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Bye, Bye Cedric!

April 30, 2008, Wednesday, 8:32 P.M.

Sent Cedric’s story to the publisher!

Working Title: Pangalawa sa Puso Mo (May puso pa din :p)
Final Word Count: 23 379
Pages: 87
Chapters: 23

I’m not given the chance to thank people in the books so I’m going to do my thank yous here. Just because I can’t do it in the actual book, doesn’t mean I can’t thank the people I need to thank, right? Hayaan niyo na ko sa kahibangan ko.

So, here’s my list:

my parents, always my first readers; and my siblings who intimidate people into buying my book;

to saber_kite for the songs in my soundtrack and the Tagaytay pics;

to faeriechinggay, I still owe you the first autograph;

to my friends at NE who are more excited about my books than I am, thanks for the support: my roommate (sounding board and beta reader) xxxtin, holycarabao and my “manager”, ate Epang (hihihi);

to my publisher, Bookware Publishing, Inc., for accepting my craziness.

I also owe big, big thank yous to the following people who will probably not know that I am thankful to them:

Stephenie Meyer, whose Twilight series inspired me so much that Cedric was born;

the real Cedric (Diggory), Robert Pattinson whom I watched over and over again in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire while writing this book, I can’t wait to watch you over and over again as Edward Cullen;

Jackson Rathbone who inspired me to write by appearing in one of my dreams and being the prototype for Ced;

the bands/artists: Mae, Switchfoot, Matchbook Romance, American Hi-Fi, The Killers and Jon McLaughlin for sharing their music and helping weave my story;

and to God Almighty, with whom anything is possible. Amen!!! ^_^

Thank you, thank you.

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Cedric’s Story is D.O.N.E.!

“I’m learning to breathe
I’m learning to crawl
I’m finding that You and
You alone can break my fall
I’m living again, awake and alive
I’m dying to breathe in these abundant skies”

~ Learning to Breathe, Switchfoot

I am done with the roughest of the rough drafts for Cedric’s story. I’m exhausted! Rough draft’s word count is 21,992 words, but I’m going to tweak and edit since there were some scenes that I thought to add but never made it, and there are a couple of rough patches in there. It needs more drama, more clarity and more salt and pepper to taste.

Ow ow ow! I’m ::really:: exhausted! Anyway, I just wanted to share. I’m off to bed. Happy weekend!

Cedric’s Playlist

I was looking for songs to use as a soundtrack for Cedric and Nadine’s Daphne’s story when I came across a Twilight fansite, (which I forgot to get and will have to look for) and it has some perfect songs on its radio blog. I listened to the songs and found a few that are perfect.

The webmaster compiled the songs, thinking that it would be great for Bella and Edward (which is why I listened to the songs in the first place). To some extent, they are. And great for me too because they fit the story.

So Close
Jon McLaughlin

“You’re in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I’m with you
So close to feeling alive.”

***

The Sun and the Moon
Mae

“Wasted time
I can not say that
I was ready for this
But when worlds collide
And all that I have
Is all that I want
The words seem to flow
And the thoughts
They keep running.
And all that I have is yours
All that I am is yours.”

***

Ready and Waiting to Fall
Mae

“And now I’m caught in the air, its a good life.
pass it up?, i wouldn’t dare or wonder why, alright.
i remember being ready and waiting to fall.
just like i did tonight.”

***

Tiger Lilly
Matchbook Romance

“And If I could only stop the car
and hold onto you,
and never let go…
I’ll never let go.”

Here’s another one that fits the story.

Mr. Brightside
The Killers

“And I just can’t look its killing me
And taking control
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea”

I’m still on the lookout for more songs, but the plot isn’t tightly knit yet, and there are a lot more holes, but it’s coming together, much faster than Noah’s story is :p

Hopefully, I can submit that by May *sigh* I work slow.

Thanks to saber_kite for sending me Claire de Lune ;)

I’d download the songs and post them here if and when I get back home to Manila.

Maybe.

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