Isn't it gorgeous? I love this model, she's perfect for Lilac, she captures her beauty, seriousness, and playfulness all at once. I also redid the font on book one to match:
Thursday 9 October 2014
Hiatus, why?
So I haven't posted much in the past week and a half, and I promise I have a reason for that.
I have been so sick the last week, I missed four days of school, along with a weekend spent in bed, coughing and sneezing and wanting to die, basically. Most of that time spent in bed feeling miserable and crying (this was a really bad flu, which I never get) was spent writing, and talking to my friends and family, and thinking things over.
Which is why I made the decision to take a hiatus from publishing.
It's holiday break right now, but the first day back to school I have a meeting, which is basically just a formality, about my switching school. I posted a lot early last year, just before the new years, about how I was applying to a learning center in my city, and I did get in. I've been at that center for a semester now, and the new school year just started. My original plan was to stay here for a semester and then leave, but I started school here this year to see if maybe I needed more time there to help myself, and the answer was a resounding no. I really feel like I'm ready to go back to my regular school, which is a lot larger and has way more students. I originally left because of anxiety, and it gave me the opportunity to take a break from everything but school and my anxiety and depression issues. I feel like I'm in a place now where I can handle going back, so that's what I'm doing, and I feel like it will be what I need.
However, it's going to be hard. The school day is longer, there are more classes, and a lot more homework, and aside from that, I'm considering looking for a job. Basically, I'm about to be really busy. Since we're already a month into the semester, I'll have a lot of work to catch up on and studying to do, and also a lot of homework to focus on.
I'm not taking a break from writing, just from publishing. I plan on publishing book 3 in the Dreamwalker trilogy, and books 2 and 3 in the Lilac Jones Adventures this month, wrapping up both those series. The books will all be available for free. I also hope to publish a new story, The Face of Love. Then I'll stop publishing new material and my internet presence as an author will go way down. I'll still be active online, just not talking about publishing or doing anything professional. I have to focus heavily on studying and school and Japanese. This year and next year, grades eleven and twelve, those are what colleges and Universities really look at. If I want to study abroad in Uni, I have to work hard and dedicate myself to school.
I also really need to focus on my writing, and with my health. I really have a lot of things that need to be prioritized over publishing right now.
I'll post updates when new books become available through this month, and then my hiatus will officially begin.
-Thanks for all the support, Kyle.
I have been so sick the last week, I missed four days of school, along with a weekend spent in bed, coughing and sneezing and wanting to die, basically. Most of that time spent in bed feeling miserable and crying (this was a really bad flu, which I never get) was spent writing, and talking to my friends and family, and thinking things over.
Which is why I made the decision to take a hiatus from publishing.
It's holiday break right now, but the first day back to school I have a meeting, which is basically just a formality, about my switching school. I posted a lot early last year, just before the new years, about how I was applying to a learning center in my city, and I did get in. I've been at that center for a semester now, and the new school year just started. My original plan was to stay here for a semester and then leave, but I started school here this year to see if maybe I needed more time there to help myself, and the answer was a resounding no. I really feel like I'm ready to go back to my regular school, which is a lot larger and has way more students. I originally left because of anxiety, and it gave me the opportunity to take a break from everything but school and my anxiety and depression issues. I feel like I'm in a place now where I can handle going back, so that's what I'm doing, and I feel like it will be what I need.
However, it's going to be hard. The school day is longer, there are more classes, and a lot more homework, and aside from that, I'm considering looking for a job. Basically, I'm about to be really busy. Since we're already a month into the semester, I'll have a lot of work to catch up on and studying to do, and also a lot of homework to focus on.
I'm not taking a break from writing, just from publishing. I plan on publishing book 3 in the Dreamwalker trilogy, and books 2 and 3 in the Lilac Jones Adventures this month, wrapping up both those series. The books will all be available for free. I also hope to publish a new story, The Face of Love. Then I'll stop publishing new material and my internet presence as an author will go way down. I'll still be active online, just not talking about publishing or doing anything professional. I have to focus heavily on studying and school and Japanese. This year and next year, grades eleven and twelve, those are what colleges and Universities really look at. If I want to study abroad in Uni, I have to work hard and dedicate myself to school.
I also really need to focus on my writing, and with my health. I really have a lot of things that need to be prioritized over publishing right now.
I'll post updates when new books become available through this month, and then my hiatus will officially begin.
-Thanks for all the support, Kyle.
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Super busy and definitely not just avoiding his blog.
Hi there guys, long time no see.
So I know the other day I posted about how I was sick and that I would get back to blogging soon, but there's trouble in paradise. Not only am I still sick, I'm also in the middle of maybe switching schools. I want to skip schools. It's definitely what I want. And if I do that I'm at this new school/old school for two more years.
I did ninth grade and the first semester of tenth at this school, then I switched and did the second semester of tenth grade at my current school. I'm glad I did that, but now grade eleven has started and I feel like all the benefits that came with this current school have faded. I was only supposed to be there for one semester, and now that that semester has passed I can already tell that the sort of vacuum or bubble the school created for me last year is gone. I feel like by switching to a smaller school I was able to take a break from my life and just focus on school and on getting help for my anxiety, and now that I have those two problems both improved drastically it feels high time I went back to my regular school.
I have a meeting on the fourteenth to discuss it with my current principal, and if all goes well I'll be at the new/old school in short order. Once that happens though, I'll probably be really focused on homework and assignments I need to catch up on to pass all my classes this semester, and since I also want to fit more writing time in, the blog might fall to the wayside. I'll still be active, just mostly with updates, and not real posts or discussions.
As always, though, you can find my on twitter to the right side of the blog! Thanks for reading!
So I know the other day I posted about how I was sick and that I would get back to blogging soon, but there's trouble in paradise. Not only am I still sick, I'm also in the middle of maybe switching schools. I want to skip schools. It's definitely what I want. And if I do that I'm at this new school/old school for two more years.
I did ninth grade and the first semester of tenth at this school, then I switched and did the second semester of tenth grade at my current school. I'm glad I did that, but now grade eleven has started and I feel like all the benefits that came with this current school have faded. I was only supposed to be there for one semester, and now that that semester has passed I can already tell that the sort of vacuum or bubble the school created for me last year is gone. I feel like by switching to a smaller school I was able to take a break from my life and just focus on school and on getting help for my anxiety, and now that I have those two problems both improved drastically it feels high time I went back to my regular school.
I have a meeting on the fourteenth to discuss it with my current principal, and if all goes well I'll be at the new/old school in short order. Once that happens though, I'll probably be really focused on homework and assignments I need to catch up on to pass all my classes this semester, and since I also want to fit more writing time in, the blog might fall to the wayside. I'll still be active, just mostly with updates, and not real posts or discussions.
As always, though, you can find my on twitter to the right side of the blog! Thanks for reading!
Friday 3 October 2014
Sorry guys!
I haven't posted in days, but I'm sick as a dog. I don't know at this point if it's my allergies, or if I'm actually sick. I've been smoking after other people for a few days, sharing my pipe with friends and friends of friends and I think I probably caught a cold from one of them: lesson learned.
I'm still working on Reveries & Regrets, but I've also got a novel I'm writing, which will probably never see the light of day, but it's still a lot of fun. It's a spin-off of the Dreamwalker stories about Katrina's younger cousin Bonnie, and it takes place about two years after Reveries and Regrets ends.
The entire idea of the novel is based around the plot twist at the end, which I don't wanna give away, because I'll probably post it on Wattpad for you guys to read for free or something when it's finished.
I'm still working on fury Virus too but that's top secret.
God, it sucks being sick too, because I'm in the mood to write right now but if I get out from under this blanket to sit down at the desk and write I will freeze to death. I have the chills.
I'm still working on Reveries & Regrets, but I've also got a novel I'm writing, which will probably never see the light of day, but it's still a lot of fun. It's a spin-off of the Dreamwalker stories about Katrina's younger cousin Bonnie, and it takes place about two years after Reveries and Regrets ends.
The entire idea of the novel is based around the plot twist at the end, which I don't wanna give away, because I'll probably post it on Wattpad for you guys to read for free or something when it's finished.
I'm still working on fury Virus too but that's top secret.
God, it sucks being sick too, because I'm in the mood to write right now but if I get out from under this blanket to sit down at the desk and write I will freeze to death. I have the chills.
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