So, I found myself wide awake after opening up the x-mas short story that I had started, but never finished, last year in December.  I read the two chapters that I had written and decided that I really do like them a lot more then I had at first.  It's an original fiction short story called "Christmas Magic."  I've decided that I'm going to finish it before November, which I'll be participating in NaNoWriMo again this year and I already have a story idea for it.  Not to mention I'll be going for reaching 60k instead of 50k this time, oh yeah I'm crazy alright.

Anyway, about the short story, I'll be finishing it before November and then I'll work on editing it in December and give it to my mom on Christmas day.  I think she'll like it, or at least I hope she'll like it.  She actually asked me how my writing when we went out to dinner the other night, which made me really happy since she hasn't really been behind me when it came to writing before.  Usually she would just tell me to get serious about my future because not many writers make it, but I think she's starting to warm up to the fact that I'm still writing and not going to give up no matter what.

Yeah, I think I'll end this here now before I continue on rambling out longer than necessary.  I'll just say that the genre that I'll be writing for NaNo this year is Romance... I love writing romance.

Toodles for now,
Leslie

Whoa, it's been months since my last update.  I really do need to update more often than I do.  But, anyway, I finished the two classes that I took during the summer semester.  I've received my grade for Legal Research and Writing I (A) and I'm still waiting for my grade in Tort Law to show up (just took the final exam last week on Wednesday and the grades are up... I got a 96 A on it and my overall grade is an A).  And since I got A's in both of my classes, then it means that my GPA for the summer term is a 4.0 and I couldn't be even more happier! xD

Oh and my laptop crashed on me a couple weeks ago, but the Geek Squad was able to fix for less than $100 and I have it back (good as new).  And the most important thing is that nothing was wiped (it wasn't a problem with the hard drive... something just stopped working and they had to replace it... can't remember what it was though), but if it had been I would have still had everything as I back everything up on my flash drive (i.e. - my life).  But I'm going to be purchasing a dell mini this weekend as it'd be ideal for carrying to classes and travel.

I now have a month long break before fall semester starts on August 31st.  I'll be taking five classes (though one of the classes is only one credit and four weeks long).  The total amount of credits that I'm enrolled in is 13 credited hours.  Here's my fall class schedule:

Microcomputer Applications for Business and Economics
Legal Research and Writing II
Real Estate Law
Computer-Assisted Legal Research (this is the one-credit class that's only four weeks)
Family Law

And that's really all I have been up too.  I mean, I've been working a lot this summer, too, since I'll only be available work on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays when fall semester starts.  I'll try to make the next update sooner.

Oh, also, I started writing a new story: Why Not? [Molly II/OC] = http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php?psid=269563

Okay, so it's been 7 weeks since my last entry and I've come to the conclusion that I suck at updating blogs.  And this is the blog that I update the most often, isn't that sad?!  But anyway, things have been quite hectic for me between getting papers/assignments completed for class, work, and trying to find free time to write.  I have actually made updates on my "Behind the Mask" fanfic as it's getting to the good stuff (drama and such) and I love writing drama and conflicts for the characters in my stories.  It's so much fun... does that make me a horrible person?  I should hope not.

Anyway, here is where I'm at in my writing:

Behind the Mask [15+] -- Chapters 10 and 11 are posted.  Chapter 12 is 0% completed.  I'll more than likely find time to write some of Ch. 12 in between studying for a test in my history class on Monday and working this weekend. (www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php)

A New Generation [15+] -- Chapter 22 is 20% completed.  I'm going to work on writing it today since I usually use Fridays as a free day (a breather from real life if you will) since my other days are generally busy nonstop.  Fridays are usually when I get the most writing done, so I'll be working on this chapter for the majority of the day before I have to work tonight from 5pm-11pm in concession (thank goodness I don't have to close). (www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/viewstory.php)

And that's about it for this entry.  I'm going to get back to writing ;)

Happy New Year! 

So, the Spring semester of college started on January 5th, 2009 for me.  I've been running around getting to classes during the week and then working on the weekend.  I've been quite busy.  So busy that I have had little time to even think about what I'll write next for the stories that I've been working on.  I've also yet to start the revising and editing on my NaNo novel, and at this point I don't think I'll be able to until after the semester is over since I really need to make the most of my free time by getting assignments done and then getting some writing done.

Here's a list on where I'm at in my writing with my stories at the moment--

HP Fanfictions

A New Generation-- Chapter 21, 100% completed and posted as of last week.  It's about time as it took 10 months to actually get it finished and posted with all the blocks that I've been having with this story.  I think I've actually overcome some of those blocks, but there are still some blocks that just don't want to come down just yet.  I'm really trying to get back into writing this story by grasping at any inspiration for it that comes my way.

Behind the Mask-- Chapter 9, 100% completed and posted as of December 21, 2008.  Though, I just recently put the beta'd version of the chapter up last week, so yeah.

Chapter 10, 5% completed and still being written.  I've already got the whole story outlined, as well as the chapters as far as what I want to happen, but none of the chapters are written.  I'm going to try to have this chapter finished in the next week or two.

Original Fiction

Christmas Magic-- Prologue, 100% completed and posted on Fiction Central.

Chapter 1, 65% completed and still being written.  I know exactly where I want to go with this story as I have it all planned out as well as far as what is going to happen in which chapters and such.  But again, it all has to do with having any free time to write.  I'll probably have this chapter finished shortly after "Chapter 10 of Behind the Mask" as that is first on my to-do list at the moment.

Well, I guess that's it for now.  I really have nothing else to say except that I'm actually enjoying all of my classes this semester and the professors are all great. 

Oh, and the past couple of weeks it has been exceptionally cold here in the north east of Florida-- record lows.  This morning I found that there was frost covering every inch of my car and it took it 10 minutes to even start to defrost the ice from the front wind shield enough for me to wipe it with my wipers so that I could head to campus for a 9AM class.  But, it hasn't snowed or anything.  Though, North Carolina is supposedly getting snow, which makes me mad because it was supposed to snow when my parents, sister, and I were up there in Rocky Point, NC (about a 30 minute drive North of Wilmington, NC) visiting my dad's mom and step-dad (aka my grandma and grandpa).  But no, it had to be in the 70s for a lot of the time for the five days we were up there; the coldest it got was in the 40s and that's hardly cold enough for it to snow.  But, yeah, the other day on Wednesday when I was watching the news, it was announced that NC would see snow around the coast line around Jacksonville, NC, which is south of Wilmington and Rocky Point.  We passed the exit for it on our way up.  But oh well, I'll get over it.  The good news is that the weather should be warming up for us Floridians tomorrow afternoon as the high is expected to reach the 70s.  Though, we're still going to get a hard freeze tonight, brrr...  but at least it's expected to warm up.  Anyway, that's all I have to say in this blog entry.  Nothing else has really happened all that much with me besides what I've already written here in this entry.  I'll try to make the next post quicker than a month for the next entry.

Whoa, it's been a month since my last entry.  So, sorry, but I've been quite busy, first with finals and then this past week I was busy with work and get as much writing done as I could.  I was able to post Chapter 8 of 'Behind the Mask' on December 1st, and I just finished Chapter 9 and sent it off to my beta a couple days ago on Friday night.  I've also started a new short-story with a x-mas theme for the December Challenge at fictioncentral.com and the prologue is now posted.  It's located in the Challenge category, 'Christmas Magic' by writers_block108.

I'll be going out of town for five days from December 24th through the 29th to visit extended family in North Carolina with my parents and sister.  We'll be leaving early x-mas eve morning and I'm not sure that I'll have access to the internet as I'm not sure if there is any wireless networks where my grandparents live as that's where we'll be staying.  So, more than likely I won't be able to update in those five days, but I am going to make the most of the x-mas vacation by writing a lot.

Oh, and I passed all my classes, so I got the 12 credited hours that all four classes together equaled together; each being worth 3 credited hours.  Only one 'A', a couple 'B's, and a 'C'.  The 'A' is of course in English =P  Yep, I love English and that 'A' shows that I really do work hard to strive in the subject.  Now I have 3 weeks off until Spring semester starts on January 5th.

I suppose that's all for now.  I'll try to make an effort to post more entries in one month.

Cheers,
Leslie

I reached 50k words a few hours ago and I have a pretty, shiny purple bar on nanowrimo.org that says 'WINNER!' on it.  Also, I wrote a total of 5,095 words today.  I still have to finish the novel by tying up the loose ends, but I'm close to completing it and I should have it completed before the end of the month.  

Well, guess that's all I wanted to say in this blog entry.  I just had to share my excitement at finally reaching 50k =D

I broke 40k!  Squee!  I'm so close to the finishing line that I can almost reach out and touch it... Well, I'm off to write some more before bed time.

I am back on track... or I should say ahead of the track... with my word on my NaNo novel at 32,106/50,000.  I'm extremely happy.  I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders as I'm passed 30k (now out of the troublesome 20 thousands) as my novel is starting to come to me a lot quicker and the plot a lot smoother.  Everything is taking more form and I couldn't be more happier.  If I keep at this rate I should be able to finish ahead of schedule with no trouble at all.  Well, that's all I have to say.  Just that I'm very happy with my novel. xD

Okay, so I'm only posting to tell where I'm at in my word count.  I was going to try to reach 25k before bed, but that didn't work out so well as I'm awfully sleepy and am about to fall asleep.  But I did manage to hit 22k so that I'm still ahead of schedule.

Here is where my word count for my NaNo novel 'Creatures of the Night' currently stands: 22,019/50,000.

Well, that's all for now.
Leslie

Yay!  It's my 20th birthday!  Oh, and I passed 21k tonight on my NaNo novel (or last night since it's now Nov. 13 and not Nov.12 anymore since it's now midnight).  I'm hoping to reach 25k today.  But, yeah, I don't really have much of anything else to write so I'll cut this entry short.

My word count currently stands at 11,604, though I haven't had the chance to write anything yet this morning and won't be able to until I get back from class.  My goal for today is to reach at least 13k and I'm positive that I can do it as I am free the whole day after my 9AM psych class.

I've just got to the point in my novel where the plot is unraveling even more to reveal some of the mysteries of the world that my MC and other kids are trapped in.  Current chapter that I am writing is Chapter 5.  Well, guess that's all for this entry.

Toodles,
Leslie