Can you believe that I’ve been blogging for 3 years? I can’t… I just checked yesterday when I started and realized that today was exactly 3 years. And I decided I’d do something cool for the anniversary of the Vangclear Files.
I could blather on about how much I’ve changed and grown since I started but I’d hate to bore you. So I think I’ll just list my most favorite posts.
1) My first post (Hello and Welcome)… well I like because it’s so freaking funny and awkward!
2) On Books and Epicness (Book Reviews) because I got to talk about my two favorite authors
3) Website time (More HUGE News) I thought I was so slick setting up a website… it’s been neglected lately but I’ll probably get around to fixing it up. I’m still a huge fan of it.
4) Back in the day (100,000 Words) honestly I remember how excited I was to get over 100,000 words. Looking back now… I should haven’t been so excited as I had a ton more work to do
5) I still feel amazing about this (Library) even though my books been in the system so long I still fee cool
6) On philosophical stuff (Why I Write) Reading this again just now I really still like it and even though stuff ahs changed in my life it’s still all true
7) Because people should read this (If I Don’t Write To Empty My Mind, I Go Mad) I forgot about half these amazing quotes but still love them
8) I miss my hair (New Hair) I loved having my whole head died… I might do it in London
9) Reflections on College (Endings) I love my deep thought provoking posts…
10) My First (Signing) it wasn’t the best but it was a first!
11) Ahahahaha (Rejected) It’s funny how life denies you something because something better is on it’s way
12) Cause this is where my life changed (The State of Your Life is Nothing More Than a reflection of Your State of Mind) imagine how boring I’d be if I hadn’t changed my dreams?
13) Because I enjoyed KU (The Kean I Know) and I won’t ever be back for classes!
14) Deep thinking (New Year’s Eve) I like how I realized everything was changing right in the middle fo the change. haha
And i pretty much LOVE every Europe post so check those out ffrom Jan 2011 - April 2011. And all my new ones are epic too... but i won't bore you as you've probably read them.
And that’s it! Thanks for reading and sticking around so long. I hope you keep reading because well I’ve got lots of new adventures coming. I leave for Europe in 25 days to start yet another new chapter of my life!
Cheers,
With my first book in The Quest Quartet done it’s time I get around to starting the second one right? I’ve been dabbling in a few other of my writing projects since I finished and now that I’ve meandered back to the Quartet I have run into a problem. And quite a large problem at that.
I seem to have changed the plot too much… oops. Where I ended the first book isn’t where I’d originally planned to end it. In fact I completely altered it so that even my most current outline fails to be of use. And if you remember I’ve done quite a few extensive outline rearranging.
So I now must do another extensive rewrite to make things flow easily. Sad to say most of these rewrites are occurring in the second book. But I’m also sort of excited for this. After all I brought a character in three books before I had originally planned. So it’ll be interesting and fun. And who knows I might throw an outline out the window and just wing it… well not totally wing it… after all I have things to foreshadow and places to be seen… so as I return to the drawing board I’ll leave you with a bit of fun news.
My dad brought me mail this weekend and guess what was tucked in there? My postcard from DAW!! They officially logged in my manuscript on the 8th!! Woooo!! So I’m super excited and crossing my fingers that they’ll love it as much as I do!
Cheers,
I realized I haven’t done a lot of reading since I went away to Ireland. I’ve read 4 really good books since January. Pitiful right? On the bright side it’s summer and I always do a ton of reading! So I’m happy I can just curl up and read. Plus I don’t have to stress about my manuscript because that’s off to the publishers and I’m crossing my fingers. So my schedule is wide open for reading. Which means I’ll probably have more blog posts on books to come. Right now I’ll tell you about 2 very good books.
This fist book is super creepy… but a good creepy. I picked it up in London. It was the first time I’d traveled without a book so when I decided to stay at the hotel for the night I figured I needed something to do so I stopped by a book store by the Gloucester Road station and Picked up Dancing Jax by Robin Jarvis. I originally bought it because I liked the cover…
Then I started reading it. And it’s rather creepy but a good creepy.
And what is this here book about you ask? Well it’s about a book. And not just any book, a demon book, called Dancing Jacks. Whenever someone reads the book they become a character from the book, and not all the characters are nice. Martain (a school teacher) is put right in the middle as first tragedy strikes then weird things begin to happen as more and more read Dancing Jacks. And it all starts with a group of thieves finding crates of books in the basement of a haunted mansion.
This is only the first part and the second book will be published next year. I’m actually looking forward to reading more because the way they ended the first book!! I love writing cliffhangers but reading them… grrr! I dislike the wait but I know it’ll be worth it since the first book was absolutely amazing. Not to mention absolutely British. They used terms and places that I had to look up a few times to understand what was going on but that just made me love it even more!
And now allow me to commence a rant on Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. As most of you probably know I’m a HUGE fan of Pat’s and I’ve been waiting patiently for this book to come out for a few years now. As I’m sure you could have guessed with my elated post when I first got the book. I had brought it with me on spring break and ended up reading about half of it. Then I stopped and waited till I got home to finish it since I was so sad I’d nearly finished it. I wanted to savor the book… and I did… and it was amazing! Everything about it made me so happy.
Wise Man’s Fear picks up where Name of The Wind left off. Kvothe continues to narrate his life first at University then at his travels. After mishaps befall him at the University he is advised to take a break from school to avoid a high tuition. Kvothe is left with few options till a possible patron comes into his life. Little did Kvothe know that the quest to gain a patron would lead him along a trying path. And an old enemy would make an appearance.
Annnd yeah… It’s everything that I could ever dream of in a fantasy book. Plus Pat is an amazing author. So you should read it, but as it’s the second book in a series you’ll want to start with The Name of The Wind first.
And that’ll be it for now. I’ll try to get around to other books soon.
Cheers,
