Let's see... there's:
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak (also by Anderson)
This World We Live In (by Susan Beth Pfeffer). Sequel to Life as We Knew It.
Lark by Tracy Porter
But wait, that's not all!
I'm also working on
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Fallen by Kate Lauren
Switched by Amanda Hocking (re-read)
Eon by Alison Goodman
The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams (finished tonight, review coming tomorrow)
Here's the proof -
I'm not at work tonight. I should be, except that I felt very very sick so I was sent home early. Shortly thereafter I threw up. Probably a good thing that I wasn't at work when that happened. It wasn't pretty.
So I curled up with my hubby (okay, on the coach across from him), a movie (The Change Up, for the record, I didn't like it), and a book (The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams). Good reading choice for being sick. It really pulled me in and (almost) made me forget how awful I felt.
First, because this blog is new - we need to start at the beginning.
I am a writer... not a consistent one, but I'm working on changing that. My adaption of The Hobbit into a play was produced, and at age 15 I made my first (and so far, only) paycheck from writing.
However, due to a number of circumstances, I've read very little Young Adult Literature. I'm working on changing that. See the stack of books above. That's just my Young Adult reading stack. I also have a stack of classics and books on literature and creative writing that I'm working on. I need to know my market before I can ever hope to be published.
I've been working on the same novel (versions of it) since I was about 14. This year though, I'm going to branch out and explore some new topics and genres.
I'm sick of feeling sorry for myself and using excuses as to why my writing isn't the absolute best it can be. Reading more is the first step in the right direction. Remember.... every step, no matter how small, is a step in a direction. You chose the direction. You chose your own fate.
L Finch
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