A Taylor Lautner love/
Success story
Info: Your name is Sarah Moss and you are 16 (going on 17) years old. You released a best seller book called "Elements" and it has sold throughout Canada and America and soon Europe. Your best friends are: Lara, Cassidy, Tierra, Nicole, Alysha, Amy and Alyson. You live in a small town in Canada on Vancouver Island called Metchosin. You have tons of Animals at home and you love your birthday and Christmas. Your birthday is July 7th. Since it's the seventh day of the seventh month you've decided you're lucky number is 7. You ride horses and you love reading and writing. You're pretty much a really happy bubbly all around person. You laugh at your own jokes and are ridiculously clumsy. Your favourite colours are blue and pink. You are somewhat girly but not really. You have 4 siblings, three older one younger. Two older sisters, an older brother and a younger brother. You sing and play guitar and piano really well. You have red brownish curly/wavy hair, blue-green eyes and pale skin. You have are fairly tall at 5'9. You are really good cooking and love romance, horror and comedy movies. You also did a lot of figure skating but stopped when your book published. You are selfless and love your family very much. A.N sorry it was son long ;)
Prologue
They strapped the box for the microphone onto the waist of my pants at the back. Thank god it was a woman doing it, I don't want some creeper touching me there. She showed me the actual microphone and she clipped it onto my shirt. I took a few deep breaths and she looked at me. "You'll be alright. I've seen people much more nervous than you. And just think this: You're gonna have fun, you're gonna laugh and Ellen is extremely funny." I smiled. Yes, I was going on Ellen. Yes, Ellen. I was extremely nervous. I mean after all the interviews I'd done none of them were quite as big as Ellen. I was excited mostly. I looked down at my outfit.
My hair was done, even in the reddish colour it was it looked good. I never minded having red hair, it's inevitable. I calmed myself again. Then I was directed over to the doors going out to the stage area. "Alright when the doors open you walk right on through. You can hug Ellen or shake her hand or whatever seeing as you met her this morning. The mic is right there and if you don't want to talk about something say that you're not allowed. Just like rehearsal. You'll be fine. You're family's there. You'll be fine." The woman who had clipped me up said to me. I nodded and bit my lip. It may be the same but there weren't 100+ people in the audience that I was going to be singing in front of on national television. I thought bitterly. "Here goes nothing." I said to myself. Than I heard Ellen say almost distantly, "From small town girl to big time singer, and author, please welcome our next guest, Sarah Moss!" I prayed before walking out and the waves of clapping smacked into me. Was this really happening? I didn't think about it as I walked looking out into the audience. I pinched my finger. Yep, all real.
Chapter 1: The beginning
I sat in the publishing office nervously pulling at my clothes. What did they think? Did they like my 6 years of hard work? Am I even going to make it into the world of writing at just 16? (May as well be 17). These questions and others buzzed around in my hand as that feeling in my gut ceased to let myself relax. I was in the office of the publishing company called Scholastic Canada. Where I'm from. In the small town of Metchosin on Vancouver Island inside Victoria. I was in Vancouver with my parents sitting at my side as the lady behind the desk talked into a small phone. Her name tag read Lila. This was the moment I'd been waiting for for 6 years of my life. See, I started writing my book "Elements" when I was ten years old. Since then the titles and storyline has changed so many times to be my definition of perfect. My family wasn't exactly supportive of my dream of being a writer at the age of 10. They scoffed at me. Told me no one would like it, it would suck, and I would give up. Well I did none of those things. I kept at it for 6 years. After three years my family clued in that I was a teensy bit serious. I had over 100 thousand words and over 350 pages. It was about a teenage girl who was a witch and she was 17 years old. She had best friends and went to a high school and did all the normal teenage stuff. Except for being a witch and finding out that she and her family are in danger of being killed because of their aunt who wants to get revenge on her mother for taking the throne before her. I'm not going to give away everything though. Point is, I worked really hard to get here. And if it came crashing down I would be devastated. "Okay. I'll tell her. Goodbye." the sentences broke me from my thoughts. Tell me what? Yes, no, maybe so? Aha sorry. I laugh at tense situations. Something terrible about me. I'm just waiting for the day I go to a funeral and laugh. Lila looked at me her brown eyes locking with mine. "Alright, so my news is somewhat good. We would like to publish your book, but we would need to get you an illustrator and an editor." I laughed and smiled. I jumped up and hugged my mom. "Yes!" I said and ran a hand through my hair. This was going to be something.
Later that week they had found me an illustrator and an editor. They were amazing. They were like mind readers. Soon the cover and back were done and I met twice a week with my editor for preparations for publishing. And soon enough the day, July 7th.(My birthday) Came about and my book was released all over Canada. It was like a birthday present to me, very much like it. I was now 17 and got my full license and enjoyed the freedom. The first time I saw my book in a store was when I went grocery shopping with my mom and we saw a huge poster reading: 17 year old writes book! In stock now! And a picture of the cover was on the poster. "Can I go see!" I had asked eagerly and she had nodded. So she went shopping and I went adventuring. To my surprise, the bookstore had been packed with people. I squirmed my way in and got to a bookcase. Make that bookcases. Three bookcases devoted to my book. I picked up a copy in front and looked at it in fascination. I loved the new smell of books so, flipping the pages I took a deep breath in. Mm. The woman next to me was reading my biography. My picture was there with me smiling as I held my little brother and pet my horse Misty. I laughed at the scene. "Amazing isn't it?" she asked and I nodded as I took in what had just happened. "Yeah, I can hardly believe it." She looked up from the book. Looked at me, then the book, me, book. Her eyes bugged. "Wow! You're Sarah!" I laughed and nodded. "Wow my god, what amazing achievement! You know ever since this book came out my daughter had been pestering me to get it after she heard about it from a friend." my eyebrows shot up. "Really!" I asked and she laughed and nodded. "Yes, I'm getting this for her as a surprise. Say, would you sign it for me?" My mouth fell open. I felt like a celebrity. "Sure of course!" She pulled out a pen and handed it to me, the book cover open. "Her name's Caitlin." I wrote in my best handwriting: Thank you so much Caitlin! I still can't believe this! If you ever want to do something in life and people say you can't do I, never give up, because if I had then I wouldn't be here!
Xoxo-Sarah Moss.
I handed it to her and she took it and thanked me. I said no problem and she made her way to the check out. After that the phones were ringing like crazy. I ended up going on Victoria's news channel and getting interviewed. I was nervous being on TV but eventually it just felt like telling someone how I was feeling about everything. I was being asked to do all sorts of things, signings, interviews on TV, for the newspaper. I felt bad because I had to cancel plans with my friends because of a signing I was offered. They said it was alright and after that they seemed to develop more of an understanding for me. So when I canceled they would say things like, "It's alright Sarah, go ahead I'm free on Thursday too." "No, go or I will make you go." I really loved them for it. I'd known all of them since elementary school. My publicist called me and told me I needed to meet her and Scholastic too discuss getting it released in the U.S too. I was ecstatic.
Today was the day I was meeting them. I sat in the same office and fiddled with my necklace. Then my publicist Cheryl came in with a smile. "Hello there my little phenomenon." I laughed and hugged her. "How are you?" I asked her sitting down and she took the seat beside me. "I'm great, very excited. How are you holding up?" She asked eying me with her green eyes. I bit my lip which was something I tended to do when I was a bit unsure. "I'm okay so far, nervous and like you said excited." She nodded and then the door behind us opened and Lila walked through with her brown hair in a ponytail and her glasses on. "Well, how are you Sarah?" She asked sitting down at the desk. I smiled. "Pretty good, eager." I told her and she laughed. "Alright then, I'll get right to it then." I edged on my seat. "We would be honored to release it throughout America." I jumped up with glee. "Yes!" I said laughing and Cheryl hugged me. "We did pretty well!" She laughed. I nodded. I can't believe this is happening. Canada and America? "Sit down, or just stay standing. You're probably gonna jump up at this too." I looked at her eyes wide. There was more? "I thought you'd like to know how many copies you've sold." I gave her my full attention. "Well you have sold...19 million seven hundred copies." I gasped. I shrieked. "No way!" I jumped up and down. After talking some more I drove to the ferry on cloud 9. I was singing in the car, something I did way too much. I pulled up to the window of the ticket booth. "Hello, how many people are going on today, and where are you headed?" I turned down the radio. "Just me and Victoria." The woman looked in through the open window. "Alright. Do you have any liquor or food with you?" I shook my head. "No." She handed me my ticket and paused. "Are you Sarah Moss?" She asked me and I laughed. "Yes I am." She smiled. "What you're doing sure is something." I smiled back. "Thank you, I really just started it for fun." She laughed and told me, "Lane 7." I drove out and looked for my lucky number's lane. I played on my Iphone for a while waiting for the boat. I was playing doodle jump. I hated how addicting it was. Tilt left, tilt right, you fall! It wasn't until someone honked at me that I realized I was holding them up. "Crap." I muttered and pulled forward putting my phone down. I rolled onto the ferry and got out. I brought my purse with me up the stairs and to the lounge area and cafeteria. I bought a sandwich and an iced tea. I ate and read. I was reading New Moon by my idol Stephanie Meyer. Seriously, her books are amazing. If they were food I could live off them. I loved the movie too, and now that Eclipse was coming out I couldn't wait. I was re-reading the series. I've read it seven times already. And I personally am on team Jacob. I mean besides Taylor Lautner being a complete babe, I felt bad for him. He's just so persistent and he never gets Bella in the end, but he does get something. I'm not gonna spoil it. I was suddenly craving gum. I think it was because the suspense was making my mouth dry up. So I got up and went to the gift shop. I looked for my favourite, Stride. I liked Five too, but I loved the minty kind of Stride. I grabbed my favourite kind and put it on the counter. The cashier looked at me. "You're Sarah Moss!" I laughed and nodded. "Yeah." He shook his head. "Incredible, at such a young age too." I smiled, "Thanks." He scanned it. "3.21." I gave his a 5 dollar bill and he gave me the change. "Thanks." I said and turned to leave when someone tapped me on the shoulder. There stood a girl about 12 years old with blue eyes and blonde hair. "Hi, um I heard the guy say your Sarah Moss. Er, would you mind singing my book? I've been reading it ever since I got it last week and I love it." I smiled. Aw, cutie. "Sure honey, what's your name? I asked getting out my pen. I learned to carry one after being swarmed with people at a bookstore. "Layla." She told me
I wrote: Thanks so much for reading! i love how you love it! Thanks Layla!
Xoxo- Sarah Moss
I closed the cover and handed it back to her. "There you go." she smiled at my entry. "Thank you!" she said and went to her mom and I turned and left. I popped a piece of gum in my mouth and was about to sit down when the speaker rang out telling us to go back to our cars. I trudged down the stairs- I hated it when I was about to get comfy when I had to go somewhere-and to my car. I had a little Toyota Urban Cruiser. I got in and when they let the ramp down started the engine. It was hard not to speed home, I wanted to tell my family. When I got to the house, I found my little brother Alex covered in peanut butter and jam holding a knife. I had no clue where the bread was supposed to be. Alex was four. I walked over. "Hey bud, what are you doing?" I asked and his big brown eyes locked with mine. "I was trying to make a peanut butter and jam." He told me looking at his hands. I turned to look at my older brother Colin at the computer. "Colin! Colin!" I said and walked over to take the headphones off his ears. "Hey!" He said angry. "Why weren't you watching Alex!" I asked going and picking him up. "I thought Heather was here..." He said returning to his game and referring to my older sister. "She hasn't been here for three days! She's been house sitting for Jeremy and Sharon! You might know that if you tuned into the real world for a little while" Jeremy and Sharon were my aunt and uncle. "Oh.." Was all he said. I sighed and took Alex to have a bath. After he was clean I dressed him and went to gather our cattle. I have cattle at my house. And sheep and chickens and horses and don't forget the pigs. We have a bit of a mini farm. I got into my boots and went to get our cutting horse Copper. I saddled him up and rode him down to the field. We rounded up the small herd and I went to give him a good grooming. After finishing him, I went and groomed my horse Misty. I fed them both and checked on the sheep still grazing in the small pasture. Next I checked on the pigs and fed them and gave them a pat. I went to the coop to collect eggs and I kicked away the chickens. One in particular was one of our roosters Gary. "Gary! Go on!" I said as he pecked at my boots. I got all the eggs and walked out with him squawking behind me. Pesky chicken. I walked into the house exhausted. I kicked off my boots and then the phone rang. "Colin get it!" I yelled up the stairs. "No you!" He yelled back. "I'll get it!" I heard an excited Alex. I raced up the stairs. I heard him "No, she's not here. Um..." I took the phone from him. Turned out to be a telemarketer. I sometimes just hang up on them, it's pretty funny. I unplugged the internet cord and rolled it up. "Colin, watch Alex. And actually watch him this time." Aha, no World of Warcraft for you. I hid the cord somewhere Colin wouldn't be brave enough to even think about. My bra drawer. I had a shower quickly before going and making dinner. I chose some chicken stir fry and Alex was out of my way House channel. It was 6:30 by the time my parents got home and I got to tell them the news. They were super excited and happy for me. We ate while watching the hockey game. The Canucks were against the Edmonton Oilers. I cheered so loud when we scored. We won 3-1. I love hockey, it's my favourite sport. Well and maybe football too. It's hard to choose. My country's sport is hockey which I love but then again I grew up playing football. Hm.. I walked to my room so unaware of what was going to happen next.
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