A Medley of Recent Events

What have I been up to lately? I’ve been up to a decent amount of this and that. So strap in and be ready for a nice long post of… everything really. Pictures, Music, and lots of words!


First things first I’d like to rant on and on about...

the Coast Guard. I got my ASVAB scores back. I scored an 87!! Turns out that means I can do any job in the Coast Guard that I want. I’m going to stick with Operation Specialist because I think I’d never get bored. Each case would be different and just as exciting as the last. What does an OS do? Well on my sheet it says “The primary duties range from search and rescue and law enforcement execution to combat information canter and intelligence operations.” Pretty cool right? My recruiter is also an OS so he’s been able to tell me a lot about the job. He also told me I get to go to Petaluma California for my OS A School. That’s super exciting for me, I’ve never been to the west coast. It gets even cooler, Petaluma is an hour north of San Francisco.  EPIC! And there’s a lot I’ll be able to explore out there when I have time off. Then after about 7 months of A School I get sent off to my first post! I can’t tell you how excited I am. And since my scores were really good and I don’t have medical issues it makes me pretty cool…. I think. Haha. But my recruiter wants me shipped by October which means I need to be done with basic before then sooooo since Basic Training is 8 week I’ll be leaving soon for that and oh man is that mind boggling. I’ll be done with this life style and moving onto a new path. Check out this video about basic… for some reason when I watch it it makes me inspired and even more excited about leaving.

An added bonus of going to see my recruiter is the fact that he’s in Manhattan aka New York City aka one of my most favorite places. This means when I go in to see him I get to spend that day in the city with my mum after I sign papers and what not. The first time we just did the normal wander around the city eat sushi and just enjoy our selves. Oh and take a lot of pictures

We also went to the native American Museum.

But I suppose that should be a blog of it’s own. It’d make this one way too excessively long. But I will tell you it was pretty interesting.


The second time we went in which was last Wednesday I got to sign lots and lots of papers. A tad boring but I’m a few steps closer to being off on a new adventure. After that we grabbed a cab to Sheridan Square found some lunch and hit up a metaphysical store. I got some nifty stones… hmm maybe I should blog about my stones… maybe. Any how after that we started walking up town.


Here’s where it gets epic. My mum has been say how she want to see Jesus Christ Superstar. So we looked up the matinee times. 2:00pm. We were at 28th street and I googled the theater… we had to get to 52nd street in about 23 minutes. I look at my mum and I’m like we going for it? And she obviously said yes. So we booked it to the theater. Got there at legitimately 1:59pm walked to the ticket window asked if they still had tickets for the show. We buy our last minute tickets for a total of $175 we go in to sit and this is what we see

EPICNESS!! We were in the first row of the mezzanine. We’d barely settled into our seats when the lights went down and it started. It was so amazing. Check out some of these videos. Josh Young who plays Judas has an amazing voice!



Hopefully I’ll be going back into the city this week!


And now onto some writing stuff. Remember I had my first book published by Publish America when I was a senior? Well…. About those royalties… I never got paid. So I’m getting my rights back. I’d really like to rant on about how angry I am at Publish America but that’s childish… so I’ll just leave you with the fact that I’m super angry with them. When I’ve signed all the paperwork and I officially own my novel rights again I plan on doing more edits (as it’s a rather bland book) and I’m going to release it again as an Ebook. So good news to people who have a hard copy… it’s the only hard copy ever. Cheers!


Also on the Ebook tangent. I’m reworking Entangled Fates a bit and that too is going to come out as an Ebook soon. So stay tuned! I’m really super excited about this all! And it’s nice to be back in the swing of writing and editing. I really got kicked out of the rhythm for a while.


Plus remember Crimson Clashed with Ivory? I’ve also been doing serious work on it. I’ve just been pounding through chapters. For me the part that makes it fun is the fact that the places I’m having them Hunt in are places I’ve been. Like Limerick, Ireland. Rome, Italy. And I’ve got a few of my friends playing roles… like my Spanish Sister has a leading role in Limerick. It makes it easy to write when I base parts of my characters off friends because I simply think “What would they say in this situation?” And at da hilarious monologues.


While I write I like to listen to music. Here are a few of the songs I’ve been listening too.


^Where I Belong by Building 429^  
^Little Eye covering Katy Perry's Part of Me^
^We Are Young by Fun.^
^Walk Off The Earth preforming Little Boxes^


Cheers,

Crimson Clashed with Ivory

Okay guys good news!

With the help of my Suite mate I’ve come up with a title for my vampire book. Crimson Clashed with Ivory. What do you think? I sort of like it. There’s going to be an epic end to a scene with the line “Crimson clashed with ivory and a life ended.” it’s going to be way cool. So ya just wanted to update you guys! Oh and I just LOVE this Vampire picture... so I'm Sharing it cause it's cool.

Laters,
T.V.

Ta Da

Hi again,
Okay so here’s the beginning of my currently untitled vampire book. Hope you like it!

“This is not real. I am a Vampire Hunter there is no way I could be changed.” gray eyes looked into the mirror at her pale complexion. “I AM NOT a Vampire.” she said. Yet something inside her whispered that it was hungry for blood. Slowly she drew a dueling pistol and looked at it. Her stomach churned at the thought. She had created this and it was her pride and joy. It was also the only Anti-Vampire gun in existence as far as she knew. “Only one way to test.” she took a deep breath and put the gun to her hand. “This should not hurt.” Anti-Vampire weapons only hurt vampires. She was a Hunter this would be easy. Before she could second guess herself she pulled the trigger. A white hot pain seared through her. “Oh bloody hell!” she spat as blood poured from the wound. Her mind was going numb from the realization that she was a Vampire when a knock sounded at the bathroom door.
“Coddette!” it was her sister and Coddette froze with her gaze still on her bleeding hand. “Codes! Please tell me that was The Bloody Stake!”
“It was The Stake. Calm down sis.”
“Let me in! what are you doing?” her sister began turning the knob. White hot fear coursed through Coddette. Her sister was coming in! And she was a… a… a vampire! “Codes!” Coddette looked up into her sister’s shocked face. “What happened? What did you don?”
Before Coddette answered she was swept over by another thirst for blood. Instead of her sister she saw a network of veins and arteries full of blood. Blood that she wanted. Blood she needed. In the blink of an eye Coddette was behind her sister. “Codes… ” her sister whispered as fangs extended in her sister’s mouth. “Oh by the gods!” a scream ripped from her throat as Coddette bit down into her neck. Red hot liquid poured into her mouth as she gulped hungrily. Then there was the sound of someone running up the steps. Coddette broke away from her sister’s neck and stared in shock.
“Oh… bloody hell!” Coddette felt anger and shame settle in her stomach. She… had… just… “I’m so sorry… ” she whispered the grabbed up the Bloody Stake and jumped out the window. When she hit the ground she wasted no time ripping her dresses skirt so she could easily run. It did not matter who saw her like this it was the last she would ever be here. She had to get away. She had to find help. But where should she run to? Then something he had said drifted into her head. Yes she should go find him… this was so embarrassing! She was a Vampire Hunter! This was not supposed to happen. Logically she knew she should kill herself but she just, it did not seem like the right choice to make. “I condem myself to an eternal life of damnation. And so I am born into death… ”


Laters,
T.V.

New Book and Other Info

Hey….

Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve been busyish. I’m trying to settle into the swing of college and stay ahead of my work which I’m doing really good at so far. And as for writing… I haven’t done an over abundance of it. I’ve typed maybe two pages in The Snowy Waste… it makes me sad but I’m just so stuck up on this one part and I don’t know how to change it or whatever. So I think I’m going to go back and start doing some edits on the first part and leave the second part for now.
On the whole upside of having writers block on the series I’ve come up with another writing tangent that I’m currently pursuing. I was bored Wednesday night after classes so I started doing one of my favorite things… researching vampires! Now let me tell you. I have sooo much information saved on my computer about Vampires. And not Stephanie Meyer’s pansy ass washed out vampires but real Vampires. Like the old school ones that can only come out at night and need to be decapitated and burned to be killed. The ones that are not good looking but are rather grotesque. And those are going to be the Vampires in my new book…. Which is yet to get a title. But basically the vamps in my book are old school. They must abide by The Six Traditions. So there are laws that they must follow and behaviors they must abide by. Okay so the basic jist of the book is the main character Cody Van Helsing (she’s a chick) and her clan of Vampire Hunters travel the world killing Vampires that are causing problems for towns. And the towns must have contacted her through mail for her help. She also deals with a few other paranormal sort of things during the book. So far it’s not going to be a series but there will be plenty of room for me to branch off and write other Cody Van Helsing books. Oh and she also uses come really cool Anti-Vampire weapons that she’s created. And ya… that’s basically all I’ve got so far.

So…. I think that’s just about all I’ve been up to writing wise lately. but just to give you some info on what I’ve been up to at school… well I’ve been adjusting to classes and it I totally love all my classes they’re actually surprisingly easy which is nice. I’m almost two weeks ahead in homework for most of my classes. And over all I’m having a good time. I’m finally making friends and what not. And I’m going home this weekend and I know I’m going to miss campus…. How weird is that. So ya anyway I’m going to hit up lunch now. I’ll try to post more often I’ve just been busy and a bit lazy!

Laters,
T.V.