I rediscovered something.

And that 'something' being my love for legal pads. I absolutely love them. I used them in Speech and Debate (I did Lincoln-Douglas Debate) and they are wonderful. I found about six or eight of the notebooks in my desk at home. Why in the world would I ever need that many? I wouldn't. haha

Today, I scheduled a novel-writing time with my friend Christine. She's trying to write all the time, and so am I, and we give really good feedback to each other, so whenever we're both in town, we get together and try to do constructive criticism with each other. It is wonderful. Her notes are usually better because she actually had class lessons or reasoning to back up what she's suggesting, versus mine which is "This doesn't sound right, but I don't know how to change it."

Anyhow, I've been trying to write this one short novella for about two years now, and I have about 17,000 words (Most novels start at 30,000 words, if that puts things in perspective). It's a really good start, and I actually have a storyline and a plot, but at the same time, I only write whenever it feels organic and natural. If I force myself to write, it comes out forced on the paper. But I still should put more effort into it than I do. Such is life, I suppose. :)

Once my novel is somewhat successful, I'll probably put some preview chunks of the story on here for people to read if they want to. Think "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" but older women who haven't kept in touch in years. They all live their separate lives, and the story keeps track of all of them.

For now, I have one more week at home before going back to school. It's kind of scary, since I probably won't see my house with my stuff in it once I come home - My parents want to move before summer, but we'll see. My mom is taking me on a visit to see the "dream house" on Friday. That should be interesting...