And nearly a month later, the online world learned that she had, indeed, not died

There you are. I have not died. 

And I am sorry for not writing in so long. 

I really do not have time to blog right now, so be content with the fact that I am still alive. 

M

I only have 9 minutes until class, so I'll make this short and sweet...

1. I freaking love Harry Potter more than any other movie I've ever seen in my whole life. 
2. I am ready for these dumb classes to be overwith so I can move on to the cool classes related to my major.
3. The editing process for The Lion has not really started. It sort of did for a while there, but then I decided that I wanted to revamp and do something totally different with it, so it may not be done before Christmas. I really struggled with making the decision to let the idea I have stew for a little while, but here is the blog entry by one of my favorite writing blogs that forced me to go with my gut: Click here
4. Zooey Dechanel's new show called New Girl is so funny. I've watched the first episode about three times. 
5. I'm ready for Christmas.
6. I'll write more later when I have more time. 

M 

Just call me Lois Lane

I'm so very sorry, readers (for those of you who haven't totally boycotted me for lack of attention to this blog)  for not keeping up with you. However few of you that may be. I've been extremely busy since the beginning of the semester and I have a feeling it's only going to get worse as the days pass. But God is good, all the time and I have some pretty exciting news...


I changed my major! (No surprise) To Journalism! (Wait...whaa??)


Yes, it's true. I changed my major to Journalism and by the end of this week, I should be officially declared as a pre-Journalism major! I know this is kind of sudden because the last time I talked about major changes I was talking about tech writing and merchandising but to be honest, this change was kind of sudden for me, too. I kept trying to spin the English thing into something that would satisfy my need for creativity but also my future need of employment. :) I couldn't justify switching to tech simply because it was more employable than creative. I'm not one of those people that can sacrifice what it is they love to do in order to make money. If I'm not able to use my creative outlet - which is writing - in my long-term job, then I will most likely be dissatisfied. I'm not saying that God couldn't put me in a place of work sans writing where I wouldn't be happy because I love my job at Justice and I don't write a thing. I also don't discount the possibility of getting married and not having to support myself all on my onesy. But I feel that planning for whatever comes my way is the best possible course of action. 


So why journalism? 


Truthfully, I felt an irresistible urge to check out UNT's journalism program and I don't know why. But as I read about their news writing/editorial program it just screamed me. I scheduled a visit with the advising office, went, and changed the major. The program has all sorts of opportunities for media writing, online blogging, and this really cool thing called creative nonfiction. I'm super excited to start the classes in the Spring! :) You may call me Lois Lane from now on. :)


Classes are going as well as can be expected for them all being GenEd; I'm pretty bored with them all right now, to be honest. But I've committed to making all As in my classes, so I'm studying and reading every day. I'm excited to begin the classes for my major! 


BSF started last night, and that was amazing as usual. My group is going to be great, I can just sense it. :) 


I joined the adult choir at my church and that was so great. I already know quite a few people in it - including a couple girls who were in student choir with me - and everyone else was just so welcoming. Honestly, it felt like coming home. There's such a sense of community and the only reason I can give, is that God has truly blessed the ministry. I'm so thankful for my choir family. :)


That's all that's been going on as of late, other than I've been writing a lot. Thanks for reading and putting up with my inconsistent blogging. :)  


M  

And now...

After an evening of happy dances and spontaneous outbursts of excitement, I've decided to begin the editing process of the book I finished yesterday today. I originally thought I was going to wait until next Monday just to give myself a break, but I woke up really wanting to begin this new phase of the project.

Today is the first day of school and I'm sitting in the Language building waiting for my one o'clock class to begin. I already went to my Government class and it looks a lot like the one I took last semester. So while I have an hour to kill, I'm going to write this quick update and begin editing the prologue of The Lion. The way the story's title had morphed as time has passed amuses me greatly. I originally planned on calling it The Lion, the Rock, & the Bicycle for reasons that wouldn't make sense unless you knew the story. After writing about half of the story I decided to knock off Bicycle and just call it The Lion & The Rock. And now, after completing the first rough draft of this story, it is now simply called The Lion. The title may change again as I finalize the chapters and characters - who knows?

I really wish summer wasn't over. I'm sure that's the sentiment of most everyone right now, but I really really don't want summer to be over. I'm going to miss being laid back and hanging out with friends til all hours of the night - or morning - and having enough time to read, write, hang out with people, watch a movie, watch a show, exercise, and take a nap all in the same day. I've set a goal for this semester to make all As in my classes and to get abs. I know to reach those goals, I will have to be very careful with my time and use it constructively basically every waking second of the day. If I can achieve these goals, it will be worth being busy and stressed and tired all the time.

Okay, I've gotta go be productive.

M

You know that novel I've been workin on...for two years?

The rough draft is done! Done! I've finished something I started. The rough draft is done and I'm a little freaked out. It's rough in every sense of the word and no where near ready to be read by anyone but me just yet, but it's finished! I reached my goal of finishing the rough draft before school, which begins tomorrow!

The new goal: To get The Lion up to snuff so I won't feel horrible letting other people read it. By Christmas. :)

Please pray that I would persevere in this project to make it excellent. It's good right now, but I want it to be great.

Praise God. He's so good.

M

Excerpt

I've been working on my project tonight and I just wrote the quote I'm posting below and I just really like it. This is a turning point for one of my characters and marks a HUGE change for him personally. And, just so you don't think I'm allergic to proper nouns, I've taken out his name so nothing is spoiled. Ya know, for ALL those people who follow my blog and who would buy this story if it ever got published. ;) 

Anywho, here it is.

"Life was more than what he'd made up in his mind. He had a greater purpose and even if he didn't know what it was right now, the mere knowledge that something bigger than himself was out there made every moment more precious, every color a little brighter, and every day seem more like an opportunity than a task."

~Excerpt from The Lion by Molly O'Sullivan

M

I cannot wait to see this!

My sister showed me the trailer for this movie and here are the reasons why I want to see it...

• It looks like a great tear-jerker/500 Days Of Summer type flick
• It has the little Russian guy from Star Trek in it. 
• Ingrid Michaelson music was playing in the trailer
• The plot, from what I could decipher from the preview, looks great.