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(no subject) [Dec. 14th, 2008|07:31 pm]
This year's NaNo = FAIL. No comment. >.>

( Pocket Full of Posies )
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(no subject) [Oct. 12th, 2008|12:10 am]
Well, well, well. It's been quite a while since I've written in here, hmm? Ah. The Month of October now...and I'm getting ready for November.

I have NO idea what sort of plot I'll do. I have NO idea what characters I want to use. No clue what genre to write in, no idea what underlying message I want to use...

I'm probably going to start writing and hope for the best on November 1st.

Which, by the way, will be the perfect way to kick off my chaotic month. November 1st, I am having a Halloween party. Therefore, I'd better get all my writing done before then.

My plan for this year is to write for certain lengths of TIME rather than just going by Word Count. I'll make sure to hit my minimum word counts, and I'm planning to chart everything out. But I want to be able to sit down and say, "All right. I'm writing for the next hour and a half. I hope to get my word count in that time period."

It may or may not work. xP I'm not sure.

This will be exciting. I'm ready to get a novel done! I haven't really touched any of my previous novels since their respective NaNoWriMos ended. >.>; It happens. I've read them a hundred times, though. Heh.

Since last year, I've also gotten into writing fanfiction. I'm a huge fan of Death Note slash, and I've also become a Mello roleplayer. It's pretty awesome stuff. And it has helped and hindered me quite a bit in my novel writing.

I'm looking forward to a good November this year. I'm going to try to keep myself ahead of the game. I only hope that the plot will assist me. Happy writing, everyone. Get ready for a wicked new WriMo!
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(no subject) [Jan. 18th, 2008|10:30 pm]
I want Vincent to be called back to Tosoh, and Luke tries to rescue him. To rescue him, though, Luke must get off the death path at Hell and travel carefully until he is a great leap’s width away from the exact gate of Tosoh that Vincent is in. He’ll have to go through hell, literally, to reach his demon lover. He’ll have the aid of the boy that Vincent originally saw in the first book as well as a few other tortured demons. They’ll assist him, though he’ll be scarred for life from the flames and pain he sees there. Satan himself will aid him, but for a price. Luke will have his own scars to bear. And Vincent will see that, love him more, and weep bitterly. The Council will not let Luke stay, but Luke will beg and plead until they listen to him. Once again, he has to make a bargain that could damage him and Vincent both…psychologically, emotionally, and physically. This is the fourth book.

Random mumblings that I want to remember, just in case I actually write this far for real.
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(no subject) [Jan. 9th, 2008|08:12 pm]
( The Mark of the Beast Chapters 14 - 16 )
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(no subject) [Jan. 9th, 2008|08:10 pm]
( The Mark of the Beast Chapters 10 - 13 )
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(no subject) [Jan. 9th, 2008|08:09 pm]
( The Mark of the Beast Chapters 7 - 9 )
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(no subject) [Jan. 9th, 2008|08:04 pm]
Here's my 2007 NaNovel. I'll eventually rewrite it into a better version. But this is what I got to while NaNoWriMo was going on.

( The Mark of the Beast Chapters 1 - 6 )
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(no subject) [Dec. 8th, 2007|12:36 am]
So my novel failed this year because my computer broke. Doesn't that suck balls? o.- I made it to 30,000 words. Then my computer died. And I got my new computer...DECEMBER 1ST! >.< Go figure.

But that's okay. Because I'm still very much in love with this novel. I'll post what I've got of it in a seperate post, but here's what I'm planning for the future of this story:

I'm beginning my NaNo Novel's redesign. This is going to be one hell of a challenge. It's going to eventually become a trilogy. The first part will be my MC (Vincent)'s past. The WHOLE past. Starting from his 9th birthday, lasting until his brother turns him into a vampire and kills him. The second part will be Vincent's whole stay in Tosoh (The Other Side of Hell) complete with his adventures, friends, struggles, and the offer of the Second Chance. The third part is the "present day" part. He meets Luke and it talks about his whole stay at the boarding school. I need to figure out how I'm handling the taboos in the story. They were way too rough and focused on in the NaNovel version. I think...I think that I can really take care of this story in novel form. I just hope that the last book doesn't turn off all of my readers. I'm hoping to draw them in with the first book, captivate them with the second book, and amaze them with the third. I'm willing to base my career on this series. Originally, I wanted Luke to be the MAIN MC. Not anymore. Vincent, his demon lover, is now my MC. <3 And Luke doesn't even show up until the final book. But...I might stick something about him in the first two books, just as a little teaser or something. Like, maybe when Vincent is being turned into a Vampire, I can mention "explosions of strange sensations and the vision of stormy grey eyes" or something like that. And in Tosoh, he can see something with "a shock of dirty blonde hair" and "felt a presence of comfort at the sight of the boy at the gate of hell" or something along those lines. Probably going to make the young boy at the gate of hell like...a similar version of Luke. I dunno. Anyways, my novel's going to kick ass.
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(no subject) [Nov. 18th, 2007|11:29 pm]
So, I'm behind. Go figure. =P I'm at 22k words, but I'm very happy with my story. It'll take a lot of editing, but it's not that bad. I am absolutely in love with my characters. I could write a hundred books on these boys. Watching Vincent and Luke's love blossom, and watching the plot thicken...geez, I love it. I'm happy so far. But I've GOT to catch up.
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(no subject) [Nov. 1st, 2007|05:21 pm]
These are the Dares I'm trying for 2007. =P Expect more to be added later. Completed goals will be bolded.

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Have a character whose favorite expression is "Who gives a rat's ass?".

Somewhere in your novel, there are seven goats sitting on an island.

"Oh, it's nothing that a cyanide capsule won't fix."

"Well, this is a good quality long, awkward pause"

"You learn more if you don't knock."

Have one character playing the Game.
Bonus points if they explain it to people.
(Rule 1. You are playing the Game.
Rule 2. If you think about the Game, you lose.
Rule 3. Losses must be announced.)

Mention a random black cat somewhere.

Write a novel where having sex is a crucial part of the religion of your main character and virgins are radical atheists.

"One second he was there, and the next... He was gone!"
"It doesn't take that long to walk out of a room, [CharacterName]."

Have chapter titles in pig Latin.

"If I gave you a daisy, would you accept?"

Char A: I wonder where she went.
Char B: She probably went back home. You know, Satan has a hard time running hell without her. (But changing gender to male - no female characters in my story this year.)

One character speaks in rhyming couplets for an extended period of time
BP if the character thinks this is odd. . .
DBP . . . but no one else does
TBP if the character questions this situation, in couplets
QBP if they continue to speak in couplets for the duration of the novel

Have a male character that crossdresses just because he thinks he looks good in a skirt.

"I'm such a whore....but I'm a pretty whore" (BP if the person isn't really a prostitute)

Have a group of characters (good, evil, or benign--it doesn't matter) named after things (i.e. wines, cars, stores)
BP if nobody notices
DBP if they get away with outrageous names

"Nothing like the smell of brutal irony in the morning!"

Have a red string in your story. Don't ask why =P
BP if it is relevant to the plot

Have a character play piano in the middle of a major romance scene

Have somebody make up a song on the spot. I don't care if they're romancing that special someone, expressing their angst, or extemporizing a bouncy lament on the lack of toilet paper, I just want a song.

Dare: Phoenix. Put it somewhere in your novel. Place name, creature name, person name, I don't care.

Have someone shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
BP if either the man who was shot or the person doing the shooting was a boy named Sue.
A cookie for every other Johnny Cash reference you put in there.

Strip Periodic Table

"Don't kiss him! He's poisonous."

"I wonder what would happen if I died, right here, right now."

"I'm tired of being human."

Involve dry ice somehow.

Character that insists on being called his full name or his last name, but not just his first name

“You're a hostage; you don't get to do sh*t.”

"You won't believe what I found in my bed last night!"

Have a character be a chainsmoker under 12 years of age
Have a blind person in your story
Double points if it's your MC
Triple points if another character tries to explain color to the blind person
"It's just cross-dressing, take it like a man!"
"I don't know what I was drinking when I wrote that. [Insert cleaning supply here], possibly."
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(no subject) [Oct. 28th, 2007|10:28 pm]
I need to learn how many words I can expect to type every day so that I can accomplish my goal of 1,667 words per day for NaNoWriMo. The daily goal will be my most difficult challenge, so I am practicing to get the hang of how many that is. NaNoWriMo is going to be an interesting experience, and I am looking forward to it. I have a plot line in mind, and it's pretty good! I plan on it being a boarding school boy's love story set in the late 1800s or early 1900s. It will also be about vampires. I plan to have two boys become room mates in their dorm and fall in love. One boy will be a human; the other will be a vampire. They will start a club for "darklings" that will attract a group of five boys. These seven boys will have club meetings in the woods near the school, as well as form tight friendships. The two lovers plus the quiet dark-haired beauty of the boys' club will become the tightest friends. They will also, somehow, discover that they each have a fetish for dressing in girls' clothes. One of their more interesting adventures together involves the dark-haired beauty bringing a sack of little girls' clothes to the other boys' room and the three spend the night dressing up, prancing about, and talking. They discuss how they feel free without the confinements of gender roles, how they love their look in the clothes, and how they would only dress up around people they trust. They also confide how they always felt strange because they've never loved any women, but have always been envious of them. This is also the night when my Vampire reveals his true form to the other two. Rather than being repelled, they are fascinated. They have a long discussion on where humans go when they die, how vampires are chosen, and where vampires go when they die. My Vampire boy tells them all about The Other Side of Hell, the one not in the Christian Bible. The Other Side of Hell is where my Vampire spent a hundred years after his turning and subsequent death. My Vampire was quite unlucky. He was turned a hundred years prior by his older brother, a bloodthirsty Vampire who was turned by a priest as punishment for unspeakable sins. The sins, I will probably say, were against my Vampire. Probably incestual molestation or something along those lines. Which explains why the Brother chose to turn my Vampire. Then, the older vampire killed him. He went to The Other Side of Hell and stayed in a sinful world for a long time. The Other Side of Hell, or Tosoh, is a realm much like earth, with some extreme differences. Sin is acceptable, but does not go unpunished. For each sin, an equal amount of punishment is given. For example: Say a person steals from another. That person would then be punished physically, but the stolen item would stay stolen. A theft would probably be equal to three lashes with a whip across the back. The offender is punished, and then released. Most Vampires are in a constant state of pain, but they may indulge in their carnal sins as they please. Sometimes, the Vampires who behave "well" in Tosoh are called back to Earth for a period of time. It's a sort of "second chance" for them. In Tosoh, they do not age. When they are called back to Earth, they are able to grow again. A very well-behaved dead vampire can grow to a healthy old age on Earth before being called back to Tosoh, where they will once again regain their youth of whatever age they died at. Living vampires can never age. For a living Vampire to reach Tosoh, they must be killed or kill themselves. Sunlight only has an effect on living vampires. The dead vampires are practically invincible. The Council in charge of Tosoh determines when a dead Vampire must be called home. When the vampire reaches the age that most humans die, they will be called. If they are put in a situation that would kill any normal human, they will be called. Our Vampire has just started his Second Chance on Earth and intends to live it to the fullest. He forms the cult to remind himself to stay careful. The cult members, all seven, take on the nickname for each of the Seven Deadly Sins. My Vampire takes on Envy, his lover takes on Lust, and their third wheel takes on Wrath. The other boys split the remaining names among themselves. I imagine that they will spend a lot of time in class, as well as the woods and their bedrooms. Wow, I never realized how hard it is to type up 1,667 words. This isn’t even close. Damn. Anyways, more about the plot. I’d really like to put a heavy emphasis on the Vampire thing rather than heavy on the romance. I do want them to be in love, though, and I do want a nice little love scene between the two boys. But it will mostly be the friendship of the three boys, rather than the relationship of the two. The other cult members aren’t really going to be good for much except cult scenes. The cult itself is going to be a minor part. They go in the woods and build a small fire. They chant and dance around the fire, let loose, howl at the moon, pretend to fly. All the typical boy things. They read passages from the Bible about sin and death and Armageddon. They take turns reenacting death scenes from wars in literature. They dress in black robes to go out. They’ll have parties on occasions, like Christmastime and All Hallows’ Eve. They’ll steal food from the kitchen for the parties. I plan on them being caught and punished by the headmaster at least once, if not two or three times. Well, the whole group will be punished once. The three main characters will be punished two or three times, and the lovers one or two more times past that. The headmaster will be cold and harsh, emotionless. I believe I’ll have the trio caught first, doing some sort of naughtiness during the night. They’ll be taken all together and punished in the same room. Then, the group of seven will be punished individually. I’ll have that be an emotional scene with the two lovers, when the human is standing outside while his vampire lover is dragged inside the headmaster’s quarters by the arm and is subsequently beaten until he yells. The big emotional part will be when the vampire is escorted out of the headmaster’s quarters, with tears pouring down his cheeks, and he manages to squeeze the human’s hand before the human is dragged in to his own fate. One, two, three: Awwww! Often, the two lovers will be punished together in various ways. Copying words from textbooks is a popular one. The good, old fashioned beating is another. Holding weights on outstretched arms is another. When the dark-haired beauty is with them, they are usually in varying degrees of trouble, and often one will be punished more severely than the other two. Often, when the dark-haired beauty is along, he is the one getting in the most trouble. The lovers may only have to stand in opposite corners and get a good scolding, while the dark-haired beauty might be bent over for a few whacks. Then they’ll all stand in front of the headmaster and be scolded harshly before returning to their rooms, often for a long talk or dress-up session. I think I want the dark-haired beauty to be called Vincent. Or some other cool “V” name. I should go on babynames and find some good boy names that start with V. Victor? Vincent? Vaughan? Probably Vincent. Though Victor is pretty neat too. I should look up the etymology for those names to see which was more popular in the time period I’m looking at. I like William for the human, I think. Oliver for the Vampire? No, I’m thinking Victor for the dark-haired beauty, Vincent for the Vampire, and William for the human. Or Alex for the human. I just discovered that Alex was a popular name in the 1900s. Oh, Nathaniel would be good for him, too. I love the dark-haired beauty and Vampire’s names. I just can’t decide for the human. Luke is nice. I think I’ll go with Luke. So, my characters are Vincent, Luke, and Victor. I’ll choose other names for the cult members. The dark-haired beauty, Victor, should have a sister back home named Evangeline. Just because I love that name. Okay, I’ve been writing for a very long time and I am still not done. This is going to be interesting. I feel like this year is going to be a success. I love this storyline. I hope that it becomes something I can really use, something I can possibly publish. If nothing else, get it published in a trashy magazine or something. An author needs her start somewhere, correct? Only about 100 words more to go. I could probably elaborate on some of the other things around the school, but I’m quite unsure of what all needs to be included. I need to ask about the boarding school life in the late 1800s. I should probably attempt to make time for writing these last few days in October just so that I can be fully ready for November’s difficult task. I’m ready to go with all this stuff. I’m psyched. This year is going to be so awesome. For once, I am going to FINISH NaNoWriMo! I’m going to finish getting my dares together in the next few days, and then on November 1st: The big day arrives and the games begin! So, here we go. On with the show! My 1,667 words are up for today. I think I’m ready for this.
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(no subject) [Nov. 30th, 2006|10:53 pm]
( Clearly Chapters 13-19 - NaNovel 2006 )
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(no subject) [Nov. 30th, 2006|10:51 pm]
( Clearly Chapters 10-12 - NaNovel 2006 )
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(no subject) [Nov. 30th, 2006|10:47 pm]
( Clearly Chapters 4-9 - NaNovel 2006 )

Clearly - Part 2 NaNovel 2006
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(no subject) [Nov. 30th, 2006|10:45 pm]
( Clearly Chapters 1-3 - NaNovel 2006 )

My NaNovel, Part 1 for 2006. Hopefully I'll do better next year.
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(no subject) [Nov. 30th, 2006|10:41 pm]
Didn't make my NaNo this year. o.- When I got whisked away to Florida for a few days, it killed my word count. My final word count is roughly 33k words.

I really wanted to finish this year, but things were just too damn busy. =/ I spent Tuesday-Friday on the road one day, Saturday and Sunday doing other things. That's what? 12k words gone right there. Once I realized I was THAT far behind, it kinda killed my enthusiasm. I need to really work next year when I do NaNo.

Though this isn't the last you'll hear of me. =) I plan on writing a novel in either April or over the course of June and July this summer. I'll make as many updates as possible about it.

I'm really disappointed that I didn't finish my novel, but I am glad for this experience. It really helped my writing skills a lot, and I love the characters I created. I will probably put this novel on the back burner for a while, but maybe someday I will dig it up and finish it. Anastasia, Alyssa, Haley, and all their quirky friends still have stories to tell. I'll save that for when I'm older though.

I'll post my novel under a cut in the next post. =) The whole damn thing, all 33k words of it. Enjoy!
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(no subject) [Nov. 25th, 2006|07:11 am]
I'm behind on my NaNovel by about 10k. I was gone for a few days. I am tired. I am not wanting to write. And frankly, I'm pretty pissed off that I got dragged away from my writing for so long.
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(no subject) [Nov. 21st, 2006|12:37 am]
I haven't updated in eons. u.u Sorry. I've just been CRAZY BUSY lately. I've been very lucky to find any time at all to write. I'm almost at 30k words, and I'm kinda far behind. I won't have any time to catch up this week, and I can expect to be several thousand words behind by the start of next week. I might have to skip a day of school to catch up with my novel. Aside from the word count and how busy things have been here, my novel is going incredibly well.

It's not really going anywhere in particular. It's just drifing about until it finds something fun to do, does it, then goes back looking for something new. Pretty neat, if you ask me. Lots of new funny quotes, lots of new characters, and Lyss and Ana are growing closer. We've found out a lot about the other girls at the club. Soon, we'll learn about the boys too. We'll have a sleepover at the club some night, I'm sure. I've just got to see if we can shove Haley somewhere for that night. xP I'm sure Mrs. Johnson wouldn't mind. ;P She's a sweet old lady in this book. We'll see, we'll see. For now, I should be writing. I must break 30k before going to bed...
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(no subject) [Nov. 12th, 2006|12:20 am]
I'm still behind with my NaNovel, but I'm catching up. Tonight I've gotten up to 17k words. I'm only 1k or so behind. I can catch that up soon, since we'll have a lot of dialogue coming up. Actually, we're already in a lot of dialogue. xP

Ana and Lyss are in the club, and Lyss is getting to know all the "regulars" in Ana's crowd. It's QUITE interesting. xP It started out with Lyss, Ana, and a group of girls: Malice, Jade, Kitty, Cookie, Pinecone, Ravin, and Crypta. They decided to play truth or dare. The dares got dirty (such as two girls having to french kiss each other for a full minute, and two girls having to exchange underwear and change in front of everyone) and the truths were shocking (includes one girl having to admit that she and another girl made a porno for money and another girl having to admit her fetish). Lyss learns a lot about her new friends, and they're being joined by a few new people. So the character count:

Lyss, Ana, Haley, Spazz, Malice, Jade, Kitty, Cookie, Pinecone, Ravin, Crypta, Nymph, Ace, Scythe, Flitty, Boss, and Jersey. I've done several dares, which sure makes me feel good. xP I love these dares. Most of the insult dares were used when Flitty was hitting on all the girls. He's a creep. He really is. xP So I may be behind with my NaNovel, but I'm enjoying it a lot. =P These people are awesome. They would be my best friends if they existed. xP Here's some quotes that really lets their personalities shine through:

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“You know,” Ana said, “I’ve been around. Work’s been keeping me busy. I’ve got to put food on the table somehow.” A few of the girls snickered.

“Same here,” said a gothic-looking girl. “Work’s been keeping me on my toes. Well, techinically, on my knees. Or my back. Or….you get the picture.”
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“You two borrowed from Benny? Are you crazy? That guy really is a freak. You know, he’s probably the only client I ever turned down.” Ana shuddered.

“I didn’t. Be glad you did.” Ravin laughed. She snapped and unsnapped her glow stick necklace. “The guy might be packing, but he has no clue what to do! I need to find a book called Sexing Your Whore For Dummies. He needs it!”

“Ravin, you’ve done almost every guy in the city and half the ones in the big city too.” Kitty giggled. “At least I keep it low-key.”

“Yeah, you only do people you’re related to.” Malice snorted. That brought another round of laughter from everyone.

“It was only one time! And I didn’t know he was my cousin! My aunt’s a hoe, remember? I thought she only had girls, but apparently she had David too.” Kitty pouted. “It sucks though, because he was probably the best one yet. And I can’t do anything because we’re related. Oh, and the fact that he killed himself afterwards. That sucked too.”
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"Ravin wants to go to Europe when she gets older. She’d have to screw the President to get enough money, though.” Ravin laughed and threw a pillow at Crypta.

“I do not! Just the Pope.” She winked and threw her head back, laughing.
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“Well, aren’t we lively. I’m sure I could fix your lack of entertainment if one of you would please come with me.” He motioned for the bathroom doors.

“Go away, asshole.” Someone hissed.

“Oh, temper, ladies. Now let’s look at things from my point of view, shall we? It’s a beautiful day outside. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and I’ve come to realize that I’ve had some serious personal growth in the last week. I just want to share my good fortune with you less lucky ladies.” He flashed a cheesy smile.

“A hard on doesn’t count as personal growth.” Crypta snarled. “Are you a fucking ray of sunshine every day?”

“Mostly.” He laughed cockily, “At least I have a positive attitude about my destructive habits.”

“So do we,” said Kitty, “What do we look like? Whores?” The irony of her words set in and people were trying to stifle their laughter.
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“Ah, my little Stashy Bear. How are you, buttercup? When shall we go to the back, sweetness?” He made a grab for her arm but she slapped him away forcefully.

“How about never? Is never good for you? Do I look like a fucking people person?” She spat on the ground. “Do not start with me. You will not win.”

“Aw, how cute.” He cooed, “Did the aliens forget to remove your anal probe?”

“No,” she smirked, “But they gave me your number. Said you were the worst probe they ever had. Said that you didn’t have anything at all, couldn’t even call it rape.”

His face fell and he glared at her.

“Aw,” She said, “Did I step on your poor little bitty ego?” Ravin looked like she was about to pee on herself, she was laughing so hard.
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“You ladies know that you miss me when I’m not here.” He said.

“How can we miss you if you won’t go away?” Cookie asked.

“Fine, fine. I’ll leave. The boys know how to party better anyways. They can bag me a nice fine doe to take home and mount. On my wall, of course.” He winked and wiggled his fingers in a wave goodbye.

“We know you like the boys better,” Malice yelled after him. “You like them right up the ass!”
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“Dare. Though I’m sure I’ll regret it in a second.” She sighed. Ana grinned like the Cheshire Cat.

“Swap underwear with another person. And yes, you have to change in front of everyone. You can switch back in ten minutes if you want to, or you could keep someone else’s underwear on for the rest of the game.” She cackled as Crypta grimaced.

“Fine. Ravin, get over here. You are wearing underwear today, right?” Crypta asked, glaring at Ana the whole time.

“Sure, but not much of any.” She winked and crossed over to where Crypta was standing. Crypta peeled her skirt off while Ravin kicked off her jeans. Crypta was wearing lacy black panties with red satin bows on each side. Ravin was wearing a hot pink thong with a rainbow colored butterfly plastered on the front. The look on Crypta’s face was priceless. They turned their backs to the group and exchanged underwear quickly. The guys at the pool table hooted and whispered. I noticed that Flitty wasn’t there. Of all the times for the little pervert to go to the bathroom, this had to be the best. I pointed that out to Ana and she laughed and told the others. We would tease him mercilessly later. Once everyone’s clothing was in place, Crypta and Ravin started complaining.

“Good God, Ravin, how in hell can you wear this thing? My ass is getting cold!” She sulked and pouted.

“Yeah, well this crap is itchy! How can you stand it? I can barely keep my hand out of my pants! Though that might not just be because the lace is itchy.” She flashed a seductive smile.

“I swear to God and Satan and every Saint in Hell, if you make a mess of my underwear, I will murder you.” Crypta growled. “Pinecone, truth or dare?”
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“I don’t believe I’ve met all of you,” Nymph said casually. “Let’s see. I know my darling Malice in Horrorland, Crypta the Gravedigger, Ravin the Night Away, Pinecone of the Forest, Stash it Where You Found it, Cookie and her Cream, Jaded Beauty, and Here Kitty Kitty. Now who is this newbie that I see?” He pointed at me.

“This is Lyss,” Kitty volunteered. “She’s Stash’s friend. She’ll be around here a lot now.”

“Lyss in the Mist.” He said thoughtfully, “Pleasure to meet you. I’m Nymph of the Gutter. My home is my head and wherever I happen to land. And now that I’ve returned the gift from Heaven over there, I’ll return to my game before the rest of my Merry Men come kick my ass. Scythe too. Don’t want to piss her off.”
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“Oh, come on. Stay and play a round with us?” Kitty batted her eyelashes at him.

“Play around? I’m game for playing with you any day, my Here Kitty Kitty.” He reached down and tickled her until she squealed.
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(no subject) [Nov. 9th, 2006|12:10 am]
Eep. u.u NaNo Status: BEHIND.

I didn't get my daily limit in yesterday, and I'm way behind today. I'll have to spend this weekend catching up.

I'm trying to put dialogue in. It's working well. But I just keep running out of time. I had to babysit tonight and didn't get out until 9. o.- Now it's midnight and I need sleep, because I've got tests tomorrow and crap. BLAH.

I'm learning more about babies, and Haley will soon be more interesting in the story.
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(no subject) [Nov. 6th, 2006|10:55 pm]
Thank you for the comment in the last entry!

So far, my NaNovel is coming along greatly. I realized that the real challenge to NaNoWriMo is just to sit and write. I am right on time, even a little ahead. I've gotten Ana and Lyss's novel up to 10k words and have introduced a few new characters.

At the moment, Ana is sitting down with Alyssa and actually telling her about the life she's led. Alyssa is finally finding out about Ana's job, and some crazy man named Spazz is convinced that a tomato is eating his fork. o.0 This novel just keeps getting more and more interesting.

Now we're starting into a chapter named after one of my favorite songs. =D Which is also a dare. It's titled "Ana's Song" and it tells the story of Ana and all the wheres, whys, and hows of her short life. This will be a long and interesting chapter, which is good. I need something with a lot of detail to make my goal for the next day or two, since school is going to be busy. In fact, I should probably be going to bed about now so I can have the energy for tomorrow.

Alyssa's character just doesn't seem "pure" enough for me. She was supposed to be raised in this strict christian household with set laws and all sorts of distinct behaviors. I just can't convey that into her current character. She's too liberal to be a Christian. xP
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(no subject) [Nov. 4th, 2006|10:08 pm]
Ahhh, livejournal! Finally! It feels like it's been down forever. =(

My NaNovel is going really well. I had to babysit earlier tonight, so I'm trying to finish my daily 1,667. I'm just taking a quick break. xP

Ana is off at work, and Lyss is helping Mrs. Johnson with little Haley. Lyss is still clueless about what Ana does for a living, and she won't start to question it for a while. We're still just in the first day. Well, sorta. There's been a night, but it's only 2:30 or so the next day. All in all, not quite 24 hours. Things are going really well though. I'm hoping the rest of the novel runs this smoothly.

It just brought up a point in my mind. When you're trusting and desperate, would people really go home with the first kind stranger that offered them help? Is it possible to trust someone in the real world who takes you "home" to the wrong side of the tracks, has a child, and is only 18? The child has no father, and the apartment is crap. Could a normal person really deal with this if it was thier only true option?

Something to think about.
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(no subject) [Nov. 3rd, 2006|01:34 am]
I met my word goal for Day 2 as well. =) But just barely. I hit my daily amount of words about ten minutes before midnight. xP Once I got past the information and situation and got into the dialogue, it got so much easier.

Alyssa is living with Anastasia now, and has met Ana's baby daughter, Haley. Lyss, as Ana calls her, only knows a very little of Ana's life. She still doesn't know Ana's less-than-ideal profession. Things between them are really getting good. Lyss still comes off as a good girl, and very very trusting.

Either way, the story's going great. I'm going to try and wait until the fourth or fifth day of writing before I actually let Lyss know what Ana's profession is. This book is going to be interesting. I can see myself finishing it. And once I finish it, I'll print it out and start making corrections. I can see this being a good novel. One that is publish-worthy. Maybe someday.
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(no subject) [Nov. 2nd, 2006|04:22 am]
I met my word count for the day. =) Very happy about that. I'm currently at 1682 words. ^_^

Not too good, but not half bad. =P It wasn't even that difficult to meet that goal, even with babysitting for a few hours. I just hope I can keep a good pace as the month goes on.

My introduction is pretty rocky, but it's not the important part. Her mom and dad really don't play a big part in her story. What Alyssa really does is use her background in comparison to Ana's life and how she acts. Right now, Ana is just Anastasia to this poor little crying child she found staring at the door to her former home. Isn't it great that I quoted a bible verse when her mother kicked her out? It was the one about "If the eye offends thee, pluck it out" or whatever. Apparently, Alyssa was the eye.

Anastasia is going to introduce Alyssa into a whole new world. I can't wait to get started on it. =) But for now, I believe I need some sleep. It's nearly 4:30 in the morning. xP I've been playing on neopets and gaia rather than writing. u.u I'm horrible.

But I've also been reading To Kill A Mockingbird. So that should make up for it.
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(no subject) [Nov. 1st, 2006|02:32 pm]
It's finally started! I stayed up until midnight to get started and skipped school today to celebrate my first day of NaNoing! My word count got up into the 900's before I went to bed last night, so here's hoping that my first day's goal will be a complete success! I have to babysit a little girl later tonight, so I'll be cutting a chunk out of my NaNo time. But my story has already hit the ground running. Here's a list of Characters that I'm sure everyone will learn to love by the end of November:

Alyssa - A 14 year old girl raised in a very Christian household. Church activities seemed to take priority over breathing. For the longest time, she followed every belief of her Mother's and never fussed. But things are changing. She's not sure how, because she's not trying to change...yet nonetheless, things are changing.

Joyce - Alyssa's overbearing religious fanatic mother. It's her way or the highway, literally. She may be a Christian God-fearing woman, but her morals are corrupt.

Will - Alyssa's father, who is the black sheep in the family. He doesn't follow the traditional family ways, which is good for him, since he works out of town and comes back home on the weekends...if he remembers. He's relaxed and easygoing, but he does what his wife says. He just doesn't want to fight. He never quite grew out of the "Hippie Era."

Anastasia - Ana to her friends, Stash to her clients. She's a fiesty prostitute with a firey temper, but a soft spot for kids in trouble. She's only 18 but she's seen the world and she likes what she sees. Her philosophy is to live life while you've still got it, and if that means you have to sleep with a few losers to keep living, so be it.


These are the main characters at this time, but more will be added. Lots of surprises in this book, my friends. I can't wait to keep writing.
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(no subject) [Oct. 26th, 2006|10:28 pm]
I do realize that I never told you a little about myself yesterday. =P

Well, my name is Christina but I prefer to be called Chrissa. If/When I get published, I will be published under Chrissa. I'm fifteen, but will turn sixteen during this year's NaNo. ^_^ I was first published as a "poetess," as the newspapers described, when I was in the fifth grade. Yes, I still have the newspaper clipping. So sue me. =P It was a little haiku that painted a beautiful picture, but definitly not one of my best works. It would be a very cute description for a picture though, come to think of it. Anyways, I technically *started* writing creatively for fun in the fourth grade, when my teacher was trying to DRILL into our heads that our essays HAD to be a certain way. I'm sure everyone remembers that horrible pattern? Topic sentence/first point/supporting detail/second point/supporting detail/third point/supporting detail/closing sentence. Ew. I hated that and loudly told her so. I then wrote an essay on winter and how it makes bears hibernate and birds rehome for the winter and such, and drew a picture of a sleeping bear at the bottom to illustrate my point. My teacher at the time, Mrs. Estes, started really encouraging me then. Soon my little notebook was full of poems without a point and half-started stories. Some of them were pretty damn good too. I had one story that got pretty long (for a fourth grader) about a horse (har har, typical little girl) that was born knowing how to run, won races just seconds after being born, and was caught in a tornado and hurled into a magical lake. It was a really good story. Of course, I couldn't finish it in this day and age. I don't have the same inspiration or views I had back then. If I did ever try to work on it again, I would make it a children's book. One of those books you see in the school library marked with the colored dot saying "this book is 2nd grade to 6th grade level, so you can/can't read it." Then again, I really did write a book in the fourth grade. We had to make up a myth, write the story, and illustrate it. Mine was called Tiger Star's Beautiful Stripes, and was about how the rainbow was formed. It's a cute story about a tiger cub that befriends a tiger god of water. Then some mean snake bullies make Tiger Star mad by teasing him for being a tiger with no stripes, so he tries to flood the earth. The snakes apologize, and all is well. And oh! It seems that while Tiger Star was plotting mass murder, he earned his stripes. =) It was an adorable book, and if I revised it and found a good illustrator, I bet I could get that published easily.

I really got into poetry a lot more when I hit seventh grade. I was published again that year, for a very emoesque poem called Am I Here? that I am not too happy with now that my talents have improved. My eighth and nineth grade poems were probably my best. I did one called Cemetery Silence that people really liked. I keep up with all my poems on my fictionpress account (pen name: Blazing Icecrystals) and in lots and lots of notebooks. =P I've got a nice fairy notebook from Hot Topic to write this year's work in. The very first poem in there is probably my best rigth now, but it needs a lot of explination for others to understand it. The general idea is that a little kid, somewhere, is being held captive by fairies and the forest is basically beating the crap out of the kid. And the last lines are "Keep her in pain, keep her in paint/For this is the only way Crea gives us rain." What that goes back to is my story I still haven't started about a world with three genders, fairies and mercenary fairies (mayries) striking deals with the god of that world, Crea, and the girl who was born and her first tears brought rain to the earth for the first time ever. And only through her tears could the rain fall from the sky and keep the earth functioning after that. So the child, Sereyn, was granted immortality at the "pure age" of seven and she was kidnapped to a place in the forest where only fairies and mayries could open the passage. There, they would beat and torment the child every time rain was needed. The fairies would make vipers strike at her face, vines hold her tight, bees sting her, and all sorts of horrible and nasty things. Then the plot goes into the story of how her "normal" sister, Ascendah, tries to go rescue her and such. I think by that time that it will be a pretty long book if I start out with the history of the fairies and Crea and the world, then go into Sereyn's birth, then go into her capture and growth, her immortality ceremony, and her repetitive beatings and such for the rain. The story will probably stop with the first book as Ascendah reaches and embraces her sister, let's her sister know her identity, ect. It'll be neat. But that's not what I'm doing for NaNo this year. That's something for much later. I've got so many stories started, it isn't even funny. =P

This year for NaNo, I know for a fact that the story is going to be a girl who gets kicked out of her house meets another girl a few years older than her named Anastasia, who is a prostitute. Anastasia ("Ana to my friends, Stash to my clients") feels sorry for the younger girl and lets her hang around for a while. The two get to be close friends and Anastasia lets the girl into the realities of her world. Anastasia is 18 and has a baby daughter, named Haley. Haley is 8 months old and spends most of her time with Ana's next door neighbor. She barely knows her own mother. The whole story will be pretty sweet. I'm determined to make this novel have no romance in it at all, aside from the physical sex that Ana does for a living. Either way, it'll be really interesting. I can't wait for NaNo to start so I can get writing.

I'm also going to have a writing buddy this year. My best friend Angela decided she wants to do a fanfic-style novel this year, so we're going to be keeping each other on our toes about reaching our limits every day. It'll be a challenge, but it'll be fun. I have full intentions of winning this year. And if I really like how it turns out, I might ask a publisher friend of my mom's to see about putting it out on the market. Though I'll definitly not be telling my grandpa that I wrote a story about a prostitute as my first published work. xP Or my dad. My mom...I suppose I HAVE to tell her, but she'll probably like the story. And if not, I'll get it published after I've moved out.

I think I'm going to win NaNo this year. And I might start a project of my own for the rest of the year. I really do dream of being a writer. And I do want to stick with it.

Either way, it's starting to storm here and I should get off the computer. Today is the 26th. November 1st is getting closer and closer. =) I'm getting anxious.
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(no subject) [Oct. 26th, 2006|02:54 am]
So this is my NaNoWriMo livejournal. =) Only active during the month of November, and possibly active in April for the mini-NaNo. Depends on if I want to do it or not. xP Okay, so here is my NaNo history and a little about myself:

Last year, I NaNo'd but failed miserably. xP I believe my total word count was somewhere around 6,000...only about 44,000 short of my goal. >.> The story started twisting itself and making it into something I wasn't ready for though, so it wasn't my fault. It started out simple enough. A girl talking about her love of her ocean home, her mother, her father, and sweet innocent and childish things like that. Then it started telling her background story. Her parents abandoned her on the beach when she was 12. She found out they weren't coming back for her when she entered her beach house and all her parents possessions were gone. She reverted down to the simplest and most earthly way to deal with pain, and slashed her arms and legs and cut her hair with a kitchen knife. She passed out in the sand and a neighbor discovered her and rushed her to the hospital. Nobody could find her parents, so when she had recovered enough, she was sent home with her grandmother, Jean, and her older cousin Shayne. She automatically got a bad vibe with her grandmother, her "Nanny", but her suspicions weren't confirmed until they arrived home and both girls were immediately locked into thier shared room for hours. They talked and Shayne revealed to Emily all the horrors of her new life. Jean was a dictator. The grandma from hell. A tyrant who loved nothing more than seeing the fear in the hearts of her grandaughters. She was a modern day Hitler. Emily's first day under Jean's rule leaves her horrified and scared for the future. On the way to get Emily new bedsheets, Jean mentions a "surprise" for sweet Shayne who forgot to clean half her closet out for sweet Emily. The surprise came after dinner. The surprise was that Shayne was forcefed some vile liquid that made her puke over and over. Emily was forced to watch. The two then had to clean the bathroom up totally. And if her first night wasn't dramatic enough, she was woken up at nearly 5 in the morning with a list of "morning chores", mindless tasks that tried her physically and mentally. Shayne tried to help her little cousin, against her better judgement, and got caught. Emily heard the screaming and yelling and ran to go see what was happening, but the door was locked. She pounded at the door, hoping to distract her angry guardian. The door flung open and Emily sprawled out on the ground. Jean's boot made contact with the girl's back, making her howl and struggle to get away. Jean called the two girls every name in the book, asked them if they wanted to be street urchin, to be whores. Emily made the dumbest move in her life. Even dumber than the knife, than the mistakes of her past. She said "It would be a hell of a lot better than staying here with you!" I'll let your imagination decide what comes next.

Last year's NaNo was too hectic to be compleated. November last year was really hard to write in. My niece, Kayla, was born November 8th last year. Thanksgiving holidays happened. My own birthday was November 22nd, with a party a few days before. My best friend's birthday was the end of November. VERY hectic month for me. xP But this year, I have goals.

I want my daily NaNo count to be 1,666 PER DAY at the least. Why? It's one of my favorite numbers. And it helps that if I do that much per day, at LEAST, I should finish this year's NaNo.

I will also keep a Mountain Dew count. For every Mountain Dew I drink during NaNo, I will add one to the total. =P

I'm also going to do some challenges this year. I'll probably post those when I figure out which I'm gonna want to do, and I'll cross them out as I get to them. I'll probably keep all my NaNoing to myself until the month is over, but I'll update on my progress as often as I can.

For now, I'm not really set on what I'll NaNo. I'm thinking maybe something with a prostitute as one of the main characters. If so, her name will be Anastasia. Ana to her friends, Stash to her customers. I don't want her to be the absolute main character though. There should be a younger character that like, I dunno, looks up to her? Something like that. I'll figure it out when NaNo starts. Six more days. OhEmGee.
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