Please forgive me for sucking.

SONGS of the month (I've missed a bunch)

Call me- Shinedown
Hey ya- Outkast
Begging on your knees- Victoria Justice (Yeah, I know, for shame)
Howlin' for you- The Black Keys
The only difference between maryterism and suicide is media coverage/ Hurricane- Panic! at the Disco
Mr Winter- The Maine

And a lot more... yeah

Yeah, it's been a while since I've blogged.
Please forgive me for sucking. I know, I'm really awful.
On the offchance that you're wondering why I'm not Inkpop, it's because I've broken free. Don't get me wrong; I love Inkpop to death. But I finally slipped out and realized I didn't have to get on Inkpop that exact moment. For over a year I spent two hours on it a day. I wasn't getting anything done even working round the clock.
Sooooo I didn't come back yet. I'm going to wait a while; see if I can't finish another book (though I did finish Deadly Design, by the way. 92,856 words. It needs a little cleaning up, but the first draft is in and the sequel, Sweet Corruption, is 21, 563 so far. See? I do get more work done off Inkpop. I wish it weren't true.

So... what have I been doing? Apart from writing my butt off, not much. I went camping in New River Gorge a while ago...

This is Izzy eating on the table because the rocks hurt her feet.

New River valley. It came out pretty flat in the picture, but it was really incredible.

This is my totally spoiled dog eating icecream

She wanted to ride shotgun and ended up in the back with my brother XD

I have no idea who NP and JK are, but I thought it was sweet.

And that it would make a totally awesome book cover.

I was standing right under New River gorge bridge.

The largest single arch bridge in the southern US

It was SCARY. I thought it was going to fall on me.

My mom, grandma, and cousin cussing out all the steps.

Super ninja awesome waterfall

The bridge from a slightly greater distance

HAHAHA

IT SAYS SALVATORE!!!!!!!!
AS IN DAMON!

Yeah, you get the point.

And a picture of trees out of the moving car.

Amazing, no? XD

That's all I've got for now; I have more pictures, but I haven't sorted through them and I don't have the time at the moment ;(

While I was gone, since I'm pretending to be productive, I've also snuck my way into the advanced program (with a scary meeting) and the Star program (with a scary awards ceremony where I almost fell on my face in front of several hundred people and a professional photographer who was taking so many pictures he probably could've caught a picture of the blood as it squirted out of my broken nose). And I slept alot. Yeah.

Ok, I'll upload more later (if anyones still reading *wince*) if you need to drop me a message, leave a comment and I'll probably reply >.<

Hopefully I'll be back on Inkpop and the blog soon. If you're still reading, thanks =D

I am a no good, very bad, blogger.

I know T-T I've been SOOOO lazy. I was going to do Thusday excerpt this week, but I had a bajillion pounds of makeup work. I keep getting sick.
On the somewhat bright side, I've got 64k in Deadly Design =) I'm going to try to finish it by mid-april. Then I'll be back. Maybe I'll even start informing people I have a blog.... *shrugs*
You know what I discovered the other day? I had 44 views. Because people were going on google and clicking on pictures of Ian Somerhalder that were on my blog. In my opinion, that's awesome. So yeah *nods*
Now I'm rambling... Shoot.
Ok. Well, I kindof have a couple of book reviews. Unfortunately, none of them are glowing or even in the right format. But hey, it's something, right?

Once in a full moon

Honestly, this review is going to be mean.
And I'm just a little bias- When I read this, I was actually searching for flaws. Turns out, they were pretty easy to find.

I actually can't believe this got published. Rather than ranting about every little thing that was bad, I'm just going to list the good things about this book and what I learned.

-I learned that, if you're a bestseller, they'll publish anything else you write. Even if it's absolute crap.
-The main character had a thing for fingerless gloves. Awesome
-The characters stayed true to themselves.
-I learned that your editor doesn't have to read it before it gets published

That's it. I wish I could say it was great, because I wanted to. I read this because it was a werewolf book by a bestselling author, and therefore would be competition if I were to ever get published. I'm not quite pleased to say this book wouldn't be competition for a dead bug glued to a page.
For a start, the author had a knack for making things up. She completely ignores this guy, then when he shows up out of nowhere for no apparent reason and saves her life by doing pretty much nothing, she's suddenly been allured by him for forever. The dialogue was horriffic, and details she added didn't match up to what she said at the begging in of the book. The main character had more or less no flaws (you know, other than being a kissup and too freaking perfect) and the plot in general was so predictable. And the big thing that was supposed to be shocking? They dropped the suspense in less than five pages and did nothing with it. The end was seriously weak and cliche.

To be honest, I really only finished this book so I could say with complete certainty that this was one of the most rediculous books I've ever read.
Would I reccomend reading it? Only if you want to laugh your butt off at the stupidity. I'm almost tempted to reread Vampire Kisses- I really liked that one, but it makes me wonder if I just didn't notice how awful it was.
But hey. On the bright side, the cover's pretty.

Angelfire

From a writer's standpoint- it wasn't all that
From a reader's standpoint- it was awesome.

Allow me to explain ~Insert some dramatic gesture here~... Actually, I don't know how to explain, really, so I'm making a pros and cons list.


-Pros-

-The Story line was pretty good.
-The characters were well done, and at times very funny (though not my personal favorite of sardonic AND funny)
-Some of the descriptions were pretty good.
-It had some original moments

-Cons-

-The writer often used dialogue where imagery and thought would've surficed. Either that or a lot of dialogue was redundant.
-PREDICTABLE. Not cliche, really, but you saw everything coming from miles away. She just made the big shockers obvious from the start. No red herrings either. Juuuuuust preditable.
-It was way too fast in some places and dragged in others.
-The writer skipped months. In some cases, this is appropriate, but not during action-packed time.
-Some facts didn't match up. And I mean, they really didn't match up. For example, in the begining of the book it says she's been in this one class at school for months. Then it says it's september, meaning she started school around the begining of summer. Hence the statement "some facts don't match up".

In general, though, it wasn't a bad book. If I wasn't getting better at picking out good litterature, I would've been all over this. But, from a bitter unpublished girl's standpoint, the writing wasn't all that great. So the verdict is a dead even 5. Or three stars.



Ok... well, I know I said they weren't glowing, but that made me too sad. So I'm going to put a glowing one. Drum roll.....

River Maked

Ok, so I'm going to repeat what I said earlier just a bit.
If you don't read this series, you're stupid. Period.

Note to the crappy authors of the world: THIS is how you're supposed to write. I am totally in love with this series. Mercy's the most kick@$$ MC I've ever come across and there aren't words to describe how awesome Adam is ;)
So... yeah. Read Moon Called, then Blood Bound, then Iron Kissed, then Bone Crossed, then Silver Borne, and then read this. Or I'll eat you 0-0

(The review is being cut off here because the rest of it was me rambling on and on and on and on about how awesome it was and talking about my favorite parts. Go read the books.)








Ok. Now I feel like I've done something useful today. I'll try to blog more often now XD

Peace, Love, and Vam-

OH WAIT!!! My birthday is in 9 days ^-^ Oh yeah. I'm trying to get my mom to let me ditch school the next day so I can get City of Fallen Angels *faints*
Ok, Now I'm done. Peace, Love, and Vampire Diaries peeps!!!

Just a superquick post

Just thought I'd update anyone wondering where the hell I went;

Ok, so right now I'm totally burried in Deadly Design. As in spending every moment I'm not doing something else important burried. My new year's resolution was to finish 3 books this year- I'm hoping Deadly Design will be one of those. Anyways, I'm totally addicted to it right now ;) Hence why I'm not Inkpopping or Blogging. I'm eager to get into the thick of the plot, finally.

So, if I said three books, what other two am I aiming to finish? Probably Returning Dusk (DE, book 4). The other I have no idea. I'll probably finish Point of No Return, just because I'm most of the way through. I really want to finish Survivor, but I also want to finish Starski. And, of course, Frozen and Remember.

I'm working on another project too. Well, not yet, but I will be. Yes, I know I swore off new projects. But I feel like I have to write this one. I'm naming it after the song it's based off of- The Tide. I didn't want to write another project until I finished one, not really... but honestly, I'm so emotionally impacted by this song that I have to. So don't question me. If you haven't heard it, you'd better listen to it. It's important.

Ok, too deep for me right now. Anyways, I'll hopefully talk to you people later ;) Quickblog over.

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!!!

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!!! (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*