Category Archives: Writing Remarks

Writing Remarks

Saturday, 01 January, 2011
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Happy New Year’s! :: Eye Candy Blogfest

Only two more hours until the final countdown to the new year of 2011! Regardless of where you are celebrating your New Year’s, I hope your last few moments of 2010 are memorable and special. Now for my entry for the Eye Candy Blogfest, which is hosted by Vicki Rocho at her blog, Rambles & Randomness. The idea is to post my single favorite picture. I couldn’t literally choose which photo was my favorite, so I just decided to post ONE of them. :P Here is mine:


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Sunday, 19 December, 2010
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Twisted Christmas Fairy Tale Blogfest

Francine over at Romancing in the Blog is hosting a fantastic Twisted Christmas Fairy Tale Blogfest. The basic idea is that entries should turn those happy, famous fairy tales into, well, twisted nightmares.

I’m not that great at horror stories but I tried. :] I chose a tale that most people are familiar with, I hope you will be able to guess which one it is. ;) I’m sorry it’s so long though…I started working on it last night and had planned on just writing some and then posting it, but I got so into it that it went on and on! Hope you enjoy anyway. Thanks very much to Francine for hosting this. Be sure to check out the other entries as well!

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Thursday, 09 December, 2010
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Reading Between the Lines

Question of the Day: What song inspires you? Why? Is it the rhythm, the lyrics, or something else special about it?

I’d like you to me Mr. Duke. He’s a nice guy….been hanging out with me for a good while now. He lets me tell him anything I want. Very good secret keeper, I must say.

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Tuesday, 07 December, 2010
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Vote For My Entry [Tessa’s Blogontest Finalist!]

Question of the Day: What language/dialect/accent do you most enjoy listening to?

Hello all! I hope you are having a lovely week so far and staying warm. =) I just received a wonderful piece of news…..I’m one of the finalists for Tessa’s blogontest! It was a HUGE surprise, seeing as all the entrants did an amazing job and there were some truly outstanding submissions.

If you read and enjoyed my entry (the Harry Potter fanfic), I would truly appreciate your vote!

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Sunday, 05 December, 2010
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Tessa’s Blogontest: Outside the Box

Question of the Day: When was the last time you overcame your fears or stepped out of your comfort zone?

Kudos to the lovely Tessa of Tessa’s Blurb, who is hosting a “Blogontest: Outside My Box.” Entrants are to post a short piece of writing that they usually are not used to writing. Since I write original fiction most of the time, I’ve decided to share with you all Chapter 1-3 of a fanfiction piece that I have been working on in my spare time when I decide to take a little break from my WIP novel. The fanfiction is based on J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding world and stars The Marauders and Lily Evans (way back before Harry Potter was even born).

Let me know what you all think! If you are interested in reading the rest of what I have so far, you can view it HERE.
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Monday, 29 November, 2010
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Lydia Kang’s 500 Followers “Love Your Local Bookstore” Contest

Ahh, it feels pretty nice to be back in my apartment. I feel productive and ready to get to work. The libraries will be totally packed for the next couple of weeks since final exams season is approaching…hopefully I’ll be able to squeeze in somewhere!

I had such a nice vacation that I cannot WAIT until Christmas! :D Delicious turkeystuffs, a sale on Smallville’s 7th and 8th seasons (the exact seasons that I’m missing in my collection!), a reunion with my best friend, the lovely Ms. Redhead, and a luxurious, successful shopping Black Friday spree!

To top off my amazing Thanksgiving break, I’ve been promoted to Blog Editor of the features magazine that I work for at the college! WOOHOO!!!

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Monday, 22 November, 2010
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“How Dumbledore REALLY Died” Mad Lib Contest + Winner Announced!!!

Question of the Day: Share a website that’s in your Favorites folder and why you like/follow that particular site.

For those of you who have already seen HP & Deathly Hallows, I am deeply jealous of you. All I’ve been hearing are good things about it….actually, that’s an understatement. It sounds REALLY awesome! I cannot WAIT to watch it on Friday with one of my dearest friends, *Miss Redhead, whom I have not seen since August.

Aaaaaand now, time for the winner of our Potter Parade Mad Lib Contest: Just Another Sarah! Her blog, The Wit & Wisdom of Another Sarah talks about a variety of topics, but ultimately focuses on writing and literature. She has been blogging since 2007, woohoo! =)

Just a reminder, a mad lib is a word game in which certain words are picked to fill in a paragraph template to produce coherent sentences. In my previous post, I asked you all to make a list of 10 words in these categories:

1) Present tense verb
2) A type of food (either Muggle or magical)
3) An adjective starting with D
4) The name of a body part
5) A Harry Potter character
6) A magical creature
7) Something you love
8) A Number
9) A spell or charm
10) Noun

After tossing the names in a hat, Sarah’s was randomly chosen, and this is what was come up with after I filled in the blanks.
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Thursday, 18 November, 2010
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~*Potter Parade: Mad Lib Contest – How Dumbledore REALLY Died*~

What time is it? POTTER TIME! There is…

15 Hours Left Until Harry Potter #7 Comes Out

WOOHOO! SOOO EXCITED!

Okay…I have a confession. I won’t be seeing HP&DH until next Friday. =( I know, it’s a bummer. But it’ll be during Thanksgiving break AAAND I’m seeing it with my best friend AAAND by then we will have a better chance of getting tickets. You can be sure that I’ll be doing a review on the movie after I see it!

So basically…ALL over Facebook a good 40% of my social networking pals have Harry Potter-related statuses. Here are just a few really entertaining ones…

“All this hype about Harry Potter is pretty contagious…”
“Harry Friggin’ Potter!”

“….getting my HP on”

“HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER HARRY POTTER”

“Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow”

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Tuesday, 16 November, 2010
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Retold Blogfest: “David Speaks, Melinda Doesn’t”

*gasp* Yes. Yes, I am writing a post that does not involve Harry Potter. That’s because it’s November 16th, the day of Sarah’s Retold Blogfest at The Wit and Wisdom of Sarah. Congratulations to Sarah for keeping up such a wonderful blog and reaching her 100th post.

For the Retold Blogfest, we are supposed to write a scene from another book/tale/novel from another character’s point of view. I just finished reading Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. I loved this book and really admire Anderson’s way of writing and bringing readers into the mind of her main character. Therefore, I have decided to write my Blogfest entry on the “Stupid, Stupid” scene from Speak, in which David Petrakis asks Melinda to come over for “celebratory pizza”. I have written this scene from David’s point of view.

I hope you enjoy.

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Friday, 05 November, 2010
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Compromising With Your Main Character

Question of the Day: What is one quirky habit, hobby, or hidden talent you have that not many people know about you?

As you all know, I am doing National Novel Writing Month. Earlier, I was having a mild argument with my Main Character, but we just made up. :) Basically, she thinks the last few chapters have been pretty passive and need a little oomph, while I’ve been trying to tell her to be quiet because editing and “going back” will ONLY slow me down! So far the past day or two, she’s just been yacketing yacketing in my head. In the end, though, we compromised…

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