Holidays

I haven't blogged in a while so I decided to write something. Happy holidays! Christmas was awesome, and I can't even believe tomorrow is 2011! Time flies, I tell you what. So, any new year's resolutions? I've decided that I'm going to just try and be an overall better person, like not hating so many people and trying to get along with more people instead of fighting against them. I've also decided to keep a better track on my stories and to reply to reviews and such. I've been slacking in some of those areas. Lately, people on Fanfiction who have read my stories have been PMing me a lot about my stories and asking for help. It really touched me that they were asking ME, and I started realizing how I would barely reply to PMs. Hopefully that will change.

Well, progress on any of my stories is very low. I've been tossing around ideas for the sequel to Ten Days but nothing has become final yet. I know what I want to do, but I don't know how to make that happen and still have it make sense and seem real enough. And the sequel to Artificial Engagement? I've started it, but no I'm starting to doubt the plot because it's not very strong and I could easily see people getting bored with it. So I've kind of decided to re-write the plot, which will be a miracle if I can get it done soon and fast.

Right now, I'm pretty much brain dead. My inspiration to write is kind of slipping away right now, and I think that has to do with being at home because of Christmas break. Once I start writing, I'm itching to get away from the computer. I hope it stops so I'll be able to be productive for once.

Happy holidays and enjoy the break!

Temporary Hiatus

Due to the holidays coming up, I will not be updating any of my stories or writing anything new (unless I'm just smited with fabulous ideas and I have no choice but to write them). Besides, with semester tests and everything, I haven't had time to even sit down and properly write something without my mind wandering to the test. I would be writing something and thinking about my upcoming tests, and I would start to trail off and the inspiration would just disappear. I only have three more tests left, but I tell you what: my brain is fried. I think writing is the last thing I want to do right now. But like I said, if something absolutely amazing comes up, I'll write it down and post it :)

Happy holidays!

Story Updates

About a month ago, I started the sequel to Artificial Engagement, and I thought it was going to be a piece of cake to write. I was sadly mistaken. I started with lots of enthusiasm, but then after the first page, I was like, "Crap, this is going to be hard..." The thing is the plot isn't very strong. I want to do a sequel because I DO have an idea, it's just that I can't figure out exactly what has to happen and how to write it down. My guess is that this sequel won't come out until summer, unlike spring, which I had predicted after AE was done.

Secondly, I've been thinking about the sequel to Ten Days and I have a pretty good idea of what's going to happen. I think my plan is to write it out and then edit it like I did AE, mostly just so I can build the suspense between the readers :D

Morals

Today my life as basically been about morals. This morning, my mom and I were talking about a kid who had died a few days ago. He was obviously too young to die. Today in English class, we read two fables (a poem and a folk tale) and I thought it was ironic that we were looking at morals today. The moral was about life, which made it all the more ironic. My class was debating on which was better: living a long life filled with less happiness, or having a short life full of happiness and experiencing beauty for just one second? So which one? Is it better to have a life full of complete happiness for fifty years, or that empty, lingering feeling for eighty years with half the happiness? Would you rather take risks and experience the thrill? Or would you sit in the back and play it safe?

My personal opinion: what's life without the risks?

My moral: live life to the fullest.

Writer's Block

Bad news: I'm having a bit of a writer's block. I have these really good ideas for my stories, but I just can't seem to get them written down in a way that doesn't annoy me. I really want to write, but I just can't. I hate writer's block so much. I feel lazy when I don't write for a few days, and I start getting mad at myself for it. I know which direction I want to take my stories, but the inspiration just won't come. Sigh. I hope it ends soon.

Publish

So one of my Fanfiction stories, Artificial Engagement, is my most popular story, and in a few reviews, people have told me that it would be a great story on its own, meaning without using the Percy Jackson characters. The comments made me feel really proud of myself, and I thought "Well why not?" It would be cool to completely, COMPLETELY edit it, making it even better and creating my own characters. (If it turned out well, I would even consider publishing it.) So, that is the plan for Artificial Engagement. While I will keep working on the sequel for Fanfiction, I will also be doing this.

New Ideas

So I have some new ideas for stories...For PJO, my favorite heroine is, obviously, Annabeth. At first the only person I could imagine her with was Percy. After a while, though, I started getting kind of bored with them because I had thought up so many ideas with them. Then I started thinking, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that, if written right, Annabeth could be with just about anyone. Ideas started forming in my head, and after writing a few down, I realized that I could probably make it work.

I was able to put Annabeth with a few people, that being Travis and Connor Stoll, Nico di Angelo, and even Hades. That one was a really dark story, with dark romance, but it was interesting to read. And then of course, I was able to put her with Luke, and even Kronos. That too was a darker story, but again, it was intriging.

My whole goal with this was to expand my horizons, and hopefully expand in my writing as well and improve. To do this, I also started using my second favorite heroine, Thalia. She's the main character, along with Apollo, in my story Ten Days, which is my current fic and, surprisingly, a hit. This story is almost like a test to see if different pairings would work, and so far, it is :D

Weight Loss Plan

So I've decided to make a pact with myself to try and lose weight. Obesity is obviously a huge problem in the world (or America at least) so I'm joining those other millions in trying to change that fact. After watching Biggest Loser for how many years, I've always been inspired but I've never done anything. So I'm finally getting off the couch and changing my life. This includes cutting computer time, eating healthier, and exercising more. It's not that I want to lose weight and be super skinny, I just want to be healthy. I'm always a little reluctant to start exercising, but after I do, I feel great (and I CAN eat that cookie and not feel all that guilty :D)

Exercising doesn't have to be rigorous workouts for two hours. It could just be dancing, or hoola-hooping, or jump roping. Just something you love that gets your heart rate pumping. And eating healthier doesn't mean cutting down to just veggies and tofu. It means creating the right portions, getting your food pyramid in, and cutting back on how much you eat fast food and fats. It's all about making the right choices. It's okay to have something fattening--just not a lot of it.

It's going to be tough, but I'm dedicating myself to it. Hopefully other people will too. My inspiring story--when I went for a physical one year, they said I could have a chance of diabetes. That year, I worked out a lot, and when I went for my physical the next year, they said I lost 64 pounds and drastically reduced my chance of diabetes.

It was really nice to hear, and that made me feel really good. I felt better that year than I had ever before. So my goal is to lose more weight and just feel happier :D

Sequel

So I started the sequel to my story Artificial Engagement which was like a big hit for me. I'm really excited to get this story started and I can't wait to publish it. I thought I wasn't going to have it started this early even though I told my readers it would be published in spring. I can't wait to get it all done and see what people think about it :D

Self Image

Today my friend texted me before school with some interesting news. She told me her mom was pulling her out of school for a seminar about "self image." Why she did it was because her mom thought her daughter was depressed and a wild child. I find it hilarious because I know that my friend is the exact opposite of that.

It just amazes me what people can think of you.

Stress

Progress on my story 'Ten Days'...Zero. I added about sixty words before my inspiration crumbled away.

: (

I really want to finish the story, but it's so hard when I'm so busy with school and friends and other stuff. I want to please my readers and update, but I had to cut my chapter into two parts just so they wouldn't get upset with me for not updating in a few weeks.

Besides being stressed with Fanficiton, I've been stressed out with my best friend because, us being the smart kids we are, did some stupid crap two days before Halloween and now, to put it lightly, we're screwed. Some freaky crap has been happening. The worse part is that my best friend's other good friend doesn't believe us, so we're pretty much on our own with this one. I don't want to say anything else because I'm afraid something bad will happen, like my computer will blow up or something.

Ugh. I'm like stressed out about everything, especially school because I have like five projects due on Thursday and Friday.

On the upside, there are a lot of hot guys at my school. That is (sadly) the highlight of my week.

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Stories

Trying out this blog to see what it's like. I'm mainly going to use it for my stories on Fanfiction.net. Here's a link to my page:

http://www.fanfiction.net/~akatsukichild/

I write mainly for Percy Jackson and a few other categories. Check out my stories if you're interested :D