tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post5692442873501222980..comments2024-03-28T08:21:40.779-05:00Comments on A Writer's Faith: End of the Year GoalsKatie Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-83897644596945239772015-10-12T18:07:46.890-05:002015-10-12T18:07:46.890-05:00Wow, these are impressive goals, Katie! I really o...Wow, these are impressive goals, Katie! I really ought to shape up on some of my own blogging and writing business, though to be honest I'm still in a transition phase so I probably shouldn't be holding myself to the same standards I always do. Work hard on all your goals! Achieve them! :D You'll do great.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797485444727976121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-38836607808408379982015-10-12T14:21:00.139-05:002015-10-12T14:21:00.139-05:00I'll be starting a new book and finishing Just...I'll be starting a new book and finishing Just your Ordinary Messenger. I never write long books, so I usually get in two every NaNo. Thank you so much! <br /><br />Yes, I do, but its closed down right now until I can get it re-done. <br /><br />-Mikayla-Mikayla Holmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860338066364366978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-83439272887771663422015-10-12T13:41:02.942-05:002015-10-12T13:41:02.942-05:00Yeah, I know. That's the struggle with contemp...Yeah, I know. That's the struggle with contemporary. *sighs* But i guess it makes it all the better when you find a really good one. :)<br /><br />And, no, I haven't. But I want to try some eventually.Alexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-86270897217063493912015-10-12T07:45:59.052-05:002015-10-12T07:45:59.052-05:00It fulfilled my expectations (yay!), and I bought ...It fulfilled my expectations (yay!), and I bought 8 books. There will be a book haul post on my blog in the next week or so if you're interested in which ones -- I'm not sure I could remember all 8 titles and authors off the top of my head right now!serenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375307816652807841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-14963500396717339012015-10-11T21:09:21.134-05:002015-10-11T21:09:21.134-05:00*goes to look at the post* I've heard sooo muc...*goes to look at the post* I've heard sooo much about Six of Crows -- I want to read it! Tell me how you like it in case you finish it before I get to it. :D Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-38114327067506537502015-10-11T19:08:11.343-05:002015-10-11T19:08:11.343-05:00Ha. These are goals -- haven't accomplished th...Ha. These are goals -- haven't accomplished them yet. :p<br />AND YAY FOR PIZZA LOVERS YASKatie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-83803223023726993212015-10-11T19:07:02.997-05:002015-10-11T19:07:02.997-05:00Ha! If there was one way to sum up all these goals...Ha! If there was one way to sum up all these goals, it would be "don't be lazy." :p<br />Yes, yes. Pizza is a very admirable goal. Join me. *nods*Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-49075097094749922512015-10-11T19:05:28.366-05:002015-10-11T19:05:28.366-05:00Yeah... We'll see how it goes. o.o
And you'...Yeah... We'll see how it goes. o.o<br />And you're still here! I hadn't seen you around the blogosphere lately and was just thinking this morning of you. Good to see your face--er--face behind a book... Again. :) Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-23148156469117235612015-10-11T19:02:44.680-05:002015-10-11T19:02:44.680-05:00Thank you much, Ava! ^.^Thank you much, Ava! ^.^Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-88764664323840292072015-10-11T19:01:13.855-05:002015-10-11T19:01:13.855-05:0050,000 is a daunting goal... Especially when you&#...50,000 is a daunting goal... Especially when you're busy with school/work. <br />I'll look you up!Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-73559043126234659142015-10-11T18:59:52.863-05:002015-10-11T18:59:52.863-05:00Ah, yeah. That's the one.
Exactly the same f...Ah, yeah. That's the one. <br /><br />Exactly the same for me! It makes me want to venture into more contemporaries, but then most of them are just romance or have a lot of language. Ah, the struggles. :p<br /><br />Yes! That's it. Have you read any other books by him?Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-43067136670194716322015-10-11T15:04:40.907-05:002015-10-11T15:04:40.907-05:00You make me feel so unproductive - but your ambiti...You make me feel so unproductive - but your ambitions are great, as is your rather inspiring love of pizza (it's mutual, might I add!).<br /><br />Kate x<br />www.theteenaspect.blogspot.co.ukThe Teen Aspecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11395600681656191408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-63498103379365749332015-10-11T12:48:27.746-05:002015-10-11T12:48:27.746-05:00I applaud you on your goals. I've been super l...I applaud you on your goals. I've been super lazy with writing and blog reading lately, so maybe I should make some goals for myself, like, 1. Don't be so lazy. Also, I love your plan to eat more pizza--it is an admirable goal. Liz Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823595869843889438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-23890703117209996852015-10-11T08:59:11.510-05:002015-10-11T08:59:11.510-05:00Wow! You're goal is to write 90-100k for NaNoW...Wow! You're goal is to write 90-100k for NaNoWriMo? I have no words...Good luck! I actually think I'm going to go for a very small word count goal this year just because school is really hitting me hard right now. My Goodreads goal isn't actually going very well either since I haven't had much time to read lately, but maybe I'll revise it to something more doable. Good luck with your goals, Katie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-4250932586094034642015-10-10T22:37:18.411-05:002015-10-10T22:37:18.411-05:00I actually posted my TBR list on my blog last week...I actually posted my TBR list on my blog last week! I really want to read Six of Crows and Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo! And yeah, you should definitely start a Booktube channel when you get around to it! I've been meaning to but haven't because I've been so busy! Michalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217655293754388171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-27143776162408128472015-10-10T09:43:44.541-05:002015-10-10T09:43:44.541-05:00Yes! I probably won't write all 50,000, though...Yes! I probably won't write all 50,000, though. If I recall correctly, my user name is R. Lutz. R.M. Lutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225038858127086583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-58033382955939291192015-10-09T19:59:28.331-05:002015-10-09T19:59:28.331-05:00Katie! This is so great—what wonderful goals! I wi...Katie! This is so great—what wonderful goals! I wish you all the best! :)Gabe (Ava Jae)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04778524723148508140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-36951121333952682292015-10-09T19:13:36.880-05:002015-10-09T19:13:36.880-05:00Kind of? It's the one that has a bald girl on ...Kind of? It's the one that has a bald girl on it, and there are little wires streaming out of her head. <br /><br />Cool! No, I bought it almost a year ago actually, but just never got around to reading until this summer. I don't dislike most contemporaries, but the genre generally doesn't hold the same appeal for me as, say, fantasy or sci-fi. Still, Ellie Sweet, I LOVED.<br /><br />I'VE READ THE LEVIATHAN TRILOGY!!! Scott Westerfield's the author for that one (I think), and yeah, it's AMAZING.Alexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-59988627647311869642015-10-09T14:59:07.752-05:002015-10-09T14:59:07.752-05:00I know. :p
Ooh, is Hacker the one with the super...I know. :p <br /><br />Ooh, is Hacker the one with the super cool/kind of creepy cover? I think I saw that in a Lifeway bookstore this year and the cover caught my eye. <br />OH THE REVISED LIFE OF ELLIE SWEET! I read that this year! Did you get it free on Kindle, too? It's weird how much I liked it since I'm not usually too much of a contemporary person, but I think that it was because Ellie was a writer. :D<br /><br />Hmm. Favorites? Tales of Goldstone Woods by Anne Elisabeth Stengl. Bruiser + Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman, The King Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight, and the Leviathan trilogy by *blanks on name* Uhhhh. Someone. :p <br />have you read any of them?Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-47019497151777349062015-10-09T14:55:33.899-05:002015-10-09T14:55:33.899-05:00Haha. ;)
*nods* Same. I'm actually writing a...Haha. ;) <br /><br />*nods* Same. I'm actually writing a space/sci-fi novel about stars (I'm not sure what genre of sci-fi it'd qualify as yet.), so that's more sci-fi than I thought I'd ever get. I also have a plan for a contemporary fairy-tale retelling, so that'll be interesting. <br /><br />Are you doing NaNoWriMo?Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-26344038190606222992015-10-09T10:05:08.754-05:002015-10-09T10:05:08.754-05:00Oh, that would be so awesome! If you had time to r...Oh, that would be so awesome! If you had time to read a whole book everyday. *sighs* The life. <br /><br />Well, I really loved Hacker by Ted Dekker. It's a sort of complicated, spiritual contemporary fantasy? Lol, hard to explain, but SUPER AMAZING. Also the Paladin Prophecy, a sci-fi thriller, and the Revised Life of Ellie Sweet, a contemporary about a young writer. I think those are my favorites of the year. :D<br /><br />What are some of yours?Alexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-50346554693585787052015-10-08T20:41:00.535-05:002015-10-08T20:41:00.535-05:00That totally makes sense! Will make mental note to...That totally makes sense! Will make mental note to make sure I have an odd bunch of beta readers (pun intended). <br /><br />My current, most polished work is a Christian Dystopian series. I also have a rough, allegorical high fantasy sitting around (first novel I ever wrote) and another high fantasy in the works to be written during NaNo. I pretty much write speculative fiction, though I don't write hardcore sci-fi and I haven't attempted a space opera yet. <br /><br />I talk a little bit about my writing over at my blog, thebookhoundchristianspecfic.blogspot.com and do Christian speculative fiction book reviews, if you're interested. R.M. Lutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07225038858127086583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-7345152181945633252015-10-08T14:55:59.167-05:002015-10-08T14:55:59.167-05:00A hundred. O.O Whoah... That's... wow. SOMEDAY...A hundred. O.O Whoah... That's... wow. SOMEDAY I will read 100 books in a year (as well as one book each day in a month) but I'm sooo busy with writing so this year wasn't the greatest for it. Maybe next year, or some other year. Maybe when I'm retired, haha. xD <br /><br />What have been some of your favorite books so far this year?Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-59196919661444113582015-10-08T14:54:12.228-05:002015-10-08T14:54:12.228-05:00Yess I totally agree with you on the parent part. ...Yess I totally agree with you on the parent part. My parents would disagree... but I got you. ;) <br />*nods* I've heard that it's best to have an odd number of beta readers, so then you always have one option outweigh each other... (I don't know if that made sense. :p) <br />Self publishing? Awesome! What genre do you write?Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3445138433367622139.post-56843808286642884632015-10-08T14:52:26.610-05:002015-10-08T14:52:26.610-05:00Thanks, Victoria! You always have some pretty imp...Thanks, Victoria! You always have some pretty impressive goals, too. Good luck with all your writing! ^.^Katie Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867517507191129951noreply@blogger.com