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deviantART: by:twilight-apple http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:twilight-apple&section=today deviantART RSS for by:twilight-apple en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:01:10 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png I'm a goober http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28607285/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28607285/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:04:49 PST
i think i have work this afternoon, i'm not sure. she called Monday, said not to come, then asked me about the rest of the week and i said Wednesday and Friday. i went Wednesday with little fuss (the rain was coming down hard and the roads were full of puddles) but i'm not sure about today. i'll still go, and then take it from there.

i heard the wait at one of the BC/Washington border crossings was 40/45 minutes at 7 in the morning. ewwww.

so, i imagine you were wondering about my latest poll. i'm surprised 20 out of 25 people said yes (i said yes, so it doesn't count). i've been debating whether or not to get some of those emoticon stress balls. they're only 12 bucks, but the shipping was outrageous. i figured i'd spend the extra 80 cents to get the better shipping. dA is nice and all, but the shipping is enough to drive me nuts.

so, because of my lack of ItM, i've been wondering if people would like to read what i've done as little homework bits for my writing class. they're not edited or anything, and really really rough, but hey, you people seem to like what i've been putting out here for the past 2 years.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Various overloads http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28545942/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28545942/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:04:43 PST

so, i haven't been writing anything lately, which sucks. well, anything ItM related. i've written little bits for my YA fiction class, and i wrote a midterm last week, but that's pretty much it.

i got my essay back today. i think i got an A- on it.

yay me. cause of my ultrasound i did the midterm last Thursday, and when i went to get it marked today, i found out he'd put it in with something else and it wasn't marked. *head-desk* it's no big deal, i'll get it back this Thursday (and i was never quite sure if i really have to come up on Thursday for class cause the outline says something about him being away for another conference).

my next essay is due on the 3rd, which is the last class. i'm not surprised. well, i'm kind of surprised, considering he's been pushing everything back. i think i know what i'm doing, and i've got a bunch of time to do it, so it's all good.

i gave up on NaNo, mostly because i was writing one day and i hated it. i was trying to re-write something and it turned into something goobery and sad and forced, so i stopped. handily enough, the YA fiction class gave me an idea, so that will be my next novel in progress.

i don't know when i'll finish ItM. maybe over Christmas. i hate that i've left people waiting to read the end, but hey, you can always go back and read volume 1, spend a few days doing that, or do crits and edit ideas for me for whenever i get back to editing it.

i hate the end button on a Mac keyboard. it's not end, it's the bottom of the damn page. grrrr.

my iPod must be half music and half the Stop Podcasting Yourself podcast. really, people, if you really need a super good laugh, listen to these guys. i've almost burst out laughing on the bus so many times.

i miss music sometimes, though. it's hard to write or read while listening to people talk.

i had a YA fiction binge last week when my Amazon order arrived, Betrayal by Lili St. Crow and Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne. the second is like YA werewolf chick lit, like Kira's stuff but teens and no sex and more chick lit. i also read the latest Nora Roberts Bride series book. it was good, but there wasn't a big conflict deal, like with the stupid mom in the first one. they need a murder or something in the next one.

i loved the Lili St. Crow book. i loved the first one, too, Strange Angels. very good.

so, i think i'm out of things to say for now. i think i'm going to get sushi for lunch.

it's so good, and there's a good cheapy place up here.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Quick writing-related update http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28491046/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28491046/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:08:50 PST
i got in.

last i saw, there's only 7 people in the class, including me. 7 out of 15 available spots.

either 7 people submitted a package, or more than 7 people submitted a package and the people who weren't picked sucked.

but yay, i got in. i get to write fiction for an academic reason next semester.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple *cricket making a chirping sound* http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28411791/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28411791/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:01:15 PST
my ultrasound was this morning. anyone ever had a kidney ultrasound? it's kinda strange. they must warm up the tube of goo, cause it wasn't cold when the woman squirted it onto me. it was halfway between warm and hot. so, the woman pressed the wand thing into one side and into my ribs, then the other side, and then the middle.

it was a very odd experience. odds are the next ultrasound i have will be if i ever have kids.

so, my thing was at 7:30am. i got there at 7, found the right desk at about 10 after, sat in 2 different waiting rooms, went into the room at about 7:35, and was driving away from the hospital (i almost put hotel

) at about 10 to 8. i was home not long after 8am (i stopped at Starbucks on the way home.

i love that they've brought back the Espresso Truffle drink, both hot and iced. it's so good.

it's like a mocha but with extra fancy hot chocolate).

so, i was supposed to take a midterm for my American lit class this semester. he kept pushing it back for lots of bizarre reasons, and 2 weeks ago said it would be on the 17th.

today.

*head-desk*

jerk.

last week my seminar was cancelled because he was going to be away at a conference, so on Tuesday he cancelled that seminar and held office hours instead. i went (cause i had an hour to waste until the sis got out of class) and reminded him that i'd brought this up the week before in class.

he was very understanding about the whole thing, he's a fairly laid-back kind of guy, and we agreed that i'd write it on Thursday during seminar in a different room. it was what i was prepared to do.

so, for today and tomorrow, i'll be writing out some rough notes for the short essay (cause he gave us the question last week) and reviewing the past 4 weeks worth of notes.

my YA fiction writing class is half over and i'm going to miss it. it's been lots of fun. downtown Vancouver isn't so bad, even with the closed roads, but i'm not driving down there. i take the SkyTrain. it's also not so bad cause it's not the Olympics. it's going to be so busy in February, but school has said they'll be closed for those two weeks, so i get those two weeks off (to study, probably).

i haven't heard anything about the creative writing seminar in the spring yet. they said they'd left people know after the 9th, and it's the 17th. i'm okay with not getting into it cause i know what else i could take, but i'd still like to know if i got in or not.

if you're interesting in writing short 14 to 16,000 word YA stories about big ideas, check out Orca Books and their Orca Soundings books. they're a publisher based in Victoria (yay, go Canada), and the Orca Soundings books deal with high-impact stories and ideas for reluctant teen readers. we had a YA writer come in on the weekend who writes Orca Soundings books and she said she really enjoys writing them, and that cheques come in repeatedly because high schools and prisons and literacy councils and groups like that buy up the books like hotcakes.

i think i'll look into writing a story like that over my Christmas break.

so, i guess that's it. i'm going to try and write something this weekend, but it's been weird because i can't write while listening to podcasts.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Hmmm http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28179266/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/28179266/ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:26:56 PST
last night i got to the point with the NaNo writing where I didn't like what i was writing, which meant i needed to get to bed before i got really annoyed with it. i'm kind of still in the same frame of mind, but i think i just need to get it all out of my brain. and i need to find a test reader for when i finish it.

i also got to the point where i thought i should be writing something YA fiction related, since that what my writing class is all about, but i already had an idea in my head. *sigh* my brain's all jumbly right now.

so, today i'm going to do some NaNo writing (and hopefully like it) and try and get it all out of my head before it explodes. it's possible that tomorrow will be spent going back over what i wrote to edit and fiddle around with it.

happy weekend, peoples.

]]> *twilight-apple Workshops I went to http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27978472/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27978472/ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:01:47 PDT
so, my conference weekend is over and i'm now in withdrawal. it was so much fun.

here's a list of the workshops i went to so you guys can decide if you're interested in me typing up notes. i tried to write this up a couple times already and got annoyed, so maybe it'll work this time.

#1: "The Undead Can Be Sexy, Too" with Richelle Mead, adult and YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy writer; discussed was the difference between PR and UF, current authors writing in both genres (adult and YA), pros and cons of PR and UF, pros and cons writing for YA audience, and list of current and credible literary agents looking for PR and UF.

#2: A panel on genre fiction featuring three literary agents, one editor, and one author talking about the do's and don't's of writing genre fiction, as well as what agents want in manuscripts.

#3: "You Think That's Funny? Humour in Writing" with Eileen Cook, romantic comedy and YA author; talked about types of humour, why we put humour in different genres, and where humour doesn't quite work.

#4: "His Dark Materials" with C.C. Humphreys, historical fiction and YA author; discussed horror and how to write it, what the purpose of a scene is, what an author want to do to the reader, how much horror is too much, and having to deal with writing the dark stuff in a scene.

#5: "Serious Serials" with Richelle Mead; talked about series vs. stand-alone novels, pros and cons of both, genres that work and don't work with series, endings found in both, how to pitch a series, and how Richelle ended up currently writing three series at the same time (two adult, one YA).

#6: okay, so i didn't go to a workshop late Saturday afternoon. it was half because none sounded interesting and half because my butt was numb from hard hotel business-type chairs.

#7: "Spec-Fiction Double Bill: Hard Science vs. Fantasy" with fantasy author Terry Brooks and sci-fi author Robert J. Sawyer; discussed differences in the genres, what's missing in current sci-fi and fantasy, marketing/mixing genres, and what's been done too much in both genres.

#8: The "Writing for Teens: Tantalizing or Terrifying?" panel with four authors who write and have written both adult and YA fiction (Eileen Cook, Meg Tilly, Richelle Mead, and C.C. Humphreys); discussed the differences in writing for adults and teens, that both groups will read the same story but that teens are more intense when discussing books they enjoy, what characters to write about, the concept that teens read so they don't feel alone, how to write in a teen voice when you're not one, and that YA novels often have big emotional reactions that adult fiction doesn't.

so, this is what i listened to for three days. so, comment on if you want me to type all this up. keep in mind that if you want my notes, you'll get them all cause i don't have the time to copy and paste parts into different files. say you want it, tell me what your e-mail is, and you'll get it soon (maybe by the end of the week) in a .doc file.

i think i took away a whole lot more this year than i did two years ago, and i think i'll save up some more so i can go to the meals and talk to people next year. the last one i went to helped the most, possibly because my writing fiction for teens course starts on Saturday.

so, NaNo starts next week. it's possible i'll write something urban fantasy related and not link it to my creative writing course. i've got a bunch of ideas and i want to get them out on '

aper' before i go insane.

Lindsay

]]> *twilight-apple Dangerous thoughts http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27945456/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27945456/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:57:29 PDT
#1: i need to get writing again (like serious writing) and not just fiddle around on the computer.

#2: once i get writing seriously again, i can't take forever to do it, which means lots of writing and not so much TV (but i love TV).

#3: it might help if i either stopped ItM at volume 2 or took a break to write something else. i think it's been my main focus for too long, and i need to work on something else before i go completely insane.

#4: i have no idea if what i decide to write next will appear on dA. i don't know if i should write something totally different, just for fun and just for dA, while having something serious going as well. i could turn ItM volume 3 into that something fun, if i figure out what i want to happen in volume 3. i really do think that i made Erin and Simon either too young for paranormal romance or too old for young adult fiction.

#5: 2 years after getting some advice on my first actual book/manuscript/draft, i think i know what i'm going to do to split up my weird werewolf secret agent/spy-type story into more than one book.

this conference has a way of making me think about writing as a serious job and not just something for fun, which is good because i'm 8 months away (hopefully) from graduation and i need something to do with my life that's more than random tutoring and nowhere near enough money to live off of.

of course, this conference also sucks, cause i'm not ready to be a grown-up yet and think about business and job-type crap.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple A laptop-less weekend http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27905793/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27905793/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:06:16 PDT
so, don't do anything weird or illegal while i'm gone.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Self-promotion http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27801982/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27801982/ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:17:05 PDT ATrue wrote an article about this: [link] I figured it would help with the cover letter I need to write about my background in fiction to get into a 3 month long creative writing seminar in the spring.

ABOUT ME:

Off-dA, IÂm really quite boring.

Single, no kids, and a small social life. I like being at home most days; the world can be bizarre (and I would know, I take public transit). IÂm currently in my 6th (

) year at university working on my B.A. in English (literature), and with some luck IÂll be done in the spring and graduating next June. IÂm scared with what IÂm going to do afterwards, if I should just stick around and try and get into the teaching program, but IÂm afraid my grades wonÂt be high enough (I had some personal problems 3 years ago, which lead to some depression and me almost flunking out). I would like to get into a creative writing program, but I wonÂt be able to apply next summer for the 2011 session, and who knows if IÂll even get in. A few years ago I wrote a 104K+ word novel and plugged it to a literary agent while at a writersÂ conference, but I never went back to it to revise and polish, and she said she liked the idea, too. It sucks. Maybe IÂll get back to it soon. IÂm headed back to the conference next weekend, and IÂm enrolled in a creative writing class that will focus on writing fiction for young adults. IÂm thinking of tying it in to NaNoWriMo this year, since the class starts on the 31st. Ideally, I would write for a living, but it could take a while. IÂm kind of a slacker, and itÂs hard for me to edit and Âkill my darlings.Â I need to take an editing class.

On dA, IÂm a goober. I joined almost 2 years ago in November 2007. My username comes from my enjoyment of the Twilight books. IÂm not an outrageous fan girl, I just like reading. My main project here is Into the Moonlight, or ItM, my long serial novel. ItÂs a mixture of urban fantasy and romance and YA and narrative and biography, telling the tale of a vampire and her werewolf trying to figure out a world that doesnÂt really want them to be together. Volume 1, the start of their romance up to their wedding, was finished last August, and IÂm slowly working going back through it in an attempt to edit and polish it so I can self-publish it through Lulu.com. Volume 2, which starts 2 years after the wedding and focuses more on their family, is a work in progress, mostly because I keep putting off finishing it. I randomly write poems and little short stories, and sometimes post pictures I take of our backyard. I tried to start another novel project, one titled Onto the Wings of Life, but I soon lost my muse for the story. IÂm currently considering how to revamp it in a more modern day urban fantasy context. I wrote a short story for =bekkia once titled The Big, Bad Wolf. It was my foray into erotic literature, and I think it came out okay. I know she enjoyed it.

Usually I wander around on dA when IÂm at home, wondering whoÂs written what and whoÂs doing what. IÂm currently DD-less, but that could change one day (I hope). 2 of my suggestions have been featured, one by =SpideyGeek and one by *za-zen.

to ^StJoan for featuring them. And I think IÂm the one to blame for getting *Kira73 hooked on writing erotic werewolf stories.

WRITING PORTFOLIO:

I write a lot of prose, and that means a lot of fiction. Sometimes I do a non-fiction piece, and sometimes I do random poems, but IÂm a fiction girl all the way. Often itÂs genre fiction, because I find it to be the most exciting. It makes writing the story that much better, and that much more unpredictable. You never know whatÂs going to happen when you write about supernatural characters.

I think I suck at poetry, so IÂll leave it to my mother (she writes her own stuff every now and then, and I think was published in a couple small journals more than 10... ]]> *twilight-apple It's a good thing we didn't put in speakers... http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27780568/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27780568/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:22:34 PDT
this house is all fucked up sometimes. my dad went to hook up the new stereo to go with the new TV and Blu-Ray player (yes, my folks have the money to do a one room reno and buy a bunch of new crap to put in it), and couldn't get the side speakers to work.

it's pretty much that the wires we had moved over to the other side of the cabinet are hooked up to something, but we have no idea what, and so they're useless. so, the wires that came with the stereo are long, some hopefully we can just feed them up the tube behind the TV and do it that way. it's all very bizarre, but the main thing is we might get the stereo working tonight.

in other news, i had to read a bunch of Dickinson poems this week. *snore*

well, she's not so bad. it took lecture and half of seminar this morning to start to figure out what the hell she's talking about.

individualism to the extreme.

i'll have to work on my paper this weekend, but tonight i'm going to try and finish my "Twenty-Ten" story. i'm curious what they want in terms of a cover letter detailing my background in fiction and/or what i want to do in the class. as far as i know, my background in fiction is that i've been writing seriously since i was in high school, that i've been reading fiction since i can remember (maybe 3 or 4), that i've got a 100k+ word manuscript that i wrote and left alone instead of editing and that i once plugged it to a literary agent but since i left it alone i never sent it out, that i've got this massive ItM thing that's at over 150k+ words and hovers in a bunch of different genres and if i ever finish editing it will end up being self-published, that i've got a bunch of half-started bits of stories, that i usually write genre fiction or YA and i'll pprobably write bits of genre fiction for assignments while classy literary goobers don't really care for genre fiction (and if i send in the "Twenty-Ten" story they'll be confused cause it's a contemporary piece), that i'm going to this writer's workshop conference and this YA fiction class but i'm still working on my degree, and that i've yet to have anything published mostly because i haven't sent anything out.

hmmm, how to shrink it down into 200 words?? *sigh* i'll have to think about it.

what would you say if you were asked about your background in fiction??

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Hi peoples, it's me again http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27742033/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27742033/ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:36:44 PDT
so, i've got a paper due next week, then the SiWC for the whole weekend, then a midterm the next week. fun mixed with crap. how exciting.

on the creative writing seminar front, i've decided to finish my "Twenty-Ten" story i started months ago, then post it here, then get you people to vote between it and an ItM chapter. i might give you the option of ItM chapters, maybe chapter 1 and then one i really liked writing.

or i might just post the "Twenty-Ten" story here and let you guys read it and crit it so i can fiddle with it. i want to submit the whole package by the 29th of October, which gives me some time but not a whole lot, which i think is good. if i had until December, i'd never get it done.

i'm not sure if i'll get to any ItM this week. i don't have any held-back chapters anymore. maybe i can look into writing something tonight after i make dinner.

it's really hard to do stuff when we've got a nice new 46 inch HD TV at home to watch.

how was everyone's Canadian Thanksgiving?? we had ham last night cause my mother never pre-ordered a turkey from the butcher. it was pretty good, so i can't complain.

and we've got lots of leftovers.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Quick and random freak out http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27637687/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27637687/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:09:32 PDT
i need to have 5 to 7 pages of prose plus a short cover letter describing my background in fiction plus what i want to achieve in the course delivered to the English department by November 2nd.

that's 3 and a half weeks away.

so, what do you people think i should submit?? some ItM?? something else?? something new??

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple I miss writing http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27633896/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27633896/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:54:17 PDT
]]> *twilight-apple Lack of stuff http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27366842/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27366842/ Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:28:09 PDT
i've also been listening to far too much of the Stop Podcasting Yourself podcast. it's just so funny. i can't listen to people talking when i write, music works better. of course, i've got some reading to do for Thursday, but i might force myself to listen to some actual music for a little bit tomorrow to get some actual writing done. i do like this new "Broken Strings" song, and the new Muse album.

it's haircut weekend. sweet, i've got far too much hair for my liking right now. it's all poofy. i don't really care for the poof.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Puritan what?? http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27209627/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27209627/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:35:45 PDT
i've found a new podcast to listen to. it's called Stop Podcasting Yourself, and it's the funniest thing i've listened to. and they're local, too.

it's so funny. go to iTunes, go to the Podcast part of the store, and look for Stop Podcasting Yourself. i've been laughing all weekend long.

saw 9 with the sis yesterday. so good, but so sad at the end. yes, i cried. *sniffle* but it was so good.

so, that's all. i've got to read some more before i go to work.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Me when I'm editing http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27055332/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/27055332/ Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:43:44 PDT
this is one of my favourite comics of hers about 'Revision Angst.' [link] it's pretty much what i look like when i'm editing, but without the glasses.

my yarn came in the mail so i've been crocheting instead of editing. it's going good, but there was a comment by the sis on how it feels like dishcloth yarn. hrmmm. so, when i'm done this scarf, i'll be making some dishcloths.

and i'll get back to editing, i know, i know. and writing new chapters. i probably should post a new one. i think i've got two written that i haven't posted.

my lit class starts on Tuesday. an 8:30am class twice a week. sounds like fun, doesn't it?

meh, it won't be so bad. i can nap on the train and the bus if i'm that tired. plus, i can just take the bus home, so i'll save on gas for my weird car and get some actual *cough*exercise*cough*.

the sis and i got books. mine: $36. hers: $340. who won?? i did.

of course, her books were big and hardcover-y. mine are small and paperback-ery, and the most expensive one was about 14 bucks.

and i've got all the papers and e-mails and stuff that say i'm actually going to take this extra writing class, which is handy. i'd hate to go there and have them be all, there wasn't any room left when you registered, get out. but i got the paper. it'll be interesting to see who else is taking that class. five bucks says i'll be one of the youngest people there.

i was watching the Yankees/Jays game earlier and all i have to say is you people have to see the highlights tonight. it's not every day you see a Yankees pitcher hit someone in the face with the ball. that looked brutal, and so painful.

so, enjoy the holiday Monday, peoples. read a book. i should be reading the new ones i have, but i've been watching far too much Phineas and Ferb on my iPod. if you have kids who watch it, you'll understand the appeal.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Books books books books http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26946691/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26946691/ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:30:50 PDT
headed for school tomorrow to get books for my American lit class. need to get 6 of them, but they should be cheaper than my sister's 3 books. those 3 might cost 300 bucks.

ick. well, that's what she gets for taking science classes.

i might take some old books back next week to see if i can get some money for them. there's a big stack of them in my room kinda in the way of things. i could stick them in my closet. hmmm, maybe i should stick them in the closet. *thinking face*

i'm trying to get a bunch of editing done before my class starts up next week, but it'll be like the summer. 1 class 2 days a week, but then the conference in October for a weekend (which is pretty much like a class) and the writing class the next week (which is another class but only for 5 weeks). i'll still edit when i've got class, but when i can.

as to posting new ItM, that'll happen when i've got new stuff to post. i really want to finish this 1st edit, then edit again, but i want to finish volume 2 and think about what i could write next. so much writing.

made double lasagna today, so most of it went into the freezer. that sure is some good lasagna.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Gots an ouchie boo-boo http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26903096/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26903096/ Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:59:15 PDT
so, does no one want to try their hand at being a blurbologist?? examples can be found on my main page in the ItM volume 1 box, one by *denlm and one by *LunaticStar. the one by *denlm is about volume 2 more than volume 1, but it's a good example.

and i know everyone loves the new ItM stamp, but more stampage would be nice.

i'm no good at them.

i don't know what else to say. it's been kinda boring/normal here. i've got to go up to school and get books next week, but other than that, things are normal.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Because I suck at some stuff http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26773508/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26773508/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:29:44 PDT

write up a back cover summary of ItM volume 1, post it as a deviation, link to it here in the comments, and i'll link to all of them in a poll so everyone can vote for which one they think describes what happens to Erin and Simon the best. the best two or three, depending on how much space they take up, will hopefully go on the back cover (if =bekkia doesn't hurt me for doing this because she said she'd do the covers for me and cause i suck at visual art).

i'm not sure about a deadline, maybe 2 weeks from now?? so, on September 6th, the back cover summary poll will appear.

let's recap what happened in volume 1:
-Simon drooled all over Erin not knowing it was Erin
-they kissed a bunch of times
-they left for the forest house
-they tried to have a normal life
-Erin got kidnapped by a stupid Oliver (and Ainsley was the nice one)
-Simon went wolfy and saved her
-they got married at the end

has everyone seen the ItM stamp??

it's the only one (that i know of).

so, i'm off to mow the lawn. ick.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple If music be the food of love, play on http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26693661/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26693661/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:57:14 PDT

stop screaming in pain, you know you like it.

Step 1: Put your iTunes or equivalent on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing.
Step 3: Bold out the songs when someone guesses the song title correctly.
Step 4: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!

1. "Lips are turning blue. A kiss that can't renew. I only dream of you, my beautiful."
Muse: "Sing for Absolution"

2. "Feels like you're miles from here in other towns with lesser names where the unholy ghost doesn't tell Mary or William exactly what they want to hear."

3. "Once upon a time i was just a little bone. I was just a little tiny rib and the ribcage was my home."

4. "My eyes are open wide, and by the way, I made it through the day."
Shinedown: "Second Chance"

5. "And I wondered why you came for all this after so long."

6. "Drink up baby doll. Are you in or are you out? Leave your things behind cause it's all going off without you."
Frou Frou: "Let Go"

7. "We stumble in a tangled web, decaying friendships almost dead and hide behind a mask of lies."
Savage Garden: "A Thousand Words"

8. "I turn my camera on. I cut my fingers on the way, on the way, the way I'm slipping away."

9. "As I'm staring through this fire it's too late to make you mine. So far from where we started, so far from what we wanted."

10. "Running out of time, I know I got to find you, wonder if you're even there."

11. "Was I left behind? So tell me, tell me I survived. But don't look so surprised that I'm home but just for tonight."

12. "Lay where you're laying. Don't make a sound. I know they're watching. They're watching."
Kings of Leon: "Sex on Fire"

13. "I used to get away with so much. Now I can't get away."

14. "This is surrender to a war-torn life I've lived. Scars and stripes forever in need of change I can't resist."

15. "Hurtful words from my enemies of the last five years. What's it like to die alone?"
Escape the Fate: "Not Good Enough For The Truth in Cliche"

16. "Your golden lies feed my role in this forgotten space race under my control. Who's returned from the dead? Who remains?"
Muse: "Hyper Music"

17. "I noticed tonight that the world has been turning while I've been stuck here dithering around though I know I said I'd wait around till you need me I have to go, I hate to let you down."
Keane: "Can't Stop Now"

18. "When you were young and your heart was an open book, you used to say live and let live."
Paul McCartney and Wings: "Live and Let Die"

19. "The roads are closed. Do you know where you should be? When the lights are dim are you going to come crying to me?"

20. "When I wake in the morning, I want to blow into pieces. I want more than just okay. More than just okay."

21. "You got me like that, you're what I'm craving, you got me like that, you know I'm to blame and you got me like that. Every girl's the same."

22. "The smell of your skin lingers on me now. You're probably on your flight back to your hometown."
Fergie: "Big Girls Don't Cry"

23. "It's just like him to wander off in the evergreen park, slowly searching for any sign of the ones he used to love."

24. "You come out at night. That's when the energy comes, and the dark side's light and the vampires roam."

25. "Don't give yourself away. Don't live your life that way. Of course he's going to say anything you want then leave quicker than he came. Now you've got yourself to blame. Don't put yourself back in the fire again."
The Script: "Fall for Anything"

so, comment with what you think the songs are, and i'll bold the right ones. if someone gets an outrageous number of guesses right, maybe they'll get a prize.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple Jumbly weekend http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26593901/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26593901/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:41:28 PDT
haircut Saturday morning.

mowing the lawn at some point but now it's all wet from the rain.

going to see a play Sunday afternoon.

at some point i'll be writing. i have a new writing idea that's a mixture of the angel story and some ideas i got from listening to some music and looking at old 9 Chickweed Lane comics (i only started reading it in March).

i'll try to do some ItM editing, i promise.

lindsay e.

]]> *twilight-apple "All the world's a stage... http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26552139/ http://twilight-apple.deviantart.com/journal/26552139/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:06:29 PDT