artistic-freedom

so it's drama-rama up in here, not to sound dramatic. But the last few weeks have warranted that I'm afraid. To start, the Sunday before Christmas I was in a nearly fatal car accident. I was driving to the snow with my younger sister, going below the speed limit, the roads were clear, all peachy and good. Then I hit a patch of ice. Spun out. Over corrected. And flipped my car into a snow bank. It's really a miracle that a)we were not hurt (aside from some bruising of my arm) b) my car is relatively untouched save for some broken plastic and a cracked headlight and of course c) that we didn't die. I know that sounds dramatic, but in all

Long story short, I just finished my first novel after participating in National Novel Writing Month. Right now I am in the process of editing for private publication via create space. Now, while this contest may not seem like THAT big of a deal, and as far as perks go there aren't a lot. so I may as well list the perks first haha =) The prize(s): -Cover will be well, the cover. It may not be a national best seller (yet =P) but it will be on the cover of a book. -winner will get credit on the inside cover and back of novel for cover artwork -winner will receive a free signed copy of said book (I don't care if you read it, but who knows, m

well after all the stress of NaNoWriMo, it feels weird to not be writing four hours at a time every day, it's actually quite sad =(. And of course, being lazy, I'm trying to avoid editing my current novel (after all, I DO have until June 1st to get my proof copy and make it available for purchase on Amazon). My other dilemma is that since I actually finished a book for once (yay me!) and since it HAS to have a sequel, I want to wait until NaNO '10 to write it, since I know it will get done. =) so what's the problem? I'm BORED. Utterly and completely bored. Especially now that school is over and I have a whole month looming ahead of me, ful