A new book I'm playing around with

Okay, so after writing my memoir, I decided to try something new. I am thinking a fun, girlie book. I have played around with a lot of different voices, and I think I finally have it. If everything goes as planned, I am hoping to have this out and on the shelves by February, but we will see. That might be cutting it a tad bit close. This is an excerpt of my new work Samantha. Hope you like:

I am packed and ready to enter the world of college and not just any college but a Big Ten university. I can hardly wait! I have dreamed of this day my entire life. Ever since I was a kid, I knew that I would go to college. After having years of studying the social scene via Blockbuster hits, I am finally ready. I don’t want to brag, but I am what some would call an expert. I have watched, analyzed, and memorized every movie that takes place on a college campus. Well, not every movie. I mean who has time for those boring movies that show students going to class and studying. I mean come on we all know that isn’t a realistic picture of college. Those movies were probably produced by people who never even went to college or even worse by people who went to college online. I mean how is anyone ever supposed to meet any cute boys sitting in front of a computer?

Last night I spent a lot of time on my “How To Be Successful in College” list. I checked it, double checked it, and triple checked it. I didn’t want to leave anything off. How horrible would that be? Instant disaster! So here’s the plan: first, I am going to move into my dorm room that I will share with an amazing girl. We will decorate our place to be absolutely fabulous. We will have the coolest set up. Everyone will want to hang out in our room. It will be so much fun. My new roomy and I will of course become instant best friends. We will share our clothes, shoes, and make up. And on weekends when we aren’t going out with all of our magnificent friends, we will stay in together. We’ll sit around in our pajamas, eat popcorn, and watch girlie movies. Everything is going to be perfect. I just know it!

You’re probably asking yourself who is this rock star? I apologize for not introducing myself sooner. Sometimes I get carried away. I am Samantha. Some people try to shorten my name to Sam as if it’s cute to be called a boy’s name. I don’t think so. If my parents wanted a boy, they would have had a boy, and if they wanted to call me a boy’s name, they would have named me Rob or Michael. Personally, I would name my daughter something exotic and new, something that screams to the world I am going to do remarkable things! Take notice! I’ve tried to convince my parents to change my name to something fantastic because I think Samantha is sort of plain. Actually, it yells girl next door, and nobody wants to date the girl next door. My parents always say, “Stop being ridiculous, Samantha!” They think I’m a bit of a drama queen, but I don’t think my parents understand how difficult it is to be a girl living in a world with a boy’s name. It’s practically a crisis!

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