Sunday, November 30, 2003
I've decided to start to write another story. I'm basing it on this illustration. I stumbled upon this a while ago, and I.... I love this picture. I love it when hot guys are into one another. I'd rather them all pair up with each other than with pretty girls. and I don't think I'm alone here.
7, 8, 9, 10, 11 PM
he's bumping to the beat without a single friend
solo on the floor and they just don't stop
until he sees the stars
12, 1, 2, 3, 4 AM
and when the night's over he gonna do it again
solo on the floor and they just don't stop
'til he sees the stars
he's a lost cause
-- Scapegoat Wax, "Lost Cause"
welcome to my lovelife!!
posted by Amanda L. on 10:48 PM
Monday, November 17, 2003
"You know Caleb," Madison said, throwing her bike messenger bag over her shoulder. "There was a time when I didn't think I could live without you. And, and every waking moment that I spent away from you was agony. But once I realized that this feeling was completely one-sided, I got over that pretty damn quick."
posted by Amanda L. on 12:51 PM
Sunday, November 16, 2003
so here I am, writing something like my 53rd page, and I'm thinking, "Tucker needs a last name!" and my train of thought went as follows:
Christensen? nah.
it has to be something that starts with a C, that would sound right.
Carlson! Tucker Carlson. there we go.
wait a minute....
Tucker.... uh oh. no, that won't work.
why won't that work, you ask? this is why that won't work.
posted by Amanda L. on 5:14 PM
Monday, November 10, 2003
not to be a bitch, but:
word count: 18,122
words to go: 31,878
it's much easier if you bring a notebook to class and write while you're supposed to be taking notes. that's what engineering professors get for putting their notes in PowerPoint format. they get a bunch of fiction writers :-)
posted by Amanda L. on 12:51 PM
Thursday, November 06, 2003
a little blurb from "The Last Place You Look":
Drew took a deep breath, and grabbed Madison's coffee mug. "Yes, I love my mother. I mean, she's my mom, I have to..."
"No one said you had to love your mother," Natalie replied. "I don't love mine." Madison was thrown back by Natalie's honesty. "I was adopted by a very nice family in the suburbs that kind of ignored me, after my crack whore of a mother put me in the hospital."
"She beat you?" Madison asked, snatching her mug away from Drew.
Natalie cut her sip of tea short, and nodded. "Ahh, but that was only after she slashed open my arm, and before she pushed me down a flight of stairs," Natalie said, as she started to flashback to visions of a strung-out woman lunging at her with a kitchen knife, and throwing pots and pans and virtually anything she could get her hands on at her. "Well, she didn't...really..." Natalie started to wring her hands nervously. "Push me. I guess you could say I fell as I was running away from her, and tripped."
Drew already knew Natalie's story, so she was half-expecting Madison to ask where her father was during all of this. Instead of saying anything, Madison walked over to Natalie, and put her arms around her. "If you ever need to vent, feel free to vent to me," Madison said just loud enough for Natalie to hear. Natalie smiled, and leaned her head against Madison's.
****
we may or may not have a semi-unofficial gathering of people who are doing this novel writing thang at Higher Grounds this weekend. if we do, would you want to come with??
posted by Amanda L. on 2:45 PM
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
themes of my blog:
Chantal Kreviazuk -- "Weight Of The World"
Ben Folds -- "The Luckiest"
and no, I'm not encouraging illegal downloading, but.... oh who the hell am I kidding.
posted by Amanda L. on 12:50 PM
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
Not really much to say on the writing front, I've got about seven pages out of, oh, what they estimate to be 125+, so.... yeah, oh I'm well on my way haha. But! But I have characters:
Name: Madison Cooper
Age: 22
Birthplace: New York, NY
(wonder who this could be??)
Name: Caleb Hunter
Age: 25
Birthplace: Niagara Falls, NY
(hmm, no secrets there....)
Those are the main characters. Originally this idea was put into a story called "Romy and Caleb" for my ENG205 class, but I decided to brush it off and spruce it up a bit. Enjoy!
posted by Amanda L. on 10:21 AM