It is Finished!!!!!

It is Finished!

Ok, I'm sure you're wondering "what is that crazy girl talking about?"

Well, for school, we have to do a 40 hour project - something that involves what we have learned that takes at least 40 hours to complete. It can be whatever we want. Last year, I turned the book Midnight Rider by Joan Hiatt Harlow into a movie script and Nathan made a Lego animation movie of the Monitor vs. the Merrimack (a sea battle).

This year, I had the brilliant idea to write a novel. (If you don't know this already, I never think small. If I'm given a 40 hour project assignment, it results in a 600 hour project. Maybe I'm exaggerating just a tiny bit.) I got the inspiration for my story while reading the Hunger Games: a post-apocalyptic world with a totalitarian dictator government and the "good guys" trying to overthrow the dictator. My story's about a seventeen-year-old slave who turns into a spy. I personally thought it was really good.

By the time the story was completed and turned in for Mom to read/grade (Saturday afternoon), it was 202 pages long. Yippee! I wrote a novel! Mom started it Sunday afternoon, figuring she'd only read a couple pages, but got "sucked into it" since it was exciting and unpredictable (in a good way). She finished it late last night when she was supposed to be in bed.

Anyway, I'm very proud of my accomplishment and happy to have written a book that Mom enjoyed. I admit, I was scared e-mailing to her in case she didn't like it. She tends to like what I write, but I've never written something that included this sort of "heavy" subject matter. Also, I put my whole heart into it and the book, Hope and a Future, is my baby. I didn't want her to destroy my baby since that would hurt.

But she didn't! Except for pointing out one improbable plot twist (yah, it was a little far-fetched) and saying my favorite character was obnoxious (I highly protest that! I absolutely loved this character!), she said she loved it! Yay!

So I'm happy. My story's done. Mom liked it. Life's good.

Now I just need to hear back from Newlife as to if I got accepted or not. Hopefully their response is in the affirmative.

Adios, amigos!