So since I have several things I want to talk about and don't want to get too off topic today or distracted, I'm just going to make a list of the things I want to talk about:

1. I am sick. And truthfully, I feel horrible. I haven't felt this bad in a really long time. I had to stay home from school, which is saying something. Usually, I don't stay home from school but I have a feeling I have a flu or something. I almost resulted to taking medicine it was so bad, and let me tell you something. I don't take medicine. It's just one of those things that I do not believe in/support. Now I know you all will ask me why I don't take medicine if I don't add why here so I'll just tell you now. The reason I don't take medicine is because I believe that my body should be able to fight off germs by itself. I do not believe that it should have to rely on medicine, and I believe that medicine makes people weak. Also, if I take pain killers, the pain will go away, but that's only because my brain isn't receaving signals from my nerves which means that my brain doesn't completely know that I need to be healed. If there's pain, my brain will know and heal me faster. But that is only my theory. I'm not trying to convince you to stop taking medicine.

2. Earlier today, while I was sitting at home blowing my brains out, I finished another one of Sarah Dessen's great books. She truly is a great author and is my insperation in every sense. If you have not read any of her writings, please please please check her out. But as I was saying, I finished up That Summer which was the first book she wrote. I can not express to you how great of an author she is. Her first book is so much better than any of my attempts and I can only hope to amount to half her superiority in the writing world. I am just so glad for her, otherwise I would be a terrible author. All of my writing is in insperation to her. I'm very glad, also that I got two of her book for Christmas so I can start on another one of her books right away this weekend and soon add to my growing list of books I've read by Sarah Dessen: That Summer, Someone Like You, Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, This Lullaby, The Truth About Forever, Just Listen (which is my all time favorite book, not just by Dessen), and half of Along for the Ride. I would have read the rest of Along for the Ride but I had to return the book before I could finish it. I had too much homework. The next book I will be starting is Lock and Key; when I am done with that, I will finish Along for the Ride and then read What Happened to Goodbye. By that point, I hope to be done just as her next book, The Moon and More, comes out.

3. Alright, this is the last part. I'll try to make it shorter than the last two paragraphs but I can't promise you anything. Anyway, I've been super excited for my next book idea. I've been crawling out of my skin, I'm so excited, and I cant wait to write it! Only problem is that I need to wait until April to start it because, most likely, if I don't write it during Camp NaNoWriMo, the whole idea will fall flat and I won't finish it until next year. The first draft that is. Then, there's the other side of the problem. Ideas just keep coming and coming and coming and you get the idea. I'm so afraid I'm going to forget some of these great ideas or it's going to have been brewing for so long that, by the time I sit down to write it, I'll already be tired of the idea! Then again, I might just be freaking myself out too much, but better be safe than sorry right? I mean, I absolutly can not contain this idea. Last week, I started writing a page of this next book and it turned into a lined piece of paper, front and back in one night. The next day, I go to school and write another page front and back in the middle of class. The next day, a page and A HALF. That's front back and front again! I'm telling you! I'm going crazy! What I would give to be able to take my brain out and put out all of my current ideas onto paper. I'd probably be done with the entire boo by then. What I really need, though, is The Dragon app. Maybe I'll ask for one for my birthday over the summer... then again, by then it will be too late....

Wow, so that was not a short paragraph. Good thing I didn't make any promises!

Good night everyone and I'll talk to you all soon. Have a great weekend.

-Lianna

It is officially 2013! I really can't believe that we've gotten to 2013. New year, new me, right? Well, maybe. I really doubt I'll follow through with my resolutions. Changing yourself so suddenly is so difficult and there are SO many things I would like to change about myself. Following is my list of resolutions that I hope to be able to follow through with.

-Drink more water (I have realized that I only drink about a cup of water or so a day.)
-Stop playing with my hair (I have been doing this for about four years now and have decided to break the habit.)
-Stop eating so much sugar (I eat about the equivilant of a meal most days in sugar.)
-Write a lot more (I have fallen out of the habit of writing every night and really need to write more so that my ideas stop pestering me.)
-Spend more time with friends (Because I tend to just keep to myself outside of school)
-Keep my room clean (It was a disaster until I cleaned it up yesterday)
-Stay off the internet (Who am I kidding? That's a whole year of commitment in itself.)

So as you an see, I have a lot of things I want to change about myself. If I just think about it for a couple more minutes, I'm sure I would be able to come up with a million more. Sadly, trying to change everything about myself is just... too hard. I really wish I was more tenatious when it comes to changing myself and getting myself into better habits. Maybe that should be something I work on next year....

But enough about the new year! I have book updates! You might not like them though.... Oh well, I shall tell you anyway.

I am SO close to finishing Somewhere In Heaven. In  fact, I only have one more scene to write for it (maybe two). Only problem is that because I am so close, I'm starting to get frustrated at myself because I am so close but yet so far. Why cant I just get off the stupid internet for an hour a day and write? Sigh. Maybe in a couple weeks (Hopefully one because I know that all it will take to finish is about 5k more words and I can crank that out in about 3 or 4 days) I will be able to read through it and revise it, change a couple things about it and then send it in to an agent! I'm so excited for that fact and use that as my drive to finish.

Also, in the idea that I will need to read through the book and edit it, sometimes, I chose random places and read through a bit of what I wrote a while ago. While I'm reading, all I can think is, I don't remember writing this.... Wow, that was actually pretty good.... Did I actually write that? Oh my god, what was I thinking when I was writing that? So as you can see, I never actually remember what I wrote. I might remember the basic plot but when it comes to details, I know nada, rien, nothing. The only place where I remember ANY details is the first 10 or so pages. In a way, that's actually a good thing because I'll be able to look at the book with new eyes and be able to look at it in the eyes of the reader. Bad side is that I have no idea what I'm getting myself into. But if I wrote it, it must be good, right? Right....

Well, anyway, I hope you all have a great begining to your year. I should really get to finishing my book so I'm going to sign off. Good night all.

-Lianna

It's now December! I'm sorry to say it but I'm so glad that NaNoWriMo is over. It's just so stressful and the writing was getting tedious. I think I'm going to put that book in the closet for a while.... On the flip side, though, I'm going to try to finish up Somewhere In Heaven this month and try to get it edited so I can finish my NaNo book and edit that. When I'm done with that, I'll be able to start on another book idea that I'm SO excited about! I can't stop thinking about it! This is how I was when I started Somewhere In Heaven. I am litterally jumping out of my skin I'm so excited and I'm using my nex book idea as motivation to finish my other two books. If only I had thought about the idea before NaNo. I would have been so much more excited.... Oh well....

In other news, it's December! Know what that means? It means Chrsitmas will soon be upon us! Do you have all of your Christmas shopping done? I know I don't.... But I do have my Christmas shopping done for my sister and three friends. Thank god I don't have to buy two presents for my two friends whose birthdays are on Wednesday. I don't have the money for all of those presents. Luckily, the presents that I have been getting are really cheep. I dont have enough money.... And I want to buy TONS of things for myself. Grrrr.... You would think that I would ask for the things I want for Christmas but that's not true. I really like getting things for myself. and other people. I don't like getting things from other people. I'm super picky with my shopping even though, when I shop, I have no clue what to get for myself. When I shop for other people, however, I know exactly what to get for them. I don't like shopping....

More later!

-Lianna

Hey everyone. So I was sitting here typing away, working on my NANOWRIMO book when I looked out the window and saw it had started snowing! Only problem is that, now, I'll be feeling cold the whole time I'm writing and wont be able to focus. Also, it means that my sister and I wont be able to walk to my mom's to get some stuff for a preformance tonight. Oh well. I think I'll be able to live. But also, just a few days ago, I learned that my dad is going to be moving so I'm going to have to help him in a couple weeks. Not fun seeing I want to make sure I keep my word count up for NANOWRIMO.

Speaking of NANOWRIMO, just thought I'd let you all know that my current word count is 18,066. Just a few more before I've written everything I should have written yesterday. I wish I had started writing sooner yesterday because I started to watch this movie around the time I usually write and it took a while to finish so then I started to write and ended just a few hundred words behind in my goal. I was really tired though, so you cant blame me. By the way, the movie I was watching was War Horse. If you've never seen it, please go out and rent yourself the movie because it is just fantastic and insperational. Oh look at that...more snow....

Last point, yesterday, my friends threw my friend, Emma, a birthday party because her birthday is today. Happy Birthday, Emma! It was really sweet, though, because they brought a cookie cake and presents and everything. It was just really fun and it was especially fun for me because I've never been a part of something like that before. I know, I've had such a sad life up until now. But my life is deffinitely getting more interesting.

So that's about it. I should probably stop procrastinating and get back to writing so I dont fall behind even more tonight when I go to the dance preformance. Too bad the snow is getting heavier. Dashing through the snow... In a one horse open sleigh... O'er the hills we go... Laughing all the way....

-Lianna

So this will be very brief but I just wanted to let you all know that my current word count goal for NANOWRIMO is 12845 words. I will have more done tonight, somewhere past 14000. But if I keep going at this pace, I will be done with my goal by the 20th so expect and excerpt on my books page around then! :)

-Lianna

So usually I dont do this but I've started another book. My other book, Somewhere In Heaven is still not finished (UGH!) but I'm hoping that I'll be able to start working on it more once NANOWRIMO ends. What's NANOWRIMO, you ask? Go here to find out: ywp.nanowrimo.org. This is for all young writers. What you try to do is write a novel in a month! Sound hard? Dont worry. You can set your own word count goal to challenge yourself without killing your brain.

But anyway, I'm participating in NANOWRIMO this month and I've already started on my next book. So it looks like after this month is over, I'll be working on two books...oh...joy.... And then I have another book idea. Sounds like I'm going to be busy for quiet a while.... More details on my NANO book later.

Though, to step away from my book writing problems, I just want to say that I've almost gotten my left front splits down! So i know it's totally off topic but I'm just really excited about that. But I take ballet so of course I shold be excited about that! Although... I learned that I cant get my splits down when my muscles aren't warm which frusteraites me because the only time they're warm enough is when I take ballet. And that's only twice a week! *Sigh* Oh well. But what frusterates me the most is that, because I stretched so much on Thursday, now I'm really sore so it hurts to stretch any more....

And now, I'd like to to talk a little more about my book I'm starting. Last night, I outlined the first three chapters of my book (WHAT?? How unusual!) on my wall and, surprisingly, it's looking pretty good. I'm really excited for this book and I have papers relating to the book all over my room to keep me excited and thinking. Also, I was with my sister last night and we were creating the outline when she said that the title for my book is the best one yet. I smiled, of course. But what do you guys think? Is, What I Ever Did to You, not the best title ever? To give you a summary, it's about a girl who gets this amazing boyfriend but slowly, she discovers that he's really abusive so she needs to call the police on him. Then she needs to go through therapy and all that to recover from the trauma. I'd love to hear what y'all think about it :)!

-Lianna

So I know I told ya'll that I'd be done with editing my book a while ago but...aparently I lied. Now, the editing it done (as far as I know. I might have to go over it one more time just for good measures) and I should have it published...sometime by the middle of next month at the latest. I promise.
   
But as far as new books go, I am currently writing another and the working title is Somewhere in Heaven. I'm pretty proud of it right now seeing I've only been working on it for two months and i'm half way through. It still needs major work to be done to it though before I conside putting it out there. Hopfully I'll get it out by March of 2013 depending on how school goes. It's still pretty good though to say the least and I already have the ending all planned out and written. Now I just need to fill it in. I think you will like it a lot because the end made my sister cry which is quiet an accomplishment for any writer and it also makes me hopeful that this one will be an amazing one because she hadn't even read everything before the last few paragraphs whichs means that it will have a bigger impact on everyone. I'm so excited and I wish I didnt have to go to bed now cause I got myself all excited on my book making me want to write some more even though I know I can't. Oh well. Guess I'm just going to have to wait for tomorrow. Think I'll work on the book at school...

Good night everyone and sweet dreams. :)
-Lianna

Well maybe not compleatly done.... the editing that I've done is finished but I still have other people looking it over and they seem to have found quite a few mistakes. But nontheless, I plan to have the book published (without a cover) to the nook on the 10th of July. That's my goal. But if I dont get it up by then, I will make sure it's up within a couple days of then. Everything is turning out well and i actually expect the book to be published before the 10th. But it's always nice to have some leaway. The past few days, I've been working really hard to get my book finished and published. I even thought of a title for the book! That tells me I'm deffinetly making some progress. Now I know you want me to tell you the title. So I will. The title for the next book is Better With You. When it came into my head, it sounded perfect. It captured the whole feel of the book. I'm really excited to get this book published for y'all. I'll let you know when something else happens, but for now, that's everything. Check back later!
-Lianna <3

I am so excited because just last week, I finished my second book. It is deffinetly the better of my two books. I am so excited to get the editing done and be able to get a title and cover so I can publish it. I still need to figure out how to publish it with a company and not just for the nook. But for now, since I dont have any money, the best option is to self publish it to the nook. And dont worry. I'm woring on getting the books published to the kindle as well. I will make sure to add an excerpt page for those of you who want to read a little of the story before considering to buy it. But please wait because I am a very busy woman so I can't create the page right now. I hate making websites because they are always so tedious. Oh well. So just keep waiting. I'll post a new thing in here when I've made it. Thanks!
-Lianna