1000!!

Soooo I am super super excited!! Generation 2. has reached a very lovely 1000 reads <3 I freaked out, as I usually do when my books hit 500, 1000, and so on. It makes me feel so happy that people are reading my story and like it!

Generation 2. has been one of the more popular stories. Rising to high numbers much quicker than Fire and Ice or Gone Rogue.

I truly love the story. It has my favorite characters and my favorite story... I just LOVE it.

To celebrate this milestone, I am starting a blog dedicated to Generation 2. I have so many pictures and the characters are so deep. I think it could be fun!

I'll post character profiles, little back stories, all kinds of stuff! Look for this coming sometime this week.

Chapter 25 :D

I just finished writing chapter 25 of Gone Rogue and I must say it's one of my favorite chapters EVER! Out of all the books I have written, it's my favorite. I hope ya'll enjoy it as much as I do when you get to read it <3

 

 

I deal with the problem that is oh so cutely put above. I am constantly seeing bigger and better than what I'm doing. I am my own worst critic when it comes to anything I do, but writing especially because it's what I care about the most. The idea of failing and/or not living up to my God given potential drives me insane.

 

I am learning to take it one step at a time and look how far I've come! I've spent a year and a half on Wattpad and have written the equivalent of 2 novels (I can't publish them because they are fanfics.) Before joining this website, I loved to write.. but the drive and determination to make it my love was missing. I can honestly say that it is now my life (Besides God and my family) It has given me an outlet.

 

I guess that's my little wisdom for the week! Anything you write is a step in the right direction, even if it looks horrible. I have a ton of drafts that are just atrocious, but they show how I've improved. And who knows? Maybe I can revise them later on and make them something interesting :D 

New Laptop

Woo. It's been a heck of a week, and next week promises the same pace.

My sister spilled milk all over the laptop I use for writing.. and I lost everything on the hard drive which included a good bit of unpublished stuff. I freaked out to say the least.

So Friday, my mom bought me a new laptop as an early B'day present (It's in April) That is super awesome and I love it. Hopefully it helps me write even more than I used to.

Gone Rogue is wrapping up on my end, you all are still a bit behind ;) Mwaha. I don't think any of you can even imagine the way things are going.

Generation 2 is coming along ok.. I actually updated again yesterday, so that's good.

A Dark Journey is suffering, but that's ok.. I have a new plan for it. No, I'm not erasing it by a long shot. I've always had an idea to do a series about fairy tales, twisted and all connected in some way or another. A Dark Journey is the first book in the series. I'm not sure who will be next, but it should be fun ;) I'll be working on that tomorrow.

Annndddd I have a few secret projects going on, fun fun. If you follow my pinterest you may have seen a story board titled 'Here's to our Future Past.

Here is the cover! It will go up when Gone Rogue finishes. The only thing I'm going to say about it is that it's romance, so that's new.. and that the characters are not new. You have seen them before <3 I am VERY excited about it.

Either way, life is being a butt but I don't want my writing to suffer as it's a huge part of my life.

Much love to you all <3

Numbers Don't Matter

When I started Wattpad in 2013 I had no expectations. None at all. I thought maybe I would start a few stories, never finish any of them, and not really have any readers.

Little by little Fire and Ice would get more reads.. It hit a hundred reads and I about had a stroke! I thought about how amazing it was to have people from all over the world reading my story and actually liking it!

It has come to 20 thousand reads now and that's great... but it has given me expectations that I'd rather not have at all.

I personally think Gone Rogue is written better and is more interesting than Fire and Ice, but it only has 530 reads. It confuses me and tears me down, thinking it's not as good as Fire and Ice when I know it is.

Expectations are ok to have, but they shouldn't make you feel like you have to live up to something else.

I write because I love to write. I have to get the words out of my head or they will overpower me and I'll be miserable. I write to create people, stories, worlds, etc.. I don't write for numbers. My work is not judged from how many reads and votes I have. If I like the story, then whatever! I could be the only one reading the thing, but it would make me happy.

It's a hard lesson to learn and it's still something I struggle with day to day.

Just remember, write for yourself. There is nothing wrong with wanting other people to enjoy the stories that you know are great, but don't let numbers define how you feel about your writing. <3

Here is your writing prompt! I would love to write a short story about someone born with the Midas Touch. You know, everything you touch turns to gold? I can just imagine the possibilities. It could be seriously fun!

Much love to you all <3

Sleepy

So basically, I am writing this in a half asleep state. These past few days I haven't been getting enough sleep. This morning I had to wake up early because we had a long day of plans ahead, which were fun! But very tiring.

Long story short, I am doing a blog update so I don't feel like a loser from not writing anything on Wattpad. It always makes me feel bad when I don't write!! I don't know why, but I can't stand not getting the thoughts out of my head.

Tomorrow there will be a buildup of thoughts and I'll either be able to write a ton, or not at all from this! lol

It is so cold where I live and I HATEEE it! I want summer back.

Here is your writing prompt!