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I JUST GOT A REPLY FROM AN AUTHOR! Okay, so not that big, being that I've gotten serveral emails from authors before, but he said I wrote a lovely email {which Adam Gidwitz told me, too} and that I had "made his week"! It's the little things in life that make me happy.
I don't know if I'm supposed to tell you, so I'll jut say that you haven't read his book.
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XD And he gave my info. but again, not supposed to say. And no, SD, it wasn't.Did you enjoy "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld, SD?
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YAY! Writing thank you notes is boring, so I need to comment as I write then.Dear ******,
The sweater you gifted me for the holiday was atrocious. I don't know how you expect me to wear it in public, or at any place at all, really. I wouldn't be caught wearing it in a closet. While I find the color (puse, is it?) to closely resemble vomit, the addition of the design, rollerblading crocodiles, made the entire garment simulate a train wreck. Thank you for ruining my holiday.
With profound dislike,
Robin
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'Cause I was excited. Well, really, I could tell you somethings, but they wouldn't make sense, anyway, 'cause you haven't read the book!
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Here you go:I emailed an author about his amazing book that you haven't read.
The author emailed me back, said I wrote a nice email, had made his week, and gave me access to some of the book's extras. That's it.
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And clearly I'm in one of my weird moods where I think I can write like Allie Brosh but in reality I will never write like Allie Brosh because I'm not Allie Brosh. Then I become sad and thus can't even TRY to write like Allie Brosh, and that causes me to just mope in front of a computer screen while eating gummy bears.
Yup. Weeeeiiiird mood. Freewriting mood, I guess. One of those times where I'd e-mail someone a two-page e-mail and feel guilty and then they'll respond with an even longer e-mail like, "HA! In your face." Or maybe they're also in freewriting moods when they respond. Who knows?
*sighs* Why isn't fiction this easy to write? Seriously, I thought I had my plot for today's story all lined out, and then when I sat down to write it I just felt like, "Meh. I don't want to write." BUT I STILL ACCOMPLISHED OVER A PAGE! IN YOUR FACE, WRITING!
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I know, sorry. :( I'm trying.
It's the entire story of the queendom so far!
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Sometimes it is. With me, I have to visualize the story in my point of view, like a moving picture, pretending it's happening to put it in words. So some times it's harder than others. And sometimes I have an amazing idea and it's super easy to write, and then I'm left to write some transition to the next awesome idea.
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Exactly! Except then you would have this weird disconnected almost story.
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That's amazing. I hope all of those things unto you, SD. Well, except that I think that if you kissed someone you would die...
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XD Why did I know you'd mention that?
I think I lost an important piece to my Lego. Darn. I'll just go cry in the corner...
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Thanks for the permission. And it's a stupid window pane so it's tiny and transparent!
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IKR? I could die! My body could become so stressed that I could die! What if I die before I find it?! What if I accidentally dropped it into my drink and swallowed it?! Then it could block my intestine and I could die!
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ME AND SARAH ARE GONNA GET IT OUT OF YOU! WE ARE GOING TO! AREN'T WE SARAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*keeps eyes on Robin*
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Robin, don't you think you're being just a tad bit dramatic? ;D
Of course not!Wait, what do you think you're gonna get out of me?
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So...What do you want to talk about? We could talk about books, chocolate, space fish, you, me, being a middleschool nerd, space fish, science, you could have me write a small essay on a topic of you pick, space fish...
{Woah! Why are you waking up at four tomorrow? WAIT! I know! You're leaving, right?! To go home and see your biological father and other extended family in the Philippines?}
{Cool! Are you still nervous?}So, pick a topic!
{I'm sure you'll be fine! I bet you're family's great! And you'll have books, too, which will help. :D Just be yourself. And I know, "What kinda advice is that?! That's the worst advice anyone has ever given me! Yadda yadda yadda." But sometimes it's true. I think.}I think "Space Fish" was the best topic of my list.
For example, today I was working on my online Algebra assignment. I was taking a look at the few questions I had skipped because they were hard. I completed a few, and came to a terrible problem. I picked the answer I thought was best, telling myself that I would go to my teacher for help after break. I went to hit the "next" button to go to the next problem, and then, I wasn't looking at the assignment. I was looking at the report. I had hit the "done" button. It was really good that I had only gotten 2 problems wrong, therefore getting a 94, because it counts as a quiz. And I hadn't checked it over before submitting, like I usually do. In short, I almost ruined my math grade with one click. Scary, right!