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Character: Robyn

July 20th 2008 20:00
Name: Robyn
Age: 19
Appearance: long, braided black hair, brown eyes, five foot seven.
Birthday: August 1st
Bio: Robyn was born in Toronto. When she was seven her father left. Her mother, left broke and jobless, moved the two of them in with her grandmother in a small town. They lived there for two years before having the money to go back to Toronto.

She now takes Creative Writing in college.

Personality: bookish, doesn't like fights, likes long walks.

Story: East Wind Road



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Planning

July 20th 2008 08:50
Planning. Something some writers do, others don't, others do sometimes...

When I plan at all, it's usually a very rough outline to give me an idea of what could happen, not of what neccesarily will. Some of the larger events, of course, HAVE to happen, but most of the time I start off with a basic idea and make stuff up as I go along.

In Moonshadow's Guardian, for example, I created a Telar, or telepathic, plague and had Riana hunt down the villain. For various reasons, this happened with plenty of space left over-and time for me to do other things. Like rebuild an ancient society that lived in ruin.


Jihad, on the other hand, was sort of planned. It was based off an old role playing plot Daddy had used-or, at least, the very beginning was. In a lot of ways, the world in Jihad was designed to resemble our RP worlds, right down to the gods and goddesses. Now that I'm working on Jihad again-this is my third attempt; I had to start over a couple times about 30K in-it's got a complete plan. But of course, this doesn't need to be followed. Sometimes, unexpected things (like the elf) come along.

My Moonfairy stories were all planned out very well. They were based 100% off RPs, the characters, the characters' relationships to one another, quite a few of the places... all based off of RPs. The plots may have differed from my role plays; but the essence remained the same.

As for East Wind Road, and its sequel, these two will be vaguely planned. I know what Robyn will run into. I know what she will see, to some extent. I know that she will need-and get-help from another character who knows the horrors of East Wind Road. I know very little else about the story, and I don't plan on figuring out too much more-that ruins the joy of it for me.

What I WILL do is create character sketches... and I will post them. Posts describing the two most important characters and maybe a few of those she meets that are... East Wind Road inhabitants. Crazy people, in other words.

Do you plan? If so, how much?
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East Wind Road

July 19th 2008 03:57
This is the basic premise for my AugNoWriMo (August Novel Writing Month, a spinoff of NaNoWriMo). I'm going to be talking a lot about AugNoWriMo, as I'm incredibly hyped up about it, and excited. And when I'm not planning AugNoWriMo, or updating about it, I'll be updating about NaNoWriMo, or planning that.

So here's my idea so far:

Robyn just turned nineteen, and she's spending a week in her grandmother's small town in preparation for her return to college. She has always loved to take long walks. After an argument with her grandmother about her future and the college courses she's taking, she goes for a walk.

She knows the town pretty well after all these years-she even lived here for two years-so when she sees an unfamiliar road, she takes it.

East Wind Road. Where she discovers raving lunatics, mass murderers, and battlefields where nobody has buried or burned the dead... Places where executions were committed weeks ago; a dragon; a party of cannibalistic hunters-and, to top it all off, a river too large to swim across that bars her passage back.

She must now find her way out of East Wind Road, with only one companion-the boy that takes pity on her after she saves him from a mass murderer. After all, he lives here. He knows all about it...
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Submission

June 29th 2008 22:06
I submitted Moonshadow's Guardian.

October 31st


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Synopsis V. 2

June 14th 2008 17:29
Demons: not what you might expect... but not very nice either. Riana is a demon forced to return home and face her 'Family's' trial for a 'crime'. At Home she is rescued from them by Loki, and now she is to protect and guard Moonshadow-and its royal bloodline.

Riana sets out to destroy the telepathic plague that clings to the youngest member of the royal line... and along the way falls in love with a vampire named Andre. The two ride off on Rolf, their dragon, in the midst of night... they destroy Lari, an ancient queen... and then Andre loses his sight and his sanity


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I need opinions on this and QUICKLEH

June 14th 2008 07:18
I'm going to be submitting this in 15 hours for various reasons so I need opinions on the synopsis for Moonshadow's Guardian. Anyone who is willing to read and give a basic critique of the book (it's short, about 250 odd pages double spaced) just post your email and I'll send the file to you.

All comments and crits are much appreciated. Here goes


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Carpal Tunnel

March 27th 2008 05:41
Well I haven't been here in ages and OF COURSE when I want to get back into writing a lot more, I get something that MIGHT be carpal tunnel.

Now doesn't my life just suck?
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So it's not quite every day yet...

February 21st 2008 15:29
However I have been writing! I've been writing quite a lot lately, actually, and the other day I sent out two of my poems to small no-pay markets. I need to get my name out there somehow, even if it's just 'I was published by Unheard of Magazine 1', ya know?

I've been very hard-working, studying, looking at things, reading, writing, all sorts of things lately. My school attendance is still lacking and that is simply because I don't care. I don't care about my education. Really


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Stress leave

January 31st 2008 13:58
I'm on hiatus for reasons not writing-related. Mostly my mother.

More details in this post, on the other blog (language warning


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Stories...

January 28th 2008 20:02
My latest story is based off a premise I've been thinking about a lot lately:

'Those who we call crazy are rarely mad or truly insane. They are visionaries and geniuses, men and women of brilliance whose visions we cannot see. Many see visions of the future, visions that terrify them, things that frighten them into madness. And thus we have the cases of madness we see most often, and we have the cases of insanity, the cases of suicide


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Writing Work

January 22nd 2008 21:26
I'm praying right now. Praying that I'll get a big gigantic break in my writing. I'm looking for places to submit one of my short stories to (the one that's been sent around and around) and praying that someday SOMETHING will come along.

Right now I'm also on the lookout for poetry competitions and publishers. I'm looking everywhere and hoping that something soon will come through. Within a couple weeks I should know if one of my pieces is getting published


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Writing Is Difficult Without Computer

January 20th 2008 00:35
I've got very, very limited computer access right now (as in I only have it at my bf's), so my writing is flopping and so is my blogging.

But I AM alive. Yay.
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Writing Work

January 14th 2008 16:11
I'm coming back with a vengeance. I'm writing again-yay-and I'm looking for places and web opportunities to submit to. I'm looking for places to put my writing again.

Right now I'm praying that somehow I'll find a way to become a writer within two years, a way to earn the money to get out of this hellhole I'm forced to call home


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Been Sick But I'm Back Into It

January 14th 2008 04:16
I've been getting hugely back into my writing as I recover from my stress sickness. I'm getting seriously into it because I want to make a career out of this.

This is my life, this is my dream, this is my career. It is everything to me and it is my only passion-honestly, it's the only thing other than my spirituality that I care about


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