Birthday Buzz! 
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Life UpdatesI looked at the calendar today and, lo and behold, 'tis my birthday quite soon! Yes, on November 8th, I'll finally be hitting the big 18. The year's gone so quickly ;-; Anyway, turns out my mum's booked a nice Chinese restaurant for my big day, and I'm getting my first tattoo. :] Anyone got any ideas what I should get? I'm thinking either the base of my neck or the small of my back, but if anyone has any design ideas, do say so ;]
Aurora UpdatesI'm getting on with doing a self-edit of Aurora - at the moment I'm debating as to whether or not to rewrite Chapter 4 or leave it as it is, but once that tricky decision's made, the rest of it should be done quite quickly. I wrote most of Part One (Europe) when I was sixteen, so my style's changed a lot since then! Parts Two and Three were written more recently, so they should be considerably easier to edit. My critic, Fran Tracey (click [link] to read some of her work) has recommended that I talk to another writer, Jackie Marchant, who she thinks will be able to help me find an agent. Turns out I need one of those first, and the publishing house do the editing. Eek, I'm getting nervous ;-; I need to write a synopsis of the novel and apparently most agents want to see the first few chapters, so I need to work on Chapters 1-4 with Fran to make them awesome.
On the other hand, I also wrote to J. K. Rowling (my mum's idea, not mine o.O) to ask if she's ever sponsored young writers . . . I highly doubt I'll get a reply from that sector, knowing how much mail she must get, but there's no harm in trying. Don't ask, don't get.
Other UpdatesI've got the first chapter of Evelyn's prize oneshot about 75% done - should be up on dA sometime this week. The title is Encircling the Sun. :]
Have a good week, everyone!
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