WriMo Day 3

So the good news: I wrote today!
The bad news: it wasn't for The Boy Book.

I'm not giving up on that project. Really, I'm not. I just... I'm not feeling it. And since it's so early in my WriMo, I figured I should change projects now, before I fell too far behind in this thing.

So I wrote 3,000 words. The project has been called GIP for as long as I can remember. But, because it's fitting in more ways than one, you and I can call it The Girl Book. I promise to give you more details tomorrow if I get some words down on the page. I told you! If I get words down on the paper, you get some exclusive content! Well, here's your content for today. It's a sneak peek of a drawing I did of one of the main characters many moons ago.

I hope that the fact that I attempted to draw these girls is enough to win you over for my abandoning The Boy Book. I just know that I'm not ready yet--- not for something THAT big, at least. I'd need more than a month to do Aiden's story justice. But these girls? Their story has been waiting to be told, and I'm pretty convinced that now is the time to tell it. Thank you all for your love, advice, and support. I will tuck it away and dig it out when I'm ready to start that project again. But for now... The Girl Book awaits!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. And have a wonderful Monday! How are you guys, anyway? I do love to hear good things.

Until tomorrow,
Deserae

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Maya: Third person FEELS like cheating because, you're right--- I want this to feel real. Not that third person eliminates a sense of reality, but it does separate readers from the direct thoughts, emotions, and feelings of the MC. And I know in my heart Aiden needs to tell this story. Not me as a narrator. Him, you know? I'm so glad you loved the excerpt. It's being printed out and put into a folder labeled THE BOY BOOK. I do this to all the ideas that I get. They get their own folders, you know? And they sit in there until they're ready. I'm glad you think I do well with dialogue! I love dialogue so I'll keep this in mind when I go back to it. Thanks, Love!

WriMo Day 2

Posting from your phone is not fun, but such is the way of a gal whose mom doesn't have wireless capability in her household. I'll make this brief: I didn't write today. But I don't have to start panicking yet... Do I? Should I cheat and make this a third person, or should I stick to my guns? Idk, Loves. Idk.

Love!
Deserae.

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Prerna: I do have someone who could help... But is it weird to admit that I'm kind of afraid to ask? Why do guys have to be such... guys?!
And Aria, thanks for reading and responding to my excerpt via email. Love ya much, Girly.

WriMo Day 1

So I did it! I started my WriMo today! But what I didn't do was get 1,000 words. Boo!

My day was fairly productive, though.

I moved out of the dorm and into my sister's place.
I packed up a small duffel and printed out my boarding pass.
I ate well. Really well.
And I took the best nap in the history of the world.

Not to mention I started looking up internships and got to email some very important people (gosh... I love email...). And I snuck some writing in! How cool is that?!

Loves, I've got a lot going on. And I'm not really good at this whole male POV thing. And I'm not feeling very confident about how this is going. So for today's yum-yum, I'm just going to let you see what I've got. Click the picture to get a better view and oh my gosh, guys--- if you hate it, tell me now. Although... there's not really much to go off of, so that's probably not fair of me to say. Can you tell I freak out easily? I'm an incurable freaker outer.

By the way! If you didn't get to read the fun facts about my other WIP, PW, please click here to do so, and be sure to check out the excerpt I posted here before I take it down late Sunday night! Love ya'll! Thanks for putting up with me.

My goal for today was: 1,000 words
The recommended NaNo count would be: 1,667
My actual word count: 403 words

Love!
Deserae <3

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Maya: I'll definitely tell Eva you wished her a happy birthday and thanks for your support! I know I say that all the time, but I really appreciate it. You're awesome. Beyond awesome. And yay! I'm glad you're inspired. Oh, I wish you luck on your writing, too. Keep us posted, okay?! You know I love talking about writing with my homies (aka you guys because you don't laugh when I say that. Teehee!). Ciao, Bella! 

Every Good WIP Needs a Good Moniker

Every good WIP needs a good working title. And I have one! But the only people on the entire world who know it are me, Alex B., and my darling little sister.

I want to give it a good fake name, though. So far, I've just been using the first letters of every word to do the job (ex. Planet Weird= PW).

But Victoria Schwab has some pretty snazzy WIP names. VAGABOND PUPPIES is the fake name for her adult novel. ANGST KITTENS is the moniker of her Near Witch related project. So I want to give this project a random name. And that's why, from now on, whenever I refer to it, you'll hear me call it...

The Boy Book.

Yeah. I'm not very creative when I'm trying to be. When I'm not trying to be, I'm full of yummy names, ideas, and random details. I don't know what my brain wants from me.

In other news, I took my last final tonight. AND it was my friend Eva's birthday today so here's a happy birthday to her! And... oh! I'm going home tomorrow! Yay! Man. Good things are happening. Don't you love when that happens?

Wish me luck on my WriMo! It starts tomorrow!
~Deserae <3

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Maya: You're very welcome, Love! I loved your responses. And, thank you. I've never really read too many pure romances but I love the idea of a real one for teens. A real story of falling in love and falling out of it... I am ready to get over my fears of realistic relationships. Buh-ring it awn! And haha! Thank you kindly. you know I can't give up on anything or anyone. I just can't. Defeat is SO not in my vocabulary. Well... it wasn't until now. Lol! Love ya, Chickadee. Thanks for your love and support!

Final Decisions

Tonight, I took the first final of my college experience. And although it was for my Hebrew class and I stumbled through the oral component, I feel... fairly confident. Okay, not confident in the sense that I think I aced that puppy, but confident in the sense that I know I got a C or higher. And trust me--- that's GREAT! It means that there's a chance that I'm getting a B in Hebrew, and even if I don't get that B, I'll get a C for sure.

The relief is... indescribable, believe me. I am doing well in school again. Or, you know... well enough. But grades aren't the only things I'm feeling relieved about. I've finally decided which project I'm going to do for my WriMo.

I know!

It's exciting, right? Say yes. Yes! Although I have so many other projects I want to see finished and projects that I'm equally excited about, this project scares the living daylights out of me, and that's why I've been convinced to do it. I mean...

1. It's my first racy YA. And not racy in the "everybody's doing it!" kind of way, but in the, "we're actually talking relationships," and the "there's going to be Dawson's Creek levels of exploring those relationships," kind of way. Desi is not used to talking about kissing and touching and loving and... other things. But this book is centered around relationships. It's a love story for goodness sakes!

2. Actually, it's not a "love" story. But, as I've said a million times, it's a story about relationships. And it's about a boy who is forced to figure out how to be in a real one. And it's about a boy... who... is not a girl...

3. So yeah, this is my first full lengthed project written in a male's perspective. And, although it wouldn't be cheating to do alternating perspectives, I really think this is HIS story. I've been dying to explore a Pacey Whitter of my own.

There are things that I'm excited for. Things that I'm... not so excited for... But I can't wait to share things with you. Not only will it be good for me, mentally, but it'll be good for you, as my loyal readers, to get a sense of the madness that is me.

T-minus two days and counting. Woot, woot!

Love ya,
Deserae <3
P.S. The song above was chosen for two reasons. 1) Dawson's Creek was an amazing show and I have no idea why they ever got rid of this amazing theme song. So yeah. It's here in tribute to it's amazingness. And 2) I know this is what you were thinking when I told you guys I still hadn't picked a project. But I finally have! So yay! You no longer have to wait. You guys are awesome.

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Leah: Glad you like the blog! Thanks so much!

Prerna P: Woohoo! Fellow Psych fan! Tonight's episode was funny. But I'm sad the season's coming to an end!
And a special thanks to Arianna and Maya who completed the questionnaire! Loved your responses, and of course I love you both. 

The Midnight Post

Three things. Three very important writer-like things.

1. Psych is on. And it's one of my favorite crime shows ever. There's Monk for Tony Shaloub. There's Murder She Wrote for it's obvious criminals but not so obvious how they dunnits. There's CSI and NCIS for their crime scene-y-ness. And then there's Psych. For it's wacky crimes--- wacky criminals--- and wacky cast. I love it all. It's (and don't judge me, here) Monk meets a modern day Get Smart. It's not the most brilliant show you'll ever watch but it's entertaining and in one of the best ways possible.

2. I am editing. I am editing PW and helping with TLOATH and, also, I'm critiquing a book for a friend. I'm Alex Bennett's Beta reader and so it's my job to help him make his NaNo project a sparkling gem of a book. And I have to say, I'm a lucky gal. Between Aria's superheroes and Alex's leprechauns, I am in pretty great hands on the writer-reader level of happiness.

3. I've picked the project I'm going to do for my WriMo. Psych! Ha! I totally fooled you. No, see, the problem is, I HAVEN'T chosen a project and my WriMo starts in three days! I have so many guys. I have SO many ideas. Right now, it's a toss up between a book from a guy's perspective (it's a romance! A contemp. romance!), a retelling of Romeo and Juliet, and a middle grade comedy about a girl trying to get rid of a curse. But there're (and I kid you not) SEVEN other ideas that I'm fighting not to bring to the forefront of my mind. I should just... pick one. I know! But I'm agh! I'm going crazy here.

But if a writer doesn't know insanity, how does he ever hope to make the world more sane?

Take care, Loves. And I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Love,
Deserae

You've Been Tagged!

I just got tagged by the wonderful Sonal to complete this questionnaire. So I'm going to, and then I'm going to tag three people, and then tomorrow (or later on tonight), I'll post a more writer-like post because... I like those. Hehe!

1) Do you like to read?
Mm-hmm! I love reading. Writers read, right? Right! So I'm an avid reader. I plan to read at least 10 books during my month off. 


2) Who are your favourite authors?
Lisi Harrison, Louise Rennison, Lemony Snicket, Trenton Lee Stewart, C.S. Lewis, Victoria Schwab, and way too many more to include here. 


3) What phone do you have/do you like it?
An Android something something... I, uh, don't know much about phones. I do know that it works though and that I can call people... so that's cool...


4) Favourite store?
Store, store or bookstore? I'll answer both. Fave store is Target and fave bookstore is Vromans.
 
5) Nickelodeon or Disney Channel?
Disney Channel. I'm always going to be a Disney girl and I have faith that Disney'll get better.


6) Pinkberry or Yoomoo?
I've never been to Yoomoo (nor have I ever heard of it!) so I'm going to go with Pinkberry. But have you ever had Wildberry? YUM!!!


7) Harry Potter or Twilight?
Blink, blink... AVADA KEDAVRA!
 
8) Cookies or cupcakes?
Depends on the cookie.


9) Do you have any allergies?
No, Ma'am. 


10) Do you believe in ghosts?
I believe in everything.


11) What are you wearing right now?
What are you wearing right now?!


12) What was the last song you heard?
"Kiss Me Slowly" -Parachute and Lady Antebellum. LOVE that song! 


13) If you were an animal what would you be?
Okay... are you saying I'm an animal? What kind of a questionnaire is this?! 


14) Have you ever been hang gliding/paragliding?
NO! I'm a big scaredy cat. But now that you mention it... Gosh, that sounds fun. Is Desi allowed to have fun? Fun does not compute @.@.


15) Favourite board game?
The bored game. Okay, that's... that's cheating. Life. I like Life. 


16) Favourite video game?
I am physically incapable of playing video games. I have absolutely no hand-eye coordination. 


17) Have you ever been on a plane?
Yep and I'll be on one a little later this week.
 
18) Do you like sports?
Do you even have to ask?


19) If you had £1000,000 what would you spend it on?
Well, first I'd have to move to Europe so I could spend it at all. And THEN I'd take care of my family and save whatever's left to support me while I write books and wait for them to get sold.


20) Favourite flower?
Is it weird to say I don't have one? I like lillies and orchids and cherry blossoms and roses, but only in pictures. I wouldn't like taking care of them. SO not my thing.


21) Favourite fruit?
Strawberries


22) Can you ride a bike?
Hehe! I should probably just clear this up: DESI DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 


23) Do you believe in aliens?
I believe in everything.


24) Favourite kind of cake? (e.g. coffee, cheesecake, etc)
New York style cheesecake. Please and thank you. 


25) Have you ever been bungee jumping?
O.O Next question.


26) Have you ever completed a Where’s Wally book?
THOSE ARE REAL?!


27) Disneyland or Universal Studios?
Disneyland. I love Disney. 


28) Pirates or ninjas?
But they're both so awesome!!! 


29) Sweet or salty popcorn?
Sweet. Me loves kettle corn.


30) If you could visit any fictional place where would it be?
I write about so many places I'd love to see. So one or all of those. Oh, and Narnia. Let's go; RIGHT now.


And that's it for me! I tag Arianna, Bareha, and Maya. I'll talk to you guys later about the wonderful world of writing! And before I go I'd like to thank you all for your kind words. Believe me. That rejection was the first of many. But I'm determined not to give up on PW. That rejection was perfect in the sense that it was purely about taste. Not a reflection of my work or the story... but it was about the agent and how he wasn't feeling it. That doesn't mean someone else will feel the complete opposite. So Maya, Sonal, and Aria--- I'm holding on. :) 


Love you girls! 

Talk to you soon,
Deserae