Mood: Pretty sunny, considering.

What I'm Listening To Right Now: "Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon

So yesterday was a little stressful. Okay, a lot stressful. I was just doing my thing, minding my own business, opening the file that my 90 pages of love and care is saved in, when... It wouldn't open. Then, a little box popped up that said it can be recovered... Maybe, just not how I had it.

WHAT?!? Good lord, I actually had to walk away from the computer and do something else. I just couldn't physically deal with it.

Not to worry though, I only lost the last bit of chapter 14, which is the last chapter I had written. Although, it was one of my favorites and I'm positive that scene won't be as good when I re-write it later today; at least I have most of it though.

It's crazy what your mind goes through when it goes into full-on panic mode. It's called fight or flight and boy did I fly yesterday. I took off for another room and started reading something else. It's funny now, but the look on my moms face when I said, "Oh by the way, I don't know if my book is actually there anymore," wasn't pretty. I do have it printed out, but not that last chapter, because I wasn't finished with it yet. Woe is me.

No really, I'll be fine. I think I'm actually going to attempt to re-write it now, I'm just sure it won't be the same...

Have a great day.

Mood: Sleepy but good

What I'm Listening To Right Now: "Why Georgia?" by John Mayer

Well, I got the basics of my timeline drawn out last night on my new foam board. I just put major events on there for now, including birthdays, because what's more important to thirteen or fourteen year olds, right?

After I finished with all of that, I started thinking about something that has been haunting me since I start writing this book. What in the world am I going to call it? I don't have a title yet. To be honest, I don't think I've even come close to a title I like. So last night I sat down with a pen and just jotted down ideas, even stupid ones, just trying to get the juices flowing on a title... I got nowhere.

I know how important titles are, I mean, it's the first thing an agent/publisher/editor/reader sees, so it has to be good. I'll probably go crazy before I actually figure it out, or maybe it will come to me after I've completely finished the book; when everything is settled, then maybe it will be right there staring me in the face. Well, I hope so, because I sure don't have anything good right now.

Okay, I have some things to get done before I can start writing today, so I need to get to it.

Have a great day.

Mood: Determined

What I'm Listening To Right Now: "Touch It" by Busta Rhymes

Alrighty, so it's been way too long since I've updated, but to be honest, things are just now getting back to normal after the big, week-long family visit.

A few days ago I picked up what I have of the book for the first time in a week. I decided I don't like chapter one, but I'm going to leave it for now and re-write it when the book is done, so I can figure out what fits and what doesn't.

I'm getting really weird about the facts in the book; I'm finally getting into the meat of the story and I don't want to mess it up. I want this book to be really tight, no holes. So today I went to CVS and picked up a big foam board to make on time line on, so I can fit everything I need to on there. I already have a time line on paper, but I need more room. I'm hoping this will help me organize the story, and my head, because it could explode at any moment.

Tomorrow is going to be the first day in over a week that I'll actually have time to sit down and write; I can't wait.

Okay, that's all for me right now; Gilmore Girls is coming on and then I'm going to work on my new time line.

I'll update again tomorrow.

Have a great day.

Mood: Tired but good

What I'm listening to Right Now: "For You I Will" by Teddy Geiger

So my family is in town this week, so I'm not working on the book, what with the eating and riding around, there's just no time. In all seriousness though, I miss it. I really feel like working, but I know that I really wouldn't get anything done.

I read on an agents blog that Young Adult books are still hot (yay!) and that the door is wide open for a first-time author. (bigger yay!) So, I'm pretty excited.

Now I just need to finish the book! In all reality, I think I could have the first draft done by this summer, which will be making good time, I think. That's my goal, anyway.

So that it's for me. It's off to Old Navy, and probably more eating.

Have a great day.

Mood: Great... Until my computer froze and shut off while I was writing this the first time.

What I'm listening to right now: "Over My Head" by They Fray

So, it's been about a week since I last updated, which is good and bad. It's bad because I like posting on here and I think it helps me organize my thoughts. It's good because that means I've been busy, which also means I've been writing. I think writing wins.

It's been a little less than a month since I decided to re-write the first 60 pages of my book, and I've done that since then, and wrote about four more chapters. I'm feeling pretty good about that, and about where I'm going with the book. I can be hard on myself a lot, but I can't help but be excited right now. I just feel good.

Some of that may be because today, while running around getting things done, I went to my second favorite place in the world, the library. (Second only to Barnes & Noble.) I swear, if I could build my dream house, every single room would have a huge book shelf. My bedroom and my living room would have a floor-to-ceiling book shelf, with those cool ladders that you see in movies. It would also have a huge flat-screen TV, but you know... You can't read all the time.

Anyway, back to my story. I went to the library to look around at some of the Young Adult books, just to see what's out there. I think getting a feel for the genre is good for me, and I'll admit it, I love YA. And I also think that's OK... I'm only twenty-one you know.

I left with a stack of books and a huge To Be Read list, and I loved every second of it. :)

Besides running around, I also got chapter twelve written. It was supposed to overview a week in time for the book; it ended up being about a half of a day, which means that chapter just turned into about four, but that's OK. Better to have too much, than too little.

So anyway, that was my day. I'm getting ready to do some research on online colleges. I want to start working on another degree and I think getting one online will be my best bet, it gives me time to do the other 567 things I need to do. Whew.

OK, that's it for me today. I hope you all had a great one.

Mood: Feeling pretty productive and happy

What I'm Listening To Right Now: "For You I Will" by Teddy Geiger

Well, last night I powered through the rest of the "turning over" process. That's right, I re-wrote over 20 pages, printed them out, went through them with a red pen, and stapled each chapter separately to help keep myself organized. Whew. Do you want to know the best part about all of it? I loved every single second of it!

I'm having a ball writing this book, I really am. I know I come on here and complain about things, but honestly, just getting through that last night and now, seeing 70+ pages printed out and all that... It's great. I can't even imagine how it's going to feel to finish it.

I was reading another writers blog last night, and she was talking about the length of her new book, and how she feels like she may need to switch genres, from chick lit to fantasy. I'm not writing chick lit, but it's walking the line between fantasy and young adult. I wonder what the lengths normally are for those... I need to do some research. Oh and she's writing a sequel... that must be fun. Hell, if everything goes the way I'm planning, it will be fun. Hehehe.

Right now, I'm almost at 27,000 words, which is kind of nuts, if you think about it. I'm working on chapter 11 right now, and I still feel like I haven't even gotten into the meat of this book. Granted, now that I have most things laid out and explained, I won't have to go into enormous detail about what's what, but still. I really feel like I have a good 20 chapters left. Gosh... I just really like writing books! I want to do this forever!

OK, I'm done for now. It's back to chapter 11; in reality I probably won't finish it today, but in my over achieving mood earlier today, I planned to write 11 & 12. Not going to happen, unless I get a 456th wind, because last night knocked me out. OK, really going now.

Have a great day everybody.

Mood: Good but I'm procrastinating

What I'm Listening To Right Now: "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield

So my Monday deadline to have the first part of my book "turned over," as I'm calling it, didn't work out. I still have twenty some pages to do. Add to that, I can't manage to force myself to work on it today. Come to think of it, this song is pretty much my song of the day. Well, at least I'm consistent.

This weekend I let my mom read what I had so far, and she seems really excited about it. I couldn't help but smile when she kept asking for the next chapter, or what someone was up to, knowing I couldn't tell her. That made me feel good. You would think it would give me some inspiration to sit down and write, but nooooo.

I've spent most of today getting a lot of other stuff done today, just updating what I need to update, stuff like that. I also worked out really, really hard; which pretty much means I'm going to have to roll out of bed tomorrow, and crawl anywhere I need to go. I normally work out that hard, but I hadn't gotten to since last Monday, I had just done half of it since then; so when I finished, walking was a bit of a problem. No biggie though.

OK, seriously, I'm going to go now and I'm going to write. Until I eat dinner, then I can write some more, actually no I can't' Gilmore Girls is new tonight. After that though... it's totally going to happen.

Have a great day everybody.