HELLO THERE!
Thanks for stopping by.
Name: Alyssa
Age: 18
Some random facts about me:
--I'm more of a reader than a writer.
--I actually like living in Jersey.
--I'm book smart. NOT naturally smart. (And yes, there IS a difference.)
--I don't have a close group of friends. My friends are all spreadout and are completely random.
--I'd choose french fries over a burger any day.
--I've never had a myspace, xanga, livejournal, etc. I'm one of the remaining few!
--I laugh a LOT.
--I'm a romantic at heart. (Happy endings and cliches are the way to go!)
IF YOU'RE READING, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SINCE WE'VE GOT THOSE HANDY HIT COUNTERS, PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING! IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO GET FEEDBACK.
PS: Please do NOT review to tell me my stories are cliche. Trust me, I know already. And I prefer it that way. Thanks.
February 20, 2007:
So everyone knows that "He and Me" was my first attempt EVER at writing anything remotely related to a story so it's not surprising that I'm really protective over it. Imagine my surprise when last night, I saw a new story called "The Classic Cliche" that was ironically written by 'dare2bediffrentt.' Don't bother looking them up, they no longer exist. Anyway, so of course I open it up 'cause I love cliches (duhh), and guess what? Not only is the plot and events similar, but all the characters were too! The main guy character was named Ryan Evans, there was a little brother named Brandon, there was a marriage project, there was a guy named Justin who was gay..and the list just keeps going on! After leaving the author a message (this was going on at like 4am), I went to sleep and woke up this morning to find that the author had left me several messages saying she had never read my story before, she really liked the names Ryan and Brandon, and she had a gay guy friend Justin that was giving her inspiration. Do I believe it? I don't know, I don't know the person. But everything's done now. Both the account and the story were deleted and I guess that's all that can be done. So what's the lesson learned?! DON'T PLAGIARIZE 'CAUSE YOU WILL BE CAUGHT! Especially, when you've got people like 'angels and effects' watching out! Thanks again Louisa for sending me a message!
If for some reason, the former 'dare2bediffrentt' is reading this, just know that the issue is done now. BUT just to let you know, I really don't believe your excuses that this was a coincidence and everything just happened to be so similar. After reading "your story" again, and comparing it to mine, so many more similarities came up and the whole situation is just ridiculously unlikely. The fact that you would even message me 4 times, each with more lies, just worsens the situation. I'm glad that you deleted the story and I really hope I don't have to deal with you in the future.
February 3, 2008
2:05 am
So I was reading a story here on Fictionpress, which I was finally able to squeeze in during the very busy college life, and I come across a story that has been nominated for the SKOW Awards. Obviously, since I've been out of the loop for a while, I decide to go visit the site and see which lucky nominees there are this round.
I keep scrolling down the list, hoping to see a familiar author, when it hits me that I JUST PASSED MY OWN NAME!! Ahhh, seriously, I'm so excited to finally be nominated for my baby, He and Me for BEST CLICHE (haha, of course!). It was a complete surprise.. seriously, if you could've seen my face! Thank you to whoever nominated me and to everyone that has voted for my story. It really means a lot.. and even though it's highly unlikely that I'll win, considering I'm like in 8th place or something like that, just know that the nomination itself means so much. This is seriously the best recognition I could've gotten as a semi-author! I love you all and if you love me back, vote for He and Me here: http://skow.endless-romance.net/vote.php?categories
Once again, thank you!! Oh and if any of you even care anymore, I really am sorry about my non-existent updates for Not So Perfect... college is kicking my butt, and as I've said before, writing doesn't come easily to me. So I really need to devote a lot of time for each chapter-- which means the summer is my friend. :)
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