Home from VACA

Whoa baby. It's been quite some time since we've posted. I was hoping that maybe Kylie would post while I was gone, but since neither of us were doing much writing (since I didn't have internet access from our condo in FL), she didn't really have any need to post much of anything!

Like I said, no internet access from our condo in FL, so we didn't do any writing while I was away. Needless to say, I missed all our characters! I couldn't even write my OWN stories because most of them are on Google Docs and I didn't have the access to them. So...I started a new one on a word document on my computer. Because, as you all know, I am a writer and I can't NOT write for that long!

Anyways, I just got home a couple of hours ago and I wrote a nice, long, refreshing part in the story! It made me feel so happy! I feel like I'm back into the grind of things because I actually got to write! :D

~Ashley

BTW, we are now at 22,000 words!

20K...er 21K

I was, um, supposed to post when Kylie and I hit 20K, but before I knew it, we'd hit 21K. So instead of posting our 20K milestone, I'm posting about 21K.


This story is definitely going slower than our others. Not even sure why. Probably because we're both super busy with different things.


BUT! we did get to one of the main plot twists in the story. It was our first big one, so it was kind-of nice to actually get it written out and see how it played out in words, instead of thinking about it for such a long time, wondering what would happen. :) It was better than we imagined, but sad. (You'll have to wait for later! :P) 


It's Kylie turn to take a part in the story, so hopefully she can do that soon, before I leave for FL tomorrow. I really wanna write another part before I leave.


~Ashley




ALSO, kudos to Kylie for making our amazing new template. I couldn't have done it myself, so I am very amazed by what she made. :D 

Of Apple Pie and New Designs

So, it's been a while since I wrote on this blog.

*waves* HI!! Remember me? I'm Sky!

Now that we've got that awkward moment out of the way, I have to introduce you to a piece of apple pie.

Once upon a time, Ashley came to visit me. We went over to a friend's house - but really, she's more like an aunt. We got there, and she had apple pie. She said that when we tasted the apple pie, we would go, "Oh my gosh!"

Our reaction?

"Oh my gosh!"

So when you have apple pie, think of us.

In other news, we're slowly progressing in Much Love, Morgan. It's kind of slow-going though, and I don't know why. Oh wait, I do. It's because we're both so busy. Hopefully things will calm down a little soon, so we can write. I miss writing!

Our current wordcount is 15,459 words. We've written 500 words since our last post! Not as fast as we've written some books, but still pretty good. I... guess.

I still think it would be amazing if we could get published. Granted, our books need a lot of work before then, but I think it would be amazing. No, it would be amazeeng! So, I'm going to keep praying that that can happen, and you pray too, okay? I just want it to happen in God's timing. And you all are AWESOME. No, actually you are AMAZEENG. Thanks for hanging in there with us through our random ramblings and moments where we're high on sugar and tend to ramble ourselves to pieces. Like me. We love you all! :D

Also, a new design is coming. Here's a sneak peak... 

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It'll include a new photo header with pictures of us and our awesome feet. Also, it'll look a lot different than our current design. So stay tuned for that. I can't wait to show it to you all! :) 

Have a happy Saturday, blog readers!

-Sky

15K!!!!!

Wow, lots of excitement, huh? I guess that's because I AM excited. Kylie and I hadn't been writing as much lately and finally we hit our 15K mark today. 


She and I had been writing pretty long parts the last couple of days to catch up on the word count and we did really well with that. It's kinda funny, actually. Our sections in the story have been so long that even I'm surprised. 

At this exact moment I am talking on the phone with Miss Kylie and she made sure for me to tell you all "hi!", so I better do it or I shall face her wrath. And that is one wrath I shall not want to face.
Just kidding. 


So of course I read the whole post over again to Kylie to make sure that it sounds okay and we are laughing like teenagers. 
Which isn't a bad thing.
Since that is what we are.
Right?
Right?
Right. 

Anyways...15K and onto 20K. And then 30K. And then...80K. :) 

~Ashley

long time, no post

Sheesh, it's been forever since either Kylie or I posted on this blog. Sorry, life has been hectic and crazy here lately and I'm not even sure why. 


My month of May is super-duper crazy with trips to GA and FL in the beginning and ends of the month for different homeschool conventions (to work in The Old SchoolHouse Magazine booth - come see me if you're at CHAP, GHEA or FPEA, for sure!) 


Kylie and I have not been writing much lately because of the busyness in our lives but like I've said, we've started Much Love, Morgan - the book that comes after Becoming Bekah. I thought I would post the prologue to our story so that you have some idea of the writing style of book 2!

Enjoy!


Oh and consider now that Leighla is married and has been for quite some time when this book starts. Just in case you were confused by the way things are going. :) 


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Leighla sat on the couch watching a movie with Channing. She was starting to feel fat and ugly and was already ready to have the baby growing inside her. She was trying not to get discouraged, considering the fact that she still had six months left to go in her pregnancy. Oh boy, this should be interesting for poor Channing.
She almost felt like crying about it. Of course, she cried about everything now that she was pregnant.
Especially this stupid, sad movie that they were watching. She had been crying since the beginning and she needed to stop. She was now blubbering and acting like a total idiot.
“Are you okay, Leighla?” Channing placed a hand on her arm and gave her a smile.
The smile cheered her up a little bit. “I’m fine, Channing. Just a bit emotional.”
“So I see.”
“This movie...is just....so....sad.” She said between breaths.
“Yeah....”
“It’s sad, Channing Kinglsey!”
“I know, Leighla Kingsley! I’m watching it too, ya know.”
“I know that.” She sighed. “We need to watch an action movie next.”
“You don’t like action movies. And you’d probably cry at that too.”
“Oh, shush.”
Leighla was seriously blessed to have Channing as a husband. She didn’t know what she would do without him. He was her sanity since she got pregnant, someone who stood by her through everything. She was thankful to have him in her life.

She put her fingers in between his. “I love you, Channing. Thanks for being my best friend.”
Channing smiled and kissed her on the lips. “It was my pleasure.”

Becoming Bekah

I'm hoping that Miss Kylie won't get angry with me for posting this, but since it's Saturday and I can't take it anymore, I am posting it anyway. 'Cause she'll get over it, I'm sure....
Right, Ky? 
Right.
Okay.
I am posting the video that Kylie - our wonderful, amazing Kylie - made for our story Becoming Bekah. If you've ever seen a book trailer before, you know that it definitely takes some time, but in the end, it looks cool. I actually tried to make one...but I couldn't get myself into it enough to actually finish it. 
I didn't even mention that to Kylie and a day later, she told me that she had made one. I guess that was our best friend telepathy sinking in, wouldn't you say? Yep. Me too.
So with further ado, here's the video! 
Enjoy! And let us know what you think too! 
~Ash

10K already!

There's a time in Kylie and my writing when we know that we are pretty much "in-tune" with our story and characters. 

I think that time is now.

She and I started Much Love Morgan, on April 16th. 

It is April 20th - 4 days later - and we have already hit our first milestone.

The 10K mark.

I did that this morning, actually, my writing a super long part. 

(which I tend to do when our stories get interesting and I wanna know what's going to happen next). 

Much Love, Morgan is actually coming along really quickly and if we keep writing in this way, we'll be done with it in only a couple of weeks. 

Becoming Bekah came along really fast too, at first, so I'm expecting it to go quickly at the beginning and then slow down at some point. 

But I'm hoping that doesn't happen, even if it seems inevitable. 

We started the story: 4/16/11

We hit 10K: 4/20/11

~Ash