Any know what that means?...I know I didn't, well, not until I went to Google translator and if it's right -which it may not be - that would mean Hope in Spanish! Now, why would I look at the word for Hope in Spanish...? And this is where the great news comes in. One of the lovely readers of Hope has offered to translate Hope into Spanish! Hope will soon be trilingual! Who would have known! Hope will soon be in three languages and that is just mind-blowing!! I cannot wait for all the Spanish readers to see it!
Can I just say I LOVE MY READERS!!!
Monday, August 6, 2012
New Poster for Hope!
Hey everyone!!
So, as you know, we are up on Fanfiction again and since then I've been slowly re-discovering it. And I've learned that they've added new features, one specifically being the Book Covers. So, my interest was quickly piqued and I - with the help of my photographer - have made a cover for Hope. I thought I'd share it with you all! *Drumroll*
Like it? Lemme know! I had fun making it, though it did remind me why I'm a writer and not a digital designer! lol!
So, as you know, we are up on Fanfiction again and since then I've been slowly re-discovering it. And I've learned that they've added new features, one specifically being the Book Covers. So, my interest was quickly piqued and I - with the help of my photographer - have made a cover for Hope. I thought I'd share it with you all! *Drumroll*
Like it? Lemme know! I had fun making it, though it did remind me why I'm a writer and not a digital designer! lol!
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Re-Discovering Fanfiction!
Hey guys!!!
Long time no talk/write/see! I have recently resurfaced into the Fanfiction world and I am very excited to see where it's going to take me.
Long time no talk/write/see! I have recently resurfaced into the Fanfiction world and I am very excited to see where it's going to take me.
First off, I would like to relieve all you panicked readers: We are not giving up on Forgotten Hope!! Sorry it's been so long, but writer's blocks are hell and I'm trying to recover from this one. Lucy (My Beta) and I have been working on the next chapters and *fingers crossed* will have it up within the next few weeks!
But while you wait, I thought I'd give you all a teaser picture to chew on for a while you wait!!
A gun? Jasper? Could it be the present? the past? the future? We shall see!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Why Everyone Should Love Greg!
Hey everyone! Many of you probably don't know this but Hope is being translated into German by Chiemseekatze and a friend. Chiemseekatze and I were talking and found out we share a common interest: Greg. And she asked if she could write a blog post on why everyone should love Greg. I thought it was ingenius and here it is! Enjoy :). Thank you for this Chiemseekatze!
Somehow it seems that everybody hates Greg, so here are 9 reasons why everybody should like Greg!
1. He saved Jasper
When Jasper joined the gang, Greg and the gang helped him against Steve,there's a really good quote from Jasper in hope, when he is in jail for the
murder of Allen Meyer:
I regretted things I had done. I hated what I did during my time with the gang, but would I still be alive if I hadn't joined?
There had been many times when one of the gang members showed up just as something was going to happen with my stepdad. Steve had backed off quickly when Greg showed up one day, his cruel smile shining, a shotgun in hand. I guessed that I had needed them in my life then. They protected me when I had no one else.
2. He saved Mack – twice
I'm sure you all now the first time, when Mack tied to kill himself because of Katie's death and Greg stopped him. I think Mack would have tried it more
times if it hadn't been for the gang. And of course Greg kind of saved him, when he shoot him because of Alice. If he hadn't cared about Mack, he would have let him die and killed Alice too, but he did everything he could to save him, he must have known, that Alice, Nick or Jasper would take his gun, but he didn't care, because he wanted to save Mack.
3. Without him Hope wouldn't be Hope
Imagine there was no Greg in Hope. There wouldn't be a gang, no revenge,… there wouldn't be that much action^^ the only bad guy would be Steve and I
think Greg is so much more likable than Steve, because he actually has a reason to be angry with Jasper, Steve doesn't, and I think no one likes Steve,
but I know someone, who likes Greg… me^^
4. All the gang members wanted to join the gang
He never forced anyone to join the gang and all of them knew the consequences of leaving, so I think it was pretty much Jaspers fault that Greg started his
revenge. Of course Jasper did the right thing with leaving, but he should have thought it through a bit better before joining it in the beginning.
All the gang members wanted to join the gang and probably had their reasons, so maybe Greg helped some of them, like he helped Jazz and Mack, so I don't think that he do anything bad to them. He helps them, maybe his ways to do it are not the best, but he tries^^
5. He's (nearly) always calm
I think it's pretty crazy and interesting, that, if someone punches him, he mostly doesn't care and doesn't do anything to them.
Here are some quotes:
He yelled in my face, his hand rose again, but this time mine hit his face, I wasn't thinking! I heard everyone in the diner gasp then it was silent. Greg wiped the blood off his lip and looked straight into my eyes. I opened my mouth but didn't say anything.
"I-I-I" was all that finally came out. His nostrils flared angrily. He walked away from me.
[Hope, chapter 11, when Greg and Jasper fight in the diner]
The gun clattered down to the floor as he shoved Greg against the wall, his right fist smashing into Greg's face. An impressive punch, considering Jasper was left handed. Two guys grabbed Jasper before any of us knew it. I was taking deep breaths, my adrenaline pumping as I looked on, wide eyed. Greg, as always, looked amused by Jasper's actions. Even as blood pooled in his mouth, he still managed a chuckle as he spit it to the floor.
[Hope, chapter 52, when Greg had kidnapped Alice and talked with Jazz]
The words were quickly cut off by my fist hitting him in the mouth. I had warned him once about talking about Chloe. […]
Greg straightened himself up and wiped his mouth smoothly, not wiping off his devilish smile with the blood, though. […]
Greg pulled a short straw out of the inside pocket of his jacket and sat back down at the table. "Ready to party like the old days?" he inquired with a crooked smile on his face.
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 49, in the motel]
I think that's more than enough, you all know what I mean. I think that's cool, I would be much more angry than that if someone punched me, but he just goes on and doesn't mention it^^
6. He is Mack's friend
I think at one time he might have even been his only friend, you know, before Alice came to Forks. Katie was dead, he didn't do anything with his old friends anymore, he didn't even visit his family! Neither Nick nor Jasper cared about him and I don't think any of the other gang members did. He was just to different. I doubt that anyone beside Greg really knew what happened to Katie and he tried to help him the best he could, he wanted to help him and really cared about him, especially when he saved him after he has shoot him.
One of my favourite quotes describes it perfectly:
"I guess you could say that I was saved by Greg. He really isn't that bad. He might act like a scum bag, but I know deep down he has feelings. He just tries to act like stone, but I know better." Mack smiled weakly and tapped his temple.
"I know things. He can punch me or fight with me when he is angry and do things beyond horrible, but I know he cares about me," Mack said, speaking fondly of Greg.
[Hope, chapter 50, when Mack tells Alice what happened to Katie]
And an other one, when Greg says he cares about him:
"No-no, just listen to me! This would have been your anniversary with her and I don't want you doing anything stupid, all right? Just get a little buzzed so I don't worry."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 25, Greg talks with Mack over the phone]
7. He's absolutely great in Forgotten Hope
I think it's just great how he talks with Alice and she doesn't understand his jokes^^ and he sometimes kind of helps Alice, you know, when she is so confused, because she doesn't know if she should pick Jasper or Spencer and when he lets her sleep in his apartment. I think it's so funny, how he always says something and she doesn't understand him, sometimes he even warns her about himself^^
"I was just thinking about all of the stuff you probably don't remember. Places, situations, people..." he said, opening his devious hazel eyes to meet mine. "They all still have those memories, and yet, you don't have a clue. Kind of creepy, right? Like when Johnny found you... he knew you, but you wouldn't know him from any other kid in Forks, right? I was just thinking how weird it would be if one of your old friends came to visit you in New York. You could bump into them on the street and not have a clue who they were, but they'd know all about you."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 22]
"I'm stupid," I groaned in misery […]
I heard Gregory mumble something under his breath that sounded like "More than you even know."
I glanced up at him in confusion, but I saw sympathy in his look, so I shook it off. I must have heard wrong.
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 25]
"From my experience, I've noticed that people's sketchy backgrounds usually come after them later in life. You can't run away from the past. Never forget that, Alice. The past is always with you." He looked me pointedly in the eyes, smiling. […]
"If you say so. But that doesn't mean the dangers of his past won't follow him," he said, waving off my protest. "You know Spencer's past. You know all of the skeletons in his closet. I'm just saying that maybe you don't know all of Jasper's."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 15]
8. You never know what he'll do next
I think that makes him interesting, by most of the other guys you kind of know what they'll do next, but he never does what you think he'll do, some examples:
1 When Alice had the vision of Mack killing himself and drives to him and stops him and Greg comes, he didn't do anything.
2 He tried to help Mack after he shot him.
3 He doesn't do anything to Alice when she sleeps at his place
And
4 Alice and Chloe are in his apartment and he goes shopping with them!
9. He calls Nick "Nicky"
I think that's just great^^ I think deep down he likes him, but probably not even he himself knows that^^
I hope you all like Greg now, because I think he's the best character in Hope and I really love him, but I think no one else does. I think that's not very
good for his wealth, because if more people would like him Lina and Lucy can't just let him die^^
Haha! Isn't that fantastic? Some good reasons why to love Greg and the list goes on! Dont forget his devious smirk! Tha is reason enough to love him ;).
Do you like Greg?
Somehow it seems that everybody hates Greg, so here are 9 reasons why everybody should like Greg!1. He saved Jasper
When Jasper joined the gang, Greg and the gang helped him against Steve,there's a really good quote from Jasper in hope, when he is in jail for the
murder of Allen Meyer:
I regretted things I had done. I hated what I did during my time with the gang, but would I still be alive if I hadn't joined?
There had been many times when one of the gang members showed up just as something was going to happen with my stepdad. Steve had backed off quickly when Greg showed up one day, his cruel smile shining, a shotgun in hand. I guessed that I had needed them in my life then. They protected me when I had no one else.
2. He saved Mack – twice
I'm sure you all now the first time, when Mack tied to kill himself because of Katie's death and Greg stopped him. I think Mack would have tried it more
times if it hadn't been for the gang. And of course Greg kind of saved him, when he shoot him because of Alice. If he hadn't cared about Mack, he would have let him die and killed Alice too, but he did everything he could to save him, he must have known, that Alice, Nick or Jasper would take his gun, but he didn't care, because he wanted to save Mack.
3. Without him Hope wouldn't be Hope
Imagine there was no Greg in Hope. There wouldn't be a gang, no revenge,… there wouldn't be that much action^^ the only bad guy would be Steve and I
think Greg is so much more likable than Steve, because he actually has a reason to be angry with Jasper, Steve doesn't, and I think no one likes Steve,
but I know someone, who likes Greg… me^^
4. All the gang members wanted to join the gang
He never forced anyone to join the gang and all of them knew the consequences of leaving, so I think it was pretty much Jaspers fault that Greg started his
revenge. Of course Jasper did the right thing with leaving, but he should have thought it through a bit better before joining it in the beginning.
All the gang members wanted to join the gang and probably had their reasons, so maybe Greg helped some of them, like he helped Jazz and Mack, so I don't think that he do anything bad to them. He helps them, maybe his ways to do it are not the best, but he tries^^
5. He's (nearly) always calm
I think it's pretty crazy and interesting, that, if someone punches him, he mostly doesn't care and doesn't do anything to them.
Here are some quotes:
He yelled in my face, his hand rose again, but this time mine hit his face, I wasn't thinking! I heard everyone in the diner gasp then it was silent. Greg wiped the blood off his lip and looked straight into my eyes. I opened my mouth but didn't say anything.
"I-I-I" was all that finally came out. His nostrils flared angrily. He walked away from me.
[Hope, chapter 11, when Greg and Jasper fight in the diner]
The gun clattered down to the floor as he shoved Greg against the wall, his right fist smashing into Greg's face. An impressive punch, considering Jasper was left handed. Two guys grabbed Jasper before any of us knew it. I was taking deep breaths, my adrenaline pumping as I looked on, wide eyed. Greg, as always, looked amused by Jasper's actions. Even as blood pooled in his mouth, he still managed a chuckle as he spit it to the floor.
[Hope, chapter 52, when Greg had kidnapped Alice and talked with Jazz]
The words were quickly cut off by my fist hitting him in the mouth. I had warned him once about talking about Chloe. […]
Greg straightened himself up and wiped his mouth smoothly, not wiping off his devilish smile with the blood, though. […]
Greg pulled a short straw out of the inside pocket of his jacket and sat back down at the table. "Ready to party like the old days?" he inquired with a crooked smile on his face.
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 49, in the motel]
I think that's more than enough, you all know what I mean. I think that's cool, I would be much more angry than that if someone punched me, but he just goes on and doesn't mention it^^
6. He is Mack's friend
I think at one time he might have even been his only friend, you know, before Alice came to Forks. Katie was dead, he didn't do anything with his old friends anymore, he didn't even visit his family! Neither Nick nor Jasper cared about him and I don't think any of the other gang members did. He was just to different. I doubt that anyone beside Greg really knew what happened to Katie and he tried to help him the best he could, he wanted to help him and really cared about him, especially when he saved him after he has shoot him.
One of my favourite quotes describes it perfectly:
"I guess you could say that I was saved by Greg. He really isn't that bad. He might act like a scum bag, but I know deep down he has feelings. He just tries to act like stone, but I know better." Mack smiled weakly and tapped his temple.
"I know things. He can punch me or fight with me when he is angry and do things beyond horrible, but I know he cares about me," Mack said, speaking fondly of Greg.
[Hope, chapter 50, when Mack tells Alice what happened to Katie]
And an other one, when Greg says he cares about him:
"No-no, just listen to me! This would have been your anniversary with her and I don't want you doing anything stupid, all right? Just get a little buzzed so I don't worry."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 25, Greg talks with Mack over the phone]
7. He's absolutely great in Forgotten Hope
I think it's just great how he talks with Alice and she doesn't understand his jokes^^ and he sometimes kind of helps Alice, you know, when she is so confused, because she doesn't know if she should pick Jasper or Spencer and when he lets her sleep in his apartment. I think it's so funny, how he always says something and she doesn't understand him, sometimes he even warns her about himself^^
"I was just thinking about all of the stuff you probably don't remember. Places, situations, people..." he said, opening his devious hazel eyes to meet mine. "They all still have those memories, and yet, you don't have a clue. Kind of creepy, right? Like when Johnny found you... he knew you, but you wouldn't know him from any other kid in Forks, right? I was just thinking how weird it would be if one of your old friends came to visit you in New York. You could bump into them on the street and not have a clue who they were, but they'd know all about you."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 22]
"I'm stupid," I groaned in misery […]
I heard Gregory mumble something under his breath that sounded like "More than you even know."
I glanced up at him in confusion, but I saw sympathy in his look, so I shook it off. I must have heard wrong.
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 25]
"From my experience, I've noticed that people's sketchy backgrounds usually come after them later in life. You can't run away from the past. Never forget that, Alice. The past is always with you." He looked me pointedly in the eyes, smiling. […]
"If you say so. But that doesn't mean the dangers of his past won't follow him," he said, waving off my protest. "You know Spencer's past. You know all of the skeletons in his closet. I'm just saying that maybe you don't know all of Jasper's."
[Forgotten Hope, chapter 15]
8. You never know what he'll do next
I think that makes him interesting, by most of the other guys you kind of know what they'll do next, but he never does what you think he'll do, some examples:
1 When Alice had the vision of Mack killing himself and drives to him and stops him and Greg comes, he didn't do anything.
2 He tried to help Mack after he shot him.
3 He doesn't do anything to Alice when she sleeps at his place
And
4 Alice and Chloe are in his apartment and he goes shopping with them!
9. He calls Nick "Nicky"
I think that's just great^^ I think deep down he likes him, but probably not even he himself knows that^^
I hope you all like Greg now, because I think he's the best character in Hope and I really love him, but I think no one else does. I think that's not very
good for his wealth, because if more people would like him Lina and Lucy can't just let him die^^
Haha! Isn't that fantastic? Some good reasons why to love Greg and the list goes on! Dont forget his devious smirk! Tha is reason enough to love him ;).
Do you like Greg?
Sunday, October 3, 2010
mandymallette hacks the Hope blog
Hey, everyone!
I'm sure you've noticed that lina has been a little late on updating lately so I figured I'd give you a bi of a Hope fix to hold you off.
As I'm sure some of you know, I love editing pictures for Hope, linamallette actually posted a bunch a while back (if you haven' t seen them you can check them out here: http://hopeinsider.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-hope-pictures.html
Since then I've edited a bunch more and I wanted to share them with all of you. :)
P.S. You might want to click on some of the pictures to get fullscreen, the writing shows up a bit small.
Random fact: Every Mack and Katie picture I edit has Owl City lyrics. His music always puts me in a Mack mood.
this Spencer picture was actually mostly made by linamallette, I just edited a little bit afterwards.
this is actually a re-edit of a Greg picture I did before, I just added a couple pictures.
I also have something I didn't actually do, it was just sitting on the blog already so I figured I'd share it with you.
This is a sequence that LucyAlyce, linamallette's beta, put together of Chloe leaving Nick in Texas:
I Hope that's enough of a Hope fix for you for now. I'm working on getting lina to finish the chapter, maybe I can get her to post a teaser or something later, I'm not making any promises.
Oh, and be sure to check back here later, I might have something else added.
Update:
Here's another edit for all you Chlick lovers by lucyalyce.
Another Update: Hey, everyone!
Here's another Hope picture I edited yesterday. Hope you like it.
P.S. If you want to see the pictures sooner you can follow me on twitter, my username is mandy_mallette.
I'm sure you've noticed that lina has been a little late on updating lately so I figured I'd give you a bi of a Hope fix to hold you off.
As I'm sure some of you know, I love editing pictures for Hope, linamallette actually posted a bunch a while back (if you haven' t seen them you can check them out here: http://hopeinsider.blogspot.com/2010/04/more-hope-pictures.html
Since then I've edited a bunch more and I wanted to share them with all of you. :)
P.S. You might want to click on some of the pictures to get fullscreen, the writing shows up a bit small.
Random fact: Every Mack and Katie picture I edit has Owl City lyrics. His music always puts me in a Mack mood.
this Spencer picture was actually mostly made by linamallette, I just edited a little bit afterwards.
this is actually a re-edit of a Greg picture I did before, I just added a couple pictures.
I also have something I didn't actually do, it was just sitting on the blog already so I figured I'd share it with you.
This is a sequence that LucyAlyce, linamallette's beta, put together of Chloe leaving Nick in Texas:
I Hope that's enough of a Hope fix for you for now. I'm working on getting lina to finish the chapter, maybe I can get her to post a teaser or something later, I'm not making any promises.
Oh, and be sure to check back here later, I might have something else added.
Update:
Here's another edit for all you Chlick lovers by lucyalyce.
Another Update: Hey, everyone!
Here's another Hope picture I edited yesterday. Hope you like it.
P.S. If you want to see the pictures sooner you can follow me on twitter, my username is mandy_mallette.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Teaser: Chapter 49
I've been slacking on these lately but here is your teaser quote/picture for chapter 49 of Forgotten Hope.
-linamallette
Hope you were teased and the chapter should be posted on Sunday! :)
"Greg smirked and continued on, "Personally, I would recommend snorting. And that's what we'll be doing today. I'll join you so I can tell you if it was good cocaine and then you'll know what the good stuff feels like for future reference."
Two parts of what he said right there struck me cold. The 'we' part and the 'future reference' part."
-linamallette
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Teaser: Chapter 44
Here is your teaser quote for chapter 44! Enjoy
"Greg chuckled darkly and nodded, "Bet you wished we'd never interact again, huh? But you can't run away from your past, Nicky. It's inevitable. It'll come back and bite you in the ass.""
"Greg chuckled darkly and nodded, "Bet you wished we'd never interact again, huh? But you can't run away from your past, Nicky. It's inevitable. It'll come back and bite you in the ass.""There is your teaser quote, I hope you were teased. Have a great rest of the week everyone and don't forget to vote Hope and Forgotten Hope in the Bring Me Back to Life ffn contest!
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