tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71451884565775104582024-03-05T22:37:50.675-08:00See Celaya WriteWords about writers, books, and happily ever afters.Jessica L. Celayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725283349220405323noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145188456577510458.post-12741264652479690392016-04-18T20:38:00.001-07:002016-04-18T20:38:30.889-07:00Cover reveal!Check out my cover reveal:<br />
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The release date will be announced soon.Jessica L. Celayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725283349220405323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145188456577510458.post-46826087173132947692016-04-14T17:39:00.003-07:002016-04-14T17:39:55.715-07:00I'm back!I haven't disappeared off the face of the planet. Well, maybe I did, but I'm back. Exciting news coming soon. Check back soon for an update.Jessica L. Celayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725283349220405323noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145188456577510458.post-84219187334501759862014-04-19T21:20:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:20:12.159-07:00A-Z challenge for L, M, N and a bunch of other letters . . .<div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 35.3pt;">
Wow, I’ve been
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L is for luck.
Ever since I was a child, I’ve had this strange skill—finding four leaf
clovers. When I was little, I could put my hand on the ground and there’d be two
or three four leaf clovers there. I must’ve found hundreds of them as a child.</div>
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M is for
Missouri. I grew up in Missouri. I can still remember the summers that were so
hot that it felt like your face melted off when you stepped outside. (Imagine
sticking your face near an oven). And the winters with the snow that never
lasted long enough for more than a few snow days. I remember chasing fireflies
and the sting of mosquito bites. The lapping of water and the smell of worms
and mud as I sat at a lake, fishing with my parents. Remember, the more details,
the more real your setting will be.</div>
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N is for notes. I
don’t do this as often as I should, but sometimes I take notes about life
events to remember how that moment in time feels. When I read the seventh Harry
Potter book for the first time, I ended up staying up for like 40 some hours
because I had to work and then had other plans and then stayed up all night
reading. After I finished, I wrote down how I felt so that if I ever had a
character who was exhausted, I’d know what it felt like.</div>
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O is for oops. I’m
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P is for pearls.
I love pearls. I wore them at my wedding. It was a strand of pearls that my mom
always wore and she gave them to me a few years ago. I think pearls are so
classy. Does your character have any favorite jewelry? Do they have something
special that was given to them from a loved one?</div>
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Q is for quiet.
Do you write in silence? I can’t. I have to have distractions or I can’t focus.
If I’m alone in an empty room, I don’t write, but if there are people coming
and going or a tv on, I can write a lot. Do distractions help your writing or
slow it down?</div>
Jessica L. Celayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725283349220405323noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145188456577510458.post-63721736526174615222014-04-12T21:14:00.001-07:002014-04-12T21:14:19.922-07:00I, J, and K<div class="MsoNormal">
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is all so delicious. I don’t have a favorite flavor, because it depends on my
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J is for Jessica. My older sister named me. She refused to
pick any boy names because she refused to accept a brother. Lucky for me, she
got her younger sister. She insisted I was named Jessica.</div>
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K is for kids. I don’t have any yet myself, but aren’t they
great? When my nephew was little, he was obsessed with the letter t. When we
would drive anywhere, if he saw a t on a sign he would yell, “A t! A T!”</div>
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Gamer. I love video games. I grew up on Mario and Zelda. I’ve
played a bit of World of Warcraft. My husband and I have recently started
playing game called Pathfinder (It’s
like Dungeons and Dragons). I like it because you create a character and then
every decision you make is based on what that character would do. So it’s sort
of like writing a book, only the other characters are written by someone else
and half the fun is when they do something completely unexpected.</div>
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H is for . . . Hedgehog. I own a hedgehog. He is the most
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Todays letters were both very unrelated and quirky, but that’s
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have a very small family. Just my husband and me. And a very big family of
parents and a sister and cousins and three beautiful nieces and a handsome
nephew. I also have an even bigger family of fellow writers.</div>
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How does your character's family influence who they are and the decisions they make?</div>
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fact whenever I take any sort of test to discover if I am more introverted or
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introverts, 100% of the time. Don’t stopper the creation of a wonderful,
life-like character because you think they must be one way or the other. Real
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My theme for this challenge is introducing myself, so hold
on to your hats kids—you’re about to learn some random stuff. I hope to get to
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Since I missed A-D this is going to be my massive catch up
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A is for Author. I write books. I’ve been creating stories
for as long as I can remember (Free time in first grade? Yup, I was writing). I
haven’t published anything yet, but I have some big plans in the works.</div>
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B is for Biology. Here’s where it gets all random. I have a
degree in biology. Science plus fantasy novels? Yes, yes it is a strange mix.</div>
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C is for Cat. I’m a little obsessed with cats. Not like in a
crazy cat lady way, but you can guarantee if I visit someone and they have a
cat, that cat is getting like 98% of my attention. I have two gorgeous cats
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D is for Dog. Okay, so as much as I love cats, I really love
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Well, now here is your part of the challenge! Do you write?
What is your big dream? Do you have any quirky traits like a biologist/fantasy
author mash-up? What is the one thing that can attract 98% of your attention?</div>
Jessica L. Celayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13725283349220405323noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7145188456577510458.post-86688775465926624862013-08-18T17:52:00.000-07:002013-08-18T17:52:47.853-07:00Hello and Welcome<div class="Standard" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 35.3pt;">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My name is
Jessica Celaya. That’s pronounced See-lie-uh. I’m a reader. I’m a writer. I’m a
happily ever after liver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The funny thing
about happily ever afters is that they are never like you expect. But the good
parts are even better than you could imagine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writing can be
the same. Sending books to agents, writing a synopsis, and creating characters
are sometimes nothing like you imagined when the dream to become a writer
seized your heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog is
about all the ups and downs of writing, of books, and of life. It’s about the
heartache of rejection to the joy of getting the perfect scene right. I’ll
share the tidbits I learn along the way. I hope I can learn from you all as
well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to
learn more about my pre-happily ever after writing adventures, my old blog
under my maiden name is <a href="http://jessicalfoster.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">http://jessicalfoster.blogspot.com/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Writing!</span></div>
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