Writing Progress

Pen Death Toll: 18

Pen Death Toll (2009): 9


Projects

NaNoWriMo 2007 - The Devil's Day
On hiatus for more world-building and development, though the idea's still pushing through. I adore this story and don't want to abandon it. It's been in my head for four years and still hasn't died.

NaNoWriMo 2008 - Absolute Zero
The first draft is done, but I only like the concept. I think I might adapt the idea or characters into a different story. It might be novella or short story material.

NaNoWriMo 2009 - Shuffling ideas
I've got an idea in mind, but I'm going to be concerned about this until September or so.

DecNoWriMo
It's onto the small edits now! Woot!

Short Story Collection
I've got about three that look "survivable", and I want to start revision as soon as DecNoWriMo is finished.


School Stuff

College Essays
Once I sort out what colleges I'm applying to and look at their applications, I'll start drafting.
Deadline: Looking at applications - start drafting on about July 7th

College Portfolio
10-12 pages of work I've written for, well, anything. I'm positive I have enough even now, but I think I'll do some revision on the fiction I do in my free time. We'll see what they think of it.
Deadline: TBA

School Newspaper - Opening Issue
I'm not sure how many pages A&E will get this time, but our print issues'll be big this year and that means lots of articles. We're getting new writers during the year, but this issue will be done the week before school starts.
Deadline: TBA

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So I went to the midnight showing of the latest Harry Potter movie.

THEY PLAYED A TWILIGHT TRAILER. EWW. The fangirls started screaming and I booed. But the fangirls were quiet during the movie, thankfully.

But anyway, the verdict for the movie? Awesome. Seriously, the films started getting crappy after Prisoner of Azkaban--I'm no canon purist, so book-to-movie adaption isn't a factor here. But seriously, even though they kind of glazed over the Half-Blood Prince issue, this movie was SO much better than the rest. It was completely hilarious, SLATHERED with sexual tension (to the point where it was over-the-top. You hear that, Ginny Weasley?), and dramatic at all the right moments.

And Voldemort! I swear, Tom Riddle was the CUTEST little munchkin ever. I said I wanted to be his mommy after the movie that night. That still stands! I'd raise him into a proper evil villain and call him Voldy-wobbles when he's off curfew fighting the forces of good. Bwah ha ha ha. And I'd totally date him as a teenager. Seriously, the flashbacks in the book bored me to death. They pulled them off so much better in the film.

And the FILM! Props for the director of photography and the effects people this go-around. Some of the magic looked a little fake, but the natural effects? Gorgeous. Loved when Harry and dear Dumbles went to the (epic!) cave.

More than that, the characters' emotions were very real, especially Hermione's. I recall acting exactly like her at every point in the movie, but J.K. Rowling did a good job with that in the book, too.

All-in-all, please go if you haven't seen it. I was disappointed with the last few movies, but certainly not this one.