I’ve written a story for the comic Zombies vs Cheerleaders that is due out next month and already have another story almost ready to be drawn.

I’m a very happy girl right now.  Dreams coming true, big time.

I also have decided to make the conscience decision to try not to put much description of my main character in the novel.  I want girls to read it and to be able to picture themselves in that role.  I’ve been tempted many times to go into detail about her but I’m resisting.  Plus, I honestly don’t know what she looks like at this point.

Current word count: 3557

Ahead of word count again!

http://www.amazon.com/Working-Stiff-Revivalist-Rachel-Caine/dp/0451464133/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1311666365&sr=1-1

Only a week from today!

1- What books have you read about Angels/demons/nephilim?

2- Were they cast in typical roles aka angels good, demons bad? 

3- If there was nephilim, were they good or bad?

4- What did you like about these books?

5- What did you dislike?

6- Were their humans involved as main characters?

7-Were the angels/demons/nephilim portrayed as typical human in terms of their physical shape (ie-no wings, horns, etc)?

8- Was their biblical references in the book?

Thank you again.

PS- Here are some of the books I’ve read/have with angels/demons/nephilim. 

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare
The Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead
The Fallen series Thomas E. Sniegoski
Fallen series by Lauren Kate
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

That being said, I LOVED the book.  It was what it was.  It entertained me and made me laugh with all the candid and trashy situations that came up.   It was a very cute book overall.

First off, this is fiction.  Going in I thought it would be fiction as in really close to what really happen to her at the shore.  That was not the case by any means.  The stuff that happened in this book was so ridiculous and obviously not true that I laughed so hard. Yes, some of the stuff was kind of taken from other films and such but it was still funny.  Edward trying to date Bella?  Really? Too funny.

The main character Gia, was definately based off of Snooki herself.  Bella also seemed to be based on Jenni but I’m not certain how much.  That character was dealing with bad boyfriends so not sure if Jenni has that problem or not.  As for the male characters, and there was plenty of those, they seemed to be based on sexual fantasies.  Again, so funny.  So many lovable characters in the book that I can’t wait to see what they do in the next book. 

Plot wise, the book was nothing groundbreaking.  Girls looking for love and getting stuck in funny and sometimes bad situations.  It kept my attention though and was a fast and enjoyable read.  What else can you ask for in a book by Snooki?

Overall rating- 4/5 stars

Favorite quotes:

“It’s too cutesy, right? Might work for blond sorority girls.  But we’re Italian ball breakers.  We’re…lethally brunette.  No self-respecting lethal brunette would bend and snap.”

http://www.cassandraclare.com/cms/faqs#Tessa

17 b) I have heard Tessa appears in City of Glass. Where is the scene where I can find her?

She is in the epilogue of City of Glass. “‘Magnus stood in the shadow of a tree, talking to a girl in a white dress with a cloud of pale brown hair. She turned as Magnus looked toward them, and Clary locked eyes with her for a moment across the distance that separated them. There was something familar about her, though Clary couldn’t have said it what it was.’”

If you have the hardback version of the book it is on page 525. 

I was searching for her name so I was glad Clare put this on her site explaining where she was.  I wonder what she was talking about when she says Clary found something familar about Tessa. Guess we will have to wait and see.

Ill Weather was an okay novel.  There was a lot of just getting from one place to another.  Even more than that, there was a lot of background.  Overall, I would say that this felt like a book setting up the series.  I will say, the characters do have me hooked now and I can’t wait to read more.  Plus, I love Rachel Caine’s writing.  There was lots of quotes I enjoyed.  Here are a couple of my favorites….

“We resonate to the same frequency.”

“Something very wrong about comtemplating murder with the smell of baking in the air.”

“It’s just suicide with a longer fuse.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100406/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_money_saving_fonts

This is super helpful to me because I have be holding back on printing too many drafts because I want to save money and paper. I will for sure be changing the font for my drafts.

http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/trends/vampire_lit_gets_its_scholarly_due_157516.asp?c=rss

Um, yeah. I don’t even know what to say about it. I’m positive, based on how many different vampire books I have read, I could finish top of the class. Heck, I could teach the class. Hmm, maybe I’m onto something with that last part.

I just wonder how practical this could be. I hope to start on my masters in the next fews years. Right now I can’t afford to go back to school but I still think about it a lot. The degree I have decided on is writing science. Originally I thought about creative writing but I decided the writing science would be better because it focuses more on the business side of things which I would think would be more practical. I have trouble seeing how vampire studies would be advantagous in the future. But then again, my Lord of the Ring studies have came in handy on a few occasions so maybe vampire ones would too.

1- Adam
2- The Fall
3- Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
4- Eulogy
5- Garden State

Hmm, notice a trend?  What can I say, I’m a sucker for a great indie film.  Although honestly, I can never, and I mean never, turn down a horror flick.  Went and saw The Crazies tonight and it definately made my horror movies I enjoy a lot list.  That would include movies like The Amityville Horror, The Unborn, The Texas Chainsaw Masscre and on and on.  Why is it that so many horror movies have the word ‘the’ in front of them?