derek landy: "here’s the thing about writing - you’re either born to do it, or you’re not."
seeking representation:
cararuegg @ yahoo (dot) com
i will do anything to get my book to the top if that means i have to shove it in your face. i do not expect a pick but i do expect a read. (i will go first)
i'm a proud member of the tea kettle clan <(___)~`
aside from that,
i'm cara ruegg, age 19. i am a freelance photographer -- i own my own business cerphotography.webs.com. alas, i am also a struggling novelist who adores painting her own world and making up her own characters with use of words. whereas photography is my second love -- writing is my first. i find it all quite discouraging trying to get a book published. all writers know that when your book is rejected it does take a toll on you because it has become like your child and you love it, you have poured your whole heart and soul into it and for it to be rejected it hurts but you can't give up! perserverance is key and we must remember every great artist has been rejected before. you learn from struggle and pain -- it helps build strong character.
i have big dreams that will all come true and i have a big heart that will love until it hurts that will take in all the joy and all the sorrow and give more love than it bears but all will be worth it in the end because what is greater than knowing you loved with every ounce? that's enough to heal the world.
i graduated from high school june 4, 2010. now i plan on living my life in my own imagination and writing for forever if i have to live in my parent's basement for life, so be it. haha. probably will take some creative writing classes at college and maybe transfer to ks city art institute to major in creative writing if they give me a full scholarship.
my personality type is infp "while their list of jobs may echo that of other idealists, they are more drawn to express their own unique vision of the world than all other types, so their work cannot help but be unique.....they have a gift for interpreting stories, as well as for creating them, and thus often write in lyric, poetic fashion."
a friend of mine (mcrae by nature) once said, "you are a natural born writer and will probably write until you die. i can't wait to own your future bestsellers." <-- now before you go thinking i'm conceited keep in mind that the dying part made me laugh for some perculiar reason (i have a strange sense of humor) and honestly, it's true. bestselling author or not, i will never stop writing for myself and for others.
random facts:
-i was a member of authonomy long before switching here.
-i am part of the teakettle writer's clan it consists of me, tori, rosiee, emma, amanda, hannah, and carrie. we're going to write a book about it over the summer i think. it is invitation only lol. makes me feel special although i wasn't invited i just blended in and everybody accepted me as a member after awhile hahha. :)
-healedmywings is my best (inkpop) friend :) and then comes mcrae.. and the other members in my teakettle clan and then a very few others.
freya north says: "it took 4 long hard years before i had a contract, hideous waiting time only for rejection to follow rejection, and i had to confront much negativity and really tactless comments from people who did not enjoy my work."
"writing is a wonderful job to have. there is nothing i love more than writing. and yes, i get up when i want to, and i don’t work in an office building or out in the rain, and i get to create and have fun every single day, but there are downsides. the hours are long, and the work consumes you, and you stop talking to people, and you begin to realize that your house is slowly filling up with cats, and you don’t even like cats... but hey, if you’re a writer, you’ve really got no choice in the matter, now do you?"
- derek landy who has just described my life here 'cept i like cats haha :p
poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. - plato
“i decline to accept the end of man.... i believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. he is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. the poet’s, the writer’s duty is to write about these things.... the poet’s voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.” - faulkner
“it is impossible to sell animal stories in the usa”
excerpt from rejection letter for: animal farm by george orwell
“the girl doesn’t, it seems to me, have a special perception or feeling which would lift that book above the “curiosity” level.”
excerpt from rejection letter for: the diary of anne frank
“it does not seem to us that you have been wholly successful in working out an admittedly promising idea.”
excerpt from rejection letter for lord of the flies by william golding
“it would be in extremely rotten taste, to say nothing of being horribly cruel, should we want to publish it.”
excerpt from rejection letter for: the torrents of spring by ernest hemingway
“…only mildly interesting…it contributes nothing new to either language or form.”
excerpt from rejection letter for: the world according to garp by john irving
**** comment on my book and i will comment on yours. x.
p.s i am a photographer you can preview my artwork at http://www.redbubble.com/people/cerphotography if you're curious.
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"the public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all." mark twain
"moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator or half a mile along your favorite walk." will shetterly
“as i look back on what i have written, i can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.” katherine paterson
"insert humor into the darkness." -- my mom lol :p
"i enjoyed your story very much...god has granted you a special talent. it is now your duty to hone that talent, because a person who wastes his god-given talent is a donkey." - from the character rahim, pg 32 "the kite runner" by khaled hosseini
"i dream of success, speaking different languages, and cooking in five-star restaurants. i dream of being a great mentor and an anchor of hope to those around me, but most of all, i dream of being completely at rest with who i am as a person. sometimes i think i dream too big, and other times, i think i don’t dream big enough. i’m a walking paradox, and i often to refer to myself as “tragically optimistic.” - carrie from inkpop :)
"to me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about but the inner music that word makes" truman
"only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and
written by reason." - gide
