when i can't find the right words to say
well, 'ello there, stranger.
i am quite curious of how you've found this;
but i suppose that's from the story you read.
let me introduce myself.
my name is lira, and yes, i am one of those bookish teenagers who want to be a writer when she grows up. yes, i am old - 16 years old. okay, fine, not old as your grandmother, but still, i'm OLD.
i wanted to be a writer starting in 8th grade (i wanted to be a librarian before ironically), and have been writing ever since.
i wrote a good deal of fanfiction up to the end of 8th grade, pretty much in those snazzy catagories of "harry potter" and "wicked" before the exodus of crazily addicted fans joined the web to let their imagination go to places i wish they wouldn't stick their nose into. i began writing original fiction in 9th grade, where a good friend of mine from orchestra influenced me to get my arse out of fanfiction and start writing original. otherwise i was going to turn into those scary harry potter lexicon people, and we all know what's going on with them...(ahem, court)
i did participate in nanowrimo 2006, reaching the 50,000 words quite sucessfully at 11:58 pm the night it was due to end. i refused to do nanowrimo 2007 for personal reasons, but i finished scriptfrenzy 2008 quite sucessfully, reaching 100 words at 7:14 pm, april 29, 2008.
favourite authors and books? hmm, let me see...well, to start off with, i must daresay that suite franchaise by irene nemirovsky was spectacular! so was all of paulo coehlo's books (yes, i know they're spiritual, but when you fell asleep in church during christmas mass, you don't take much notice about the faith part and read it for the actual deeper message) such as the witch of portobello and veronika decides to die and of course, everyone's either hated or beloved the alchemist. moving out of the "deep" category, i do enjoy books by jodi picoult (my sister's keeper, change of heart, picture perfect) and wally lamb (i know this much is true, she's come undone) and ian mcewan (amsterdam, cement wall, atonement) and philippa gregory (the other boleyn girl, the queen's fool, the boleyn inheritance) and gregory maguire (wicked, the confessions of an ugly stepsister), and khaled hosseni (the kite runner, a thousand splendid suns) - and what i mean by these authors is that they're overrated, so i don't want to go explain about them because i'm sure you know how fantastic they are. childhood/young adult books? a northern light by jennifer donnelly is what i, as ateenager, would say "MY GOSH THAT IS SO EFFING COOL AND AMAZING!" - yes, it's just that fabulous. ditto to libba bray's gemma doyle triology, though the sweet far thing was my favourite out of them all and i hated rebel angels. then again,we all hate the books in the middle because we just always want to hear the beginning and the end only. figures. and of course, i've always loved anything by that genius named Dr. Seuss - you just cannot get any more genius than him.
when i'm not writing, i spend a load of time shoving my nose into books, wishing i owned a library like belle from the classic disney movie, and playing the violin until i wished the music would flip the page by itself. i show up to one too many author signings too - ask anyone.
but hence, in the meanwhile, please feel free to add me on my livejournal. : points avidly above to the thing that says LINK : just explain yourself in the comment, give your link to your own FP page, and i'm 99 sure that i'll add you.
story summaries
"confessionals" -- it is 2005, and there is one man who is yearning for his life story to be told. however, he dies and leaves his story to be told in the hands of one young woman. the ones who knew him tell his story for him, but they cannot understand what he truly knew and felt. instead, this is what they know and can confess.
inspiration for this story came from witch of portobello by paulo coehlo, which sort of has the same writing plan. rated T for minor violence, conspiracy theories, graphic description, sensuality, and some language.
"set me free" -- this contains 17 loved-turned-tragedies of young men and women. inspiration from this story came from Paris Je T'aime, a favourite movie of mine of all times. rated T for minor language and sensuality.
"offering" -- marianna keeps being told "be ready" in her dreams by an unidentified figure. when she slips into a haze one day, she finds herself in the shoes of Mary Magdalene, who leads her to tell the truth of what her life actually was like. this is what i thought happened to mary magdalene. this isn't the truth - 'tis just what i think. inspiration came from Mary, an excellent movie about Mary Magdalene, and of course, The da Vinci code. rated T for minor language, some graphic description, sensuality, and religioun questioning theories.
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