I am a twenty year old girl who is in her Junior year of college, majoring in psychology and minoring in business. This fall I will be studying abroad in London. I love many things like writing, reading, chilling with my friends, jamming to music, loving God, eating candy and smoothies, using sarcasm, sleeping/wasting away in my bed, doodling, being out in nature and traveling! I suffer from high standards.
Good Reads: Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier. Before Woman Had Wings by Connie May Fowler. A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony. The Last Summer (Of You and Me) by Ann Brashares. Rooster by Beth Nixon Weaver. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Old Magic by Marianne Curley. Chinese Handcuffs by Chris Crutcher. Baby Proof by Emily Griffin. Anything by Lisa Tucker or Jane Austen or Melissa Nathan. A Room with a View. Memoirs of a Geisha. The Time Traveler's Wife.
My Thoughts on Fictionpress...
-I loathe it when authors put up an author's note instead of posting a new chapter. Really, I do.
-Please don't put things in your story like 10 minutes later. I don't need to know 10 minutes have passed; make it obvious by writing it into your story instead of taking the easy way out.
-NEVER, EVER, under ANY circumstances put one of these (A/N: hehe isn't he so cute?!) in the middle of your freaking story. I cannot think of a worse way of pulling me out of your story. I want to believe what's happening is real, so as the author, stay out of it!
-I understand that fictionpress is not a "professional" publishing place, so there is a lot of informal writing, but if you want serious reviews please take your writing seriously.
-If you start your story with the main character being rudely awaken by one of the following: alarm clock, sibling, parent, brother's/character's hot best friend, I will not read your story. I'm sorry.
-On that note, never put "I suck at summaries" in your summary. You have two lines to sell your story, don't waste it on cutting yourself short. -It's easy to criticize another person's works; but have the decency to at least refrain from submitting the comments anonymously.
NEWS:
9/30/07 - I hope to finish my story some day. But I kind of hate it now, so not sure it'll happen.
FictionPress.com - let the words flow
