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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

An idea.

I have an idea for my novel. Not sure if it will make it into the final cut but I thought you'd like something to read...another post about my writing if you will. Does that make sense?

Anyway, enjoy!

Rubbing my tired eyes I hesitantly made my way towards the table where Adam sat alone, a small smile on his lips. He quirked an eyebrow at me when he noticed I was making my way towards him. When I reached the table I stared at his face for a few moments, unsure of how to start the conversation.


“Well, aren’t you going to ask for my order?” Adam quipped, smirking at me, his eyes dancing with amusement.

My eyes narrowed in response and I scowled. I wasn’t going to apologize now! “Yes. What can I get you?” I snapped at him.

Adam began to tap his fingers on one another, leaning back slightly in his chair, “Well, what would my lovely hostess recommend? You seem to know what is delicious here. I’d love to hear any suggestion you have.”

I opened my mouth to respond but ended up looking like floundering fish for a moment. In annoyance I snapped my mouth shut again and took a deep breath. Adam laughed.

“I seem to have that affect on people,” he remarked cheerfully. “If it helps I already know what I want to order.”

I sent him a glare and placed the tip of my pen to the pad of paper, nodding my head curtly, waiting for him to continue. I refused to attempt to say anything. He seemed to take delight in provoking me.

“The only thing I’d like is two slices of cheesecake with strawberries, and two forks. And of course I’d love to have a ‘date’ to share it with.” Adam smirked at me.

A wicked smirk appeared on my face, “Let’s see,” I began, “You want two slices of cheesecake with strawberries and two forks?”

Adam nodded his head, his eyes twinkling. He was baiting me.

“And as for the “date”,” I emphasized the term, “I’m afraid that we don’t provide such services at this establishment.”

Adam stared blankly at me for a moment and then burst into laughter. Other customers and servers turned to look at us, “Ah indeed you do not! Brava Jenna.” Adam leaned forward on his elbows, “What about you though? Would you care to be my “date”,” her remarked using his fingers to make the quote signs in the air.

“Unfortunately, I’m not for hire as a date,” I deadpanned.

For the second time, Adam was stumped into silence. His eyes, however, danced with amusement. After a moment he cleared his throat and reclined back into his chair.

“Finally!” he crowed, “You’ve stepped up to the challenge! I was beginning to feel like you’d never catch on.”

Now I was confused, “Excuse me? What exactly am I catching onto?”

“The competition. I knew you weren’t a doormat. You’ve got some spunk in you!”

I was flabbergasted, “This is a game to you?!” I screeched lowly, “You’re purposely being a jerk just to get a rise out of me? What’s wrong with you!”

Adam laughed lightly, “Nothing’s wrong with me. I just need to get a rise out of you. Get the blood pumping. You need to expand your thoughts and try to socialize.”

“So you call socializing patronizing another person you literally run into the day before?” I shot him a glare.

Adam stopped for a moment and regarded my expression and then without a word he nodded his head and smirked.

‘What a jerk!’ I fumed silently as I turned on my heel and swiftly walked back to the kitchen. I refused to speak another word to the man unless I had to

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Snippet...

My friend mentioned today that one of her friends from College was actually getting her novel published! Needless to say I was a tad jealous...and I was actually inspired to get things really going with my updates! Here's hoping I get more written for your enjoyment! Congratulations to the lovely lady for her advances in publishing! I'm really happy for her...and here's a pat on the back for me to keep motivated and continue writing.

Anyway, that was not the purpose for this post. The purpose of this post is to give you another taste of what I was working on. I hope you enjoy it. And as always (I say this ALL the time I know) feel free to respond. Let me know what you think! Let me know if my writing is good or bad or wonderful and inspiring or terrible! Just get out there and let me know what you, my dear readers, are thinking!

And now...onto the snippet!

“You are absurd Jenna!” Adam fumed throwing his hands in the air, “I can’t believe you!”



“That’s not fair!” I retaliate, my blood starting to boil, “You don’t understand what I’ve been through. You don’t know anything!”


“It’s not healthy to keep everything bottled up! You can’t just ignore these problems, hoping that they will go away and refusing to seek out help if you need it! It’s ridiculous.” Adam grabbed my elbow gently, “You can’t do this on your own.” He was speaking softly now.


I jerked my arm away forcefully, and shot him a glare, “You don’t know anything,” I ranted, “You don’t know what I’ve been through and you don’t know how I’m dealing with things!”


“Oh but I do Jen,” he replied stoically his eyes narrowing slightly, “I know all too well how you’ve “dealt” with this. You’ve avoided. You’ve pushed people away and refused to acknowledge the pain the comes with life. You can’t look beyond the death of your parents and actually move forward. You’re stuck in the same rut and you don’t want to be free of it. You don’t want to let them go.” His words were coming out as a whisper now and he moved closer to me, “Jenna, you have to let them go. You can’t keep fearing the memory of their death anymore. You have to move on.”


Tears had welled up in my eyes, “You don’t know what I’ve been through.” I murmured half heartedly. I knew that my statement was a lie. Who, above all others, would know the pain of losing those closest to you better than Adam? The man who couldn’t age or die? The man trapped into existence, never truly living; never having the opportunity to experience the richness that life had to offer; always on the sidelines.


“Your father was my best friend,” He whispered quietly. My head shot up in surprise.


“What?” I was baffled.


“Your father was my best friend Jenna, and your mother became like a sister to me. I loved your parents so much more than you know.”


“You, you knew my parents?” I was confused now.

Friday, June 17, 2011

As promised: An inspiring song!

I'm still working on my scene to post for you guys. I'm kinda patricular about it right now...trying to get it completely fleshed out for you before I post it. But, for your enjoyment I have two songs for you to listen to that have inspired me and my writing. And I have a very very very small little preview of what I'll be posting soon. So here you go!

The first video is by "Death Cab for Cutie" and it's called "I will follow you into the Dark." This song has really inspired the ending of my novel.

This next song is "The Best of Me" by Michael Bublé. This song makes me sigh...would you agree? This song has inspired my novel in many key points. I see them crystal clear in my head. Hopefully I can get them written out completely for you.

And as promised, here's a little preview of the scene I'm working on right now:

"Jenna," he whispered my name like a prayer. I slowly raised my head to gaze into his face.

"Adam,"

Monday, June 13, 2011

UpDaTe...finally right?

I am not so good at updating lately. In my opinion I suck rather terribly. And it's not that I haven't been writing either. I've gotten scads of things done for you to enjoy (okay maybe not "scads" but a bit!) and I want to post them here. Life has just been hectic to say the least. I've been so much busier than I have ever really thought about until I've sat here and contemplated just what's been causing me to not write on my blogs. It's seriously insane how much I'm trying to accomplish in one day...and probably not really realistic either...but I'm sorta stubborn and want to get as much done as possible. It's just that I tend to ignore my blog...not the nicest things to do, but at least I'm being honest here.

I promise that I will update again very shortly for you. I'm also going to redo the entire blog; organize it better and make it more of my own space...I like how it looks now, but I think I need an update don't you?

Oh one more note, I've decided to add a different language to my writing. I'm very excited about this, mainly because I love learning new languages and this one is one of my favorites. It will be utilized in many romantic and humorous ways trust me and I promise that your hearts will melt...or at leat they will if you are as hopeless romantic as I am.

Ah but I digress...I'm going to either go take a nap or update my blogs or do the dishes...one of the three...

And one more note, I heard a new song by Michale Bublé yesterday and I have fallen in love with it! I will have it on my writing playlist for you shortly. So be on the lookout! This song conjured up so many different images of my novel...it was fantastic!

Alright, I'm going now...no more blathering for you!