Marina+Scott

Blog Entry 1-6-11 FINAL SEMESTER BLOG

 * For this final blog, I will confess, that I have not read for a while. Not since the book from my last blog. I personally do not really enjoy reading. I prefer writing instead.**
 * Therefore, I thought I would explain my most recent and ongoing work, " HUNTERS", a manga series I started writing no less than a year ago.**
 * The series is about a girl named Sage, and on her 16th Birthday, her village is attacked by vampires. Everyone but her friend Rydel is killed in the attack, including her crush, Elliot. Sick of not being able to protect the ones she loves most, she resolves to become a vampire hunter. For this, she seeks out the region's best, Yagari Kazuya, in hopes that he'll train her. But, he's not exactly the friendly type. After plenty of whining though, he finally decides to give her a test, and if she passes, he'll agree to teach her. Turns out her first test, is to confront and kill her worst fear, a vampire, alone.**
 * Not only does she pass, but in the process, Sage finds Elliot alive. The only problem is, he's been bitten by the vampires, and will become a rogue( a wild and feral type of vampire ) within a couple of months. So now, Sage's adventure begins, along the way meeting thieving twins, a boy with a serious sweet tooth, discovering what it means to be brave and to be family, and balance her growing feelings for a vampire and vampire hunter.**
 * Someday, I hope to publish my works, and see them on the shelves of a library or bookstore.**

Blog Entry 12-6-10

 * The book I have chosen to read is a manga, or japanese comic, called "Full Moon" by Arina Tanemura. In it, 12 year old Mitsuki longs to be a pop singer, so that she can find her beloved Eichi, who moved to America when she was only a little girl. However, Mitsuki suffers from a malignant throat tumor, that prevents her from singing. One day, a pair of shinigami, Meroko and Takuto, visit Mitsuki, and through a series of events give her the ability to turn 18 whenever she likes so that she can sing as Full Moon. I absolutely love Arina's artwork and the characters are so alive. I take note of the methods she uses, because I would like to be a manga author someday as well.**

B**log Entry 11-18-10**

 * I haven't been able to get around to reading lately, what with homework and church functions of late. Therefore, instead, I thought I'd talk a little bit about the work we've been doing in class.**
 * I am a very imaginative and creative person, and I have been writing stories since the fourth grade. As we went through and talked about sentence structures, I recognized the things we covered because I'd used the same devices in my writing before. I merely didn't learn the terms and names of specific mechanics. So yes, I use compound, complex, and compound complex sentences. Remembering the names was never my strong suit anyway. I suppose it's kind of like when first learning to read and write. You already know how to speak, you just didn't know that those funny squiggles on the paper equated to the words you were saying. Or at least, thats how I can relate it...**

My name is Marina Scott, and the book I chose to read,is called __Kiss__, by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy. It is a suspense, mystery,thriller written by one of my favorite Christian authors.
===In the book, Shauna McAllister, the main character, is involved in a car accident and left in a coma. Upon waking six months later, she discovers that her beloved brother Rudy has been mentally injured, her own father is nowhere in sight, and she has lost six whole months of her memory. At first she is almost willing to accept these new circumstances. Her father soon to become president wants nothing to do with her, her stepmother holds complete malice for her, the blame of her brother's condition is dropped upon her shoulders, and she has only a lover named Wayne Spade there to support her. But strange things are beginning to happen.=== ===Shauna has somehow acquired a strange mental gift. The gift to " take" memories from people she becomes close to. This new ability could either help her find the truth about what really happened that night and who was behind it all, or get killed by the people trying to hide it.=== ===I thouroughly enjoyed this book. The characters are so easy to get into, and the unexpected plot twists will keep you turning pages until the very end. The ultimate question you are left asking yourself in the end, is "Is it really best to shut out the past? In order to forge a new future in which to hide in?===