Dreaming A Dream...

I'm a writer...kind of.

I've been working on one manuscript since August 2008, and have dreams of it being published. It's a working progress at the moment, and have three chapters completed (the first three) so far, a total of 19,305 words.

It's called 'Compatible', but it's a working title, and it's a Y/A novel. I know and love my characters, I worked hard at making them unique, yet relatable, without any of the old cliches that readers of Y/A novels are becoming much too familiar with. I even have a few ideas for sequels, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

My love for writing has been with me forever. The only subject I was any good at in High School was English. I liked it because I knew I could do it, and vice versa. I took my English Language GCSE a year early, and then the following year I took the English Literature exam. That's the side of English I loved, reading and interpreting books. (Such as the Lord of the Flies, Great Expectations and Romeo & Juliet.)

I've applied to five different University's now, all creative writing courses. I pray to God I get accepted into one of them, so I'm not thinking about the alternatives right now haha.

The dream? Well, rather randomly, the dream is to live in America. I have this romantic idea about road-tripping all over the states after I finish (and graduate ^_^) from Uni, and then choosing my favourite state to live in haha. I've never actually been to America by the way, I just think I'll love it. Texas was the object of my affections for a long while, its the accent, and the whole southern gentlemen thing (yes ma'am...swoon) - boys in England aren't like that haha, trust me, if there are any American (or from anywhere) girls that think English guys are gentlemen, well no, maybe 50 years ago, but these days they're more like Dappy haha (see previous post.)

Now however, I'm thinking about New York (that's where 'Compatible' is set, well, it's split between Leeds, England and New York, USA.)

So that's what's on my heart. My writing. I can see myself in a nice little office room in a pretty New York home, and I'm going to work my butt off to make my dreams come true.