tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48226564833749213802024-03-19T09:44:59.346-06:00Jamie YeagerJamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-39815563644146021142013-12-16T12:00:00.002-07:002013-12-16T12:00:27.525-07:00Chapter TwoThis was one of my favorite chapters to write. I loved being able to mold Jared and Payton's relationship. I wanted them to have a playful relationship that was secretly loaded with tension. I wanted their first conversation in the book to be light and fun while their true feelings for each other were very serious, and the reader is able to decipher this through Jared's thoughts. He feels more strongly toward Payton than he lets on.<br />
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This chapter is also where I first introduce Payton and Kim's characters. Kim comes across very superficial and without any depth, this is something that Jared even describes her as. However, I wanted Kim to be more real. She is like many High School girls trying to find herself and her place, wanting to be accepted and noticed, but not sure how far she will go to get it. Throughout the novel I try to slowly add more personality traits to her character that readers can relate to and even like.<br />
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Payton is described as almost the complete polar opposite as Kim, in looks and personality. Payton doesn't care about popularity or what other people think, however she comes across as perfect to other people. She is beautiful without even trying and knows exactly who she is. People are drawn to her. We all know people like this in our lives; the ones who are impossible to forget.<br />
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When I was in High School I took a psychology class. I expected it to be easy, which it was. What I didn't expect was how interesting it would be. I loved it. The Psychology class in my book actually plays a very important role in it and I refer to the 'Stages of Change' throughout its' entirety. I used the stages of change module to help the flow of my book. It is a great life reference. Everyone at some point in their life has habits that they need to change, they don't necessarily have to be addictive behaviors, the process is the same. Here is some of the diagrams and information I referred to while writing <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Stages+of+change&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2kqvUqSDIM-9oQSdxYLABg&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=666">https://www.google.com/search?q=Stages+of+change&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2kqvUqSDIM-9oQSdxYLABg&ved=0CDQQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=666</a>.<br />
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The second part of the chapter was the hardest to write. I knew what I wanted to happen and the reaction from Jared that I wanted, it was just extremely difficult to write what I wanted my readers to feel when they read it. This is the first time B.J. appears in the novel. Maybe it is because I was so emotionally invested into this novel that it was so hard to write. In a sense I needed to try to describe what I thought my son would have looked and acted like if he were to be standing in front of me. It was like an intangible thing that I couldn't grasp. I didn't want to get it wrong, but I didn't know what was right. I wanted B.J. to seem mysterious ... because that is kind of what he is to me. He is a mystery. I would like to say that if I were given the chance to see him, that I would instantly know he was my son ... but maybe not. So I just tried to make him similar to his brother, Jared without giving too much away.<br />
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I worried that the hints would be too obvious and that instantly every reader would know that B.J. (this new kid) was Jared's brother, but a few people have told me that they didn't know and that they were surprised once they read the truth. It would be interesting to know how many readers figured it out early on, so feel free to comment and let me know.<br />
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All in all, the second chapter was really fun to write, once I was done I started to feel like it was real. I was really starting my dream of writing a novel!<br />
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<br />Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-5571532576804873562013-10-15T14:23:00.002-06:002013-10-15T14:24:27.674-06:00I am thinking about Bryce today and how losing him has impacted my life in so many ways. I remember leaving the doctors office on June 11, 2007. We were told to go to the hospital after our doctor couldn't find our babies heartbeat. It looked pretty clear from the ultrasound images that he wasn't moving and his heart wasn't beating ... but that didn't stop me from praying the entire twenty minutes to the hospital for a miracle.<br />
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The miracle that I had been asking for didn't come. I ended up given birth to our still born son, Bryce Richard Yeager three days later. But that experience and heartache did change me and my family. It was hard at times but the true miracle was that we were able to make it through those hard times and are able to continue to stay strong even though after six years it still stings.<br />
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I will be lighting a candle for Bryce tonight ... I love and miss you so much!<br />
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If by some crazy reason, you have not had the chance to read my novel, hurry and get it so that you can join the fun as I give away some of the secrets in writing it and also so I don't spoil the book for you. :)<br />
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For my prologue I pretty much just described my son Bryce's funeral, with just a few minor exceptions. The very first sentence makes reference to purple carnations, which my editor actually tried to change at the very beginning. However those of you who have read my book know how that particular flower has extreme emphasis throughout the entire novel.<br />
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But why purple carnations?<br />
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My editor actually suggested using yellow roses. I couldn't. I had a specific image in my head and it involved purple carnations. The day of my son's funeral, I had received many types of flowers from friends and family. A bouquet of purple carnations were among them. We had taken these flowers with us to the cemetery and throughout the entire service my son, Stephen, who was just shy of his first birthday, picked pedals off of these flowers and would line them on top of his baby brother's casket.<br />
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After the funeral, I was having a particularly hard time leaving the cemetery as we walked to our car (which I will talk about a little later) and when I opened the passenger side door sitting on my seat was a single purple carnation. I like to believe that Bryce left it for me, to help me get through that day and many others. I still have that dried out purple flower lying next to a soft baby blue blanket, locked away in my safe. Just a few months ago as my husband was working on the cover for my book he looked up carnation and learned that it means the Flower of Gods, and a Mother's undying Love.<br />
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That entire afternoon we spent at the cemetery, Stephen never left his brother's side. He clung to the casket rubbing his hands across the top of it, I think he liked the way it felt. I mention that the setting is a hot June day, which by looking at the date on the picture of my son's headstone is true to my experience.<br />
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The poem, "Mommy I'm Here", was written by my mom, Deanne Taylor. It was read by her at Bryce's funeral and is engraved on the back of his headstone. The picture on the very back cover of my paperback is a picture of Stephen when he was six years old, reading the poem, as we visited Bryce for his fifth birthday.<br />
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I mention in the last paragraph that the young boy is fifteen months old, when in reality, Stephen was only a year old. I did this because my son, Bryce, was "stillborn" at twenty seven weeks. If he would have made it to his due date, Stephen and he would have been fifteen months apart.<br />
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The last sentence was really hard for me to write. In all reality the entire prologue was probably hardest to write followed closely by the very last chapter of my novel. I cried and cried every time I would read it, but the last sentence was the hardest. My little family was the last to leave the cemetery that day. All the people had left. And I knew it was time for me to leave. I was screaming inside because I didn't want to. What kind of mother was I for leaving him like that. I could see the crane hooked to a tractor off in the distance waiting for us to go so that they could lower and bury the casket.<br />
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We walked slowly to the car and my heart hurt so bad that I felt like I was dying. Before getting into the car I looked back and his little white casket looked so tiny and bright sitting there by itself on the big grassy field. I silently apologized to Bryce for leaving him there all alone. I wanted to believe that he wasn't alone. That was when I found that beautiful purple carnation sitting on my seat waiting for me.<br />
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I sleep in too late most mornings because my husband and I stay up way too late watching 'Big Brother' or 'The Bachelorette' (yes, I sometimes make him watch it with me), and I stay in bed most mornings until I have four children screaming at me to feed them. I try to be the "Poster Mom" but seem to miserably fail on a daily basis. Each night I make up for it with a renewed ambition, and make promises of a clean slate and a new start as soon as the sun rises.<br />
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Unfortunately I didn't roll out of bed until eight thirty this morning. By then the kids had already decided to play with every single toy they have ever owned ... and I mean EVERY SINGLE TOY! I tried starting my son Stephen's weekly piano lesson, when my eighteen month old decided she was going to also play the piano and pound on all of the keys she could reach. It was either listening to the not-so-melodic composition of my toddler or listening to her scream as I tried to restrain her. At least my son was a good sport. It will be a miracle if he ever learns to play.<br />
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And those two are my easy ones. Don't even get me started on my five and three year old girls. My five year old, Taylor, was born difficult and I think I may have started coming to terms with it, though it doesn't give me any comfort. And my three year old, Payton, has catapulted herself into the "terrifying three's" (the terrible two's hold nothing on the terrifying three's ... new mom's BEWARE!)<br />
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Potty training is going horribly, so far this week we have had at least three accidents and had to throw away an unsalvageable pair of underwear (if you get my drift). I swear my older two weren't this difficult. Or maybe they were and I developed selective amnesia (phenomenons like that don't surprise me anymore after having kids).<br />
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I just don't have time to do it all ... my growing pins on my 'Things to Do' board on Pinterest is a testament to my lack of time. And on top of trying to survive my day with four kids I need to also find time to write more novels and market my finished book? Where did all of my time go?<br />
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I guess it's just payback. And right now her wish has never rang more true.Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-52866281627350861472013-06-30T16:57:00.001-06:002013-06-30T17:10:54.041-06:00Just Another Party!<span style="color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">My book launch party on June 14th went so well that I decided to do another one! The opportunity came for me to visit my hometown of Henderson, Nevada over the fourth of July weekend. And it has been too long since I have ventured down south. I can't remember the last time I visited Henderson. All I know is that it was a few kids ago (sometimes the amount of children is the only was I can decipher time periods nowadays). </span><br />
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<br />Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-81509767356712746442013-06-12T22:24:00.000-06:002013-06-12T22:24:48.063-06:00It's Almost Time!My Book Launch Party is almost here. I don't have a lot of time until Friday, and I am super stressed. I think I have cried more these last few days than I have in a long time. I finally have all of my formats done and uploaded onto their sites. I am still waiting for my print version through Amazon to approve my cover page changes. My title was just 1/16 of an inch off! But it was too noticeable.<br />
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Once I finally got everything changed and ready, I was hit with the worst news yet. My books won't be shipped to me in enough time for my launch party. I will be receiving them some time next week. So I will be having a launch party without any books! I feel very incompetent and more that a little embarrassed right now. Even though most of the problem was completely out of my control, it still doesn't make me feel any better.<br />
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I feel bad for the people who do still come to my book-less party, because they are most likely coming out of pity. At least I will have some cookies to give them for their trouble.<br />
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I would change my party for another day, one where I can actually have my books, but June 14th is important. It is a very significant date in my novel and in my life actually. This Friday will be the sixth year anniversary of my baby boy's death. This book and this party is for him, so I feel like I can't change it. So we are carrying on, even if the situation is less than ideal. Here's to hoping everything works out!Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-42406837410955489002013-06-11T18:45:00.001-06:002013-06-11T18:45:23.583-06:00Going Home<a href="http://animoto.com/play/Y80BmY3xE0wjtNDu4IhFMg">Going Home</a>Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-34165081029138079172013-06-04T08:48:00.001-06:002013-06-04T08:48:40.046-06:00The Craziness Is Almost Over!Late last night I sent my manuscript off to my formatter. I can't believe that I am that much closer to actually holding a physical copy of my book. I will be getting <i>Going Home </i>formatted to the Kindle, Smashwords, and Createspace.<br />
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I swear that I have read more blogs, and information sites involving publishing your own novel than anyone on the planet! I am grateful for all of those smart people out there who are willing to share their vast knowledge to those who know little about publishing on their own. I hope that after this process, I will be able to help someone else fulfill their dream of writing and publishing their own book. It was extremely hard, but very worth it. And my journey is far from over!<br />
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I am now currently trying to get ready for my book launch party, which I am planning on having on June 14th. That date holds a certain significance in my novel, and in my life. The idea of throwing a party where people come to buy my book and talk to me kind of freaks me out! I like to think of myself as more of a reserved person, but it has to be done, I guess.<br />
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Hopefully, after the end of next week, things will start to slow down and the stress will ease slightly, so I can enjoy my summer. By then I will have my novel available in multiple places, and I will just have to wait and see if people like it. I get a little nervous every time I think of someone besides family reading my book, but I know I need to get over that, or at least pretend that I am not self-conscious.<br />
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Then after all the work is done ... I'll start writing my next novel. So much for a stress free summer. But I wouldn't have it any other way!Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-66156577081005396362013-03-21T13:47:00.000-06:002013-03-21T13:47:12.097-06:00I'm Done! I'm Done!That is...I am done with my first draft of the book. I still have a lot of editing to do, but I feel so relieved to have the entire story written out from start to finish. I have had it in my head for four years now and have been writing it for the last two years. It is so nice to get it out of my head and on paper now (or computer to be technically correct).<br />
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It was so surreal to finally finish it. I typed the last sentence of my book and instantly felt a wave of emotion. I had done it! I have accomplished one of my life goals that I have had since I was twelve years old. I just wish it hadn't taken me so long to finish. I'll just have to try to convince myself that my older age has made me wiser and given me more experiences in which I could relate to in my writing.<br />
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I need to start editing! What I probably will do is relish a few more moments of feeling accomplished before I dig in and cringe as I read grammatical errors and find small holes in my plot. Once again I will try to convince myself that with each proofreading of my story, the better I will be making it.Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-70656794825899880232013-03-10T16:51:00.001-06:002013-03-10T16:53:43.990-06:00I Can Almost Taste It!I am so close to being done, that it is driving me completely crazy! I just need to keep myself motivated and hopefully if I can be disciplined enough, within the next three days or so I will be done with my first novel. I am so excited I can barely stand it. I joke with people that know about this endeavor of mine, that I have honestly written this entire book while either holding a baby or listening to one cry. Let's just say I have gotten extremely talented at typing with one hand.<br />
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I do need to mention my embarrassing job of posting lately. It has been years, and I am ashamed. Hopefully now I will be posting at least once a week. And hopefully my next post will be a celebratory one. Where I will be treating myself to something, I'm not sure what yet, great in honor of finishing this goal of mine. I would like to thank my husband, Steve. He has been pushing me to finish for these last few months. It has been nice having to answer to someone who at least cares that I finish, especially when I would get discouraged thinking that the end was nowhere in sight.<br />
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Now I can see the end clearly and it is taunting me! So I am going to keep pushing on. I only have three more chapters! So, instead of posting something too long, I will cut it short and hopefully use the time I saved to write another chapter. Wish me Luck.Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-47902729783580352962011-02-20T16:12:00.000-07:002011-02-20T16:12:37.795-07:00We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our ownLately I have been reading about the Whitney Literary Awards, and have decided to add that to my vision board. One of my goals is to be nominated for this award sometime in my life. You need to be an LDS author to qualify. This award was named after Orson F. Whitney, who was an author and poet. In 1988 he gave a speech entitled, Home Literature, where he said: <br />
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"We will yet have Miltons and Shakespeares of our own. God's ammunition is not exhausted. His brightest spirits are held in reserve for the latter times. In God's name and by his help we will build up a literature whose top shall touch heaven, though its foundations may now be low in earth."<br />
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By no means do I feel I compare to most authors now or past authors, most times I actually feel inferior and so insignificant. However, I truly feel that I am meant to write this story. I also would hate to hear anyone else say that they feel unqualified or not as talented as someone else. If you have a love for writing, then write. You are one of those "bright spirits" that Orson F. Whitney was talking about. I am one of those "bright spirits", even though I may not feel like it all the time.<br />
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I need to focus on my little successes in this journey to help from getting overwhelmed. I am pleased to say that I have completely finished the epilogue and first chapter to my novel, and I am starting chapter two. This chapter is one of the most important chapters to me, where a very special character in the novel is introduced. I just hope that I can do it justice to how I picture it in my head.<br />
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Hopefully in the next few days I will be writing about how I have completed chapter two, focus and discipline is the key. And so far things are progressing nicely!Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-48481595480091581652011-02-09T13:15:00.000-07:002011-02-09T13:15:44.891-07:00Plotting, plotting, and some more plottingI just read this amazing quote by Willa Cather, the famed novelist of the early twentieth century that said, "There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before." Stories don't need to be completely original, they just need a little twist, something fresh. I have that!<br />
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I believe I am almost done hashing out my plot and creating an outline for my novel. The other day I was cleaning my house and listening to some music (a lot of my inspiration comes while I am listening to music) and all of the sudden a certain part of my plot that had been foggy at best, sorted itself out in my mind. Answers to questions I had been asking myself for the past few weeks came to me. I am so relieved because these few new details have made my original plot more rich and believable, where I feel even more people can related to it.<br />
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I have decided to try to listen to music while I am writing certain scenes and planning others to help inspire and create more emotion. I like to visualize my scenes in my head like I were watching a movie, and you can't visualize a movie scene without hearing music play in the background. The music is what creates most of the emotion you are feeling while you watch. So I hope doing this will help with my writing. If anyone is curious as to which songs I was listening to during certain scenes I will be able to tell them. And I am open to any suggestions, whether it be an artist or specific song.Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-861093524321268452011-02-04T10:43:00.001-07:002011-02-04T10:47:03.413-07:00What a CharacterAuthor Gary L. Blackwood once said, "I can't develop a situation into a plot until I know who the main character is and what he or she is like."<br />
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I am so excited because my main character is starting to develop a life and personality of his own, as I am developing what he looks like and how he would act in certain situations, he seems to put himself into predicaments without much effort on my part. He is very complex and kind of a mix of a few people that I am close to in my life, myself included.<br />
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My secondary characters are also coming along well. I have a good handle on most of their personalities and how they would react in certain situations except one...this character is going to be more of a struggle for me, mainly because I don't know too many people in my life who has this characters type of personality. Sorry I am being so vague, but I don't want to give away certain characters and plot sequences in my novel. I actually haven't told anyone what my novel is really about. Let's just say...it is a contemporary realistic young adult novel with a twist of fantasy! Maybe as I develop more of the novel and write more about it, I will divulge a few secrets.<br />
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One secret is that my novel takes place in Boulder City, Nevada (right next to Hoover Dam).Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-28807915457702385052011-02-03T13:42:00.001-07:002011-02-04T10:20:25.554-07:00Writers Write!Author Ray Bradbury once said, "Find something you love to do, and you will never have to work a day in your life."<br />
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I have decided that a realistic writing goal for me, being a mother of three, would be to write five hours a week. Anything extra will just be an added bonus! I am going to steal any spare time I may have, be it during naps, late at night, early in the morning, or any breaks I may have during my work days. I love the quote by award-winning children's author Katherine Paterson, "Success might have come sooner if I'd had a room of my own and fewer children, but I doubt it. For as I look at my writing, it seems to me that the very persons who took away my time and space are the ones who have given me something to say." <br />
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I have decided that my biggest critic is going to be myself, so I have decided that I just need to believe in myself. I need to tell myself every chance I get that I will make a career out of my writing and I will accomplish my goals. My brother recently competed in a regional wrestling tournament where he did the best he has ever done, he took first in Region. He kept telling himself that he would win! So...<br />
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I will publish a novel!<br />
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I will publish a novel!<br />
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I will publish a novel!Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822656483374921380.post-29135319265328563532011-01-30T21:17:00.000-07:002011-01-30T21:17:04.657-07:00My Dream<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I have this amazing story in my head. </em></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>I need to tell it. I need to write it down. My mind is filled with these unique, one of a kind characters who have their own lives, who make mistakes, who laugh, cry, love, and have a story to tell. I want to tell their story. I feel like I was inspired to write this novel. </em></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>One day I was walking to the park with my two year old son and newborn daughter, and this fictional plot started building in my head. The more I thought about it the more excited I got. Most people who know me wouldn't be surprised to hear that ever since I was a young girl I wanted to write. I would write plays, short stories, and write faithfully in my journal. I wanted to be the youngest person to be published (needless to say, that didn't happen), however I was and am still focused on accomplishing my goal of writing young adult fiction. </em></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This blog will be my outlet where I can share my triumphs and (hopefully few) defeats as I start writing. I am new at this and realize I may not fully comprehend the road that is ahead of me, but I will find out soon enough. By starting this blog I am, in a way, forcing myself not to give up, it is not an option. How can I allow myself not to accomplish my dream? It will be hard to disappoint myself, it will be even harder to disappoint my friends, family, and people I have never met. </em></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>This story means a lot to me, and I can honestly say that it will be the most important novel I will ever write. I owe it to somebody very important in my life, it is whom the novel will be dedicated to. I truly feel that writing it will change my life, I would like to also believe that those who read it will experience something magical.</em></span>Jamie Yeagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320990307431361089noreply@blogger.com4