Hey Lovelies!
If you do not know the author Shawn Kirsten Maravel, you really should check out her books! I read Volition by her, (eagerly waiting to buy the 2nd book in the series!) the book was my first book of that genre, and I loved it! Well she did an interview of me on her blog! Check out the interview and her blog while you are there!
~Ottilie
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Sample Sunday!
Hey Lovelies!
I have decided on sundays I will be posting samples of my stories in varies stages on here! Sundays are usually for catching up on homework, reading/writing, and sunday night dinners before another long week! So why not ease into the week a little easier! I really hope that you all will enjoy this, and that this will keep me posting more frequently! I hope readers enjoy the little tid bits I post. For the first one I'll probably post links to other samples of mine, might do that periodically! I really hope you find this first sample to be a real tease! ;)
~Ottilie
Published Samples:
End of the Line (edition 1)
Family Ties
Work in Process:
Project US
Now for Today's featured sample!
A Pirate's Life for Me
Chapter One ~ Jocelyn
I headed towards the Quarter deck where the steering wheel is. I let my long fingers drift over the ledge of the ship. The wood felt so smooth under my finger tips. Oh I just wished that I could just sail out and leave my problems behind. I took a quick look to make sure that no one was watching me then picked up my skirt of my dress and ran the rest of the way. I bit my lip trying to stop my steps from making too much noise against the planks of wood almost wishing that I was barefooted to help silence. My fingers shook a little as I went to go touch the wheel. With quivering hands I put my hands on it real fast. My heart seemed like it would stop from beating too fast, even though the anchor was in the water I felt like I was already on my way towards sailing towards the horizon to lands that only stories could describe and hopefully they weren’t as good as the real thing. To see if mermaids are real or even to touch land from other areas other then where I was born.
“Ye look like a natural up thar,” a soft deeper voice spoke.
I jumped back and took my hands off with them in surrender position. My eyes went wide as a guy around my age chuckled at me close by. His thick raven black hair was just below his ears glistened as the sun shined brightly. He had these piercing green eyes that were smiling at me or were they smirking? Then his clothes were just horrible, like he was a pirate or a slave, something along those lines, or even possibly in the same situation as I was in. They were tattered and had some dirt grounded into the fabric.
“Sorry I hadn’t meant to scare ye,” he spoke while finishing getting onto the ship and taking an unhurried step towards me.
“You hadn’t scared me,” I tried lying hoping he didn’t see the fear that must be showing from my eyes.
He had taking another leisurely step closer to me, and another till he was finally standing next to me as I tried to keep my heart from leaping out of my chest yet my feet never moved. I wasn’t moving away from him. Why wasn’t I moving away? Even though I wasn’t trained to be a lady I knew that when a strange man came up to me I was not be alone with him!
“I hadn’t?” the guy raised an eyebrow to his smirk. “Then why did ye jump?”
“You just surprised me that is all,” I snapped straightening my shoulders.
He smiled and pushed his hair back from the wind blowing it. That was when I saw the earring. Defiantly a pirate! That could not be a slave trait! I jumped up and squealed with joy as my eyes grew real wide. My hands flew to my face, hiding my beaming face at this discovery. He just got a real confused look on his face, raising a dark eyebrow, his grin disappeared.
“You’re a pirate!” I shrieked.
I was so excited I said it too loudly and he covered my mouth with a calloused hand. He looked around agitatedly then back at me. His eyes started to narrow at mine.
“Why would ye say that?”
“Your clothes, the earring, and the fact that I can see an outline of a tattoo through the back of your shirt say it all!” I could hear the excitement with every word that was spoken quickly I was losing restraint that was stopping me from jumping up and down.
I couldn’t believe I was meeting a real pirate! I was getting over excited! There were so many questions I wanted to ask. I wanted to know everything! I have always wanted this moment and I couldn’t think of where to begin. My mind was a swirl of blanks though unable to process a single query.
“Ye will not rat me out?” he asked with still narrowed eyes as they locked onto mine.
“No! Tell me what it’s like to be free!”
He looked at me weirdly, he raised an eyebrow again.
“Ye be not like any girl I ‘ave e’er met,” he spoke slowly.
I looked at the deck floor nervously as I shuffled my feet a little. I really was not like a normal girl, if I had any girl in me at all. Then he glided my chin so I could meet his gaze. They were softer this time.
“That be not a bad thin’,” his voice gentle as his thumb rubbed my cheek. “The name be Sly.”
“Jocelyn.”
A woman in the market always get flustered from joy when she just mentions seeing the royal family before she went to travel. I felt just as restless and enthused about the guy before me.
“Ye really be not afraid of bein’ near a pirate?” he asked again in hushed tones and I don’t know why he had to ask again.
Couldn’t he see the bliss just seeping out of me?!
I leaned against the ledge of the ship then he followed my lead. I gave a small smile someone was actually talking to me like a normal person. I wasn’t getting made fun of or harassed. He genially seemed like he wanted to talk to me, curious about me in fact. I was still nervous though being the fact that I just met him. He was very at ease about this situation. I don’t think I’ve ever really been alone with a male like this.
“No actually they fascinate me! I have always dreamed of becoming a pirate! Yet two things stop me from becoming one,” I spoke just being honest with him, the words were just effortlessness with him.
“What be they?” He asked liked he cared.
“My Papa is the first and I have been worrying about him more these days. The second is most important and that is that I am not a male if you haven’t noticed.”
“I very much noticed,” he chortles.
I laughed a little anxious then he bend over to my ear. I could feel his lips touch my ear as he spoke. Shivers shot through my spine.
“Do ye want to hear what it be like?” he asked, his voice on the husky side.
“Everything, everything you could possible tell me!”
He laughed from deep within his chest and stood up fully to walk a little more in the back of the ship leaving me to follow. I didn’t take much time as I jumped to shadow him.
“Ye would seriously rather listen to me talk, then anythin’ else?”
He raised an eyebrow. I pretended to ignore to what he was hinting at. I was not going to let him ruin my chance of asking him questions.
“Yes! It would mean the world to me!” I beamed.
He sat down on the deck floor so I copied and again he looked at me oddly for my boldness. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of his green eyes that were unlike any eyes I have ever seen, such a daring shade of green. There was just the familiarity and comfort around him even though I had just met him.
“So Jocelyn why ye be so different from e’ery girl I ‘ave e’er been with?” there was a playful tone in his voice.
I blushed. This was one of the main problems I had with pirates, the way they were with
woman. To try to charm their way into the bed room to spoil any reputation just for a moment of mischievousness.
“I never had a Mother to raise me, just my Papa. He jokes around that I should have been born a son. That he had always wanted a daughter and never got one. He taught me the sword and ships. I just feel like I am being imprisoned by staying here on this pile of dirt!”
He sighed. I can’t believe I just told him that! I just met him! No one else knows about any of these fantasies.
“That’s why I love the sea. I am free.”
“I’m so jealous,” I let go a deep breath of air.
“Ladies such as yerself should want to be married an’ havin’ children not be tryin’ to gallivant the waters.”
“That has never been a dream of mine. I just never really pictured any of those things.”
He smiled big.
“Come with me fer a walk.”
I couldn’t say no to those eyes. I got up and we walked off the ship then we slipped off hoping not to get noticed. I could not be seen leaving work. He took my hand as we ran off towards the beach away from the docks. I picked my skirt to around mid leg to help a little. I giggled the whole way there finally feeling free and he smiled at me. I didn’t care about the girly sounds escaping me around him. I don’t know if it was from the sneaking off, or the sea air, but for a brief moment in my life I felt away from everything in my life. My hair came out of its bun and flew just as liberated as me. We finally stopped with us trying to catch our breaths. I bent over to take off my shoes which were already practically dead. Walking in sand with shoes on was not fun or an easy task.
He interlaced our fingers then pulled me over so I was enclosed in his arms. He let a hand drift to my cheek and pushed the now wind blown hair behind my ears. This was all going too fast, but he was a pirate after all. He started to bend down a little while inclining my neck a little, his lips started to head for mine then there was that annoying voice. His forehead was against mine as he paused, his jaw clenched.
To be continued....
I have decided on sundays I will be posting samples of my stories in varies stages on here! Sundays are usually for catching up on homework, reading/writing, and sunday night dinners before another long week! So why not ease into the week a little easier! I really hope that you all will enjoy this, and that this will keep me posting more frequently! I hope readers enjoy the little tid bits I post. For the first one I'll probably post links to other samples of mine, might do that periodically! I really hope you find this first sample to be a real tease! ;)
~Ottilie
Published Samples:
End of the Line (edition 1)
Family Ties
Work in Process:
Project US
Now for Today's featured sample!
A Pirate's Life for Me
Chapter One ~ Jocelyn
I headed towards the Quarter deck where the steering wheel is. I let my long fingers drift over the ledge of the ship. The wood felt so smooth under my finger tips. Oh I just wished that I could just sail out and leave my problems behind. I took a quick look to make sure that no one was watching me then picked up my skirt of my dress and ran the rest of the way. I bit my lip trying to stop my steps from making too much noise against the planks of wood almost wishing that I was barefooted to help silence. My fingers shook a little as I went to go touch the wheel. With quivering hands I put my hands on it real fast. My heart seemed like it would stop from beating too fast, even though the anchor was in the water I felt like I was already on my way towards sailing towards the horizon to lands that only stories could describe and hopefully they weren’t as good as the real thing. To see if mermaids are real or even to touch land from other areas other then where I was born.
“Ye look like a natural up thar,” a soft deeper voice spoke.
I jumped back and took my hands off with them in surrender position. My eyes went wide as a guy around my age chuckled at me close by. His thick raven black hair was just below his ears glistened as the sun shined brightly. He had these piercing green eyes that were smiling at me or were they smirking? Then his clothes were just horrible, like he was a pirate or a slave, something along those lines, or even possibly in the same situation as I was in. They were tattered and had some dirt grounded into the fabric.
“Sorry I hadn’t meant to scare ye,” he spoke while finishing getting onto the ship and taking an unhurried step towards me.
“You hadn’t scared me,” I tried lying hoping he didn’t see the fear that must be showing from my eyes.
He had taking another leisurely step closer to me, and another till he was finally standing next to me as I tried to keep my heart from leaping out of my chest yet my feet never moved. I wasn’t moving away from him. Why wasn’t I moving away? Even though I wasn’t trained to be a lady I knew that when a strange man came up to me I was not be alone with him!
“I hadn’t?” the guy raised an eyebrow to his smirk. “Then why did ye jump?”
“You just surprised me that is all,” I snapped straightening my shoulders.
He smiled and pushed his hair back from the wind blowing it. That was when I saw the earring. Defiantly a pirate! That could not be a slave trait! I jumped up and squealed with joy as my eyes grew real wide. My hands flew to my face, hiding my beaming face at this discovery. He just got a real confused look on his face, raising a dark eyebrow, his grin disappeared.
“You’re a pirate!” I shrieked.
I was so excited I said it too loudly and he covered my mouth with a calloused hand. He looked around agitatedly then back at me. His eyes started to narrow at mine.
“Why would ye say that?”
“Your clothes, the earring, and the fact that I can see an outline of a tattoo through the back of your shirt say it all!” I could hear the excitement with every word that was spoken quickly I was losing restraint that was stopping me from jumping up and down.
I couldn’t believe I was meeting a real pirate! I was getting over excited! There were so many questions I wanted to ask. I wanted to know everything! I have always wanted this moment and I couldn’t think of where to begin. My mind was a swirl of blanks though unable to process a single query.
“Ye will not rat me out?” he asked with still narrowed eyes as they locked onto mine.
“No! Tell me what it’s like to be free!”
He looked at me weirdly, he raised an eyebrow again.
“Ye be not like any girl I ‘ave e’er met,” he spoke slowly.
I looked at the deck floor nervously as I shuffled my feet a little. I really was not like a normal girl, if I had any girl in me at all. Then he glided my chin so I could meet his gaze. They were softer this time.
“That be not a bad thin’,” his voice gentle as his thumb rubbed my cheek. “The name be Sly.”
“Jocelyn.”
A woman in the market always get flustered from joy when she just mentions seeing the royal family before she went to travel. I felt just as restless and enthused about the guy before me.
“Ye really be not afraid of bein’ near a pirate?” he asked again in hushed tones and I don’t know why he had to ask again.
Couldn’t he see the bliss just seeping out of me?!
I leaned against the ledge of the ship then he followed my lead. I gave a small smile someone was actually talking to me like a normal person. I wasn’t getting made fun of or harassed. He genially seemed like he wanted to talk to me, curious about me in fact. I was still nervous though being the fact that I just met him. He was very at ease about this situation. I don’t think I’ve ever really been alone with a male like this.
“No actually they fascinate me! I have always dreamed of becoming a pirate! Yet two things stop me from becoming one,” I spoke just being honest with him, the words were just effortlessness with him.
“What be they?” He asked liked he cared.
“My Papa is the first and I have been worrying about him more these days. The second is most important and that is that I am not a male if you haven’t noticed.”
“I very much noticed,” he chortles.
I laughed a little anxious then he bend over to my ear. I could feel his lips touch my ear as he spoke. Shivers shot through my spine.
“Do ye want to hear what it be like?” he asked, his voice on the husky side.
“Everything, everything you could possible tell me!”
He laughed from deep within his chest and stood up fully to walk a little more in the back of the ship leaving me to follow. I didn’t take much time as I jumped to shadow him.
“Ye would seriously rather listen to me talk, then anythin’ else?”
He raised an eyebrow. I pretended to ignore to what he was hinting at. I was not going to let him ruin my chance of asking him questions.
“Yes! It would mean the world to me!” I beamed.
He sat down on the deck floor so I copied and again he looked at me oddly for my boldness. I couldn’t keep my eyes off of his green eyes that were unlike any eyes I have ever seen, such a daring shade of green. There was just the familiarity and comfort around him even though I had just met him.
“So Jocelyn why ye be so different from e’ery girl I ‘ave e’er been with?” there was a playful tone in his voice.
I blushed. This was one of the main problems I had with pirates, the way they were with
woman. To try to charm their way into the bed room to spoil any reputation just for a moment of mischievousness.
“I never had a Mother to raise me, just my Papa. He jokes around that I should have been born a son. That he had always wanted a daughter and never got one. He taught me the sword and ships. I just feel like I am being imprisoned by staying here on this pile of dirt!”
He sighed. I can’t believe I just told him that! I just met him! No one else knows about any of these fantasies.
“That’s why I love the sea. I am free.”
“I’m so jealous,” I let go a deep breath of air.
“Ladies such as yerself should want to be married an’ havin’ children not be tryin’ to gallivant the waters.”
“That has never been a dream of mine. I just never really pictured any of those things.”
He smiled big.
“Come with me fer a walk.”
I couldn’t say no to those eyes. I got up and we walked off the ship then we slipped off hoping not to get noticed. I could not be seen leaving work. He took my hand as we ran off towards the beach away from the docks. I picked my skirt to around mid leg to help a little. I giggled the whole way there finally feeling free and he smiled at me. I didn’t care about the girly sounds escaping me around him. I don’t know if it was from the sneaking off, or the sea air, but for a brief moment in my life I felt away from everything in my life. My hair came out of its bun and flew just as liberated as me. We finally stopped with us trying to catch our breaths. I bent over to take off my shoes which were already practically dead. Walking in sand with shoes on was not fun or an easy task.
He interlaced our fingers then pulled me over so I was enclosed in his arms. He let a hand drift to my cheek and pushed the now wind blown hair behind my ears. This was all going too fast, but he was a pirate after all. He started to bend down a little while inclining my neck a little, his lips started to head for mine then there was that annoying voice. His forehead was against mine as he paused, his jaw clenched.
To be continued....
Monday, July 18, 2011
Sneak Peak!
Hey Lovelies,
I know I deserve to get things thrown at me for how little I actually write on here. I especially deserve to get some shoes thrown at me for not really getting much writing done that past week, but I have gotten a fair amount of reading done. I will be fixing that! I will be going into mega drive for writing. HOWEVER I feel terrible for being absent so I will be posting a little sneak peak at a story that I keep talking about and am currently rewriting, Project US. I really enjoyed writing it my freshman year in high school, but then went back to write a prologue for the story so that the readers weren't just placed into the story. That and I missed writing about Rachel and Nick. I am probably not going to use this sample, but a little curious to what others might think, hope its a little tease ;) Things will change a little, and this is one of many more normal realistic fiction writing I have. Since I've been gone I hope you enjoy this!
Project US
Prologue
It was a normal day of High School for two freshman students at Adams High School in a small town in New Jersey. As Rachel walked into her homeroom that she shared with a few of her friends, she noticed she was the only one in there because she was early. She looked around the room nervously not liking the quietness in the classroom. It was nerve ending to her, so eerie. She took her seat and picked up her current book to read while she waits. She could hear the students arriving in the halls being loud as they tried to make the best out of the fact that they were in school now, early in the morning unlike the hours that they woke up during the summer. She could hear the distinct voices of the ones she didn’t want to see and their whole crew walking towards the room. She slid down her chair as they entered the room hoping they wouldn’t see her behind her pile of books. That she could just hide from the world just a little bit longer.
I know I deserve to get things thrown at me for how little I actually write on here. I especially deserve to get some shoes thrown at me for not really getting much writing done that past week, but I have gotten a fair amount of reading done. I will be fixing that! I will be going into mega drive for writing. HOWEVER I feel terrible for being absent so I will be posting a little sneak peak at a story that I keep talking about and am currently rewriting, Project US. I really enjoyed writing it my freshman year in high school, but then went back to write a prologue for the story so that the readers weren't just placed into the story. That and I missed writing about Rachel and Nick. I am probably not going to use this sample, but a little curious to what others might think, hope its a little tease ;) Things will change a little, and this is one of many more normal realistic fiction writing I have. Since I've been gone I hope you enjoy this!
Project US
Prologue
It was a normal day of High School for two freshman students at Adams High School in a small town in New Jersey. As Rachel walked into her homeroom that she shared with a few of her friends, she noticed she was the only one in there because she was early. She looked around the room nervously not liking the quietness in the classroom. It was nerve ending to her, so eerie. She took her seat and picked up her current book to read while she waits. She could hear the students arriving in the halls being loud as they tried to make the best out of the fact that they were in school now, early in the morning unlike the hours that they woke up during the summer. She could hear the distinct voices of the ones she didn’t want to see and their whole crew walking towards the room. She slid down her chair as they entered the room hoping they wouldn’t see her behind her pile of books. That she could just hide from the world just a little bit longer.
“Nick can you believe that stupid teacher!” Mark yelled as his face scrunched from hatred for their History teacher as he noticed Rachel out of the corner of his eye. “Cat, give me your homework!”
Why can’t you ever leave me alone?!
She couldn’t say this to them as much as she wanted too, but shook her head ‘no’ instead. She was more out going in her head than in her actual actions. She wished Mark and Dill would just leave her alone, that’s all she wanted…
“Mark, just leave the girl alone already,” a calm male voice spoke, even toned not favoring either side.
Nick looked down at Rachel, as she was curled up slouching in the chair, locking eyes with her. How much Rachel appreciated those peaceful blue eyes instead of his friends’ cruel ones. She couldn’t believe that this was the same guy the other students say goes to wild parties. That she heard about people in her classes talking about doing some untamed stunts or barely escaping the police at some parties. That this was the guy who dated the type of girls that Rachel and her friends hated in addition to going through them like tissues. There were also rumors that Nick drank at parties, and Bridget suspects that he also smokes. Which neither her friends nor Rachel would have ever dream of doing in their lives.
Why did the kids in our grade use Rachel like this? Make fun of her or just use her just to get a good grade? She was the quiet little girl that I talked to in homeroom or a few other classes when I had no one else to talk to or needed a good grade. So I’m not much better then the other guys. At least I wasn’t calling her bad things or talked bad about her behind her back! I still acted like she was a human being.
Nick thought as he watched his friend tower over Rachel as she sat there timidly. Not moving a single muscle. To the point where he wondered if she was even still breathing.
“Fine then I’ll go ask that kid Deidra pays to do her homework to do my homework!” Mark muttered.
Mark left with the others so that Rachel and Nick were alone in the room.
“I’m sorry about Mark, Rachel,” Nick spoke in a hush tone, Rachel looked back up at Nick.
“It’s alright I’m used to it by now,” Rachel said in a tone that was barely over a whisper.
So she wasn’t totally used to it, she was lying. It wasn’t like it would affect either of them. What harm could it do?
“So how is everything?” Nick spoke, each word stiff.
“Alright I guess, Nick.”
This was awkward they both thought. Nick was about to start a great laughing conversation with Rachel, but then Wendy, Holly, and Bridget (a few of Rachel’s friends) came in the room, breaking all that was silent and dragged her out of the room. As Rachel was dragged out of the room she flashed Nick a friendly smile that he returned. Everything was alright.
“That girl has answered every question so far! She is making us all look bad! Why the hell does she know all this stuff?! I mean come on Ms. Applegate is the hardest History teacher in this school and she still knows this crap!”
Rachel hearing this slid down in her chair putting her hand near her face, chewing her thumb nail. She was used to having to hide in class or just in life. She has heard this a lot of times, but she wasn’t the smartest person in the room. She was learning slowly to get used to getting criticized about everything by her peers, but not really well. No matter how much a person wanted to ignore words, the words still stuck, even rubber can be sticky.
“Nick, you have talked to the nerdy girl before, do you know how she does it?”
Rachel could feel her face start to heat up as she started to blush and played with the ends of her hair. She hated being called the ‘nerdy smart one’. Yes she got good grades, but she wouldn’t say she was that smart. Her peers had just labeled her as the intelligent geeky one. She was also labeled the band geek and book worm. Her friends like to laugh at being nerdy, but she didn’t think that they were that so called nerdy ones. Rachel thought her friends had their own unique fun, but normal.
“Dill she is right there,” Nick spoke dryly.
Nick got a glimpse of Rachel’s left eye when he said that. Nick liked his friends, but hated how they treated people who weren’t in their so called circle. Yet the same time he was just like them a lot of the time. He couldn’t help it. He loved the wild parties, just hanging around with his friends, and the many other things they did without their parents knowing about. Nick hasn’t been caught once by either his parents or the copes, but Mark has. Mark’s uncle stopped caring after awhile. His Uncle was just happy Mark was still in school and not in prison.
“Boys stop talking! Are you guys even taking down the notes?!”
“Yes,” the two boys answered.
Nick rolled his eyes. Nick hated the fact that the teachers in the school treated him like an idiot, that he was receiving the grades that his friends were earning. He was almost a straight A student, while his friends were goofing off in class with their grades reflecting that. Most of his friends were on the boarder line of failing. With their almost straight D’s it really showed. He couldn’t wait till he could just get out of this town, to be different. He wanted to go somewhere very exciting or at least have something more exciting then this small town.
Rachel ran out of the room as soon as the bell rang. The rest of the day she wouldn’t have to worry about Mark, Dill, Amanda, and Deidra. Amanda was Nick’s current girlfriend from what Rachel had heard nether kept a boyfriend or girlfriend long. Both so far have had more then she will in her whole life. She didn’t care too much for the whole dating world in High School. Where could that dating take you anyway? What were the odds of finding your true soul mate in high school?
That night it was Friday and not just a Friday, but the first Friday where Rachel didn’t have to go to a football game for marching band. So she curled up on her couch at home with her book that she was reading in homeroom and was almost done with it. Her parents where still at work while her sister was at a friend’s house so she would be home alone for at least four hours, a place of peace. After reading for an hour her friend Holly called her.
That night it was Friday and not just a Friday, but the first Friday where Rachel didn’t have to go to a football game for marching band. So she curled up on her couch at home with her book that she was reading in homeroom and was almost done with it. Her parents where still at work while her sister was at a friend’s house so she would be home alone for at least four hours, a place of peace. After reading for an hour her friend Holly called her.
Her friend Holly had conference calling so she called Wendy who also had conference calling so Wendy called Bridget. The four of them loved calling with the four of them on the phone. The four of them couldn’t hear each other half the time because there would be more then one conversation going on at one time. Voices had to reach over each other, yet magically still able to hear parts of what was going on. They always had the weirdest conversations together. Rachel lay on her bed twisting her old fashioned telephone cord as she laughed with her friends about the ‘you took a shower yesterday’ joke. A joke only the four of them would ever understand.
Meanwhile on the other side of town Nick was at some person’s house. Whose house is it this week? Nick was always forgetting whose house he was at. He felt they all began to look the same after awhile. He had a plastic cup of beer in his hand as the music shook the house walls it was a wonder that their ears still worked at all. Amanda came over to him and put her arms around his neck and gave him a deep lustful kiss that he willingly returned. Amanda dragged him to dance closely to everyone as they had more people then the fire department allows them to have. Nick wasn’t into dancing, but he had a girl’s body pressed against his, he wasn’t going to complain. The music was so roaring that everyone just barely heard the police sirens.
Meanwhile on the other side of town Nick was at some person’s house. Whose house is it this week? Nick was always forgetting whose house he was at. He felt they all began to look the same after awhile. He had a plastic cup of beer in his hand as the music shook the house walls it was a wonder that their ears still worked at all. Amanda came over to him and put her arms around his neck and gave him a deep lustful kiss that he willingly returned. Amanda dragged him to dance closely to everyone as they had more people then the fire department allows them to have. Nick wasn’t into dancing, but he had a girl’s body pressed against his, he wasn’t going to complain. The music was so roaring that everyone just barely heard the police sirens.
Everyone ran as fast as they could to their homes or at least to somewhere else where they could continue the party. The party continued in an old abandoned parking lot by an abandoned diner that was around during the fifties, but now was out of business.
Nick snuck into his house by his window at four in the morning after the party hearing nothing moving in his house. Nick had gotten away with it yet again from another great party.
This was one of the weirdest of almost friendships. Out of all the students in the whole school you wouldn’t except to be seeing these two together. Two students that were labeled and were put into categories because it was their peers used their human nature to put things into categories. Before anyone actually got to know them they put them into categories based on how they thought of them. Yet as people later when talking about these two would quote science with “Opposites attract”. Both didn’t believe in it, but everyone is wrong every once in awhile, right? Could this be one of these times?
Nick snuck into his house by his window at four in the morning after the party hearing nothing moving in his house. Nick had gotten away with it yet again from another great party.
This was one of the weirdest of almost friendships. Out of all the students in the whole school you wouldn’t except to be seeing these two together. Two students that were labeled and were put into categories because it was their peers used their human nature to put things into categories. Before anyone actually got to know them they put them into categories based on how they thought of them. Yet as people later when talking about these two would quote science with “Opposites attract”. Both didn’t believe in it, but everyone is wrong every once in awhile, right? Could this be one of these times?
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Book Signing!
Hey Lovelies!!
Well today was the book signing in Manasquan! I am one of those people when they don't know what is going on, and being in a new situation gets really nervous. There is the very easy going sarcastic side, then there is the jittery on edge side, very annoying, but hey we are who we are! So yeah I was a little on edge, not really sure what to expect. Well I walked in, introduced myself to the two sweet women who own Booktowne. I've seen them before, but I introduced myself to them and things were off! Sorry I'm a little distracted, my kitty is being well behaved and sweet, he's usually well...if you have a cat you understand (he's between 15-20lbs, he's a ragdoll).
I still have the sign in my room (it's below!). My family (aunts, my 9 year old cousin, grammy and grandpa, my parents, and my sister) came by! They were pretty excited, both my Aunts were excited to read, my one was pretty excited to start reading it. She's going on vacation for a week with my 3 cousins (9, 4, and 2). My 9 year old cousin Alice might read it after her. Wasn't my inital targeted audience, but she's like me loves to read, and devours books. It was funny she started her summer reading (Diary of a Whimpy Kid) while she was waiting right before she left. My Aunt really loved End of the Line she that is one of the reasons she could not wait to start reading Family Ties. A few other of my friends, and people in my neighborhood came out to see me in addition to getting a copy!
One of my favorite parts about the book signing, probably more then I sold out of copies of books, was this little girl with her grandmother who came by. They were locals too, I didn't know them, but we were talking. The little girl wants to become an author herself one day, she wants to do her own pictures too. I told her she was lucky, because I could not draw for the life of me! We talked a little, the little girl was a little shy, so the grandmother did a little more of the talking. She bought a copy and I signed it, I really hope she likes it. For all I know I just signed a future author her book! I love touching stories like that, I really was excited to talk about writing a little with her! I'm still smiling about that!
Thank you for all of those who came, were there in spirit, and those who gave kind words! Hope to do another some time! :) Now, here are some pictures, I'm usually not one who jumps for pictures, but enjoy!
~Ottilie
My mom is the one with the purse, and my Grammy is next to her. There is Mel and Alex, Alex read that chapter of Pirates for me in the fall, with Ryan. The two of them are a very amusing couple.
Well today was the book signing in Manasquan! I am one of those people when they don't know what is going on, and being in a new situation gets really nervous. There is the very easy going sarcastic side, then there is the jittery on edge side, very annoying, but hey we are who we are! So yeah I was a little on edge, not really sure what to expect. Well I walked in, introduced myself to the two sweet women who own Booktowne. I've seen them before, but I introduced myself to them and things were off! Sorry I'm a little distracted, my kitty is being well behaved and sweet, he's usually well...if you have a cat you understand (he's between 15-20lbs, he's a ragdoll).
I still have the sign in my room (it's below!). My family (aunts, my 9 year old cousin, grammy and grandpa, my parents, and my sister) came by! They were pretty excited, both my Aunts were excited to read, my one was pretty excited to start reading it. She's going on vacation for a week with my 3 cousins (9, 4, and 2). My 9 year old cousin Alice might read it after her. Wasn't my inital targeted audience, but she's like me loves to read, and devours books. It was funny she started her summer reading (Diary of a Whimpy Kid) while she was waiting right before she left. My Aunt really loved End of the Line she that is one of the reasons she could not wait to start reading Family Ties. A few other of my friends, and people in my neighborhood came out to see me in addition to getting a copy!
One of my favorite parts about the book signing, probably more then I sold out of copies of books, was this little girl with her grandmother who came by. They were locals too, I didn't know them, but we were talking. The little girl wants to become an author herself one day, she wants to do her own pictures too. I told her she was lucky, because I could not draw for the life of me! We talked a little, the little girl was a little shy, so the grandmother did a little more of the talking. She bought a copy and I signed it, I really hope she likes it. For all I know I just signed a future author her book! I love touching stories like that, I really was excited to talk about writing a little with her! I'm still smiling about that!
Thank you for all of those who came, were there in spirit, and those who gave kind words! Hope to do another some time! :) Now, here are some pictures, I'm usually not one who jumps for pictures, but enjoy!
~Ottilie
My Sign!
This is me, and my friend Mel! I've known her since 5th grade and she stayed with me the whole 2 hours with me I seriously appericated it! I was never known to be a hugger, or a dress wear-er the irony of this picture. She turned me into a semi huge-er, and the dress was cute :)
My mom is the one with the purse, and my Grammy is next to her. There is Mel and Alex, Alex read that chapter of Pirates for me in the fall, with Ryan. The two of them are a very amusing couple. My sister is the one in the bathing suit as some people walk by checking out the book, and the cookie and brownies Mel brought :)
The picture below has my friend Kaitlin that I've known since early elemetry school in it plus a couple more customers :)
Friday, July 1, 2011
Book Signing is Tomorrow!
Hey Lovelies,
I know it's been awhile since I last posted, I am sorry, I keep doing this! Well if you haven't already noticed, on the side the ticking clock, but tomorrow is my first book signing. Gah! I keep almost typing singing instead of signing for weeks now! Okay so tomorrow I'm doing my very first ever book signing! This is for Family Ties, so I'm growing excited and anxious! I've only attended one book singing myself, and not really sure what to really expect. A few of my friends from home will be there, in addition to some family! So if you do show up in Manasquan New Jersey, pop in, I'll be the 5'2'' blonde at Booktowne between 12-2! Yes I know I'm not really tall, but if you show up you'll notice some of my friends are the same height. Okay again I'm side-tracking!!
I'm sure my family will take some pictures, my family is one of those. I'll post the pictures up here as soon as I have them! Practcing my signature a little since my handwriting is not known for its neatness...I'm making sure i have pens, a few just incase. Then I'm being a total girl wondering what I'll wear. So time to take deep breaths and continue to get excited for tomorrow!
~Ottilie
I know it's been awhile since I last posted, I am sorry, I keep doing this! Well if you haven't already noticed, on the side the ticking clock, but tomorrow is my first book signing. Gah! I keep almost typing singing instead of signing for weeks now! Okay so tomorrow I'm doing my very first ever book signing! This is for Family Ties, so I'm growing excited and anxious! I've only attended one book singing myself, and not really sure what to really expect. A few of my friends from home will be there, in addition to some family! So if you do show up in Manasquan New Jersey, pop in, I'll be the 5'2'' blonde at Booktowne between 12-2! Yes I know I'm not really tall, but if you show up you'll notice some of my friends are the same height. Okay again I'm side-tracking!!
I'm sure my family will take some pictures, my family is one of those. I'll post the pictures up here as soon as I have them! Practcing my signature a little since my handwriting is not known for its neatness...I'm making sure i have pens, a few just incase. Then I'm being a total girl wondering what I'll wear. So time to take deep breaths and continue to get excited for tomorrow!
~Ottilie
Monday, June 13, 2011
Behind the Scenes..of Family Ties!
Hey Lovelies,
I'm going to try something new, Behind the Scenes segments! I'll talk about the story and reasons for things, or what was going on when I wrote it. I'll try to keep spoilers out, and don't be afraid to ask addition questions!
"Do you even remember much? You wrote Family Ties when you were sixteen," Abby bursts into the room, plops down onto my bed with an eyebrow raised.
I'm sitting on my floor and look up at her.
"I'm trying..."
"This should be fun," Abby snorted.
Okay as I was typing before rudely intrupted **tries to restrain myself from glarring at Abby** the little tid bits of Family Ties will be shared. As Abby pointed out I first wrote Family Ties when I was about sixteen years old (5 years ago yikes! How did that happen??). When I went back last summer a few things were changed.
The idea first came up from my overactive imagination when I was home alone one day. I first pictured a person in a prison, oddly that was the first thought and the story grew from there, and that she really didn't know the truth about her past.
Historical Addition:
When I first wrote the time difference with Emma's time frame I was not fully sure when I wanted her era to be, because I wasn't sure when I would publish this story so I didn't want to date the story too much. When I went back I made her more very early 1900's, I had seen a movie in my Women's History class about Ellis Island and the ships that came on. That scene was new to the story, extending the last Emma's chapter a little!
A new character:
The character Theodore (Teddy) Brandt, Emma's friend, really was not in the first few drafts of Family Ties and wasn't added till a month or two before I sent the story to BCP. To those who read the story, could you imgaine how him not being there would throw things off?
Names:
Also Emma in the orginal had a different name, I really do not do well with sticking with names if I continue behind the scenes you'll notice a trend. Emma was first known as Ottilie, when I chose to go by a pen name I changed the name to Emma, which I think is a pretty name. Cory, I really didn't care for the name till I started to write this story, and now it's one of my favorite guy's names now. Abby's brother Josh was first named Chris, for awhile those were two names high on my like list, but I decided to change it because in a dream sequence in Project US Rachel has two children named Abby and Chris. I figured that might be a little problematic and to make things easier I might as well change some names.
"Great, we're tied into Project US?" Abby pipped up, leaning forward so that her face rested in her hands, her elbows on her knees.
"Not anymore, stop with the Marshia talk! Now where was I...?"
Scenes/Locations:
A few scenes were added when I was editing last summer. A couple of senes in the resturant was added. I really had fun adding the conversations between Cory and Abby. The resturant that Abby and Cory work in I pictured the Country Club my Grandpa has been a member of for as long as I can remember, my parents got married there, family birthdays, baby showers, you name it my family had them at Deal Country Club. So I pictured parts of Deal, a little of a neighborhood by me for their homes. Also yes there is a hill by a baseball field that they are at the end is real, I went there all the time when I was little, I just forget what town it is in! Oops!
FUN FACTS:
For those who read chapter one and thought the Gorilla and Banana thing was so unrealstic, no school really has that happen, aha! You would be very wrong...at my high school when I was there the 4 years it happened twice. Yes there were two times when a person dressed up as a Gorilla and another dressed as a banana and chased each other down the halls. The first time it happened they were running down the hall on the last day of school. I really didnt' believe my friend Jess when she told me she came out of class to that sight, so the following school year at our homecoming pep rally the chase happened again. I was sitting next to my friend in the band section when the two ran on the football field, it was pretty funny. Also my friends and I are that weird when we go bowling together, I was on the bowling team in high school, haha yes laugh at me...band and bowling!
"Isn't that cheating using real life?" Abby asked.
"I glanced up, how is that cheating? That can be funny at times! I do it on occation!"
"Cheating," Abby sang rolling her eyes.
"Whatever Abby."
Real Life:
Okay so more then just banana's there are other things I took from real life. I really don't know my dad's side of the family, but I do know my great-grandmother on my dad's side of the family came from Germany herself, just recently I found out so did my great-grandfather side. In the story the great-grandfather is Scotish. Wilhem's last name, Von-rosenberg is actually my great-grandmother's maiden name!
Well I want to add in I really enjoyed playing around with the wadrobe for this story! I use to play with those doll making sites, the cartoon ones, to mess with the different style of clothing. I had probably too much fun with that!
I hope you all enjoyed this behind the scenes, if you like it, please tell me! If you wish there was something else, please comment and tell me what it is missing! Don't be afraid to ask me questions! I really hope I didn't discourgage anymore from reading the book, maybe gained a few readers :)
~Ottilie
I'm going to try something new, Behind the Scenes segments! I'll talk about the story and reasons for things, or what was going on when I wrote it. I'll try to keep spoilers out, and don't be afraid to ask addition questions!
"Do you even remember much? You wrote Family Ties when you were sixteen," Abby bursts into the room, plops down onto my bed with an eyebrow raised.
I'm sitting on my floor and look up at her.
"I'm trying..."
"This should be fun," Abby snorted.
Okay as I was typing before rudely intrupted **tries to restrain myself from glarring at Abby** the little tid bits of Family Ties will be shared. As Abby pointed out I first wrote Family Ties when I was about sixteen years old (5 years ago yikes! How did that happen??). When I went back last summer a few things were changed.
The idea first came up from my overactive imagination when I was home alone one day. I first pictured a person in a prison, oddly that was the first thought and the story grew from there, and that she really didn't know the truth about her past.
Historical Addition:
When I first wrote the time difference with Emma's time frame I was not fully sure when I wanted her era to be, because I wasn't sure when I would publish this story so I didn't want to date the story too much. When I went back I made her more very early 1900's, I had seen a movie in my Women's History class about Ellis Island and the ships that came on. That scene was new to the story, extending the last Emma's chapter a little!
A new character:
The character Theodore (Teddy) Brandt, Emma's friend, really was not in the first few drafts of Family Ties and wasn't added till a month or two before I sent the story to BCP. To those who read the story, could you imgaine how him not being there would throw things off?
Names:
Also Emma in the orginal had a different name, I really do not do well with sticking with names if I continue behind the scenes you'll notice a trend. Emma was first known as Ottilie, when I chose to go by a pen name I changed the name to Emma, which I think is a pretty name. Cory, I really didn't care for the name till I started to write this story, and now it's one of my favorite guy's names now. Abby's brother Josh was first named Chris, for awhile those were two names high on my like list, but I decided to change it because in a dream sequence in Project US Rachel has two children named Abby and Chris. I figured that might be a little problematic and to make things easier I might as well change some names.
"Great, we're tied into Project US?" Abby pipped up, leaning forward so that her face rested in her hands, her elbows on her knees.
"Not anymore, stop with the Marshia talk! Now where was I...?"
Scenes/Locations:
A few scenes were added when I was editing last summer. A couple of senes in the resturant was added. I really had fun adding the conversations between Cory and Abby. The resturant that Abby and Cory work in I pictured the Country Club my Grandpa has been a member of for as long as I can remember, my parents got married there, family birthdays, baby showers, you name it my family had them at Deal Country Club. So I pictured parts of Deal, a little of a neighborhood by me for their homes. Also yes there is a hill by a baseball field that they are at the end is real, I went there all the time when I was little, I just forget what town it is in! Oops!
FUN FACTS:
For those who read chapter one and thought the Gorilla and Banana thing was so unrealstic, no school really has that happen, aha! You would be very wrong...at my high school when I was there the 4 years it happened twice. Yes there were two times when a person dressed up as a Gorilla and another dressed as a banana and chased each other down the halls. The first time it happened they were running down the hall on the last day of school. I really didnt' believe my friend Jess when she told me she came out of class to that sight, so the following school year at our homecoming pep rally the chase happened again. I was sitting next to my friend in the band section when the two ran on the football field, it was pretty funny. Also my friends and I are that weird when we go bowling together, I was on the bowling team in high school, haha yes laugh at me...band and bowling!
"Isn't that cheating using real life?" Abby asked.
"I glanced up, how is that cheating? That can be funny at times! I do it on occation!"
"Cheating," Abby sang rolling her eyes.
"Whatever Abby."
Real Life:
Okay so more then just banana's there are other things I took from real life. I really don't know my dad's side of the family, but I do know my great-grandmother on my dad's side of the family came from Germany herself, just recently I found out so did my great-grandfather side. In the story the great-grandfather is Scotish. Wilhem's last name, Von-rosenberg is actually my great-grandmother's maiden name!
Well I want to add in I really enjoyed playing around with the wadrobe for this story! I use to play with those doll making sites, the cartoon ones, to mess with the different style of clothing. I had probably too much fun with that!
I hope you all enjoyed this behind the scenes, if you like it, please tell me! If you wish there was something else, please comment and tell me what it is missing! Don't be afraid to ask me questions! I really hope I didn't discourgage anymore from reading the book, maybe gained a few readers :)
~Ottilie
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Sorry for the delay!
Hey Lovelies!
I know it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted! I seriously had intended on posting something fun on here the other week and I promise I will do so! See now I have made that promise it is set in stone! I am mentally five when it comes to promises, if you make one you should as hell (can I say hell on here?) better keep it, also the deal is online and we know once something is on the world wide web it is not going anywhere! I'm thinking of doing a little behind the scenes of Family Ties! Lame or cool?? If people like it I might continue to do so with other stores! Just a little details of what was going on when I wrote it, where the ideas came from. I'd like to hear your ideas on that.
AHH also I recieved an email saying I got an award a week or longer ago, can't find it. I really wish I could remember who awarded it to me so that i could at least thank them!! So sorry I really appericate it!!
So I thought of a couple of scenes I might be adding to Pirate's part 2. One of which might help the plot a little more. If editing it works out then the books will be a series A Pirate's Life for Me and Heart out at Sea. Corny names I'm sure, but they just feel right! I'm hoping to finish that this summer earlier, hopefully! My friend Amy said she'll read through it before I see if BCP wants it, I am loving the BCP family by the way! We did our first Author chat live the other week and I might be doing one at the end of the month! So exciting, it was a lot of fun so I'll keep you updated when that is happening! The first giveaway for Family Ties went seriously better then I could have expected! 1,198 people entered to win a signed copy of my book I seriously can't get over that number! I was talking to my friend Taylor (the one End of the Line was dedicated to!) about how I went from 5 readers in high school to that many wanting to win my book! Over 200 people on goodreads added the book to their lists! I'm jittery just thinking about it! I'm planning on putting a copy of End of the Line up on goodreads in a giveaway when I am done with the re-release! Still not sure when that is happening, but I'm enjoying the process none the less!
I'm sure I'm forgetting to say something. Hopefully I'll be posting soon though!
~Ottilie
I know it has been a couple of weeks since I last posted! I seriously had intended on posting something fun on here the other week and I promise I will do so! See now I have made that promise it is set in stone! I am mentally five when it comes to promises, if you make one you should as hell (can I say hell on here?) better keep it, also the deal is online and we know once something is on the world wide web it is not going anywhere! I'm thinking of doing a little behind the scenes of Family Ties! Lame or cool?? If people like it I might continue to do so with other stores! Just a little details of what was going on when I wrote it, where the ideas came from. I'd like to hear your ideas on that.
AHH also I recieved an email saying I got an award a week or longer ago, can't find it. I really wish I could remember who awarded it to me so that i could at least thank them!! So sorry I really appericate it!!
So I thought of a couple of scenes I might be adding to Pirate's part 2. One of which might help the plot a little more. If editing it works out then the books will be a series A Pirate's Life for Me and Heart out at Sea. Corny names I'm sure, but they just feel right! I'm hoping to finish that this summer earlier, hopefully! My friend Amy said she'll read through it before I see if BCP wants it, I am loving the BCP family by the way! We did our first Author chat live the other week and I might be doing one at the end of the month! So exciting, it was a lot of fun so I'll keep you updated when that is happening! The first giveaway for Family Ties went seriously better then I could have expected! 1,198 people entered to win a signed copy of my book I seriously can't get over that number! I was talking to my friend Taylor (the one End of the Line was dedicated to!) about how I went from 5 readers in high school to that many wanting to win my book! Over 200 people on goodreads added the book to their lists! I'm jittery just thinking about it! I'm planning on putting a copy of End of the Line up on goodreads in a giveaway when I am done with the re-release! Still not sure when that is happening, but I'm enjoying the process none the less!
I'm sure I'm forgetting to say something. Hopefully I'll be posting soon though!
~Ottilie
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