Miss Morbid and the Creation of Things

Hey reader,

Ever since I entered eighth grade I have been working on a fictional world for my book series. But now that the passion and logic for that particular book series are gone, it's time to start over about four years later. And I'm incorporating traditional mythological creatures together this time with a few of my own creatures from my last attempt at a fictional world.

I won't share a plethora about it because I don't even know much about it yet but I'll tell you that it will be called the World of Myths. It will be controlled by sorcerers and sorceresses with potion-making witches, warring fairies, mistreated werewolves and hidden vampires thrown in (although I hope it doesn't seem just "thrown in" when someone is reading it). There will be other creatures, too, that I've collected from other cultures. I like the Emere which are children who can go from our world to the afterlife but I'm not sure if they are going to be in the story yet).

I am also working on a list. A list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. And I need to finish it soon so I can start the 1001 days! I have 86 things written down and I'll post the list on a page once it is done but, to help me get this done, will anyone help me with a suggestion? Remember: I'm a sixteen-year-old girl with not much money and not even a driver's license (yet... it's on my list).

Miss Morbid and the Stormy Night

Hey reader,

I guess I'm so badass that I have a kitten on my shoulder rather than a parrot. I'd show you a picture but it's really dark in here and I don't want to move to get a light incase Vladimir (the kitten) falls off.

Today will be a dark and stormy night according to my window and the weather guy. So I'm excited! I love it when it rains and I'm inside. I know that's really bad because a lot of people do not have nice, cozy homes to watch the rain in but I'm a bitch.

I used to work on a story where the first scene was of a group of homeless kids and their leader, Banshee, going into a homeless shelter because there is a storm outside. I really liked writing for that protagonist (whom I called Zombie). I think I'm going to blend the story somehow with Crimson Brown's Betrayal.

I don't think I've shared the details of my work-in-progress novel that I think I will turn into a series. One thing I love about rainy days: you have to stay inside so it gives you a whole 24 hours to write and plot and sometimes sleep.

So, where was I? Oh yeah, the details of my story. Right now I'm calling it Crimson Brown's Betrayal but I'm not sure if it will stick. I really like it but you never know. I'm still trying to work on summarizing it but this is a good try I think:

"Crimson Brown was the apprentice to a sorcerer who had trained her since she was a small child. But after that sorcerer tried to take over the World of Myths, he was killed and she was banished with her powers taken away.

Now, it's a year later and Crimson is trying to struggle through the human world when four familiar enemies show up. They need Crimson's knowledge of Dark Powers to take down an even bigger threat. This is Crimson's only chance at getting her powers back and she will not let her dead lover's friends or his brother mess this up."

It's a work in progress. Right now I have a few chapters and a rough outline. I hope I can finish the first draft and learn to live with my "inner editor" (as stated by Naked Without a Pen).

Miss Morbid and the NaNoWriMo Challenge

Hey reader,

Yesterday I signed up for my very first try at NaNoWriMo. If you're just as confused as I was when I saw the name for the first time last year, it's actually short for National Novel Writing Month. The premise of the challenge is to basically write a 50,000 novel in 30 days.

I know. Crazy but apparently it has been done before (probably with people who are not in junior year of high school). Despite the almost definite prediction of failure, I decided to try it. And, if I do actually succeed (and subsequently fail all my classes) then at least I finally have that first draft to a book I've wanted since I was in fifth grade.

Now, it's just a matter of which story idea from my "Idea Vault" folder I will choose. I have so many ideas in that folder, saved up from four years of brain scattering. Now, I just need to go through all my old ones and see which one I think I would enjoy writing in one month. Either way, though, I think this is going to cause major headaches. At least I have my Advil!

And at least, since I now go to a high school on a college campus, I can take my laptop with me to school so on my free time I'll be typing away, ignoring my friends and my boyfriend for a whole month. Haha no kisses for boyfriend till I get this first draft done in a month!

I'll post more about NaNoWriMo and I'll probably post which idea I'm going to build the novel around once I figure it out myself.

Miss Morbid and the Vampiric Enegizer Kitty

Hey reader,

My kitten is currently jumping around my room like a banshee without wails. He especially loves biting my feet and legs. You should see my legs. They look like I was in a fight with either scissors or needles or whatever. It seems every time he comes near me, it's to bite me! He was rightfully named Vladimir Fang.

I guess I'm writing because I have nothing else to write (fiction wise). I mean, of course I have something to write but... I really need to start planning out Crimson Brown's Betrayal, a book that I'm writing. I wrote only a few pages of chapter five today and now I'm afraid I'll have to go back and rewrite the eleven page Word document that is chapter four. I'm going to have a lot to edit when I finish... if I finish.

I hope I do finish but I've never finished a book before and I've wanted to write one since fifth grade.

Just thought I'd share those concerns. Even though you probably don't care.