The Classix

Followup: Wisdom Teeth & Imagines

Hey! I wish this could be an April Fool's joke, but I can't update today.

I am so so so so so so sorry about this.

You see, I was going to write like the wind on vacation this week, but about a day into the trip I realized my charger had gone missing. On a good day, my 6 year old computer can last maybe 2 hours without being charged. When I opened it up to start writing, it was already on 40%. So basically, I barely got a few paragraphs in before it died.

Today (Thursday night, while I'm typing this out) was my first day with access to a charger, but it was very hectic. I've been on the emotional roller coaster of college admissions these last few weeks, and between scheduling last minute campus visits to schools I'd initially thought were lost causes and feverishly filling out information for wait lists, I just now realized while sitting down to go to sleep that I don't have an update prepared and ready to go for Friday.

Normally, that'd be fine, because I'd write all night and into the morning and just post late. However, I'm getting my wisdom teeth pulled early Friday morning, and I'm afraid I'm going to be in the worst state ever for writing. I'm already dreading this procedure like you wouldn't believe--the thought of getting the IV put into my arm makes me feel so lightheaded. I'm getting queasy just mentioning it. Veins aren't my thing, and neither are needles. Both combined??!?!

I'm planning on making it up to you by posting two chapters next week. This is very bold of me to say, because I really desperately need to keep my grades up this final semester. Senioritis has been in full swing lately, but I absolutely must maintain a good GPA so some of the schools I've been accepted to/wait-listed for won't drop me. You'd think getting to put down "I'm getting published with Simon & Schuster this April" among other things would be enough for these schools. NOT QUITE. (Besides, I may or may not have almost a C in English right now. Applaud this soon-to-be published author for being absolutely horrible at poetry vocab. Does this poem implement terza rima or rhyme royal? I don't know, man! I just thought it sounded pretty!!!)

Speaking of being a published author––in the irritating absence of an update, I'm going to be the worst person ever and ask you if you've preordered Imagines yet.

I received a picture of the back cover, and LOOK! MY NAME! I can't wait to hold this book in my hands!!!!

I know, I know, half the time when people promote things it's the most annoying thing ever. But this book is so important to me. I never in a million years thought I'd get to do this before I graduated high school. If you would be so wonderful as to preorder Imagines, or at least go to your bookstore on April 26th and take a selfie with it for me, I would be so grateful and thrilled.

Please please please preorder it! I have a link on my profile!

I know I shouldn't read the comments, but it's been really getting me down lately that people are calling Imagines "malicious." Newspapers and tabloids can create completely false claims about celebrities all the time without letting those stars know. Imagines is a book full of celebrity encounters, and it was written to paint those celebrities in the best possible light! Even more, it is clearly labeled as fictional. If you read my imagine about Michael Clifford (when it comes out on April 26th, that is), you'll see that the story is simply about a boy with bright red hair from a popular band taking you to prom. It is not malicious!

So basically, if the book bothers you, or writers affiliated with it bother you, please ignore the book. But stopping haters from hating is a little lofty a goal, so I suppose I should just stop fishing through the Goodreads reviews so I don't get anxious anymore.

I digress.

I hope you're having a wonderful amazing fantastic week. I promise I'll update as soon as possible! Thank you for keeping the comments on here very nice and positive for the most part. We have the occasional "This sucks!" and the ever-confidence building "No wonder why REAL authors can't make it if people are reading this trash!" which is always a good alienation from authorship that I totally love and appreciate. And then there's my favorite, which I memorized by heart: "Wow. That was awful. Someone should take her comma key away. She would then be forced to make legitimate sentences."

Me and my illegitimate sentences are gonna go tango away from the negativity now.

Please comment your story right here so I can add it to my list and read it while recovering from getting my wisdom teeth pulled. It will be all sorts of splendid!

Comment right here your name. I really truly want to add you as a character to this story, reader, and sometimes I click into a profile and see that there's no first name to be found. If you want your name to be considered, please let me know what it is! I want to appreciate you for every good thing you've ever brought to my life!

Have a fantastic April Fool's Day, Wattpad! Remember:

Sticks and Stones may break your bones, but haters make you famoux. Stay classy, stay classix.