Cornell and the Band

Wow. It's been a while since I've posted. Sorry about that. I've been busy with school and everything. Anyway, since I've got some free time, I thought I'd update you all on what I'm doing writing-wise lately.

Right now I'm working on getting together a full copy of Cornell. When I write I write each scene individually. Because of this I've got scenes scattered all throughout my computer, Ipod, and multiple notebooks. I decided it's time to try and get a bit more organized, at least where Cornell is concerned. I'm putting everything into a Word document, and I'm typing up scenes from my notebook. My hope is to have this all together and somewhat edited by early December. A hefty goal, I know, but I love to be able to give a couple people rough copies for Christmas. I'm not naming any names though, because I don't know if any of them read this blog.

Over the summer I was working on some things for the band in Somewhere in the Middle. I'm not sure if I've mentioned them before. Somewhere between Just Another Ending and Somewhere in the Middle, Kara decides to form a band. It's one of her crazy ideas that normally wouldn't work out, but this time she gets a few other people on board. The band is called Second Revolution, and it includes Kara (from Soulmate Guide), Heron (from Jackie), Serina (from Cornell), and Zachary (new to SWM). They all play multiple instruments, and most of them are song writers, so they switch up positions a lot. Usually though Kara sings, Serina plays guitar, Zach plays base, and Heron is on the drums. Over the summer I was working on coming up with songs and albums, because a couple are mentioned in the book. Here's what I've got so far.

Album 1: Mysterious Things
Invisible
Mysterious Things
Beautiful Madness
Next Chapter
Another Lifetime
Today or Tomorrow
My Life (In Black and White)

Album 2: Rewind
Unstoppable
Somewhere Close to Home
Again
6 Ways to Nowhere
Overwhelming
Never Forget
Unshed Tears
One More Time

Album 3: (untitled)
If You Were Mine
Girl in Black
Still Alive
Forever Yours
Wonderland

Album 4: Ashley (This is actually Heron's solo album)
That Summer
Because I Love You
The Last Time
Give Me Love
The Rain
After All
Letters to No One
If You Were Mine (Acoustic)

So there you have it. I actually have this all written out on sticky notes and displayed on my closet door:

The Spanish Iguana was a name Heron suggested for the band. It's been an ongoing joke between him and Kara ever since. Since Ashley and Brett are soulmates with members of the band they get dragged on tours and photo shoots a lot. They pass the time by playing card games. This is only one of many tally sheets, and as you can see, Ashley is much better than Brett. I wrote out Zach's Quirks because he's a relatively new character, and I didn't want to forget anything.

Well, I think that's enough from me. I have scenes to type up. Hopefully I'll post again soon. Until then...

Updates

Hey guys! I have a lot of new updates today. First of all, I'm not sure if I mentioned it before, but awhile ago I decided to cancel Kale. It was a book I wanted to write, and I loved the characters, but I just felt like I didn't have the ability to make it good enough. Well after some reviewing and new ideas, I've decided to start writing Kale again. It's still going to have the same characters and general idea, but I'm working on a new plot line.

Unfortunately I've also decided to cancel a few books for various reasons. I will no longer be writing Fairies or Sanctuary. I'm also considering cancelling Defected and Elemental. Neither of them have a solid plot line, and I have to many other books to focus on.

One last thing before I start talking about Falling; I've decided to combine Cornell 2 with Cornell. After a long discussion between Skyres and I, we figured that a) the idea for Cornell 2 was terrible (although it took her half an hour to convince me of this), and b) I need more material for the first book. Since James is such an important character in the New Beginning series we still needed him to be mentioned in Cornell. In the end it's all for the best, because the climax of the book makes more sense if James is actually in the first book.

That's all for now.

Laterz

MyYearbook

If you've ever heard of MyYearbook, you'll know that it's a bit like Facebook. I thought it would be fun to make accounts on MyYearbook for some of my characters. I just made Jennifer's, and I'll be working on another one soon. The link is in the sidebar.

In other news, I'm going to try and write some of the posts on the Coming Soon list. Sorry it's taking so long. In the meantime, I've started a new blog to review books I've read. It's called (Insert Blog Name Here). As you can tell, I'm not good at naming things.

That's all for now!
Laterz!

Update

Hey! I just wanted to let you know that MyDivaDoll has closed, so the links won't work anymore. OhMyDollz is still open though, and I've updated Mika's outfit. Check it out!

Major Updates

Hey guys! Sorry I've been gone for so long. Since school's started things have been kind of crazy, but I'm back now with tons of new stuff and lots of updates! There's a lot of text though, but bare with me.

First of all Switch has been cancelled. At first it seemed like a good idea, but after a while I realized that it wasn't really going anywhere. I'm really sorry to those of you who wanted to read it, but I just couldn't make it work. I really liked Channing and Demitri though, so I might use them in one of my new books.

That brings me to the next topic: New Books. There are so many of them. Skyres and I loved A New Beginning so much that we've turned it into a trilogy. We haven't come up with a name for the trilogy yet, but the individual books are A New Beginning, Just Another Ending, and Somewhere in the Middle. I'm also working on some things by myself. Two Worlds, Stolen, Defected, After Dark and Elemental are already in the works, and I'm just starting Dark Wolf and Falling. I'll post full descriptions of all these soon.

Next, I found a few new sites that I've been using to make character pictures. Skyres has helped a ton with choosing the best pictures, and I'll be posting them right after the book descriptions are done. I'm also getting ready to update my MyDivaDoll and OhMyDolls accounts, but I can't decide what characters to do. Please leave me a comment with suggestions!

I think that's all for now. I'll be back really soon, and thanks for sticking with me.

Laterz!

P.S. Check out my other blog, Completely Me! I update that a bit more often with tons of fun stuff!