Fanciful-drawer

My family is one of writers. My mother, father, myself, and my four siblings have each written something. Although, my mother is the only published one of the bunch. I am very pleased, however, to say that I'm not far behind! Back to topic, my mother is self-published on to many sites, including Amazon and Smashwords. Having read all of her books(although I may be biased), I can honestly say she is an amazing writer. However. The curse that clings to most who self-publish has also affected my mother. Getting people to know that her books even exist, let alone read them, is a challenge! People think that, because the author isn't published by

So yesterday, April 20th, was our school's first annual military ball. First off, it was pretty fun and amazing. There were four hours of ceremonies with Dinner in between, but it didn't seem like it took long at all, and the speeches given were interesting and captured your attention well. I guess what I'm trying to say is, not only was it fun and amazing, but I got some unexpected but very welcome awards! One for Academic Achievement (can you believe that, with a 3.48 I had the highest GPA of all the Seniors?), and another for being the "Top Female Cadet" in JROTC. For the last award, I received a medal and some pins, along with a shiny, ex