Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Only Three days Left! :D

I'M SO EXCITED, OH MY GOODNESS!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! I cannot WAIT for my book signing :D This is gonna be the best weekend ever!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Book Signing Approacheth

Only 10 more days until my first ever book signing! I'm so excited!!! Especially since most of the people coming are my good friends or family, I think it's going to be a ton of fun and will be a good introduction into the world of publicising my book. I thought I was going to be scared about it, but as it keeps getting closer, I've discovered that I'm really not scared at all. Thank you, God! This would probably be a very different post if I was nervous about my book signing. ;) So far, I have at least 64 people who are going to be there, and all I needed to sell was about 20. Praise God!! :D It's so strange to think that other people are going to be reading about my characters and what's happening to them...I really hope they like my book!! I've put a lot of hard work into making the people and events seem realistic, and by the end of the book, I hope people feel like my characters could be real people because of their depth and the amount of insight I try to give into their minds. Of course, it might take two or three books to feel that way, but hopefully this one can be a good start :) 

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

400 Pages!

I decided to lengthen my third book, because I decided that if Christopher Paolini's third book can be 700 pages, mine can at least be longer than 300-something. It now has 400 pages, and I'M STILL NOT FINISHED! *evil laughter* I'm a fan of long books, and mine are only going to get longer as they go (ehehehehe!!!), so yeah; been adding to Book Three's page count. The part I'm adding is pretty epic, too, so no worries: it's not just fluff. :) 
    Ahhhhhhh!! So excited about my book signing!!! How cool is it that God has allowed me to use the talent He's given me in such a great way?? I'm so thankful He's given me this opportunity; it's so unreal and so awesome!! :D

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Youth Group

My youth group leader announced in front of the entire youth group that I had published a book, and how everyone should read it and go to the book signing. Everyone turned around and looked at me. Meh! Now, I'm thankful everyone now knows about it, but...I kinda wish I hadn't been there for them all the stare at while he was talking about it. *sad sigh* I'm a rather shy person, so I didn't like being stared at. Oh well; glad the church kids now know. Maybe they'll come to the book signing! :)

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Julius Caesar Project

Having to do an English project: writing a new version of the play Julius Caesar. Like I did for the rewritten version of Antigone, I'm using some of my characters to be the characters from Julius Caesar, but it's still kind of hard to write. I have to have at least 10 pages, and right now, I have about 7. I'm actually nearing half-way done, which is good. Maybe then I'll have time to write on my real story! ;)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Best School Day of the Year!!

We've been hosting a basketball tournament at my school for the past two days, and as a result, the teachers usually let us go 'watch' the games...We actually just kinda hang around the campus and have fun. Today, for example, I went to the freshman English class and took their vocab test with them and got a 100...without even knowing what words they were being tested over ;) And then G.C., T.C., M.M., J.R., and I stayed in Mrs. C's room for the next few periods and we played drama games, such as Bus Stop and Freeze. I don't think I've laughed that hard since...well, in a very LONG time!! We have some extremely hilarious people at my school :) Now, as you may or may not know, I adore laughing, so the more you make me laugh, the more I will enjoy being around you, so today, I was really lovin' the free time. We ended up having only 2 actual classes today (we usually have around 8). SO AWESOME!!!!!! :D :D

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

October's Dusk

I was looking at the stats for my blog, and I noticed that one of the referring links was to a website called October's Dusk. Curious, I clicked on it, and I discovered that it's a website managed by a person who attends my school (not sure who, though...) and that they featured Young Falcon as the 'Book O' Da Week!' How cool is that??? I don't know who wrote that little article, but thank you! That flattered me immensely, and I'm so glad to know that people are actually looking forward to my book. Thanks, October!! :)

Monday, November 14, 2011

BEST...BIRTHDAY WISH....EVER

I got a happy birthday video from Scotty McCreery. And yes, I realise that it was sent out automatically and that he has no idea who I am, but THAT MADE MY DAY!!!! :D :D :D Excuse me whilst I go freak out happily :)

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Awesome Birthday Weekend!

Monday is my birthday, but since it's on a Monday, we had to have my party this weekend. G.C., T.C., and L.W. came to Salado and went to the Gathering of the Scottish Clans with me, which was so much fun!! I was hearing bagpipes in my dreams last night o.O We all bought swords of some sort (T.C. and G.C. bought pens that uncapped to reveal a small, sharp blade - and they also write like normal pens! L.W. got a Skian Dubh, which is a small knife that Scottish men wear in their socks, and I got a small replica of Sting, Frodo's sword in Lord of the Rings. So awesome!!) T.C. also debated buying this gorgeous forest-green cape that had Celtic silver trim, but it was $85, so he didn't buy it. It would have been so cool if he had, though! At my grandma's house, we had barbecue and German chocolate cake (yum!) and I got some very cool gifts. G.C. gave me a bottle-cap necklace that says 'With God, all things are possible', L.W. have me a Barnes and Noble gift card, T.C. gave me three Barnes and Noble gift cards and a very sweet note, and my parents gave me a poster featuring...my book cover. Gonna be sort of weird to have that hanging in my room, but awesome at the same time. It was a fantastic weekend! Best birthday ever!! Have a great week, everybody!! :)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

What I Find Funny

So since people at my school have heard that I've written a book, they've been congratulating me and assuring me that this 'is such a big accomplishment.' Now to me, this is like being congratulated for breathing; it doesn't mean much to me because it comes so naturally and easily to me. Now don't take that to mean I don't appreciate the compliments and congratulations, but it's just weird to be complimented for something a talent that God blessed me with and that I use literally every day. I realise some people think writing a book is a huge accomplishment, but it's not, really; people that were born to write will write, just as people who were born to play sports will play sports. It's not a bit different. I just find it all a bit amusing. I even had one of my classmates ask me if I could make a character named after him in my next book, 'perhaps a guard that will die a noble death'. Haha! I love this job! :D Thank you, God, for making me a writer; it's honestly the MOST AMAZING gift in the world :D

Tuesday, November 08, 2011

THEY'RE HERE!!!

I HAVE THE BOOKS!! They arrived today, and I'm so excited!!! PG13 and N.G. got to see the very first book ever printed along with me after school today! SO COOL!!!! :D :D

Monday, November 07, 2011

THE BOOKS ARE COMING TOMORROW!!!

My books, all 11 boxes of them, are due to arrive tomorrow afternoon at my dad's office, and I shall be getting the very first copy ever printed as well!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!! :D :D Also, the librarian at my school is setting up my book signing at the Barnes and Noble in the Arboretum for December 3rd and 4th, and I can't wait; it's going to be so much fun!! My distributor, Erik, said I only have to sell about 20 books in order for the B&N to keep some for the shelves, so y'all please buy lots of books!! :)

Saturday, November 05, 2011

Birthday Orders

Ordering stuff for my birthday! Using the amazing Amazon.com, I ordered a few movies and the new Inheritance book, and they should arrive around November 15th, which will be too late for my party on the 12th, but oh well. :) I'm getting: Tron: Legacy, Thor, The Karate Kid, The Patriot, First Knight, and Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Fun stuff! :D

New Tab!

There's a new tab on my blog now, entitled "'Young Falcon' Reviews". It contains all the reviews and articles about my book that I've received thus far. Read and enjoy! :)

Update on Website and on Book Availabilty

The website is mostly complete now; there are just a few more tabs (such as 'reviews', 'events', 'order a book', and a sample chapter) left to add. It looks so cool!! I love it! :D It's amazing that my books actually have their own website now. God is so good!!
    And I've been getting a lot of questions about this: the books actually won't be available for purchase on November 7th. They're actually not even here yet (they should be in a few days, though). I'm going to do a 'premiere' book signing at a Barnes and Noble in North Austin when Encore sings there, and that'll be the first day you can buy books (December 3rd and 4th). So PLEASE COME!! I have to show the stores that my books are going to sell, so I have to have people there to buy books. It's going to be a lot of fun!! :D Please tell your friends and family to come if they can, as well; we need as many as possible there! And hey, Encore's going to be singing; don't want to miss that!

Thursday, November 03, 2011

Website Beginnings

Ok, we have a beginning on the website. Part of a sentence got left off, and my author pic's a little blurry, but other than that, it looks pretty cool! There'll be a link to Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, and my blog eventually, and you'll also be able to buy a copy from the Intimate Life Ministries website (my dad is friends with their owner). So yeah, we're off to a good start! (G's: I'll send y'all the link so you can look at it and tell my what you think. Suggestions welcome!) :D

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

It's Official...

...Shipping begins tomorrow, November 3rd. Books will arrive in 3-5 days, and the printer kindly set aside the VERY FIRST COPY for me!! YAAAAAAYYYY!!! So excited!! Pray that they arrive safely and that all goes well. May be working on the website some tonight. :)

Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Update

Ok, the invoice has been received, and the shipping will commence tomorrow! Party!! :D It should be 3-5 days before they get here, and then a few more before they're ready, but they'll be here soon!! :)

Never Mind

Well, it turns out that my parents cancelled the meeting with the designer due to my cold (*sigh*), so as of now, I am still without a website. But Lori (the designer) sent me some instructions as to how to set up the site and what I can do without her help, so we'll see how that goes. Home sick again...bleh. But we're supposed to get the invoice for the shipping today, so that's good. :)