Hey,
So I saw that Laini Taylor had done a new years post so I thought that I would do a post like hers. You know the whole reflect on the year thingy ma gig. I’m totally going to agree with Ms. Taylor on a paragraph she wrote “I love a new year. I love a new week, even -- Mondays feel like a time for beginnings, for making new commitments, you know? So, a new year is like the emperor of Mondays, the perfect time to spiff up one's life and routines, make new routines, break some bad habits, start fresh.” I too have always been a fan of Monday’s. It annoys my friends sometimes when I’m all happy on a Monday and they just moan about having to go to classes. I enjoy learning so I just like to soak it all up and Mondays are always fun days to do that. This past year has seen to it that a lot of change has come about in my life. I got my novel published. I graduated high school. I completed a semester of college. I applied to NYU. And I’ve written over 150 pages. A fantastic year in my opinion. I can’t wait to see what this year has in store for me. I think I’m going to make a resolution right her, right now. and that will be to finish typing TSW and get it published. That’s pretty much the only thing in my life that I want drastically changed because everything else is perfectly fine with me. Any how I still have a few hours left in this year to up the page count. Haha. So enjoy the beginning your new beginnings. Start as fresh as you see fit. And have fun tonight!
Oh and Happy New Years!
Laters,
T.V.
P.S. I forgot check out this youtube video my brother’s friend showed him. Soooo funny.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
A little bit of tid bits
Good Evening…. Well it’s actually night…..
So I’ve been really itchy to order my books for my signing I wanted to do over break and my school visits… but as it is I have yet to hear back from my publishers on getting a discount or whatev and I haven’t gotten any good ones in my email lately. As I’m sure you’ve guessed I’ve been antsy. So I decided a few things just about not. (1) I’m having my signing over spring break cause even if I ordered now it take 5-21 days for the books to get here. (2) I will not have books on me at my school visits. I’m going to take orders and money at the visits and then drop the books off at school after they’ve come in and I’ve signed them. (3) I’m sooooo excited for school visits!!
In other news I’m still writing bundles. I’m very happy cause I’m rapidly approaching the end of The Snowy Waste which means… dun, dun, dun… editing *screams*. Actually I sort of look forward to it cause I can buff up and smooth out some rough spots and perhaps add another little plot tid bit… I’m still debating on it though… because there is a huge list of pros and cons for adding it… it would be really cool but at the same time I have quite a bit going on and it might over complicate it so I’m not too sure yet. It’s rather frustrating cause I’ve rolling this idea around since this summer and well it’s the end of December so I should probably make up my mind soon. Who knows I might write it and if I don’t like it then I can take it out. One of the beauties of editing is you look it over before handing it to the publisher. But I must admit I hate editing and reviewing academic writing… that’s probably cause all my papers are on boring topics. Haha. But I’ve still got another 20 days till I have to worry about papers again. So I’m going to focus on my book! Night. Night!
Laters,
T.V.
So I’ve been really itchy to order my books for my signing I wanted to do over break and my school visits… but as it is I have yet to hear back from my publishers on getting a discount or whatev and I haven’t gotten any good ones in my email lately. As I’m sure you’ve guessed I’ve been antsy. So I decided a few things just about not. (1) I’m having my signing over spring break cause even if I ordered now it take 5-21 days for the books to get here. (2) I will not have books on me at my school visits. I’m going to take orders and money at the visits and then drop the books off at school after they’ve come in and I’ve signed them. (3) I’m sooooo excited for school visits!!
In other news I’m still writing bundles. I’m very happy cause I’m rapidly approaching the end of The Snowy Waste which means… dun, dun, dun… editing *screams*. Actually I sort of look forward to it cause I can buff up and smooth out some rough spots and perhaps add another little plot tid bit… I’m still debating on it though… because there is a huge list of pros and cons for adding it… it would be really cool but at the same time I have quite a bit going on and it might over complicate it so I’m not too sure yet. It’s rather frustrating cause I’ve rolling this idea around since this summer and well it’s the end of December so I should probably make up my mind soon. Who knows I might write it and if I don’t like it then I can take it out. One of the beauties of editing is you look it over before handing it to the publisher. But I must admit I hate editing and reviewing academic writing… that’s probably cause all my papers are on boring topics. Haha. But I’ve still got another 20 days till I have to worry about papers again. So I’m going to focus on my book! Night. Night!
Laters,
T.V.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Cool sites and funny story
Salut,
Okayso here’s an awesome site you’ve gotta check out… but I’ll get back to that in a second cause how I found the sight is rather a good story. The story is as much as I can remember… And I’m going to make you read the story to get to the link. Haha. Or you can just skip a head.
So a couple years ago (I was in 8th grade so it was 2005) my cousin April got married. So my mum and I flew down to Texas for the wedding and it was fun beans. But we were excited to go home because we had a connecting flight we had to catch in Milwaukee Wisconsin. We’d never been to Wisconsin and we planned on getting shirts and stuff in the airport. Basically we did and it was cool. Then we went to got wait for our plane at the gate and we saw these two redheads who looked like they were my age. We must have been standing close to them cause we heard them say something about Newark (the airport we were flying into) and something else about New Jersey. So my mum and I started talking to them. They weren’t as young as they looked (they were high school seniors cause they were four years older then I was) and they told us so. I remembered they had their driver licenses and they pulled them out to show us. Any how the crew called for people with kids to board first and my mum was like lets go see if we can get on early. So she has the red-heads come with us saying they were her nephews. It was kinda funny. So we get on the plane and their seats were across the aisle and one row behind us. There was a lady sitting in the seats directly across from my mum and I. We wanted the red heads to sit across from us so we could continue talking to them so my mum asked the lady if she could switch with the boys because they were her nephew and she was taking them back to their mum. She was nice enough to switch with them and I think she slept the whole way anyhow. We got talking to them about school and the one Matt said that he was a graphic designer and he gave me one of his business cards that I tucked into my wallet. It was a nice ride and I was working on the beginning of the snowy waste. It was still in the very early stages (less than a year). And so they asked about it and I told them a bit about it and since I had the first few pages written out nicely so I let them read it. They were the second people to ever to read it cause up till then I was soooo self conscious of it that no one had read it. When we got to Newark we parted ways cause they went to meet up with their dad and my mum and I had to get home. So just recently I was switching wallets to a much needed new one and I found matt’s business card so I thought I’d check out his sight. Needless to say I was tots def impressed with it and it’s sooo cool! So you should check it out (http://www.mattconvente.com/) and defiantly check out his Microscope project cause that’s my favorite. Matt’s photos are way good! Also check out Fluent Apparel (http://www.wearfluent.com/) it’s basically Matt’s Microscope on t-shirts! How cool right. He’s also on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=670019788#/pages/Fluent-Apparel/114612088655?ref=sgm) so friend him!
Any how ya… I hope you like it cause I was thinking of having Matt and Spencer work together on my book covers and promotional stuff… what do you guys think? Granted it’ll be a year or so down the road before I need them but I still think it would be cool cause I love Matt’s style and Spencer’s just awesome at drawing so I think they would be great together. Anyhow I hope you like the links!
Laters,
T.V.
Okayso here’s an awesome site you’ve gotta check out… but I’ll get back to that in a second cause how I found the sight is rather a good story. The story is as much as I can remember… And I’m going to make you read the story to get to the link. Haha. Or you can just skip a head.
So a couple years ago (I was in 8th grade so it was 2005) my cousin April got married. So my mum and I flew down to Texas for the wedding and it was fun beans. But we were excited to go home because we had a connecting flight we had to catch in Milwaukee Wisconsin. We’d never been to Wisconsin and we planned on getting shirts and stuff in the airport. Basically we did and it was cool. Then we went to got wait for our plane at the gate and we saw these two redheads who looked like they were my age. We must have been standing close to them cause we heard them say something about Newark (the airport we were flying into) and something else about New Jersey. So my mum and I started talking to them. They weren’t as young as they looked (they were high school seniors cause they were four years older then I was) and they told us so. I remembered they had their driver licenses and they pulled them out to show us. Any how the crew called for people with kids to board first and my mum was like lets go see if we can get on early. So she has the red-heads come with us saying they were her nephews. It was kinda funny. So we get on the plane and their seats were across the aisle and one row behind us. There was a lady sitting in the seats directly across from my mum and I. We wanted the red heads to sit across from us so we could continue talking to them so my mum asked the lady if she could switch with the boys because they were her nephew and she was taking them back to their mum. She was nice enough to switch with them and I think she slept the whole way anyhow. We got talking to them about school and the one Matt said that he was a graphic designer and he gave me one of his business cards that I tucked into my wallet. It was a nice ride and I was working on the beginning of the snowy waste. It was still in the very early stages (less than a year). And so they asked about it and I told them a bit about it and since I had the first few pages written out nicely so I let them read it. They were the second people to ever to read it cause up till then I was soooo self conscious of it that no one had read it. When we got to Newark we parted ways cause they went to meet up with their dad and my mum and I had to get home. So just recently I was switching wallets to a much needed new one and I found matt’s business card so I thought I’d check out his sight. Needless to say I was tots def impressed with it and it’s sooo cool! So you should check it out (http://www.mattconvente.com/) and defiantly check out his Microscope project cause that’s my favorite. Matt’s photos are way good! Also check out Fluent Apparel (http://www.wearfluent.com/) it’s basically Matt’s Microscope on t-shirts! How cool right. He’s also on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=670019788#/pages/Fluent-Apparel/114612088655?ref=sgm) so friend him!
Any how ya… I hope you like it cause I was thinking of having Matt and Spencer work together on my book covers and promotional stuff… what do you guys think? Granted it’ll be a year or so down the road before I need them but I still think it would be cool cause I love Matt’s style and Spencer’s just awesome at drawing so I think they would be great together. Anyhow I hope you like the links!
Laters,
T.V.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Christmas!!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
I hope you all are having as nice a day as I am. It was nice I slept in today. Usually I wake up around 6 on Christmas but for the first time ever I stayed up late on Christmas eve/ Christmas. So I woke up about 8. Very nice indeed. We did stockings in my older brother’s room then we had to wait to go down while my mum and dad got the camera set up. Over all it was such a nice Christmas so far. I tots def loved all my gifts I got some really funny ones and I gave some funny ones. Like my family got free things I picked up at school from various fairs and what not. Oh and my mum and dad gave my brothers and I a Fo-Wii. So we’re bowling and doing tennis. It’s way cool. But basically we’re all sort of just chilling out which is the best part of Christmas cause we never do anything like rushing about to people’s houses. I love it. And OH MY GOSH!! Pumpkin pie later. Pumpkin pie is pretty much the best thing ever!! I hope I get some writing today. I feel very festive and Christmasy so I think I might work on the Winter’s Night scene. Winter’s Night is basically Christmas. Haha. Oh and check out the awesome Christmas tree and cody’s in the pic. Hehe silly dog.
Anyhow. Enjoy your day!!
Laters,
T.V.
I hope you all are having as nice a day as I am. It was nice I slept in today. Usually I wake up around 6 on Christmas but for the first time ever I stayed up late on Christmas eve/ Christmas. So I woke up about 8. Very nice indeed. We did stockings in my older brother’s room then we had to wait to go down while my mum and dad got the camera set up. Over all it was such a nice Christmas so far. I tots def loved all my gifts I got some really funny ones and I gave some funny ones. Like my family got free things I picked up at school from various fairs and what not. Oh and my mum and dad gave my brothers and I a Fo-Wii. So we’re bowling and doing tennis. It’s way cool. But basically we’re all sort of just chilling out which is the best part of Christmas cause we never do anything like rushing about to people’s houses. I love it. And OH MY GOSH!! Pumpkin pie later. Pumpkin pie is pretty much the best thing ever!! I hope I get some writing today. I feel very festive and Christmasy so I think I might work on the Winter’s Night scene. Winter’s Night is basically Christmas. Haha. Oh and check out the awesome Christmas tree and cody’s in the pic. Hehe silly dog.
Anyhow. Enjoy your day!!
Laters,
T.V.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Library
Hihihihihihi!
So I’m way excited cause guess what!? My novel is in the library system! I had given a copy to my librarian friend at the library in town and she read it and thought it was awesome. So she put it into the system! How cool right! Click this --- LIBRARY
Plus since I’ve been home (as of Friday) I’ve written 22 pages! As of this very second… I’m still writing for today though… so yay! And I’m also excited cause I went to the graduate tea at my high school today and I got to see a bunch of my friends. It was totally fun and I enjoyed seeing all of my friends. It’s weird cause after I graduated I’ve done quite a horrible job of keeping in touch with people…. But it’s all good I suppose. I have a whole month to reconnect. Haha. Oh and I’m excited for Christmas Friday!!!! So whoot!
Laters,
T.V.
So I’m way excited cause guess what!? My novel is in the library system! I had given a copy to my librarian friend at the library in town and she read it and thought it was awesome. So she put it into the system! How cool right! Click this --- LIBRARY
Plus since I’ve been home (as of Friday) I’ve written 22 pages! As of this very second… I’m still writing for today though… so yay! And I’m also excited cause I went to the graduate tea at my high school today and I got to see a bunch of my friends. It was totally fun and I enjoyed seeing all of my friends. It’s weird cause after I graduated I’ve done quite a horrible job of keeping in touch with people…. But it’s all good I suppose. I have a whole month to reconnect. Haha. Oh and I’m excited for Christmas Friday!!!! So whoot!
Laters,
T.V.
Monday, December 21, 2009
A Day of Typing
Hey ya,
So yesterday I spent just about the whole day (8 hours actually) typing. I got 17 pages typed! And they are fantastic! Sometimes when I write I write just to get through a crappy scene and when I’m done with it I’m like… wow that’s going to need a lot of editing. But I keep going cause I know I have to. While yesterday it was just good writing. Plus it’s getting to my favorite part in the book so I’m excited about finally being able to type it up. Today I think might be another typing day since I got soooo much done yesterday! But I wonder how much I will actually get done… my older brother, Spencer, has his friends over today and his one friend who just got back from a semester in England is ever so loud… so we shall see how it goes today. I really want to get another 17 or so pages typed. Needless to say I’m way excited about how good I did yesterday so I want to repeat it. I think I might make some green tea so I can get super hyper then type. Haha. I always write best when I’m sleep deprived or super hyper… it’s strange but always good fun. So any way I just wanted to share how much writing I did yesterday because I was very happy with myself about it.
Oh and one more thing HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!! It’s my little brother’s birthday today...YAY!
Laters,
T.V.
So yesterday I spent just about the whole day (8 hours actually) typing. I got 17 pages typed! And they are fantastic! Sometimes when I write I write just to get through a crappy scene and when I’m done with it I’m like… wow that’s going to need a lot of editing. But I keep going cause I know I have to. While yesterday it was just good writing. Plus it’s getting to my favorite part in the book so I’m excited about finally being able to type it up. Today I think might be another typing day since I got soooo much done yesterday! But I wonder how much I will actually get done… my older brother, Spencer, has his friends over today and his one friend who just got back from a semester in England is ever so loud… so we shall see how it goes today. I really want to get another 17 or so pages typed. Needless to say I’m way excited about how good I did yesterday so I want to repeat it. I think I might make some green tea so I can get super hyper then type. Haha. I always write best when I’m sleep deprived or super hyper… it’s strange but always good fun. So any way I just wanted to share how much writing I did yesterday because I was very happy with myself about it.
Oh and one more thing HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!! It’s my little brother’s birthday today...YAY!
Laters,
T.V.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
To Read List and Pictures
Konnichiwa,
So I’m home for break!!!! Yay! This means hard core typing time!! I was so excited to be home today that I cleaned my room which is now my writing room! Whoot. And oh my goodness it’s snowing outside! Like a lot of snow, about five inches I think. I can’t wait to go sledding tomorrow. I’m such a little kid with snow. Haha. When I was cleaning my room today I realized I had a lot of books! Okay so what I also realized was I still had some book I had not read so I decided to make myself a “To Read” list for the break since I don’t go back till January 19th. So here is my list…
(1) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (so Ryan can stop bugging me about not reading it)
(2) The Queen of The Damned – Anne Rice
(3) Winterbirth – Brian Ruckley
(4) The Sea of Trolls – Nancy Farmer
(5) Hood – Stephen R. Lawhead
(6) Beauty – Robin McKinley
(7) The Outstretched Shadow – Mercedes Lackey and James Mallorv
So I’ll start with those and go from there. I’m so excited to be home and be done with course work!
Laters,
T.V.
p.s. here’s a picture of my doggies. Cody is on the left and he looks demonic with his eyes cause I couldn’t fix them. And Sidney is on the right. What cute wieners!
So I’m home for break!!!! Yay! This means hard core typing time!! I was so excited to be home today that I cleaned my room which is now my writing room! Whoot. And oh my goodness it’s snowing outside! Like a lot of snow, about five inches I think. I can’t wait to go sledding tomorrow. I’m such a little kid with snow. Haha. When I was cleaning my room today I realized I had a lot of books! Okay so what I also realized was I still had some book I had not read so I decided to make myself a “To Read” list for the break since I don’t go back till January 19th. So here is my list…
(1) The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy (so Ryan can stop bugging me about not reading it)
(2) The Queen of The Damned – Anne Rice
(3) Winterbirth – Brian Ruckley
(4) The Sea of Trolls – Nancy Farmer
(5) Hood – Stephen R. Lawhead
(6) Beauty – Robin McKinley
(7) The Outstretched Shadow – Mercedes Lackey and James Mallorv
So I’ll start with those and go from there. I’m so excited to be home and be done with course work!
Laters,
T.V.
p.s. here’s a picture of my doggies. Cody is on the left and he looks demonic with his eyes cause I couldn’t fix them. And Sidney is on the right. What cute wieners!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
New Beginning
Hello ladies and gentlemen,
So I was writing yesterday and for some reason I decided that I was unhappy with the way that The Snowy Waste starts. So I was like okay I’ll think on it later I want to finish this scene first. Nope didn’t happen the beginning would not let me be so I decided to try and think around for ideas. It was a hard process so I started to pole all my friends on their favorite books and what they liked about the beginning. Out of everyone I asked three things popped up every time. (1) Fast paced (2) Foreshadowing and (3) personal touch (from a character). If you’ve read the excerpt I currently have up on my site you’ll know I’ve got 2 & 3. I naturally wanted to have all three so I tried to come up with how to make it awesome and lure in a reader because we all know that the beginning is very important. If the first ten pages are bad then no one is going to read it. As I sat in my dorm room staring at my computer screen waiting for an idea to pop in my head low and behold one did! It was fantastic I got so excited I had to explain it to my roommate and suitemate who were both chilling in the room and then I proceeded to make very happy noises and a little dance sort of thing…. Now I am quite sure they think I’m toughly insane… I will have to agree with them. Any how I got soo hyper and excited that it just made my day. so I typed during philosophy class and it was a good game. I’m so glad semester is nearly over because I hate my philosophy class it’s really boring and I’ve learned nothing… so I’m excited that I will be moving out in 8 days!! Yay! I’m just excited to go home and see the Christmas decorations, cause that’s pretty much my favorite part of the holiday is all the decorations! And I get to spend a whole month with my cute wiener dogs…. When I get a picture of ‘em I’ll post it.
Laters,
T.V.
So I was writing yesterday and for some reason I decided that I was unhappy with the way that The Snowy Waste starts. So I was like okay I’ll think on it later I want to finish this scene first. Nope didn’t happen the beginning would not let me be so I decided to try and think around for ideas. It was a hard process so I started to pole all my friends on their favorite books and what they liked about the beginning. Out of everyone I asked three things popped up every time. (1) Fast paced (2) Foreshadowing and (3) personal touch (from a character). If you’ve read the excerpt I currently have up on my site you’ll know I’ve got 2 & 3. I naturally wanted to have all three so I tried to come up with how to make it awesome and lure in a reader because we all know that the beginning is very important. If the first ten pages are bad then no one is going to read it. As I sat in my dorm room staring at my computer screen waiting for an idea to pop in my head low and behold one did! It was fantastic I got so excited I had to explain it to my roommate and suitemate who were both chilling in the room and then I proceeded to make very happy noises and a little dance sort of thing…. Now I am quite sure they think I’m toughly insane… I will have to agree with them. Any how I got soo hyper and excited that it just made my day. so I typed during philosophy class and it was a good game. I’m so glad semester is nearly over because I hate my philosophy class it’s really boring and I’ve learned nothing… so I’m excited that I will be moving out in 8 days!! Yay! I’m just excited to go home and see the Christmas decorations, cause that’s pretty much my favorite part of the holiday is all the decorations! And I get to spend a whole month with my cute wiener dogs…. When I get a picture of ‘em I’ll post it.
Laters,
T.V.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
New Looks
Hi again,
So in case you haven’t noticed I redid my whole blog site. It was fun. Also today I revamped my whole website so you should hop over there and check it out (http://sites.google.com/site/taylorvangclear/home). Also check out the crest on the homepage. It took me a good two hours to copy paste and just make it look nice. And also on the home page the books that have my titles and other places on the site… click ‘em. I was so proud of me cause I linked each one to the part of the sight that it says! I was just in an internet savy mood today so I fixed everything up to look nifty! So check it out!
Laters,
T.V.
Updateness....
Hello,
So yeah it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I just haven’t had much to say really. It’s been business as usual with school. We’re getting ready for finals cause semester ends on the 21st. but I’m moving out of my dorm the 18th. Whoot! It’s almost Christmas time. I love Christmas… all the decorations and pretty lights. I’m a bit sad that I’m not home to help put up and decorate the tree this year…. But it’s okay I’ll have a month off of school when I do get home!! I also picked out my classes for next semester. I’m happy cause my early class will be 2:30. I over slept my T2K class again yesterday. It starts at 11 and ends at 12:15. I was in the caf eating breakfast at 1 when I was like oh… it’s Friday.. oops hope I didn’t miss anything. It’s all good. We never do anything in that class. It’s a rather dumb class to be honest. And progress has been going good on The Snowy Waste…nothing big to blog about to be honest… I’ve also started first revisions on Part on of it and that’s going fantastic. In a way I love editing but I hate it at the same time I don’t cause I hate going back and reading what I’ve written cause hands down every time I’ll hate it and find something to change. But it must be done and it helps me improve my writing. Plus I can always add more little foreshadowing hints. Muhahaha. That’s one of my things I love to do. All my books have connecting factors and things that hint at the ending. So if you pay attention you can guess what will happen in all the books just by reading the first couple. Oh and so exciting news!! It was snowing on campus yesterday! Even though it didn’t stick and made it all slushy it was still pretty. Finally some December weather!!
Laters,
T.V.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Events! YAY!
Happy Thanksgiving !!
So I’m home this weekend obviously for thanksgiving, which is a nice treat. We went into NYC today for the parade. I love NYC it’s pretty much the coolest place ever, I can’t wait to go to school there next year and live in the city. Anyhow I have so news that I figured you all would love to hear. First off I have quite a few school visits planned for this winter. I’ll be going to my high school, my middle school, and a friend’s middle school! How cool is that!!! I’m totally excited because I get to talk to kids and hopefully get them excited about writing… or at least reading! And I’m also in the process of setting up a signing at my local library! Whoot! It’s rather tedious though…. But I’m donating all proceeds to the local Food Pantry so it’s going to be worth it. And I’m still ever so excited that I’m finally over 100,000 words in The Snowy Waste! Oh and I re-dyed my hair yesterday! It looks sick awesome cause I have stripes in my hair. Like ligits really awesome stripes. As soon as I get a good picture of it I’ll post it.
Laters,
T.V.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
100,000 Words
Hello,
Okay so FANTASTIC news!!!! I’m over 100,00 words for The Snowy Waste!!! PARTY TIME!!! so ya I’m soo totally excited! And I’m in such a perfect mood now that I thought I would share a scene that leads up to a big scene in the first book of The Final Thread Trilogy.
It’s during the campaign for The Dragon Empire…..
Fury built up inside Samjedabar’s chest till she couldn’t take it any longer and she charged into battle. Her blades swung in. Feron cauterized wounds on contact while Wreden slashed hot blood onto her with it’s ice-sharp blade. The blood only fueled her anger. Her Fa’Dor side relished in the blood and she felt her fangs coming out. She snarled and decapitated another enemy. Alone Samjedabar was turning the tide of the battle but her Elites were cutting a wide path of destruction alongside of her. Hot blood soon soaked her some was her own but most of it was from her dead enemies. Wreden came down and cleaved a daemon’s head like a melon. Blood and brain matter sprayed onto her face. A laugh broke from her lips. The exhilaration of the battle thronged in her veins. Today was the day she was going to die, but she as not leaving without making a name for herself in this fight. An enemies’ sword slipped by her defenses and into her lung collapsing it in one painful move.
Samjedabar looked at the blade in her side. She knew that she should be feeling the sting and burn of pain but she felt empty. As the blood poured out and stained her shirt the Drasdon took a shuttering breath. It was all pointless… everything was pointless. Why had she wasted so much time in this place where so many people hated her? At least she was at the end now. The end of everything that had ever meant anything. Blackness began to creep in to her vision. Then she remembered that there was a war raging around her and that she had a task to do. Even though she wanted to give into the enticing arms of death she shook her head and fell to the ground. Her hand wrapped around the blade’s hilt and she pulled it from her side. She could not leave this hate filled life yet.
Samjedabar looked around at the battlefield, her Elites were cutting a wide path of destruction. Out of the corner of his eye Faust saw Samjedabar pull the sword from her side. He stabbed his opponent in the neck and turned to run to Samjedabar’s side. “Milady.” He grabbed her under the armpit and hoisted her to her feet. “Are you alright?”
“I am fine Faust. Thank you.” Samjedabar said through the haze in her head.
“We can continue to fight if you need to make a retreat.” he said looking into Samjedabar’s eyes. He saw pain there. But there was also a fire burning there that told him she would not leave till she had killed The Herald, even if it was the end of her.
“No. I NEED to do this.” She said through gritted teeth.
“We can always assault tomorrow. You need not kill yourself when you can rest and be ready to go tomorrow.” He tried to pled with his Queen.
“No. It ends today or it doesn’t end at all.” she pulled away from Faust. “Best of luck Faust. It has been an honor to fight by your side.” she grasped his wrist and he grasped hers. “May Luck be with you.” she said before launching herself into the air.
Faust looked down at his blood covered wrist. Shock sank into every bone as he realized that he would not see Samjedabar again. Then he shook his head. He had to fight on. He could do this. So the Dragostean let out a cry and charged back into the melee that was raging.
Samjedabar flew slowly toward The Herald’s castle. Her vision swam and it was often hard for her to see if she was going in the right direction or not. Crimson dropped from her boot as the blood leaked from her wound and down her leg. Lifeblood was fleeing from her body. Yet it was not her time to go. Not yet. Just a little longer. After many long minutes of flying Samjedabar was on The Herald’s Plateau. She folded her wings and stumbled and fell to all fours as she hit the ground. Get up! she yelled to herself. Heal yourself. Now. A voice in her head said. No get up and go fight. You are as good as dead either way. Another argued. The first one won out for Samjedabar dropped a blue orb on her wound and healed it just enough to stop the bleeding. “And now I go to face my death.” she said aloud. And as soon as the words left her mouth a sense of calm settled over her and she was unafraid of what was to come.
The Drasdon got slowly and unsteadily to her feet. Then she started toward the front doors of the castle. Darkness greeted her when she hobbled into the empty entrance hall. Samjedabar staggered as all her sense seemed to fall silent, The Herald‘s magic was strong. She dropped another healing orb on her wound, her vision cleared and her sense of balance came back. Now she was ready to find Clewween.
I hope you enjoyed it…..
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so FANTASTIC news!!!! I’m over 100,00 words for The Snowy Waste!!! PARTY TIME!!! so ya I’m soo totally excited! And I’m in such a perfect mood now that I thought I would share a scene that leads up to a big scene in the first book of The Final Thread Trilogy.
It’s during the campaign for The Dragon Empire…..
Fury built up inside Samjedabar’s chest till she couldn’t take it any longer and she charged into battle. Her blades swung in. Feron cauterized wounds on contact while Wreden slashed hot blood onto her with it’s ice-sharp blade. The blood only fueled her anger. Her Fa’Dor side relished in the blood and she felt her fangs coming out. She snarled and decapitated another enemy. Alone Samjedabar was turning the tide of the battle but her Elites were cutting a wide path of destruction alongside of her. Hot blood soon soaked her some was her own but most of it was from her dead enemies. Wreden came down and cleaved a daemon’s head like a melon. Blood and brain matter sprayed onto her face. A laugh broke from her lips. The exhilaration of the battle thronged in her veins. Today was the day she was going to die, but she as not leaving without making a name for herself in this fight. An enemies’ sword slipped by her defenses and into her lung collapsing it in one painful move.
Samjedabar looked at the blade in her side. She knew that she should be feeling the sting and burn of pain but she felt empty. As the blood poured out and stained her shirt the Drasdon took a shuttering breath. It was all pointless… everything was pointless. Why had she wasted so much time in this place where so many people hated her? At least she was at the end now. The end of everything that had ever meant anything. Blackness began to creep in to her vision. Then she remembered that there was a war raging around her and that she had a task to do. Even though she wanted to give into the enticing arms of death she shook her head and fell to the ground. Her hand wrapped around the blade’s hilt and she pulled it from her side. She could not leave this hate filled life yet.
Samjedabar looked around at the battlefield, her Elites were cutting a wide path of destruction. Out of the corner of his eye Faust saw Samjedabar pull the sword from her side. He stabbed his opponent in the neck and turned to run to Samjedabar’s side. “Milady.” He grabbed her under the armpit and hoisted her to her feet. “Are you alright?”
“I am fine Faust. Thank you.” Samjedabar said through the haze in her head.
“We can continue to fight if you need to make a retreat.” he said looking into Samjedabar’s eyes. He saw pain there. But there was also a fire burning there that told him she would not leave till she had killed The Herald, even if it was the end of her.
“No. I NEED to do this.” She said through gritted teeth.
“We can always assault tomorrow. You need not kill yourself when you can rest and be ready to go tomorrow.” He tried to pled with his Queen.
“No. It ends today or it doesn’t end at all.” she pulled away from Faust. “Best of luck Faust. It has been an honor to fight by your side.” she grasped his wrist and he grasped hers. “May Luck be with you.” she said before launching herself into the air.
Faust looked down at his blood covered wrist. Shock sank into every bone as he realized that he would not see Samjedabar again. Then he shook his head. He had to fight on. He could do this. So the Dragostean let out a cry and charged back into the melee that was raging.
Samjedabar flew slowly toward The Herald’s castle. Her vision swam and it was often hard for her to see if she was going in the right direction or not. Crimson dropped from her boot as the blood leaked from her wound and down her leg. Lifeblood was fleeing from her body. Yet it was not her time to go. Not yet. Just a little longer. After many long minutes of flying Samjedabar was on The Herald’s Plateau. She folded her wings and stumbled and fell to all fours as she hit the ground. Get up! she yelled to herself. Heal yourself. Now. A voice in her head said. No get up and go fight. You are as good as dead either way. Another argued. The first one won out for Samjedabar dropped a blue orb on her wound and healed it just enough to stop the bleeding. “And now I go to face my death.” she said aloud. And as soon as the words left her mouth a sense of calm settled over her and she was unafraid of what was to come.
The Drasdon got slowly and unsteadily to her feet. Then she started toward the front doors of the castle. Darkness greeted her when she hobbled into the empty entrance hall. Samjedabar staggered as all her sense seemed to fall silent, The Herald‘s magic was strong. She dropped another healing orb on her wound, her vision cleared and her sense of balance came back. Now she was ready to find Clewween.
I hope you enjoyed it…..
Laters,
T.V.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
New Exyel
Hey guys,
Okay so I have some exciting news. I spent about five or six hours remaking the map of Exyel. And I finally finished. I did it all in paint. Whoot for me. Now here’s the wicked sweet part of the map. I took a blank world map and manipulated it. I cut, pasted, rotated, enlarged, flipped, you name it I did it to the map to get Exyel so see how many places you can pick out in the map. I’ll give you one to start with. The peninsula below The Pleuteken Manor is the bottom of South America. Cool right?
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so I have some exciting news. I spent about five or six hours remaking the map of Exyel. And I finally finished. I did it all in paint. Whoot for me. Now here’s the wicked sweet part of the map. I took a blank world map and manipulated it. I cut, pasted, rotated, enlarged, flipped, you name it I did it to the map to get Exyel so see how many places you can pick out in the map. I’ll give you one to start with. The peninsula below The Pleuteken Manor is the bottom of South America. Cool right?
Laters,
T.V.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
oops... long time no post...
Hi All,
So I’m bored in philosophy class and I thought I’d blog because I’m not learning anything new…. I never do in this class… haha. Okay so being sick really dampened my whole typing this week I only got five pages typed….. ugh.But at least I’m typing. So I can’t complain too much. Anyhow… I’m still very close to 100,000 words in The Snowy Waste and I’m so freaking anxious to get there yet I seem to be making such slow progress and angers me.
I wrote a few good scenes for Crimson Clashed With Ivory and they pretty much hint at some big happenings yet you have to be well versed in Vampireness to pick up on them. So I’m way proud of me cause I’ve had a friend read them and not pick up on it at all. So it’ll be good because die hard vampire fans will get it and maybe put it together while others will have to wait for the epic OMG scene.
Oh and also more big news on Zayden’Ash (formally Samjedabar). I changed her appearance. So she’s even more exotic and mysterious. Okay so here is a bit of her character profile sheet that I have typed up…..
Basic Statistics
Full Name: Zayden’Ash Celestial Exyel
Preferred Nickname: Ash or Zay
Age: 52,487 Elsons
Date Of Birth: Shay’Dor 13, 33770 After Founding
Place Of Birth: Twin Talons
Current Residence: Twin Talons
Occupation: Queen Birth order: First Born of twins
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5’ 8”
Weight: 136 lbs
Eye Color: Left: Green Right: Blue
Hair Color: Silver (red and blue glint in it if the light catches it right when it’s long. if it’s cut short the red and blue are very bright)
Skin color: paleShape of
Distinguishing features: Black and red wings
Dress: prefers black leather pants and crimson linen shirt with a red tattered cape
Mannerisms: withdrawn, very proud
Habits: chews lip when she thinks
Health: very fit and in good health
Favorite Sayings: “Buggar off”
Speech patterns: speaks without contractions
Greatest flaw: her power and anger
Best quality: here loyalty
so there you go…. And sorry again for the long time without a post. I'll try to do better....
Laters,
T.V.
oh and p.s. whoot for 25 posts!!
So I’m bored in philosophy class and I thought I’d blog because I’m not learning anything new…. I never do in this class… haha. Okay so being sick really dampened my whole typing this week I only got five pages typed….. ugh.But at least I’m typing. So I can’t complain too much. Anyhow… I’m still very close to 100,000 words in The Snowy Waste and I’m so freaking anxious to get there yet I seem to be making such slow progress and angers me.
I wrote a few good scenes for Crimson Clashed With Ivory and they pretty much hint at some big happenings yet you have to be well versed in Vampireness to pick up on them. So I’m way proud of me cause I’ve had a friend read them and not pick up on it at all. So it’ll be good because die hard vampire fans will get it and maybe put it together while others will have to wait for the epic OMG scene.
Oh and also more big news on Zayden’Ash (formally Samjedabar). I changed her appearance. So she’s even more exotic and mysterious. Okay so here is a bit of her character profile sheet that I have typed up…..
Basic Statistics
Full Name: Zayden’Ash Celestial Exyel
Preferred Nickname: Ash or Zay
Age: 52,487 Elsons
Date Of Birth: Shay’Dor 13, 33770 After Founding
Place Of Birth: Twin Talons
Current Residence: Twin Talons
Occupation: Queen Birth order: First Born of twins
Physical Characteristics
Height: 5’ 8”
Weight: 136 lbs
Eye Color: Left: Green Right: Blue
Hair Color: Silver (red and blue glint in it if the light catches it right when it’s long. if it’s cut short the red and blue are very bright)
Skin color: paleShape of
Distinguishing features: Black and red wings
Dress: prefers black leather pants and crimson linen shirt with a red tattered cape
Mannerisms: withdrawn, very proud
Habits: chews lip when she thinks
Health: very fit and in good health
Favorite Sayings: “Buggar off”
Speech patterns: speaks without contractions
Greatest flaw: her power and anger
Best quality: here loyalty
so there you go…. And sorry again for the long time without a post. I'll try to do better....
Laters,
T.V.
oh and p.s. whoot for 25 posts!!
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Writing Notebook and Stuff
Hey ya,
Sorry for not posting. I’ve been sick and it kinda is a downer on the energy…. Plus I had classes yesterday and I was totally zoning out! It was bad. But I went to bed really really early and got close to thirteen hours of sleep I woke up popped a dayquill and I’m doin awesome! Haha living the college life.
Anyhow I promised something out of my writing journals. Now I always carry pen and paper with me and I would always carry my writing journals around with me in high school so if I got an idea I could write in all out in class. I always seemed to get the best ideas in class…. Any how I found this poem in my notebook and I can tell you exactly when I wrote it because it was inspired by a picture. It’s this one of the gargoyle and it was tacked up in my French class and I looked at it and ideas just started popping in my head. And yes I'm pretty sure that's the exact picture. So ya here it is….
Stony Smile
Anyhow I promised something out of my writing journals. Now I always carry pen and paper with me and I would always carry my writing journals around with me in high school so if I got an idea I could write in all out in class. I always seemed to get the best ideas in class…. Any how I found this poem in my notebook and I can tell you exactly when I wrote it because it was inspired by a picture. It’s this one of the gargoyle and it was tacked up in my French class and I looked at it and ideas just started popping in my head. And yes I'm pretty sure that's the exact picture. So ya here it is….
Stony Smile
The street below looks so dazzling,
She passes beneath and I note her passing,
For I sit here so high above,
Perhaps never to feel her love,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
Not always was I like this,
My life before had nothing amiss,
Until that dreaded, fateful day,
My world was snatched away,
A stony smile forced on my face,
Forever forced to look upon this place,
A knight of valor I used to be,
From a battle I’d never flee,
This is the place my life was stolen,
But my dreams were swollen,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
My lost love is surely long dead,
Sleeping, perhaps, under a flower bed,
My new love though, her looks are my plight,
Beauty that makes me want to take flight,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
A place I’m denied entrance,
For I must sit here in my stony trance,
Whishing she’d come up top me,
To share my love and let me free,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
The wind blows so cold up here,
With no one about to share my fear,
Of falling of my stony perch,
And plummet to the ground of this church,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I hear soft footsteps on the stairs,
Could this be the answer to my prayers,
A warm hand runs down my cold back,
I see her hair so raven black,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I’ve always wondered what you were,
Half man, half beast, is what you are sir,
She whispers to the chill air,
If only she knew, if only she had a care,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I feel sorry for you, stuck up here,
She said with a tear,
Though it is nice to be,
Just us, just you and me.
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I itch and want to move my stone,
As I stretch and slowly turn to bone,
She gasps and looks at me,
As I stand am set completely free,
A stony smile not on my face,
Free to look upon this place,
I turn and smile at my new love,
She is truly the prettiest, the best of,
Anyone around, I love you,
I you too, if only you knew,
A stony smile not on my face,
Free to look upon this place,
As my heart beat loud and true,
I overlooked one clue,
One single thing that ruined it all,
I remembered only as I started to fall,
A stony smile gone from my face,
Falling upon this place,
Also I’ve added some new stuff to my site so check it out (sites.google.com/site/taylorvangclear/home)
Laters,
T.V.
She passes beneath and I note her passing,
For I sit here so high above,
Perhaps never to feel her love,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
Not always was I like this,
My life before had nothing amiss,
Until that dreaded, fateful day,
My world was snatched away,
A stony smile forced on my face,
Forever forced to look upon this place,
A knight of valor I used to be,
From a battle I’d never flee,
This is the place my life was stolen,
But my dreams were swollen,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
My lost love is surely long dead,
Sleeping, perhaps, under a flower bed,
My new love though, her looks are my plight,
Beauty that makes me want to take flight,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
A place I’m denied entrance,
For I must sit here in my stony trance,
Whishing she’d come up top me,
To share my love and let me free,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
The wind blows so cold up here,
With no one about to share my fear,
Of falling of my stony perch,
And plummet to the ground of this church,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I hear soft footsteps on the stairs,
Could this be the answer to my prayers,
A warm hand runs down my cold back,
I see her hair so raven black,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I’ve always wondered what you were,
Half man, half beast, is what you are sir,
She whispers to the chill air,
If only she knew, if only she had a care,
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I feel sorry for you, stuck up here,
She said with a tear,
Though it is nice to be,
Just us, just you and me.
A stony smile on my face,
Forever looking upon this place,
I itch and want to move my stone,
As I stretch and slowly turn to bone,
She gasps and looks at me,
As I stand am set completely free,
A stony smile not on my face,
Free to look upon this place,
I turn and smile at my new love,
She is truly the prettiest, the best of,
Anyone around, I love you,
I you too, if only you knew,
A stony smile not on my face,
Free to look upon this place,
As my heart beat loud and true,
I overlooked one clue,
One single thing that ruined it all,
I remembered only as I started to fall,
A stony smile gone from my face,
Falling upon this place,
Also I’ve added some new stuff to my site so check it out (sites.google.com/site/taylorvangclear/home)
Laters,
T.V.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
a litle bit of nothing
Salut,
Ca va? Ya I’m using my mad French skill. So I’m home this weekend to relax… and write. I’ve decided to set myself some goals. First of which is I want The Snowy Waste by the spring so I can send it out. Soooo that means I want to type between five and ten pages a week. Which currently I’m zooming through for this week. I’m sooo excited. I was looking at Laini Taylor’s blog and she did this really cool post about her writing journals and I totally want to make a post like that…. So that’s my project for later today…. I can’t wait cause I know that there are some crazy things in my notebooks… co check that out later! Plus I’m rewriting an amazing scene for like the fifth time this month and it’s going to be banging!
Laters,
T.V.
Ca va? Ya I’m using my mad French skill. So I’m home this weekend to relax… and write. I’ve decided to set myself some goals. First of which is I want The Snowy Waste by the spring so I can send it out. Soooo that means I want to type between five and ten pages a week. Which currently I’m zooming through for this week. I’m sooo excited. I was looking at Laini Taylor’s blog and she did this really cool post about her writing journals and I totally want to make a post like that…. So that’s my project for later today…. I can’t wait cause I know that there are some crazy things in my notebooks… co check that out later! Plus I’m rewriting an amazing scene for like the fifth time this month and it’s going to be banging!
Laters,
T.V.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Update....
Hi ya,
Okay so this is what’s been going down. I’ve been working my butt off at school. I had a midterm last week and I got an A on it. I was happy… and I only studied for five minutes. It was so nice to see I got a good grade. Plus I’ve been working on picking classes for next semester, I’m going to be having Fridays off next semester!! Yay! I’ve been working on perfecting my website so go check it out it’s pretty good so far. And I’ve totally been doing some GREAT writing. I’m just zooming through The Snowy Waste. And I’m still gathering some ideas for Crimson Clashed With Ivory, once I hard core start working on it it’s really going to come out good. And I don’t think I’ve posted this yet…. But I’m planning on sending The Snowy Waste out to publishers this spring and if I keep up this work then that’s really going to happen which makes me sooo excited! Any how I’m working on a very good scene now… I’d post it but it gives away a lot about the first half of the book, because yes I’m nearing the halfway mark on it!! YAY!!! Oh and I’m still looking for help on the FAQ sections of my website so please email ANY questions to me! Thanks! Have a good night all!!
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so this is what’s been going down. I’ve been working my butt off at school. I had a midterm last week and I got an A on it. I was happy… and I only studied for five minutes. It was so nice to see I got a good grade. Plus I’ve been working on picking classes for next semester, I’m going to be having Fridays off next semester!! Yay! I’ve been working on perfecting my website so go check it out it’s pretty good so far. And I’ve totally been doing some GREAT writing. I’m just zooming through The Snowy Waste. And I’m still gathering some ideas for Crimson Clashed With Ivory, once I hard core start working on it it’s really going to come out good. And I don’t think I’ve posted this yet…. But I’m planning on sending The Snowy Waste out to publishers this spring and if I keep up this work then that’s really going to happen which makes me sooo excited! Any how I’m working on a very good scene now… I’d post it but it gives away a lot about the first half of the book, because yes I’m nearing the halfway mark on it!! YAY!!! Oh and I’m still looking for help on the FAQ sections of my website so please email ANY questions to me! Thanks! Have a good night all!!
Laters,
T.V.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
More HUGE News
Greetings,
Haha sorry I find greetings a funny way to greet people. Any ways…. I have some more HUGE news. I spent just about all day working on…. *drum roll* my webpage! Whoot! It’s really cool. I made it through google sites cause it was waaaay easy but it till looks snazzy. So hop over there and poke around. But remember it’s still under construction so it might be a little iffy in some spots.
http://sites.google.com/site/taylorvangclear/home
Laters,
T.V.
Haha sorry I find greetings a funny way to greet people. Any ways…. I have some more HUGE news. I spent just about all day working on…. *drum roll* my webpage! Whoot! It’s really cool. I made it through google sites cause it was waaaay easy but it till looks snazzy. So hop over there and poke around. But remember it’s still under construction so it might be a little iffy in some spots.
http://sites.google.com/site/taylorvangclear/home
Laters,
T.V.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Elfwood
Hi Ya,
So I know I had a rather long post earlier but I was just so excited to share this wee bit of news. So I ligit just logged onto my Elfwood account for the first time in oh about a year I believe… and first off I just want to say I had some really bad stuff up…. My b. haha. But also I was checking up on some of my favorite writers and turns out my absolute fav had a new story up. Micah English (as mentioned in how funny is this my previous post.) had a new story up so I just had to read it and gush about it to him…. Probably thinks I’m a major weirdo…. But anyhow. I just wanted to give you all the link to my page there so you can check in on it and see if my new stuff is up. You’ll be able to catch bits and pieces of Crimson Clashed with Ivory and The Snowy Waste. So I’m excited!!
http://www.elfwood.com/~taylorbrown/profile.html?u=1256354046
and feel free to check out Micah’s page it puts all my stuff to shame.. so don’t be too harsh on me… haha
Laters,
T.V.
So I know I had a rather long post earlier but I was just so excited to share this wee bit of news. So I ligit just logged onto my Elfwood account for the first time in oh about a year I believe… and first off I just want to say I had some really bad stuff up…. My b. haha. But also I was checking up on some of my favorite writers and turns out my absolute fav had a new story up. Micah English (as mentioned in how funny is this my previous post.) had a new story up so I just had to read it and gush about it to him…. Probably thinks I’m a major weirdo…. But anyhow. I just wanted to give you all the link to my page there so you can check in on it and see if my new stuff is up. You’ll be able to catch bits and pieces of Crimson Clashed with Ivory and The Snowy Waste. So I’m excited!!
http://www.elfwood.com/~taylorbrown/profile.html?u=1256354046
and feel free to check out Micah’s page it puts all my stuff to shame.. so don’t be too harsh on me… haha
Laters,
T.V.
Top 10 Favorite Characters
Sup,
Okay so this post is going to be sort of fun for me because I’m going to tell you all about my top ten favorite characters of all time. Yes they are listed from most favorite to least favorite. Now this is what I’m going to do… you’ll get the character’s name, the author, and a little bit of why I like them.
1) Drizzt Do’Urden – R.A. Salvatore – I love Drizzt because he’s such an interesting person. He acts upon his emotions and what he stands for. Plus he’s got wicked sword skills and he uses scimitars how awesome.
2) Kvothe – Patrick Rothfuss - Kvothe is just such a dynamic character that you can’t help but love him. Even after all the things he goes through he’s still him and he uses his resources and wit to get him through tight spots.
3) Nazgrim – Micah English – here’s a quick side note this is a series on elfwood and not a published book… as far as I know – Nazgrim is so awesome because he’s self-centered and full of himself yet he has no issue helping others and the power that he has just makes or an awesome character
4) Malus Darkblade – Dan Abnett & Mike Lee – now who doesn’t love a backstabbing demon possessed dark elf? I love reading these stories because they have some amazing gory scenes and sometimes I just want some hack and slash! Plus there’s a plot to the murder which makes it even better and fun to read
5) Lestat – Anne Rice – now Lestat is a REAL vampire, none of the bullshit sparkling in the sun. he kicks butt and isn’t afraid to do what he wants to do. Plus he’s a vampire and I’m a sucker for a well written vamp.
6) Achmed – Elizabeth Haydon – okay assassins are awesome nuff said. Haha okay so Achmed is nifty because he always keeps his cool and knows what to do at just the right time. Plus he’s smart and the weapons he make are awesome as sin!
7) Dustfinger – Cornelia Funke – Dustfinger is a fire eater and that’s just soooo cool. Plus his character is so lovable and even though he’s not a main character he does so much to further the whole plot and he plays the hero in so any situations that you can’t help but love him
8) Magpie WIndwitch – Laini Taylor – yes the only girl to make my top ten list… why? Because she is strong willed and way smart. Plus she has not only the inner strength to do what she needs but also the outer strength where it’s hard to outmatch her with her combo of traits
9) Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle – dective stories aren’t really my cup of tea but Sherlock is so brilliant how he just figures it all out with so little and deducts so much.
10) Darren Shan – Darren Shan – again another vampire who’s kinda cool and old school sort of. Plus Darren is a teenager and he kicks soo much butt in the series and the ending is way cool and Darren just rocks cause ya he’s a vamp
And there you have it! Ta da! So I’ll post tomorrow updating you all on my writing!
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so this post is going to be sort of fun for me because I’m going to tell you all about my top ten favorite characters of all time. Yes they are listed from most favorite to least favorite. Now this is what I’m going to do… you’ll get the character’s name, the author, and a little bit of why I like them.
1) Drizzt Do’Urden – R.A. Salvatore – I love Drizzt because he’s such an interesting person. He acts upon his emotions and what he stands for. Plus he’s got wicked sword skills and he uses scimitars how awesome.
2) Kvothe – Patrick Rothfuss - Kvothe is just such a dynamic character that you can’t help but love him. Even after all the things he goes through he’s still him and he uses his resources and wit to get him through tight spots.
3) Nazgrim – Micah English – here’s a quick side note this is a series on elfwood and not a published book… as far as I know – Nazgrim is so awesome because he’s self-centered and full of himself yet he has no issue helping others and the power that he has just makes or an awesome character
4) Malus Darkblade – Dan Abnett & Mike Lee – now who doesn’t love a backstabbing demon possessed dark elf? I love reading these stories because they have some amazing gory scenes and sometimes I just want some hack and slash! Plus there’s a plot to the murder which makes it even better and fun to read
5) Lestat – Anne Rice – now Lestat is a REAL vampire, none of the bullshit sparkling in the sun. he kicks butt and isn’t afraid to do what he wants to do. Plus he’s a vampire and I’m a sucker for a well written vamp.
6) Achmed – Elizabeth Haydon – okay assassins are awesome nuff said. Haha okay so Achmed is nifty because he always keeps his cool and knows what to do at just the right time. Plus he’s smart and the weapons he make are awesome as sin!
7) Dustfinger – Cornelia Funke – Dustfinger is a fire eater and that’s just soooo cool. Plus his character is so lovable and even though he’s not a main character he does so much to further the whole plot and he plays the hero in so any situations that you can’t help but love him
8) Magpie WIndwitch – Laini Taylor – yes the only girl to make my top ten list… why? Because she is strong willed and way smart. Plus she has not only the inner strength to do what she needs but also the outer strength where it’s hard to outmatch her with her combo of traits
9) Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle – dective stories aren’t really my cup of tea but Sherlock is so brilliant how he just figures it all out with so little and deducts so much.
10) Darren Shan – Darren Shan – again another vampire who’s kinda cool and old school sort of. Plus Darren is a teenager and he kicks soo much butt in the series and the ending is way cool and Darren just rocks cause ya he’s a vamp
And there you have it! Ta da! So I’ll post tomorrow updating you all on my writing!
Laters,
T.V.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
HUGE NEWS!!!!!
Hi again,
So I have HUGE news!! So today a grand idea came into my head. And it went something like this…. Samjedabar is way too much of a mouth full to say and it totally interrupts scenes when you throw in her huge long name in and it won’t do to use her informal nickname. Soo I decided to throw out Samjedabar’s name which mind you she’s had for almost four years now. Then I had to come up with a name that would rival the epicness of her old name. so I came up with Zayda. Then that didn’t fit because it was too short and I didn’t like it much. So I racked Ash on the end to make it Zayda’Ash. Then I was like eh cool but too girly. So I made it Zayden’Ash. Whoot! And I really like it plus it has great potential for nicknames because everyone knows that nearly all of my characters get nicknames. So yup yup Samjedabar is now Zayden’Ash! Yay!
Laters,
T.V.
So I have HUGE news!! So today a grand idea came into my head. And it went something like this…. Samjedabar is way too much of a mouth full to say and it totally interrupts scenes when you throw in her huge long name in and it won’t do to use her informal nickname. Soo I decided to throw out Samjedabar’s name which mind you she’s had for almost four years now. Then I had to come up with a name that would rival the epicness of her old name. so I came up with Zayda. Then that didn’t fit because it was too short and I didn’t like it much. So I racked Ash on the end to make it Zayda’Ash. Then I was like eh cool but too girly. So I made it Zayden’Ash. Whoot! And I really like it plus it has great potential for nicknames because everyone knows that nearly all of my characters get nicknames. So yup yup Samjedabar is now Zayden’Ash! Yay!
Laters,
T.V.
Book Reviews!
Hi all,
Okay so I decided to do something different. I read Patrick Rothfuss’s and Laini Taylor’s blogs on a regular basis and I saw that they both did this. They would review one of their favorite books and I thought that was so way cool. So I wanted to do one too. Then it came to the question of what book to review… now that’s a tough one because I have so many favorite books. So I decided to make it easy and review Rothfuss’s “Name of The Wind” and Laini Taylor’s “Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer” since they are both HUGE inspirations for me because I want to be just like them in a few years! So here it goes…
The Name of The Wind
Okay this book was actually recommended and lent to me by my friend Ryan. Best thing he has done in my life because it’s a really amazing book. I read it in like two or three days because it’s so darn addicting! I wanted
to reread it but I had to give it to my older brother so he could read it and get the book back to Ryan. So I went out and bought it. Anyhow…Kvothe (“pronounced nearly the same as "quothe."”) is the main character and since it’s the first in a trilogy you only get a dose of his early life and you’re left hungering for more. The book opens in The Waystone Inn where you the innkeeper Kote and some towns people talking about the Chandrain. Their conversations are interrupted when Carter comes in with quite the tale to tell about being attacked by huge spider thingys. Kote takes one look at the one Carter brought into his inn and knows exactly what it is. That’s when he leaves the inn to go find more of the Scrael. And it’s in that scene that you find out the Kote is more then a simple innkeeper. It’s also where the whole story starts because Kote runs into someone who knows who he is. Chronicler insists that the great Kvothe tells his tale to him so that he can write it down. And that my friend is where you delve into Kvothe’s life.
It’s written in first person. Now let me tell you usually I hate first person books. But Patrick Rothfuss his writing is so fantastic and precise that I didn’t care it was first person because it was written so eloquently. But the fact that it was eloquent did not make it any harder to read. I found it easy to read and understand and Rothfuss develops Kvothe in the most amazing ways that makes him one of my favorite characters of all time! Plus Rothfuss has a really unique voice throughout the book that makes it even more lovable. Plus here’s another amazing thing about Mr. Rothfuss. The Name of the is published in six countries…. Correct me if I’m wrong. So ya go out and buy Name of the wind by Patrick Rothfuss and read it cause it rocks. And I’m waiting patiently for the second book The Wise Mans Fear to come out (there is no release date yet).
P.s. Check out Patrick’s site:: http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/index.asp
Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer
So I spend the summer on LBI and the Ocean County Library is amazing so I spend a lot of time there. And one day when I went I was on a quest for a good book. And I saw this one and I was totally intrigued because I love faeries and anything faerie like. So I picked it up and read it in a day. Yes it is that good.
Magpie Windwitch is no ordinary faerie. She doesn’t live in Dreamdark with the rest of the faeries instead she travels the world with her group of crows to fight and kill devils. Magpie is also the granddaughter of the West Wind (I think that’s way cool). So one day when they are out hunting a particularly nasty devil they find something very bad. They try to follow the devil but that doesn’t work because the devil left no trail so they had to make guesses and search the world for traces of it. It’s not long before the clues of this mysterious devil show Magpie that she must return to the place of her birth. So it’s off to Dreamdark for Magpie and her crow friends. But when they get to Dreamdark they find that things are much worse then they first thought. The devil that they have been hunting is the legendary Blackbringer. So how does one kill a devil that was thought to be a child’s tale? That’s a question Magpie Windwitch must answer.
Okay so I loved this book it was a fast read because Laini Taylor does a fantastic job of writing in easy sentences. Now that’s not a diss it’s quite the opposite. Because if you have hard sentences then only people who can understand hard sentences without reading them twice will like the book. While Ms. Taylor does a great job of writing a book that a wide range of people can read and enjoy and that’s what I want my books to be like. Plus the story line is so enchanting and surreal yet tangible… if that makes any sense. Oh and she has three books out. I hope I can get to a bookstore soon to pick them up. Cause they both look realllllllly good plus it’s Laini Taylor. So check out any of her books Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer, Faeries of Dreamdark: Silksinger, or Lips Touch: Three Times.
And another p.s. check her sight out! http://www.lainitaylor.com/
So I think that’ll do it for now.. hope you liked it! Read the books cause they rock!
Laters,
T.V.
Laters,
T.V.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Ninteen
Salut,
Okay so it’s been awhile so I have some updating to do here. First off I’m nineteen now! yay!! It was my birthday Sunday so I was happy. And I had three days off of school so I was home goofing around. But I have gotten some stuff typed up, mainly Crimson Clashed with Ivory. I’m still hammering out a solid plot but I wrote a way cool vampire killing scene and I profiled all the Von Helsang hunters. I also wrote the ending to it. I love writing the ending to things waaay before I need to. It gives me an insensitive to write the rest of the book. I also wrote the ultimate ending to The Cycle of Zantor! It’s AMAZING!!! To be honest it’s one of the best scenes in the whole entire collection of series. It just epic. Like really epic! I also typed some more on The Snowy Waste and the word count is still creeping up. Yay! And I also want to send shout-outs to my five followers!! I’m so happy I have five! It makes me feel important. And ya… I think that’ll do it for now…. have a good night!!
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so it’s been awhile so I have some updating to do here. First off I’m nineteen now! yay!! It was my birthday Sunday so I was happy. And I had three days off of school so I was home goofing around. But I have gotten some stuff typed up, mainly Crimson Clashed with Ivory. I’m still hammering out a solid plot but I wrote a way cool vampire killing scene and I profiled all the Von Helsang hunters. I also wrote the ending to it. I love writing the ending to things waaay before I need to. It gives me an insensitive to write the rest of the book. I also wrote the ultimate ending to The Cycle of Zantor! It’s AMAZING!!! To be honest it’s one of the best scenes in the whole entire collection of series. It just epic. Like really epic! I also typed some more on The Snowy Waste and the word count is still creeping up. Yay! And I also want to send shout-outs to my five followers!! I’m so happy I have five! It makes me feel important. And ya… I think that’ll do it for now…. have a good night!!
Laters,
T.V.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Crimson Clashed with Ivory
Okay guys good news!
With the help of my Suite mate I’ve come up with a title for my vampire book. Crimson Clashed with Ivory. What do you think? I sort of like it. There’s going to be an epic end to a scene with the line “Crimson clashed with ivory and a life ended.” it’s going to be way cool. So ya just wanted to update you guys! Oh and I just LOVE this Vampire picture... so I'm Sharing it cause it's cool.
Laters,
T.V.
T.V.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Playlist and Things
Hi Hi,
So I’ve been all over the place these past few days. The other night when I stayed up all night I wrote 5,087 words. I was so proud of me and I wasn’t even tired that day. Granted I walked around campus zoning out but ya….. It was a good time. So anyway back to my writing I’ve been working on my new vampire book… it still lacks a title and I’m really angry at me about that. Any how I was working on a good scene during philosophy class and it’s coming along great! It’s actually the last scene of the book. But it’s good beans. So I thought I’d post my play list for my unnamed vampire book. It’s ordered my top twelve favorite out of the list!
(1) Such Great heights - Confide
(2) Weightless - All Time Low
(3) Mood Rings - Relient K
(4) Break Your Little Heart - All Time Low
(5) Must Have done Something Right - Relient K
(6) Waking The Demon - Bullet For My Valentine
(7) Road To Nowhere - Bullet For My Valentine
(8) By Your Side - Tenth Avenue North
(9) More Then it Seems - Kutless
(10) Up and Up (Acoustic) - Relient K
(11) Slow Down and Not Forget - Relient K
(12) Stella - All Time Low
Anywho… I’m going back to writing the scene. It’s epic. Oh and I came up with another cool weapon…. Next post I might talk about the weapons of my untitled book!
Laters,
T.V.
So I’ve been all over the place these past few days. The other night when I stayed up all night I wrote 5,087 words. I was so proud of me and I wasn’t even tired that day. Granted I walked around campus zoning out but ya….. It was a good time. So anyway back to my writing I’ve been working on my new vampire book… it still lacks a title and I’m really angry at me about that. Any how I was working on a good scene during philosophy class and it’s coming along great! It’s actually the last scene of the book. But it’s good beans. So I thought I’d post my play list for my unnamed vampire book. It’s ordered my top twelve favorite out of the list!
(1) Such Great heights - Confide
(2) Weightless - All Time Low
(3) Mood Rings - Relient K
(4) Break Your Little Heart - All Time Low
(5) Must Have done Something Right - Relient K
(6) Waking The Demon - Bullet For My Valentine
(7) Road To Nowhere - Bullet For My Valentine
(8) By Your Side - Tenth Avenue North
(9) More Then it Seems - Kutless
(10) Up and Up (Acoustic) - Relient K
(11) Slow Down and Not Forget - Relient K
(12) Stella - All Time Low
Anywho… I’m going back to writing the scene. It’s epic. Oh and I came up with another cool weapon…. Next post I might talk about the weapons of my untitled book!
Laters,
T.V.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Bye-Bye Writers Block
Hi ya,
So awesome news!! I finally got over my writers block with The Snowy waste! Whoot! So I decided to honor my lack of writers block with an all night writing fest. So far it’s going great. I’ve been at it since midnight and I’ve typed almost 5,000 words. I’ve typed 11 pages manuscript style (one inch margins arial 10 double spaced). So I’m pretty proud of me. And I’m having a riot typing cause as I think I’ve mentioned I’ve chucked out most of what I had written in favor of some new plot twists and just general tweeks that will connect it and make it flow better. So I’ve been adjusting that tonight. I was so excited I added in two battle scenes…. Hehe I have such a bad addiction to those things. Over all in what I have typed for The Snowy Waste I’m fast approaching 100,000 words!! I’m at 81,000ish now so when I hit 100,000 words we’re having a party! Haha any how I just wanted to share that I’m working on the series again. I’m still coming up with ideas for my vampire book but I’m going to pass on typing. I just want to work on the series so I can finish The Snowy Waste! I’m just so excited that it’s my main focus again! Yay! So as a bonus for you all here’s a little tid bit of what I’ve typed tonight.
This is just some down time/kill time till it gets good. But basically they just left Vayger and they found out that Vayger wasn’t welcoming at all and they lost their horses there so they are on foot…. Which sucks for them…. a lot. So here you go!
The air was crisp and cold when the five awoke later that day. Even though noon had passed the air was still freezing. Neal rubbed his hand together to try and bring some warmth into them. Jamie started a fire with nothing but magic and Billy helped her keep it up so they could all warm up and eat before they started their long walk north. It was going to be tough without the horses but they had to make it. Winter was upon The Waste but it had yet t snow and that made the questers a little apprehensive because it meant that the snow would come soon and there was a great possibility that they would be caught in that storm. If they were caught in that storm it would spell doom for the surely. So it was wise of them to get right back to walking after they were warm.
Muscles were sore from yesterdays fleeing but no one complained because they knew that they needed to do this. They needed to get to The Twin Talons before they were all caught and killed in a storm. As they trudged north not many words were exchanged for they knew it was easier to keep walking then to talk and waste precious energy. So one foot was paced in front of the other and they walked stride after stride north. When night fell they had covered good ground but not enough to bring them to The Talons on the next day. It would be at least another day if not more and the way the wind was blowing it felt like a snow storm was on it’s way. But they kept walking. It would have been easier with the horses and it would have been a nicer journey because they legs wouldn’t have been aching so much… but they could deal. They all knew what they had to do.
Sore legs was a small price to pay for the peace of Exyel. All of their struggles would work out for the better. Exyel needed them to finish this and they would even if they had to walk the whole way they would complete it. They would see this quest through till the end. It was this thought that kept them walking over the hard cold ground of the waste. It was this that made them pull their cloaks tight around them as they trudged on. Even with their gloves on their fingers froze and their hands shook from cold. Through two layers of socks and through their boots the cold seeped. They would stop periodically so Jamie and Billy could start a fire and warm them all before they continued on.
Day slipped into night and they stopped for rest. This time though they all had enough sense to make a fire to sleep by. After the fire was secured for the night and they had all eaten they fell asleep without much thought or talk. The days journey had taken a lot of energy and they were all anxious to get it back. So sleep blessed them all.
Hoped you liked it!!
Laters,
T.V.
So awesome news!! I finally got over my writers block with The Snowy waste! Whoot! So I decided to honor my lack of writers block with an all night writing fest. So far it’s going great. I’ve been at it since midnight and I’ve typed almost 5,000 words. I’ve typed 11 pages manuscript style (one inch margins arial 10 double spaced). So I’m pretty proud of me. And I’m having a riot typing cause as I think I’ve mentioned I’ve chucked out most of what I had written in favor of some new plot twists and just general tweeks that will connect it and make it flow better. So I’ve been adjusting that tonight. I was so excited I added in two battle scenes…. Hehe I have such a bad addiction to those things. Over all in what I have typed for The Snowy Waste I’m fast approaching 100,000 words!! I’m at 81,000ish now so when I hit 100,000 words we’re having a party! Haha any how I just wanted to share that I’m working on the series again. I’m still coming up with ideas for my vampire book but I’m going to pass on typing. I just want to work on the series so I can finish The Snowy Waste! I’m just so excited that it’s my main focus again! Yay! So as a bonus for you all here’s a little tid bit of what I’ve typed tonight.
This is just some down time/kill time till it gets good. But basically they just left Vayger and they found out that Vayger wasn’t welcoming at all and they lost their horses there so they are on foot…. Which sucks for them…. a lot. So here you go!
The air was crisp and cold when the five awoke later that day. Even though noon had passed the air was still freezing. Neal rubbed his hand together to try and bring some warmth into them. Jamie started a fire with nothing but magic and Billy helped her keep it up so they could all warm up and eat before they started their long walk north. It was going to be tough without the horses but they had to make it. Winter was upon The Waste but it had yet t snow and that made the questers a little apprehensive because it meant that the snow would come soon and there was a great possibility that they would be caught in that storm. If they were caught in that storm it would spell doom for the surely. So it was wise of them to get right back to walking after they were warm.
Muscles were sore from yesterdays fleeing but no one complained because they knew that they needed to do this. They needed to get to The Twin Talons before they were all caught and killed in a storm. As they trudged north not many words were exchanged for they knew it was easier to keep walking then to talk and waste precious energy. So one foot was paced in front of the other and they walked stride after stride north. When night fell they had covered good ground but not enough to bring them to The Talons on the next day. It would be at least another day if not more and the way the wind was blowing it felt like a snow storm was on it’s way. But they kept walking. It would have been easier with the horses and it would have been a nicer journey because they legs wouldn’t have been aching so much… but they could deal. They all knew what they had to do.
Sore legs was a small price to pay for the peace of Exyel. All of their struggles would work out for the better. Exyel needed them to finish this and they would even if they had to walk the whole way they would complete it. They would see this quest through till the end. It was this thought that kept them walking over the hard cold ground of the waste. It was this that made them pull their cloaks tight around them as they trudged on. Even with their gloves on their fingers froze and their hands shook from cold. Through two layers of socks and through their boots the cold seeped. They would stop periodically so Jamie and Billy could start a fire and warm them all before they continued on.
Day slipped into night and they stopped for rest. This time though they all had enough sense to make a fire to sleep by. After the fire was secured for the night and they had all eaten they fell asleep without much thought or talk. The days journey had taken a lot of energy and they were all anxious to get it back. So sleep blessed them all.
Hoped you liked it!!
Laters,
T.V.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Randomness
Hey ya,
So it’s 3:15 and I’m totally too hyper to even think of sleep. Plus I’ve still got another load of laundry on… I found the best time to do laundry in Whiteman. 2:00AM no one is using the machines so no waiting or fighting over them! Muhaha it’s great. So any how I was working on my still un-named vampire book and I got some more awesome ideas. And I’m changing Cody’s name. I feel so clever. It’s Cody Von Helsang. First it’s clever because it sounds like Van Helsing which it’s going to be explained that when Stoker wrote Dracula accurate information had to be changed. and secondly I feel clever because sang in French for blood and since it’s vampire and vampire’s drink blood…. I know dorky but way cool. And I also came up with some new scenes they’re all written… in my head. So I hope I’ll get some time to write those out tomorrow… or maybe tonight. I’m debating on whether or not to pull an all nighter to write… currently it seems very appealing because I have lots of ideas I want to type out…. But I’m not sure cause I have my early class T2K at 11. And I’m going to J - Cru tomorrow night with Campus Crusade… so I wouldn’t be in bed early to make up for it…. But it’ll be the weekend…. I’m still weighting the options. Haha. Any how…. Oh p.s. I read the new Vampire Knight chapter today cause I’m so obsessed with that manga and I liked it a lot. But I want something exciting to happen…. It’s in a bit of a lull now. So I’m waiting for some hardcore action. Speaking of hardcore I’m excited for Bullet For My Valentine’s new album… I couldn’t find a release date but I’m still pumped. And I found this sort of explanation of the album.
Matt Tuck recently told the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine, "It's kind of completely new. I don't think it's like anything on 'Poison' [2005] or 'Scream Aim Fire' [2008], is it?" Moose concurred, "It's kind of more classic, if you ask me. It's not speedy, it's not thrashy." Tuck added, "It's not thrashy or really intense metal or anything. It's just like a mid-tempo kind of really nice, hard rock song. I don't even class it as metal, really. It's got metal influences and a really cool metal riff, but the song, as a vibe, is more hard rock."
It made me very excited. Anywho… ya I think that’s all for now. Just thought I’d share a little bit of randomness with ya!!
Laters,
T.V.
So it’s 3:15 and I’m totally too hyper to even think of sleep. Plus I’ve still got another load of laundry on… I found the best time to do laundry in Whiteman. 2:00AM no one is using the machines so no waiting or fighting over them! Muhaha it’s great. So any how I was working on my still un-named vampire book and I got some more awesome ideas. And I’m changing Cody’s name. I feel so clever. It’s Cody Von Helsang. First it’s clever because it sounds like Van Helsing which it’s going to be explained that when Stoker wrote Dracula accurate information had to be changed. and secondly I feel clever because sang in French for blood and since it’s vampire and vampire’s drink blood…. I know dorky but way cool. And I also came up with some new scenes they’re all written… in my head. So I hope I’ll get some time to write those out tomorrow… or maybe tonight. I’m debating on whether or not to pull an all nighter to write… currently it seems very appealing because I have lots of ideas I want to type out…. But I’m not sure cause I have my early class T2K at 11. And I’m going to J - Cru tomorrow night with Campus Crusade… so I wouldn’t be in bed early to make up for it…. But it’ll be the weekend…. I’m still weighting the options. Haha. Any how…. Oh p.s. I read the new Vampire Knight chapter today cause I’m so obsessed with that manga and I liked it a lot. But I want something exciting to happen…. It’s in a bit of a lull now. So I’m waiting for some hardcore action. Speaking of hardcore I’m excited for Bullet For My Valentine’s new album… I couldn’t find a release date but I’m still pumped. And I found this sort of explanation of the album.
Matt Tuck recently told the German edition of Metal Hammer magazine, "It's kind of completely new. I don't think it's like anything on 'Poison' [2005] or 'Scream Aim Fire' [2008], is it?" Moose concurred, "It's kind of more classic, if you ask me. It's not speedy, it's not thrashy." Tuck added, "It's not thrashy or really intense metal or anything. It's just like a mid-tempo kind of really nice, hard rock song. I don't even class it as metal, really. It's got metal influences and a really cool metal riff, but the song, as a vibe, is more hard rock."
It made me very excited. Anywho… ya I think that’s all for now. Just thought I’d share a little bit of randomness with ya!!
Laters,
T.V.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Ta Da
Hi again,
Okay so here’s the beginning of my currently untitled vampire book. Hope you like it!
“This is not real. I am a Vampire Hunter there is no way I could be changed.” gray eyes looked into the mirror at her pale complexion. “I AM NOT a Vampire.” she said. Yet something inside her whispered that it was hungry for blood. Slowly she drew a dueling pistol and looked at it. Her stomach churned at the thought. She had created this and it was her pride and joy. It was also the only Anti-Vampire gun in existence as far as she knew. “Only one way to test.” she took a deep breath and put the gun to her hand. “This should not hurt.” Anti-Vampire weapons only hurt vampires. She was a Hunter this would be easy. Before she could second guess herself she pulled the trigger. A white hot pain seared through her. “Oh bloody hell!” she spat as blood poured from the wound. Her mind was going numb from the realization that she was a Vampire when a knock sounded at the bathroom door.
“Coddette!” it was her sister and Coddette froze with her gaze still on her bleeding hand. “Codes! Please tell me that was The Bloody Stake!”
“It was The Stake. Calm down sis.”
“Let me in! what are you doing?” her sister began turning the knob. White hot fear coursed through Coddette. Her sister was coming in! And she was a… a… a vampire! “Codes!” Coddette looked up into her sister’s shocked face. “What happened? What did you don?”
Before Coddette answered she was swept over by another thirst for blood. Instead of her sister she saw a network of veins and arteries full of blood. Blood that she wanted. Blood she needed. In the blink of an eye Coddette was behind her sister. “Codes… ” her sister whispered as fangs extended in her sister’s mouth. “Oh by the gods!” a scream ripped from her throat as Coddette bit down into her neck. Red hot liquid poured into her mouth as she gulped hungrily. Then there was the sound of someone running up the steps. Coddette broke away from her sister’s neck and stared in shock.
“Oh… bloody hell!” Coddette felt anger and shame settle in her stomach. She… had… just… “I’m so sorry… ” she whispered the grabbed up the Bloody Stake and jumped out the window. When she hit the ground she wasted no time ripping her dresses skirt so she could easily run. It did not matter who saw her like this it was the last she would ever be here. She had to get away. She had to find help. But where should she run to? Then something he had said drifted into her head. Yes she should go find him… this was so embarrassing! She was a Vampire Hunter! This was not supposed to happen. Logically she knew she should kill herself but she just, it did not seem like the right choice to make. “I condem myself to an eternal life of damnation. And so I am born into death… ”
Laters,
T.V.
Okay so here’s the beginning of my currently untitled vampire book. Hope you like it!
“This is not real. I am a Vampire Hunter there is no way I could be changed.” gray eyes looked into the mirror at her pale complexion. “I AM NOT a Vampire.” she said. Yet something inside her whispered that it was hungry for blood. Slowly she drew a dueling pistol and looked at it. Her stomach churned at the thought. She had created this and it was her pride and joy. It was also the only Anti-Vampire gun in existence as far as she knew. “Only one way to test.” she took a deep breath and put the gun to her hand. “This should not hurt.” Anti-Vampire weapons only hurt vampires. She was a Hunter this would be easy. Before she could second guess herself she pulled the trigger. A white hot pain seared through her. “Oh bloody hell!” she spat as blood poured from the wound. Her mind was going numb from the realization that she was a Vampire when a knock sounded at the bathroom door.
“Coddette!” it was her sister and Coddette froze with her gaze still on her bleeding hand. “Codes! Please tell me that was The Bloody Stake!”
“It was The Stake. Calm down sis.”
“Let me in! what are you doing?” her sister began turning the knob. White hot fear coursed through Coddette. Her sister was coming in! And she was a… a… a vampire! “Codes!” Coddette looked up into her sister’s shocked face. “What happened? What did you don?”
Before Coddette answered she was swept over by another thirst for blood. Instead of her sister she saw a network of veins and arteries full of blood. Blood that she wanted. Blood she needed. In the blink of an eye Coddette was behind her sister. “Codes… ” her sister whispered as fangs extended in her sister’s mouth. “Oh by the gods!” a scream ripped from her throat as Coddette bit down into her neck. Red hot liquid poured into her mouth as she gulped hungrily. Then there was the sound of someone running up the steps. Coddette broke away from her sister’s neck and stared in shock.
“Oh… bloody hell!” Coddette felt anger and shame settle in her stomach. She… had… just… “I’m so sorry… ” she whispered the grabbed up the Bloody Stake and jumped out the window. When she hit the ground she wasted no time ripping her dresses skirt so she could easily run. It did not matter who saw her like this it was the last she would ever be here. She had to get away. She had to find help. But where should she run to? Then something he had said drifted into her head. Yes she should go find him… this was so embarrassing! She was a Vampire Hunter! This was not supposed to happen. Logically she knew she should kill herself but she just, it did not seem like the right choice to make. “I condem myself to an eternal life of damnation. And so I am born into death… ”
Laters,
T.V.
Ideas???
Sup,
So I’m still fresh out of ideas on the Snowy Waste. So Sunday night I thought it would be a grand idea to deprive myself of sleep because I’ve had great success in coming up with ideas that way. Well four o’clock rolls around and I’m not even tired, now mind you I didn’t have any caffeine cause I wanted to get tired. So I just gave up and tried to go to bed. It took me almost an hour to get tired. Ya so I decided not to try that again. But I have been working on my vampire book. I’m typing out the beginning today and I’ll try to post that tonight to see what you all think. It should be totally bitching. And I’m also excited to write it cause it’s modern so there’s going to be f bombs and other shit coming out of people’s mouths so I’m excited. Since I’m using some of my crazy friends as models it’s going to get ridiculous and I can’t wait to write it! Plus Cody is basically on of my good guy friends in female form. Hahaha I can’t wait to see his reaction whn he finds out. I’ve been at college less then a month and I’m already fast becoming a typical college kid. I’m supposed to be working on finishing my English Essay rough draft due in my next class that starts at 2:30.… ya I’m so not doing that. I work better when I have five minutes to come up with an idea. It always works out great! Hahaha.
Any how I need to hop on that essay…. Ugh. I wish you all an AMAZING day!!
Laters,
T.V.
So I’m still fresh out of ideas on the Snowy Waste. So Sunday night I thought it would be a grand idea to deprive myself of sleep because I’ve had great success in coming up with ideas that way. Well four o’clock rolls around and I’m not even tired, now mind you I didn’t have any caffeine cause I wanted to get tired. So I just gave up and tried to go to bed. It took me almost an hour to get tired. Ya so I decided not to try that again. But I have been working on my vampire book. I’m typing out the beginning today and I’ll try to post that tonight to see what you all think. It should be totally bitching. And I’m also excited to write it cause it’s modern so there’s going to be f bombs and other shit coming out of people’s mouths so I’m excited. Since I’m using some of my crazy friends as models it’s going to get ridiculous and I can’t wait to write it! Plus Cody is basically on of my good guy friends in female form. Hahaha I can’t wait to see his reaction whn he finds out. I’ve been at college less then a month and I’m already fast becoming a typical college kid. I’m supposed to be working on finishing my English Essay rough draft due in my next class that starts at 2:30.… ya I’m so not doing that. I work better when I have five minutes to come up with an idea. It always works out great! Hahaha.
Any how I need to hop on that essay…. Ugh. I wish you all an AMAZING day!!
Laters,
T.V.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
FanFic, Signing, and Stuff
Hello,
So I’m home for the weekend and my computer has been off till about five minutes ago. I went yard sale-ing yesterday then I babysat. And I babysat again today because despite what everyone told me I didn’t really believe that college textbooks were EXPENSIVE! But I’m still pretty broke and all from buying my books so I came home to dye my hair and make money. Haha so now I look like a proper peacock again with my assortment of colors in my hair. P.S. Check out the pic of m hair. i love it!
Now for some good news… or bad news…. Depends on your view of this. But I just got myself an account on Fanfic.net. I wanted to try my hand at it and practice some writing techniques and get feedback. So ya… I’m still a little afraid at what people will think…. So I’m not posting my fanfic pen name yet. I just thought I’d give you all a little laugh.
I’ve come up with some new ideas for my vampire book…. Which still doesn’t have a title…. Grr me. But it’s sort of coming along, mostly in my head though. And I’m still looking around inside my head for some ideas to progress The Snowy Waste. It’s still at a very sad standstill.
Oh and that just reminded me. I’m in the process of setting up a book signing at the either Califon Book Store or the Clinton branch of the library. Now I’m really leaning toward the library because I’ll end up making more from it and since I’m a poor college student money is always welcome. Haha. So totally stay tuned for that.
And how I think that’s it for now…..
Oh and that just reminded me. I’m in the process of setting up a book signing at the either Califon Book Store or the Clinton branch of the library. Now I’m really leaning toward the library because I’ll end up making more from it and since I’m a poor college student money is always welcome. Haha. So totally stay tuned for that.
And how I think that’s it for now…..
Laters,
T.V.
T.V.
Friday, September 18, 2009
New Book and Other Info
Hey….
Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve been busyish. I’m trying to settle into the swing of college and stay ahead of my work which I’m doing really good at so far. And as for writing… I haven’t done an over abundance of it. I’ve typed maybe two pages in The Snowy Waste… it makes me sad but I’m just so stuck up on this one part and I don’t know how to change it or whatever. So I think I’m going to go back and start doing some edits on the first part and leave the second part for now.
On the whole upside of having writers block on the series I’ve come up with another writing tangent that I’m currently pursuing. I was bored Wednesday night after classes so I started doing one of my favorite things… researching vampires! Now let me tell you. I have sooo much information saved on my computer about Vampires. And not Stephanie Meyer’s pansy ass washed out vampires but real Vampires. Like the old school ones that can only come out at night and need to be decapitated and burned to be killed. The ones that are not good looking but are rather grotesque. And those are going to be the Vampires in my new book…. Which is yet to get a title. But basically the vamps in my book are old school. They must abide by The Six Traditions. So there are laws that they must follow and behaviors they must abide by. Okay so the basic jist of the book is the main character Cody Van Helsing (she’s a chick) and her clan of Vampire Hunters travel the world killing Vampires that are causing problems for towns. And the towns must have contacted her through mail for her help. She also deals with a few other paranormal sort of things during the book. So far it’s not going to be a series but there will be plenty of room for me to branch off and write other Cody Van Helsing books. Oh and she also uses come really cool Anti-Vampire weapons that she’s created. And ya… that’s basically all I’ve got so far.
So…. I think that’s just about all I’ve been up to writing wise lately. but just to give you some info on what I’ve been up to at school… well I’ve been adjusting to classes and it I totally love all my classes they’re actually surprisingly easy which is nice. I’m almost two weeks ahead in homework for most of my classes. And over all I’m having a good time. I’m finally making friends and what not. And I’m going home this weekend and I know I’m going to miss campus…. How weird is that. So ya anyway I’m going to hit up lunch now. I’ll try to post more often I’ve just been busy and a bit lazy!
Laters,
T.V.
Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve been busyish. I’m trying to settle into the swing of college and stay ahead of my work which I’m doing really good at so far. And as for writing… I haven’t done an over abundance of it. I’ve typed maybe two pages in The Snowy Waste… it makes me sad but I’m just so stuck up on this one part and I don’t know how to change it or whatever. So I think I’m going to go back and start doing some edits on the first part and leave the second part for now.
On the whole upside of having writers block on the series I’ve come up with another writing tangent that I’m currently pursuing. I was bored Wednesday night after classes so I started doing one of my favorite things… researching vampires! Now let me tell you. I have sooo much information saved on my computer about Vampires. And not Stephanie Meyer’s pansy ass washed out vampires but real Vampires. Like the old school ones that can only come out at night and need to be decapitated and burned to be killed. The ones that are not good looking but are rather grotesque. And those are going to be the Vampires in my new book…. Which is yet to get a title. But basically the vamps in my book are old school. They must abide by The Six Traditions. So there are laws that they must follow and behaviors they must abide by. Okay so the basic jist of the book is the main character Cody Van Helsing (she’s a chick) and her clan of Vampire Hunters travel the world killing Vampires that are causing problems for towns. And the towns must have contacted her through mail for her help. She also deals with a few other paranormal sort of things during the book. So far it’s not going to be a series but there will be plenty of room for me to branch off and write other Cody Van Helsing books. Oh and she also uses come really cool Anti-Vampire weapons that she’s created. And ya… that’s basically all I’ve got so far.
So…. I think that’s just about all I’ve been up to writing wise lately. but just to give you some info on what I’ve been up to at school… well I’ve been adjusting to classes and it I totally love all my classes they’re actually surprisingly easy which is nice. I’m almost two weeks ahead in homework for most of my classes. And over all I’m having a good time. I’m finally making friends and what not. And I’m going home this weekend and I know I’m going to miss campus…. How weird is that. So ya anyway I’m going to hit up lunch now. I’ll try to post more often I’ve just been busy and a bit lazy!
Laters,
T.V.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Writer's Block
Sup,
So I’ve run into a little bit of a problem…. I’ve got a slight case of writers block. I wrote so much that I’ve run out of good stuff it seems. I don’t feel like typing from my notebooks because the whole Vayger scene is changed now so it’s nothing like the notebooks anymore… I want to change it more but I don’t quite know where I want to take it. But on the up side I’ve got over 75,000 words typed! Yay! So I’m not to miffed that I’m blocking up right now. Besides I’m about half way though the events in the book….. And since I’ve got an over abundance of time now at college I have to do something…. So I’m trying to type new snippets of the epic plot twist. And they’re coming out okay… not the best but okay. So anyway this is just a short post cause I had two really long ones yesterday.
Aaaand I was going to put up the map… but it turns out I don’t have it scanned to my laptop. Awesome! So instead here’s the Exyel and Dar family tree. Each row is a generation… red lines are children and blue lines mean they’re married…. Yup well that’s also in the key. Enjoy!
Laters,
T.V.
So I’ve run into a little bit of a problem…. I’ve got a slight case of writers block. I wrote so much that I’ve run out of good stuff it seems. I don’t feel like typing from my notebooks because the whole Vayger scene is changed now so it’s nothing like the notebooks anymore… I want to change it more but I don’t quite know where I want to take it. But on the up side I’ve got over 75,000 words typed! Yay! So I’m not to miffed that I’m blocking up right now. Besides I’m about half way though the events in the book….. And since I’ve got an over abundance of time now at college I have to do something…. So I’m trying to type new snippets of the epic plot twist. And they’re coming out okay… not the best but okay. So anyway this is just a short post cause I had two really long ones yesterday.
Aaaand I was going to put up the map… but it turns out I don’t have it scanned to my laptop. Awesome! So instead here’s the Exyel and Dar family tree. Each row is a generation… red lines are children and blue lines mean they’re married…. Yup well that’s also in the key. Enjoy!
Laters,
T.V.
Monday, August 31, 2009
100 Questions
Hey again,
So there’s this thing called boredom. And instead of going on an epic quest to find a t-rex to see what my RA would say about me bringing it into whiteman I decided to sit and do a survey. You know those really dumb things that people do when their so bored their brains are about to fall out… ya that’s the state of all day doing almost nothing (except some typing) and it’s only a little past nine… I’ll probably go nerd it up and play Oblivion after this. So anyway here’s the dumb 100 questions so you can sort of get to know me a bit….
1. Are you ready for 100 questions? Yup yup
2. Do you watch college football? nope
3. Who will fill this survey out after you? No one I hope…
4. Who was the last person to send you a text message? luke (the one who leant his name and personality to the
gnome in the Quartet... as an FYI)
5. Do you love anyone? yes
6. Are you happy? Very much so
7. Where was the last place you went shopping? The campus bookstore
8. How do you feel about your hair? I totally dig it
9. Where do you work? I freelance write and type my books
10. Last thing you ate/drank? Some type of funky fish… Dr. Pepper!
11. Do you wish you were someplace else right now? No way
12. Do you have any pet peeves? Oh yes
13. Do you have any expensive jewelry? Yuppers
14. AIM or Yahoo? yahoo
15. Do you like math? totally
16. How many hours on average do you work a week: alot
18. Favorite baseball team? none
19. Favorite NBA team? none
20. Do you watch the Olympics? Yes, cause they’re funny
21. Last restaurant you went to?…….um I forgtet
22. Who was the last person to call you? My mum!
23. What's your sign? Libra
24. Do you have a favorite number? 13
25. Last time you did volunteer work or made any donations? Last week
26. What do you spend the majority of your money on? books
27. Where does your family live? All over the place
28. Are you an only child or do you have siblings? three siblings (all brothers)
29. Ever been called a bitch? probably
30. Got any guilty pleasures? nope
31. Do you drink beer? No it tastes like piss
32. Whats your favorite color? Dark blue
33. Did you ever collect Beanie Babies? Who in my generation didn’t?
34. Ever bought anything online? yes
35. Myspace or Facebook? both
36. Do you have T-Mobile? verizon
38. Do you sometimes wish you were someone else? Yup… and that’s when I write myself into stories
41. Last time you saw your parents? sunday
42. Do you have any talents? WRITING!!
43. Ever been in a wedding? one
44. Do you have any children? Good joke
45. Last movie you watched? The Phantom of The Opera
46. Are you missing anyone at the moment? yes
47. Did you take a nap today? no
49. Ever been on a cruise? nah
50. Did you notice number 40 was missing? No, 40 is a dumb number anyway
52. Do you have any wealthy friends? sure
53. Ever met anyone famous before? I don’t think so
54. Favorite actor? Alan Rickman
55. Favorite actress? Audrey Hepburn
56. Are you multi-tasking right now? You know it
57. Could you handle being in the military? probably
58. Are you hungry or thirsty? Nay I am well equipped with gold fish and Dr. Pepper
59. Favorite fast food restaurant? Wendy’s
61. What is your average cell phone bill? Um… my mum pays for it so I never see it
62. Do you own a camera phone? yuppers
63. Ever had to take a sobriety test? no
64. Do you believe in Karma? Yes!
65. Can you speak any other languages? French
66. Last time you went to the gym or worked out?D oes gym class count?
67. How many pairs of shoes do you own? Um… not more then 15 if that
68. Do you have a photo hosting site that you use? Yes… but not so much anymore
69. Last place you were? New freshman dining hall
70. What is your college mascot? Cougar
71. Ever been to Las Vegas? I wish
76. Have you ever been gambling? no
77. How old are your parents? *mumbles ages*
78. When is the last time you updated your blog? Well just to day! Funny you ask.
79. Do you have your wisdom teeth? yea
80. Favorite place to be? My dorm!!
81. Have you been to New York City? Duh I want to live there!
82 Favorite sit down restaurant? Um… I don’t know
83. Ever been to Disney Land? Psh no it’s too lame for me
84. Do you have a favorite cartoon character? shaggy from scobby doo
85. Last thing you cooked? I forget
86. How is the weather today? hot
87. Do you email? yes
88. Last letter/piece of mail you received besides junk or a bill? A letter from The Fantasy and Sci-Fi Magazine
89. Last missed call? My mum
91. Last voicemail you received? Publish America
92. Do you drunk dial/text? nope
93. Stupidest thing you ever did with your cell phone? Dropping it in the toilet
94. What is the best city in the state that you live in? New Jersey blows… nuff said
96. Did you just die? Sorry I don’t answer dumb questions
97. Are you bored right now? yeah
98. Last concert you went to? Chris Tomlin
99. What do you think about before you go to bed? Lots and lots and lots of stuff
100. What are your plans for tomorrow? Absolutely nothing…..
Okay serisouly whoever wrote this up needs to learn to count. last time i checked it's not 71, 76. and there are alot of other missing numbers besides 40. so ya... it peeved me a bit...
Laters,
T.V.
Playlist And Vayger Scene
Greetings!
I moved in to my dorm yesterday. Yay! I’m officially a college student, how exciting! After I unpacked I sat down and did some hardcore writing. Yesterday I wrote almost ten pages! That’s pretty good for me because I usually get side tracked by whatever, but with just my roommate and I around there’s like nothing to distract me… except to pick out music. So I got this great idea to do a play list post. Basically this is the music that I’ve been listening to while I’ve been writing lately. It’s in my iTunes as my Inspiration play list…. Great name right. Any how I’ve decided to arrange them as the top 13 most played this time. And I’ll also include the scene I’ve been working on. Enjoy!
Scene: When the Quest Quartet first arrive in Vayger and don’t get quite the warm fuzzy greeting they’d expected.
1. The Call -- Regina Spektor
2. Love Song -- Taylor Swift
3. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been [Acoustic] -- Relient K
4. Must Have Done Something Right -- Relient K
5. Legacy -- Sanctus Real
6. Until The Day I Die -- Story Of The Year
7. If It Means A Lot To You -- A Day To Remember
8. Waking The Demon -- Bullet For My Valentine
9. More Then It Seems -- Kutless
10. Overture -- Andrew Lloyd Webber (for Phantom of the Opera)
11. Just Another Star -- Bullet For My Valentine
12. Up and Up [Acoustic] -- Relient K
13. Forever and Always -- Bullet For My Valentine
Laters,
T.V.
Oh p.s. here’s a little snippit of the scene…..
Jamie did not have a chance to throw a retort at Billy before they came upon Vayger. Little Gnome children ran about barefoot in the street as older Gnomes gathered. Luke’s heart leapt into his throat as he saw so many familiar faces. Mounts were pulled to halts and the new comers dismounted. “Can that really be you Luke?” a Gnome asked in his native tongue.
“Yes.” Luke bowed.
“Well who is it that you’ve brought with you? Criminals? It seems like the stunt a no good Gnome like you would do.”
“What issue do you have with Luke?” Jamie asked in perfect Gnomish as she stepped forward.
“He is no good. He abandoned Vayger and everything we Gnomes stand for. Why should we let him back into our town?”
“You should allow him to enter because this is his home town and,”
“It don’t make a difference if this is his home town or not.” a Gnome said as he stepped forward brandishing a sword. Jamie’s hands flew to her sword hilts.
“Why do you draw a sword at us?”
“You’re likely to be some group of criminals come to hide out here. Or you might be a group that’s lookin’ to mooch off us good folk for the winter.” another Gnome came out of the crowd with a sickle.
“I assure you we are neither. All we wish if for a night’s stay, we can pay for food and lodging. There is no need for you all to be getting so defensive with us.”
“Jamie… just let it drop. We can go around. I know some paths we can take.” Luke said as he tugged at her sleeve but she did not budge.
“No Luke. I do not think that they are treating you fair. I will not tolerate people treating my friends this way.” Jamie’s legs bent slightly as she crouched into a battle ready stance. Behind her Jamie felt her friends tense and she knew they wanted a fight as little as she did.
“We cannot allow you to stay here if you all are renegades. It’ll be bad news for Vayger see.”
“Oh I understand where your false fears come from. But we are not renegades. You assume too much and on the pretext that we are traveling with Luke. That my friend is very closed minded of you.”
“If you are no band of marauders then why does your hand stray to your blade so fast?” a gnome in short trousers asked.
“Why do your fellows take up arms so fast?” Jamie quipped. As the gnome turned to look at his fellows he saw that many of them now had weapons out. They started to advance toward Jamie. “It would not be wise of you to attempt this.” she drew her sword halves out spun them with blinding accuracy and then connected them in a swift movement so she could spin windmill them in front of her. The Gnomes who had taken up arms faltered in their advance. Jamie smiled and checked her blade’s movement so it stopped in mid spin. “So is this how Vayger will be remembered for welcoming The Quest Quartet? You take out swords and sickles to greet us? Very odd… ” Jamie spun her double ended blade in another blinding display of moves. She vaulted over her moving blade and landed in a couch as she smacked her blade down on the dirt. Her gaze fixed on the gnomes and the closest ones took steps away from her.
“What do you all think you’re doing?” a voice chimed from the crowd. Everyone fell silent and a path was made for the speaker. A pretty little Gnome came through the crowd. She wore leather trousers and a green linen shirt, her brown hair was pulled back in a loose bun.
I moved in to my dorm yesterday. Yay! I’m officially a college student, how exciting! After I unpacked I sat down and did some hardcore writing. Yesterday I wrote almost ten pages! That’s pretty good for me because I usually get side tracked by whatever, but with just my roommate and I around there’s like nothing to distract me… except to pick out music. So I got this great idea to do a play list post. Basically this is the music that I’ve been listening to while I’ve been writing lately. It’s in my iTunes as my Inspiration play list…. Great name right. Any how I’ve decided to arrange them as the top 13 most played this time. And I’ll also include the scene I’ve been working on. Enjoy!
Scene: When the Quest Quartet first arrive in Vayger and don’t get quite the warm fuzzy greeting they’d expected.
1. The Call -- Regina Spektor
2. Love Song -- Taylor Swift
3. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been [Acoustic] -- Relient K
4. Must Have Done Something Right -- Relient K
5. Legacy -- Sanctus Real
6. Until The Day I Die -- Story Of The Year
7. If It Means A Lot To You -- A Day To Remember
8. Waking The Demon -- Bullet For My Valentine
9. More Then It Seems -- Kutless
10. Overture -- Andrew Lloyd Webber (for Phantom of the Opera)
11. Just Another Star -- Bullet For My Valentine
12. Up and Up [Acoustic] -- Relient K
13. Forever and Always -- Bullet For My Valentine
Laters,
T.V.
Oh p.s. here’s a little snippit of the scene…..
Jamie did not have a chance to throw a retort at Billy before they came upon Vayger. Little Gnome children ran about barefoot in the street as older Gnomes gathered. Luke’s heart leapt into his throat as he saw so many familiar faces. Mounts were pulled to halts and the new comers dismounted. “Can that really be you Luke?” a Gnome asked in his native tongue.
“Yes.” Luke bowed.
“Well who is it that you’ve brought with you? Criminals? It seems like the stunt a no good Gnome like you would do.”
“What issue do you have with Luke?” Jamie asked in perfect Gnomish as she stepped forward.
“He is no good. He abandoned Vayger and everything we Gnomes stand for. Why should we let him back into our town?”
“You should allow him to enter because this is his home town and,”
“It don’t make a difference if this is his home town or not.” a Gnome said as he stepped forward brandishing a sword. Jamie’s hands flew to her sword hilts.
“Why do you draw a sword at us?”
“You’re likely to be some group of criminals come to hide out here. Or you might be a group that’s lookin’ to mooch off us good folk for the winter.” another Gnome came out of the crowd with a sickle.
“I assure you we are neither. All we wish if for a night’s stay, we can pay for food and lodging. There is no need for you all to be getting so defensive with us.”
“Jamie… just let it drop. We can go around. I know some paths we can take.” Luke said as he tugged at her sleeve but she did not budge.
“No Luke. I do not think that they are treating you fair. I will not tolerate people treating my friends this way.” Jamie’s legs bent slightly as she crouched into a battle ready stance. Behind her Jamie felt her friends tense and she knew they wanted a fight as little as she did.
“We cannot allow you to stay here if you all are renegades. It’ll be bad news for Vayger see.”
“Oh I understand where your false fears come from. But we are not renegades. You assume too much and on the pretext that we are traveling with Luke. That my friend is very closed minded of you.”
“If you are no band of marauders then why does your hand stray to your blade so fast?” a gnome in short trousers asked.
“Why do your fellows take up arms so fast?” Jamie quipped. As the gnome turned to look at his fellows he saw that many of them now had weapons out. They started to advance toward Jamie. “It would not be wise of you to attempt this.” she drew her sword halves out spun them with blinding accuracy and then connected them in a swift movement so she could spin windmill them in front of her. The Gnomes who had taken up arms faltered in their advance. Jamie smiled and checked her blade’s movement so it stopped in mid spin. “So is this how Vayger will be remembered for welcoming The Quest Quartet? You take out swords and sickles to greet us? Very odd… ” Jamie spun her double ended blade in another blinding display of moves. She vaulted over her moving blade and landed in a couch as she smacked her blade down on the dirt. Her gaze fixed on the gnomes and the closest ones took steps away from her.
“What do you all think you’re doing?” a voice chimed from the crowd. Everyone fell silent and a path was made for the speaker. A pretty little Gnome came through the crowd. She wore leather trousers and a green linen shirt, her brown hair was pulled back in a loose bun.
Friday, August 28, 2009
The Realms
Hey all,
Sorry it’s taken me a while to post again. I’ve been busy with college stuff and I’ve been reoutlining The Quartet. It seemed to boring to me so I changed the ending on the second book and redid the last two books. So it’s pretty much going to kick more butt now. And I’m so happy I just introduced Raven into the series. He’s going to be such a nice addition to the Questers. Plus I just came up with a huge plot twist that involves Darkness (which is evil in every way shape and form) and Samjedabar. It’s going to be good, like betrayal, love, battles, and death good. I also recently redid the 15 Realms.
Before it looked like this. Basically one realm for the seven first born races (the 7th realm through the 13th realm), fluff realms that I thought would be awesome to have (the 2nd realm through the 6th realm and the 14th realm), then essential realms such as the Material and Death realms.
1st Realm:: Material
2nd Realm:: Vampire
3rd Realm:: Assassin
4th Realm:: Guardian
5th Realm:: Particles
6th Realm:: A’Dor
7th Realm:: Earth
8th Realm:: Water
9th Realm:: Air/Wind
10th Realm:: Fire
11th Realm:: Time
12th Realm:: Ether
13th Realm:: Blood
14th Realm:: The Lost
15th Realm:: Death
And now it looks like this. There is still one real for the seven first born (the 5th through 11th realm),now the Assassins and Vampires share, there are only there are five fluff realms (the 2nd through 4th, the 12th, and the 14th) I put them in because they make the story much better. And I also added a realm for Zantor (he’s the God of all gods in the cycle).
Zantor’s Realm:: Sanctum
1st Realm:: Material
2nd Realm:: Assassin and Vampire
3rd Realm:: Guardian
4th Realm:: Particles
5th Realm:: Earth
6th Realm:: Water
7h Realm:: Air/Wind
8th Realm:: Fire
9th Realm:: Time
10th Realm:: Ether
11th Realm:: Blood
12th Realm:: The Lost
13th Realm:: Death
14th Realm:: Daemon or Darkness
I’m totally proud of myself for reworking it all. Now it’ll be easier to fit in twists and shocker and heads up there are a lot of them! So until next time!
Laters,
T.V.
Sorry it’s taken me a while to post again. I’ve been busy with college stuff and I’ve been reoutlining The Quartet. It seemed to boring to me so I changed the ending on the second book and redid the last two books. So it’s pretty much going to kick more butt now. And I’m so happy I just introduced Raven into the series. He’s going to be such a nice addition to the Questers. Plus I just came up with a huge plot twist that involves Darkness (which is evil in every way shape and form) and Samjedabar. It’s going to be good, like betrayal, love, battles, and death good. I also recently redid the 15 Realms.
Before it looked like this. Basically one realm for the seven first born races (the 7th realm through the 13th realm), fluff realms that I thought would be awesome to have (the 2nd realm through the 6th realm and the 14th realm), then essential realms such as the Material and Death realms.
1st Realm:: Material
2nd Realm:: Vampire
3rd Realm:: Assassin
4th Realm:: Guardian
5th Realm:: Particles
6th Realm:: A’Dor
7th Realm:: Earth
8th Realm:: Water
9th Realm:: Air/Wind
10th Realm:: Fire
11th Realm:: Time
12th Realm:: Ether
13th Realm:: Blood
14th Realm:: The Lost
15th Realm:: Death
And now it looks like this. There is still one real for the seven first born (the 5th through 11th realm),now the Assassins and Vampires share, there are only there are five fluff realms (the 2nd through 4th, the 12th, and the 14th) I put them in because they make the story much better. And I also added a realm for Zantor (he’s the God of all gods in the cycle).
Zantor’s Realm:: Sanctum
1st Realm:: Material
2nd Realm:: Assassin and Vampire
3rd Realm:: Guardian
4th Realm:: Particles
5th Realm:: Earth
6th Realm:: Water
7h Realm:: Air/Wind
8th Realm:: Fire
9th Realm:: Time
10th Realm:: Ether
11th Realm:: Blood
12th Realm:: The Lost
13th Realm:: Death
14th Realm:: Daemon or Darkness
I’m totally proud of myself for reworking it all. Now it’ll be easier to fit in twists and shocker and heads up there are a lot of them! So until next time!
Laters,
T.V.
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