Writing Competition

So I've been very busy writing. Not for this blog (until now of course), but for Key Note Books' competition for young writers (aged between 18-25) in conjunction with Guardian Books for stories geared towards children between 9-12 and 13-19. I discovered the competition through Neil Gaiman's Facebook post about it. Today was the deadline (if I understood the time difference correctly being as I'm in America and the competition is in the UK).

The story I've been working has settled (at least for the moment) on the title of 'The Color Thief'. Before it was 'Faded' and who knows what it may become by the end. So far it's just the first four thousand words which is what was needed for the competition. So I have much more to write. The competition is narrowed down to ten contestants each (ten for the ages 9-12 and ten for 13-19) by September 21st. After this (if I was one of the ones to survive) I'd have to submit the rest of the manuscript.

Now for some reading. (the rest of Simon Clark's story, Eren, and The Giver)

Next post I'll expand on the reasons I switched the title!

Life Goals:

            -Become a comic book writer

            -Become an author of fiction

            -Become a young adult book writer

            -Create and sing in a full band with 4 or more people

            -Create and play in a two person band

            -Create a virtual band

            -Do a bit of acting

            -Improve artwork (drawing/inking/etc.)

            -Write a TV show

            -Eat every story that ever was

It's been a bit

CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!

It's been crazy. Life's been filled with school, work, schoolwork, and workschool. But now that finals are over and I have more time, I've been organizing everything and coming up with new better ideas. One of those ideas, inspired by Simon Clark's dedication to updating his blog every few times a week, ( http://plottypus.blogspot.com/ ), is to also try and be consistent with blogging. I can't promise it will always be something of interest, but I believe that while I try to do this more I will possibly come up with some pieces that are worthwhile. Or at least those will be the posts in between all the freewriting I'll be doing.

So here's to writing more!

Life Goals:

            -Become a comic book writer

            -Become an author of fiction

            -Become a young adult book writer

            -Create and sing in a full band with 4 or more people

            -Create and play in a two person band

            -Create a virtual band

            -Do a bit of acting

            -Improve artwork (drawing/inking/etc.)

            -Write a TV show

            -Eat every story that ever was