Seasons

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

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: A Touch of Writing Hilarity

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

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*cough* *coughcough*

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A more painfully adorably true meme I have yet to see.

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So true it hurts.

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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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*cough* Shadow Wings *cough*

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

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless

SDG

Joy

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.

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“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.

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless,

SDG

Joy

Writing Wednesday: Pinspiration

This Week's Theme: Abigail Dimond

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Abigail Dimond, my new Main Character for Shadow Wings

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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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What she discovers in one memory device changes her whole world.

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Now she's out to tell the world.

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That's all I have time for today.

Keep on Writing!

God Bless,

SDG

Joy

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 littlest princess

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

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Dancing. . .

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Finally, a beautiful ballet scene.

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Keep on Writing!

God Bless

SDG

Joy

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

Dancing With Ink: Updates on What I'm Writing

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