Heather Rae Scott

I’m back. It’s been awhile and I’m sorry. I’ve just been trying to readjust to recent major life changes. I think I’m finally ready to get back to the life I’d started what feels so long ago.

My children started reading The Hunger Games. Neither of my sons are big readers, but the Twilight series started my oldest son reading. I didn’t care what anyone else thought of the series or what I think of it now, but I’ll always love it because it got my son reading. My youngest son is a slow reader, which frustrates him when people are pushing him along to read faster. He doesn’t have an issue with comprehension, just that he reads slow. He keeps asking me how I read so fast and I tell him lots and lots of practice. The Hunger Games got him to read–viraciously. He loves talking about it and even pushed me to read the series. I’m the only one who hasn’t seent he movie in this house.

I loved this series. It was extremely entertaining and the new world that the author built was fantastic. It reminded me of the past and things that could potentially happen in the future, in other words, to me it wasn’t so far-fetched. It was reminiscent of the movie Arnold Swartzneger was in in the 80s , The Running Man, tied in with Survivor, The Amazing Race and Big Brother.

I remember lots and lots of people being upset and calling Edward from Twilight, a pedofile because of the age difference. I’ve heard that there’ve been people upset with the cast of the movie and are calling the author racist. I didn’t get racism at all when she referred to people as being brown. I don’t think the author even thought twice, it was just how she invisioned them in her mind–in her world. But what I haven’t heard and perhaps it’s out there somewhere and I can’t be arsed to find it is that no one seems upset with the fact that the main theme of this book is kids killing others or kids being killed.

And to be completely honest, I hadn’t thought of it until the question was posed to me. However, I can’t remember if the person had finished reading the series or quit with the first one. The third book, The Mockinjay addresses post-tramatic-depression, the nightmares that come with having been put in the situation of being seventeen and having to kill or be killed. I give the series five stars for entertaining and keeping me captivated and turning the pages, crack for my mind.

What about you, have you read the series or do you want too?

It’s been a long time! Too long.

So, this is where I make excuses, right? Wrong. I blame it on my personality and sun sign. I’m a cancer. We’re nurturers and that’s what I’ve been doing for a long time. I put myself, my dreams on the back burner and it’s time to get them back. I’m not going to lie, I’m scared as hell. I haven’t written beyond a blog post or a couple of chapters in what feels like forever. I’m not going to totally reinvent myself, but in some ways, I have too. I’m starting baby steps towards getting what little career in being an author I had and transforming it into a big career. Or at least I hope I can. So, here I go again. I’m digging in and writing a story that’s been in my head for a lot of years. It should be easy right? Not really. I have to step outside of my comfort zone on this one and go to a place that hit way too close to home. But it needs to be told in one form or another. I have more than two stories in me, I suppose it’s time to prove to myself that I can do it. Wish me luck!

I love to DIY. Seriously and I love re-purposing old things and making them look new again. I found a new site called Pinterest and I can’t stop searching on it and the ideas I’m getting are wow, not in this lifetime could I do everything and one of the things I plan on doing for the upcoming baby showers I’ll be attending, but I won’t show anyone until I’m done because, well, the people I’m making them for could potentially look over here and well, it needs to be a surprise.

Did I tell anyone that in May or maybe sooner, I’m going to be an Aunt again? I am! I’m getting a brand new, baby nephew. *bouncing* Considering the youngest of my nieces and nephews just turned nine in October of last year, I’m in dire need of a baby that I can cuddle and smell and then hand back to his parents.

Okay, so back to Pinterest. There are all kinds of things that you can do over there. One of the authors even started pining (that’s what it’s called) pictures of her characters. I LOVE that idea. Love it. What a neat thing to be able to do and then perhaps point people that way and save some memory on your computer.

Can you tell I love this site? Some of the photography on there is amazing as well and the quotes…when I couldn’t write I was making signs, because it’s a creative outlet. There are some many quotes that I’d love to make…but I fear I’d run out of wall space. I made this one….and I’m finishing this post so that I can go practice what this sign preaches….

I’m finally free of Yahoo! I switched everything over to one place. Soooo much easier! So, with that,  heatherraescott.net was born. I’ll be changing things up. New year-new look. And I’m actually going to start writing again! I have an excellent idea and as it transforms into something, I’ll let you know. No title yet, but I may get everyone to help me come up with one. So stay tuned, 2012 is going to be a better year than 2011 was. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I was so glad to see the New Year come in. What are you looking forward to this year?