Sunday, December 21, 2014

A Printhian Origins trial

I haven't worked on this much, but here goes an idea.
In short, it's what I've been working on during my breaks at work.
I'm currently exploring the idea of adding more races to the lot, but right now I have all that I can handle.

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From man came the five sons; from each son came a general race. 
The oldest, the fire elthian; the second, the earth; the third, the human; the fourth, the water; the youngest, the air. From each race sprang up other sub races. 
From fire came the drakes and the dragons. 
From earth the faes and pixies. 
From water the myrs and the nymphs. 
From air the satyrs and the sylphs.


Each sub race grew to use a particular talent inherited from their forefather. 
The drakes, fire and poisonous fumes; they dwelt on hot, dry land and had scaly skin. 
The dragons, fire and ashes; they dwelt in the mountains and could change their shape and size. 
The faes, plants and all that grow; they dwelt in warm places and had wings. 
The pixies, rocks and minerals; they dwelt in hard to reach places and are in small in stature. 
The myrs, water and mist; they dwelt in the oceans and deltas and had fins instead of legs. 
The nymphs, water and fog; they dwelt on wet land and can breathe underwater when needed. 
The satyrs, wind and storms; the dwelt wherever they can (usually flat and lonely lands), but never in groups of more than two or three. 
The sylphs, sight and emotion; the rarest of all the races, they dwelt in dark places and are never fond of company. 

The humans are the most ancient of all races. 

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As you can probably tell, I'm not using elves as my main race as I had originally started out with.
I am, instead, using my beginning idea of using elements and naming their users elthian.
Which, coincidentally, sounds very similar to elven.
Completely unintentional.
Go figure.

P. S. I have not yet started writing any stories in this realm. I am, currently as well as in the past, using this realm to explore things about fairy tales that have always nagged me. E.g.:  half-lings. If they were completely different kinds of beings (fairies, elves, mermaids, humans, etc.), how could they still have children with each other? So, Printhia was born.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Update: I Do So Dare

So I crashed. . .

And burned.

And I didn't finish. 

BUT.

I wrote 7,471 that I wouldn't otherwise have written.
Written mostly over the first two weekends.
And little spurts here and there.

I wish ever so much that I could have done better, but when you have a 12 page paper to write for an Argumentation class, as well as analysis papers to write on C. S. Lewis' writings, and-
Okay.
I'm not going to complain about the reasons that I didn't write as much as I wanted to.

Either way.
I have over 18,000 words now on my Shadow Wings rewrite!
74 pages, five and a bit chapters out of the twelve chapters so far planned.
I'm super hyped.

Except I lost my outline while packing everything up for Christmas break. . .

So.

Ever heard of a Fifty Page Edit?

Yup.

That's my goal by Christmas. 

:)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Check this out!

Check this out!!!


Character Abigail has been interviewed by another blogger!!! 

I'm super excited, as you can see.

:)

On another note, school had been crazy, and I've only just recently gotten back to my writing.
One of the things that I've started is a 'beginnings' story for my Printhia world.
I'm starting it off similar to the Genesis account, because my brain is too dead to think of another way to try and write it.

I'll give more updates sometime soon!

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Saturday, November 1, 2014

I Do So Dare

I don't know how I'll survive, but I'm doing it.

wonderous-world:  Milky Way over the Storms by Jordan Cantelo

I'm doing National Novel Writing Month.

(If you're doing it too, feel free to friend me)

I also have a lot of projects due by the end of this month, so I'm not sure how I'll survive.

But I'm going to somehow.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Update from College

The last few weeks have been hectic and full.
Even so, I've been able to write close to five thousand words with following the 100 for 100 challenge hosted by the Go Teen Writers creators, Stephanie Morrill and Jill Williamson.
I'm almost done with chapter two and I'm sitting on 41 pages for my Shadow Wings rewrite.

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A proper cup of tea and a good book.

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I've joined a writers club on my college campus this semester.
I had been using our group Word Wars for the 100 for 100 challenge, but I might start using that time for my Creative Writing classwork.

For my Creative Writing class I've already worked with two others to create a short drama.
Next is a short story.
I'm not sure yet what it'll be about, but I'm leaning on taking a family tradition and putting it into a steampunk/fantasy setting.
I'm getting rather excited about the prospect.

Keep on Writing!
God Bless
SDG
Joy

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Seasons

Original Four Seasons Painting - Large Square Original Modern  Art On Canvas Painting Tree Wall Decor "365 Days of Happiness III"

Just like there are four seasons in a year, there are seasons in a writer's life.

I'm currently in the college season, meaning that it's going to be nearly impossible for me to keep up with this blog.
My hope is to post from time to time, whether Wednesday Pinspirations or writing updates.

Either way, I most likely won't be posting much until around mid-December.

On another happier note, I'm working on rewriting Shadow Wings again.
I'm adding a new beginning with Abigail in it, and so far I've reverted to my age old 'telling' writing.
I hate it, but its the only way that I've found where I actually get the words on the page without throwing my laptop across the room in frustration. . .
I must admit though, Abigail sounds way more intelligent than a lot of my past characters, and I'm finding her to be a very interesting character.

Gypsy Gift is sitting for now, but that's only because I've suddenly become really inspired with Shadow Wings.
I have been slowly working on the Baumhation culture, and I think I have a better grasp on how to write from Darina's PoV.

On the note of college, I must admit that I'm excited about this semester!
I'm taking a creative writing class, and I'm currently working on a group project for creating an original drama.
I've never written a drama before, and I'm really excited about it.

That's all for now!

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: A Touch of Writing Hilarity

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The voices...
Oddly enough, I have had this happen from time to time.

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Yep. I'm guilty.
*cough* *coughcough*

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(>_____<)
A more painfully adorably true meme I have yet to see.

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XD
. . .

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*sigh*
So true it hurts.

{!}

Yes.... The list goes on....
You HAVE to see the notebooks I have for those, the list of things I've designed for the countries goes much longer than this meme.

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XD
*cough* Shadow Wings *cough*

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I hope you enjoyed and laughed all of these as much as I did.
:)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Drabble on a Sunday

Rarely do I sit down and write now a days because of life.
Either I'm working at my job, or I'm working around the house.

Today, I sat down and wrote.

It's a drabble of sorts, not quite as short as I'd like it to be, but not quite long enough to be called anything else.

What prompted it?
Silly as it seems, it was the smell of my dad's grill cooking meat.

~*~

“The sky reeks of burning ash, and yet you have me sitting here sipping wine,” she glares towards her capture from across the room.

“If I didn't, you'd be dead or in some sort of mishap. Of course I'd keep you here,” he nods coolly.

“Then let me out. Set me free and I'll be able to do something,” she stands up and began to pace; her wine glass passing from hand to hand.

“That is impossible. I do not even have the power to grant that, even if I so chose to, and you know that all ready. Now if you'd just sit-”


“I can't do this! Being a prisoner is one thing, but being a dictated puppet is quite another!” The glass shattered as she ran from the room.  
~*~

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Found this picture afterwards, and thought it fit the mood.

~*~

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Abigail Dimond

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Abigail Dimond Inspiration: Especially face shape and hair.
Abigail Dimond, my new Main Character for Shadow Wings

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History is like a bloodstain. Peter Carey.
A historian, she understands the importance of knowing.

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She is cool and collective.

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She is one of the first citizens to receive a new transplant that allows her to see others' memories.

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Flannery O'Connor
What she discovers in one memory device changes her whole world.

<~>

hiking
Now she's out to tell the world.

<~>

That's all I have time for today.
Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: The Twelve Dancing Princesses

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The secret entrance inspiration

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This really reminds me of the story!

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Soldier inspiration.

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the outsider...
The littlest princess

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Dancing Princesses
What if the princesses' where not dancing freely, but because they had to?

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<3
Dancing. . .

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Finally, a beautiful ballet scene.

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Friday, July 4, 2014

Fireworks and Another Update

Happy Fourth of July!

This has been a very interesting Fourth, one that is full of. . . 
Slowness.

These past weeks have been busy.
I finally found a job.
A prologue and first chapter of my current Work In Progress was written and rewritten, critiqued, and another rewrite started.
I traveled down to Kansas and had a wonderful week at a writing workshop.
My sister and her husband came up and are currently visiting for a few days.

But everything seems to have happened slowly.

Maybe it's the long daylight hours of summer.
Maybe it's the fact that I'm getting older.
Who knows.

Anyways.
I do have a reason for writing up another blog post.

I have rewritten Shadow Wings' Synopsis.

I literally wrote it up about five minutes ago, and yes I'm too excited to keep it to myself.
It's not too long, which I'm happy about.
I really like how it sounds.
Then again I'm emotional and tired. 
Either way, here it is:

 Sometimes, in order to save today, you must unbury the past. Abigail Dimond, an ordinary historian, never thought that she'd have to become someone else in order to save today. Well, not literally, but the next closest thing. Through the use of a secret technology only recently revealed to the public, she now must work through the memories and feelings of a woman named Kallie Forbes and work against time to stop needless hatred and evil from spreading any farther.
In a time of micro smart computers and hovercrafts, she must return to the slower pace of the past in order to save many lives, including some that she's only met in someone else's memories.

I haven't really dug into Abigail as a character yet, but I'm in love with her already.
Bah.
I'm an Author.
Of course I'd be in love with her.
Oh well. . . 

Ask any questions, and I'll gladly answer!
Really, I will.
I really need help developing this more.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Dancing With Ink: Updates on What I'm Writing

Dancer

Finally, after thinking and pondering, I picked up my pen again last night.

I've added a scene to my first chapter of Gypsy Gift, making it officially seven pages by the time I typed it up.
As of now, it's up to eleven pages.

I'm officially adding a prologue as well.
That decision was made after pondering the pros and cons for hours.
But really, it was the only way that I could figure out the foreshadowing for a necessary piece of the story.
So a prologue there shall be.

I've almost brought the story up to seven thousand words, which is a big step forward for me.
Reaching the first ten thousand has always been a problem in the past. 

I'm hoping to add a few more characters as well.
The keep in the beginning seems too empty, and there should be some more conflict in the beginning.
Oh, it would also help demonstrate why some characters are the way they are.

I'm also working on planning a huge revision, as mentioned in a post already, to Shadow Wings.
I'm enlarging the original story is it will no longer include a sequel, and hopefully come out over all better.

Well, that's all for now.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Shadow Wings Revamp?

So, after leaving my first novel, Shadow Wings, alone for a *coughcough* while, I have finally looked at it again.

Let's just say that it is missing something.
As in, REALLY missing something.

The other day, while reading Jeff Gerke's book, The First Fifty Pages, I had an idea.

Why not change it a bit?

Well, that bit changed to 'a bit more', to 'okay, lets add even more'.

Now, I am not 100% solid on what I am going to be doing with it.
But in short, the original story that took me a whole summer to write up, is not nearly as big a part as I originally had it be.

Instead of having the original story the main part, I am adding a second story:
Remember Kallie Forbes, the main character for the original Shadow Wings? 
Her memories are now being explored in the future.

They will be used for. . . 

Something.

I am currently deciding on whether I want to make this into a courtroom story, or a government agency/spy story, or some other kind.
The courtroom story is not necessarily my style, but over half the book will be in Kallie's memories.
Government/spy stories, well, I have not ventured into that arena yet, so that one seems more intriguing to me right now.

Oh, and I am still deciding on whether or not Kallie lives.
Typical writer problems.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Audriana

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Audriana Vazquez, form: Black Panther

Audriana Vazquez, Mentor in Shadow Wings

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Something tells me that Audrianna would say something similar. <.<.


Kallie's trainer

*#*

...and that's who I am.

Age: 32

*#*



Her family has a heavy military background

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. . .

She was denied entrance into any military departments because she is a zoic.

*#*

The black panther, Audriana's form.

Her form: Black Panther

*#*



Mr. Atkins and Dr. Aceti found her and offered her the job of bodyguard, and then trainer.

*#*

That's a little background and information on one of my characters in Shadow Wings.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Books I Read as a Child
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As a Child, I was a bookworm (still am. . .)
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The Bobsey Twins at the Seashore by Laura Lee Hope,http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000J3MKJM/ref=cm_sw_r_pi_dp_bojltb1RACFNVWPK
I started off with the Bobsey Twins
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The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Then I read the Boxcar Children
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The Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. Rocked my world.
Then I was given the Chronicles of Narnia to read (and I devoured them 7 times plus)
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'The Hobbit', one of the very first fantasy book I ever read...
My mom read the Hobbit to me and my siblings
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Viking Quest Series by Lois Walfrid Johnson
I also was able to read the Viking Quest series by Lois Walfrid Johnson
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The Princess and the Goblin
But the one that finally entrenched my love for fantasy and fairy tales was when I found The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
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Those are only the ones from when I was about 8-9 until I was about 12.
Then I discovered the wonderful place known as a library.
I'll do a Pinspiration for that time after later!

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: A Cuppa Something Warm

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I See Book Plots - Mug. WANT ONE
Every Writer likes to drink something warm

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TARDIS Products
Whether it's Tea

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lovely paris coffee shop
Or Cofffee

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You will find us with it close by

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Some of the places to find us are at Coffee Shops, where Hot Drinks abound

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Tea and books ♥
Yet Writers are not the only ones who like Hot Drinks

^_^

Readers like them too.

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The Lord of the Rings Frodo Lives Mug
We are proud of our Hot Drinks and our Nerdiness

^_^

College is almost done!
Woohoo!

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Quotes on Sunday

School's almost over.
I wish I had something profound to say or show you, but I really don't.
As such, I searched on Pinterest for a good "writerly" quote.
This one I found to be pretty accurate, especially with the current story I'm writing,

I hope to be back in a few weeks!

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
~Toni Morrison

Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: This is Kallie
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Kallie
Kallie Forbes, age 19
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Kallie Rose Forbes
Black hair and blue eyes
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Staircase painted with a teal gradient
Favorite color, any shade of Blue
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tulle is always a yes.
Short, 5' 4"
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Step by step plastic wrap nails
Artistic
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...and that's who I am.
Afraid of certain insects
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Never wanted to be different
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Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy