The Happy Ending

Hi everyone!

I totally forgot about this blog until today, and it's been so fun reading all the posts again. What was I so busy with back then?! Because I'm pretty sure it's nothing compared to how busy I am now.

If you're curious about whatever happened to the aspiring teenage writer, I'm happy to report that I made it. I am a writer. Not only do I write, but I get paid to do it and that's a dream come true. If you want to check out some of my work, you can find all the links on my new site.

For all the aspiring writers out there, keep doing what you're doing! That's all it takes.

Nook- A Book?

So my mom bought a brand new Nook e-reader for my sisters. I can't get over it. I'm never giving up my real paper books. What else would I fill my future library with??
I've already decided since the age of- well, whatever age I was when I watched Beauty and the Beast- that I was going to have a library like the one in Beast's castle. It was going to have floor to ceiling book shelves, long, elegant windows for light, reading chairs that you just want to sink in to, and maybe a rolling ladder or two? Hahahaha yes I know it's just a movie, but have you ever seen the Harvard bookstore? It has rolling ladders and book shelves to the ceiling! Something like that.
So anyways, I just thought I'd share that I am absolutely horrified about e-books because then my library would be much less awe inspiring.
A bientot! :)

That's why this isn't PG 13

The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about the violence and dark subject matter portrayed in young adult novels. The author clearly thought there was something wrong with this and many YA authors wrote their own replies objecting to this story. I, for one, also disagree with the point of view of the story.
First of all, the topics discussed in this article such as depression, suicide, murder, rape, cutting, are all real issues for teens. We not only know that these things happen, but we've witnessed our friends and maybe even ourselves go through it. We read these books to relate, to get informed, to satisfy our curiosity, and to also entertain. It doesn't even matter whether it has a happy ending for the conflicted main character. What matters is the things we can take away from the book. The themes about the importance of family and forgiveness, loss and life, sadness and happiness.
Teenagers are very aware of what goes on in the real world. So why should we read books about ponies and rainbows? I certainly don't think there's any shame in reading what we want.
Decide for yourself. Read the original article at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038.html

Sophomore Year

It would be an understatement to say that sophomore year took over my life! I haven't had time to write, read, obsessively compulsively follow my favorite authors, or participate in Script Frenzy or Nanowrimo. It's really a shame. I blame my one and only AP class, World History, which I thoroughly enjoyed except for all the work. I blame lacrosse practices for being scheduled at the most inconvenient time of the day. I blame myself most of all for overscheduling and somehow telling myself that it was working, even though I nearly fell asleep in class like everyday. Well, no more! School is finally over and I've decided to 1) write, write, write, write, write, write, write, write, and 2) get better hand eye coordination for lacrosse and 3) not snack so much so my bikini body stays intact. I'll let you know how that goes :)

Checking out Tumblr and Twitter

So, I've experimented with Tumblr recently because a lot of my friends have gotten into it. Some people just complain. Some people use it as a diary. I tried te diary type thing and I haven't gotten past the 2nd post. Oh well, it was worth a try. I also tried Twitter because all the journalism conventions I go to say that Twitter is where the news industry is going. Fast, short news. That's really sad because I personally love the long in-depth stories. Anyways, I just got myself a twitter and honestly, it's not clickng. I don't see the point because no one really cares what I'm doing and I don't really care what celebrities or athletes are doing. My friend mentioned today that celebrities are usually just normal people. Sure, maybe they have a little bit more money and more public exposure. But more friends or more confidence? Nahh, they probably have about the same as the rest of us.
So anyways, in conclusion, I've decided to stick with this blog. Inkwaves. It's who I am. And for a while there, I was pretty good at updating consistently. Hope everyone is still writing! If not, turn off the internet and get to it! <3

I'm Back

I guess I'm back for now. I'm thinking about starting a new blog, but I'm not sure what it'll be about yet. Any ideas?

New Contests

A contest with almost new limitations. Talk about freedom of expression. Check it out! Deadline: Aug 15. Prizes: Publication in an anthology. Link: http://literarylab.blogspot.com/p/contests.html

Humor Contest from the Young Voices Foundation. Submit a funny story. Deadline: Aug 30. Prizes: Money!
Link: http://www.youngvoicesfoundation.org/tellafunnystory.html