Pride and Prejudice Photo and Sense and Sensibility Photo

Someone was very clever putting this together… 

I made this myself.

11 Random Things Tag

You know how much I love answering tags so when I saw the one on Miss Abby’s blog Newly Impassioned Soul, I planned to do it as soon as possible.

Here are the rules:

• Post these rules.
• Post 11 random things about yourself.
• Answer the questions set for you in their post.
• Create 11 new questions for the people you tag to answer.
• Go to their blog and tell them they are tagged.
• Tag 11 people.

11 random things about myself:

1. I currently listening to classical music
2. I love to write
3. My Pride and Prejudice soundtrack is missing.  :( 
4. I wear glasses
5. I have two blogs
6. I love grape juice
7. I a wearing a plaid shirt right now
8. I am currently reading Les Miserables – it’s tough but I’m working on it
9. One of my favorite books is Uncle Tom’s Cabin
10. I like playing around with the My Memories software
11. My absolute favorite movie is Sense and Sensibility 1995

The 11 questions Miss Abby made up:

1)      What smell reminds you of your childhood?  Homemade pizza

2)     What one thing would you like to change about the world?  More people appreciate Mansfield Park – dumb, I know, but it’s my wish.

3)     How long is your hair?  I’m not sure the exact length, but everyone says it’s quite long

4)     Which period in history would you love to spend a day living in?  Easy – Regency England

5)     Do you have one maxim you try to live by?  No

6)     What is your favourite accent?  British

7)     What did you think of the last book you read?  William and Catherine.  It’s a book about Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge’s romance and wedding.  Gorgeous photos

8)    What is your favourite foreign cuisine?  Sushi!  I could eat it every day

9)     What is your handwriting like?  Kind of messy – in a nice way

10)  What is the first thing you notice about people?  I couldn’t really say

11)  What colour is your bedroom?  Blue, but I’d like it to be lavender

My 11 questions:

1. What was the last thing you wrote (grocery list, note, letter, instructions, novel, etc.)?
2. What color are your eyes?
3. Spaghetti or lasagna?
4. Do you like Jane Austen’s novels?
5. How many friends do you have on facebook (if you have a facebook account)?
6. Do you keep a journal or diary?
7. How many books do you estimate you own?
8. What kind of music do you like listening to?
9. What’s your least favorite color?
10. What is your favorite food?
11. What are you wearing right now?

I will never be able to find 11 blogs to tag so just use this tag.  Please link back to me.

My First Blog Award!

Today I was awarded my first blog award – the Liebster Blog Award!

There are some steps I have to follow to actually ‘earn’ this blog award.

• Thank the blogger who presented the award to you:  Thanks Lisa Taylor!  You can check out her fab blog here.
• Link back to the blogger who awarded it to you:  I already did that in step one.
• Put the award on your sidebar:  I did it.
• Present the award to five other deserving blogs and comment and tell them you did it:  These are the blogs I’m awarding:

SafireWriter - This is a great blog that chronicles the ups and downs of one girl’s writing experiences.  I really like it and check back often.

Old-Fashion Charm – This *charming* blog is a good place to go and visit if you want some Jane Austen related posts along with period drama information in general.

Yet Another Period Drama Blog – A wonderful Jane Austen-related blog.

Savvy Verse and Wit – I won my copy of Jane Austen Made Me Do It from this blog so I have a soft spot for it.  :)  Plenty of book reviews and giveaways to see.

Miss Georgiana Darcy – This interesting blog is Jane Austen-related and has lots of fun stuff to read in it.

That concludes this post.  Thanks for reading and come again soon!

A REALLY Long Book Tag

I found this tag from safirewriter.

1. What’s your word count?  For my novella, Eleanor and Catherine, about 14,000 words.

2. How long until you finish? I have no idea.  I’m still in the throes of revising, revising, and more revising.

3. If you have finished, how long did it take you? I haven’t finished.

4. Do you have an outline?  I scribbled a few notes for E and C but never really had a firm outline (except in my head).

5. Do you have a plot?  I don’t even understand that question.

6. How many words do you typically write a day? As many as possible.

7. What was your greatest word count in one day? Hmmmm…Probably around 4,000

8. What was your least impressive word count in one day?  When I didn’t write a thing.

9. What inspired you to write?  Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility

10. Does your novel have a theme song?No

11. Assign each of your major characters a theme song.  No theme song for any of them.
 
12. Which character is most like you?  Catherine most likely.

13. Which character would you most likely be friends with?  Catherine would be a lot of fun.

14. Do you have a Gary-Stu or Mary Sue character?  No.

15. Who is your favorite character in your novel?  Eleanor

16. Have your characters ever done something completely unexpected? Not really, but a whole new character pushed her way into my story once.

17. Have you based any of your novel directly on personal experiences?  Never, my life hasn’t been too interesting.

18. Do you believe in plot bunnies?  What are they?

19. Is there magic in your novel?No.

20. Are any holidays celebrated in your novel?  No.

21. Does anyone die?  Once, but the person who died wasn’t a main character.

22. How many cups of coffee/tea have you consumed during your writing experience?  I don’t drink while I’m writing.

23. What is the latest you have stayed up writing?  10:30 p.m.

24. What is the best line?  “She could scarcely believe her own heart, being young and inexperienced in such matters, but she knew enough of her happiness and enjoyment of Henry’s company.”

25. What is the worst line?  I couldn’t say…
26. Have you dreamed about your novel or its characters?  Unfortunately, no.

27. Does your novel rely heavily on allegory?  No

28. Summarize your novel in under fifteen words.  I’ll try:  ’Two girls find happily ever after.’

29. Do you love all your characters?  Not my villains, e.g., Fanny Ashby, Robert Davrille.

30. Have you done something sadistic or cruel to your characters specifically to increase your word count?  Never, never, never!

31. What was the last thing your main character ate? I don’t concentrate on those details.

32. Describe your main character in three words.  I have two: Eleanor – Calm, Intelligent, Pretty; Catherine  - Cheerful, Friendly, Pretty.

33. What would your antagonist dress up as for Halloween?  They don’t celebrate Halloween.

34. Does anyone in your story go to a place of worship?  No

35. How many romantic relationships take place in your novel?  Two couples get married.

36. Are there any explosions in your novel?  Emotional yes.

37. Is there an apocalypse in your novel?  No!

38. Does your novel take place in a post-apocalyptic world?  Definitely not

39. Are there zombies, vampires or werewolves in your novel?  NO! 

40. Are there witches, wizards or mythological creatures/figures in your novel?  NO!

41. Is anyone reincarnated?  NO!

42. Is anyone physically ailed?  Definitely.

43. Is anyone mentally ill?  No.

44. Does anyone have swine flu?  No.

45. Who has pets in your novel and what are they?  Animals aren’t in my stories.

46. Are there angels, demons, or any religious references/figures in your novel?  No.

47. How about political figures?  No.

48. Is there incessant drinking?  Never!

49. Are there board games? If so, which ones?   No.

50. Are there any dream sequences?  No.

51. Is there humor?  I’m not the type…

52. Is there tragedy?  Um…sort of…

53. Does anyone have a temper tantrum?  No.

54. How many characters end up single at the end of your novel?  Two.  They are both villains so I think they would be good for each other.

55. Is anyone in your novel adopted?  No.
 
56. Does anyone in your novel wear glasses?  No.

57. Has your novel provided insight about your life?  No.

58. Your personality?  Reclusive about my writing.

59. Has your novel inspired anyone?  Not that I know of.

60. How many people have asked to read your novel?  I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

61. Have you drawn any of your characters?  No.

62. Has anyone drawn your characters for you?  No.

63. Does anyone vomit in your novels?  No.

64. Does anyone bleed in your novel?  No.

65. Do any of your characters watch TV?  They live in Regency times.  Enough said.

66. What size shoe does your main character wear?  I don’t have a clue.

67. Do any of the characters in your novel use a computer?  Same answer as No. 65

68. How would you react if your novel was erased entirely?  Just start rewriting it.  I would hate all that hard work down the drain though.  I have the story saved on my flash drive, my word processor, and the Internet so I don’t think it’s very likely.

69. Did you cry at killing off any of your characters?  None have died so far.

70. Did you cheer when killing off one of your characters?  Same answer as No. 69.

71. What advice would you give to a fellow writer.  Read, ‘Rite, Revise.

72. Describe your ending in three words.  Satisfaction, love, happiness.

73. Are there any love triangles, squares, hexagons, etc.?  No, but there is a slight misunderstanding.

74. On a scale of 1-10 (1 being the least stressful, 10 being the most) how does your stress rank?  1 – I don’t have any stress unless I can’t find the word I’m searching for.  I have experienced euphoria when my characters have a happy ending.

75. Was it worth it?  Yes, yes, yes…I could write that word over and over again.  IT WAS WORTH IT!