So uh...I'm insane.

Yes I am. You wanna know why? Because just days after completing BE, I am now outlining two more novels.
Oh yes. You read right. Two. More. Novels.
I am insane.

And as much as I enjoy writing and the two new novel ideas, I can't actually believe I'm starting one so early! I mean, my imagination practically abandoned me toward the end of BE, but now that I'm done it suddenly wakes up and starts running on the treadmill again.

On top of that I also have to figure out which one I should actually start. I know normally people, when faced with this dilemma, just switch back and forth. But my past experiences show that, well, it just doesn't work for me. I end up getting bored and scrap all the novels. BE was almost scrapped in a situation like that. (I'm so happy it wasn't!)

I love both new ideas and I cannot figure out which one to choose. Want to help?

WIP #1 (Just Add Water)

Cassia London’s obnoxious Aunt Daphne is coming to visit to…discuss her ‘desperate need’ of a husband. In a ditch effort to avoid the conversation (again!) Cassia decides to visit the hedgewitch. Maybe there’s a potion that will make her aunt nicer. Or turn her into a frog. Whatever works.

Instead of finding the witch, she finds the witch’s son, who shows her what she really needs; a seed that grows into the perfect man. Just add water!

Cassia is almost positive she did something wrong. The seed grew into Zayn Merc, an obnoxious self-proclaimed ‘bad boy’ who seems to destroy everything he touches. Including Cassia’s garden.

Unfortunately it’s too late to get a refund, because there are no more seeds left and Auntie Dearest has arrived.

To her surprise Zayn acts perfect, charming her aunt into an almost pleasant mood. Cassia starts to fall for Zayn. Maybe he wasn’t so obnoxious after all.

But then the truth comes out from the hedgewitch. There’s a reason they’re called the seeds of all evil. You can’t help but fall in love with your seed. And then the seed dies.

I know that's long. Bear with me, the second is much shorter!.

WIP #2 (Lost in Whimsy)

Alice and Dorothy are twin sisters, with nothing to do. After Alice begs Dorothy for a story, she finally agrees. The two are so absorbed into the story, they don't notice anything wrong. Until Alice looks around and notices they aren't in their backyard anymore.
They're in Whimsy, the strange land, home to all of Dorothy's stories. And somehow they have to get out. Because one of the side effects of being in Whimsy? You tend to get a little insane.


Okay the second one doesn't have a great amazing description (it's late okay?), but it is slightly more exciting for me. They're both YA for now, although I don't know how the Dorothy and Alice story will turn out. And I did check to make sure Alice in Wonderland/Wizard of Oz are free game for writers. Apparently they are, although if anyone knows something different please let me know.


So what do you think guys? Lost in Whimsy or Just Add Water?


-Jessie

Well Maybe it's your fault

Mood: Kitty-Bear (Finally!)

I'm back, with great news everyone! As you know, I lost my yellow notebook, that had a couple chapters in it. I was upset and angry and definetly didn't want to rewrite everything (which is what I convinced myself would happen). Obviously, it wasn't the complete end of the world, but I had a little bit of a meltdown.

But I still hadn't successfully found it, and on Thursday i was about to just give up and write the dang thing. Hell, eventually I would have to anyway. As I decided this, who walks up? Beta-reader. (That's her official title btw)

Now it should be noted that during the Great Hunt, Beta annoyed me everyday, wondering whether I had found it yet. So when she came up to me on Thursday I was already to deflect her question.

"Did you find the yellow notebook yet?" She asked, overly-cheerful for it being 7:30 a.m. on a cold rainy morning. So I rolled my eyes and walked around her.
"No, I didn't." Truthfully, I was more concerned with pushing people out of my way to get to the only mode of transportation I had with heat; the bus.
"Good, because I have it." 

I nearly pounced on her and tore the notebook off her body. What did she mean she had it? This whole time? With her being annoying everyday? SHE HAD IT?

One long story and angry bus ride later, I had my precious yellow notebook as well as my crushed (mauled, destroyed, beyond repair) notepad with the last chapter on it.

So I have my notebook! And I have started working on my query which has been cheerfully ripped apart at Absolute Write forums. Yay! Next post, I'll put it up...if I can find the pieces.

-Jessie

Happy Holidays!

Hey everyone! I might get on sometimes this weekend, but with the holidays and having to clean up the house, who knows?

I don't have much news about BE, but I do have a set idea for my next book once I'm completely finished with BE. I'll get a synopsis up sometime after the holidays.

So you're all caught up. Everyone have a great holiday and be careful!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

-Jessie

This Happy.

Well, it's official. The very last chapter of BE was finished last night at exactly 12 a.m! It's done! I still have the epilogue and all the other work, but it's over! From here on out it's editing. And I am amazing at editing...it's what prevented me from ever finishing a book.

I still have to find the other chapters but I don't care because right now I'm happy!

This happy.

- Jessie

Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are

Yellow Notebook: 1       Jessie: 0

I will find you Notebook. And when I do....you'll regret getting lost! I vow it!

I suppose in the meantime I can start typing up my other  chapters....my deadline for Thanksgiving is quickly drawing to a close. Must finish.....!

I also read somewhere that agents generally don't read queries until after the holidays, which is perfect. I'll have a solid month or two of editing so Being Evil will be ready for queries in the New Year!

-Jessie

I Could Have Better News

With me not having my computer for something along the lines of three weeks, I fell behind with typing up all the chapters I wrote in various notebooks. I just now decided to at least sort everything out so I can start typing it up. And wouldn't you know it, I'm missing a notebook.

I am really angry right now. I don't want to rewrite those chapters, especially because one was already half-typed up and I can't remember half of what I wrote. Downside of writing while half-asleep.

I'm still hoping that maybe I'll find that notebook and it'll have the two chapters in it. But I am just so not in the mood. All my hard work, almost done, and now it turns out that yet again I have to say 3 more chapters to go.

It absolutely sucks. Excuse me, I have to go tear apart my living room...

-Jessie

A Comprehensive History Of Being Evil

 Mood: Kitten-bear. I am pretty much stuck in reminiscing. *Sob*. Just kidding.

Yes! My Laptop is officially and completely decontaminated. Viruses couldn't stand up to my awesome powers! And I had help...

Anyway, I finally have complete computer access holed up in my room so I don't have to venture out in the public that is my house because somehow there is always fifty people invading our space.

The bad part? I have about nine chapters I now have to type up onto my computer. I hate transcribing my writing. (That's the right word, right?)

The good part? Duh, duh, duh! I only have the last chapter and the epilogue to write before the first draft is completely done. That's it, it's over!

This has been a really long process for me. I started the idea for my book in May or June and wrote three chapters sometimes in June that later became Chapters 1,4, and 5. I put it on hold for a while when I went on this psychotic rampage, writing a whole lot of random story-starts that didn't go anywhere. I wasn't really focused, although I stayed in my room almost all summer working on another book I was hoping to publish. I got about nine chapters done at that book before I decided I just didn't know enough to try and create a complex world that has issues in religion and society, and culture. Plus, way too many weapons I had to name and describe.

From there, that story was moved to the back burner and I decided to focus on Being Evil. This was either late July or early August....or maybe the middle of August. I started writing, but not like crazy. It wasn't until I showed my friend did I really start moving. She loves the book and threatens me with bodily harm if I take more than a week to write the next chapter. I only take two days to write, the other five are for whining and slacking.

And of course, the rest is history. I worked my butt off, probably wrote some questionable material (ready for a rewrite chapter 2?) but now look! Three months later and I'm almost done! A more than NaNoWriMo, but still, not too shabby.

And now, my writing is almost coming to an end. It'll be completely finished and I'll be forced to bid adieu to Eric.

Oh who am I kidding. After I finish, that's when the real work starts!

-Jessie