Story Sneak Peek: Mackenzie

Mackenzie Glenworth's world is tipped over when somebody comes to her house in the middle of the night and tries to kidnap her.

And fails.

On the run, she meets a boy named Ben who tells her that she is wanted by the Caines--people who kidnap kids and enroll them in their assassin school. Mackenzie doesn't want to believe him. But when something happens that nearly makes her want to give up life all together, she realizes that it's true.

The Caines are real. And they're deadly.

Racing against the clock, Mackenzie must choose between saving her best friend, and saving others from the Caines.

Whoa.

Just... whoa.

This idea has been one of my favorites in a really long time.

I wanted a really cool name for my main character and her best friend, and I decided to use the names of two real life best friends (well, at least they seem to be) whose blogs I really love.

Mackenzie and Rose? Step forward please.

You guys are so amazing, and I love your blogs... and your names. Which is why I chose them to be the names of my main character and her friend. I'm not saying this is what you're like in real life, but in the story Mackenzie is the more crazier glittery one and Rose is the quieter, "you're such a goober" best friend. :)

I thought it was rather funny that Mackenzie is the one that the Caines want to recruit... one of my favorite lines of the book (so far) comes from Rose and goes something along the lines of, "Mackenzie loves glitter and photography and sarcasm! Not killing people!" (OK, it sounded a little bit funnier when I was writing it... I also think I phrased it differently in the story...)

I just love Mackenzie in the book. (and in real life. But I mean as a character, too...) She has such a great mind that goes so great along with my own. Just the way she thinks is priceless.

Oh yeah. And we both agree on a big argument.

I'm not a big Hunger Games fan, OK? But there's this argument that we had in our house after we first watched it about who was better--Gale or Peeta. (my parents went with Peeta. Us kids went with Gale. Which is kind of funny...) I personally don't like Peeta because he's so... so... so... wimpy. And... come on... it's kind of creepy about the whole "I-threw-bread-out-to-you-that-day-and-I-noticed-you-always-wore-braids" kind of a thing. (at least, for me...) But Gale? Come on, he's the cool man who actually seems like he could handle himself.

In the book, Mackenzie thinks Gale's cool. (oh yeah... lol) And Rose likes Peeta. (sorry, Mackenzie. I think on your blog you said you were a Hutchette? Yeah, so so sorry.... anyway.....) OK, well, they don't LIKE LIKE either, they just have arguments among each other. It's actually pretty funny. Anyway....... that was kind of awkward...... moving on....

I believe I got over 100 pages on it, but I'm still not done. Does this sound like a story you'd like to read? I sure hope so. :) I'll post it on here as soon as I'm done. ;)

Until later...

take a leap of faith

i stared at the gaping space

and fear crept up on me

breathing down my spine

"if you go in there

you will die"

i didn't want to go in there

but i closed my eyes

and i remembered

everything that i had been told

my eyes flipped open

i had to go through

i didn't want to

but i had to

it was horrible

it was scary

it was dark

but i had been Called

and i had to go

i took a step forward

and walked through

We all have those things that we have to do that are unpleasant to us, whether it's having to move away from family friends, give up a beloved pet, do our chores, or build a house. There's always those unpleasant things to God calls us to do. We don't want to do them. We shrink back in fear. But we have to do them. Because we've been Called.

There's been lots of unpleasant things that I've been called to do, and I haven't done all of them, and I definitely haven't done all of them without complaining. But sometimes we just have to push through all of our fears and uncomforts and just get the job done. Just get whatever it is over with. Just get it all done.

So take a leap of faith.

Walk through the scary gaping door before you.

And know that Someone's holding your hand the whole way.

reach

reach

stretch out your arm

give me your hand

reach

i'm trying to save you

trying to help you

reach

you can do it

just a little bit farther

reach

you're almost there

you're going to make it

reach

i can help you

just let me help

reach

take my hand

let me pull you out

reach

reach

i know you can make it. just reach. i can help you. let me help you. reach, let me take your hand, reach. if you reach, i can grab it. i can pull you out of this mess. i can help you. let me help.

reach. sometimes we just need to reach for Jesus.

thanks for reading. <3

dear you, love me #2

dear you,

everything used to be perfect. everything was amazing. we were best friends. and then everything came crashing to the ground. why? why did you do that? why did you have to break us? i didn't want to go away. i didn't want have to it all fall away. but you did. i don't know why. i'm still trying to understand.

you built a wall between us. a big wall. a fence. and i don't know how to break it. i don't know how to tear it down and get back into that precious heart that i had known for so long. why? why did you build that wall? why did you build that fence? why do you want us to stay away from each other, when what we really need is each other? why do you want to do this to us? to me?

i feel so alone. there's nobody else in the world like you. not somebody who understands me as you do. there's nobody. i've searched. but nothing can fill the void like you do. why did you do it? i don't even understand. what did i ever do to you, that you would ruin my life forever? why?

i don't understand.

love,
me

fictional||thanks for reading <3

because i love you

i saw you

i heard you yell my name

"marina! no!"

they had to hold you back

as i walked up before him

as he looked at me

and said

"why are you here?"

"take me," i whispered

"take me instead of him"

i pointed to him

his eyes were anguish

he tried to get to me

to rescue me

but the others

they held him back

this was my choice

a teardrop falls down my cheek

my breath catches in my throat

do i really want to do this?

sacrifice myself?

for him?

the man sitting before me

he watched me

and he watched you

he saw your pain

your anguish

he saw the words in your eyes--

"don't take her"

"take me"

but you he turned to me

and he said

"you have saved his life"

"now go"

i looked back over my shoulder

one last time

your eyes were anguish

you looked about ready

to sink into the cobbles

and die

because i had left

because i had been everything to you

but my eyes

they gave him my message

they told him the reason why

"because i love you"

Italics When Hover on Links for Blogger Blogs

OK, so, you know that on most blogs when you hover over a link it has an underline? That used to drive my crazy. Until I found out how to get rid of it.

What we'll be covering in this tutorial:
1. No underlines on link hover.
2. Italics on link hover.

OK, so, first, how do you just plain get rid of the underline?

1. Log into your blogger account and click on the blog you want to edit.
2. Click on "template".
3. Click on "customize".
4. Go to "advanced".
5. Click on "CSS".
6. Paste this code in the box:

a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
}

7. Save template.
8. Click "back to blogger" and hover over your links to see how it worked!! :)

And then how do we apply the italics?

1. Log into your blogger account and click no the blog you want to edit.
2. Click on "template".
3. Click on "customize".
4. Go to "advanced".
5. Click on "CSS".
6. Paste this code in the box:

a:hover { color: normal; font-style: italic;
text-decoration: none; }

7. Save template.
8. Click "back to blogger" and hover over your links to see how it worked!! :)

Now, on the second code, we can edit it a little bit.

a:hover { color: normal; font-style: italic;
text-decoration: none; }

See the code in yellow? That's what we can edit. :)

So "normal". This is talking about the color when you hover over it. On "normal", it will be whatever you put on the customization. But if you put something like "black", "gray", "blue", etc., it will be that instead. You can only do stuff like "black" etc., you couldn't do like "light gray". Otherwise the code goes void. (doesn't work)

Hope this helps!! :)

~Storyteller

it doesn't even matter

i watch other people

all the attention they get

for things that i can do

and it makes me feel

small

insignificant

unloved

don't they see me?

don't they see what i can do?

why don't they understand?

why don't they like me?

why don't they tell me what they think?

i watch other people

get so many friends

so much praise

and they just bask in it

and why shouldn't they?

but aren't i as good as they are?

don't people care about me?

don't they understand?

i watch other people

and see the things they do

and suddenly i feel

like i can never do anything right

because who can stand

against those other people?

who everyone says is so amazing?

who can stand?

certainly not me

and suddenly

i realize

it doesn't even matter

they don't know me

none of them do

but who cares?

i do what i do

 i serve My God

i do what i have to do

and it doesn't matter about them

because this is between me and God

and it doesn't matter

it might still hurt

it might still give pain

but it won't hurt me

like it did before

because i'm stronger now

and it doesn't even matter