#izzy martinez

Decided to do some Halloween goodness with the poster gal gang instead of writing the chapter about halloween

Also, Roxy’s natural hair color is Blonde! And that’s a candy cigarette btw, she’s trying to figure out how it works

DAY 3

- The pranks Izzy and Roxy do when handing out candy is inspired by a list of ways to confuse trick-or-treaters from the early internet days (e.g Roxy handing out cigarettes and Izzy dressing up in her costume, saying “Trick or treat!” when someone rings the doorbell, and then freaking out)

- Instead of just using a regular trick or treat bag, Izzy just decides to use plastic bags from her mall shopping trips because I once trick-or-treated with a Hot Topic bag

- Run out of facts

-Lose interest

-Complete the novel

DAY 2

- The story takes place in my hometown, and a lot of the places Izzy and co are soon going to may seem fictional, but nope, they all existed during the events of our novel. Every other restaurant in my town served mediocre Asian food (that somehow starts tasting way better when you think about it years later, like my dad thought that the Happy Wok we ordered from when I was little was a shithole, but the other day he mentioned how much he wanted to have some Happy Wok again) back when the story takes place

- Izzy often calls herself “deirty”, a term used to describe Hugo Weaving fans in the early 2000s

And do you want to hear about it? Good.

The book is called Poster Gal (though I’m considering a bunch of other names for it), and it takes place between 2004-2007. We also have a few other girls that are also friends with Izzy

They fuck around, get into fights at school, and have wacky adventures at the mall. Regular stuff… *giggle*

The first girl with the red hair and snakebites is Izzy Martinez, as I said, she is obsessed with Hugo Weaving, if the grape barrette wasn’t a subtle indicator. She is also interested in emo stuff, has her own Hugo Weaving fanpage (which I might make when it comes time to market the book), and she is also one of THE snarkiest creatures ever

Roxy Hamilton, the blue haired THING, is what most people these days would call mall-goth, even though that was just a term for “poser” back when the book takes place (Roxy really hates that mall-goth is an insult), her favorite band is Korn, and the only reason she looks that cool is because Izzy gives her the clothes needed to look cool. She LOVES reading comics in her free time, especially JTHM and Hellblazer. In fact, she likes Hellblazer so much that the brain worms from the gas station pizza she ate when she was 12 decided to eat her brain in a way that she becomes John Constantine essentially

Aspen , the ginger girl, is the resident Orlando Bloom/Viggo Mortensen fangirl, because we NEED one. She appears to be an unfriendly bitch who hates everyone at first, unless you get to know her a little better. Or you’re vaguely pretty like Izzy is. Aspen is based on every single friend I had for a few months that then turned into a total bitch, down to the physical appearance. Mainly Freedom, who didn’t actually match Aspen’s appearance as much as some of the others did, but still, she had vaguely sunburnt skin

also every character represents a real person, Izzy is me, Roxy is a slurry of some of my best friends, and we all know who Aspen is based on

Maybe you’ll learn more one day