My Final Haven

Breaking News - Helen Falls back from the dead.

2009-12-01T20:03:53Z

Malady
YA Steampunk

Malady Moore didn’t believe in fairy tales, which was a curious fact, considering how closely her life resembled one.

It was the happily-ever-afters that bothered her. In the stories no matter what hardships fell upon the heroine, you could always count on a fairy godmother, or a woodcutter, or at the very least, a magic pumpkin to save the day. A handsome prince would always fight his way to the very top of the highest tower and break the princess’s curse with a kiss. Malady had been living with her curse her whole life, and had long since given up on the idea of a prince coming to rescue her.

Malady Moore is living under a curse. Her touch will bring death to everyone she loves. Hidden away in a lonely country house, Malady dreams of a prince who will rescue her. But when her father, the legendary demon hunter goes missing, Malady knows she’s the only one who can save him.

Setting out to London, where airships float through the skies and demons stalk the streets, Malady searches for the truth behind her father’s disappearance. There she meets Riot Knox, a half demon and member of the mysterious Night Watch. Riot’s fiery, reckless, ill tempered and bad-mannered. So why does she find him so entrancing? She can’t risk falling in love, but can she resist?

Half Sick of Shadows

2009-04-19T18:56:11Z

Okay time to stop being an idiot and get on with the work. My Saturn Return could come anytime!! @_@ Umm yeh.. so... redrafting... I wish I could say it was going well, right now it isn't really going at all... but heh... >.> hopefully next time I post I will have better news. I have until June 1st to redraft it so I can get a free proof copy from the nice people at Createspace.

After that I'm going to look for an agent... I think... no I will... @_@

Anyway I don't really have all that much to say, except that I never posted about our new kitty, Artemis, or Arty as she is usually referred to. She's another little stray that came to us during a hail storm and is now part of the family. She was extremely hard to litter train, and had a pretty iffy tummy too which led to smell... but it was worth it cause check out the cuteness...

Fal x

I live...

2009-04-15T13:19:15Z

I did warn you when I started this journal that I am really really bad at updating things. >.> Take this entry as proof that I'm not in fact dead. XDXD So yeh, I've had writers block for what seems like since last July, though it's getting better but I'm still pretty unfocused. I have a lot of ideas but pinning them down to work on one project is pretty hard. So I decided to kind of just let them flow and write down what I can get. Working on a lot of stuff at once isn't very productive, but having ideas kind of seems like half the battle.

I made a folder for these Fragments and am currently sifting through them to try and find what I should work on lol. To be honest I think my first duty really should be to finally redraft Whispers of the Dark. I have ideas for what needs to change, but actually doing it is another thing. I really don't know what the problem is. Meh.

Okay my current mood seems pretty low, but I really don't think very much of that is to do with my own writing, so don't take this post all that seriously lol. Nah the thing that's really getting me down is Ann Rice, odd as that seems. I don't know if I've mentioned it in the past, but I am a pretty huge Lestat fan. He's one of the most vibrant, complex, and passionate characters in existence. Learning that his creator has converted to christianity and turned her back on him completely makes me feel rather sickened. I know this is kind of a weird thing to get upset about. Still I don't know, it really bothers me... I kind of feel like he's dead, which makes me sad. Meh.

Yes so anyway this was a pretty depressing entry.... lol..

I'll post later and not be so down, promise.

O.O''

2008-07-04T11:40:07Z

Whoops forgot to update O.O''' hahaha sorry peoples...

Well Lyndz and I have started out first ever July Write-aThon... which is basicly NaNo... in July. lol. Matt is also joining us. I'm working on Beyond Electric Dreams... my vampire story..

Today I have written this...

James shut the bathroom door and turned the key in the lock. He couldn’t get Robyn out of his head.

SUDDENLY! The world exploded into a cloud of powdery vapour, spreading across space like fairy dust. The Tardis appeared in the cloud and the door opened. The Doctor looked out at the remains of Earth and frowned.

“Too late.” He said with regret, then shrugged and zoomed off to find another planet on which to buy hair gel.

In the midst of the chaos, Tori Amos remained alone, standing upon a rock, suckling a baby pig.

The End

Yeah... it's not really going so well...

._.

Fallyn xXx

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Google Tag

2008-06-03T19:58:41Z

Q: Type in "[your name] needs" in the Google search.
A: Helen needs a cookie. (lmao yes yes I do!!!)

Q: Type in "[your name] looks like" in Google search.
A: Helen looks nothing like a horse! (*dies*)

Q: Type in "[your name] says" in Google search.
A: Helen says she is meeting her publisher the next day in Richmond. (I am??? *-*)

Q: Type in "[your name] wants" in Google search.
A: Helen wants to ban this. (it IS too much fun)

Q: Type in "[your name] does" in Google search.
A: Helen Does Halo. (do I? Am I good at it?)

Q: Type in "[your name] hates" in Google search.
A: Helen HATES television! (lol! well... I wouldn't say hate but...)

Q: Type in "[your name] asks" in Google search.
A: Helen asks should men marry? (lmfao if they like?)

Q: Type in "[your name] goes" in Google search.
A: Helen goes to Broadway. (oh noes >_<)

Q: Type in "[your name] likes " in Google search.
A: Helen likes to meet new Chinese friends and shop. (no comment o.o)

Q: Type in "[your name] eats " in Google search.
A: HELEN EATS HER NOODLES. (now that's just really creepy!)

Q: Type in "[your name] wears " in Google search.
A: Helen wears a simple corset and petticoat. (o.O''' is that all?)

Q: Type in "[your name] was arrested for" in Google Search.
A: Helen was arrested, for carrying material which could be utilised in an arson attack. (I was framed I swear!!! T_T)

Lmao!!! That's just awesome. I tag everyone who reads this. Go my pretties!!!

Fal x

Beyond Electric Dreams

2008-05-25T00:15:15Z

Okay, not dead. Lol. Sorry. I just realised I hadn't posted in a week so I thought I better. :) Not much has really been happening. I've been working on my new creative writing forum My Final Haven.

I've also been working on Beyond Electric Dreams. Seriously I'm on fire O.O''' I started plotting yesterday, scene by scene in my notebook. I'm now on scene 25 and things seem to be flowing quite well. I have three main view point characters, each with their own plotline, so its just kind of cutting back an forth between them. The plot lines are connected though. Lyndz is reading the plan every now and again as I go along and she says the pacing is good. :) *happy*

I very much like my characters, although they haven't really come to life yet, and won't until I start writing properly. However they're already arguing with me and making demands on the plot, which is a good sign. ^^

Oh also I have a new idea for a story which was provided by an offhand comment of Matt's. lol. It's really taking off, I know loads about the main female character (Megan). She's extremely talkative. XD lol. I know less about the main male character (Li) not because he doesn't talk, but because he doesn't speak English. Lmao.

I bet any non-writers (and even some of the writers) reading this think I'm crazy for the whole talking characters bit. lol.

Oh the naming issue has finally be resolved. Kyle has been renamed James after my Granda, since the main female character from WotD (Mollie) was named after my Nanny. Punk guy is called Corey, and has developed a huge amount of personality, he's also randomly half asian lol, which he just decided to tell me. The third view point character is named Robyn Hart, yes a girl! yay! lol. ^^

I should probably mention that I've decided Rain of Gold is going to be my NaNo novel this year, so that's why its taken the back burner. It'll be nice to have the frame of the original story to work from, though I'm going to bend it into something that's my own. :)

Not much else happening really... so I shall mosey along and continue with my plotting. Hee hee ^^

Fal x

Msn is a bitch. >.>

2008-05-14T16:15:55Z

Hello, it is me! I am not infact dead but I am feeling rather buried at this second in time. Spring seems to have finally sprung and the warm weather and sunshine is here. Mostly I like this, but I do feel the need to hide from the sun as much as possible.

I'm over halfway through Blood, Glass, and Sugar and adoring it. Love the characters, especially Auran (wait, had you already guessed that one?) . I do like editing other peoples work. I enjoy editing very much but editing my own work can be depressing. I never seem to know how to fix my own work. But hopefully Lyndz and Mum will catch the biggest problems in WotD for me. No pressure. :P

Umm what else? Well Sport's Day is approaching, AHHHH!!! Someday I will rename this to 'Headache Day'. It's the most evil, crazy day of the year and I'm watching the clock tick down with incredible amounts of dread. I'd dearly love to go on strike, but I'm needed so I won't. lol.

New Projects (yes, I finished one so I'm adding two more. lmao.)

Rain of Gold YA Mythological Fantasy?

My retelling of the myth of Perseus. I'm very excited about this one, obviously its pretty easy to plot since I already have the bones there to work from. Of course I am doing my best to remaster it into something original, while still following the vague thread of the original story. Planning wise, hmm.. I've planned the prologue and the first chapter (though im not too sure about it) and I know pretty much were I'm going with the next chunk of story. ^_^

Beyond Electric Dreams YA Urban Fantasy

I do not want to be thinking about this story right now, but it won't leave me alone. >_< So I shall give a brief summery. Beyond Electric Dreams is about a punk band of the same name, and vampires. You heard me. >.> Two of the main characters are background characters that have very very small parts in Lyndsay's Blood, Glass and Sugar. They are as follows...

“Evie, where have you been?” He asked, glaring at the drunken boys as they weaved past.

“Sir.” One of them nodded, tipping an imaginary hat and attempting a casual smile. They stopped a few yards up and that same boy heaved loudly into a trashcan.

*point up* this is Kyle Reid.

There were a myriad of strange looking people in the cavern, but they still stared at Auran as they passed. A boy with long green plaits, wearing the chunkiest black shoes Bran had seen, almost walked into a post because he couldn’t tear his eyes off the glamoured faerie. Auran didn’t seem to notice the attention he was getting.

And this is Punk Guy. Punk Guy and I had an arguement earlier that went something like this....

punk guy - I want a name
me- buzz off, I'm busy right now >.>
punk guy - how come Kyle gets a name?
me - because, he just does, such is life. Now sit quietly in the back of my head until I have time for you.
punk guy - if I make a lot of noise you'll be forced to MAKE time for me...
me - ..........-_-

He has a point....

Fal x

Mean Muse...

2008-05-06T21:47:41Z

Okay, I wrote down my notes for the stuff I want to add and chage to Whispers of the Dark when I redraft. I now have to try to put the whole thing out of my head until its time to do said redrafting. Mum's going to print out a copy of this draft and read it through for mistakes. Then Lyndz is going to read and look for the more important mistakes. lol.

I'm also getting a copy of Blood, Glass and Sugar to read and correct, really looking forward to that. I very much enjoyed having it read out as it was written, I can't wait to have the whole thing in my hands to read. Auran = yum. hahaha.

So it would be nice to have a break, watch some Sonic X, lazy about scratching myself, naked, no, naked from the waist down to emphasize my nakidity. But no, here I sit doing research for Perseus and trying to think of a title that isn't Perseus. >.>

I have counted up my money carefully, and I'm pretty sure I can afford a poetic license. (lmao) Obviously I will get crazy people chasing me with sticks, telling me my facts are wrong, and Dictys didn't have a son, etc etc, but hey - I run pretty fast. And Lyndz will beat them off for me.

Fal x

I'm done O.O

2008-05-05T16:20:14Z

Yes. I am O.O The first draft of Whispers of the Dark is actually finished. I feel rather numb if I'm honest. There was no jubilation, more like quiet resignation. I've come to the conclusion that this is because, unlike with Crimsin, this time I know how much work I need to do before I finish. *cries*

Still this is a happy time. ^^ I feel happier now than I did when I actually finished, lol. So I think it needs to sink in. Lyndz is moments away from finishing Blood, Glass and Sugar. XD I'm so excited. Auran is the hot. I'd do him. >.>

So. Yay! YAY!!! \o/

Fal x

Gambarreeeeee!!!!

2008-05-04T14:07:11Z

Well I thought I would use the lull between scenes to post. >.> This will be my first post this month, see what I mean about being forgetful. Still out of all my journals this one has probably been updated the most. ^^

Um so… what’s been happening? Well I have had many headaches, due to the storm charged air, and have spent a lot more time sleeping than I care to admit. I hate being sensitive to atmosphere, it’s a pain in the ass. Also painkillers don’t really do anything for the headaches. ._. But oh well, I’ll just have to live with it lol. Maybe some day move somewhere with less storms. >.>

Umm so, I have had sushi AND chow mein this week. ^^ possibly my two favourite things to eat. Also Takeshi sent a bunch of stuff from Japan for me and Lyndz. I got much Final Fantasy stuff and am overjoyed. :)

Here are some rather blurry pictures. How awesome are these???

Well I also have good news about WotD. It IS moving, very very slowly, but it’s moving towards the finish line. If I work hard I can still get this draft finished by my self imposed deadline of Monday night. Sadly I don’t think it will feel finished due to all the work I’m going to have to do to redraft. I already know I need to add at least another 10,000 words at the start. Damn Julian and Mollie and their need for character development. Lol.

I did finish one scene this morning and write another (though it was a short scene). This leaves two more scenes and the epilogue. :) I can do it right? RIGHT????

Fal x

Whoo O.O

2008-04-28T22:32:52Z

Okay so I have indeed managed to complete the two half finished scenes that were giving me so much trouble. According to Lyndz and Matt I might have even managed to do it well. >.> Anyways it's done and that's all that matters. lol.

So that leaves a romantic scene, and back to the POV of my main female character after not seeing her for far too many scenes. (I will worry about that in the redraft dammit!!! The redraft!!!!) Then the ending, split between two POVs so I will class that as two scenes. Then the Epilgue and set up for the second novel. (the idea of which gives me nightmares.)

So that's four scenes? >.>'' Today is Monday, I want it done by next Monday. <.<'

I'm so tired. T_T

Fal x

Procrastination

2008-04-27T09:39:44Z

procrastination \proh-cras-tuh-NAY-shuhn\, noun:
1. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.

transitive verb:
1. To postpone or delay needlessly

>.> um yeh that would be me. All of the above. Alright so I have been working on WotD. I have a bunch of words I didn't have before. I'm further into the fight between my main protagonist and my antagonist. I've also shot my favourite character in the back and am in the midst of showing that she/he can't be healed by normal magic. I'm wondering if it's too far fetched for my reason for this to be that you can't heal someone magically if it's their time to die, because of the Fates (who get to be murdered in November if I decide to go with Fateless for NaNo).

So not so much 5 scenes to go anymore... I've written part of two of them now.. so it's more like three full scenes and two halves? lol. Although it will be very tricky to force myself not to start redrafting. Irritatingly I know exactly what needs done right now. So I'll make notes and put them away with my finished manuscript. What I will do is print out a copy and give one to Lyndz and one to my Mum to see if they can get most of the mistakes, and tell me when things have gone funky. >.>

I'm posting early today to try and get my procrastination out of the way and get to writing. Hopefully before bed I will beable to return and announce I have finished AT LEAST one of the half finished scenes. I hope I'll get more done. >.>

Laters
Fal x

Does anybody really know the secret?

2008-04-23T18:14:04Z

It's been a week since I posted. O.O Bad Helen. Gomen nasaiiiiiii ._. My excuse is for the first few days I was distracted and for the last few my mood has been what could quite happily be described as 'emo black' . However I feel better now and I'm not going to go into that stuff. Things are going to be okay, because I say so and I have power over those sorts of things.

I have had a nasty on and off headache. I'm actually just up from a nap, slept for about three hours there. lol. I am very confused now. XD

Okay, well Lyndz and Matt and I went shopping on Saturday which was most amusing. We took a lot of photos but I'm going to leave it to Lyndz to post the photo blog, she's better that them. lol. I will just post this, because love... just love...

I am over-joyed. And yes, I'm also wearing my writing hat in Forbidden Planet. lol.

Okay I don't want to make this post too long because it's distracting me from writing. And I really need to get some writing done. Just wanted to mention (mostly as a reminder to myself) my two new story ideas.

Okay well one of them isn't really mine per say, but I am planning on writing a YA novelisation of the story of Perseus. He's my favourite of the greek heroes and I've loved him since I first learnt about him in P6. I was struck on the train to Belfast yesterday with a deep desire to tell his story. Random I know, but I think it could work. I'll update about this when I've given it more thought. (Which I promise myself will be AFTER I finish WotD AFTER DAMMIT!!!)

Second idea is set during (or rather starts with) the Great Fire of London. I know almost nothing except that the main character is a street boy who finds a salamander, and that it's the Salamander that causes the fire to start. I'm not sure what the rest of the story is going to be about, but I shall have to research London in 1666.

In other news, my eye itches. But I shall bid you fairwell. :P

Fal x

T_T

2008-04-15T20:00:14Z

I have a sore head and I am very tired. Weep for me my friends. lol. Dunno why I'm so drained, but coffee doesnt seem to be keeping it at bay much. I feel extremely creative, but too tried to actually work on anything, the very thought of writing makes me feel even more exhausted. >_< This is never a good sign. I have a very odd headache so perhaps I'm coming down with something. Which isnt good because I don't want to take anymore days off work. lol.

I feel asleep on mums sofa and missed half of Doctor Who *pissed off by this fact*. I'm such a geek. XD

Due to my current state of ill health i shall cut this post short. lol. I think I bed will follow shortly.

Fal x

Randomness...

2008-04-13T14:58:40Z

Okay so apparently having new hair makes me forget to update. XD Note to self: I need a new hair dryer and GHD straighteners, which will be exprensive but worth it in the end if I can feel good enough about myself to take pictures. My mum didn't hate my hair as much as I thought she would. lol. But she did say she prefered my curls. Thing is though I havent had nice curls since I was about 11. People with straight/wavy hair really dont understand what its like to be born with naturally curly (and the kiss of death ~ frizzy) hair. It's a nightmare, and yeh I do like curls, but they only look good if you wash your hair every single morning, in my case let the hair dry naturally, then fight with it for maybe an hour and a half. So you go out, you have pretty curls, its all good, then a little something called weather happens, rain, wind, dry heat - whatever - same effect, I wind up looking like Tina Turner in the 80s.

Alright another note to self - stop writing posts about my hair >.>

So what have I been up to? Hmm ^^ well Friday night Lyndsay, Danny, Hannah and I went to the cinema to see Spiderwick for the second time. If you haven't seen the film and want to..

Spoiler Warning I have to say I enjoyed the movie, although they cut a lot out, but hey, that's what happens. The childrens acting was fantastic, especially Freddie Highmore who played Jared/Simon. It was very odd to see an american accent coming out of his mouth though, but he did it very well. Sadly the older actors bad acting skills were only highlighted by how good the children were. In particular Arthur Spiderwick, who seemed to have just escaped from acting school despite his 91 tv and film appearences listed on IMDB. The ending (after the fight with Mulgarath) made me laugh outloud. Not only did they miss the deeper meaning (Arthur choosing to let go and turn to dust) it was just pure and rather smelly cheese, while Jared, Simon and Mallory (the main characters) kind of stand about in the background. Hogsqueal was very different in the movie vs the book, but it worked well so I won't complain about that. The only thing that really annoyed me was the changes to Tony DeTerlizzi's creature designs. I think they really should have left them as they appear in his original artwork. They wouldn't have messed with something created by Brian Froud, so why redesign Tony's work? Mulgarath in particular, to me at least, didn't look right. He wasn't big or scary enough. (I also though his voice sucked, he sounded more like a cab driver than an ogre half the time). While looking up pictures today I also saw (as I should have guessed) that they have re-released the book with images from the film on the front. This isn't anything particularly shocking as they generally always do this, however in this case it pisses me off because the original cover art was drawn by the co-creator and his artwork is just as important to the story as Holly's writing. Still I guess if Tony and Holly get paid it doesn't really matter in the end. They deserve the fame. End Spoilers

After the movie we had chinese, introduced Hannah to Isis and took amusing pictures of ourselves on Lyndsay's Mac. Like this one....

Scary ne?

Then we went and met Hannah's cat, which was incredibly cute. :)

Yesterday I got up and went to help my mum with the flat and also finally brought my bearded dragon Yohji home. He's such a cutie, I missed him very much and its really funny watching Isis and him interact, as can be seen here.

After that Matt came over and the three of us had had a writer's party. I managed to get the battle between Malik and Julian started at least, but its extremely hard. :( I'm really not very good at writing battle scenes, and magical battle scenes... gah de gah. >_< stupid mages!!! stupid angels!!! stupid stupid stupid! -_-

I also had the disturbing experience of seeing the pilot of the American remake of Red Dwarf. WTF? The only thing I can say is... why? o.O''' Why do something like that? Did we remake Friends or Cheers with British actors? No. Why not? Because it's stupid. I hope the remake of Spaced is never made... I really do.. I still don't understand how they can remake a show without the consent of the creators. It shouldn't be allowed, and Simon Pegg and Co should beable to sue. >_<

I'm sure I had more to tell, but I forget... >.>'''

Fal x

Hair

2008-04-11T14:28:25Z

Well I finally got my hair done, after at least 14 years of hating it. I didn't even realise how much my hair actually depressed me until they made it pretty and I cried o.O lol. So its now chemicaly straightened and I can't get it wet or tie it back for 48 hours. Of course I'm panicing that this will somehow happen.

Check it out.

I got the angles!!! EmoMySpace here I come. <3

Fal x

OMG O.O

2008-04-09T16:02:17Z

I didn't post yesterday!!! Crap!! Dammit!!! >_< although... I COULD fake a post from yesterday.. but that is both silly and slightly OCD. XD So I won't, instead I will post for today.

So yesterday I spent many many hours working on a character design drawing of my protagonist for the project I'm collabing with Greg and Lyndz on (it only took us... what six years to start working on it? XD). Then I decided that the eyes on the picture terrified me. XD

Nothing else of extreme interest happened yesterday. Lyndz went to stay at home and I went to bed 'early' after freaking the hell out of myself. I often do this, I'm very easy to freak out, since I have a scarily overactive imagination. I also think of the worst possible things (thinking nice stuff when im freaked out NEVER works, I think of monsters). I'm 25 years old and when I'm alone in the house I still sleep with the hall light on. Lmao. You'd think I'd be embarrased to admit this. ^^

I go to put the chain on the door, and find myself staring at the gap between the blinds that cover the window and the thin strip of outside darkness and think 'God... wouldn't it be scary if there was something on the other side of the door, staring in at my through that gap?' In that thought I also got an image, of something with yellow eyes and saliva dripping from fangs and dark corse fur and claws that shone black in the moonlight. Werebear?? O_O!!! *heart starts pounding, runs like fuck up the stairs to snuggle the kitty cat*

I swear to god, I think I have been scared of someONE breaking into the house one time in my whole life. I spend the rest of the time worrying about the 'things'. I remember once when I was around 9 or 10 asking my dad if grownups stopped being scared of things that weren't real. He thought for a long moment, then he told me that grownups still got scared, they just knew better so it wasn't so bad. He was right about that. lol.

This morning I slept in. >_< I woke up at 9am holding my alarm in my hand several inches from my face. It was blaring out Chop Suey by System of a Down at an incredible volume. Somehow I had been sleeping through it since it initally went off at 7am. -_- How I'm really not sure, except I do remember there being a radio playing in my dream. lmao.

I managed to get a lift into work from Dad arriving an hour late, and Sandra (the teacher I'm assistant to) just laughed at me and said 'well you must have needed the rest, go get a cup of coffee.' I'm so glad I have an understanding boss. lmao.

There was more I had to tell.. but I forget what it was, so I shall shoot along and have some coffee, then test of my Sonic X dvds that arrived this morning. XD Yay!!! Sonic (the japanese verison, not the stupid dub with all the blood and swearing cut out) rocks!!! XD

Fal x

Cold... so cold I is...

2008-04-07T15:00:15Z

So I got up this morning and I got dressed, then I looked at my gloves and thought 'don't be daft, it's April'. This was obviously the voice of madness. The voice of madness ignored the act that it snowed yesterday. -_- So basically I was freezing all day!!! Brr! still haven't actually thawed out.

Forgive my typing, I'm at my mums and her laptop keyboard is screwed XD and my fingers are kinda frozen.

Anyway just a quick update, mainly because I wanted to show this.

Yes that's me and Lyndz XD. I'm not sure exactly what we're wearing, but it's proof we really have known each other 'forever'. lol. How many friends can look back through family photos and find snaps like this? XD

Fal x

Writing Hats

2008-04-06T18:07:57Z

I can't exactly remember when I came upon the idea of wearing a hat while I write. Probably in one of the various writing books I have read over the years. Regardless of where I got the idea, I find it works rather well. I like my hat very much and it does help me to focus. My Inner Editor thinks the hat is stupid and stalks off in disgust, the muse has realised that it means I want him. XD

My hat is pin-striped and has a skull on the side. It makes me feel like a pirate ganster.. >.> How can this fail to amuse?

Lyndsay's writing hat is more elegant... as you can see...

I decided to ask my fellow writers about their choice of headwear. >.> But only got as far as Greg. XD

Me - do you have a writing hat?

Greg - i do not, i feel somehow deprived.

Me - you need one!

Greg - do *YOU* have one?

Me - yes I am wearing it now XD and im about to post about it

Greg - I suck.

Me - i love my hat XD

Greg - fuck your hat. fuck it in the ear.

His last comment made me choke on my hot chocolate. XD

Also cool noteworthy news is I recently posted on the journal of a published author who's work I admired, and not only did he reply but he wished me good luck with my own writing. Which was very sweet. Great writer AND a cool person. XD I feel slightly star-struck. lol.

Also I get to stalk Cassandra Clare and Holly Black!!! (love) Now... all I need to do is get Garth Nix on here and I can stalk ALL my favourite authors. Its cool that writers are just regular people... with blogs, who reply when you comment if they have the chance. Of course deep down I did always know this but having concrete proof makes me feel very good about the world. XD

Yes I am hyper >.> I just drank hot chocolate with major amounts of sugar. XD I go back to work tomorrow ^^ looking forward to it but not looking forward to getting up at 7 >_< gah. Oh well I'm sure I'll manage it ^^

Fal x

Hrn...

2008-04-05T23:52:35Z

Alright well... I did finish the chapter after all, but it didn't need that much work so I'm not actually that proud of myself. lol. Mostly today we tidied and our living room and kitchen now look very nice indeed.

Also noteworthy... Lyndsay served me hot chocolate while wearing her tophat and also cleaned the drinks machine with her armpit. Lyndsay finds my recapping of the situation unfair, but she is free to comment with her side to the story.

Also, I have proof my cat (Isis) really hates it when I write. I will show you the proof. (These pictures were taken during NaNo last year)

Yes that is my notebook she's lying on. Check out the expression of pure depression.

I am unsure how I feel about chapter two of Crimsin, it's a bit meh, but as first chapters go it reasonable enough for a first draft. ^^ Better just to try and get on with the damn thing lol.

Well since it is 1am and I am fixing my sleeping pattern I shall bid you all good night.

Determination

2008-04-05T10:57:29Z

Well it is a bright new day. Sunny too, which always helps even though I hide behind the curtains. For some reason knowing the sun is shining outside, even though I'm not looking at it, always makes me feel wayyyyy more positive. Also the glorious coffee machine my Dad bought Lyndz and I is now working and making yummy coffee.

My stomach feels very odd, probably because I ate chocolate at 6am before sleeping >.>''' I have had less than 6 hours sleep but my sleeping pattern has to be fixed in the next two days so I can go back to work on Monday. Most people hate going back to work, I'm quite looking forward to it. As always when I'm off, I miss my kids. Like the sun they also make me happy.

Today I am feeling determined with regards to my writing. DETERMINED I say. I will finish the second chapter of Crimsin, its dragging tooooooooo long.

Of course I am writing everything long hand in a note book, but that's because I can never focus to write (other than things like blogs and RP posts) on my laptop. I have no idea why. But when it comes to novel writing I'm a PC sort of girl. I suspect its got something to do with the screen and the keyboard. Oh well, it gives me a chance to redraft and fix mistakes as I type, which in the long run means that the first draft should be cleaner if I'm writing it all by hand. In theory anyways. lol.

So I shall run along. Update laterrrrrr...

Fal x

Blah

2008-04-05T00:42:09Z

It's late. And I'm tired.... and I have written NOTHING. Zip, nada, zero. -_- Except these words of course, and the quote from the Star Wars novel I posted earlier. The simple fact that the novel in question was published gives me hope. At the very very least I know that no matter now much shit I write, no matter how low I feel... I will never describe my characters as being in any way similiar to a camel, drunken or otherwise.

It's been a bit of an up and down sort of day. The world is a shitty place, and most people are shitty, and they upset the non-shitty awesome people, and piss me off in the process. -_- What did I say about not posting bad stuff. Ah yes. I do believe venting is important, but I also know that for me going too deeply into shit is often the dark spiral down. I know there's bad stuff deep down in the ocean, but it doesn't mean I have to go swimming in it. I'm happy in my boat thanks. I'm Captain here. -_-

Blah blah blah blah -_-

I was going to go on to write an amusing parody of a certain insanely and undeservingly (in my opinion) popular vampire romance series. But I'm not really in the mood for that right now. It will follow soon, I promise. <3

Fal x

>>'

2008-04-04T15:34:45Z

Luke lurched like a drunken camel....

Because I should never forget that.. not ever....

Up to date...

2008-04-03T14:30:00Z

Well.. there... I've recapped things nicely. lol. So now I'm done looking backwards, how about looking forwards eh? Not something I'm good at, I do so love my bubble. But anyways. Right now.

Right now I am tired, and worried. Neither of these things are good, but I shall try not to post negative stuff. I'm a glass half full sort of lady, and right now my glass is half full of coffee... Okay a quarter full... and its cold coffee. lol. Also I am COVERED in cat hair.

News, my video camera has arrived!!! XD So expect to see videos and pictures soon. We'll all be Pretty.... Like Death!!! You'll seee... you'll alllllll seeeeee!!!1111111one.

So current projects -

Whispers of the Dark (solo)

Victorian YA Horror Fantasy

Nope, still not finished. In good news though I read through (skimmed more like) most of it, and I have to see I liked what I was reading. I love my characters, and some parts really made me giggle. I doubt they'll make anyone else giggle >.> I have a very odd sense of humour, but no matter. My dialogue is actually good o.O which amazes me, I seem to have gotten better, though working on Crimsin now I'm not seeing this skill continue... but whatever. I am still five scenes from the ending -_- but I want to finish it, so I will, just not right now. Maybe between Crimsin somewhere.

Crimsin (Co-written with Lyndz)

YA Fantasy

:) My one true love. ^_^ She's finally been restarted and she's looking great. I'm very excited. Of course starting is never easy and I'm more interested in the things that happen later. lol. I'm loving the relationship between the brothers Briar and Thorn in my chapter so far, and Lyndz's writing is an otherworldly dream you don't want to wake up from. Flawless as always. Well maybe not flawless lol, first drafts never are, beautiful is probably more what I'm looking for. I adore Crimsin (the character) I do. It's not odd for me to have great affection for my protagonists of course (I generally have great affection for everyone involved even when they don't deserve it.) but Crimsin has a special place in my heart. I think she always will have. I want to hug her <3 though I doubt she'd let me. lol. Also things seem to make more sense this time around, but I guess it would considering how long we've been working on this. lol. The plot is looking in better shape, vague as it is at this point. There looks to be two sequels on the horizon. AT LEAST. lol. One being Kaylas and the other.... urban SCI FI Fantasy? Muhaahaah! ^^ I will say nothing else.

LORE (Co-written with Lyndz)

YA Urban Fantasy

For some reason that title always looks better in capitals. lol. Anyway. My poor neglected darling. This project got quite far along before it took a back seat to NaNo lol. But we'd burned out before that so it wasn't really NaNo's fault. Well when Lyndz and I read it over recently we discovered its good. :) The plot was just wrong, but we're working towards fixing that. in Lyndsay's words 'wow all the characters are great.' Fantastic, best possible thing we could have discovered. :) If the characters are good enough any novel can be saved ^^

Other projects on the burner...

Shattered Illusions (to be Co-Written with my brother Dark)

YA/Teenage Fantasy

I don't have my notes on it here as they are at Dads. But I'll say our ideas are good and fun. The story will probably be a total giggle fest, since Dark is one of the most amusing people I know. ^^

Fateless (Solo)

My project for next NaNo. Inspired by a poem Lyndsay wrote, which I would quote if I wasn't worried I'd mess it up. 'Fateless we wander under black sky/Fateless forever never goodbye.' It's working on the vague idea of someone killing the Fates, so no one can die. >.>' okay that sounds odd. But oh well. lol.

In other news, I had a very very odd dream..

In it Lyndsay and I lived in a mansion, and I was being stalked... by Billy Zain (may have mispelt his name, but Cal from Titanic). I had to put a restraining order on him... however!!!!! Crafty Billy could turn himself into a black cat. Yes you heard me. So Lyndsay left me alone in the house and he tried to break in!!!!!111 In cat form. This sounds beyond stupid but I was terrfied lmao. Turned out Lyndsay was dating the bugger and he HAD A KEY!!! Lol. So I had locked myself in the living room was was trying to call the police but I kept pressing 99*9 instead of 999 and also dropping the phone. At which point Billy burst through the door and I was woken by the noise, which was actually the post man delivering letters for the people who used to live here. Lmao. So if anyone can offfer a meaning for this dream I'd love to hear it.

Well I need more coffee as my cup is now full of nothing. lol.

See Ya
Fal x

Reposted from my IJ :)

2008-04-03T13:52:50Z

Because November amused me incredibly... so here's the overview of my first NaNoWriMo...

Crimsin

10/31/07 11:37 am

Why is it that as 1st Nov draws closer and closer, and it's almost time to begin writing Whispers of the Dark, I'm getting more and more flashes of inspiration...about CRIMSIN. *whaps muse* WRONG BOOK DUMBASS -_- Seriously.. as hot as the new verison of Thorn is, now is not the time.

As it turns out though I'm falling more and more in love with Briar, Thorn's younger brother. He's such a cutie pie. This of course paves the way to toughen Thorn up. I mourn the loss of Kala.. but hey... cute she might have been but she served no plot purpose and was a dead weight most of the time. I love her design but I can always stick her in somewhere else. I was planning on totally rewriting her anyways.

But back on track... am I ready to begin writing WotD? Yeh probably.. it's looking like it's going to be a trilogy.. what a surprise. The way the first book ends anyways. I also saw the very end of the second book in one of those lovely flashes of perfect clarity. I'm not sure if a non-writer could understand that. Basicly it's like seeing things on a tv screen. So basicly.. the way the second book ends things still aren't wrapped up. ^^

On another note in all my flashes into my various stories lately everyone is speaking japanese with subs. This is a sure sign that I have been watching too much anime.

So so... 12 hours before NaNoWriMo starts. ^^ *super excited* I'm really looking forward to more of Lyndsay's story 'Blood, Glass and Poison' I think that's what she changed the name too, it was 'Blood, Glass and Sugar' either way it's pretty cool. Also Matt's 'Penance' and Dan's 'Dark Awakening'. I'm not sure what Danni's working title is.. but I'll find out tomorrow.. and Greg's if he's really going to do it.. which I hope he is.

Other things occupying my brain

LORE - the block I have on that will ease as SOON as I start writing WotD tonight, I bet all the tea I posess.

Shatter Illusions - Not quite ready to be written yet.. but I do like my main character Kelsie. She's cute. Also for the record the name Dan decided upon was Ridley.

Well I went and got food... now I'm not actually hungry anymore >.> isn't that just typical? Still maybe I should try to eat it... or at least zone out and try thinking about my plot. *sighs*

Sayonara Hel x

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: Up is Down - PotC At World's End OST
Current Mood: bouncy

Whispers of the Dark

10/31/07 03:51 pm

Eh okay... starting to feel kinda nervous about my plot >.>' but I suppose thats normal since I still haven't worked out exactly what my protagonists will be fighting. Can I complete this much work in 30 days? eh.. I hope so? o.o''' so I guess I should go work on the plot.. that would probably be a good idea. There's been some mention of super noodles... ahhhhh the food of one who cannot cook. So I think I shall indulge in that rubbery goodness and then return. 8 hours to go. *explodes*

Hel x

PS this is the most updating I've ever done on one day. Knowing me there will probably be very little updating from now on. >_

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: nothingggggg
Current Mood: contemplative

The first arguement

11/1/07 12:04 pm

So as it turns out I can't seem to write on Word at present. So instead I'm writing in a notebook. No idea why that helps but at least I've written two paragraphs instead of nothing. I had a brief moment of confusion as to who's point of view the scene would work best from... the murder victum? or the killer? Julian or Jack?

Originally it was Julian, but when I planned it I changed my mind. After a brief moment of confusion I'm pretty certain I can do more with Jack's pov. So back on track. However Julian isn't happy about this...

Me - sorry Julian ^^
Julian - You do realise that there are no scenes from my point of view in the plan yet... I'm the main character!!!!
Me - no... no you arent really >.> all four of you are pretty much equally important now love ^^
Julian - But... *mutters*
Me - now if you will excuse me.. I have a scene to write in which you die.. so you better go get ready...
Julian - *stalks off*
Me - ^-^'

And so I have two paragraphs, coupled with the nine or so I wrote last night of chapter one. I'm pretty confident though that what I have is decent enough. ^^ and so I shall get back to work...

Hel x

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: Kiss While You Lips Are Still Red - Nightwish
Current Mood: busy

November 1st, 2007

OHMIGAWD Julian's been stabbed!!!1111111!!11111one

11/1/07 03:00 pm

OH NOEZ!!!11!!11!!!111!!!!!1!!ONE

And so the dirty deed has been done and I have written around 600 words in my notebook, give or take. Julian's milking his death scene slightly since its gone from instant death to getting to talk a little, but hey. I actually think its more ominus. I cannot spell. However I'm so hungry I'm actually finding it hard to think now so I must bid you farewell for the time being. I'll check in later with my word count.

Hel x

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: the scratching of my pen on paper...
Current Mood: hungry

November 2nd, 2007

Prologue

11/2/07 12:05 am

Muahahah o.o'

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Prologue

It was Christmas Eve and the fog hung thick and heavy, smothering the light from the gas lamps and making the moonless night darker still. It was close to midnight and bitterly cold. The wind blew up from the Thames bringing a stinging chill that bit into any inch of exposed skin.

Most of the people of London slept, safe in their bed, blankets wrapped tight to keep out the cold, and night lights lit to guard against the darkness. The dreams of the children were peaceful, full of hopes of Father Christmas and the gifts they would receive the following morning, if they had been good. The dreams of the adults were blacker, and before they retired to their bedchambers they ensured their doors were locked tight and bolted behind the colourful holly wreaths that decorated them.

It was a dangerous time, for there was a killer loose on the streets. One the papers had given the nickname Jack Frost due to the season and his method of killing. A single thrust of an icicle shaped blade to the heart.

There had been twenty four murders in the London area that December. Most of the mages. The police were baffled and had yet to find a single clue. All they knew was that the killer had some sort of mission and the pessimists among them warned that it was not yet at an end. How right they were.

Jack Frost stood silently beneath the broken sign that marked the road as Hanbury Street. Still save for the breath that billowed out like a small mist above the collar of the coat he wore drawn up to his chin. He had been standing in precisely the same spot for over an hour and the chill of the night had long since settled into his bones. His quarry was late.

Jack took the silver pocket watch from his pocket and flipped it open. No sooner had he raised it to eye level when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps on the cobbles. A cold smile lit his features as he slipped the watch away and stepped further back into the shadows.

Jack could see the young man that was approaching now, though the fog made it hard to make out his exact features. Still the man’s raven hair, standing out in stark contrast to the ivory pale of his skin satisfied Jack that the person was indeed Julian Trent. The one he had been waiting for.

It was a pity that one so young had to die, but it was necessary. That was what Jack had to keep reminding himself. There was too much at stake to have second thoughts, and too many others had already died on his blade. There was no room for pity.

Jack pulled his scarf up so that it covered the lower half of his face. His top hat angled low so even his eyes were obscured.
As Julian rounded the corner he glanced back over his shoulder as if afraid he was being pursued. At that moment Jack struck.

He stepped out from the shadows and slapped the flat of his gloved hand against Julian’s chest. The violent motion causing the spiked blade hidden in the vambrace he wore to shoot out, piercing his victims heart.

Julian cried out, a sound that seemed more one of shock than pain or fear and looked down at his chest as Jack pulled the blood stained spike from his body. He stumbled into Jack and Jack caught him, easing him down onto the cobbles. Dark blood spread from the wound, soaking the front of his shirt, shining black in the dim light.

“M-my brother…” Julian’s words were barely a whisper, choked with pain.

“Do not worry.” Jack said, equally softly. “I will be seeing him soon enough.”

Julian gasped, his dark blue eyes going wide. The golden fleck within them that marked him as a mage flared once, then slowly faded as the life left his body. As he breathed his last the clock towers through out the city chimed midnight. It was Christmas Day.
The heavy clouds above seemed to take this as a sign for as the last chime sounded snow began to fall. It spiralled down like frosted lace, settling in Julian’s hair, and on his pale face, were it melted and ran down his cheeks like tears.

“I am sorry.” Jack said gently, reaching out to close Julian’s half open eyes. “I know it does you no good, but I am.” He took a single white rose from his coat and laid it across the dead boys chest, as if to cover the flowering stain of blood. For a moment he simply crouched there, watching the snow, then he straightened and walked away.

Within moments, he was lost from view within the fog.

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Meh okay so it could be better. But I care not. ^^ For the first draft at least, this is how it stands. Prologues are always extremely difficult to write. I could have probably written a longer chapter in the same ammount of time. But meh. It was full of description and a main character death with a weapon that confused the hell out of me.. even though I could see it perfectly well in my head.

Still I believe he prologue has done it's job, as it had introduced the setting, the time period, the season, the fact that mages exist in this universe, and introduced two of the main characters. To me this seems a good days work.. although my word count could have ben higher. Ah well.. I care not ^^

Hel x

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: just the grinding of the cogs in my brain.
Current Mood: exhausted

Luff the Fluff...

11/4/07 01:41 pm

I've found an interesting way of procrastinating. Namely playing fetch with my cat, Isis. Am I joking? Nope.. the kitty plays fetch. My dearest wish is to record this somehow at some point. There's nothing more amusing than seeing her run with a large fluffy ball in her mouth. After all she is a very small cat. lol.

In other news my word count is 3463 and I'm almost finished chapter one. Since it's the 4th Nov and I SHOULD be on at least 6 or 7k words right now, I'm a little worried. Can't seem to focus for some reason. ._. Oh well.. back to writing. Will post chapter 1 when it's complete for the people on my friends list to read.

Hel x

Current Location: Flat
Current Music: Heartache Every Moment - HIM
Current Mood: blah

November 4th, 2007

Chapter One

11/4/07 07:00 pm

After posting Chapter 1

Thoughts?

Word count - 4142

Yay I finished chapter one.. thank god... chapter one is always the evilest, most annoying and hardest to write... This is my first time having to do a chapter one in a while actually. lol. Lyndz is normally the one to do it... since she normally has the main female protagonist. lol.

Well... off I go in search of tea.. coffee? we'll see... ^^

Love Hel x

Current Location: I is inside your fridge...eating your food...
Current Music: Bring me to life - Evanescene
Current Mood: Whhheeeee!!

November 6th, 2007

ZZZZZZZZZZZZOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE

11/6/07 01:27 am

I'm exhausted but just a quick note to say....

Chapter 2 is coming along very well. I got a lot more work done today than in previous days. My word count is now 6678 :)

There was probably other stuff I wanted to write about here but I'm farrrrrrrrrr too tired. So I shall simply say goodnight.

Hel x

Current Location: I is in your room...messing with your stuff...
Current Music: Silence is golden...
Current Mood: Zombie

Sleepy and Sleepiness - 11 November

11/8/07 01:06 am

Well... I was very tired all day today. Not to mention having an odd burning pain at the top of my stomach from the moment I woke up. Like a brave solider I battled on and managed to survive both work and dinner with my mum (chinese food is tastyyyyyyyyyyy, the lady asked me when I was planning to move my bed into the resturant lmao.).

When I got home Lyndz was sitting in bed NaNoing away on her mac. I gave her the take out I brought her back and curled up beside her and fell asleep.

When I woke up, an hour or so later my hands were oddly cramped as I'd been clenching them tightly together the entire time I was asleep. Why do I do things like that when I nap? o.O'''

Anyway I didn't expect to get any of my Novel done since I was so tired, but several cups of coffee soon spured me on. I'm now almost at the end of chapter 2. 8087 words, 1406 of them I wrote today. :) So I'm quite satisfied, although I was in an odd state of mind as I can prove below...

Excerpt -
The cobbles gleamed with frost under a powdering of snow, above her the sky was bright with a thousand million stars, twinkling coldly. The moon was a tiny sliver, like A BANANNA!

Thankfully I managed to think of a better simile. I had more to post... but I forget it... chapter 2 to follow for my friends.

Hel x

Current Location: I is in your head, pushing your buttons
Current Music: Lyndsay typing.

November 12th, 2007

Unlucky for some?

11/12/07 11:48 pm

So... wordcount 13116 words. Sounds good but I'm so wayyyyy behind it scary lmao. I'm really hoping to get caught up this weekend... so if anyone asks me to go somewhere with them and I refuse, please don't be offended! lol.

Umm let's see... according to the daily count I should have... 18326 by now... Which means I'm actually... 5210 words behind. Hmmm I thought it was worse than that >.>'' lol okay... I guess I could probably make that up in a weekend, as long as I don't let myself fall much further. I constant supply of punk should help me reach my goal.

Okay so Theo unexpectidly got a whole chapter to himself there, and I didn't describe him >_< I was going to wait for Mollie to see him but I don't like him having a whole chapter without my readers having a clue who they're looking at, so I'll need to stick in something about hair colour at least... and maybe build.

Actually.. and this is the weird thing. I don't even know what Theo looks like! There I said it. lol. First time this has ever happened to me with a major character. All I know is that is isn't blonde and blue eyed. XD I do not need Thorn cast in a different role thank you. Anyways I'm sure I'll figure it out tomorrow.

God I'm exhausted, though all I seem to be doing is sleeping. which is my excuse for falling behind. I wanted to write yesterday, I really did, but I fell asleep in my seat. Lyndz will tell you it's true!

I think it's bedtime for me. The only way I'm going to get any energy back is by sleeping and that's just simple fact. :) So I shall leave you to plan my targets for tomorrow before I get some shut eye.

Love Hel

Current Location: I is in your bathroom, sinking your battle ship...
Current Music: Underclass Hero - Sum 41
Current Mood: cheerful

November 20th, 2007

Apparently I had another journal post in me. o.o'''

11/20/07 03:41 pm

Some people hate writing middles. I always assumed i was one of those people, but this month I've discovered I hate beginnings, not middles. I shall explain. >.>

Beginnings, for me, are the hardest things to write. I'm not talking about chapter one here, that normally comes out in a glorious burst of inspiration. I'm talking about the beginning section. Sure I'll be all excited about my plot and introducing my beautiful characters etc. But setting up, explaining shit, beginnings suck...

They are also the point were I'm most likely to want to quit. The plot is stupid, my female characters have no personality, this isn't coming out the way I imagined it DAMMIT etc...

Middles - yeh they get all messed up and confusing and I'll have the freak out moment were I want to abandon the whole thing. But I won't. Because I've already invested too much time and energy and I know that if I keep pushing through I'll get to the Downtime.

The Downtime is a time for reflection and introspection. I'm very grateful to a writing book I read recently for giving me a name to put to this particular part of the novel. I adore writing about my characters randomly sitting thinking, no idea why. It's always very easy to write and now that I'm older and more experienced I'm better at making it interesting for the readers as well, rather than just me enjoying poking around in my characters innermost thoughts and discovering how he/she REALLY feels about Tom. >.>'

Then of course everything merrily leads to the black moment (term also gleaned from previously mentioned writing book). Oh the drama!!!! Oh the angst!!! Who doesn't enjoy pushing their characters right to the brink of madness and destruction? Okay okay, maybe I'm a sick bitch, but I know I'm going to get my babies right back out of the mess I landed them in so I don't feel too badly about it.

Then all of a sudden it's the end and the boulder I've been pushing all this damn way suddenly goes over the other side of plot mountain, and I'm running to catch the stupid thing before it flattens all my characters and because I'm so worried about that.... Well I don't really have much time for self doubt because all the pieces are falling into place so fast that I need to focus on getting the words down before I miss something.

Then, as with Crimsin. It's suddenly finished and there's just this weird feeling as you sit there and wonder what the hell you're supposed to do now. Then you remember... ah yes... edit... At which point the chaos realllllllllllly begins. ^-^

But yes, to recap... all in all... beginnings suck.

Hel x

Current Location: On top of muh soapbox, preaching to the masses.
Current Music: Passive - APC
Current Mood: silly

Whisper to the Dark

Not Falling

11/20/07 03:05 pm

No I'm not dead! And I haven't crashed and burned either lol. Infact I'm picking up speed. 28000 words and I'm actually really staring to believe I can do this. I can can't I? O.O'''

However... 50000 words won't finish the story... though I'm hoping somewhere around 65000 will. Maybe a little less. I already know I'm going to add a heck of a lot in the second draft. I've always been a puter-inner rather than a taker-outer, so this time I figured, get the story down and pad it up later.

Unfortunitly this means my primary protagonists aren't getting as much introspective development as I'd like. This kind of amuses me. My secondary characters always wind up stealing the show. Of course this time it's really just ONE of the secondaries doing the stealing... and he/she IS a gender confused assassin. Actually I'm starting to think she's more interesting than my Ghost Mage MMC. Lmao.

Never mind. I'm off to write. Am finally about to introduce the main antagonist after alllllll this time. Lol he hasn't even be mentioned or hinted towards in the last 11 chapters. Oh well. :P

Malik Malik Malikkkkkkkkkkkk show your beautiful self to the world. XD

*runs like the wind for coffee and WORDS*

Hel x

Current Location: I is on cloud nine babyeeee
Current Music: Passive - APC
Current Mood: hyper

December 1st, 2007

Won NaNoWriMo

12/1/07 12:08 am

Nuff Said... I'm too exhausted to write anything. lol.

Hel x

Current Location: Flat - but not for long.
Current Music: Evanescene - Lithium
Current Mood: happy

January 8th, 2008

Whoops..

1/8/08 11:49 pm

And whoops.. see I did mention I'm bad at remembering to update journals.. >.>'''

Ah anyway, happy new year... and guess what? My novel is not finished. -_-...

I'm five scenes from the end, five fucking scenes... and I have zero motivation, not to mention my inner editor came back with a vengence and I'm now dreading looking at any of the damn thing. But I simply must finish... even if I have to murder it and drag the damn thing the rest of the way. Okay maybe not murder... maybe just rough it up a little.. 5 scenes...

The problem is the climax... I don't think it's climatic and I haven't got any idea of how to fix it really. It goes without saying that this displeases me greatly.

._. so my hero has to fight my antagonist and it has to be good... then yadda yadda, romance, grevious injury and ending.

I don't know... despite what I said before about endings, this one just really isn't doing it for me... I have the vague idea of a second book in my head but now I'm beginning to think its a bad idea. >_<

Whatever, I am grouchy and shall therefore sign off.

Hel x

Current Location: in da house
Current Music: Lyndsay's crunching lol
Current Mood: blah