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about me

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.

p.p.s fan of my book? join the fan page on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/first-to-dream-of-love/334764291922#!/pages/first-to-dream-of-love/334764291922?ref=mf

"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

my websites

my favorites

books

  • Shakespeare's Othello
  • Charles Dickens' Tale of Two Cities
  • Shakespare's Twelfth Night
  • I admire Faulkner (after all he made up his own words)
  • The Kite Runner
  • Therese's autobiography
  • Elizabeth Strout's books although some of her stuff's a lil awkward...

music

  • Depends on my mood

film

  • The Notebook
  • A Walk to Remember
  • Therese

my picks

Guarding Yisha
Welcome to Bozeman, Montana: Home to demons, fallen angels, a girl who can hear angels' voices, and so much more.

Guarding Yisha

by Arose

Book

Rank 524 (+9)

Holding on
What are you going to do when the whole word turns against you?

Holding on

by InkRoses

Short Story

Rank 396 (+163)

Nasrin Sleeps 
Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

Nasrin Sleeps

by lilac_springs

Book

Rank 169 (+138)

my projects

First, to Dream of Love

Book

 

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First, to Dream of Love

by cara_ruegg

Book: Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror

When an ancient legend told as a fairytale begins to come true what is there left for you to do but read and believe?

The story deals primarily with the themes of forbidden love and the desire for a peaceful future. The Luminarium princess, Eliza, a devout Catholic, visits the dreams of Michael: a dark, satanic prince. Tragedy and fate bring the two of them together, only for malevolent forces to attempt to tear them apart. As their struggle progresses their love is tested. Both face the prospect of being ostracized from their respective families. In order to secure peace the lovers make great sacrifices. As their bond grows the powers who seek to destroy them become more and more determined --the attacks upon them become more brutal and dangerous. Together they must rule, or divided, the darkness will encompass all.

Author's note: I have poured my whole heart and soul into this book. If you are only planning on reading one chapter please skip to chapter 42 -- the dialogue between Michael and his father is to die for. *wink wink* lol. X

and yes, there is a sequel :)

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Amatorian Princess (Sequel to First, to Dream of Love)

Short Story

Rank 2004 (-24)

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Amatorian Princess (Sequel to ...

by cara_ruegg

Short Story: Adventure, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

What would you do if peace meant sacrificing your life? (Please read First, to Dream of Love before you read this)

****This is the beginning of the sequel branching off of First, to Dream of Love**** This is obviously going to be a book but I will not get too serious into it until I get the first book on its way to publication.

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The Trees have Eyes

Book

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The Trees have Eyes

by cara_ruegg

Book: Romance, Mystery, Horror

When somebody goes missing people wonder.
When somebody goes dead people flock.
Will this killer be caught
or will Lillian write it off a nightmare?

Young and beautiful women are said to be deadly but what about the man that lusts after them or the woman that envies them? All steps start small as all sins start small....then they turn massive! Can this wretched monster cover up his steps before he is found or will an unlikely girl beat him at his own game?

Introducing Lillian Swan, a young eighteen-year-old girl who has way more problems than this narrator would have you believe. She is a struggling novelist who after rejection following rejection finds herself in peaceful Mablestem. The only problem is, the mask is the only peaceful aspect. Behind the mask lies a dangerous killer who now has set his eyes on pretty Lillian. The question now isn't whether this new book of hers will be a bestseller but if she will live. . .

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First, to Dream of Love (revised)

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Rank 4287 (-53)

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First, to Dream of Love (revis...

by cara_ruegg

Book: Adventure, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy

The edited version of First, to Dream of Love according to my HC review.

I'm still working on the dialogue and such but this is the major edits I've made to it.

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