Today was the day, the day I got to open up the box with the finished copies of my first novel, Vlogger Nation!!!!!
LOOK AT THEM. LOOK AT THE PRETTIES. SO. MUCH. EXCITEMENT.
I will have an official release post up on Monday so keep an eye up for that.
Hi there, Literature Lovers! Exciting news: MY BOOK WILL RELEASED SOON!!!! To celebrate, I will be releasing Character Bios up until release day, introducing you to some of our stars. Here is the first one! I hope you enjoy!
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MEET HUNTINGTON MARKLE
Huntington Markle was born in Seattle, Washington on October 27. He is currently 23 years old.
Huntington was the most social kid in his class, and was nominated Wittiest and Friendliest by his peers his senior year of high school
He realized he was gay when he got to college, but didn’t know how to tell anyone. He filmed a video about it while alone in his dorm room. Saying it out loud made it seem more real and helped him come to terms with it. He wasn’t originally planning to post that video on the web, but he thought maybe someone would see it and find it helpful. Since then his channel has centered on the misfits who feel no one understands them and their situations. He also plays a part in various philanthropy projects to help make the world a better place.
Huntington has a degree in communication studies from Seattle University.
Huntington has 9 million subscribers and is one of the most popular personalities on WorldView.
Hi everyone!
As I mentioned in my blog post, Revisiting Old Ideas, I have been working on the novel that I first started writing when I was sixteen. I am so glad to finally have the story the way I want it. The only trouble is getting it all on the page.
The story revolves around a marching band season, which can span from the end of July until the end of October, or in some cases, mid-November.
And that’s my problem.
My first novel that I wrote last year took place in the span of four days or a long weekend. There is obviously only so much you can do in one place for four days, and it wasn’t hard to figure out what was going on, probably because my main character felt very real and dragged me along with her to the various places she visited in that one city.
I’m having a bit more trouble now.
Four months is a long time. A lot more can happen, and I want to make sure it’s all clear without it seeming to be rushed or dragged out.
The big problem I’m facing is second-guessing myself. This story isn’t a memoir by any means, but it’s probably the closest I will ever get. Marching band was a big part of my high school years, so obviously I’m borrowing a lot of my experiences to put in this particular novel.
I find that making an outline has started to help me sort it all out. I only really do that when I have the whole book in my head and need a way to sort out where each new chapter begins.
It’s a lot of organizing, a lot of rewriting, but eventually it will get there. All there’s left to do is just keep writing.
A question to any fellow writers: Do you have similar problems with creating a realistic flow for stories that span a few months? Let me know in the comments below.
Thanks for reading!