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Heather
Quotes Every Author Should Know | 7/5/2008 Age: 19 Status: Homeschool Graduate Favorite word(s): Like, smile, laugh, alliteration, sweet, archaic, saga, starlight...words in general. I love words, the act of speaking them, and the art of putting them down coherently on paper Bio: Weeellll...let me categorize this to make it a little easier. A few general things about me: I'm 18 and I've been a homeschooler all of my life except for the past 6 months, of which I've been a homeschooled graduate.I'm a night-owl...all my best writing is done between the hours of 10 pm-1 am. I'm a real farm girl now because my family finally moved out to our house in the country, even though it's not quite completed! Yes! It's weird living in an uncompleted house...My family consists of my mom, my dad, my little brother who's a lot taller than me, my little sister who's three inches taller than me, two beagle puppies (Scottie and Copper) one seven-year-old dog that acts like a puppy (Halley), a lazy dog (Sirius), a lazier cat who's incredibly obese (Tippett), a cat who thinks she's a dog (KC), a cat who's name is Some general favorite things: old sweatshirts, faded jeans, converses sneakers, bandannas, parchment paper,the color pale green, Mustang convertibles, laptops, medieval/fantasy clothing and armor, Celtic music and jewelry (pretty much anything Celtic or Irish). Writing stuff: I like long words. And elliptical marks. I use them way too often in my writing. That's the biggest thing my mom had when she edited my book The Second Crown. I hate commas, which was the second biggest thing my mom had when she edited my book. And yeah I've sorta finished a book...it still needs some editing and I might change a few things around in it...and my dad says it needs more description. It's not the greatest book ever, definitely not Tolkien. But it took me four and a half years to finish it, so I feel slightly justified in being somewhat proud of it. Favorite things to do: write, read, play Frisbee, play volleyball, do high jump, laugh, be slightly sarcastic, play crazy games with my friends, talk (ouldn't tell, huh?) :0) Favorite authors: J.R.R. Tolkien, Ted Dekker, F.W. Faller, Frank Peretti, Dee Henderson, Mindy Starns Clark, George MacDonald, Karen Kingsbury, Jan Karon, Erynn Mangum, C.S. Lewis, Brian Jacques. Books: Lord of the Rings rocks! It's my all time favorite fantasy, which is saying a lot b/c I love fantasy! Redwall is pretty good, Narnia is awesome! The four fantasy books by Donita K. Paul (Dragonspell, Dragonknight, Dragonfire, and...another one I don't remember) are good if you don't mind slightly juvenile, and the same with the Wilderking Trilogy. Out of modern authors, Ted Dekker's books are absolutely amazing, espcially Saint and Blink. Frank Peretti is another author that has me hooked even though I've only read Piercing The Darkness. Mismatch, by a new author, Erynn Mangum, is hilarious and so is the sequel Rematch (but guys don't read these, they're chick flick books). They're the only pure romantic comedies I read, and that's because they're extremely funny! I normally don't like romantic books, but stuff that's advnture/romance is really cool, like Dee Henderon's O'Malley series, Susan May Warren's Flee the Night and Expect the Sunrise, and Mindy Starns Clark's Trouble With Tulip and the books in that series. The Mitford Series by Jan Karon is amazing! I love them! I normally don't like sad books, either, but Karen Kingsbury's A Thousad Tomorrows is a sweet, incredibly sad book that made me bawl! And these are all Christian authors I've mentioned here, except for the Redwall books, which makes it even better!!!! Oh yeah, and the Last Light series of books by Terri Blackstock are really neat too! So anyway I could go on and on about books, but I'd better not... Music: I like listening to the bands Newsboys, Casting Crowns, Stellar Kart, Leeland, Kutless, Caedmon's Call, Jeremy Camp, Rush of Fools, The Turning, Sanctus Real, Tree 63, and whatever I hear on the radio. I HATE COUNTRY!! I listen to soundtracks a lot too, especially Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and Star Wars. I love celtic music and Christmas music, especially Trans Siberian Orchestra and Manneheim Steamroller's Christmas stuff. I play piano, flute, and a bit of guitar, tin whistle, and dulcimer. I used to play flute in a homeschool orchestra, but now I'm just involved in a choir, which is fun because I like to sing. My mom plays piano, my sister plays violin, piano, and sings like something absolutely beautiful, and my brother plays guitar and viola, and wants to learn to play drums. I know it's not exactly musical, but I like when guys I know beep-box! I'm almost into music as much as I am into writing and books... Movies: I like Pride and Prejudice (not the new one with Kiera Knightley). My favorite animated movies include Veggie Tales, Hoodwinked, Cars, The Incredibles (try watching it in French, it's hysterical!) and Pixar's animated short films (Boundin' and Jak-Jak Attack are my favorites!) I like making cheesy, stupid short movies with my friends, although we recently made a really cool music video to the Casting Crowns song "What If His People Prayed" and a really goofy video to Audio A's "Goodbye". Other favorite moves include LOTR, Narnia, National Treasure 1, Pirates of the Carribean 1, Sahara, old Hercule Poroit movies. A few weird things about me: Listening to Christian contemporary music while I write helps me focus because I block out not only the music, but any other noises too! (This doesn't work with someone talking or the tv because then I start writing down what the person is saying, and suddenly I have a discussion about computers in the middle of my fantasy story!) Strange, I know... Pet peeves: scratchy pens, printers that jam, people who borrow my books and don't put them back on the shelf properly, people that have annoying little habits and do them just to irritate me, squeaky noises, getting bruises (which happens a lot to me because I'm a total klutz), playing Risk with my brother cause he always beats me :0) Something I wish I could do: Fencing, archery, or Celtic dance. That's me in a rather big nutshell! |