I SURVIVED!

They really need the t-shirt to say "I survived NaNoWriMo!" because it's one heck of a rollercoaster.

Hello my dear readers! It is I, Angela. I've made it through the belly of the beast and have come out with VICTORY... sorta.

Good news: I have finished the first two novels in new series! Here & Here are the covers for those. IT's my handiwork so it's not the best but hopefully they'll peak your interest. This is a dark supernatural romance series that I've been working on for a awhile now. I plan on having four books and hopefully interesting an agent with them.

Bad news: Even so I only had written 45k and had to add 5k from previous writings that I didn't write in November.

In short, I cheated. Which is why you will not see the lovely icon of victory on this website. I still do feel like I won but I really want to write a fifty thousand word novel in a month. Eventually!

So now I'm taking a month off and celebrating the rest of my holidays with my family instead of sitting behind a computer cursing my slow typing. Yes it will be very hard not to give into the temptations of shredding my novels to pieces and putting them back together in a hopefully better way but I'm certain my hands will fall off (or I'll at least get carpel tunnel) if I continue another month into NaNoFinNo. Plus I will be following the advice of many people about letting your piece sit awhile before coming back to it.

Speaking of Holidays, how was your Thanksgiving? Mine was particularly splendid minus the stress of NaNo. Although I didn't stuff my face with turkey. (I'm not a big fan of the feathery meats) I'd love to hear about your family traditions!

Peace&<3,

Angela

Tis the Season to be NaNo!

NaNoWriMo to be exact!

Hi again my lovely adventurers! Are you excited as I am this year for NaNoWriMo? Probably not! This year I just know I'm gonna get the fifty thousand words. I'm pretty pumped to get started on my book. I've been planning it in my head since last year. If you don't know what NaNoWriMo is I'm pretty sure I explained it in last year's post.

In other news, I'm a finalist for the World Poetry Contest. This is rather surprising seeing as I really thought I failed at writing poetry. Usually I write a poem by opening up my heart and pouring on the paper. (That could be a bit gory depending on how you picture it.) Then I look back and realize what a big mess it is and clean it up a bit. I'm going to be published in the huge book that supposedly will "last through generations". Anyway I'm still kind of in shock. I'm a poet and I didn't even know it.

Hahaha sorry I had to. Oh, and I'm in another contest. It's for Seventeen magazine. I used to read this mag all the time when I was younger. I'd steal it from my sister's room and snicker at all the parts about "How to Kiss your man". Now I could possibly get published in it! Also when some much needed college money and get to talk to one of my FAVORITE writers, Maggie Steifvater!!!!!

Sorry, but screw the money; talking to her is the only thing that gets me excited to enter in this contest. The link for this contest is right here! You can join if you'd like. Or you can heart my little story on figment that's an entry. That link is over there!

I'm being a bit corny today. There's really nothing to do as I sit in Starbucks waiting for my shift at Subway to start. More on that in my next REALLY long post. Well, I'm going to play some random games now. Bye!

Peace&<3,
Angela

26 is my new favorite number!

Hello adventurers! So I has some fantastic news for you! I am rated #26 on TeenInk. I have no idea who's voting for me but KEEP DOING IT PLEASE! If you would like to check out the first couple of chapters of my handy dandy novel "I Know How You Feel" (whoa I went all Blue's Clues on you for a second) check out the cute little icon on teh webpage. If you can't see it, then I suggest some glasses or laser eye surgery or maybe, if you have a super cool macbook like me, take your two fingers and do the zoom in motion on your mouse track pad type thingymabob. Anyway, it's there and so is the fabulous book I have been talking about. Also I told you guys I'd give you the link to where you can buy the book with my story in it so
Lookie here: http://www.harpercollins.com/books/A-Midsummer-Nights-Dream-William-Shakespeare?isbn=9780062066008&HCHP=TB_A+Midsummer+Night+s+Dream

Also I attempted to dye my hair purple today and let's just say it is still red. DON'T BUY RAW HAIR COLOR!!! IT SUCKS! That's all for now!

Peace&<3,
Angela

Oh hey, a contest.

Lookie here my lovely authors of unpublished novels!

http://yatopia.blogspot.com/2011/09/pitch-contest-with-agent-mandy-hubbard.html

Tis a beautiful opportunity for those YA and MG authors. I'm entering. Why don't you?

Gone Forever? What are you kidding me?

Well hey there strangers! I really can't explain where I'm been without going into the long story of how I've been through hell and back so I'm just going to tell you the good things that you've missed.

My first partial! -- Though rejected it was by GINGER CLARKE!!! She's pretty awesome and I'm excited that she was at least interested by my novel.

My name is now officially in print! -- And by HarperCollins no less. If you're a fan of the old classic "A MidSummer Night's Dream", pick up the republished version coming out this October and look in the extras section in the back. There I am, first story. Several of my friends are wanting me to sign it. My excitement can not even be described in words!

My acceptance into SCAD-- Literally two days after I sent all the stuff they needed, they sent me an email. Talk about awesome!

Sadly I don't have much more to say except for I'm back. I'm going to be keeping you guys updated on the adventures from now on. I'm thinking I'll be sending out queries again (since regular jobs aren't wanting me) and trying to write some more. I can't make any promises but I'm definitely participating in NaNoWriMo this year.

Whoever stayed with me is awesome!

Peace&<3,
Angela

WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?!

Hi Adventurers! So let's just say this month has been a whirlwind. Literally. The storms here were really gross and the weather was so messed up BUT... now it's sunny and I couldn't be happier. :) Why is that you may ask? (Or may not but I'm telling you anyway.) You know that contest I've been gabbing about for the past three weeks? Well, I won. Yes, you read right... I WON :D Sorry if I'm bragging or anything but this makes me so excited. I've never won a contest in my entire life so this is amazing. They'll be launching the book in October and I'll be a published author. It's so weird to say that. Every time I think about it in my head, I'm amazed. Now to become a novelist. Which hopefully will be easier with this credential in my belt. Well, I'm off to go celebrate some more. Once the book comes out in stores I'll post the link on here.  I'm hoping to post more but I just got a tumblr and it's sort of addicting haha. Until next time!

Peace&<3,
Angela

Mysterious Contests and Bad Queries

Hey Adventurers! You could say I'm a bit down right now. The Shakespeare contest won't announce their winners. Instead they're going to call, email or send a letter. And I haven't gotten anything like that yet :/ I'm pretty sure I didn't win or I did and they're being mysterious lol. Also my query was torn into little tiny pieces on Absolute Write (another good site for writers) and I was told that it's not ready for prime time yet. Now that I look at it, I can see why but being told that is still a bit discouraging. Oh well! I'm going to keep moving forward nonetheless. Oh and if you've been with me since the beginning you'll probably notice that site changed a bit. Do you like it now or before? I took out the music because everyone was complaining about it and I found myself turning off my volume every time I got onto here. I also plan on trying to add some more to the site but I'm not sure what yet... Any ideas?
Until next time!

Peace&<3,
Angela