually, I don't like the pitch. It seems more like they're tryign to sell you the book or see the morals in it (especially at the end, ugh) rather than focusing on the intricate plot.
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Plot: Kind of Amazing @-@ If there was a reason for me to read general fiction, it would probably be books like this.
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Pacing: There were some places it dragged a little; half the book, to is actually the backstory; explaining why she would go, why she would stay. It definitely had the most complex backstory of any book I've read. So, with a lot of backstory, it dragged in places, but it wasn't a  boring slow really.
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Characters: FANTASTIC!!!! They were all great =) Very, very, very well developed. Even the minor ones.

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Character names: Not the most original, but there were no Patchs. They were actually not bad, so...

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Originality: Yes. Need I say more? I was amazed; I've never read nor seen nor heard of anything like this.

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Cover: I thought it was cool. It certainly portrayed the book, in it's own way. Though she's fighting to prove that BESTSELLING AUTHORS CAN'T USE CAPITAL LETTERS ON THEIR COVERS OMG. Why can't they just capitalize that little I and prove they know their grammer? It bothers me to no end.

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Setting: It was ok; not great, not bad.

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Writing Style: Not bad, not bad at all =)

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Imagery and attention to detail: Imagery, no. She didn't really go into it. Attention to detail; hell yeah.

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Title: I tfit's the story very well =) Simple, but it certainly tells you exactly what the books about at a glance =)

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Is it worth the read?: Yes, definitely. If not for the plot, read it for the way she wrote it. I mean, how would you have written a book about someone debating whether to stay or move on? It would be a short story, not a book. So I was curious how she'd write it, and I feel like I can be just a bit of a better writer now that I understand. It's a good eye opener too, and the depth she goes into is amazing. And the characters are so, so original. So yes, I stongly reccomend you read it =)

I'm a bad girl

I forgot to Thursday excerpt yesterday T-T Sorry

Deadly Design

He walked up the steps and kicked the door a few times. I realized too late that it was a variation of knocking. “Put me down,” I demanded.

“Look injured,” he shot back.

The door opened, and Andrea froze. “Hol-”

“You and your sister have a very similar vocabulary,” he interrupted, stepping over the threshold. “Were do you want her?”

“I’m not an object,” I piqued, flushing. “Just put me down or I swear I’ll break your nose.”

“Charming,” he said at me dismissively.

“Er, uh, the couch,” Andrea said, fumbling for words and following Seth as he brushed past her, down the hall, and into the living room. “What happened?”

“Anita saw some very, very scary wolves and panicked. She twisted her ankle and fell while running; they didn’t chase her.”

Andrea was watching him with obvious distrust. “And why are you here?”

He didn’t look over at her, instead setting me down and keeping his eyes fixed on mine as if trying to convey something important. I was still out of the loop; wolves? As in plural? Had I somehow missed one? Or more? Ugh, I had a headache to go along with my “twisted ankle”. “I found her,” he replied simply.

“And how did you find her?” Andrea questioned, eyes narrowed.

This time he did glance over. “What, Anita hasn’t told you? I’m stalking her.”

For a second, Andrea looked so flustered I wanted to laugh. Then her face pinched and she scowled at him. “Do you think this is funny?”

He put on an obvious look of mock horror. “No, of course not. It’s never funny when Milady gets hurt.” I gave him a wicked scowl.

Andrea looked equally as angry. “Get out of my house!” she snapped, pointing toward the door. Her eyes were narrowed, and for a second she looked scarier than the wolf. Seth raised his hands in surrender, winked at me, and strode calmly toward the door. I was a little surprised that Andrea didn’t throw anything at him on the way out. Maybe she was afraid it would prompt him to stay longer. The door clicked shut after him.

She wheeled around toward me, looking a little less angry and a little more bemused. “Is he always so…” she trailed off, jerking her thumb over her shoulder to the place he’d just vanished.

“Annoying? Cocky? Open?”

She arched one eyebrow. “I was going to say sexy, but that works too.”

I resisted the urge to beat my head in with a book. But only just barely.

Two days late and twenty dollars short

Song of the day: Under Control- Paracute (I LOVE this song SO MUCH!!!!!)

Quote(s) of the day: Vanessa: *whispered* Does vervain really work?
Damon: *from across the room* No, not at all.
Vanessa: *to Elena* Can he hear us?
Damon: No, that would be creepy.
Vanessa: Can he read minds too?
Damon: If you wanted to see me naked, all you had to do was ask.
Elena: No, that he can't do.

Thoughts: SETH!!!!!! Stop being a stalker, it's not good for your health and police records.

What I should be doing right now: Writing new Deadly Design chapters.

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Short blog today ;) Nothing important to say. My inkivercery was awesome, but uneventful. But I got a frapichino <3 so all was good. I had an awesome S.A.D. too. My classmates were being twitterpated so I just stood back and laughed. I meant to spend it with Kyri, Fallon, Leo, and Cy, but Anita demanded my attention. We had a good day =)

Anyways, the "twenty dollars short" is because I want a copy of Nightshade. But I'm broke, so yeah *shrugs* Same old, same old. OH, But Secrets and Shadows came out today and I found the PERFECT DD (Deadly Design) song (Ghost- Parachute =) They're my <3 band of the day) (13 to life, book 2) So I'll be going to pick that up at the library soon. As soon as they put their stupid stickers on it and let me know. So I'll be reviewing zat. Hmm... going to write a little, maybe consider doing my homework ;) You know, the usual.

Well... that's it. Talk to ya'll later ;)

*sigh*

Oh, right, g2g!!! Byes!!!!

Darkest Birthday EVER (Part two)

Ok, part 2!!!! It's going to be a bit shorter than originally planned [ =( ] cause I procrastionate and don't have time with Parent Control's on my laptop, so I'm going to compare and contrast fast.

Original

Word Count: 96k

Kyri Farson, a quiet, inquisitive girl of age 17, took her German shepherd mix out for a walk. That was about when she was attacked by a pack of wolves. After sighting them in her backyard, but before another pack of wolves showed up and all-out battle started around her. Minutes later, the first pack vanishes into the dark… and the remaining pack turns out to be somewhat human, including her crush from school, Leo.

As Kyri adjusts to the world she’s been thrown into, a dark war rolls on the horizon for her new friends.  Somehow, she is caught in the middle and is in danger every second she defies the enemy’s leader.  Worse even, the Alpha of the pack, Leo’s promised mate, has no love lost over Kyri. The days seem to get worse rather than easier.

No one said it was easy being a lycanthrope.

Current

Word Count: 113k

I shouldn’t have turned back. I had to keep running. If I didn’t, one of them would have caught me. As if they couldn’t already. I shouldn’t have turned back. But I did.

I did.

I wished I hadn’t.

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Werewolves exist. The guy you love is one, and so is his girlfriend. She’s the Alpha. And she hates your guts. Welcome to Kyri’s world.

One misplaced step, and she was dragged into a war. One that, unbelievably, seems to be over her.  When a long forgotten relative comes to take her home-and at the same time away from the Cerna pack that saved her life -Kyri has to choose which side she’s on: Blood or Bond.

And then there’s Leo, who, up until recently seemed like a perfectly normal, attractive teenage boy. But then again, that was before he Shifted into a six foot lycanthrope.

Nothing’s as it seems. At least not with Leo.

Or his Alpha girlfriend.

Am I the only one seeing the difference?

Cyrus: No, of course not. We're not blind. The second one is obviously better; I get extra attention.

Fallon: No, that's exactly why the first one's better.

Kyri:... not really. The writing was bad. And the internal dialogued sucked.

Fallon: Not my fault your thoughts were stupid.

Kyri: and the imagery wasn't great. Don't get me started on the grammar.

Narriating me: Thanks for the ego boost, guys.

Leo: What? I didn't say anything.

Nm: I know you didn't, Leo, and I appreciate that.

Fallon: Suck up.

Kyri: No need to be mean, Fallon

Fallon: No need to be stupid, Angeonet

Cyrus: That was a little out of line

Fallon: Everything I do is out of line. My name isn't Sally Sunshine, moron.

Cyrus: 0-0

Leo:... that didn't make any sense.

Fallon: I didn't ask your opinion, Bainbridge

Nm: Ok, that's enough *pushes them back in the closet and locks door*

Sorry about that ^-^'' Anyways, if you're still reading, for reasons unknown, thanks!!! This has been a very short DE birthday celebration. Wooo!!!!!! Tomorrow's my inkiversary, so Frozen's finally going up. Peace, love, and Vampire Diaries peeps!!!

Darkest Birthday EVER!!! (Sketch dump portion)

Song of the day: The birthday song- The Beatles ;)

Quote of the day: "Do you hate me?" Kyrin Angeonet
"I don't know. I try not to."~ Fallon Wolvesbane (Yes, I know, I'm very bad for quoting my own book, but I wrote this a year ago today ;) I thought it was apt, and it's one of my favorite Fallon lines)

Thoughts: Holy crap. I can't believe Darkest is a year old. It's come so far... jeez, I sound like a mother who's kid's going off to college.

What I should be doing right now: Blogging about DE's birthday ;) Finally, I'm doing what I'm supposed to be.

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Guess, what everyone? If you didn't already infer by what I've blogged so far, today is Darkest Ebony's first birthday; I finished it a year ago today =) Hard to believe, huh? Maybe it's just me ;)

So, my big thing for the celebration was going to be character sketches. But, as you might've noticed, I redid the template =) So you've already seen them all... there went the big plan. I'll still blog 'em anyways though, among other things ;)

If you're somewhat blind-o and need it bigger (or simply would like to see the images larger) click on the character's name. It's a link to the full sized image.

Kyri

Yup, she's the MC. Very whiny, passes out way too much, and rather clueless. But I love her anyways XD She's grown sooooo much since the begining. Just a little more sardonic ;)

Leo <3

Leo <3 (His real name doesn't have the heart, but maybe it should...) the only reason anyone reads the book. 'Cause he's so gorgeous. He is, I assure you. Almost as (can't believe I'm using this word) smexy as Ash from Paradox ;) Only Leo's abbs have nothing on Ash's. But he's still got a pretty face.

Forgive the coloring outside of the lines. I did the color veryquicklyanddidn'thavetimetoerase.

Fallon

Ahh, the queen b!tch. My favorite character though, believe it or not. I think I empathise for her. Or I'm at least sympathetic. I totally ruin her life all the time. But she's a boatload of fun to write. Or at least she's going to be ;) I forgot it was a secret that I was working on that.. .oops ;) (not that concerned about letting that out, since I didn't just hit backspace... fail XD)

Cyrus

Ahh, my Italian friend. He was nobody in the first book, but I needed someone to rise to the occasion ;) De Luca fit the roll the best. So yes ^-^ I'm so glad I gave him the chance. I take back what I said about ruining Fallon' s life; her's is easy compared to my Hydrophobic gimpy friend's ;).

Well... those are all the ref's I did (refrence sheets) for DE, but I also did Seth, Anita, and Kody (in zat order ;). They don't get cool captions though ;) Click on the image for a larger version.

So... that's it ref wise ;) But sketch dump isn't over yet!!!!

(Forgive me. From here on out was my old art style; the eyes were better, less anime, but the paws sucked)

(Bad)

(And most of it's on lined paper)

Yeah, someone decided to muzzle and collar Leo. Baaaaaad plan, if you couldn't tell by the blood on his face and paws. Don't ask me who did it; I don't know yet. But someone in Books 4 or 5, for sure ;)

Ppppft, what do you know, Cy's angry too XD. Though for very different reasons. He's angry cause... wait, I don't do spoilers. But, anyways, he's very angry because of something in book three. That is a cast on his leg, by the way. He and Leo got in an arguement and Leo's alot tougher than Cy.

Anita again... WAIT, ANITA?!?! You're a Deadly Design wolf. Get out of here!!!

I call it a Kia...no, not the car with the cool gangster hamster comercial. I mean a Kyri in Action. ;) Yes, both are her. Oh damn. I forgot my crappy handwriting was on this. Well, that's embarassing. Ignore the words. If you can't read them, it says "Away from the sun, untouched by it's rays, how low you'd go to take the sun away". Yes, I was in a poetic mood.

Aww <3

Oh, anyways, this is the sequel image to the one above (yes, pictures can have sequels. Jeez). Only it's better, because it has Leo. I was going to add "... how low you'd go to take my sun away", but then I remembered how bad my handwriting was and didnt. Darn shame, because it's awkward just writing it now. Kyri is, obviously, still locked up. I think Leo's in the city. Only he was never actually there, so don't ask me why.

Ahh, finally, the good one in the gallary. My sister did this one ^-^ I harassed her to make it until she did. It's the first ever fanart and she was blackmailed into it. I'm such a good sister *teary eyed* anyways, I loved this one. So I thought I'd add it to the Sketch dump portion.

Anyways, this is it for the sketch-dump portion. If you're reading, hold tight for Part two- retro and present ;) hopefully I'll fit it all in today *wince*

LMAO

Song of the day: Set fire to the third bar- Snow patrol. This song TOTALLY makes me think of Shiver by Maggie Steifvater.


Quote of the day: "Nice is overrated~" Mason Lockwood
"That's what I think!!!!!" ~ Damon Salvatore <3 (LMAO. Nice, Damon)

Thoughts: DAAAAAAAAAAMON <3, mah homie, looking good as always ;) Can't believe the stupid  [censor] attacked you though.


What I should be doing right now: Writing Frozen *checks watch* I've got until the night of the 12th to write 2k. Sounds easy, but Camilla's being a PAIN.

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So, Non-existant blog reader peeps, today was a Vampire Diaries day, hence my late blog ;) I was too busy shouting at the screen to blog. But I'm blogging now :D Isnt it wonderful (no one cares, Jordan [didn't ask you opinion, Fallon])

Don't really have anything to say today. Hmm. Um... I hate Jules? I finished Crescendo (Hush, Hush sequal), took some pictures of dead trees, made some covers, sat around and stared at a wall. You know, the usual. I want to write my Fallon book soooooo much. But Kyri's being an attention hog, so I can't yet T-T I'm thinking I might make a Darkest Ebony prequel with Fallon's story too. If so, I'll call it something lame like The Wolf's Bane (Fallon Wolvesbane, get it?) or The Fall of Falloness McCormic, Alpha Dog (Since the epiquil is From the Journals of Fallon Wolvesbane, (and, well, the rest of them). [If you haven't read the books or just don't care, Fallon's birthname was Falloness McCormic. Then she went totally emancipated bad@$$ and changed her name]  Dunno if I'll actually write it publically though. Hmm.

I need a picture or two, so here's one.

*sighs*

Oh, right, blogging. There. Now it looks like this is a real blog rather than insane rambling. So yeah.

Ok, if you're reading this for news on the animated trailer, don't get excited. The animation's were so crappy I'm redoing most of it. And adding a lot more Fallon, because I'm totally bias ;) It's good to be the writer.

I'm jealous of Andy Starr, and she's not even real. She's been on Vampire Diaries for ONE DAY and already she's Damon's new girlfriend. It sucks to be a real person and not a TVD character. They get to be within 40 feet of Damon.

OH, and I've been working hard at character sketches. Of my werewolf character in wolf form of course, since my people-drawing skills are super crappy. I'm going to upload them on my deviantart soon and then blog them at you guys. 'Cause Ima showoff.

Oh, speaking of showing off, today is a Thursday ;) Thursday excerpt AND new Frozen cover.

^ See?

Burning in the sunlight. Totally authentic vamps.

~Frozen~

“Waiting for someone, Edge?” I asked, sauntering into sight. He turned to look at me with a lack of surprise on his face; he would’ve known I was coming. The only question was when.

He rose from Fred’s tombstone, and I gave him an irritated look. Hassling poor Fred just to keep me from avoiding him was getting rather annoying. “Camilla,” he greeted me stiffly.

I made a low irritated sound, putting my hands on my hips. “What do you want?”

A slow, tired smile came across his face. “I want you to give me another chance.” His reply took me by surprise; I didn’t realize he was moving until he was right in front of me. He looked down at me with level, fathomless black eyes and I looked unflinchingly into his gaze.

“No,” I said, no hint of reluctance in my voice. I smirked, a quick twist of my lips, and moved around him.

Fortunately, Edge wasn't one of those guys who slinks off to sulk until he reclaimed enough of his ego to try again. “Why did Ramon find Raines’s body at the bottom of the river?” he asked, almost casually.

I stopped, throwing him a look over my shoulder. “I thought that was obvious; I killed him.”

Yeah, short/lame excerpt, I know. But I was lazy today. Making book covers ;) Anyways, I'll try to blog more often. I've been a lazy bum. But hey, this is the last Frozen Excerpt, I think. You'll be able to read the actual thing on Inkpop on the 13th :D Mah Inkivercery.

Oh, if you care, get ready for a party peeps. Darkest Ebony's birthday is on the 12th *teary eyed* My projects grown so much since then. It's gramatically corect now, and Kyri's less of a wuss. So, so proud eeeeehh!!!

Oh, right, no one cares. Anyways, Peace, Love, and Vampire Diaries everyone!!!!

I'm feeling pessimistic

Not doing a real blog today. I'm too angry at the world, so I'm venting at the blog no one will listen to. At least this way I can pretend someone will read it.

Aunt and Uncle came over today. Parents made me out to be 'kid who's been on the computer all day". I was on the computer for an hour. After I took a shower, cleaned my room until it was spotless without being prompted, and talked to my sister for a good two hours. But I'm the kid who has to be glued to the computer. Then they made me out to be "Bad, moody teenager," which I hate. So. freaking. much. So I'm up in my room while they talk about me like I'm a little kid and dismiss me from conversation because I can't possibly understand anything.

Sorry. If you're reading this, it's obviously not because you want to hear me vent. So I'll try to come up with something useful to say.

... Ok, I think I got it. I'm going to write now. Still love mah Damon homie.

OH, YEAH, AND I'M FINALLY ANIMATING MY DE TRAILER!!!
Yes, I am!!! It's coming pretty well so far. It's why I didn't re-blog yesterday; because I spent twelve hours starting my animation. Well, kind of; I spent five hours starting it, forgot to save, the computer dumped me, then I spent 7 hours re-doing it. So now I'm 60 something slides in :D Some of it is crappy, but some of it's coming along pretty well. I hope to finish it soon. Then I'll upload it on YoTube, hopefully.

^This is the style I'm doing the animated video in.

Yeah, I know it sucks. Bad. But the actual video should hopefully be a lot better than what's above. Because I did that one in literally less than a minute as opposed to twenty, ignored anatomy, didn't use my tablet or the fancy program that makes everything look better, and got fed up with the grass after about two seconds. Just wanted to show the vauge style; I'm not a very good animator though, and this is my first ever time using a tabled ^-^'' bear with me people.

 So yay, something to be happy about! I'd be working on it now if my mom didn't kick me off because "i've been on the computer all day". Great, that's going to ruin the rest of my day now.

So, I'm supposed to be writing Frozen now, but if I don't get some one-on-four time with Fallon, Kyri, Leo, and Cyrus I'm going to go beserk and possibly break down and cry. Because I'm feeling extra emotional today. So later, peeps!!!! Wish you all a better day than the one I'm having right now =)

Delena video of the day: Everything you want

Song of the day: Everything you want. I'm TOTALLY in love with that song today <3 So yeah.

Oh dear, I can't Remember

Ok, first blog of ze day. I'll probably blog again, if I remember 0-0
So, if you read yesterday's blog you'd know my excerpt was from Remember :D But I never announded Remember... so I'm here to do it now :D

~Remember~

My nails raked over my skin, trying to tear the terrible beating thing out of my chest. I didn’t want it anymore.

During the day, I can look just like you. I can talk like you, act like you, be like you. But at night, the moonlight is my poison. It turns be back to what I really am. The demon.

Mania is one of the thirteen... twelve children that pretend to be human. One of the twelve searching for a cure to the disease, the one that turns them into something other when under the light of the moon.  But what if it was never a disease? What if they were just led to believe it by the doctors that have been ‘helping’ them all along? What if it’s not a disease… but a punishment?

It seems the only one who holds the answers is dark, human, infuriating Callister. And the other twelve demons, the ones who have been by her side for longer than she can remember, will do anything to keep him away from her.

The answer is already there; all Mania has to do is remember.

So yup. That's it. Uber, huh? I'll be posting it on Inkpop... soon. It'll probably come a while after Frozen, which goes up February 13th, my Inkiversary. Yes, (if you care) you'll finally get to meet Camilla and Ian and Edge. They've spent enoughtime crashing on my blog. So, for now, Mania and M and Valac and Callister will be taking over merry blog-land.

So... that's it for now =) I'll try to blog again later, for all you unfortunate souls who happen to still be reading mah totally useless blog.

Super-quick-blog

Ok, sorry I'm being so bad about blogging lately. I'm sick today though, and I really don't feel like doing a complete blog ^-^'' plus TVD comes on in 20 minutes (from the time I'm writing this, at least)

Song of the day: DLZ-TV on the Radio

If it sounds familiar, it's because it was the final song on the TVD Episode 2x12 episode. You know, the one where Damon went totally crackers? We still luff him though; just because he had an emotional breakdown and talked of extrocentral (SP) crisis we're still smitten. Well, normal people are. If you're not, go get smitten. I command you! *stomps foot*

Is it wrong that I wish I could be Elena here? ^ Yeah, probably since Elena's a whiny B!tch, but whatever. She's a lucky one.

Erm, Delena video of the day: Our time now

Oh, and this is the other song of the day.
And today is an excerpt thursday :D So ima post one about Remember... crap, I didn't announce remember, did I? I'll announce it next time, with my two awesome new covers too ;) So... Remember excerpt!!!!

~Remember~

Frantic, I picked up the first chain cuffs and locked them around my ankles. In the next room over, Zepar’s screams rose into the air. I knew Dr. Reese would be gone by now. She was usually out the door before M locked himself in. Every day, she claimed it was late and she must be getting home. But we all knew the truth; the screams scared her just as much as they scared me.

In a hurry, I locked on the manacles and threw the collar around my neck. I crouched down, pulling my shoes off and throwing them as far out of reach as I could get them. Already, my skin was starting to shiver. It knew what was coming as well as I did.

Finally, the moonlight came through the hole in the ceiling. My skin jerked under its touch, something stirring under the skin. A violent scream was wrenched from my body, and I threw my head up so I could see the mirror.

Already my pale face was contorted in pain, and my fingernails came up without my command to claw at the skin on my neck. My body was in spasms, skin tearing and red flesh showing through. It was burning away in the inferno of the demon, and soon my other face showed. My skin was the crimson as blood. It stayed that way, bloody, for a few moments, and then started to drain completely of color until I was white as a sheet. When I smiled, my teeth were pointed.

My legs and torso lengthened just a little, giving me an extra few inches, and my nails grew long and sharp. The sound of my screaming had died away in my ears, but chances were it hadn’t stopped. I couldn’t focus on sound. It was like I’d gone deaf. Maybe I had.

There was that tugging sensation at my back, and I turned my head to see the intricate bones emerging from my back. They found the narrow slices in my shirt, spreading out behind me in a skeletal fashion. The white tips arched high above my head, stretching, and flesh started to stretch over the delicate framework that was attached to my back. Then the sleek, black feathers came in, leaving the huge dark wings to fold against my back.

Very slowly, unwilling to see my new face, I turned and looked at the mirror. My lips were a vivid scarlet, and beyond them my teeth glittered an unnatural, shining white. My eyelashes elongated, giving my face an inhuman look that was equally terrifying than beautiful. No, not beautiful.

Because what I was wasn't beautiful.

It was demon-esque.