Insanity or Brilliance?

Wow, it's been awhile since I've had the time to actually sit down and write a blog post. It's been awhile since I've had the time to do much of anything, actually. My time may become even more scarce, though. I've either had a stroke of brilliance, or I'm suffering from insanity.

I'm working on starting my own business. Right now, all I have is an idea, and the hope for a future, but I know there's a market out there for what I want to do,, and I hope that it all falls in line with everything else that I want to do with my life. How in the world I'm going to balance this and training to be a dance instructor, I don't know. Hell, how I'm going to do this with no business knowledge at all, I have no clue. All I can do is hope for the best, and hope that I can do everything I need to do...

And the Madness Begins.

Days until Camp NaNoWriMo: 18

Keep with me, because I'm about to talk to you about everything that's coming up over the next year.

So, it's official. I'm doing the April session of Camp NaNoWriMo. Originally, I was going to write the sequel to Faery Mists, Moon Struck, but now I think I'm going to write a different novel. We'll see what happens.

I'm also considering making a documentary, but that will take a lot more time and planning than writing a novel, especially considering I want to do a documentary about women on YouTube. I know for a fact that I've got a movie in the works, so yeah. I'm losing my mind slowly. A friend and I are working on the script currently, then we'll be moving on in the production of it. We're doing it all ourselves.

On my YouTube channel, I'm going to be producing some more music (yay?) and doing some new short films/skits. We'll see how all that goes. I know that next week, I get to finally put up my Slenderman video. It's been a long time coming and it's almost finished, finally.

Jumping Right Back In

I can't leave anything alone for long.  It's something that I've noticed.  If I have something that I want to do, I do it.  Call it a flaw, if you will, or just a perk of being me.  I may leave a project alone for awhile, but I will always come back to it.

Publishing my first novel was a different experience for me.  I was put through an emotional roller coaster as I dealt with the problems that popped up.  Oh, there was a typo in the novel that I missed.  The Kindle edition format was messed up.  The font wasn't embedding properly.  The list seemed never ending.

Despite the heartache of publishing, I've already started on another two novels.  Well, I've started on the research and background for these two novels.  Ordinarily, when writing fantasy, the world is yours to create.  When you write urban or contemporary fantasy, though, you're confined to the world that exists already.  Sure, you can tweak it, but it helps if there is some believability to it.

With that in mind, I'm working on slowly building the world in which my characters will live.  Even if the whole novel takes place in one building, I want to know everything I can about the entire world before I set out to write this time.

Time to Panic?

Eight.

That's how many days I have until I am officially a published author. I have trouble remaining calm when I think about it. I'm still doing last minute edits. Leave it to me to procrastinate like always. Ideally, this should have been done last week. Instead l, I put it off.

Six.

I have six weeks until the first show I'm performing in. It's how many weeks I have to master this solo and pretend I'm not dying a little inside, thinking about how terrible I think it could end up.

Four.

That's the number of days until I have to figure out the rest of my one costume for this show next month. I don't know how I'm going to manage Batgirl, but I'm certainly going to try!

Now, back to editing, before I start crying.

2012

Well, it's been 2013 for a week, officially, and I'm not quite sure how to feel about the whole matter.  It's different.  Already, so much has changed for me this year.  I'm alright with all that, though.  I'm finally finishing up my novel.  I've had to add a couple of scenes and writing them is emotionally draining, but so worth it.

Last year saw the start of many things for me.  It saw me start blogging and vlogging.  It was the beginning of several amazing friendships and the loss of some that I wish hadn't had to end.  It saw me gain a bit of independence, and this year will see me fighting to maintain it.  Last year was an amazing year and I can only hope this year will be just as great.

Solitude (Growing Up)

It's an strange thing, being away from your parents. It's also a fact of life that you have to grow up and leave the safe and caring environment that your parents are supposed to have provided for you. The even stranger part is realizing that you're taking care or yourself for the first time. It's up to you to put the food on the table, wash your clothes, do the chores...

At first, it can be daunting. I know some people who left home and found themselves at a loss for what they were supposed to do. Without someone to guide them, they made some stupid mistakes. I know others who embraced the freedom and solitude, finding it easier to deal with the occasional oppressing loneliness that threatens.

I've found myself wondering how to fill my days more and more lately. While I am an adult, I've never been so far from my parents. I know that I'll miss them, but they have many adventures ahead of them. As for me, this is only the first step on a journey of a lifetime.

NaNoWriMo: Day 1

Well, it's official.  I've well and truly lost my mind.  Today marks day one of National Novel Writing Month.  For those of you who don't know, it's when all of us who think we can write attempt to write 50k words in thirty days.  Fun stuff.

So, what did I do today on the writing front?  Well... I posted a vlog about doing this, and now I'm writing a blog post...  Fun stuff.  I've also spent the last hour avoiding looking at the pile of laundry and brainstorming for my novel this month.  I'm starting a new project, so this should be interesting.

Hopefully, I'll have more to write later, but I highly doubt it.  If you all are doing NaNoWriMo, feel free to add me as a writing buddy.  My username is SiriusGirl1996.  Happy writing!


Check out my word count!

LeakyCon and the Eternal Wait

Seeing as this is the next big event in my life, I feel the need to blog about this.  That's right.  LeakyCon, the biggest Potter convention that still operates regularly.  Why is this such a big deal?  Two reasons:  One, it's freaking LeakyCon, and they're doing TWO this year.  Two, I'm actually planning on going.  Some of you will have already seen my vlog on the matter.  Well, there's a lot more to it than that.

Here's the deal:

LeakyCon has been held every year since 2011, though there was one in 2009.  Officially, I think it's the biggest Harry Potter convention in the world at the moment.  Most other convetions/get-togethers have fizzled out.  Remember WrockStock?  Yeah, cancelled.  The only big thing Potterwise besides Leaky next year is the World Cup.

Now, those of you who know all about LeakyCon, you can all take a five minute break as you skim what I'm writing.  LeakyCon 2013 will be held in Portland.  That's right, Portland.  For those of you who don't know, that's in Oregon.  The other Leaky will be held in London, and that's already sold out.  If that doesn't tell you how big Leaky is, you must be Martian.

Now, while I'm still saving up the money to get to Leaky, the wait is killing me.  Next summer cannot come soon enough!  For those of you who are planning to go, I'll see you there.  I'm sure you'll find me with a camera in hand.  For those of you who aren't going, sucks to be you.  I tease, of course.  I'll try to get every moment on camera for you all!

Oddest Sources of Inspiration

Normally, I try not to blog two days in a row, but right now, I can't help it.  I have to brag about one of my oldest friends.  This guy is amazing.  You have no idea.

So, long story short... one of my best and oldest friends is now a published author.  I don't mean just online, writing fanfiction like I do, and derping around.  Nor do I mean blogging like an insane person because he doesn't have the inspiration to finish a novel.  He is actually a published author, as of August.

This man is amazing.  He really is.  I've never met a guy who was so talented in so many different fields.  The best part is, he's so humble about it.  He did an interview recently about his book and in it, he said he was nothing special.  He may not see it, but some of us do.

So, just wanted to say that this guy is my inspiration.  If any of you want to know who I'm talking about, the link to his book is below.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Basement-Sickness-trilogy-Volume/dp/1479203351

Back to the Beginning (And some extra stuff)

My goodness, two blogs in a week.  I must be losing my mind.  I don't think you lot mind, though.  So, anyways, on with the show before I start rambling...

Tomorrow is September first.  That's right.  September first.  I'm freaking out sightly, because it's been a year since the last Harry Potter movie came out.  Do you know what that means for me?  That means I've got to find a way to keep Harry Potter alive today without completely losing my mind.  Normally, I'd organize a reenactment of the Battle of Hogwarts, but I don't have enough friends into Harry Potter.  Maybe we'll get together to do that in May... hmm...

Anyways, back the the first.  In order to keep the fandom alive, I'm going to be writing a quick wrock song and releasing it tomorrow on YouTube... if everything goes according to plan.  I'm also working on some stuff for my soon-to-be opened Etsy store, including some House bracelets.  Yes, I'm a nerd.  Get over it.

All of my Quibblo readers will be happy to know that I'm also going to be publishing at least one chapter of one fanfiction tomorrow.  I'll also try to get my Fanfiction.net story updated, but I make no promises on that front.  I've been terrible lately.

Also!  While I remember...  Next week is midterms for me.  Yes, I know, for most of you, school's only just started.  Gimme a break.  I'm in college and my college is weird.  Really, really, really, really weird.  For my blogs, that means I might vlog some, but I don't know if I'll put up an actual blog next week.  I'm going to try to, at the very least.

So, now, a question.  How are you celebrating the beginning of the Hogwarts term, my lovelies?

Off the High

Competition.

I still can't believe it's over.  I can't even bring myself to write a long post about it because I poured my heart out on my other blog...  Biggest day in my life and it's officially been over for two days.  There are no words.  None at all.

It was an amazing experience and I would do it again in an instant.  Even the glitter.  There is no feeling like this.  Wow...

Hopefully, I'll be able to think more about this later, but for now, I'm going to enjoy coming off the high.

Disillusioned, or An Introduction

Ordinarily, I wonder in my sanity to decide to blog.  It's been something I've debated for several months.  However, over the last week, I have been pushed to finally post.  As some people who are possibly reading this, I constantly have strong opinions.  It is one of those opinions that brings me here now.
The Internet has been abuzz with news about the column written by Samantha Brick, asking why women hate her because she's attractive.  Ordinarily, I don't get involved in things like this.  I saw the article about the backlash on Yahoo! and wondered if it was a troll.  Out of sheer curiosity, I investigated.  What I found... it stunned me.

I knew that people can be very vicious, but I hadn't realized exactly how much a single column could turn the world against a woman.  Some of the comments I do agree with.  However, the reaction of the author... It was what truly stunned me.  Thanks to a wondrous search engine, I was able to find a trove of articles about the backlash and article in question.  Frankly, it all disgusted me.  It was not merely the reaction of the readers, but the desire of the author to post something like this in the first place.

Do we not have enough beautiful people?  Where did all the intelligent ones go?  I know I'm not the last teenage girl who couldn't care less about the way she's perceived.  However, as I look around me, I see people obsessed with the material objects that make our lives easier and the cosmetic side of human nature.  It made me realize something.  We've become vain.  Vanity has always been a part of human nature, but never has it extended quite this far.  We have our world famous celebrities, the ones we turn to for the latest fashions, the latest insipid comments Tweets.  What happened?

So, this is me, disillusioned with society.  An outsider among those who would rather not see the problems.  However, I'm happy to be who I am.  I am, and forever will be, merely, madly me.