Dreaming....

What's your dream? No, not the bizarre sleeping kind you have after eating cold pepperoni pizza or bad shrimp.

Do you dream of becoming a rock star? A famous author? A doctor? Of just graduating from high school? 

Whatever it is, don't you ever give up on that dream. It's something to push for, something to make you keep stretching your limits, something to fight for with all your might.

Like one of my favorite bands said, 

"I need to live my dreams not just in my sleep

I've been holed up here but it's time to leave
I need to make my move while I've air to breath...

We were born with wings
We were made to fly
We were meant to live while we're still alive!"

---Superchick, Alive

Listen, the opportunity's not gonna just drop into your lap like in the movies. You have to fight for it! 

I want to be a famous author, a public speaker and a plethora of other things, but in order to do any of those things, I need to keep pushing. I need to shoot for the stars, go after my dream, and not give up.

That doesn't mean I won't get discouraged. Dude, we all get discouraged at some point in time.

What defines us is whether or not we get past that and keep going.

So keep going, don't give up, and when life gets ya down...*once again quoting a song from Superchick*

"It feels like I have lost this fight
They think that I am staying down
But I'm not giving up tonight
Tonight the wall is coming down
I am stronger than my fears
This is the mountain that I climb
Got 100 steps to go
Tonight I'll make it 99
One more
Go one more
Yeah, yeah
Don't stop now
Go one more
Yeah, yeah
One more 
Go one more 
Go one more
Yeah, yeah..."

---Superchick, One More :) 

Hey...It's Wednesday!!!!

So, it's been a little over a week since I started this blog. It's October, which means that Halloween is just around the corner!!!! And after that...November!!
For some, that means that Thanksgiving is coming! For others...NaNoWriMo is nearly here!
"What is this, this, NaNoWriMo you speak of?" you ask.
National Novel Writing Month. Write 50,000 words in 30 days.
Big undertaking, right? Honey, you don't know the half of it! :)
Well, I did NaNoWriMo last year. It was really fun! And since I'm homeschooled, I have a ton of time on my hands, so instead of 50,000 words, I did 100,000 words. In under 30 days.
Yes, in case you're wondering, I am crazy.
Now, because of this craziness, and the madness of writing 50,000 words in 30 days, there are a few things that I found very useful:
1. COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE
Yes, I'm 15 years old and I drink coffee.
2. Computer
Sooo much easier than counting every single word you write in a notebook.
3. MORE COFFEE
4. Notebook and pencil
Sometimes, when your story is going nowhere, brainstorming with a notebook and a pencil helps.
5. MORE AND MORE COFFEE
6. Music
Music helps me get into the mood of writing, and having background music while you're writing an epic scene makes it feel more real.
7. Did I mention coffee?
8. Cozy spot to write
9. Cozy blanket to curl up in
10. Writing buddy (optional)
There ya have it, folks. Sonya Noble's list of survival gear for NaNoWriMo.
And because I'm homeschooled, I asked my mom if my English assignment could be NaNoWriMo for the month of November. In your FACE public schoolers!!!! =D
TTFN!!

Firstly....About Me

Hello World!!!
As you can probably tell, I'm a teenaged home schooled author. I'm the oldest of five, and my mom has homeschooled us all since I was, well, in preschool.
Yes, school is a walk in the park, if that walk is at night in Western Chicago.
So, I have loved making up stories since I was little. First, it started as playing one of the best games in the world: Pretend. What grown-ups see: A backyard, a few trees, some sticks and a swing-set. What we see?  We're a group of ninjas with guns and lightsabers, on a mission to kill the Evil Lord of Hades and free the land from His Evilness, but we must first go through the Perilous Lands that will test our abilities and hide from his Evil Minions in the Trees of Safety!
And then when I found out that I could actually write this stuff down on paper, they evolved into something even better.
Now, I'm not saying that every story I ever wrote was this amazing masterpiece that people would one day call 'The Next Hunger Games' or 'Even Better than Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings!' but they did get better.
So. Being a writer is also a walk in the park, except you actually have to walk through that Western Chicago park in the middle of the night. In your mind.
And being a homeschooled author...well, I need something to occupy all of my time, right?