What's the Word? Weekend #40

It's time for What's the Word? Weekend number forty!  :)



Technically it's Monday where I am, but I have good reason for being a few hours late (which I'll get to in a little bit). So let's take a look at this weekend's news:

The Bad News: 
There's less than five hours until my first (of four) Monday class starts, and I'm still awake to write this. Other than that, no bad news. :)

Oh! Actually, I've gotten a few query rejections, so those stunk.



The Good News: 
I finished "polishing" Zulu Tribe!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

I literally JUST finished like ten minutes ago, so that's why I wasn't able to make sure that my WWW post was actually posted over the weekend. I NEEDED TO GET IT DONE, and here's why:

So being the silly person that I am, I decided to send my first round of queries (because I was getting antsy and I couldn't help myself), thinking that I'd have plenty of time to do another round of editing/polishing (because why would I get a request during my first batch of queries, right?). So I sent out my first five queries this past Wednesday. This past THURSDAY morning, I got a full request (and that was the VERY first response I received)! Of course I was ELATED and EXCITED to get a full request (and then knocked down back to earth after I got like, five rejections over the next couple days), but then it hit me ... I still needed to re-read/polish Zulu Tribe!!!!

So yeah, ever since Friday night (because I had homework to do first) I've been staying up reading my manuscript out loud to myself (so it's a probably a good thing that I only have one neighbor, and he doesn't seem to be able to hear me).

So yeah, cut to ten minutes ago--I finally finished reading it! I honestly think it's as polished as I personally can make it (though I may end up reading it again). So if I need to look through it again for any mistakes, I'll probably need to find an editor or beta for the first time ever ... but we'll worry about that when the time comes along.

So yeah, I just shipped off the full request (almost four days later....completely my fault), so fingers crossed that she likes it (though I'm seriously not getting my hopes up too high). This agent tends to be a quick reader, so I'll probably have a response in the next two or three days. I think the best, most realistic scenario would be for this agent to maybe say what she doesn't like about the manuscript if she doesn't in fact connect with it. But anyway, I'm going to stop writing before I get too pessimistic.

In other news:

Taekwondo is still going great. My classes are going pretty good. Tutoring (which I've done the past couple of years) should hopefully be starting soon. And yeah, I think that's it for now. :)

Well, that's all for this weekend folks! Until next time! :)

X <3 O
This is my year, this is my time, this is my now.

Tuney Tuesday #44: Wake Me Up When September Ends (Green Day)

Hey guys!!! 

It's time for Tuney Tuesday number  forty-four!!!! :)



Here are the rules:
Tuney Tuesdays is a weekly meme that I do. It's really easy! Just:

• Once a week, on Tuesday, choose a song that you might be really into that particular week.
• Include a video/cover art for that single if there is one (or the button for Tuney Tuesdays that Eileen over at ***Singing and Reading in the Rain*** made.) 
• Include the lyrics
• Write what you like about it in a review. Or write a few sentences about how it inspires you. Or how it relates to a book that you've been reading.
• If you don't want to do your own song, you can use the song that I've done for this week.

The song I chose to do this week is Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day. I'm ashamed to say that I actually forgot about this song, until I randomly found it among my thousands of itunes songs about a week or so ago. I absolutely love it, and I thought it would be a fitting choice seeing as this is the last Tuesday in September. Even though I've sang mindlessly to this song many, many times before, this is the first time I've actually taken the time to listen to the lyrics and what the band is saying. This isn't the most feel good song--in fact it's actually kind of sad since it's talking about summer being over and their father passing away (and the painful years going on). Now it makes sense why the song has a sort of depressing yet heartfelt undertone to it while still being a rock song. But I still really love this song (and Green Day!) ... and I hope you guys do too.




Here is the Official Music Video of Wake Me Up When September Ends. This is the first time that I've seen the video, and I love how powerful it is!





Lyrics courtesy of metrolyrics.com:
Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass

Seven years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests

But never forgets what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again

Like we did when spring began

Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Drenched in my pain again

Becoming who we are

As my memory rests

But never forgets what I lost

Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed

The innocent can never last

Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass

Twenty years has gone so fast

Wake me up when September ends

Wake me up when September ends

Wake me up when September ends




Well, that's all for this Tuney Tuesday, folks! Until next time!

X <3 O