Recent content by dill616

I'm IN! Points for cuteness?

2013 was amazing and sad at the same time. I made it a challenge to finish my manuscript. Once this was done, I started querying and came SO close to getting an agent. I got more than one constructive personal reply telling me the agent loved what I was doing, but they wanted a different genre...

I want this cake. Maybe when I get over this damn bronchitis, I can track down the recipe. Or I could try it now. Add some peanut *hack hack*cough cough* butter MINE!

A lot of the interpretation is left in the hands of the reader. ;) Also....don't tell anyone because it's a secret...In book 2, the reader finds out that ghettos and refugee camps do exist in abundance. However, they are located on the OUTSIDE, far away from the Compounds. Dun dun dun.

One of the big questions of the novel is "Why are these people allowed to live?" I want you have the whole 'prison camp' idea when you first enter into the novel, but then have that concept completely wiped out when you start reading. Take a look at the environment where they have oak cabinets...

Ugh, no people. On the other hand, there are writing communities that are just mean as all hell. It's constant put downs and "you don't need to write like this." It's my work. Don't tell me what I'm trying to say! I've had people convince me that I'm making a holocaust parallel with my work and...

Awww, Dave. Don't get your hooties down! I originally started writing this as an adult book for adults who like YA. Then, I went back to YA and censored myself. Eventually, I just said F it all and went all out. I can't write the shallow, romance-filled pages that the kiddies might want. I'm...

I have two Betas, which will be the limit for right now. Thank you to everyone who has shown interest! I am looking for beta readers for my STATUS: POSITIVE manuscript. It is 198 pages (57,000+ words), double spaced and formatted at 12pt font. I have different file formats available (pdf...

As you can see, I have surpassed my 50,000 words!! I have 11 sections total. I have to type up a scene from section 9 (it's in my notebooks somewhere) and polish off the ending/epilogue. The rest of the sections are completely done. I won't be submitting to agents for a few months. The...

:cry: You give me sads!

I write stuffs and things and now I have excerpt available online: http://www.scribd.com/doc/182432339/Status-Positive-Excerpt In short: Blue Stevens is a teenage girl struggling to find her identity in a world divided between Positive and Negative, Gay and Straight. She's spent ten years...

So glad I haven't read the book now.

10,148 10,700 (as of 1:09 pm) words 6 days 3 sections (chapters?) NaNoWriMo I'm finally forcing myself to get this business together. There are more words written that are out of order. I'm on track to have the book, which I've been writing (along with two sequels at the same time) for...

I did enjoy Ender's Game. I could predict how things were going to go because that's how I would have done it. Ender was an awesome, full-bodied character. I've been reading SO MUCH dystopian YA fiction over the past two years. I thought I was done. However, it was nice to see Ender's evolution...

I think I have it under control now. I've just forced myself to strictly call each parent by one pronoun. Instead of even referring to them as 'my dad' it's just 'Dad' now. I will get this. Hizzah!