Also a big thanks to SAVANNAH GRACE who created this tag in the first place - brilliantly done, girl!! AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TAGGED ME FOR THIS (I think there were three or four??).
^^ Since so many people tagged me I'm convinced that you all really do want to know more about me??
T H E R U L E S :
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V I T A L S T A T S + A P P E A R A N C E
(pen)Name: Lisa. And no, you're not getting anymore than that. Lisa is both a pen name and real name for me, so don't be concerned. Quite a few people in real life call me Lisa too.
Nicknames: I do have a number but no, not gonna be telling you that either. However, you're free to come up and use any nicknames you might have for me *grins*
Birthday: WHO KNOWS THIS ONE? If you do, raise your hand and inform us all.
Hair color and length: Brown. Very dark brown. So dark a lot of people think it's black. And it looks black unless you look at it in the light. It's currently shoulder length.
Eye color: Brown. Very dark brown.
Braces/piercings/tattoos: NONE at all :D
Righty or lefty: Rightly, like the majority of boring people (jk jk).
Ethnicity: Ha! Look who figured out the way to get me to divulge secrets (kudos, Sav). Half Chinese, half Finnish *nodnod*
Nicknames: I do have a number but no, not gonna be telling you that either. However, you're free to come up and use any nicknames you might have for me *grins*
Birthday: WHO KNOWS THIS ONE? If you do, raise your hand and inform us all.
Hair color and length: Brown. Very dark brown. So dark a lot of people think it's black. And it looks black unless you look at it in the light. It's currently shoulder length.
Eye color: Brown. Very dark brown.
Braces/piercings/tattoos: NONE at all :D
Righty or lefty: Rightly, like the majority of boring people (jk jk).
Ethnicity: Ha! Look who figured out the way to get me to divulge secrets (kudos, Sav). Half Chinese, half Finnish *nodnod*
F I R S T S :
First novel written: *coughs* The first "book" I ever wrote was a story called Bird Story that revolved around homeschooled birds who took field trips and had a lot of penpals XDD It was very very short too (some ten or fifteen pages?).
The first book that actually exceeded twenty pages was Sabre (a story about a sabre-toothed tiger, that was copiously a rip-off of Bambi).
More realistically speaking, Broccoli Queen is my first - which I finished in April (wow that was a long time ago!). It's about 60,000 words, between 30 and 40 chapters. And it actually has a plot now that I've done extra brainstorming :DD
First publication: The Sand and the Sea, which was put up on the Teen Ink website, was my first ever published story. I wrote it in March 2017, and was ridiculously proud of it.
Conference: Ummmm ... you mean writing conference, right? Cos I haven't been to one yet. I did go to a Christian conference for girls when I was eight or so, but that doesn't really count *shrugs*
Query/Pitch: None as of yet!!
F A V O R I T E S :
Novel (that you wrote): Since I've only written one book ... I guess it has to be Broccoli Queen? Yeah. It's hard to choose between books you haven't yet finished XDD
Genre: This is hard. To write?
/The short story and
/the flash fiction genre
/speculative; usually magical realism
To read?
/nonfiction
/speculative
/contemporary
(plus all the other genres that I enjoy - it's very hard to pick)
Author: TED DEKKER. Who else?? Second, Marissa Meyer. :DD
Writing Music: I don't listen while I write, but if I did, classical, I guess?? Least distracting.
Time To Write: The time when I feel inspired. Actually, morning, I suppose. Evenings and afternoons are so busy and distracting.
Genre: This is hard. To write?
/The short story and
/the flash fiction genre
/speculative; usually magical realism
To read?
/nonfiction
/speculative
/contemporary
(plus all the other genres that I enjoy - it's very hard to pick)
Author: TED DEKKER. Who else?? Second, Marissa Meyer. :DD
Writing Music: I don't listen while I write, but if I did, classical, I guess?? Least distracting.
Time To Write: The time when I feel inspired. Actually, morning, I suppose. Evenings and afternoons are so busy and distracting.
Writing Snack/Drink: Tea. Coffee is great but I don't really drink it other than at breakfast and afternoon coffee break times XD
Movie: OOOOHHHHH I would say LotR, but I haven't even seen them all yet XD The Chronicles of Narnia, and How to Train Your Dragon, and the Adventures of Tintin, and Zootopia, and Big Hero 6, and Epic, and Joseph: King of Dreams and Kung Fu Panda and Robin Hood (Disney'). YES I AM A BIG FAN OF ANIMATION.
^^ random note, has anyone seen the new Jurassic World movie? My minion drew this picture about it:
Writing Memory: *ponders* Probably every time that my work is read and people say they like it!
Childhood Book: SO MANY HOW TO CHOOSE FROM. Bambi. I adored this book, lived off it, loved it more every time I read it, and even wrote a book stealing ideas from it. The Martyr of the Catacombs is runner up, then the entire Christian Heroes: Then and Now series :D
C U R R E N T L Y :
Reading: I am not entirely sure. I read a ton of things at once. The latest thing I was reading was The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight and IT'S SO GOOD. XD
Writing: Broccoli Queen rewrites, and a school short story project that has to come under 500 words. Youch.
Listening to: Nothing? I haven't listened to much lately, other than getting familiar with Built by Titan, Addison Road, and Moriah Peters.. Sukiyaki is my current favorite song though!
Watching: Murder, She Wrote. Also this month we were obsessed over THE WORLD CUP. I hate to go off subject right now BUT THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS SPORT. THE LAST MATCH. I am very much IN LOVE, just ask anyone who knows me. I have hardly thought of anything else for the past month lol
Writing: Broccoli Queen rewrites, and a school short story project that has to come under 500 words. Youch.
Listening to: Nothing? I haven't listened to much lately, other than getting familiar with Built by Titan, Addison Road, and Moriah Peters.. Sukiyaki is my current favorite song though!
Watching: Murder, She Wrote. Also this month we were obsessed over THE WORLD CUP. I hate to go off subject right now BUT THIS TOURNAMENT. THIS SPORT. THE LAST MATCH. I am very much IN LOVE, just ask anyone who knows me. I have hardly thought of anything else for the past month lol
Learning: To cut myself some slack, and think about what really matters, and put my real goals into perspective. I'm learning a lot of things all the time.
F U T U R E :
Want To Be Published: OH YES.
Indie or Traditional: Ummmm ... idk. I don't think I want to indie publish unless I have full confidence in my ability to do it WELL and SUCCESSFULLY. I have always leaned a bit more towards traditional, but you never know. I'm still on the fence. Let's see where God takes this.
Wildest Goal: Write YA contemporary that takes place in OTHER countries (not just North America) and research these places by GOING there and SPENDING TIME there and being inspired by THAT PLACE. Yep.
Wildest Goal: Write YA contemporary that takes place in OTHER countries (not just North America) and research these places by GOING there and SPENDING TIME there and being inspired by THAT PLACE. Yep.
T A G G I N G :
OK GUESS WHAT. SINCE I'M INCREDIBLY LAZY I'M TAGGING THE FIRST ELEVEN COMMENTERS ON THIS POST! Mwhahahaaaa!
speak up my dudes ...
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xxxx
lisa
