Hello everyone.*coughs* Ugh, being sick sucks. Thankfully I'm better now… and I got to miss a math test! MWAHAHAHAHA! I've got 5 days now to study for it, 6 if you count today. That's practically as whole week! YES!
So I've noticed the reviews have been slumping… can you guys please send in more? You don't have to, but honestly, nothing encourages me like your reviews.
Well except maybe for Piggy. She's constantly giving me pep talks about how I'm going to be an awesome author someday. (I want to be an author when I grow up) Here's one of them:
"Your work is unlike all the other books I've read, your writing is so special, and it's going to take you far in life. So don't say your okay, because that's only what you think. We're all harsh critics on ourselves, but remember this,- your writing is amazing, so amazing, I love it, others love it, and soon the world will love it. Because your writing is amazing. Never forget that."
Yeah, I know. She can be annoying sometimes, but she's really good at cheering me up. I don't know why I put that there… I think I'm feeling sentimental today or something.
I was going to write something else here… I forgot what it was. No wait, I remember. I just uploaded a one-shot, for those who don't know, it's called 'It Was Worth It', narrated from Annabeth's POV about her relationship with Percy. Check it out sometime.
Dear Mortals,
I don't know whether or not charmspeak works through a letter, but here goes nothing:
Do not ship Jeyna…Do not ship Jeyna….. Do not ship Jeyna….
(Is this enough?)
Do not ship Jeyna…Do not ship Jeyna… Do not ship Jeyna…
I'm starting to creep myself out. How long should I do this?
Do not ship Jeyna….. Do not ship Jeyna…Do not ship Jeyna…
I'm pouring so much energy into this I think I'm starting to imagine there's a dead bee in front of me.
Do not ship Jeyna…Do not ship Jeyna… Do not ship Jeyna…
Wait a minute, is that a dead bee?
Do not ship Jeyna….Do not ship…..
DEAD BEE! IT'S A DEAD BEE! HOW THE HADES DID THIS GET IN MY ROOM! OH MY GODS! OH MY GODS! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Hysterically yours,
Piper
Yes, I know Piper was a bit OOC there, and I don't know if she actually is scared of dead bees. That part was based on one of my own experiences (Yes, I don't like dead bees. They freak me out. Problem?).
Another thing I want to put here is that my mom started pestering me how if I want to become an author, I have to start early. So now I'm trying to publish a short story I WROTE LAST YEAR- oops sorry, hit the caps button by accident.
For all of you guys that care, it's WAY harder than it sounds. First of all, you need a literacy agent. Basically, if someone steals one of the books you write and tries to sell it without the cover, they're the ones who take care of that problem, along with other stuff. What stuff? I dunno. I didn't really research that much about them.
But because the story I wrote is way to short to be anything other than a picture book, I don't think I really need one. However, I do need a publisher. Again, it's really hard to get one. I researched for ages and came across a publishing company that sounded good,- Ripple Grove Publishing or something like that, but you have to enter a submission, wait for four months while they consider it, and list your accomplishments, which is where I fail.
I'm not going to put my age on here, but I can tell you I'm not even a teenager yet, much less an university graduate with degrees or anything. So I've decided I want to get it on iBooks, so I can see if anybody will be interested in it. Also, on iBooks, you get 70% of the price the books sold for, whereas if it's on paper, you get 5%-10%. I know, that's not much.
Which brought me to the fact my 'picture' book doesn't even have pictures yet. I don't want to hire somebody to draw them for me, since then I'll earn basically nothing. On the other hand, that means I'll have to learn how to draw things on the computer…which is going to take classes….which is going to take time and money. Ugh.
But I'm not giving up!