Pages from My Diary

I am not a published or self-published author; but I am well aware of the hassles associated with creating a good book cover. I opened my account on Wattpad around 4 years ago, but started uploading stories this year. I had no idea that I was supposed to upload a cover to go with my story. At first, I did not want to go through all the trouble, but then soon I realized that creating a good book cover can actually gain you some readers. I started looking for free photos on the web for my first short story, and found one on a website. I did the same with the second cover as well. The process was definitely not easy. I had to look up for hours and had to determine whether the photos I had found would actually be consistent with the theme of my story. Then checking license and rights and the likes would take another hour or so. I could actually write a whole short story in that time.

I had first read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2005, but have re-read them several times, including my recent read this week. I had the movie saved in my computer and I decided to watch it right an hour after I had finished reading the book, and I am not surprised to say this, I was very, very upset with the motion picture.   I know this is an old topic, with people almost always stating that how bad the movie adaption of all the well-written books tend to be. But trust me, after realizing the whole thing with my own senses, and seeing the huge differences through my own eyes(although I have watched the movie only once or twice and read the book many times, I never judged them like I did this time), I ended up reaching the conclusion that it would be a complete injustice to my blog if I didn't write a post on this topic even once, for this series was the only one that had enlightened my entire childhood very much. So here I am, writing this post when I should ac...