Life of a Random

Hello, there. I've just finished doing like a gazillion writing assignments (well, two, but still) and studying for CLEP exam and stressing. I stress a lot about school. I also have a headache. Ews. But I have come. More specifically, I've come to hit you with a few things you should definitely never ever have in your character names and then go to collapse in bed and nurse my wounds. Note: 1. SQUEE. Minho. 2. I had to verify that I in fact wasn't hallucinating and this was Minho with my sister. I'm tired. I also have a headache (refer to above GIF). I am justified. *drumroll* Behold my fabulous knowing. my list of 5 things to never dishonor your character's name with 1. Last names are not a thing.  I'm already bad at remembering names. In no situation do I also want to have to remember last names, especially if they're necessary to identifying the person. It is frustrating. And honestly, it's as frustrating reading such a long name a...

Sometimes it can be hard for me, as a writer, to have variation in my female main characters. Maybe it's because I keep socialization to a minimum, but I don't think so. I mean, look at all the great books and movies that are accessible from home... :D It's because there is a certain kind of woman that I admire and wish I could be like, so I then create all my female main characters to fit that mold. But if I do that, then each book will be a different plot with the same person. It'll be boring and repetitive. 1. I like making my characters have green or blue eyes because I think brown eyes are boring (I have them). 2. Almost every character has brown hair. Or at least dark hair. 3. Another pattern I see almost every time is that I like to make the character quiet but deadly. Able to handle themselves in any situation. I make them characters that have authority in the way they hold themselves or talk. 4. I make them beautiful. 5. They're always in shape and ...

To me, whenever I like a book so much that I want to curl up in a ball and hug it forever, it's because of the characters. The characters breathe life into the words. And when I get a story idea, it usually starts with a character. I am having so much fun writing for two characters in a co-written book-- If I Fall. It's really helped me mature with writing distinctive voices. And so I give you (dun, dun, dun) snippets from this current WIP... and some cool pictures from pinterest as well. © 2013 All characters and story snippets are the works of me and my co-writer. Do not copy without express permission or without crediting the original authors.  Caster Skylar                   The reason why Caster is blank is because my co-writer is being extremely picky about what person to agree on (If I Fall is sort of a fanfic of one of her original novels so...I have to defer to her. unfortunately). I'm not sure about Sk...

I have a confession to make. I am a blog stalker. Sometimes when my favorite blogs don't have any new posts, I'll go to a blog that has a lot of followers and click on random followers (on the Google Friend Connect thing) to see if they have any blogs I might be interested in or if they follow any blogs I might be interested in. Is that creepy? Hmm. Meh, I don't think so :) So as I was blalking (Blog+stalking. I'm a genius. I know you don't have to tell me), I discovered this blog called Creaology (you can check it out here  ) which has a page totally devoted to questions to ask your character. HOW COOL, right? I decided right away that I would save it to do for you all on my blog. I'm not sure that I'll be able to answer them that well though, as I don't even have a name for the character I'm gonna be doing yet *rolls eyes at self*. But hey, you guys can help me come up with a name! This is the character: more or less what she looks like ...