I'm Late, I'm Late, I'm Late with Updates!

With a very late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all, I blink and my break is ALMOST over. Where did all the time go? Spent it mostly with family, friends and the likes .... and READING. [laughs] I only JUST got my writing groove back and honestly I'm concerned. It took longer than last time for me to actually get back into ONE of my stories long enough to write or finish a chapter. If I don't continue to write for brief periods over this semester I fear I may end up going insane.

As if I wasn't insane enough to start with. Har har har .... a little harmless homour poke on my part. Please ingore. I'm a bit tired.

On another note, January 9th is a very good friend of mine's special day (meaning her BIRTHDAY) and I have a little surprise for her, which I think she'll just ADORE. I've already hinted this and she's just DYING to know. I'm a little cruel sometimes but in a playful teasing sort of way because I just ADORE you. Not to worry.

The reason is simply because of her story, "Mortal Heart" regarding a love story between a mortal girl and thee Angel of DEATH. I just drooled and fawned over her work so much that I just simply had to reread the first book before even going to the second book.  It is a 5 Book series in the form of "Volumes". She actually put a lot of research AND heart into this series so I only hope within the next couple years it'll finally be in my hands rather than on dA to read. I look forward to actually seeing it a reality! [nods, nods]

I promise to include why I mentioned her series in regards of the "surprise" on Monday. [winks]

Aside from that I have been reading a LOT lately. A mix between stuff for courses and the already LARGE pile of books I've recieved from Christmas as well as since September that I keep hiding and forgetting about until I find them. In fact I think I still have a few books left from four or five Christmases ago unread. YIKES. [laughs] But sooner or later I'll read them in order to balance out the ridiculous literature I have to read for classes. Don't get me wrong. Not all of them are bad -- just make me ask WHY whenever I see that it won some sort of prize or award. Not to mention the formatting and grammatical errors that just make me want to chuck the book or rip it ot shreds .... you have to get me awfully upset/fustrated to make me want to do that to a book folks, which is usually triggered by said author killing off one of my favourite characters. //SOBS

And speaking of killing of characters ... I do it too, so it's a mixed feeling. I don't want to, but the story practically tells me that's the way it goes, so I usually bite back, swallow my heartbroken gasp and ... kill off said character in the most glorious way possible. I really do try ot give their deaths a big meaning in the story -- wait, that's pretty why they get themselves killed off in the first place isn't it? //BAWLS

Anyway I'm starting to drown this post into a bawling fest, which is just depressing so switching to a lighter topic at hand -- I have a good feeling about this year for many reasons, which I'm not going to spill at the moment. I need to sort things out, see how they play out, THEN I'll report back. I don't want to get my hopes completely up only to have them terribly crushed (like last year .... ).

So hopefully, while keeping fingers crossed, things will turn out great maybe even EPIC AWESOME this year.

I mean, it IS the Year of the Almighty Dragon. ROAR.


Always,
Magpie~

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Its Official ...

After going on a sacavadger hunt for essays and surviving Fall 2011 Exam HELL 101 ... it's official, I'm FREE for the holidays! Just in time too, my brain was really starting to hurt from the massive study overload. No more late nights with me going to bed around 1AM, 2AM, 3AM, etc etc.  'Cause its just ridiculous and quite frankly I rather be writing/working on my book projects.

There are several MAIN projects I have either on paper, in a notebook, on my laptop or in my head at the moment.

01. The Last Masterpiece
           My first Comtemporary piece stand alone novel that I've been working on since April/May Post-Graduation 2010, has more than half written/typed up

02. The AfterGlow Pentalogy
           My Major Series that I've been working on since before Thanksgiving 2010, has various parts planned and written up

03. The Cybernetics Duology
          My first Sci-fi/Thriller/Romance that I just cooked up a day ago, has ideas floating around and forming somewhat

And these are only a FEW of the books & story ideas floating around in my head.  You readers are probably thinking: Good lord woman where do you fit all these things?! .... personally I dunno, I just do. [laughs]

Now I have to grab some books for next semester and return a Christmas present .... yippy.

Always,
Magpie~

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Spreading Some Christmas Cheer Your Way

 

It's things like this that makes me proud to be not only be Canadian but to be born in Manitoba. [laughs]

And another thing when its one of my favourite christmas songs - completely remastered and possibly the best version I've heard yet.

And he has the guts to do this in SHORTS too. [laughs]

For those who don't know, winters in Manitoba are incredibly HARSH so that's why my hat off to you dude.

Much love to you Sean Quigley!

Keep on drumming!

Magpie~

PS.

I've finally read Cassandra Clare's The Infernal Devices Book Two: Clockwork Prince .... I just adore her writing style and her characters, but OH HOW MY HEART HURTS ....  twisted and torn in two radically different ways .... I just hope the last book will patch some pieces of my heart back up or merely smash it mercilessly .... either way I'm probably going to blubber like crazy again ...

I still can't decide between Will and Jem. //SOBS

..... perhaps I'll start reviewing these books to pass the time?

December Worries

Already the entire month of November has vanished, like the newly fallen snow - melted within a forenight last week. Where has the time gone? And I've been terrible with my writing projects and this blog.  I've seemingly abandoned the university tell-tales since my blackberry crashed and I lost everything I wrote ... how unfortunate.  it makes me sad but perhaps ... I'll continue it someday.

Still Christmas is in a few weeks.  I'm somewhat looking forward to the holidays ... not that I dislike Christmas, more like what blocks my path still -- two more essays and five exams. [groans]

But I digress.

Moving onto a happier topic.  I've been hard at work with planning and plotting stages of my stories and I say they've matured considerably.  I've also gotten addicted to reading Manga again, my current obession seems to be Medaka Box by Nishio Ishin & Akatsuki Akira.  Its a highly inventive story about the student council prseident and the gang trying to do good for the students and the school.  Then it evolves into a darker atmosphere from the overly comical side -- it still keeps it luckily.  I've seen mangas start out funny but then just drops to dead serious with no chance of comical moments.  I'm usually picky when it comes to series but I've seen a lot of AMAZING ones and pity they have to stand against the more widely popular series like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece and such.

Yet I remain hopeful.

Thank you for reading as always,
Magpie~


PS.
I'll try updating more ... sorry !!