The NaNoWriMo Tag

The NaNoWriMo tag was created by Kirstina Horner on YouTube!

1. How many times have you done NaNoWriMo?
I have done NaNoWriMo twice before, so this will be my third year participating.

2. How did you first find out about NaNoWriMo?

I heard about it through the BookTube community. I can't remember exactly which video it was, but I'm pretty sure it was one of Kat's videos (Katytastic). She seems to be one of the first people on BookTube or YouTube to make videos about it.

3. What was the name of the first novel you attempted with NaNo?
I never ended up giving it a name, because I never finished it. Sad.

4. Give a one sentence summary of what you're writing this year.
Early 1900's abandoned hotel discovered by a girl who wasn't supposed to find it.

5. What's the best writing advice you've ever been given?

I don't know what the best writing advice I've ever gotten is, but one good piece of advice I got from a professor one time was to try to step away from whatever it was we were writing for some time and then go back to it. Sometimes we get so caught up in the writing that it's good to take a break, and come back with a fresh perspective.

6. Did you ever take a year off from NaNo? Why?
No, but I did try Camp NaNo one time, and I haven't tried it again.

7. What's your biggest inspiration when figuring out what to write?

Listening to music. I used to do this thing when I was younger where I would listen to a song, close my eyes and visualize a music video for it. I guess you could say I kind of still do the same thing. Music videos sometimes have story arcs in them.

8. The first sentence from one of your novels.

"No one should be up at this time except for those people who need to be somewhere." I don't like it. This is from my NaNoWriMo story from last year, which is basically my only completed novel so I didn't have much of a choice. I've never gone back and revised it, so it's just stayed that way. 

 

9. Why do you love writing?
I love writing, because I get to create stories and characters of my own. I get to go to these places that I make up, and become other people who are completely different from me.

Summer Reader Book Tag

The Summer Reader Book tag was created by islandOFbooks on youtube.

I wasn't tagged by anyone, but this looked like a cool tag with some interesting questions.

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

This book took me a while to get into, but once I did I couldn't stop reading it. The sequel is one of my most anticipated releases for this year.

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Evan was portrayed as this hunky lumberjack guy. So that's who I think of when I hear the word hunk. Evan Walker. Hunky.

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

This was the first Rainbow Rowell book I read. It's also my favorite Rainbow Rowell book. It's just such a great story with great characters. 

Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

I wish I could've been like Georgia Nicolson when I was younger. She's funny and really out there. I've only read the first book, but I want to, at some point, read the rest of the series.

Half Bad by Sally Green

The more I read of this book the more I realized that there was so much to still be discovered. The magical elements in the story allow for such a vast universe.

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

The Darkling. That is all I have to say.

Don't Look Back by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Don't Look Back might now have had a a bunch of gossipy type secrets, but it had one really good one. Probably one of the biggest secrets that I have ever read in a book. I really don't want to say anymore, because this is a book you should just pick up and read without knowing anything beforehand.

A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall

This one isn't so much about the plot, but more about the characters. Although I love a good fluffy contemporary, this wasn't for me. The various perspectives aspect of the story was different, but didn't help with the development of the story or characters.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

This was the first one that came to mind. The setting is really important to the story, and the best part is that Stephanie Perkins does an amazing job of painting an image of France. This is making me want to reread this book.

I tag anyone who wants to do this tag.