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Lookie here my lovely authors of unpublished novels!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

UPDATE: Shakespeare Contest

Hello adventurers! I can't remember when, but awhile back I told you about this contest I entered. Well... I didn't have much hope for it at first but after I made a group on Facebook, the votes slowly started piling up. It was amazing. In less than a month,  I got over a 150 votes and now I'm in the finalist stage!!! They're reading and judging the entries today! The results come out tomorrow, saying whether or not I made it to the final stage. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time. If I win this contest, I could possibly be published by Harper Collins! (or win an Ipod Touch, which I've been needing a new one(: )
Just thought I'd let you know(:

One more day of waiting! :D

Peace&<3,
Angela

Angela is currently: writing my arm off xD

Hello adventurers! I'm back with fabulous news. My short story, "Shattered" has been published on Teen Ink! (How about them apples?) If you want to see it just click here. I'm hoping it will be considered to be published in the magazine so I can FINALLY be a published author. Also I've been working on editing I Know How You Feel again and put the prologue and the first chapter of the second draft up on Teen Ink as well. (Yay for free time!) Another thing I finally got back into is writer's roleplay. If you didn't know, writer's roleplay is kind of like acting but instead of saying the lines and doing the actions, you write them. It's a fun way for me to practice my writing and it keeps me from getting bored with editing. A while back I joined a site called "Once Upon a City". It's a lovely site where you create a character that is the personification of a Children's Storybook character. (think Disney) At the moment I play Happy from Snow White, Anastasia from well... Anastasia and Lumiere from Beauty and the Beast. I really love this site and all the people in it.
I've also created a site called "Eternal Bonds". It's all about the Greek myth of the Creation of Love. You create a character who is a half soul and write about their life and another person creates their other half and when they meet and fall and love... they are whole again. (That's me and my hopeless romanticness) I'm hoping this site will pick up again so we can finally start having some cutsie romance (Yes I just said cutsie romance XD) Every writer should participate in writer's roleplay if they want to have fun with writing and gain more experience. Just make sure you pick the right sites (the creeperless ones) and choose the right plots.

Anyway, enough with the infomercial! I can't wait for this summer. 20 more school days! How many for you?
Bye for now!

Peace&<3,
Angela

Busy time over!

Hey there adventurers! Sorry about abandoning you for so long but I'm back! All of my life-changing experiences have come and past, and now I'm finally going to be settling back into a routine. Well... as routine as my life can be. Through all the busy days I did manage to find some free time to put together a group on Facebook for that little contest I entered! I have over 90 votes now thanks to all my awesome friends. I'll be sure to have the judges reading my little entry now :D I'm excited to see what happens but even if I don't win I've learned I still have a huge group of people who back my writing endeavors :) It's exciting to get feedback from the ones whose opinions I value the most.

I also have been working on I Know How You Feel and hope to finish the editing process by the end of this month. (A little bit of deja vu huh? (; ) If not then I'll keep on truckin'. After all it is 63,000 words and 419 pages printed. (Thanks Scrivener :D) I can't take this job lightly. I have to buckle down and get to it!

Also my other novel Energy has been getting some attention when I get an urge to write in it. I think when I get some free time I'm going to make a spot and post excerpts of each of my many novels just to have a portfolio so to speak. For now I'm off to make my to do list! Bye!

Peace&<3,
Angela