Wattpad brings you a guest post from Milda Harris, author of Adventures in Funeral Crashing:
When I sat down to write Adventures in Funeral Crashing, my general premise was that I was writing a book about a girl who liked to crash funerals and somehow in the throes of the 3-Day Novel Contest that I was writing it for, Kait Lenox also turned into a female teen sleuth solving a murder mystery. While I had always been a fan of female sleuths, I had never really thought about writing a mystery book. Now, since I have, I have a secret to share - it’s really great fun to write them! Female sleuths rock!
And, here are my top five favorite female sleuths:
1. Veronica Mars, played by Kristen Bell, from the television show of the same name that aired from 2004-2007: Not only did teenage Veronica solve mysteries every episode, the most well known one being a season arc where she solved the murder of her best friend, but Veronica also always had a great witty line to make the dialogue super snappy and snarky. One of my favorites - “98 out of 100 people at that party would walk over my corpse for free gum.” Hilarious…and true.
Check out this blog post from Daniela, the author of The Day, Wattpad’s newest Featured Story. She gives us the top 5 things she wants to do the most in her life.
What’s on your bucket list?
1. Tour Europe - I’ve always loved the culture. Every time I watch a movie, or even see a picture of anywhere in Europe, I kind of feel a longing to go. The people, the languages, the food - oh my GOSH, the food! - everything just connects with me. I don’t want to go on one of those touristy-tours, where they only give you like three minutes in each country. I want to do my own thing, with a best friend - maybe even a boyfriend if I have one. I want to visit the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, all of that.
Paramore is my favorite band too!
I loved that movie! Dakota Fanning is an breathtaking actress. Her character Uptown Girls was strong and I was amazed that at her age, she could play such a character. Go Dakota! And R.I.P to Brittany Murphy.
10. Did you get any under the tree?
9. I think your balls are hanging too low.
8. Check out Rudolph’s Honker!
7. Santa’s sack is really bulging.
6. Lift up the skirt so I can get a clean breath.
5. Did you get a piece of the fruitcake?
4. I love licking the end till it’s really sharp and pointy.
3. From here you can’t tell if they’re artificial or real.
2. Can I interest you in some dark meat?
1. To get it to stand up straight, try propping it against the wall.
Featuring a guest post from AphroditeKid, a writer and reader on Wattpad:
AphroditeKid from Wattpad here!
I just want to share a little something I realized earlier today, and that’s: Wattpad is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.
Why? Well, on Wattpad, there are readers like me. There are writers like me. There are artists like me. And, in general, people like me.
Let’s start with that first one. Readers. On Wattpad, I’ve found so many stories that I absolutely fell in love with. Many of them good enough to be published in paperback! I’ve always loved adventure stories, with a little hint of fantasy here and there, but this is where Wattpad comes in. Ever since I came on Wattpad, my love for genres has been expanded. Now I find myself lingering to genres like Historical Fiction and even Romance! Which is, honestly, a shock for me. So, for a reader: Wattpad really opens your eyes!
Agreed!
THIS WEEK’S GUESSING GAME FOR OUR MOST WATTPADDY READERS AND FANS:
“He was a brooding, insufferable scoundrel with savage good looks and arrogance in abundance. In Emily’s opinion, he did not need his ego inflated any more than it was…”
Which story is this quote and book cover from?
wattpad: Right
Which version of Colum McCann’s book cover do you like better - left or right?
bookmania:I ‘ve heard of all of these except Sylvia Plath
Things that might kill me.
Aristotle, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Wolfgang von Goethe, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath are you kidding me? Your titles sound wonderful!
