20 Saturday May 2017
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Hello! As some of you might remember, I started a book blog recently! And today I decided to start a weekly book meme (like Top Ten Tuesday and Top 5 Wednesday) over there. It has a Group on Goodreads and a page on Alex’s Charming Books. It would be so awesome if some of you could participate! I worked really hard to come up with a name and prompts. Not to mention the banners.
19 Friday May 2017
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Hello guys!
I recently started a book blog called Alex’s Charming Books. Its going pretty well, I just need some views. Scoot on over and take a look! It’s a pretty neat blog, if I do say so myself 😉 .
30 Sunday Apr 2017
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So, last week or so I decided to take pictures of my cup collection and my books. I’m pretty proud of the results-
This isn’t all my books, its about 1/12 of ’em. I LOVE the covers of some of these. My favorite, cover-wise, is Heartless. But Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex is my all time favorite book. I got very few of these new, their mostly from thrift stores and the local homeschool co-op’s book sale. Ain’t they beautiful?!
*Sigh* I wish I had more shelf-space. At the moment we are trying to build on to our house and when we get the new storage room finished my closet is getting cleaned out and I am getting TONS more space.
That’s all for now…
NO WAIT!!!!!!!
I SAW THIS ON PINTEREST THE OTHER DAY AND I DIED LAUGHING! I DON’T EVEN GET WHATS SO FUNNY ABOUT IT!
Whew. Now I’m done.
CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SONS!
13 Thursday Apr 2017
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I am currently sitting on my bed watching my baby brother make a Lego warg eat a mini-figure while saying “Hey, dohggy!” very sweetly. And now the “dohg” is trying to eat me.
This post isn’t going to be about my weird siblings, its about all the new books I’ve bought recently and haven’t read yet.
The first “few” books are by Agatha Christie-
And thats it so far. I’m gonna try to read them all before the end of 2017, but I might not be able to. I really gotta get to work on school this year cause I’m kinda behind on math and stuff. I’m also not gonna be able to post like this very often, it’ll mostly be scheduled posts for the next six months or so.
Has anyone read any interesting books that they would like to recommend? I’m open to any and all suggestions!
08 Sunday Jan 2017
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I sat down this morning to pre-write a post for next week, and ended up doing a rewrite of this story. So far it has around 200 words. I kept a few things, but for the most part its different-
Alex Charming sat, head in her hands, in the cell that had become home in the past eight weeks. The only furnishings were an old metal bed, a rickety three-legged stool, and a large wardrobe. Two doors stood at opposite sides of the room, one leading out to the hall, and the other opened into a small bathroom. Sobs racked the small figure sitting hunched on the stool, masking the sound of approaching footsteps in the hall. It wasn’t until the door began to open that Alex moved, her head snapped up, long golden-red hair cascading down her back. Momentarily blinded by the bright light spilling into the room, she squinted at the shadowy figure now looming in the doorway. Ty favored her with a cruel smile as he stepped into the cell. “I hope you slept well, Alex.” He said in mock concern. “Are you hungry?” She nodded. It had been two, maybe three days since she had eaten anything, and the thought of food was making her feel suddenly faint. “Max is bringing pizza tonight, and if your a good girl you can join us.” His green eyes gleamed at the look of disappointment etched across her face. “Come on, it’s time to call your parents.”
I like this better, but I’m still stuck. I have never been good at “linking” scenes and it shows in a lot of my projects. There’s one called Finn, its basically just 4 or 5 scenes thrown around all willy-nilly with nothing in between.
On a completely different note, Watson and I are watching Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets for the first time ever. (We saw The Sorcerers Stone a couple of weeks ago, it STUNK!!!)
06 Sunday Nov 2016
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Guess what we did yesterday! MY ENTIRE FAMILY WORKED ON CLEANING OUT THE OLD RUIN OF A SHED THATS BEEN ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSING FOR THE PAST ELEVEN YEARS!!!!!!!!!! The roof is partially caved in, there are wasps nest everywhere, and there were TONS of books. Most of them were romance/western novels that we couldn’t keep, falling apart, or infested with mites. But there were some that are in better shape then others, which I got to keep (in the other shed, theres still mites), heres a list-
A Treasury of Mysteries Vol. 1
The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
Cliff’s Notes on Wuthering Heights
Reader’s Digest An Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Sampler
Best Stories of Sherlock Holmes
Don’t Look a Gift Shark in The Mouth by Alfred Hitchcock
Down By the Old Bloodstream by Alfred Hitchcock
The Hardy Boys #49: The Bombay Boomerang
The Hardy Boy #19: The Disappearing Floor (this ones not in great condition, but its not to bad)
The Hardy Boys #25: The Secret Panel
The Case of the Roving Rolls, a Brains Benton Mystery
The Case of the Painted Dragon, another Brains Benton Mystery
Four Perry Mason books
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
This One Will Kill You by Alfred Hitchcock
11 Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazines
Now for the Agatha Christi collection (whoever owned all these books must have really loved mysteries 😉 )
Witness for the Prosecution
The Secret Chimneys
The Mysterious Mr. Quin
Sleeping Murder
An Overdose of Death
What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!
Mrs. McGinty’s Dead
Unfinished Portrait
Postern of Fate
And Then There Were None
Black Coffee
Whew, thats a lot of books! If only I could bring them inside 😦 . Does anyone know a sure-fire way to get rid of mites without hurting the book? If you do then please tell me, I will be eternally grateful. 😉
01 Thursday Sep 2016
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Hi peoples!
“Hey Alex, how does someone so awesome, cool, kind, and modest deal with writers block?” (Yes, I have been asked that exact question before. I’m not making it up!!!! 😉 )
Well, I’ll tell you. When I get stuck on a project, I start a new one. If I get stuck on the newbie, I either go back to project #1 or start another new one. As you’ve probably guessed, this isn’t very productive. At the moment I have 10-15 stories that are at different stages. Some have names, and some don’t. There’s the original Max story with 1993 words, a series of short stories for younger kids book #1 has 78 words (not much, I know. But I just started it.). Then there’s Kristine, still trying to work on this one, with 803 words. The newer Max stuff, The Beast (not permanent) has 1392, and my newest project-
It Doesn’t Like it When We Sing
After being found wandering in the woods surrounding Cooperstown NY, a young girl is sent to a nearby hospital with no memory of who she is or why she was all alone.
The main character’s name is Hazel, in case you were wondering. This little thingy has 221 words. I’m going to finish this, hopefully. 😉
18 Saturday Jun 2016
Hey all!!!
As some of y’all might know, I am writing a book. This book is based on a character named Maximum Capacity. It now has 1172 words.
My goal is 5000. So, as you can see, I’m really close! I’ve been thinking of making this one book into two, but I’m still not sure. I’ll keep you posted on my progress!
Wish me luck peeps!!!
25 Wednesday May 2016
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Hey, so you know how I said I was going to take a break from Max and Alex for a while? Breaks over, I just started writing and within an hour I had a short story going. It’s based when Max was younger, and Alex wasn’t born yet. But don’t worry, Ty is in it. Funny how things work, huh? I say I’m taking a break, then I try working on Finn and a new story unfolds. Well, I’ll keep y’all posted on my progress!
Thanks for reading peoples! .)
23 Monday May 2016
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Recently I removed an excerpt of a story I was writing. Almost immediately people started asking what happened. Well, here’s why it’s no longer there: I’m taking a break from Max and Alex. I haven’t given up, just need a break to regroup. I was so upset that I couldn’t go past 1258 words. I kept running into dead ends. I didn’t know if I wanted multiple POVs, or just a third-person story. Then I wasn’t sure what should happen next. So I’ve started something new.
In a nutshell:
Sammy, the POV, is the new girl at school. She’s having trouble making friends, so her uncle/guardian buys her the perfect BFF- an android named Finn.
That’s all I’m gonna tell about the story-line. I’ve got six definite characters, and a cover. (See above.) That makes me feel so professional to have a cover. I know, that’s weird. But I’ve never been that far into it before. I’m hoping that this one will work out. .)
See y’all later!
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