Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Printhia's Kinds, Cont.; Mers

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In desperation to protect themselves and their families, the Mers traded their legs for fins.

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Beautiful sunset with a glowing path in the Black Sea

They took to the seas, oceans, and deltas,

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I love the webbing on the merman's arm.

Their are four groups that have the most renown in the Printhian world:

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Sevan Bicakci - Octopus Pearl Jewelry Sculpture

The swift, pearl harvesting Agul of the south.

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The mysterious, deep sea living Komchat, thought to be a myth, from the North,

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The bunnehs. O.O

The long and warrior like Uroshia.

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The clever and cunning Equita, who are always at odds with their cousins, the Nymphs.

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한복 hanbok, Korean traditional clothes

They kept their Mother Race's love for ornamentation and long hair.

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A Step of Faith: Beautiful Eyes

My next idea to share, is:

Beautiful Eyes (a Beauty and the Beast retelling)



I wanted to play around with the idea of giving both Belle and the Beast a curse to battle.
Then I decided to, well, flip the effects of the curses.
In essence, Belle is disfigured and the Beast is considered innocent.

This is an old idea, one that I played with in my mid-teen years.
After tossing the concepts around for a bit, I couldn't make much sense of how to make it work.
(In fact, I think that I might use it now in a different way then originally imagined.)


Here is what I had written on my story ideas document:

Twice Cursed.
Disgusted with the current thread of nobility, a Fae curses the daughter of a Duke; she'll forever long for human contact, but in the presence of a human she morphs painfully into a monster.
Unwanted by good society, a half-blood thief runs from the band that he had called home for years; with no where to turn in the metropolis, he turns to the legendary old haunted mansion.
Uncertain of what to do in his new prison, he embarks on a quest to end both of their pains.

So in essence, I tried to give the Beast a bigger and more important part in the story than what I grew up with.

Like I said, I like the idea still. . .
I just need to twist it just so that I can actually make it work.
Maybe a different genre?

I don't know.

Questions? Advice? Ideas? Anything is welcome! :)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Printhia's Kinds cont.; Water Elthian


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From the fourth Brother, came the Water Elthian.

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They drifted towards the watery places of Printhia.

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A young boy with home-made wooden goggles grasps the tail of a tawny nurse shark as it pulls him through the shallow waters of the South China Sea. The Bajau people of Sabah, Sulawesi, can free-dive up to 20 metres deep when hunting for fish, pearls and sea cucumbers on the sea-bed. Known as ‘sea gypsies’, the Bajau spend most of their lives at sea; when they free-dive, they can hold their breath for up to three minutes.

They were skilled fishermen and swimmers.

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Their women were known for their skills in dancing and diving.

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In time, they too developed their own sub-races.

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Photographer: Ela Wlodarczyk Designer: Isla Campbell Models: Jennifer Ivey and Adam De La Mare

The death defying, finned Mers,

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And the sweet tempered, mysterious Nymphs. 

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Sunday, June 14, 2015

A Step of Faith: A Palace of Words

After a lot of thinking, I've decided to start with the stories inspired by pictures and quotes I've collected on my computer.

First one up:

A Palace of Words (A Snow White Retelling)



There are many things that I've come to detest in Snow White retellings.

Many of them include:
1. Weird to really fast romance
2. Either really innocent or some odd combination of innocence and warrior princess
3. An overly trusting Snow White

I guess you can say that I don't read too much fairy tale retellings, but I can say that this is what has been bugging me personally.

So, like a lot of my stories end up becoming, I decided to try my own little spin.
(This story has had two different versions arise in the time that it has stewed in my noggin. . .)

Oh, my answers to the things I don't like. . .
1. Either somehow learn to make it realistic, or don't include it at all.
2. Where's the background reasoning behind everything? Turn her into a real character I can understand!
3. Similar to 2, but I'd probably also give her some common sense. . . 

Version 1:
  
(Snow) was a very sheltered princess/girl while growing up.
Her father pampered her.
Her step-mother was her closest confidant and friend.
But times have changed, with the rise of a great plague and the rumors that only spilled blood with end it.
Her father tried to bring this down with the help of the local priests, only for the step-mother to side with the priests and kill her husband.
This doesn't end the plague, and all eyes turn on the new found ruler, the queen.
Fearing the priesthood, she herself turns to the young woman who she had once adored, (Snow).
Unable to do the requested deed herself, she sends the girl out with some men who were told to do the deed.
The frightened girl escapes from these strange men, and eventually comes upon a small mountain village, starving and in need of help.
Taken in by the headman's family, she becomes dear to them, despite her useless knowledge and strange ways.
When a strange woman comes to their village, the plague quickly follows.
The queen has come to do the job herself.

Version 2:
The royals are dying out, and danger lies everywhere
When the queen dies, leaving the king with a little daughter as his heir, he remarries and sends his daughter to grow up with her wet nurse's family.
He keeps the knowledge of his daughter from his new bride, in the hopes that his daughter would become lost to the royal world.
After a short and barren marriage, he dies and leaves his kingdom to his queen.
History will not, however, forget his deed.
A group of young historians come to the queen, requesting information on the young princess, who would be reaching her time of eligibility soon.
Aghast at the news that her husband had a child, she sends out men to find the young woman.
By the turns of Fate, she was not found in her home, and the men retaliated by needlessly murdering her adopted family.
Frightened for her life, she escapes into the nearby forest and travels for weeks.
She eventually ends up in an enclosed University, where she is befriended and given work.
After years of searching, the queen finds her and slowly tries to befriend her.
After coming to a standstill in (Snow's) defenses, the queen decides that she must act.

I don't know the details, or all of the answers yet for these two versions.
For all that I know, I'll end up changing the name for one of them and just write two different stories!

Questions? Advice? Ideas? Anything is welcome. :)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Friday, June 12, 2015

A Step of Faith



So life is busy.
Work doesn't help with feeling like creating.
And time is very precious.

So. . .

I'm taking a step of faith and, trying to at least, start posting about some of my actual story ideas.
And updating the different ones on whether or not I actually work more on them.

Not what I thought about doing originally for this summer, but I hope that it'll keep me going.

Thank you to everyone who still looks at my blog.
I do have some Pinspiration posts still scheduled, I like doing those ahead of time. :)

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Writing Wednesday:Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Printhia's Kinds, cont.: The Humans

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The third Brother chose to remain as he was.

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His descendants migrated towards the rolling hills and rich farmland. 

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They became known as farmers and soldiers.

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Their women became known as herbalists and councilors.

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They were known amongst the other races as steadfast and loyal warriors.

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Their diversity in skills and mindset has enabled them to survive under harsh and diverse rulers.

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They are survivors, and as such they are considered the best at many things, including. . .

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Slavery.

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Spying.

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Shipwrecked.

And exploring.

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Keep on Writing

God Bless
SDG
Joy

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Printhia's Kinds, Cont.; Pixie

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Omo Valley, Ethiopia | ©Steven Goethals

From searching for beauty in their basic abilities, came the Pixies.

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Pixie?

They left the normal lives of the Earth Elthian to become nomads in the plains and safaris.

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There are four well known Pixie tribes.

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The Tor-Mel took to the desert oasis', trading and making glass for a living.

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The Tarzuuk took to the scrub lands, gold panning and herding for a living.

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Tribal

The Kastuu took to the mountainous deserts, mining and trading for a living.

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Afar tribal girl.

The Tar'ran wandered from place to place, taking their metallurgy skills with them to earn a living.

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They have kept their Mother Race's gregarious patriarchal communities and boisterous personalities.

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless,
SDG
Joy