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Writing, moving and still not reading.

As we entered 2014, I entered a reading slump.

No matter how hard I try or how much I want to, I just cannot for the life of me, read a new book.
I have no idea why, I love reading. But since last December, every time I pick up a new book, I put it back down after a page or two. The things is, last year I read over 300 books and a lot of them were a series so I spent a lot of time at the end of the year reading the end last books of all the series’ and a lot of them were disappointing, either because they felt rushed, unnecessary or because I just didn’t want it to end. Now I have about 8 books on my to-read shelf that are the final books of a series and I just haven’t got the will to read them, but not only that I just can’t find it in me to start any other books either, whether it’s a new series or a stand alone. 
So in the meantime, I’ve been re-reading books that I’ve already read, which is okay, but not the same.

If you like reading as much as I do, you know how much this sucks. Because there is nothing quite like finishing a book for the first time.

On the good side, I’ve been writing A LOT. So I have that. I’ve started a rough draft for about 3/4 new books. One of which MAY be a series, I don’t know yet, depends on how the story progresses.

On the not so good side. I’m moving house.

I’m moving far, just closer to my family. See all my brothers and sister and parents live in the same town (the town I grew up in) where as, as son as I turned 17, I left and moved half hour away. Now eight years later, I’m moving back. Mostly so I can just go and bug my parents whenever I want – because there is nothing I like more than driving them a little bit crazy, especially my dad! But I doubt it’ll be long before they start locking their door and pretending they’re not in when ever I go over there.
So I’m about to have a very busy few months ahead of me, my plan is to get rid of everything in this place (except my clothes) and get all new for the new place. And I’m downsizing, which kind of sucks because I won’t have a spare room any more. 
And then you have all the people that will be coming and going, the ones to put in new flooring, the ones that sort out the Gas and the cable guys. This is the part that I hate. I always feel like I should let them in and then go out for the day and let them get on with it.

And I need a new bed. Oh and a new Coffee Machine.

Oh, my mum has a blog. Weird right?
I was on the phone to her a week or so ago and asked what she was doing, her reply: I’m just updating my blog. I didn’t even know she knew what a blog was. 

The First Time – Chapter One.

I have posted the non-edited Chapter One for The First Time.

I’m working on getting the book published as quickly as possible but due to the long wait, I thought a chapter is better than nothing… you can find it here: http://rsburnett.com/books/the-first-...

Tell me, what would you have said to him?

xox

Bad guys VS Bad, bad guys.

Okay, this has been bugging me for a while now. I want to talk about the bad guys, whether it’s a book,movie,tv show, comic or whatever, there is mostly always a bad guy of some sort. Especially with romances with a love triangle, and let’s be honest, most of us want the girl to ditch the good guy and go for the bad. Am I wrong? Maybe.

The point is, there are two types of bad guys;

The good bad guy, he’s the one that normally does terrible things but sort of equals it out by doing some good things and sometimes, he’ll show his true feelings or the one part of his life where he is vunerble (normally this involves a girl) but this just makes us love him, because he’s human and I guess a part of us recognises that he has some good in him afterall, but that’s a whiole other topic.

The bad, bad guy, he’s the one that is real bad and no matter how much you want him to have a heart, he just doesn’t. And even if he does happen to do something that’s maybe, a little bit good, he’s still a bad guy because he probably did it for his own benefit.

That’s the difference between them.

Which bring me to the whole point of this post.

Why, why, WHY, when there is a love triangle, does there always have to be a good guy and a bad guy? Why not two bad guys or two good guys to at least make it even?  This brings me back to the whole we mostly want the bad guy to win, and why? Well, because the writer will normally try to mix things up a little and for a short period of time, the bad guy will turn good and the good guy will turn bad and I HATE this. There are so many reasons I hate this but the main one is because it sucks. The good guy is always really sweet and attentive and lovely at the beginning but then when he turns bad, he’s just so horribly bad at it, but bad at it as in he’s not just bad, he’s bloody evil. The bad guy however starts out being charming, untouchable and those sarcastic/witty one liners, answers are freaking hilarious oh and he just happens to be about 500 times hotter, but when he turns good, he’s even better and way more swoon worthy than the good guy but, be hoonest you miss him being the bad guy just because he was so good at it!

This is why we want the bad guy to win, because even if he’s done and will probably do some pretty terrible things, you already know this and you know what to expect and you’ve probably already seen him at his worst, wouldn’t you rather be with the guy you know? The one you fell in love with despite him being a little bad?

Or maybe you’d rather fall for the good guy and then be completely suprised when one day you come home from work or whatever to find out he’s killed your parents but kept their heads for you. (Or something just as evil,).

Okay, rant over.

I know none of this makes any sense and there really isn’t actually any point to this post but I had to put it out there…

Until next time…

xoxo 

New Website.

Hello.

Welcome to my new website.

I have made it one of my New Years Resolutions to keep my website up to date. – Let’s hope I can stick to it.

So, 2013 was a crazy year for me. Honestly, I should have known when I came down with the flu on New Years day, but it got worse as the months went on. As a result of some of my bad luck (NOT karma,) I’ve had to postpone ‘The First Time’ for publication. But I’m working on it, so I’ll let you know the new date as soon as I do.

A Psychic told me that this year, from 28/Feb – 25/March, I’ll be seeing a lot of good things come into my life. I’m not really sure what she means because I don’t see what can get better at the moment. But never the less, I’ll keep an eye out and if anything amazing does happen, I’ll let you know.

The First Time aside, I do have something else that I’m currently working on and again, I’ll let you know more about that when the time comes.

But for now, I’ll just send you all good thoughts and hope that you’re enjoying a happy and healthy 2014 so far.

Much love,

Rach xox