Confession Time!

All I have to really say about this video Jackson Pearce made is this: YAY!

While I don't have a wig, I dress up as characters from books or anime that I like. The technical term for this pastime is "cosplay," and it's tons of fun. So far, I have five cosplays: random Gryffindor student, Mad-Eye Moody from Harry Potter, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, and Canada from Axis Powers Hetalia. Because I don't have a wig, Edward and Canada end up being red-heads instead of the blonds they're supposed to be, but I'm still recognizable.

I'm a complete amateur compared to so many other cosplayers. As far as the Alphonse cosplay is concerned, I'm downright sloppy. But it's still fun, and I hope to get better. Some cosplayers create pretty cool music videos and skits that they put on Youtube. We go to conventions, like Dragon*Con, Comic Con, Otakon, AWA, etc. Sometimes we just go to the mall in costume and act silly while filming. And like everyone else, we dress up in it on Halloween just for the heck of it.

Cosplaying is one of the greatest ways to show that you completely adore something, be it a book, a comic, a movie, a television show, or an animation. It's expensive, but when I can spare the money I do what I can to make my tribute to what I love. If someone ever loved a book that I wrote so much that they dressed up as a character from it, I could die a very, very happy author.

(P.S.: I'm not any closer to getting published just yet. I've decided to make some more edits over fall and winter break, and after that I'll send it out to more literary agents. College has been interesting. Congratulations to my friend Tally on the Junior Production play! Your script was lovely!)