I haven’t written in a little while; a lot has been going on. I got to sing with a choir in Puerto Rico for a week and performed in my high school’s production of Into the Woods.
I can’t say I’ve read much (or at all) in the last few weeks, but here’s a slightly outdated update anyway.
Answer the three Ws:
When humans escaping Earth’s destruction wake up on another planet, twelve-year-old Petra finds she is the only one who remembers anything from their previous life, and it is up to her to keep alive the stories of their home planet.
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I finished two books this week—here’s the update, hosted by Taking on a World of Words.
Answer the three Ws:
A Halloween-themed graphic novel in which a goblin rescues her best friends and discovers herself.
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Here’s another week of this reading update hosted by Taking On a World of Words.
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In the prequel to contemporary YA novel The Hate U Give, seventeen-year-old Maverick Carter struggles with becoming a father and finding his footing as he becomes a man.
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I would never usually pick up a book with this title—sorry cheesy romance lovers, but even having to write a blog post with this name embarrasses me. Still, I had heard many great things about it from reliable people, so I gave it a chance past the cover.
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I haven’t done one of these in a while, but now that I’ve been reading more, I might as well give it another shot. This challenge is hosted by Taking On a World of Words.
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In 1989 communist Romania, a seventeen-year-old named Cristian is forced to become an informer, betraying his friends and family.
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The last time I wrote here was February 16—close to a year ago. Now it’s somehow my first school day of 2023, and I think I’ve changed a lot during my random unplanned disappearance. When I posted more regularly, I wanted to do it because I loved it, not to gain popularity or use the best marketing techniques. Amidst the piling-up things I had going on, I stopped looking forward to this as much. The amount of time since I last posted slowly grew, and I was too distracted with other things to prioritize it.
Over the last year, I sang a solo in front of an audience for the first time in my life and discovered a huge passion for theatre. Since then, I’ve improved a lot as a singer and actor and starred in two productions, which became my highlights of 2022 by far. I was the national runner-up in a playwriting contest. I spent most of a month in Argentina visiting cousins and family I hadn’t seen since I was eight. My family adopted a puppy, which made for a very time-consuming summer.
I’ve learned more about myself, made new lasting connections, and branched out in different ways. But I wanted to look back here. I started this blog days after my middle school shut down early in the pandemic. Throughout the two years, it became my biggest project. Writing and reading were a beacon of hope when it felt as if nothing was going the right way. This blog is a capsule of who I was, am, and will be, and I don’t want to completely let it go.
I don’t know exactly what will happen. I might find myself writing more consistently from now on like I used to love. I may do it less often, like once a month. Who knows—maybe this year I’ll discover some other unexpected life passion and change all my plans.
For now, though, back to finals, school books, and rehearsal.
Happy 2023!
Instead of blogging, I have been very busy with several performances, a playwriting contest, a book-related contest, and more. However, I have managed to write a WWW Wednesday this week, a challenge hosted by the blog Taking On a World of Words.
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After doing WWW Wednesday, I have found another weekly book challenge to try. Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and today’s is ten authors I discovered last year.
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WWW Wednesday is a weekly challenge hosted by Taking On a World of Words. This is my first time participating, and I don’t plan to do it every week, but it’s simple so I will give it a try.
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This book tag is based on the Taylor Swift album Red. I don’t really listen to her, but Lauren @ Narrative Paradise invited me and I do like books, so I will try it.
I started writing this a month ago, so half my answers are outdated, but most of them still apply.
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This question might reveal what’s really important in your character’s life.
Dreams are complicated, and considering a sample night of your character’s dreams may let you learn some new things about them. You can even go further and research the meaning of some dreams, or incorporate a dream into your story. Sometimes dreams reflect what one was thinking about before going to sleep, or what they didn’t even realize had been in the back of their mind. However, I wouldn’t include the cliché “prophetic dream” unless it is different from the usual.
Memoir title: My Boring Life
What this says: Sarcastic, doesn’t think their life has anything worth writing a memoir about, probably doesn’t really want to write a memoir anyway
Question they get asked the most: “Why aren’t you at school?”
What this says: Is (or at least looks) under 18, often doesn’t go to school — maybe homeschooled, skips class, can’t go for some reason…
If found dropped $50, they would: Take it
What this says: Might need it, might not; the other options might not have even crossed their mind
Current mood: Good
What this says: Something good might have just happened to them
Favorite game: Scrabble
What this says: Probably likes games that require skill and/or intelligence, has a wide vocabulary, may or may not enjoy active games and sports
Color: Clear-cut, bold, primary colors
What this says: They think logically and are cynical, sometimes struggles to think outside the box
Self-description: Diligent, average, considerate
Others’ description: Procrastinator, funny, empathetic
What this says: This person and others seem to disagree on whether they work hard or not enough. Like many people, they think of themself as not very unique. Everyone seems to agree that they are kind and caring toward others.
Dream: They were falling, but seconds before they hit the ground it shifted into a lake, which they plunged into. When they tried to swim to the surface to breathe, they couldn’t find it anywhere. Then they woke up.
What this says: They are probably stressed, and something is making them feel stranded or not knowing what to do next as things happen quickly around them. Or it could have a literal meaning, like they are scared of drowning. (Of course, I am not a dream expert.)
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