B.R. Myers's Blog, page 25

Top Nine Signs You're Living In a YA Novel

#1. The hot new guy in your chemistry class ignores your brilliant charisma and instead zeroes in on the shy girl with mousy brown hair who never wears make up and has no personality.

#2. Everyone's parents are either working late, running out the door to work, or too tired from work to notice that the new neighbor may or may not be a werewolf.

#3. Your best friend has been the same guy since grade one, even though no one ever stays best friends that long. Plus, you've secretly developed a crush on him.

#4. The most gorgeous girl in school is also the meanest.

#5. Your best friend from #3 starts to date the girl from #4. You're upset, but not enough to tell him the truth because that would make NO SENSE AT ALL. Instead, you plan an elaborate ruse to win him over that blows up in your face the night of the big dance.


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#6. Your other best friend is a fashion diva and likes 80's music.

#7. When a dark and mysterious dude moves to town you start developing super powers.

#8. The brooding delinquent is misunderstood by everyone...except you.

#9. All it takes to make you over into a super model is a pair of contacts and a hair straightener.

BONUS!!!! Every cute guy has amazing abs and green eyes , however statistically suspicious it may be. 

Did I miss any?


   

Hope for Writers

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I have those moments when I finish an amazing book and think, " Oh my God, I will never write this well." And a dark cloud of funk hangs over me, raining doubt.

Does that sound familiar?

It's natural that we slip into those melancholy batches, but generally as a whole, I think writers are an inherently hopeful people.




Here's why:

1. When you start a book, you're hopeful that you will finish.

2. When you finish the book, you're hopeful that it will be published.

3. When you publish the book, you're hopeful that people will buy it.

4. When people buy your book, you're hopeful they will read it.

5. When people read your book, you're hopeful they will understand it.

6. And when they understand your book, you're hopeful they will love it.

And unbeknownst to you, that person is probably saying, "Oh my God, I will never write this well."

So stop doubting yourself and let your hopeful nature shine .