Cyborg Boy

Hey guys!!!! It's been a long time . . . I'm so sorry, so so sorry. I'm VERY forgetful, I'm sure you've noticed . . . anyway. I've had this boy stuck in my mind for weeks! He doesn't have a name, but he sure does have personality. A big flirt, too. He's a cyborg, so I just call him cyborg boy. He's really mischievous and . . . charming you could say. Very intelligent, but he doesn't acknowledge it much . . . what with all the flirting and humor to bury all the sadness. That's all in going to tell you . . . for now! So . . . that's all I've really got! I'll have something better next week UNTIL NEXT TIME!
~Queen Joanne of Nubila

Jessamine Winters

So I started a drawing last night. And I finished it today. It was supposed to be India, one of my many charries, but it ended up becoming Jessamine. Read the dialogue on the side if you so choose, but it's not that important. I just thought I'd put it there so I wouldn't forget.

I also drew another version before this one. This one has dialogue too. I don't know what it is about Jess. She just demands dialogue.

I also don't know what it is about sweetheart necklines. They demand to be drawn. Anyway. There you go. A post. I actually remembered to post. I think I deserve a celebratory root beer float.

~Marie

NOVELS IN A MONTH!!!

WE WROTE NOVELS IN A MONTH. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT!!!

*plays GMM theme music* *laughs* Oh Jo. So anyway. It is true. We wrote novels in a month.

AREN’T WE AMAZING? If you said yes, DING DING DING! YOU’RE CORRECT! And if you said no, well, get your sorry butt out of here. Shame on you! Anyway. NaNoWriMo!!!!

*nods* NaNoWriMo! So. This year Jo and I--I’m going to make this like a movie trailer.

*plays dramatic music* In a world where people are boring. *shows clips of random writing scenes* Two girls set out on a quest *shows more scenes* To write a whole novel *music gets louder whilst showing more scenes* IN ONLY ONE MONTH!!!!! *says quieter-ly* Coming to a theatre near you sometime this year.

*falls over laughing* I want to see that movie!!! But yeah! We wrote novels. That aren’t quite finished, but getting close!!!

*nods again* *says in singsong voice* Bobblehead! *laughs quietly to self* I promise I’m sane! Anyway. We did indeed write novels in one month that are nearly finished. BUT WE REACHED OUR GOALS!!!!!

YEAH!!! IF WE EDIT IN TIME, WE’LL GET PUBLISHED!!!! YAAAAY!!!!!!! AND I DECIDED MY NOVEL IS GOING TO BE IN A SERIES!!!!!

Yep!!! And mine . . . well . . . I’m not sure. But I watched a scene and . . . and it was so cute!!!

YOU MUST TELL ME NOW OR I WILL DIIIIIIEEEE!!!! Seriously. If you don’t tell me, I’ll go write my death in Google Docs.

Except that Google Docs isn’t working for you! *laughs evily*

*Sobs* It’s such a tragedy!

Yes. It is.

Soooo, will you tell me after this post?

I’ll take that as a yes for no spoilers for the amazing peoples here. So . . . I don’t know what else to say.

Sure. I’ll tell you after the post. I don’t know what to say either, so is that it for today?

I guess so! So our conclusion is . . . we wrote novels!

That it is! So goodnight people of the fictional realm!

Goodnight magical peoples! You are all freaking amazing!

~Jo and Marie

Agents of Secret Stuff

So there I was. Roaming the interwebs. And I found the funniest video I've seen all day. It's hilarious.

I love it. It's just so funny! It does swear a little, but . . . well . . . that's kind of inevitable.
Anyway. I just wanted to share that. Bye now!
~Marie

We're Going to Pretend, Alright?

We're gonna pretend that it's not Saturday, it's Friday. Okay? Good. Let's continue.
So NaNoWriMo has ended meaning that Jo and I are back to post again!!!! YAY!!! And we're going to try a different posting schedule. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. I will post on Friday, Jo on Saturday, both of us on Sunday.
Now that we've gotten that out of the way, NOVEL STUFF! So I finished NaNoWriMo! Yay!!! Here's my cover:

Isn't it beautiful?! Someone on NaNo made it for me, and I love it so much. It's gorgeous. Now onto the summary and then an excerpt!

Summary: In 7624 people live on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. And they've developed a slight mutation. A mutation that gives them psychic abilities, but half of the people here don't have any powers. The Psychics, as they call themselves, take over. Then 15 year old Sebastian Robinson discovers that he's actually immune to the Psychic's abilities and the rebellion begins. 12 years later the rebellion is still going, and the Psychics are determined to keep it from becoming 13 years. And they'll do anything to stop it.

Excerpt: 

“Stop it! I didn’t do anything!”

This girl was a little lacking in the brain department. Or maybe she was just nuts. It could go either way really. Her name was Gabriella Steed and she was the doctor of the Psychics. Or, according to Sebastian, Zaria, and Mariella that’s who she was.

“We’re not going to hurt you,” Jackson promised. He seemed to be the only one talking to her. I was just sitting there dumbly, Henry seemed to be looking at her almost hopefully, Meredith seemed a bit shocked, Samuel was frowning at her, Ruth was quietly watching, and Sebastian, Zaria, and Mariella were just looking at her coldly. They didn’t like to admit it, but they were so similar. At least, outwardly.

“You took me! How can I trust you?!” she screamed. Then Mariella stepped forward and put her elbows on the table as she leaned forward.

“I’m going to put this very simply, okay? So listen carefully.” Mariella had this talent where she could make anyone feel very, very, stupid.

The girl nodded quickly. She looked so scared.

“We don’t know what happened, but we didn’t take you. We’re not evil. I don’t care what stupid stuff the Psychics told you about us, but we’re not evil. We saved you. So we just want you to tell us what the heck happened,” she said slowly.

The girl shook her head and Mariella bit her lip hard.

“What happened?” she asked, her voice growing hard. As smart as Mariella was, talking to people was not her fine point. And all she was doing now was scaring this girl. Mariella was already pretty scary. With her icy cold blue eyes and her steely exterior.

The girl looked away, shaking. I gently tapped Mariella’s arm before moving so that I was right in front of the girl.

“I promise, we’re not going to hurt you. But we need to know what happened so we can help you,” I said soothingly. She looked up at me, but then her eyes caught on Henry who was standing behind me.

“Rosemary,” she whispered.

I didn’t have to turn around to know that Henry was freaking out a bit now. Rosemary was his little sister and he was very protective of her. He would do pretty much anything for her.

“What about her?” I asked.

“It was her.”

“What did she do?”

“She took me here.”

I glanced up at everyone and was about to go tell everyone to question everyone guarding our many exits and entrances, but then she spoke again.

“Celia too.” I froze. Celia was my twin sister.

So yeah! That excerpt was from chapter three, and it also belongs to me, as does everything else {the cover and summary}, so no stealing, kay? Kay. Bye now!
~Marie

Uhmmm . . . hi?

So it's technically my turn to post. I mean, it's 12:06. So why haven't we posted at all really? Well . . . I've been searching for my long lost crush and Jo's been . . . IDK what she's been doing. But we've both been doing NaNoWriMo, and we've decided that we're not going to post this month because NaNo has taken over our lives.
So I just wanted to drop by and say that, and after NaNo is over we might have a new posting schedule. And in the mean time, I have to kill five or seven charries. Something like that. So anyway. Bye!
~Marie

Jo and I Talk About our NaNo Novels!

Hey all you fictional peeps! Ha. You’re now sugary marshmallow candy things that make you sick if you eat too many. *laughs* Ah. I’m so funny. ANYWAY. Today Jo and I are talking about our NaNoWriMo novels! Because guess what?! NANOWRIMO HAS BEGUN!!!!!!

Wooooooo!!! Woah. Weird font. I’m changing it. TADA. Amazing. I know. Anyway. Peeps are delicious!! So . . . NANO. It’s stressful, first of all. And . . . Marie’s is amazing. And I’m already fangirling over it. IMMA START A NEW FANDOM!! Woah that’s so awesome!!! Now I can just say that! “Yeah, I started a fandom. What did you do?” “Jump off a cliff. And then I started to fly.” “Yeah well I started a fandom. HA! *Walks away*”.

I actually really like this font. I use it for things in my novel and stuff. BUT IT’S SO BIG!!! ANYWAY! My novel. Is . . . better than my one last year! So that’s a plus! And yes. NaNo is very stressful. Especially when you start on November 12 and your goal is 50,000. Because that’s what happened to me last year. But anyway. I like your’s too Jo, it may need a bit of editing and cleaning up, but the idea is awesome. So. Should we explain our novels?

You can say that. But I just . . . don’t know about mine. People will probably hate it. And love the idea. It’s just been . . . poorly executed. And I’m not sure how to fix it . . . but I will. An okay. Fine. You go first.

Okay. I’ll go first then. So. Mine is about . . . PEOPLE DOING STUFF!!!!! That’s how I explain everything I write because I don’t like being asked what my novel is about. But anyway. People live on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn, and oh my galilean moons Google Docs, calm down! I know how to spell! Anyway. They live there. And there are these people with Psychic powers. And they’ve been ruling Enceladus for . . . as long as anyone can remember. But then there’s this 15 year old guy, Sebastian Robinson, who finds out that he’s actually immune to the Psychic’s powers. And so he starts a rebellion. And yeah. YOUR TURN!

Yes. And now I’m back to this font. Great. ANYWAY. So. In the future, the world is like all polluted and barely habitable and there’s this plague going around killing people in different amounts of time (weeks, days, hours) and this girl. She’s like katniss and takes care of her family and her sibling gets the sickness and she searches for this place called Wonderland (which is not the fictional one, but similar) where it’s all like, safe for them. And they learn about all this secret government  stuff and, yeah.

So yeah . . . shall we talk about how our novels are going so far?

As you saw. Mine kind of sucks at the moment . . . yeah not that well thought out. Probably shouldn’t write with writer’s block, but, you know. Time is something I don’t have.

Well, you do have the whole month. Ha. That sounds kinda nuts. “Well, you have the whole entire month to write a freaking book.” *laughs* Yeah, I’m nuts. ANYWAY. Mine is . . . okay I guess. I mean. I’ll write something and be like, “Oh my Galilean moons this is awesome!!!!” And then I’ll go back and reread it and be like, “What. Is. This?! THIS IS SO STUPID!!!!” But then again, that’s what always happens when I write. And I really need to actually describe and stuff.

Me too. Describing is not one of my strong points. I can describe people! But not the setting . . . and I learned that I cannot write without Marie or else it turns out really stupid. So that’s great. And this is really random. BUT WHAT DOES SEBASTIEN LOOK LIKE BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE A CHARRIE THING OF HIM AND I’M SO CONFUSED.

1. . . Yeah, about that. I was a slacker and didn’t fill out all of my character questionnaires before November. So . . . yeah. But Sebastian. Tall-ish, lean, chocolate brown hair, blue-green eyes. Would you like more detail? Or is that good?

One thing. His hair. What. Does. It. Look. Like? Because I always imagine Bash from Reign and -- I like him by the way -- and I’m just not sure.

Yeah . . . that’s also who I imagine. BUT JUST FOR YOU I WILL THINK OF SOMETHING!!! Okay. *thinks* You know what my brother’s hair looks like? The older one? I don’t think I should say his name on the internet . . . but you know what his hair looks like, right?

Yes I do.

So. Let’s say you magically took his hair, plopped it on Sebastian’s head, and colored it light-ish brown, that’s what his hair would look like.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Okay. *Bites lip* Hm. I’m too lazy to do something that I’m not going to mention in the presence of Marie. So. That’s great.

Oooooookay then. I feel like I should italicize that. oooooookay then. Okay. Better. Uhmmmmm. Uhm. I feel like this will be a spoiler . . . but how does August’s dad die?

MWAHAHAHAHAHA I WILL NEVER TELL YOUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!! Just kidding. I was going to say it was because of the sickness . . . but that doesn’t make sense considering it just entered the dome of Nevada. But, I think I should just make you wait and see. Who said he’s dead? *EVIL LAUGH*

That’s what I thought and I was confused. And me. I said he was dead. Okay? I KILLED HIM! Just kidding. I feel like Nicholas is rubbing off on me . . .

Yeah let’s hope not because what if you decided you didn’t like me anymore? Well you’d probably kill me and I’d be very sad.

Yeah, that would be sad. Like, that would be even sadder than if there were no owls. *laughs* I just made a joke out of that . . . NaNo is messing with my brain!!! But for all of you people who cannot read my mind, Nicholas is my evil dude in my novel because he spoiler spoiler spoiler and spoiler spoiler.  

OH!!! I totally got that!! Yeah. Elephants and Giraffes don’t like owls. Anyway. Spoiler spoiler spoiler and spoiler spoiler  makes me quite sad considering what your plot line says.

It was actually the hippos and the giraffes, but close enough! And you actually know what goes in place of the spoilers?

*Laughs* I forgot and I’m going crazy because of Nano. And yes I do. Well I think I do.

You’ll have to tell me during distraction time because now I’m curious. But anyway. I think that’s all we have for you fictional people today! Any last words Jo?

Just that Halloween was amazing and fun and we got pizza. Just when we were like, “I wish we had pizza, or actual food.” AND THEN WE GOT SOME!!! So yeah. That’s it.

Oh yeah! That was awesome! But anyway, bye!

~Marie and Jo

OUR FICTIONAL KINGDOMS!!!

WELCOME. To my kingdom. Which is called . . . I change the name a lot. Right now, I believe it’s Kingdom Nubila. Maybe. I’m not sure . . .

You actually have a name for your kingdom? I don’t . . . I’ll get working on that. ANYWAY! Today I’m purple, and Jo is blue. And we’re talking about our kingdoms!

Well, I totally made it up like, two seconds ago. Well, I asked google translate. It’s clouds. In LATIN. Anyway. FICTIONAL KINGDOMS IN THE REALM OF FICTIONALNESS. I didn’t know what the realm was called . . .

Sure, let’s go with that. The Realm of Fictionalness. So. Jo and I have kingdoms in this Realm of Fictionalness and I’m going to let Jo go first while I go look for a name.

Okay. Well, uhm. Mine, is like, amazing. And, it has a lot of magical and amazing people. Most everyone posses powers or special skills, ya know? You wanna see a picture? OKAY!!! Well, I have multiple pictures. Because, I can’t pick one. But I will try. OKAY. It’s like this . . .

or like this . . . See? Yeah it’s in the clouds and has like, waterfalls and amazingness, kay?

That is quite amazing Jo. And you just randomly switched fonts . . . but anyway.

There’s my castle. Dragons and stuff. It’s quite dark though . . . but I really couldn’t care less. Kingdom Draconids. I had to choose something that had to do with astronomy . . . obviously. It’s a meteor shower . . . and yeah. And draco means dragon in Latin, so . . . well . . . it’s not that hard to figure out.

I didn’t mean to switch fonts . . . anyway. My kingdom, is above Marie’s. Literally, in clouds. Like, like, right there. *Points at bright cloud*. Yeah. Yeah. Ha, yeah yeah.  

Yeah. Mine is . . . under Jo’s . . . But anyway. That’s how that works. Do you want to talk about your Knights Jo?

Okay, first off, let’s not say that because that’s . . . weird! Like instead of, H . E. double hocky stick, we say the place downstairs or our neighbors downstairs, and . . . your kingdom is like, not downstairs . . . but if we said that . . . . and . . .

Anyway. Woah, I spaced. So anyway.  My Knights. I’m the leader of this awesome group of fictional people called The Knights. And they all have powers. And are very dangerousus. And . . . are like NINJA WARRIORS. And they are just . . . amazing. It’s ladies and gentlemen by the way. My kingdom isn’t all that developed yet . . . so I don’t have much details.

I don’t have much detail either . . . buy my kingdom’s version of the Knights are the Psychics. So my Psychics are basically highly trained warriors with psychic powers. OH HEY!!! I SPELLED IT RIGHT THREE TIMES!!!! *dances and throws confetti* Anyway. Pretty much everyone in my kingdom has one psychic power, or some other magical power, but my Psychics have tons of powers. So yeah.

All my people are just all . . . different. I don’t know. And . . . yeah. We have elves, sorceresses, ghosts, fairies, wizards, and just . . . a big mix of different people with different powers that I don’t exactly have a name for all of them yet . . . but stuff like that! OH! And angels. Many angels. Or angels with like . . . I don’t know. Some angels could be wizards or whatever. So yeah. And a lot of hunters. We like our forests and stuff and we have a lot of hunters. And uh . . . yeah.

Yeah, my kingdom has pretty much all of those people too. We also have half dragon people. And lots and lots of fairies. Tons of fairies. I love fairies. But anyway. My Psychics. I have a list of them. Rosemary, Lucas, Xandra, Vanessa, Austin, Raul, Luna, Zoella, and Tyler.

I have a list of nights, but I’m so lame and lazy, I won’t list them {And I kind of forgot}. Well. That’s all I have to say. For now.

For now huh? So yeah. I would go ahead and tell you where all of my Psychics are from, but I’m lazy and I won’t. Maybe later. So. Jo. Anything we forgot?

Not that I know of . . .

So is that . . . all?

Yes . . . I believe so.

So. I guess this is goodbye. *asks threateningly* Any last words?

*Says in little voice* Goodbye?

That sounds about right. That sounded weird . . . anyway, salut!

~Marie and Jo

Beyond 5

Hey guys!!! Oh. My. Goodness. GUESS WHO CAME TO OUR SCHOOL?! BEYOND 5!!!! THEY WERE AMAZING!! I LOVE THEM!!! SO, YEAH. PSST, *whispers* Zac is my favorite ����

Hey!

So, I couldn't post because I didn't have Wi-Fi . . . so sorry!! �� Anyway. Picture!

Hi!

Pfffft. I didn't almost forget to post. What are you talking about? *slinks away*
~Marie
P.S. Look at my castle! In the fictional world.

A Few Grammar Rules

Hello fictional people! It is Sunday, and you know what that means? Well, obviously because you’re reading this. But anyway! Jo and I will be talking about stupid grammar mistakes that people make! Oh, and I, Marie, am this blue color thing.

Ouch, burn. Sorry, reading stuffs. ANYWAY. I’m this amazing . . . Purple? Pink purple? *Turns to imaginary assistant* Is this purple Sara?

No. It’s like . . . dark dark pinkish  purple according to google docs.

Oh okay. And that’s why she’s here, to tell me if this is purple. And then I ask Marie about everything else. So yeah. Stupid grammar mistakes. I’ve made plenty of those in my lifetime!

Actually, I think that’s mauve. But anyway. Grammar. I am an editor, or at least an editor in training. In fictional training. I’m practically teaching myself. But that’s not the point. I love grammar. And spelling. And everything like that. But I do make tons of mistakes. That’s why Jo and I write together. Not really. But we do fix each other mistakes. But I’m getting off topic. Grammar mistakes that people make. Let’s start with . . . plurals and possessives.

And Marie also answers all my grammatical questions. Because, I ask questions. But anyway. Would that include it’s and its?

Yes. Yes it would. Most definitely. So . . . do you want me to start this off or do you want to?

You should because you are the . . . what’s the word. WHAT’S THE WORD?! AHH!!! I’m so forgetful today! I’ll just say . . . Alpha Editor. Yeah. YEAH. ALPHA EDITOR.

Alpha Editor? I’m not too sure about that, but sure, let’s go with that. And I see what you did there *smiles* But anyway. Plural things and possessives. If you have more than one, it’s plural. So, “I have two cats,” not really. I have one cat, but we’re in the fictional world where I have tons of cats. But possessive is when you own something. “Marie’s cats.” So. Simply put. If you own it, or if anything owns it, it’s possessive and gets an apostrophe (‘). If it’s just plural, no apostrophe, just an “s”.

*Grins* I’m glad that you caught that! Anyway. *Says dumbly* so . . . it wouldn’t be “Marie own’s two cats”?

*cringes* No. Never. In fact, in all my junior editor-ness, I have no idea what’s up with the “s” after “own” . . . I feel really stupid now . . . *thinks* Yeah. I don’t know. But the point is, there is an “s” after “own” in that sentence. Don’t question it. Just . . . have faith that I do actually know grammar rules . . . sometimes.

Ha, trust me. I’ve seen that a couple times, and I turn to the person and I ask them, “What . . . what is up with . . . well . . . that?” And this one person said, “Oh, see. That’s possessive, so it needs an “s”.” And then they went back to correcting my writing. And . . . it was weird. Okay. Would commonly confused words fall into this category?

Uhmm. Not really. But let’s talk about those now. And then we can talk about contractions which I always confuse with conjunctions because my brain doesn’t always work properly. But anyway. Let’s start with your and you’re, because I hate when people mess this up.

Okay. Let’s start with--in my opinion--the #1 most commonly confused word. Your . . . and You’re. Hey . . . which falls into . . . DANG IT. You got me all confused now!! Contractions . . . conjunctions . . . WHICHEVER IT IS. *Sighs* Peoples of the fictional universe. Please. Please. Take time to think about which one to use! You’re = You are. Your = Possessive! You don’t go around typing, “Oh hey! It’s you’re cat!” Ha. Haha. Hahaha. Very funny! Even Google Docs is mad at me for saying it! That’s like saying, “Oh hey! It is you are cat!” Which makes no sense.

*whispers* Contractions. *clears throat* So anyway. It’s not like saying, it is saying. Just had to point that out. So basically, fictional people, if you mean “you are” then you can take off that a and add an apostrophe. Kay? And if you don’t do that I swear I will kill you with my red pen. Just kidding. But . . . it’s possible. So now let’s talk about . . . it’s and its. Do you want to explain this Jo?

Actually, I have to say I do not. Because honestly . . . I totally forgot what its means because I barely use it. *Shameful bow*

That’s okay. I kind of wanted to explain it anyway. So. It’s and its are probably some of the hardest things about grammar they teach us in school, which isn’t really saying much, but yeah. ((Did you see my long pause there after “It’s and its”? I forgot when to use are or is. But anyway.)) It’s means it is. It’s a contraction, and you should only use it as such. Its on the other hand, is a possessive. “Woah woah woah!!! Didn’t you say that if it’s possessive then you add an apostrophe?! I’m so lost!” Why yes, I’m glad you remember me saying that. But its is an exception. I’m not sure why, it just is. So deal with it. So. “The cat tipped its water bowl over.” Possessive its. And I can’t think of an example for the other it’s, Jo?

Okay. That’s what I’m here for!!! Just give me a moment to think of something interesting. OKAY. I THINK I HAVE IT. But writing it on purpose as an example . . . well that’s hard because I feel like it’s going to be wrong. HA. See what I did there? I used it RIGHT THERE. FOOLED YOU!!!

Very clever Jo. Much, much better than what I would’ve said. Galilean moons my grammar skills are horrible today. But that’s not the point. So. Now that we’ve cleared it’s and its up, shall we move to contractions? Is that what I said we were going to cover next?

Yes. That is correct. AH! SCARY NOISE. I’m going to go turn on a light now . . .

OH MY GOODNESS. Freaking . . . GOODNESS GRACIOUS YOU SILLY CAT. It was my cat. Buddy. Being creepsta.

*laughs* It’s always the cat, isn’t it. My cat almost gave me a heart attack the other day, but that’s not the point at all. So. Contractions. Contractions are basically word + word = new shiny word! It’s really not that complicated. Unless you want it to be. So. Do + not = don’t. Would + have = would’ve. I know, I’m a genius. So yeah. There you go. And Jo, I’m pretty sure that there’s not supposed to be a question mark there. It’s . . . well . . . it doesn’t start with what I call a “Question Word”. Like who, what, where, when, why, or how. But . . . IDK. ANYWAY. Your turn.

How come I did not know this earlier?! WHEN I WAS WRITING STUFFS. And this is why you are the Alpha Editor.

I’m still not too sure about that. But anyway. You + are is another contraction. Just thought I’d point that out. You can make a contraction out of almost anything. I used to use contractions a lot . . . probably more than I should’ve. Practically one every sentence. I think that was in . . . fifth or sixth grade. I also used commas a lot. OH COMMAS!!! Let’s talk about commas. Would you like to explain? At least half of it? Commas have a ton of rules.

*Laughs* Oh commas. I suck at commas. Though, I use them a lot. A lot. If you haven’t already noticed of course. Seriously though. The little suckers are all powerful and have amazing skills! But anyway, (<COMMA) commas. Give me a moment to think of a rule . . . COMMAS SEPARATE ITEMS ON A LIST!!! *Facepalm* It took me a whole two minutes to think of that!

Before I start talking about rules, I feel like sharing something. So. As a 12 year old ((That is how old you are in sixth grade, right?)) I was a little . . . comma happy. I basically said to myself, “Do I need a comma there? Oh why not, there’s no such thing as too many commas!!!” First off, there is such thing as too many commas. And second off, don’t think like 12 year old me because I was really stupid back then. Still am. But anyway. Commas. Yes. They separate items on a list. So. “I need you to buy milk, eggs, bread, and cupcakes.” Not, “I need you to buy milk eggs bread and cupcakes.” *shudders* Don’t ever do that. I have no idea what milk eggs are. Or eggs bread. Or milk eggs bread for that matter.

*Laughs* Milk Eggs! “Hey, will you go buy me some milk eggs?” Ha. Anyway. I forgot to say, isn’t it more than two items that you’ll need commas . . .?

Yes, because you can’t just say, “I need you to buy milk, and eggs.” Don’t do that either. Kay? That looks messed up. And it is messed up. So. As there always is in English, there are exceptions to that rule! Gotta love them exceptions! So. Let’s say . . . “I need you to buy milk, eggs, and pink cupcakes.” Nooo. What have I done?! I messed up. That is another rule. Pretend I actually have a brain, kay? Now. Let’s continue. If you have a list of adjectives then you separate the list with our little friend commas. Unless there is an exception. Exceptions include colors, numbers, possessives, and something else that I can’t remember!

So. Yeah. I don’t have anything else . . .

Jo. That was your cue to tell me what the other exception was!

OH . . . sorry. It’s a personal pronoun isn’t it? Like “I” or “me”. Whoa. That took me a while.

OH OH OH OH!!!! THAT’S WHAT IT IS!!! PROPER ADJECTIVE!!!!!!! It’s not a personal pronoun because you don’t say, “I love the pink sprinkled, me cupcakes.” Or at least, I sure hope that you don’t say that. So. Color, number, proper adjective, or possessive don’t get commas. So it would look something like this, “My favorite cupcakes are the soft pink-frosted, sprinkled, chocolate cupcakes.” So yeah. If there’s an exception, don’t put commas around the exception. That was a bad example. Let me give you a better one. “Bashful, boring brown bats fly.”

Sorry that I don’t remember why I wrote that down. I have a list. Of rules. On a notebook. *Facepalm* failure.

That’s alright Jo. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I’ve made a ton of mistakes just now. So yeah. Like my huge failure somewhere up there where I mashed two rules together to create one monster rule. But anyway! Those are all the grammar rules that I feel like talking about today because I’m not in a teaching mood, I just want to write. *says threateningly* Any last words?

*Trembles* B-bye everyone . . . please, tell my cat . . . that I won, I won that yawning contest! NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS.

*bursts out laughing* You have the weirdest things to say Jo. But anyway, bye!

~Marie and Jo

What Are We Going To Do?

That's the question, isn't it. What are we going to do?
For those of you who can't read my mind ((come on, try harder)), I'm thinking about NaNoWriMo. How are we going to post every day if we have to spend our every waking moment writing? So I was thinking, and I haven't cleared this with Jo yet so you guys are like, V.I.P, that maybe we just shouldn't post at all. Except for our Sunday Posts, which will probably be about NaNo, but I don't really know. Jo and I will figure it out.
In the mean time, I didn't really have anything planned out for you, SO ASTRONOMY TIME!!! I found some sites that I thought were pretty awesome. So here they are. Here's one. Here's two.
So you go and have fun reading those. Bye!
~Marie

Hey!

Hey guys! I don't really have anything prepared . . . . So I'm just going to say, HI! HOW ARE YOU?!
~Jo

Steampunk Fiction

So Jo and I were at the library earlier today, and we started talking about steampunk. And so I asked her, "What exactly is steampunk writing? I've formed a definition that's just . . . all scattered and stuff, but what is it really?" And so she replied with, "It's kind of like cyborgs and stuff." And then me, being Marie the insane researcher, went and researched it. And I found this website. So you just go and read that now. I'm now going to start thinking of ideas for a steampunk kind of story, because I want to write at least one story in every writing genre. I think that would be fun. But anyway. Bye!
~Marie

Seasons . . . Let's Talk About That!

Hello! It’s that time of year again. WHEN THE SEASONS CHANGE!!! Kind of . . . OH! OH! And I’m sorry that I, (JO) Did not post on Thursday, I had many distractions and got busy and then I couldn’t post . . . and I apologize . . . and . . . Marie?

Yeah. I saw that and I was really confused because I thought my computer was being weird. ANYWAY! It’s fall! Or autumn. Well, it’s been autumn for a while now. Since September 21. But anyway. That’s not the point. So. We’re talking about seasons today. I, personally, love autumn. And spring.

Yes. Autumn is such a nice time of year. The colors, the weather, the feeling of everything, the food that’s in season . . . you could have hot chocolate or ice cream! And yeah! AND IT MEANS HALLOWEEN!!! AND THANKSGIVING!!! AND BLACK FRIDAY!!! AND IT ALMOST MEANS CHRISTMAS!!! But yeah. “Let’s talk about that.”

*smiles* Yes. Let’s talk about that. I can’t type today, sorry about that. ANYWAY. Can I just say, that I love hot chocolate and Halloween? They’re both amazing.

Oh I agree. I wonder if there are people out there who give out hot chocolate for Halloween!! I know some really awesome people give out soda! But . . . not hot chocolate yet.

When I was, like, six there was this one lady who dressed up like a witch and had a whole cauldron full of hot chocolate and that’s what she gave out. It was awesome. There was another house who gave out hot dogs and refreshments that year. It was really awesome. No one does that in my neighborhood anymore. It’s sad.

That sounds really awesome!!! And that’s too bad, or else it would’ve been a no brainer where we should go trick or treating. Nobody in my neighborhood does that. Not that I know of anyway, Matthew might know. He’s like, everywhere on Halloween.

I think there is still one house who does that . . . it may be the same house . . . I don’t remember. Let me think . . . well, when I was in fifth or sixth grade there was one house who had apple cider and cookies, and that same year there was a house who gave out king sized candy bars. But I’m not sure about last year.

Wow you have just like, amazing people who live around you. We always get the boring usual stuff. And “fun sized” stuff. BUT ANYWAY. We’re not here to talk about trick or treating. We need to talk about seasons.

Yes. You’re right Jo. So. Autumn is awesome. Now. Winter comes next, so what do you think of winter Jo?

*Quietly and suspiciously laughs* Your birthday is in winter right? Or was it summer?

*frowns* Sometimes I can’t figure you out Jo. Well, 90% of the time I can’t figure you out. Winter. I wish it were in spring though.

Yeah. How could I forget your birthday?! After all, it is five days before mine! Yeah. It’s kind of hard to have a winter birthday because we don’t have many options for a party . . . but anyway! Winter is nice. The snow is pretty. We get hot chocolate. And it means Christmas and New Years and our birthdays!

AND Three Kings Day! That’s my favorite holiday ever! For those of you who don’t know, Three Kings Day is a little like Christmas. It’s celebrated on January 6 or 7 or 5. Somewhere around that time. And you get three presents, one from each king. And it’s celebrated in Puerto Rico in replacement of Christmas. That’s how I know about it. It’s really awesome.

And a bunch of other holidays, like Saint Nicholas Day. And other stuff. So yeah. Winter is nice and fun! SLEDDING!!! But it’s really cold . . . so . . . yeah . . .

Yeah. I hate how cold winter is. So. Insanely. Cold. Especially here in Utah. I hate Utah weather. ANYWAY. Spring is next. I love spring because spring = flowers. And I have a flower obsession.

The only problem I have with spring is probably the bugs and scary bees . . . but yeah. That’s also why I love autumn! No bugs! To hurt me! But anyway. Spring is the best to paint. Like autumn too . . . anyway. Yeah. Spring is pretty and nice and it means Mother’s day and April Fools. And . . .St. Patricks day! AND AND! Isn’t it Mama Green’s birthday too?!

I have no idea . . . Possibly. But yes. Bees are really scary and that’s my only problem with flowers. I need to start my own garden this year . . . ANYWAY. I think all the seasons would be fun to paint. Except summer. It’s like, “Here. I’ll paint this grass . . . and grass . . . and grass . . . and a tree . . . and grass . . . and the sun.”

*Laughs* I’ll just paint . . . the grass and this tree here . . . and . . . the sun . . . But summer is . . . it’s hot. It means lots of ice cream! And Father’s day! And the Fourth of July! And . . . what was it? Was there something else in summer . . .Hm. But it is nice to paint the beach in summer I guess. And um. Summer means a lot, a lot of free time. And swimming. And. CAMP HALF BLOOD TOO! But, that would be all year . . .

Pioneer Day? But that’s only a Utah holiday. But there’s also Percy and Harry’s birthdays. And Camp NaNo. There’s also Camp NaNo in April. But yeah. THAT’S ANOTHER REASON WHY AUTUMN IN AWESOME!!! MARIE CURIE’S BIRTHDAY!!! November 7. Okay. That’s all I had to say.

YEAH! NANOWRIMO!!! OH! Summer also means J. K. Rowling’s birthday doesn’t it? And Annabeth’s is July 12. I believe. So . . . that’s all I have . . .

July 31 I believe. For J. K. Rowling’s birthday. But that’s also all I have. So goodbye! Until tomorrow when I will hopefully have something good to post.

~Marie and Jo