HOT AND COLD

Been a while guys since I have updated. Sorry again for that it was a very long summer. Been over a month (I just checked) I did not think it was that long.

So where to begin...I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE!! It feels good to be able to drive to most arenas especially at night, non rush-hour times and of course weekends. It saves a lot of time from waiting endless hours for buses...though I was getting quite comfortable with schedules. It also cuts a lot of my writing time out which with my schedule I don't find that a good thing. I have to cut some things out to replace some writing time.

Now let me tell you of the story of how I passed the drivers test. It wasn't easy and came to a point where I actually did not think I passed until the instructor congratulated me. I went with my dad who gets stressed out easily. We got stuck in traffic, we got lost and I got there 20 minutes late. They were able to take me and so I rented a car. Then my car did not want to start and my hand break did not want to come off. The driving was good except at one point I ended up in a bus lane and for sure that is where I got worried...BUT I PASSED!!

With my writing I am currently working with finishing off some details about my TV show. I should know more in the coming weeks about it but it actually sounds interesting...I am not saying that because I am writing it. If you enjoyed the shows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Charmed, Criminal Minds you will enjoy this show. There is more detail to come when I have it done.

With my books there is a strike that's happening because a lot of new talent is not being recognized. I am going to say yes I am on the strike but I am also writing I just might have my book that's supposed to come out in March will come out in May unless we get an early clear. And the other book is not affected at this time but the writing process for it wont be started until January 2013.

Skating, I have taken a step back. I had to realize what I really wanted and now that I know I am going to move forward and achieve my goal. I want to become a figure skating judge and I am missing just 1 to 2 tests (depending on what level I will achieve first) before I can start with the judging training. I am kind of excited and nervous but first one step at a time. Questions I am being asked is if I will compete this year. I am pretty sure I will but my main focus is the judging test.

Now anyone who seen the news knows that the PQ is now the primary party in Quebec but as a minority. I honestly have no problem with the minority maybe a change is good. I am just glad it is not a majority. I just have to say I miss Jack Layton.

I guess this is it for now I have really nothing else to report at the moment....Have a good week all :) XOXOXO

NEWS

I haven't updated in a while...about  a week because I have been doing some deals for my writing. I am currently signed on to do four projects up until the year 2015. However it was supposed to be five but I had to decline one for personal reasons.

I am back with LULU publishing under many circumstances to publish two more books which are going to be carried out until 2013. One is an autobiographgy explaining many details in great detail. This book should take about two years to write. Along with, So Much For My Happy Ending, officially has a third book to the series. After these books are written we will go from there.

My other two writing projects include a movie and a tv show. The tv show is about magic as for the movie I don't know. I will get more information later but the movie is the last thing that has to be done.

Once Again I want to thank everyone for their support and I hope with everything going on I will continue to make you all happy!!  :) XOXO

Writings

Hello all, I know I wrote a little over a week ago explaining that I quit writing because it was taking to much time. However; I kept options opened with writing waiting for the perfect opportunity to come and sure enough a little while later 2 MAJOR opportunites have come my way but I only accepted one of the two hoping I made the right choice.

My first writing opportunity was writing articles for a hockey site/magazine for the St. Louis blues. I love hockey and one of my top 5 teams are the St. Louis blues. And I thought to myself this would be a fantastic opportunity. At first I did accept the job but not more then a few days later did I have to decline. It was not all about the St. Louis blues it was more of the North American and European teams making it into the NHL and it would have required a LOT of background history searching and even more time to write it after and as much as I love writing I found 3+ blogs a week would have been to much. 

*Remember* I am a skater, coach, full time student, hockey replacement and also hoping to work in the real world a bit.

Now the writing opportunity I did accept was  a future TV show. We don't even know how far we will get with it. Before I continue I will say I was 99% going to decline this offer until the last minute. I realised when I originally quit writing I was feeling a bit empty so I looked at the time frame which was reasonable and I decided to accept.

The TV show is going to be based on 'Magic'. At this moment since it is fairly new I am not able to say what type of magic but from what I am planning it may resort to good/evil type. Yet it is still to early to tell...I don''t even know how much I should say no since every time I start writing something it changes another part.

Up to date I have:
-2 character descriptions
-basic ideas

Am I working with anyone on this: People are giving me ideas but not really taking them just yet. I am going to find a way to maybe later add them in. I need to get my thoughts straight before working with anyone else. As for if I will be writing the script with someone, that is a plan BUT I will decide later on as we go along. I will however allow writing pieces to be sent to  ddmatthews1993@hotmail.com
and I will read them all to see if I can find someone who I may be good to work with. But more about that when the basic plot will be done.

I do have it set up around 'fire and ice' which will be a main clue for right now. Anyways not going to say any more but thank you all for the questions. If their are anymore send me them and I will try and answer. XO

Final Decision

"With all sadness in my heart, I've decided to end my writing career. I'd like to thank Lulu publishing and friessen press for everything they have done for me and especially my two publishers who will remain close friends. This was an amazing opportunity that opened many doors for me and now I'm going on to achieve my lifetime goals! Thank you everyone who supported me as well!"

Earlier this afternoon I have announced that I am ending my writing career after two solid years. This decision comes after some issues I have recieved. Before writing I had a full life of sports and a social life. Then I decided to take on full time skating, hockey coaching, figure skating coaching. Those activities would equal to a good 30 hours a week leaving me minimum time to study and do school work and not to mention if I added writing on top of that. My days were getting tight and it felt as if I were doing 22 hour days. I mean one day would end just as another was starting. My grades (not being bad this semester) Were showing a tiny bit suffering and even though I am passing I know I can do a lot better but I need to add more time to be able to do so.

The decision comes from a strictly professional point of view. I don't want to be under any more contracts. I want to be able to work in a normal work force and be able to study when I can and skate/coach. With so much adding up it was putting pressure on me, making me tired and not being able to do anything the capability that I know I can do.  I have longer life time goals I would like to achieve not from a writing perspective but from other aspects that are currently in my life.

Now, putting my writing decision aside I know that I took a risk but no matter what happens in the future I am grateful for all the opportunities that were opened for me. Today not only did I decide not to continue writing; I also decided to quit my unofficial hockey job. Everyone has been so understanding and I am thankful for that.

So in all, A HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting me. I know it was a tough decision, not one many people thought I would do but I rather put more focus on three things instead of minimum focus on everything. I am sad to have quit but I know it is for the best because being an author was not right for me at this moment. When the time is right I will persue a further career in the future.

XOXO

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Hey everyone, I am back. I am hoping this will be a short blog post today as it is about 11 pm my time and I have to be up early tomorrow. So to get started right away I will talk about school, I am finally done for the semester. So far I know I have passed 3/6 classes which I am fairly happy about :) still waiting on some marks but not at all nervous. Now about my writing. I have completed my contract and all 10 books are out. I do not know if I will follow my writing career anymore. As much as I loved it, and took it as an amazing opportunity I feel it was not really for me and I was put under to much pressure. However I will say I enjoyed the experience and since it's still freshly over I am not making any immediate decisions. As for the tv show, I have decided in my best interest not to personally allow my books be made into a show. I want to create a whole new idea but not right away. Reason being I have ended the Thompson Series after five books and at this time I will not be continuing and I don't see any future plans either. The only series at this stage I am willing to continue when the time is right is the series; 'so much for my happy ending.' Now into the skating world... A lot has been happening. This year was pretty tough but I see improvement from September to now. There have been many rumors going around saying I am quitting which is completely not true. However; for the next two months I am taking a lot of time off (not stopping) for am injury I have been hiding for a good two months. For sure I will be back and i won't give up. But as my old coach has always said, a break sometimes is definitely needed! As well I did not switch clubs but I have taken some ice time with another club.. Only for the reason it is closer to home and not some strange reasons people have said. I have been with brossard my whole life and they are like family so I'm not leaving. Now to talk about a bigger issue, talk about Seb. I am not here to discuss what's going on. It is not my business to talk about his personal life but I do have to thank him for opening up my eyes to a clearer picture on EVERYTHING... My love life is pretty much dead at the moment. I don't have a boyfriend and I'm not in a relationship. I do have my eye on someone though. Now for tonight I will say good night...I will answer a lot more questions soon. XoxoD

Late is better then never...

I didn't know what to post as a title...truthfully I suck at titles, that is why on books all my titles come from a line in the book or the main part. In other writing news I have officially published So Much For My Happy Ending: Sectionals part 2... I am thrilled it's over but will find out if I get to write a continuation in a few weeks. Also I am trying to finish Charlie AND the final book of the thompson series. I am excited to finally end  my writing contracts and FOR sure I wont sign one right away. I am going to try a few new things before.

So far school is going very well, but it's still early. I am trying my best only class having trouble in is Business but I think I improved from the first test to the second.

March and April are going to be extremely busy but I am excited! I cannot say what exactly will be happening but March and April are always the mysterious months.

So much has happened at the arena this last week. I am not going to talk about it until everything is settling down but I will say I finally passed one of my dance tests!!! I have a retry on March 20th for the second dances so hopefully they will go good and my interpretive is coming along very well.

Week 2

I have no idea where to start. First of all I have dyed my hair so I am officially a blonde and brunet. The bottom half is dark brown and the top is platinum blonde (my actual hair color). I always dye my hair strange colors. Once it war orange, red, pink and purple. This was the first year it was a natural color with my real color.

Next I am going to say RIP to Sam my aunts dog (German Shep.) who was 15 years old. He had to be put to sleep yesterday (Valentines day).

Also NO I did not go out for Valentines day last night. I truthfully would prefer a date any other day BUT Valentines day so I will hopefully be going out with my best friend tomorrow to make up for Valentines day. Will let you know soon how it works out.

Today I also was in the doctors office several times. I have a bad infection on my right foot just where my skates are covering my leg so with or without protection it hurts a lot. The infection is in two places but it was caught early (it only started on Monday) so it's not as bad as it would have been if I would have waited like I was going to but thankfully I was being pushed to go and as said before they caught it early. Even though I am not supposed to be wearing skates until next friday its pretty much impossible so I am going to be careful and if by saturday it is not healing properly I will be taking about a week off. Infections are nothing to mess with. We have no idea what caused the infection but it was some open sores that were infected. Right now I have cream and my leg is not allowed to get wet. If in twenty-four hours the cream doesnt work then I will be taking anti-biotics.

And it has been finalized that I will be staying with Brossard for my 15th year of skating.  I am thrilled Brossard is my home club but there may be a change where I will practice at another arena and stay with them.  :)

Now, as you may know I publish most of my book in 2's and it's been about a month since I published my last book (Thompson Series 4). The reason why I have yet to publish the second book is because the editing is taking a little longer then I expected. When I first wrote the book I was away on vacation with very limited internet so I have to do the research still which is almost done. Along with the editing is taking a little longer with everything going on school/coaching/skating but I am trying to have it out for this friday. Again I will keep you updated.

For now I will say goodbye and I am going back to editing.