Writer's Block

Hey guys! I finished Pretties yesterday - wow. I have already ordered the last book in the Uglies trilogy, Specials, so hopefully Amazon will deliver that soon :) I've just started The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, so I'll soon be able to delete that from my 2014 reading list - yay! I'm only a few pages in (not sure how many because I'm reading it on my Kindle) but it is already really good!
I thought I'd post today about something that has been....bothering me for a while. I have a terrible case of Writer's Block. And I mean, terrible. It is literally like my brain has built a dam, blocking off the part in my mind where all my story ideas are created and held until I write them down somewhere - normally my arm. It's like my brain is laughing at me like "hahaha, you can't have your story ideas!" I'm really struggling to think up a story idea which is annoying because I've just created an account on a website called Camp NaNoWriMo - it stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is a website that helps you write and complete your novel. You enter the title, the front cover and write. You enter how many words you have written in a day and it tells you when you should be finished. I'll leave the link below! I joined and though "Oh great, now I can finish my novel" Then I realised, I have no novel. No ideas. None at all.
I want to start writing again but I have no idea what to write about? So I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to cure Writer's Block. Any ideas will help! I just feel like one tiny hole and everything will come flooding back and I'll soon be writing again.
So, it will probably be poetry for the next few Thursdays until this writer's block goes. And even then, I think I'll keep my story to myself, just in case it doesn't work out >.<
I'll post something tomorrow.
Bye guys!

xoxo,
Bethan

Here's that link - http://campnanowrimo.org/

The Declaration + stuff

Hi guys! I'm so sorry I haven't posted in so long - I have been really busy with school, homework, reading and, quite honestly, I had no idea what to post.... But now that I'm back in the routine of school, I should be back in the routine of blogging. Next week, I will be posting earlier in the week, with a Creative Thursday :)
So, I finished the Declaration about...hmmm, 5 minutes ago? It was a really fun read :) I thoroughly enjoyed it and have already ordered the second and third books in the trilogy, so hopefully they'll arrive at my library soon!
The character of Anna was so interesting to follow. You watched her develop from an obedient, "Valuable Asset" Surplus, into a girl who hated her life and wanted to escape from the Surplus Hall with the mysterious Peter, who became her first friend.
I can't wait to read The Resistance, but while I'm waiting for the last two books to arrive, I'm going to move on to Pretties by Scott Westerfield. It's the sequel to the best-selling book, Uglies, which my best friend gave me for my birthday. I loved it, so I'm really excited to read Pretties! Hopefully that won't take me long because, as you can see at the side of this blog, my 2014 reading list is very long, especially when you realise that "The (blablabla) trilogy/series" means more than one book!
Well, I hope you've been having a good 2014 so far. Mine's been okay. I've already added some things to my box and I've managed to keep a few of my resolutions - well, they weren't proper resolutions. Not like 'get fit' or 'eat healthier'. They were more promises to myself to be a better person and to be happy with who I am. I have done that so far, which I am really proud of ^^
Have a great weekend!
I'll post something next week, I promise >.<
Thanks for reading <3

xoxo,
Bethan

A new start

Bonjour!
Now, I know I posted something yesterday/this morning about New Years, but I read it back and decided I wanted to do a longer post. That post was more of a 'quickly, on my phone, I need to wish my readers a happy new year' post. I wanted to write a longer one, about my 2013, the memories I've taken away and the ones I hope to gain in the new year.
A lot has happened this year, some of it good, some of it...not so good. I...

~ started my blog :)

~ read...a LOT

~ saw Catching Fire (It was amazing!)

~ had 500 pageviews and it's going up
all the time (I just... thank you so much,

whoever actually reads my blog. I love you!)

~ read the Mortal Instruments series and

the Infernal Devices trilogy

~ read Allegiant...and cried....a lot...

~ saw Gabrielle Aplin live

~ started writing far too many stories

~ got even closer to my best friend - love you!

~ fangirled

~ laughed

~ cried

~ smiled

2013 was a good year, but I can't say I'll miss it. I'm ready for a fresh start. I want to do so much more in 2014. I want to....

~ become a better blogger

~ get even more pageviews

~ read some more

~ read City of Heavenly Fire

~ see Divergent

~ see Mockingjay part 1

~ maybe take some painting classes?

~ start writing a story and actually finish it

~ be happier

~ be okay with who I am

~ change for no-one

~ make some more memories - good and bad

~ be a better person

~ be me

I'd also quite like to learn some things about blog designing. I'd like to be able to add some things to my sidebar, or change the colour of my background whenever I want. I'm going to email Rosie and ask her for some tips - Rose is the girl who designed my blog. She's lovely. Please go check her blog out!

Anyway, I hope you have a great year!

I love you lots!

Thanks for reading!

xoxo,

Bethan

Happy new year!

Hey guys! Well, it's 5 minutes until a new year - a new start to try to do better!

Every year, my best friend keeps a box. In the box, she puts everything that's happened to her in 2013 in there - cinema tickets, concert tickets, Christmas cards, birthday cards, receipts, little notes scrawled on scraps of paper, thoughts, feelings and things she has done. And every year, at midnight on New Year's Eve, she opens this box and goes through her memories. I've decided that next year, which is only in about 3 minutes now, I will keep a box like that.
I've never really made New Year's resolutions, but here we go, I'm going to start something new now. Next year, I'm going to try harder, at everything. I'm going to love myself. I'm going to write a story and finish it. I'm not going to get as stressed about things. I'm not going to change for anyone. 

I'm going to be a better person.
Happy new year everyone!
I'll post something soon.
Thanks for reading and have a great new year!