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Cheyenne Lynnae’s “Wild” Night In

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I’ve been doing a lot of writing lately, which put my imagination in full swing!
I began to wonder, if I had a night/afternoon all to myself on a weekend, but was stuck inside what would that girl inside AKA Cheyenne Lynnae (Lynnae isn’t my real last name) do on a night like that?
Which really translates into, what do I think the real me would do?
So here’s what I came up with.

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She dances on window sills to Billie Holliday, Nina Simone, Cat Stevens, The Beatles, Adele, Coldplay, Secret Garden’s The Reel, and a little bit…okay maybe a lot of techno music; a glass of flavored water in hand. (Natural of course!)

Light blue, deep green, and navy blue skirts flick around her knees. Barefoot unpolished feet twist and leap accross cold floors.
Long blonde hair spins around her waist a curtain hiding her smiling face.

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She watches documentaries, Pocahontas, or Sabrina munching on calliflower “popcorn” as she folds the days/weeks serendipities into paper cranes and hangs them from the ceiling.

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She runs barefoot through the woods, and sings on the top of her lungs. She spins around in circles, and sways in the moonlight.

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She lounges on floor cushions, pouring over maps, stories of explorers, and doing research for her novels and papers.
One hand holds tightly to the novel she’s reading the other is pressed to her smiling mouth as she reads in the light of a lantern. The hammock she’s cocooned in swaying whenever she giggles or squeals.

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She heads off to sleep no later than ten, though the night owl in her is pleading with her to stay and burn the midnight oil.
Soon she drifts off to sleep, and lucid dreams of traveling around the world, meeting new people, living a life of happiness and adventure, dancing always, and writing her novels.
What would the person inside you do on their wild night in?

*Smiley Faces*

- Cheyenne Lynnae

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: February 16th, 2012

Excerpt of One of My Novels.

Hi Everyone!
I figured I’d give ya’ll a sneak peak of one of my novels!
It origionally started with one of www.goteenwriters.com ‘s contests.
The prompt well the stage they set was “Alex has somewhere to be.”
This is what I came up with! Oh, and I have continued the story by the way. The book should be finished sometime next month.
Anyways, here it is!

Concrete box, no windows, no light, no air. Nothingness. My mind is the box.

Fingers claw at my scalp. My head turns; the bones squeal against each other.

Clipped breaths in and out. Shhh, Alex.

All thoughts lost. All thoughts stolen by them. All, but one: 447 Alkelin Court Don’t let go of you, Alex. I’ll find you my love.

Eyes swollen slits in flesh, slide over to the long arched window to my right.

Freedom lurks thirty floors below. I have to find him. I have to find my memories.

Shhh, Alex. Time to go.

What’d you think?

- Cheyenne Lynnae

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: February 16th, 2012

My Day In Pictures

Hi Everyone,
So after thinking about doing a post like this I finally have!
What I did was I took my camera, and captured moments of my daily life.
So here it is! Enjoy!

Morning: I do my chores, put things away, and straighten up my room.

Mid Morning: I hop on my computer for twitter, email, and comments.

Mid Day - Late Afternoon: Writing, and school work (on my computer). Although I tend to get distracted as illustrated above.

Throughout the Day: My baby brother will throw (small) fits.

Throughout the Day: Yeah...this is just a pic of my toes on the rare occasion I paint them... : P

Throughout the Day: My baby brother will come hang out with me. ( :

Late Afternoon: Write Blogposts, and notes in my notebook.

Late Afternoon: I start to take it easy, and relax.

Evening: Dinner time! We had some soup my grandma made.

Late Evening: I take it easy, read novels, write in my journal, and read scriptures.

*Smile Faces*

- Cheyenne Lynnae

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: February 15th, 2012

PROTESTING SOPA! Please Help!!!

Hi Everyone!
I’m sure you all read the title and were like “What? You’re protesting soap operas?” No no, not soap operas. SOPA!
Google explains it better than I can so here is a quote from their website. (See link below)

“The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results. That’s why 41 human rights organizations and 110 prominent law professors have expressed grave concerns about the bills.”

- https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

Please help me stop SOPA, and go to the link above or below to sign the petition against it.
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

- Chey

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: January 19th, 2012

Reverb11 Dec 24th: Perfect Day Part 1

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Dec 24th: Describe your perfect day…DREAM BIG. How can you work toward achieving that day in 2012?

Some of you may be wondering what this exercise actually is, well here is an excerpt of a FANTASTIC post I’ve found on this from www.healyourlife.com.

If you could have an entire day filled with nothing but your most inspiring activities and dreams, what would it look like? Sit down with your journal and write out your perfect day exactly as you would most love it to be. Schedule an entire 24 hours from the moment you wake up, whether it be 4 a.m. or noon. Have the sleep you want, see the sunrise or sunset from some beautiful place, eat the perfect breakfast, meditate, run, swim, exercise, study, have a massage, garden, dance, write, sing, travel, teach, serve, work, consult, speak, dream, play…this is your day. Whatever that perfect day is for you, map it out, pick a date, commit to doing it, and then go fulfill it.

First plan for it once a year, and once you’ve done that and realized it’s possible, raise the number to four times a year—once per season. Then go to once a month, and then work toward having a perfect day every single week. Increase the frequency until eventually almost every day of your life is lived in accord with your dreams.

- John Demartini
http://www.healyourlife.com/author-john-f-demartini/2011/09/wisdom/inspiration/have-a-perfect-day

Below is a quote from Gala Darling’s post How To Write Your Own Mission Statement (I’ll post more about this idea in a later post.) I find that having questions to answer makes things a lot easier. To learn about Gala click here. To read the post click the link above or click here.

I am at my best when… I am at my worst when… What do I really love to do at work? What do I really love to do in my personal life? My natural talents & gifts are… If I had unlimited time & resources & knew I could not fail, what would I choose to do? My life’s journey is… What would people say about you on your 80th birthday? What do I consider to be my biggest future contribution to the most important people in my life? Are there things I feel I should change or alter, even though I’ve dismissed these thoughts many times? What are they? Imagine you could invite to dinner three people who have influenced you the most. Write their names & the one quality or attribute you admire most in these people. Let’s think of balance as a state of fulfillment & renewal in each of the four dimensions: physical, spiritual, mental, & social/emotional. What are the single most important things you can do in each of these areas that will have the greatest positive impact on your life & help you achieve a sense of balance? What are your values? What is most important to you? What are some goals you’d like to achieve this year? What kind of image do you hope to project? Is it similar or dissimilar to the image you’re projecting right now? What are your roles in life? Are you happy with them?

- Gala Darling

Chris Guillebeau author of the blog and book The Art of Non- Conformity focuses on working towards making the day actually happen and gives some great tips in his post Lifestyle Design, and Your Idea World.

Finally, the last resource I’ll give you before I send you…and myself off to go plan our perfect days is from Paul Meyers who has a fantastic and free workbook here.

Enjoy day planning, and stay tuned for part two of this post where I’ll share my perfect day, or a little piece of it anyways.

*Hearts*

- Chey

P.S Don’t forget to follow me on Twitter for updates on posts @CheyenneLynnae! Also, be sure to check out my Tumblr page (<3 Tumblr!) Cheyennelynnae.tumblr.com

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: January 16th, 2012

<3 This Post: What Will Make an Agent "Gong" Your Query

I stumbled upon thispost from fictiongroupie.blogspot.com entitled What Will Make An Agent “Gong” Your Query.
I loved it so much that I knew I just HAD to share it with you all! Here is a little excerpt.

I went to a lot of different workshops, but one of the most entertaining and informative sessions of the conference were the two agent “Gong” shows. The setup was simple. Each agent had a gong, anonymous queries were read aloud, and agents would hit their gong when they would’ve stopped reading. It was quite hilarious, but I also learned a lot of things about what they are and are NOT looking for in a query letter. So I thought I’d pass some of those along.

WHAT COULD GET YOU “GONGED” BY AN AGENT

1. Opening with a question.
Most of us have heard this, but there was still a query in the bunch that did this. It got instantly gonged.

2. Vampires
You have to be REALLY REALLY different to get them to even consider another vampire novel.

This post had so many great tips! I encourage you all to read it!

P.S A little update on the querying process for my book The Nature Catchers; I just finished a new pitch for my query letter that I’m really excited about! I’ll be sure to keep you updated!

- Cheyenne Lynnae

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: January 13th, 2012

Reverb11 Dec 21st – 23rd: Happiness, Past Hurts, Future Hopes

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I hope all of you have had a wonderful New Years! If any of you are like me you are probably a tad bit relieved….and a tad bit sad that the holidays are over! With my baby sister being born and the holiday season I fear I have fallen quite a bit behind on my Reverb11 posts. So without further ado here I go.

Dec 21st: List the things that you like/make you happy.

Dec 22nd: What past memories/hurts/trials came up this year?

Dec 23rd: What are your plans for your future, and how can you prepare for/move towards them in 2012?

Dec 21st: List the things that you like/make you happy.

Fields of flowers * rain storms *hot chocolate * cool breezes on hot summer days * reading books *riding my bike* hanging out with my family * road trips * minimalism * adventures * music…all music * essential oils * food that feels good in my stomach * raw fruits and vegetables * tea sets * tiny fingers and toes attached to tiny little bodies with tiny little eyes to stare up at you * dancing feet * walls made of windows * sunlight * playing piano * good food. * WRITING! *
What makes you happy?

Dec 23rd: What are your plans for your future, and how can you prepare for/move towards them in 2012?

Ahhh…plans for my future. That’s one of my absolute fave topics.
Since I have so many plans I’ll just talk about one of them.

When I turn 18 I plan on packing everything that I need into a backpack, and riding my bike through every state in the U.S
It will be hard not just physically, but emotionaly, and spiritually as well. I hope to learn a lot about myself and to draw closer to Heavenly Father.

What I’ll Have To Do To Prepare:

- Ride my bike every day.
- Become physically fit.
- Eat even better.
- Study riding paths and plan a route.
- Study maps.
- Learn how to navigate.
- Study self defense.
- Steal my brothers scouts book and do some of the projects.

Until my next post,

*Smiley faces*

- Cheyenne Lynnae

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: January 6th, 2012

Reverb11 December 18th – 20th: Travel, Experiences, & Gratitude.

Dec 18th: Did you travel/go anywhere new? What did you see/do/feel?

Dec 19th: What spiritual experiences have you had this year, and how have they affected your life?

Dec 20th: What things were you grateful this year/list all the things you are grateful for.

Dec 18th: Did you travel/go anywhere new? What did you see/do/feel?

This year we went to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. We took mostly scenic routes and passed through parts of Arizona, Colorado, Utah…I think, and of course New Mexico.
It was beautiful! We went to downtown Santa Fe in New Mexico which has some beautiful buildings, and the scenery as we drove through Colorado was jaw dropping. I loved being with my family even when we were completely tuning each other out or sleeping or listening to ipods it was great being so close together. The road trip was in my opinion the best part of the entire trip.

Dec 19th: What spiritual experiences have you had this year, and how have they affected your life?

This year has been chock full of spiritual experiences, but since most of them are rather personal I’ll just tell you about one….Girls Camp!

This year girls camp was phenomenal! Though it was really simple…not very much extra stuff, it was really spiritual. You were allowed to feel the spirit like one should when your out in the middle of nowhere. However I didn’t go on “The Nature Walk” this year. ( That’s code for Snype hunting *ducks and covers head* sorry girls!)

I’m not sure what it was in particular about this girls camp, perhaps it was the amazing testimony sharing that went on at our camp, but it definetly helped set the mood for the rest of my year.

Dec 20th: What things were you grateful this year/list all the things you are grateful for.

This post would be extremely long if I listed all of the things I’m grateful for…so I’ll just list a few.

Hot soup on a cold winters day * hanging out with my family * a roof over my head * my computer * technology * book pages between my fingers the spine laying delicately in my palm * sunlight * windows *fresh air * trees* birds * the feeling of a cool breeze on a hot summer day * fresh flowers after a dance recital * fields of grass * the smell of essential oils * the taste of green shakes on my tongue * the feeling of cool wood floors underneath my feet * seeing the sun rise in the morning…even if it’s just on tv * love * happiness * Joy * Christ’s sacrifice for us * the sound of ones fingers pressing down the keys of a key board and watching the words fly across the screen.

What are you grateful for?

- Chey

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: January 6th, 2012

Musings: Spareness, & The Real You

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I recently read this fantastic blog post from mnmlist.com it really got me thinking!
I realized that for me instead of the clothes I wear the brands etc. ‘defining’ me; the artwork, and decor in my room, the books I have read, the music I have listened to….do.
It really brought up the question…who would I be without it all?

So far here is what I’ve put together.

I’m a spiritual being full of light, I’m a writer, a dancer, I’m alive.
I’m in the happiness that I feel when the wind blows through my hair, I’m the being who’s spirit…and body dance whenever music makes it’s way to my ears.

I’m part of a family who loves me, and cherishes me as I them.
I am the person who loves the words and knowledge stemming from books. I am the avid blogreader who checks her favorite blogs twenty times a day.

I am a searcher…I search for love, for meaning, for happiness, for light.
I search for knowledge, and life, for truth, and might.
I search for gentleness, and meekness, for perfection, and imperfection.
I search for Christ and to become like him by following his teachings, and trying to do what’s right.

So here’s a quote from the post the link is at the bottom, please be sure to read it and ask yourself who YOU really are.

- Cheyenne Lynnae

We often create an identity for ourselves using things.

We have logos or slogans or cute catchphrases on our clothing, and it shows people who we are. We have tattoos or piercings, baseball caps, accessories, smartphones, designer bags, Manolo Blahnik shoes … and these express to others who we are.

In our homes, what we have on our walls shows others who we are. What TV shows we watch, what books we read, what celebrities and blogs we follow. What brands we like on Facebook. This is our identity.

But what happens when you strip all this away? When you are left with plain clothing, a home that is empty and spare … how will you express yourself? What will you use to forge an identity? You could argue that your identity would now be called “Minimalist”, but let’s go beyond that label.

- http://mnmlist.com/finding

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: December 30th, 2011

Reverb11 Dec 15th-17th: Dreams, Inspiration, and Fun

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Dec 15th: Did any dreams come true this year? What dreams do you hope to come true in 2012? How will you work towards making that happen?

Dec 16th: What epiphanies/inspiration/answer to a prayer(s) have you received this year?

Dec 17th: What are the top 3-5 fun things you did this year?

Dec 15th: Did any dreams come true this year? What dreams do you hope to come true in 2012? How will you work towards making that happen?

I know a few people who believe that dreams are impractical, and a waste of time. They will try to tell me to give up, wait till I’m older. What’s the rush right? I should enjoy being a kid. But there is a rush. We only have a small amount of time on this earth we should take advantage of it. LIVE!

Dreams really are realities just waiting to happen, and you have to believe that. But you also have to give them your permission, and in return take action.

I find that they are the one thing that can forever keep me going.
Because of my dreams, and goals I’m not about to go and end my life, run away, do drugs, drink, smoke of do other harmful things to myself.
I’ve got too much to do/to much I want to do to go do something that would keep me from being able to do my best and achieve those dreams.

So no matter what anyone else says allow yourself to dream, by not dreaming you’re just putting yourself into a cage.
Don’t set up or believe in limitations that can hold you back such as age, race, home life, or financial situation. There is always a way.

What are your dreams?

Dec 16th: What epiphanies/inspiration/answer to a prayer(s) have you received this year?

I don’t know what I would do without those moments of inspiration where you get excited about something or something becomes clear, or those answers to prayers.
Often times when I hit a point in the year where you are just done, and are so frustrated with everything I find that those moments of inspiration is enough to get me dancing around again.

What tidbits of inspiration did you get this year? I’m sure it was a lot more than you think.

Dec 17th: List 3-5 fun things you did this year?

At the moment I’m sipping a green shake…the first I’ve ever made actually. It has kale, spinach, carrot, cranberries, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. It’s delicious, and it was super fun to make.
So many fun things have happened this year so I’m just going to list a few that happened in the last two months.

November:
1. Danced at Center Stage dance studio
2. Thanksgiving at familie’s
3. Writing

December:
1. Year Planning
2. Reverb11
3. Green Smoothie

So do tell…what fun things have you done this year?

Happy Reverbing!

- Chey

Author name:: Chey
Publish date:: December 30th, 2011

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