Okay so I keep not blogging for weeks on end and feel slightly guilty for it sometimes, not all the time as I am writing a novel, but sometimes. ;)

My novel

So, I passed my original halfway mark of 40,000 words yesterday and am on my 6th chapter and the 66th page. It's been going pretty well apart from a few hiccups, due in part to me being lazy and also because the sub-plots changed so much, my original plans sort of got cancelled out and I had no direction so had to create new ones on the spot. I'm sort of being inspired to carry on by people that liked Romeo + Julian and by my boyfriend who is also into writing and makes me believe it isn't as hard as I sometimes think, thanks. =]

Right now, the progress of the story is as follows: the two main characters [Julian and Lexi] just made up after Lexi does the thing in the story that's a massive turning point - kissing Julian to get back at Brianna [Julian's ex that went behind his back and cheated on him with another girl]. I checked, the kiss is definitely in the blurb I planned so I didn't give anything away, really!

If you're reading this and have no idea what I'm on about, I'm writing a novel based originally on a fanfic. It's called The Other Side of the Fence and it's a gay teen romance full of drama, comedy and tragedy. I've got a lot [meaning seriously, 6 books, 1 very important one] of writing resources and books to help me improve my writing and I'm pretty confident in my ability to succeed with this so I'm doing good!

The book itself will be aimed at teenagers and above so there's only a few instances of swearing and nothing is graphic in the slightest. I might need a few proof-readers to help me along the way at some point, like a gay guy and a teenager who hasn't read the fanfic it's based on before, that would be awesome...but not for a while. I've already got a couple of people to proof-read it in general for me so I'm fine on that aspect. Up to two people can be the gay person and the teenager, but no more: I want to see if it comes across well but I also want to keep it under-wraps from most people.

My fanfiction

Not written any in ages but apparently people still like it and want more but I've been busy [see section above]. I'll do requests and send them to that individual person unless it's a universal interest [i.e. The Mighty Boosh]. I guess it would be exercise for writing in a way, so I'll do that soon. But right now, fanfiction is on hold, but people can still join the mailing list if they want to by just giving me their email address and they'll get stories from me if they request them/I write them.

My veganism

I'm still vegan and had a chat with the guitarist from a band called Sohodolls - who is also vegan - about it [people that follow this blog more than likely know who Sohodolls are...] and I'm encouraged more than ever to stick with it. I had a massive rant about it that at some point I'll blog on here, but the basics are: I'm not at all happy with people using animals for food, I've got nothing personal against people that eat meat/animal produce, it makes me very upset and angry when I see animals suffering.

Prior to my lifestyle change, the thing that made me most upset was homophobia and that has also made me cry before [watching a video on Prop 8 for example....god] but watching animal suffering or animal suffering for food tops even that, it makes me cry like I'm a six year old being told I have to go home when I'm having a ton of fun with a friend. I remember crying at an animal suffering video in front of people at an animal protection meeting once, I couldn't help it!

I haven't gotten really ill yet but I still haven't taken my supplement tablets, kinda forgot about them. I think I've been losing a bit of weight though, which isn't good for me as I want to gain weight! That's mainly me eating junk though, or not eating at all.

My love life

I've been with a guy called James for the past 2 months he's the same age as me this time, and also considers writing as a passion.

I've done a blog post about him before so there's no need to go into detail but I'm very happy and like him loads! He's attractive, clever, talented, funny...fucking lovely, basically.

Kindle

Still very much into Kindle, the electro genius! www.myspace.com/k4kindle

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