PenxSword & Dragon's Blood Ink: resolutions

Friday, December 31, 2010

To The New Year

Well, it's the end of the year and time to say good bye to the old year and hello to the new one. It's also that time to make resolutions. So here's my resolutions:

Edit my novel-in-progress
Write two full first drafts during 2011
Get an agent and send edited novel-in-progress out for publication
Get rid of all negativity in my life (more as in negative people instead of negative tasks as in work)
Join a local writing group
Learn to drive
Experience new things (i.e. build something, go to new places, see new things, go camping, ect, ect.)
Read more books and keep a journal
Protect my writing time more than I have been

   There's my list. I hope you all manage to accomplish all your new year resolutions. This will be my last blog post for 2010, so farewell 2010 and hello 2011. I hope you'll be better and full of new adventures. I look forward to the new chapters in my life and the exciting new adventures that lay ahead.
   Looking back on this year I could have accomplished so much more. I don't want that regret at the end of 2011. I want to live my life to the fullest and enjoy every moment of it-- even the hardships.

   So here's to the new year and the new adventures that are waiting~
   May it be blessed with happiness, fortune, love, and excitement.

- Siddy

Most Recent Reads

Naomi Novik - Throne of Jade

Naomi Novik has done it again, weaving a fantastic tale of trials, troubles, and challenges for Captain Laurence and Temeraire! I voraciously read through this book, often deciding to read a chapter before bed and ending up reading three or four chapters instead, staying up until the early hours of the morning just to see what happened next. I could not put it down! I recommend this book to anyone that adores dragons and fantasy. Don't read it without reading the first in the Temeraire series, though.

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D.J. MacHale - "Morpheus Road: The Light"

I've often heard that writing in first person is a difficult art to become good at, but D.J. MacHale nailed it. I was up until sunrise reading this book, constantly wondering what would happen next and if Marshall Seaver would escape alive. I could not stop reading this book.

This is the first MacHale book I've read. My sister read the Pendragon series and swears by them and when she started reading the Pendragon series she wasn't a big reader. We thank MacHale for turning her into a reader. He is her absolute favorite author and he has been added to my list of favorites thanks to the beautiful, thrilling, and sometimes frightening-edge-of-your-seat work of The Light.

I usually don't cry in books, but I felt such a profound connection to the character that I was afraid when they were afraid, excited when they were excited, sad when they were sad, and I was right there with them when they were desperately hoping to the very end that-- well, better not ruin the story.

You will not regret picking this book up. I will definitely return to read it over and over again. Just one warning; if you scare easily, don't read it before bed!