Update - December 8th, 2011

Hello readers,

Some people have been asking for an update on Break Me, so I figured I'd post one. Here's the deal: I'm terrified. I'm absolutely terrified.

I've been looking at it and reading what I have, and you know, I don't think I'm as far as I thought I was. In fact, I know I'm not as far as I thought I was. I'm questioning right now as to if I'm even half-way done with it. Which is scary, because I thought I was nearly finished. And I know now that I'm not. My characters won't let me be. They have more story to be told. I have a really rough outline of a scene that I want to happen, but the issue right now is writing it out.

I'm scared I won't make my deadline.

I can't figure out what to write. Nothing I write down sounds right. It doesn't fit right with what I have. I'm so stuck. And that scares me because the more I can't get down, the closer I get to not making my deadline.

I'm scared, terrified, that people won't like what I write. I don't have thick skin. I don't take criticism well. I need to be liked, you know what I mean? And I'm so so so scared that people won't like what I write.

Finals are next week. And then I'm home for 5 weeks after that. I'm going to (hopefully) spend a lot of my time during those 5 weeks writing. I can't stress over it right now, not with finals coming. Yes, I'd love to have my writing published, but first and foremost, I'm a college student. School has to come first. But after finals again, I'll be writing again.

Not much of an update, I know. Hopefully I'll be able to tell you guys something better in a few weeks or so.

Update - October 6th, 2011

Hi readers!

I've been extremely busy with college life, but I'm still managing to find some time to work on "Break Me" (previously called "Fallen"). The more I write, the more I'm thinking that "Break Me" will end up being the final title. It just fits the story so much more than "Fallen" does.

I had the beginning and a lot of the middle written, and then a scene for later in the middle (actually, probably more towards the end at this point!) written, but no idea how to get the two to fit together. I've been toying with a couple different ideas, and FINALLY managed to connect them. Which is definitely good. I like what I have written now, how I connected what I had. I just want to wait a couple days and then reread it to see if I still like it. I feel like I probably will, but who knows?

I'm getting closer and closer to finishing it, actually, which I'm SO excited about! I have a few loose ends I need to tie up, but I think that for the most part, I'm probably about 75% done with writing it out. Then comes editing and all that fun stuff. It's all coming together though, and honestly, I couldn't be happier about it.

I love this story, you know? I love it because it's mine, and I've been working on it for so long. I love my characters, even though I don't always love what they do or how they act... I just love them. No matter what happens with this book, I'm so proud of it.

Update - August 10, 2011

Hey guys,

I hope you're all doing really well. :) I just wanted to type up another update on here before I go to bed. I feel like if I wait to post something, I'll just put it to the back of my mind and just keep putting it off again and again until it doesn't get done. So it's 12:05 in the morning right now, and here I am, posting an update here. Well, kind of like an update anyway.

I've been doing a lot of research regarding publishing companies, publishers, and more along those lines. And when I say a lot, I mean a lot. The kind of research you're up past midnight doing.

The publishing company I have my deal with is a very small company, still really getting started. I can back out of the deal if I so choose to, but the point is that I have a deal with them. In my research, I've found a couple of other publishing companies I think I might want to submit my manuscript to.

I still have to finish writing it, which I know will take me at least a few more months. And after that comes editing. I also need to save up the money to pay the publisher.

The whole process is a lot bigger than I had originally anticipated. But it's going to happen. It might just take a little longer than I thought.

12:15 in the morning, and I've finished this "update" (if you want to call it that). I know I didn't say much, but it's been a while since I've said anything to anyone about my book, so I just wanted to put something up on here. I'm off to sleep now. Goodnight.

Update on Fallen/Break Me

Hi everyone! :)

I've been working hard on "Fallen". I've actually changed the title to "Break Me" because (I think) it works a lot better with the story. I'm leaving the page about the book titled as "Fallen" though, at least for now.

I think I'm probably a little more than half-way done with writing this book. That's further than I thought I was at first, but the more I read through what I have, the more I'm realizing that I'm getting closer and closer to finishing it. That sentence made a lot more sense in my head, before I typed it out. Oh well.

There's a rough sketch of a cover idea for "Break Me" up on my facebook page, if you want to see it. It's not that great; I drew it in about 10 minutes, from an idea in my head. The actual cover will look a lot better than the drawing, because it won't be a drawing. Haha.

I've been writing a lot lately, but not all on "Break Me" (it's so hard to not type "Fallen"...). I have another idea for another book that I've been toying with for about a week now. I can't give any details on that one, because it's still just an idea. I've been writing stuff down for it, playing with different ideas and everything, but it's still pretty much in the "idea" stage.

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I'm Kimberly Anna, though most people just call me Kim. I'm 19 years old, and I've loved writing for as long as I can remember. I write for fun. I write... for me. And if other people like what I write, that's just a bonus. I've never taken my writing super seriously, but I have an opportunity right now to get a book I'm writing published. And if that happens, if it gets published, I want to have a website up. I know almost nothing about designing a website, so I figured Blogspot was probably my best bet for now. Someday in the future, if writing works out for me and I get more published, I might make a real website. But for now, this is it. This is my temporarily permanent website.

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