Placed in Contest!

"Nobody - Nobody Special" was placed second in Steward House Publishing's weekly youth writing contest for the week of June 22, 2010.

I am very excited. :)

Waking Up

"Kissing is good for you."

"Uh-huh." I batted Elec's hand away from my face. "Only when both parties agree to it."

He reached for me again and I rolled my eyes.

"Touch me again and I will remove your lips," I threatened.

Elec chuckled, leaning back against the locker bank as he dropped his hand.

"That's definitely at odds with what you were saying last night."

I jammed my lock closed and flung my book-bag across my shoulders.

"Yes, well," I sniffed, "that was before you took it upon yourself to make out with my best friend directly in front of me."

He followed me as I attempted to storm off, his long legs making it easy for him to keep up with my stiletto-shortened stride.

"Hey, you were off somewhere with Cameron earlier," he said all too reasonably. "You and I both know that kisses don't mean much."

I rounded on him, his chest ramming into my index finger as I brandished it at him.

"At least Cameron is straight. Hallie is a lesbian. You were making out with my lesbian best friend!" My voice climbed in pitch.

Elec, with the blond curls and deep velvet-brown eyes, the strong jaw and slight stubble, had the nerve to look amused. The rat!

He captured my hand.

"As I said, Rena. Kisses mean nothing."

I jerked away, careful to keep my eyes on the linoleum as I put him behind me.

Only a few days before, I would have said he was right.

Frustration & Stories

I'm discontinuing Bloodstone. I went back, read it, discovered it sucked.

I'm discontinuing The Violet Round. It was originally intended to be Draco/Hermione fanfiction, but the Writers' Club convinced me to write an original draft, which I stupidly did, not thinking about how I wouldn't be able to make my points with an original.

What I'm working on now? It's a sort of hybrid based off the Arsenicia novel I was going to write, but lost most of my work on. (Stupid flashdrive!) It's the same sort of snark that Arsenicia brings, with a similar male/female character dynamic and the changeling premise. However, I feel that this will be stronger because it focuses more on this world than on Dretis, has plenty of room for allusion (Joss Whedon and his works figure heavily), and makes more of a point about identity. The main character? Carnelia Bellis, a girl who wants to grow up to be a female version of Joss Whedon but discovers that she's a succubus. Which, really, explains so much.

Check back for drafts. ;)