Oh, the Things We Could Do

If we only knew!

Bonjour, my  minions deciples! Apologies to all. I've been wanting to post for three days now, but I've been busy with a science project. But *yay* it's done. ^^

Today is my birthday, but we have much more important things to discuss! Aaaah! *freakyfanaticscream* Behemoth has been released, and I'm gonna diiieee! I absolutely cannot wait to read it (after I finish The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown [good book, good book.]). I'm also kinda blegh because Scott can't make it to the west coast for his tour. But if you're reading this, have fun! I know you'll be busy, but stay in touch! :D
Howeeever.... I've RSVPed already for a live chat with Monsieur Westerfeld on November 2nd. I don't know how many spots are left, but you can still get in... I think?
*excited* Anyhow.

So I've got a lot of pictures done, but my scanner isn't up and running now (audience: *aww*). I may upload them later in a shorty post, but as for now I don't gots none. But here:

This is a meme I did on deviantART. If you can't see it... which you must be superhuman if you can... then click on it and it will be larger. I hope. D:
I did this before Behemoth came out, obviously, from the last picture.

On the other hand, OLL has finally reset the NaNoWriMo pages! Now you can upload your new novelling stuffs and start from scratch. You can also add 2009 to your history if you participated last year. :)

Well, for now that's all I've got. Happy Leif Erickson Day! (I'm actually two days early. Heh.)

Barking spiders!,
Katelyn

Oh, It's Only Begun

Yes, yes it has.

A shout out to everyone who reads this insane thing I call a blog: Love you!
And I didn't say that just because I'm about to start one of my crazy streaks.

As a lot have noticed, I don't post as often as I'd like to (yeah right. pssh. what am I doing here with my time??).  School and dance and whatnot. *cough*notthatI'msketchingallthetime*coughcough* I just haven't the time to do anything these days. I'm slowly and surely playing the piano more often (very slowly, mind you). Practicing with Neutron Star Collision for all the awesome people who know what that is. (And if you don't, do not go all up in google looking it up so you can be awesome too, haha). Yush, so anyway... To be frank, I've been sketching more than often, but less than I'd like, but I still have other things to do, etc. If that made sense to you, welcome, my friend, to Planet Insanity. I'm sure you'll recognize a few people here.
Paragraph Break! Ha.
One more. And now, for the daily grammatical lesson of yours truly. Lesson: Do not eeeevvver make grammatical errors in front of me(or behind me or next to me). I mean, you could, but I guarantee the next thing I say will annoy you if you don't like being corrected, and today my new friend has showed me why this is such an important thing.

YES! So pleeeease use your commas wisely. And don't mix up "than" and "then." That's just trying to bug me, eh?
Moving on! Allons-y!

Some of you have noticed the little countdown dinglehopper (or as Ten might say: timey-wimey, wibbly-wobbly, mess-of a-thing). And it's exactly that! Or really a coutdown to the release of Behemoth!! Yesss! My amazing friend Scott let me use it for the time-being. I so happy, hee hee.
I am so very excited for the release, two days before my birthday, AND Zombies vs. Unicorns has come out! I am heading to the nearest book store to get it. I. Am. Hysteric.

Holly Black is so going down! Bwahahaha!
Back to Behemoth of course. I am very annoyed to say that Scott has found an awesome artist before me.

This is a nice example, but I never pictured Alek with brunette hair. Huh. I always pictured him blonde, but oh well, I think I remember something mentioning this color. Ha, well this is Allison B. Thomas, an awesome artist who can draw hands with ease (a life's dream for me, as some of you know). Oh, and caption-wise: this is a little picture that Scott commissioned with Alek and Deryn.
I'll try to feature some other artists I find later on. I have a few in mind already. :D

Well, I'm hoping this isn't too long, so I'll close it up now. (Too many pictures in this post. ^^)

Two-fro an Afro,
Katelyn

Hair Dye & Tea

How does Alice deal with all the insanity? I can barely hold it all in my head, let alone deal with others' craziness. Yes, I drew that picture a week ago. There's little me in Alice's dress all "wth do I do now?!" n' stuff. I think it turned out "okay" eh?

I've been drawing like mad lately. I haven't had the chance to upload any but the above because I'm lazy. Loads of plunnies have been floating around lately. It's allergy season for my writing community. :D

I have successfully thought of (get ready for this, peeps. not reccommended for the queasy or the pregnant) two new story ideas, a myriad new scenes for NaNoWriMo 2011(useful, isn't it? O.o), and a change of hair color for my character, the lovable Jeff Waylin, hahaha.

Don't worry all you blonde fans. I'm sure I won't turn Jeff's hair black. It's too sudden for those faint-of-heart. He probably wouldn't even be the same goofy kid that we all know, haha.

As for the two story ideas... I'm trying to meld them into one at the moment, but we all know that it won't work, now don't we? This is how fate treats the insane ones. I'm putting money on the table that one idea will be used for script frenzy.

Well, sorry for such a short post in such a long time. I've got so much to do now that school is coming up. Oh, and before I forget.

There's me in steampunk-ness. Happy now, Sarah? :D

Off to see the wizard,

Katelyn

Flabby Season

Ah, yes. Summer. The season of flabby children sitting and playing video games all day.
Okay, maybe not with everybody.
I certainly do not sit all summer, but I also do not excersise like I do during the school year. Ick. I can't balance anymore (I've lost my ballerina-ness xD), I can only just barely do the spilts, and I can't even ride a bike up a steep hill. Well, actually the only person I know that can ride up that hill is Alison, my super-human, in-shape, ninja-powered friend. But still. I am so out of shape. :P
Yesterday, Hannah and Alison rode their bikes over to my house at 12:45. Anyone who knows me during the summer knows that I'm still drinking coffee and in my pajamas at 12:45. They're all in their clothes and biking backpacks and converse. I'm all still half-awake, with a giant cup of coffee, and my hair's a mess. So we talk for awhile, and then they head off to go on the bridge and wave at people on the highway.
They come back about two hours later, and I'm awake this time. I took a shower, put on make-up and clothes. So then we went over to Alison's for pizza and a short stop. After, we rode over to Hannah's house, over the hill.
Hannah and I are the average kid at our school. We don't excersise unless we absolutely have to. We're both kinda slowly making our way up, and Alison's all up ahead like "wow, this is easy!" I laugh so hard. :D
We make it her house, which of course the rest of the ride is easy. We end up spending an hour or two coloring this giant wizard poster like crazy. It's amazing looking now. x)
On the way back home however, I had to go back up the hill, lol. Nice.
So yesterday I excersised for probably the first time this season. *yay*

I also made two more pictures. I think they're okay. It took me less time now.

So this was okay I think. I had trouble drawing this one.

This I really like the colors in. C+C for these??

Off to go work today. I'll probably be back around 2:00 or 3.

Workin' hard for her money,

Katelyn

Rawr, I've Returned

Dear Digressing Novelist,

Where are you, and why haven’t you been here lately?
Love,
Your many adoring fans and readers

Rooooooooooaaaaad Trrriiiippppp! *insert fake enthusiasm* Yes, I have gone on an insane road trip, leading to who-knows-where. As far as I understand, this trip goes from small-town Gilroy to the coasts of Santa Barbara to the lights of Las Vegas to the gargantuaness of the Grand Canyon and the arches of Zion National Park. Somehow, we make that entire thing into a loop.

Yesterday(June 22) we made the first of our six days together to Santa Barbara, and we stayed in the nearby town, Ventura. On the way, we stopped at a random Ostrich Farm that we saw off the side of the highway. I ended up feeding and petting ostriches and emus. Quite the experience of weirdness. Apparently, you have to use either a saw or a drill to open an ostrich egg. For all of you tourist-y readers this was just on the outskirts of Solvang, CA, which is also a cute little stop, because it’s a mini Dutch town. Very cute if you enjoy that kind of stuff.
We ended up eating dinner at Mimi’s Café at 10:30 at night because that was how late we made it to our hotel. The chefs probably spat in our food because they couldn’t go home. Believe it or not, they’re open until 11:00.
That was Day 1 for ya. The Craziness continued onto Day 2 in Vegas.

One thing about Las Vegas, NV: It’s just about the prettiest and ugliest city in the U.S. (And no, it’s not a
Stephenie Meyer quote. It only sounds like one. “The next day was better… and worse.”)

(At 103 degrees at 10:00 pm) The lights were fantabulous, and we had an equally fantabulous view from the Luxor hotel. (Best pool ever, by the way) Later we went to the old strip to see more of the lights and in the morning we left for the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
The Grand Canyon was nice; it began to rain lightly after awhile. Nice and cool, as opposed to the rest of the state. We stayed in a very nice Best Western with a bowling alley (which we spent our time in). The name I typed in for the game was "Egg" since my name didn't fit (Cursed 7 letters!).
After that we went BACK through the desert and up to St. George, Utah to go to Zion National Park. It was much like the Grand Canyon except you were in it not above it. It's gorgeous with the Virgin River flowing through it, lots of hanging gardens, and friendly squirrels. According to the locals the squirrels were extremely friendly so that they could fool you and bite off your hand. A couple times that day I screamed out "MAN-EATING SQUIRREL!" and people would look at me like "wth?".
Back through the desert once more, and we decided rather than staying in Barstow(nicknamed the armpit of California? I didn't want to be in any place called an armpit.) to return to bright and shiny Vegas. We stayed in the Circus Circus Hotel this time, being subjected to several clowns up and down the halls (much to my mom's horrror). The show was great and I won nearly every game on the midway with my awesome mad skills lol. Lot's of stuffed creatures.
The next day we were back in quaint Gilroy. I had only four days to complete The Last for Createspace. Somehow I managed and my book came in on July 13th!! (I argued with the company for over nine days). It looks amazing though, and I'm going to read it tonight! :D

So that was a very quick write-up of my road trip last month. Sorry, I've been too busy to write this.

Toodle-oo,
Katelyn

Dear...

Dear John Katelyn,
Umm... I know it's been a couple months from November and all... and during that month you were driven to hysterics and such, but... possibly, do you think that *maybe* I might be able to get my story finished? I know, yeah, you're super duper busy! I feel neglected. My world is falling apart by the very corners of your papers!
With love,
Rowan Belikov

Katelyn;
I sincerely suggest that you get to work, in the most respectful way possible, please, on The Last. It has come to my attention that my grandmother and I have both been standing in the same place on the edge on Cliffside for a month or two actually, and I would very much like to do something else. You might have gotten other letters, or maybe e-mails, smoke signals, sky-writings too, whatever we here in L.A. think will get your most attentive attention, so please write back. Preferrably in chapter IV scene II.
The best regards,
Saphira Pyren

Whoever-the-heck-you-are-- [Katelyn]
Is there a reason that I've been glaring at Lana Lamont for, not just an hour or two, but a month? Seriously, you make Kellan look as if he has nothing to do. It's quite depressing actually, to see Kellan doing nothing, Arona not trying to bug me, and Ro looking at me like I'm insane. Help? Maybe?! Cliffside may have a great view, but why don't you try staring at the ocean, or Lana, the scarlet freak, for this long? I'll go mad before we even reach the climax!!!
Sincerest as you can get,
Nick Charin

So much annoyance I won't write out your name,
People tell me that a writer needs some sort of encouragement to pull themselves along. If I agreed at all, I would say this: I know where you live. That should be enough encouragement. Don't get me wrong, seeing St. Nicholas all steamed at Lana is quite self-satisfying, but after awhile I start to wish I was her. Maybe I've been staring at her cloak for too long. Or maybe it's the fire. Whatever. Point is, you seriously need to get a move on so I can cause some real distress in that boy. He, or It rather, gets on my nerves.
I'm watching you,
Arona Pyren

Well isn't that just sun-shiney? Looks like my novel misses me. :P Too bad I've got science fair blegh to keep up with. But... anything to procrastinate thaaaat. *bwahahaha* Evil plan brewing.
Alas, I digress.
Woe is me, I agree with *most* of those pressing letters. I've already read over twenty books since November, my break is so over! I will attempt to make it before June once more, but, unfortunately, if I can't I shall settle for a "To be continued..." How droll.

Must write, so Toodle-oo,
Katelyn

County Science Fair & Other Stressful Components of My Life

County Science Fair
Day 1: I'm ready! I'm ready!!
Day 2: Wooooooo!
Day 10: Heh... still fun..!
Day 15: *snore* ...
Day 30: OH MEH GOD COUNTY APP..!!! *frantic typing* MOVE computer MOOOOOVE!!!!
Day 41: *twitch* So... what you're saying is... my bacteria was "snowed-in" at New York...?!?!?!?!
Day 50: Eeewww! What the **** is that growing in the agar?!?!
Day 55: O.O Inching ever so closer to the deadline...

Salutations my not-as-stressful-scholars! :D As you can see, county science fair is almost here. Forgive me for not adding a "yay" in that sentence. I've only just conducted my experiment so...
And GUESS WHAT? I have a project due in ev-er-y claaasss! Yayayayaya! *cough* ... -__- Yeeeaahhh... that was sarcastic. The only good thing about it, is that our core teacher has extended the deadline for our history proj to after County. *now THAT is a yay* See, before, she had posted it as the day BEFORE County Science Fair. Which, as you can see, I am already freaked out as it is, so that is just not the thing I wanted to hear last week. (What I really wanted to hear was, "Oh my God, Katelyn! You work soooo hard, I think I'll give you an A+ all quarter long!!" But that's just not gonna happen now, is it?) Anyways, back on track, Mrs. Stocks accentuated the deadline by making it about a week longer. *HooooooRAH!* :
My authoring life? I'm glad you asked! Recently, I was paid for a job of designing the back of a sweatshirt for a dance company. It went awesomeeee!! :D So, I made a simpled little design around a short poem:

We dance for laughter,
We dance for tears,
We dance for maddness,
We dance for fears,
We dance for hopes,
We dance for screams,
We are the dancers,
We create the dreams.

Now isn't that cute? Lol. Well, the owner loved it and I got $100, and I guess she said something about 15% commission. I'm just happy that I got it done. I have a framed version of it on my desktop all pretty-like. ^^
So that's really all that's gone on so far. Again, I shall try to post again soon, but considering my schedule.... eh.. not as likely as before. :P We'll see!

Wishing myself luck,
Katelyn

Epic. Fail.

:P
Title says all! (a) I forgot to post December...oops. (b) The Last is moving very veryyyyy sloooowlyyyy. and (c) I've read almost an entire 5 book series over the winter break. oing by too FAST! So now I am afraid to read the 5th and last of the series....
On the other hand... I've been slowing down with my drawing craze, but I've still got a lot up. I should probably scan them to show you guys, and I'll do that later. Hopefully. ;) Lemme see how much I've done since my last post.
Pics of Al & Rory: 3
Random Fairy: 1
The Last Characters: 6
--Illusen (2)
--Arona (1)
--Ella & Thea (2)
--Aislinn (1)
Scott's Characters: 4
--Zane (1)
--Tally (3)
Turn Loose the Angels Characters: 26 (oh God.)
--Alice Hadeson (Death) (7)
--James Darcy (3)
--Oliver Larson (2)
--Kate Darcy (Death's Intern) (9)
--Edgar Memphis (Evil) (3)
--Dominic Jefferson (Love) (2)
--Ginger Darcy (1)
Harry Potter Characters: 7
--Ron (2)
--Fleur (2)
--Hermione (1)
--Viktor (1)
Other Characters: 3
Sarah Maq: 2
Friends: 5
Percy Jackson series Characters: 4
--Zoe Nightshade (1)
--Percy Jackson (1)
--Annabeth Chase (1)
--Rachel Elizabeth Dare (1)
Burning Roses Characters: 4
--Cara (2)
--Avaric <3 (1)
--Lucina (1)
--Cleo (1)
Volleyballs Hurtling Towards People's Heads: 2
Me!: 2
Stuff that Mrs. Stocks pushes me to draw xP : 14
-- Scary Pony, Ovelia's Mirror, Belikov Ancestor Cloak, the Moartea, Cara's Bracelet, the Seers' sign, Cara's necklace, Cliffside (2), Shoes, Bell on a ribbon, Skippy Peanut butter...*no comment*

Well that's enough of that... (This list is not including the several paintings I've made) O.o Too much stuff to type in for now. I'll, again, attempt to keep you updated!

Welcoming you to Crazy Artist Land,
Katelyn

Last Week of NaNo!

Whoo! Yay, for NaNoWriMo! I feel exhilarated right now. Seriously. My word count I finally caught up with, and currently I'm at 44,627! Yaaaaayyy!!! I can't believe how fast it went by too! Sigh, well at least I'm almost there. Three more days to finish. I'm in love with my story (even though every other normal person would think it extremely crappy! :D ), but the thing that frightens me is that I'm at least 40k in, but... I'm only on Chapter 2?!?!?! That is not normal. Oh well. :P
So it's been fun this month, and I can't believe that Christmas decor is already commin' down. It's crazy! All I know is that NaNo '09 has left me with 2.4% of my sanity!

Greetings from NaNo Land,
Katelyn

WOW! I'm busy!

God, I've been crazy busy this year, and not only because of NaNoWriMo(yay it has started ^^ Day 15!)! School has been killing me lately. My supposedly good core teacher, Mrs. Stocks, is such a weirdo!! She talks all monotone and dresses like an Amish pilgrim O.o It disturbs me greatly. She can teach well for someone so drab, but she sucks at teaching grammar(luckily I follow people well, and I know most of this stuff [plus I have photographic memory, so surely that helps as well.] ). Half the class fails every test, and it is pretttyyy sad.
On the other hand, my math teacher is just plain crazy! She belongs in the loony bin... She's pregnant so she gets mood swings all the time, and gives out detentions when she's in a bad mood. Another thing is she's OBSESSED with butterflies and smiles like a phsycotic maniac. Other than that, she's not so bad though. She's easy on the homework load, and lucky for me, she's also obsessed with purple, which I have a streak of in my hair. She adores me, but whatev...
I love my science teacher though! She's strict and not a lot of other people like her, but so far, she's my favorite! It's nice how she makes the day go by faster. All in all, I'm spazzingly busy, and that is why I've been late with my posts here.
NaNoWriMo is here though! Yeah!!! I've gotten a great start, and we are all half way through the month! I'm at 17,000 so far( a couple thousand behind, but it's all good) and I'm very happy because today I wrote 6k, and I didn't break a sweat! I'm quite proud of of myself, and I hope I can make it this month! I'll try to be more continuous with my posts!

Ta ta for now!
Katelyn

AHH!!!

AHHH! I am freaking out right now... I have waaaaaaaaay too much work to do.

1. I am still annoyed because I'm dying to write The Last... So I'm franticly trying to perfect the outline of the story, which is killing me.
2. I haven't seen any of my friends throughout almost the entire summer...
3. I have 247 unread messages and I am scared to read them all. Or let alone attempt to.
4. I just worked two hours on a play, and we're barely only HALF way done!! >.<
5. I haven't done anything for three days, and I'm hopelessly behind.
6. I'm trying to moderate six websites in between it all.
7. According to my Canadian buddy, I am waaaaaaaaybehind in my assignments for GH...
8. I have no way of contacting my ninja who is supposed to be helping me through this stuff...
9. I am seriously paranoid about everything...
10. And school starts in 10 DAYS!!!!!! >.<

This is not lookin too good right now... O.o

Ugh... Writing Addiction

I think I'm addicted to writing. :P I thought of the story I was going to do for NaNoWriMo, and now I'm dying to write it! O.o Ugh, I hate this. I really need to start Burning Roses up again. I started writing it last year, but I took a break over the summer. Bleck, this means more working... oh well. I'm off to start the editing process of Burning Roses chapters 1-6....

Stay pretty,
Katelyn