My Christmas List:

Alanys

Aleshka

Anders

Ashley

Ben

Bruce

Colin

Gen

Gilliam

Katie

Leah

Liz

Luz

Paul

Ron

Tim

Yanmarie

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

A short update on my life....

I know I haven't written a blog in a while but I just wanted to give an update on what I am working on. I am trying to finish my short stories I got like 10 started but none finish, I am working slowly on my two books, I am also working hard as a photographer for TZD Games and I have so much work to do for school including one photo story, on feature photo story, two research papers, a lot of exams and even more homework, I am also trying to keep a social life and I just schedule for classes for next semester ad I am hoping to graduate from criminal justice and then come back for my photography degree. Also I am thinking of moving out with my friend so I am gonna have to find a job that actually pays so I can pay the bills so I can move out with her. Not to forget that I am dealing with a being in love too in the middle of being extremely busy. Yeah that's all I can say for now....

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

AWESOME NEWS!!!!

I am really excited because today I cheek my midterm grades and the where extremely good. I did not expect to be doing as well as I am juggling everything: A crush, school, writing, clubs, work, photography, church, time for myself, and all the other stuff I do on my daily life. I am really happy to have learn that I am doing better is school than what I thought I was. Today I am really happy and I am glad to share this wonderful news with you guys. ^ - ^

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

Writing a Short Story.

I am writing a short story at the moment. Well two actually. The thing about writing a short story is knowing how long is too long and how short is too short. All I can say is that I am really happy about this two projects plus one of my books that I am writing by myself more that the one I am writing with my co-author Joe. Don't get me wrong I love working with my co-author a lot but is a long project that is a bit too long. Also, working on these different projects make me really happy because I can work on them on my own time and I am not depending on anyone but my editor Zaylin wish makes me really happy. These two short stories are soon to be finished. I love short stories, especially YA Fantasy ones. I am finding myself getting a lot better with this gender and I am a hundred percent cretin this is the gender I want to write on. Soon I will let you know more of how my life as a writer, a photographer, a makeup artist, and a college student is like. 

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

My Favorite Things:

Favorite Number: 4.

Favorite Colors: Blood Red, Raven Black, Metallic Blue & Turquoise.

Favorite Hobbies: Reading, Writing, Makeup & Photography.

Favorite Authors: CL Bevill, PC Cast, Clair Farrell & Kady Cross.

Favorite Book Series: House of Night by PC Cast and Kristin Cast, Moon Trilogy by CL Bevill, Ava Delaney by Claire Farrell & Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross.

Favorite Movies: Alice (Syfy), Tekken, Sleeping Beauty (Disney) & Barbie: Princess Charm School.

Favorite Video Games: Tekken, Final Fantasy, Bratz & Death by Degree.

Favorite Bands/Singer: Within Temptation, Rina Aiuchi, A Pink & The Civil Wars.

Favorite Anime: Blood+, Death Note, Dance in the Vampire Bund & Mermaid Melody.

Favorite Manga: Blood+, Bleach, Code Geass & Kitchen Princess.

Favorite Food: Tamagoyaki, Sushi, Tuna & Shrimp.

Favorite Fruits: Watermelon & Pomegranate.

Favorite Baby food: Strawberry & Banana.

Favorite IceCream: Pistachio & Almond.

Favorite Precious Stone: Jasper, Sapphire, Turquoise/Blue Topaz & Garnet.

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

RANDOM FACT #0:

If you are wondering what is this all about keep reading this. RANDOM FACT is about saying a random fact about some thing ore someone. The only rule is that it has to be a fact. My RANDOM FACT #0: I just start doing this because it came in to my mind and I thought that it would be fun (This is actually a fact). I just start doing this today on my Facebook, and my Facebook Page and also my Twitter. Feel free to do this too.

This is how you do it:

1. Write RANDOM FACT #

2. Write the number of your RANDOM FACT

3. Write a colon after words. Example #10:

4. Write the fact.

If you fallow this easy instruction you should have something like this: RANDOM FACT #1: you can almost always find me reading a good book.

Have fun!

Like my Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/elainenieves4 or fallow me on Twitter @ElaineNieves8

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

The Inspiration I Needed!

Well, as you all may know I am writing a YA Fantasy book with my co-writer Joe. But recently I have not had the inspiration to write about it much so that I have developed the idea for my other book with so details. Even if I have been developing an idea for another book I know that I should be working on the one I have in hand even more because I am writing it with someone else and not just by myself. Today I found an inspiration to continue writing. I was looking at all the twits on Twitter and one caught my attention so I looked at the link on it and found the inspiration I needed. It is about a few writing tips from some Harlequin authors. This is the link, read it and get inspire too:

http://www.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/2012/09/get-inspired-writing-tips-from-harlequin-authors/?utm_campaign=sytycw&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter_SYTYCW&utm_content=sytycw&utm_term=

Have a wonderful day!

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

So I had a question about how a typical Spanish girl look like andsomehow I ended up answering my own question...

I really wanted to know how Spanish I look like and I google how a typical Spanish for looks like. I found so many answers that didn't make sense. I have to clarify that Spanish is a person that is from Spain NOT a person that speaks Spanish. I am Puertorican (from Puerto RIco) but I have Spanish, Taino (native American from Puerto Rico) and African blood. And I know all Puertoricans do but I have really close blood from all of them. My great great great great grandfather was Spanish, my great great grand uncle (I think was uncle if not he was something similar) was African and my great grandmother was a Taina (female for Taino) so that is really close blood. Anyways I have always known that I was the one that look most Spanish from my family. All this lead me to wonder...

How dose an typical Spanish girl looks like?

Some of the answers I read did not make much sense at all.

Some one say they look like Mediterranean... How dose Mediterranean people look like is what I am wondering.

Some other thing I read talk about Latin America people not Spanish

Finally I find a site that help... They said that a typical Spanish person is short have dark hair and dark eyes and curvy hair and round faces. They also mention that there are light eye light hair Spanish's but that there not as many as dark hair dark eye Spanish's. Some other person mentions that she had a friend that had red hair and it was tall and she was Spanish.

At the end I comment and answer my own question with this:

Well I'm not actually Spanish I am Puertorican but I have have Spanish blood (my great great great great grandfather was Spanish) my natural hair color is strawberry blond (more redish than blond at times) also my hair is curvy (more like it have natural romantic curves) my eye colors is brown and I am only 4"10 (yes I am short for a almost 20 years old on my eyes) and I am extremely white (more than a typically Puertorican girl) I am pale my face is a bit round and like I have notice before my cheeks are round (I have seen a couple Spanish actresses and singers before and they have really cute round cheeks) and I know that when I talk in Spanish I roll my r's a lot like all Puertoricans but from time to time I will start talking whit the s like a Spanish girl even if I have never been in Spain but I guess is in my blood after all my last name is Spanish and I know that I have family in Spain but I don't know them..... Ok sorry I start babbling and went beside the point. Anyways I am mostly like a typical Spanish girl more than anything but yeah I had to mention a lot of Spanish people have dark eyes and dark hair like brown but a lot of Spanish people also have red hair or strawberry blond hair like me...

So yeah that is how a typical Spanish girl looks like. I guess.

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

Something that touch my heart deeply at church!

My friends determine the direction and quality of my life.

Good friends:

1. Are taking you Jesus.

2. Are becoming like Jesus.

3. AREN'T trying to BE Jesus.

By Pastor Mark Schilling

This message touched my heart so deeply I need it to share it with everyone. This is something I wish and hope am to my friends and family. And, because if I can be this way and if I can continue to grow in Christ, I know I will become a better person each day. Not only a better person, but someone that people will come talk to and feel comfortable with. And, most important I can be a better example to my sisters which I treasure the most.

Inspiration like this will not only help me become a better person, but also to become a better writer.

I hope I can once inspire you my readers as I have been inspire.

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

At Night Working Hard.

I have been writing at night for my book and is going well because I can dream what I want to happen next. Dreams are a big influence in my writing. My wonderful editor Lelly help me find a cool and awesome last name in Latin for one of my characters and she found me a couple I want to use because the meaning is just as awesome as her and that means is super awesome! I am happy on how the book is coming out even if I am still working on the beginning. But is coming out super and as soon as I am done is my co-writer Joe's turn to work on his part then putting it together to be an even better first chapter. Soon to work with the second chapter and so on.

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

My missing phone :(

I lost my phone and I cannot find it I have looked everywhere and I still have not found it. I have cried my eyes out. I almost had a panic attack. Now I am praying and begging to God that I can find it soon. It is not a new cell phone, but it has many important things on it so I will be happy when I find it. My phone is a Samsung Replenish™ and here is a picture that I find online that looks just like mine (but is a promotional picture).

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

My first bento box ever!

Ok so I decide to make a bento box. One for my sister and one for me. So, I woke up early to make it and work hard with love trying to make it perfect. This was my second time making Tamagoyaki and it came out even more delicious than the first time! I was so happy that it came out well even if not everything came out the way I plan it, but it was a delicious bento box and it was all I wanted it to be. Soon I will be shopping for my next bento box and Tamagoyaki is one of the official foods for my bento box! I didn't know they could taste like heaven, but they do. And, I am going to try making Macaron for dessert for my next bento box that I will be making really soon and I will be making three instead of one, one for my sister Lelly, one for my best friend Ash, and one for me.

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

My first Tamagoyakis!

Tomorrow I am making a bento box for my sister. I was hungry so I try to make Tamagoyaki for the first time and it was a total success definitely I am adding Tamagoyaki to the bento box!

With Love,
Elaine Nieves

My new hair style!

So before I came home from my trip to Puerto Rico I cut my hair and give myself a much needed new look! I was looking forward to cutting my hair and it feels so good to have done just that! Everyone that had seen be before with my long hair knows that I did not just had long hair I had a lot of hair and really long too. So it does not feel as heavy as it did before and for that I am truly grateful. Now I will enjoy my hair as it is and be waiting exited for it to grow back long and healthy! \( ^ . ^ )/

It is going to be hard but not impossible!

Ok, so I just start college once again and I am really happy and looking forward to this semester. But you have to admit is going to be hard to deal with all of it with my blog my writing and college, but I know I can do it. Also, I learn that they are giving Japanese on my college in I have always wanted to learn Japanese so that definitely is a go for next semester! So, I will definitely try my best to do it all and write on my book more and do my best and that I promise.

A Piece of My Heart:

This is a piece from my heart. "I am like the air you can't always see me, but I'm always there; that is why I am a true friend" by Yanilene Nieves (me)

This is something I wrote some time ago and I have treasured it since. I decided to tell you a little more about me and let you in my heart so you will know me better. Once, at church I was told that my smile brightens up the room when I come in and I really liked that plus I truly believe that it might be true, just because I've been told so by several other people. Now I am going to tell you what I think about myself and/or what I've been told I am like. I am crazy and it is a fact that I am insane. Also, I my natural hair color is strawberry blond plus my skin is quite white and I am pale. I am a Puerto Rican (meaning I was born in Puerto Rico). As such Spanish is my first language. The reason, I believe, behind why I am so white though Puerto Rican is that I am more reflecting of my Spanish (yes, Spanish as in from Spain) side of the family. I consider myself a makeup artist, a photographer, and an artist as a whole. Last, but certainly not least, I consider myself to be a writer. I know I am because I am a highly imaginative person and I am a dreamer. I also tend to be random, hyper and carefree. I am a Christian and I tend to be pretty lovable. In fact, I know I am a lover, not a fighter (but I will fight if I have to lol). This is basically me. I am a very spiritual person and I believe in many things because I have lived through some of them. I love my hair, but warning, do not touch my nose, it will not be pretty (yes, I am like a cat that doesn't like their nose being touched). My favorite colors are red, black, turquoise, and metallic blue (I also like any neon or glow in the dark color) and I truly, madly, deeply hate yellow. I am an rp (role playing) addict and an anime addict and recently I have become a Korean drama addict. I love to dance and do other stuff to express myself. But most off all, I am addicted to books. I LOVE TO READ AND WRIGHT AND READ SOME MORE. Some of my favorite books and series are the House of Night Series by PC and Kristin Cast, Ava Delaney by Claire Farrell, Undead in Brown County by SJ Wright, the Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Meade, The Steampunk Chronicles by Kady Cross, The Elemental Series by Shauna Granger, The Fallen by Martin Sharlow, the Moon Trilogy by CL Bevill and The Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis. My favorite authors are PC Cast and CL Bevill. Just so you know, once you get me started on a conversation about books, you should better be ready for me to not shut up. To end this conversation here, and since I had actually meant for this to be a lot shorter than it is right now ... I am friendly, but usually shy and I love my family and friends really dearly and I tend not to discriminate anyone because, at the end of the day what really matters is what is on the heart and soul and nothing else? Finally, I would like to add that I am always Fire and Spirit. These are my elements.

A few words about my awesome co-writer!

Joseph Kyle or as we know him, Joe, is my co-writer and best friend. He is a truly awesome writer and even if he won't admit to it I know it's the truth and I will keep saying that he is a better writer than I am because he truly is. He is a really good person and a very lovable person. I am absolutely sure anyone that knows him would agree with my last points. He is my second male, best friend (no one will ever be able to replace my big brother David) and a really dear person to me. Also, because I know him well enough to state the following I can say that he truly is a pure bumpkin. Because of that, I love him even more. He is a bit of fire and spice in my life. So, even if it is not always fun, I am glad we can be co-writers. He is also a very bossy person (even if he will not admit it to himself which leads me to call him Mr. Macho Man and I have to admit he is really creative and I wouldn't want anyone else to be my co-writer on our book [except maybe Zaylin (whom I call Lelly) my editor, but I am biased to her; we are sisters after all]. With all this said, my last point is that I am glad that we can have our attempt at making a great book together with all the good and bad things that come with having another person working on a book with you. I truly love this guy and I believe he has tremendous potential and could do anything he wanted to and that he has even greater talent in writing. I know because I have seen it before. I hope you can be as much of a fan of his as I am (I doubt you will reach my level of being an admirer because I am his #2 biggest fan, but it could happen). I also hope that you get to see his writing soon! I know I will because I am working with him on this book. But, what I meant is that I hope that you get to see our book out soon even if now it's still a long way from being finished.

A few words about my wonderful Editor!

Zaylin Moyet (since I'm not writing her whole name lol) or as we know her Lelly is my real-life stepsister, but I believe we were meant to be sisters. She is a very strict editor, but that is her job. She is a wonderful person and my best of friends. She is truly loyal to her family and friends plus she is also very hard (blunt) when she needs to be and that means that she cares enough not to lie to you. She is really lovable, sweet, and intuitive; that is what makes her a wonderful editor and an even better friend. She is the only person that knows me better than anyone else for what I truly am and nothing less plus she cares. This makes her the best and worst editor one can have because she knows when I am procrastinating on something. We are also roommates so she knows all my habits and stuff which sometimes doesn't make it any easier, but we get along just about great and that is really amazing. She is really weird, but that is ok since I am the crazy one so it helps make our relationship work. But, aside all the good and bad things that come with being sisters and being roommates plus my being three years older than her (though I admit I act like I am the younger one and she acts like she is the oldest one most of the time) she truly is an extraordinary person and I am glad she is my best friend and my sister and even more ecstatic that she is my wonderful and understanding editor. Finally, I would like to add that in order to understand our relationship: she is Water plus Ice and I am Fire she is Air and I am Spirit. Most of all, I would like to add that she is my wonderful air and water Nymph and my great unofficial/official model for all the crazy photography projects I do. For all of this and more, I truly love her and I am really grateful to have her in my life.

My very first blog!!!!

WELCOME to my new blog!!!!

Hi, I am Yanilene Nieves Maldonado. I am a writer, a makeup artist, and a photographer. This is my first blog and I am truly exited about this blog! I will try my best to post something daily if not at least weekly.  I am currently working on two books one with my co writer and best friend Joe Kyle and one by my own (for now). Also, I am working with my editor, best friend and step sister (more like sister not step) on my books. The three of us make an excellent team and I care dearly for them. In this blog I will let you know random stuff about me and my awesome team, things I learn and stuff about makeup and photography too, and I will do my best to post picture and stuff about my daily life you might be interest to learn. I will work hard with all my projects and with all my work in college, here and on everything I will have to do. Anyway, I am very friendly so ask away. Also, you can contact me at:  

foxykittyboo_foxtaillove@hotmail.com (official)

foxykittyboo@gmail.com (personal)

YouTube: Meru2Foxy 

Skype: foxykittyboo.firebutterfly

http://ask.fm/elainenieves

https://twitter.com/ElaineNieves8

With wove,
Yanilene aka Elaine Nieves