Morning

 It's funny how one can complain about life being too eventless to be fun, because when they actually become busy, all they can talk about is how nice it is to not be so busy.

 I don't like to be busy in the sense that I hate going out and doing errands. Just forget about trying to convince me to spend time with my fellow teenagers--what a waste it would be to drive to some place and pay good money to be a part of a 'camp' or 'workshop' that teaches me nothing and smushes me in a room with a bunch of attention grabbing-iPhone listening-unresponsive kids and expect me to have fun.

 This summer, I volunteered at a business that happens to have a lot of kid volunteers. There was one girl who found out I was older that her and afterwards would not even look or respond to me if I asked her a question or for help finding someone. I know I can be moody sometimes, but I hope I'm not that moody. Thankfully the volunteering session is over for the summer, because there was more than one issue with the place. But it's over, so I'm not going to go on and on ragging about it.

Girl: "Your a SENIOR?!"
Me: "Well, kinda. (didn't want to get into the homeschool/odd grade thing) Most people think I'm 12."
Girl: "No, I thought you were a Freshman or something."

Yep. True story.

Give me some fun loving, interesting adults any day. Or some sociable homeschoolers. Contrary to popular belief, homeschoolers are actually more sociable than today's average teen.


 On a good note, all of my free time has led me to write a lot more (anddomorechorescoughcough). But more than that, I've learned about the importance of making my own writing habits and rules, instead of listening to the NaNoWriMo system or the Writer's Digest techniques all by themselves. The truth is, I don't like to just write a whole novel in a month and spend the next 30 years of my life editing it. If I'm going to write it, it doesn't need to be perfect but it needs to have a good structure. And I'm also not into conventional plot arcs. Things become too predictable if you write in the same way that the bestsellers in Writer's Digest do.
  Newbery medalist Gary D. Schmidt (The Wednesday Wars, Okay For Now) uses a typewriter for his first draft, only pounding out about 500 words a day.  I really like that pace for myself. The average Young Adult novel has a chapter length of 2,000 words. I prefer to write by hand, so this means that with 500 words a day, I can easily write about two chapters a week. To be honest, I'd rather have two great chapters than a whole pile of irrelevant scenes crafted during NaNoWriMo.

 That's all for now, folks! By the way, if it crosses your mind I would love if you'd vote in the Verve Lit Awards. The deadline is August 15th.

Have a lovely day,

-Jessie

Side Train-Track

"Today was supposed to be a writing day, until I started cleaning my inbox out." Jess sits pertly in the uncomfortable-but-stylish-according-to-Mom chair that sits in front of the computer. As aforementioned, it is extremely uncomfortable. Jess repositions herself and continues smacking her hand around [the keyboard].

 "And then created a snazzy poll version of nomination for V.L.A. It pops out. With an iFrame." She wiggles her eyebrows and sighs. "So much for hiatus.
 "If you wish to reach me this week my friend, please leave me a tweet or an email, because I doubt I'll be on Face Book much." Jess narrows her eyes and grumbles under her breath,"I detest it.
 "Anyways, it is time I put more thought into my novel ventures. I've thrown out many passive literary suggestions that have been flying all round The Write Practice and Writer's Digest and YARN to simple do one thing: write. It is quite apparent that my infamous work, Deceptive, is all awesome quote-worthy lines and no structure. So I'm rolling with it, and won't worry about those little details until I can get the mystery plot worked out verbally. And more character development. Would anyone like a nice line from it to chew on while you wait?"  Jessica stares at the crickets staring back at her. "Well, perhaps one driving by will be amused by it. This is a rather mushy bit that I wrote, but a huge favorite on Nation Novel Writing Month...."

“Why did you even bother hanging around me, anyways?” Stupid, stupid stupid Jane. You are a dim wit. Don’t ever let those words escape your mouth again, because it’s only going to make him stick his nose in the air and say ‘You know what, I don’t know why! I think I’ll just leave you alone.’ And then stomp away.

And then he kissed me. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHH. Brain melt.

Deceptive excerpt Copyright 2012, Jessica Verve.

What title?

Sorry for the lack of blog, readers.

My week:

-Emails (alot)
-Book reviewing/Reading
-Creating Accounts for VLA
--Goodreads
--Facebook (puke)
-Twerting (twitting) (which is mostly stupid, but it helps me remember Dictionary.com Words of the Day) [See: Inferior Blogging]
-Homeschool
-Angry Fantasy Writers Glare At Jessica Verve Project
-Research for novels
-Church
-Chores
-Crochet project

Nuts, yes.


 And I'm sad, because Healer's Apprentice was better than Merchant's Daughter.

 Perchance a song will cheer us?

bookzzz

The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter (eh)
Waiting for Normal
Listening for Lions (liked the safari theme... who knows if it'll be good)
The Healer's Apprentice (don't laugh xD)
What I Call Life (knitting on cover is the only reason I got it)
Eight Keys (wanted to buy this)
The Trouble With May Amelia (everyone likes this for some reason. We'll see)
Junonia <3
The Summer Before Boys (wanted to buy this a looooong time ago)
Seaglass Summer (didn't even look at the description)
Mo Wren Lost and Found (this is questionable, but it looked funny and it was in the kids section)
More Than a Horse (awesome cover)
Penderwicks 2 & 3 (read before)


 The librarian smiled at me while I was checking out. "That's some good stuff."
 Me: "Uuuuhh..... yeah, yeah, it is. *smiles stupidly*"

 Not to copy Lidia, who just did a book list post. xD

 Hopefully one of the new ones will go up for the VLA. I'm considering doing a drastic change. It's a #snore. AHHHHH, I'm using hashtags in EVERYTHING now.


 That, ladies and germs, is my random post for the week. Bear with me.