Whether it's to a random library somewhere in the world or a little cat shop in Japan, the Secret Door surely will place you in a place where you never expected to be.

So go ahead, and open the door. 

The Secret Door is presented by Safestyle UK

On the 28th and 29th April, I was away at my work experience. Just thought I'd share because it was absolutely amazing!

Sumday I met the editor of The Caterham Independent (I first met her when she came to my school, and things pretty much went from there) at her house, and we went to take photos of a Fun Run. 

It was BRILLIANT! I took loads of photos (some which will appear in the next issue!), and left with a pretty mild sunburn on my forehead and a lot of new skills, even though I got completely lost at the end trying to track down my mother when she came to pick me back up.

Then yesterday I went down to the offices and wrote three different articles for the e-newsletter, and went down to a local school to take a load of photos (with Julia's very official looking camera) of the children. I also got a few quotes off the head teacher and a pupil called Melissa about Healthy Living Week and the school's Skipping Workshop.

When I left (honestly, I really didn't want to), Julia gave me a copy of the latest issue, a letter on Things You Learnt Today, copies of my articles, and an awesome pen, and get this - whenever an interesting enough subject pops up, I might be able to write an article about it for The Caterham Independent again!

Seriously, it was amazing! I've also just uploaded the photos on awkwarddonkey.blogspot.co.uk if you want to check them out(:

Amy-Anne

Hey, I was wondering if any you wanted to do a guest post for my blog??
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Email me at mooshka99@btinternet.com

hi there im helena (pronounced hel-EE-na, not like helena montana) and im a new contributor. i can't wait to share new things with you guys! :) you can learn more about me in the about the contributors section obviously, but im gonna tell you anyways. so im 13, i love writing, playing flute, singing, running long distances, and yep. That's pretty much it. You can find me at http://craftspicturesandcraziness.blogspot.com/ so bye!! :)

                                           original: Google images, edited using picmonkey.com
Hi everyone, so it's been a while since i posted on 'Blog For Joy'' and i am quite sorry! Anyway, today, i thought i would do a short post to tell you all about the ongoing blog carnival on my blog! I would be very grateful if you could check it out and maybe take part in it! I would be very grateful! Counting on you all! x
                                                                                                                                                  Naana

I found a very nice website that I've been using to create pictures of the characters I write about. You choose and position various human facial features, and it comes out looking like a nice computer drawing.

I thought I would be a bit weird today (sun does weird things to me, I tell you). So if you want, join in  by writing a comment below!!

(I used http://www.saviodsilva.net/weird-questions.htm for these questions)

Do you like carrots?
Yes. Yes I do.

If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
A big tree

When you looked in the mirror first thing this morning, what was the first thing you thought?
"Ugh."

Name the brand of shoes you've recently worn.
Converse All Star

What shirt are you wearing?
Dan and Phil one ;3 Ah heh heh

Last furry thing you touched?
One of my puppies

How many drugs have you done in the past three days?
Two... Paracetamol and Ibuprofen 

What is your guilty pleasure Disney movie?
Oliver and Company. DON'T JUDGE ME.




Your turn!

The Teenage Blogosphere

So for a while there I completely neglected it as it just got too much but now I promise to devote one hour of every week to it. Basically this blog is a list of blogs with two links. One of those links goes directly to your blog while the other will take the reader to the post about your blog.
If you want your blog to be featured all you have to do is email a description of your blog along with a button (if you have one) and/or the header of your blog. Also it is very important to include labels you would like, but please do not use labels like awesome/ red/ Rihanna. Those will not be used. Preferably ones like Books/ food/ beauty/ lifestyle.
For more information visit HERE

I do hope you will want to be part of it!

x

Hey, it's Jessica Again!  Here's some sketches I drew recently:
(These are anime characters)

 Natsu and Gray from Fairy Tail.  A rather silly anime with lots of explosions and battles.

 Ein and Zwei from Phantom.  this anime was very dark, as it was about a couple of brainwashed assassins,,,

Aww look, Nezumi and Shion from No.6!  how I love this anime...

(Nezumi loks so daaaark hehe!)

 Cheshire from Pandora Hearts.  This might be my favorite representation of the Cheshire cat, I dunno why.  Though all of the artwork from Pandora Hearts is beautiful.

(I`m quite proud of this one, as much of the picture was improvised by me, with only a "base" image)

Megami from Shiki.  My first actual well-drawn girl!  I'm even more proud of this, because I scrapped any sort of original picture, and used seven reference ones instead.  yay for the advancement of my artistic prowess!

                                                              source


Hi BFJ followers! I hope you are all doing great and enjoying yourselves! I want to wish you all a Happy Easter! Do enjoy yourselves these holidays and go back to school as fit as fiddles!(haha) . Anyway, i would like to use this opportunity to say that i am interested in doing interviews so if you host interviews on your blog, please do so to contact me at naanaantwi14@gmail.com . I promise to answer all questions and be as sincere as possible during the interview!Also, do check out my most recent post! Thanks for reading! x

                                  Naana
                      (beautifulyetassertive.blogspot.com)

This is the blurb to my upcoming book, "The City of Keys." Tell me what you think!

Charlie Kimmus awakes in a completely different world – a place where there are sea monsters in the East River, machine birds in the sky, and leopards that prowl the subway systems of New York. The five boroughs, now called kingdoms, coexist in chaos. Manhattan wants to create an empire and has already conquered the Bronx.

That same night he is found by a band of mysterious children. They are the only ones left that oppose the City since they cannot be hypnotized. Because he is still fourteen, he is eligible to join them, and is accepted as Vizier of the Child Army after demonstrating his skill in combat. From the lowest position he slowly rises and is eventually appointed commander of his League. But being powerful is dangerous – even though the teenagers all have sworn loyalty to one another, they sometimes kill in order to rise in rank.

Suddenly, Charlie is swept on an exhilarating quest to recover the Keys, the only magical instruments that are able to stop the siege of New York. His successes with finding them are matched only by Twelve, a fifteen-year old girl he just met and is the only person he trusts.

But one day Charlie’s battalion is summoned into the City to fight. And no one has ever left it alive.

So I've been part of this blog for a while now, and I still haven't posted.... So here I am!  This is my profile I gave Jadefireyes:

Hi, I’m Jessica! I’m a reader, a writer, an artist, and am anime obsessed. I tend to write a lot when I read a lot, and draw tons when I’m watching anime :P . My creativity comes in spurts, so bear with me ;) . I’m sixteen, with a tendency to use far too many emoticons while writing, so you’ll have to deal with that too! I reside in Canada, where we live in igloos, and ride the mighty polar bear to school. My dreams of the future are currently on standby at the airport on a flight from Berlin, so you probably won’t be seeing those anytime soon. My interests include: snakes, rats, biology, insane characters, anime, popcorn, that one lead pencil that has 0.3 lead, and a host of other delightful things. My current best friend is Thesaurus.net, which I use to search up fantastical idioms to stop my slightly OCD brain from exploding at the sight of two identical words in the same sentence. If you want to look up my marvelous blog, please feel free to do so, as the link is http://writtenpaintings.blogspot.ca/. You can contact me anytime at cannibalducks@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments, ideas, or strange urges to chat with a random stranger! Thank you for reading, have a swell day :)

Did I spark you interest?  Well perhaps not, but here are some  things that I get up to:

Most EPIC EARRING EVER! made these together with my sister :D

 Art project!  Took me aaaages, but worth it.  It was originally supposed to be a costellation (as per the instructions given by my teacher) but err... I think I strayed from that course. gave me 100% anyway though :P

Screenshot of my team!  

(notice how they're all the same level; careful planning, that took)

I got a new ratter!  Any name ideas?  Preferably something badass, so she can be on par with  my other one, Cthulhu :P

Some things I was reading recently.  I've gotten through the John Green collection (other than an Abundance of Katherines) and I'm none too impressed;  Some of it was quite good, but not to the standard I was led to believe.
Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, now THAT was a great book!  Short read though.  I also read The Miseducation of Cameron Post (amazing book) and am now starting A Scanner Darkly.


There we have it, a short introduction to Jessica.  I'm hoping there are a few other anime fans out there, so we can go on about them TOGETHER.  (I can provide a full list of all I've watched if necessary)  If you haven't seen any anime, or just want some ideas of what to watch, I'm happy to provide suggestions!

I joined NaNoWriMo! I will be writing my books there. I need the help to get it done over the summer. My first book?

 

(I made the cover using my own photographs.)

 

Of course, I have a lot more books in planning: three trilogies and a series made up of four books.This book is also part of a trilogy. Wish me luck!

 

 

P.S. If you're writing a book too, and want someone to comment on them, maybe we can exchange chapters over the summer! My email as always is jadefireeyes@gmail.com.

 

 

Yesterday was a snow day! The blizzard swept in about a foot of snow in my area and school was cancelled. So I went to my friend's house. Yeah.
It was a chill day.
ANYWAY...
Im back to school today, unfortunately. But I got to miss gym! (it was yesterday!!)
:)
I am going to get up to speed with my novel this afternoon, so I may or may not post.
xoxo
Morgan (:

Heya guys!! Sorry for not posting here recently. I have been very busy with dance, school, and writing. Thank you for understanding. Hope to post soon, check my blog for any updates.

xoxo
Morgan

tiaras and twirls, leotards and lace by wonderstruck9 on polyvore.com

Hi, i am Naana, the latest member of ''Blog For Joy''! I joined not only to help promote my fashion/beauty/faith blog but also to meet new blogs and  make new friends! I hope that i enjoy being a member and i hope to make this great blog even better! Thanks for reading! x
                                                                                      Naana

Friends are amazing.
They guide you through life.
They are there when the boy you like gets a girlfriend.
They are there when you accidentally dye your hair blue.
They are there to tell you if you look okay.
They help you with homework.
They pull stupid faces to cheer you up.
They annoy you all the time.
They text you at 7am for the answers in that math homework.
They have to approve a guy before you date him.
They steal your food.
They help themselves to your bobby pins.
They take weird pictures with you.
They tell you the truth when answering, "do I look fat in this?"
They sleep in your bed at sleepovers.
They can handle your habits.
They tell you their secrets.
They aren't afraid to give you a slap.
They tell you off.
They are themselves around you.
You can share secret giggles at 3am.
Friends are for life. So do whatever you can to keep them.

(Top to bottom, left to right) Jenni, me, Izzy, Rachael, Georgia.


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