tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35600693072371391512024-02-20T05:04:15.127-08:00Ariel EmeraldFantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-26492691480873876212013-06-17T05:25:00.001-07:002013-06-17T05:26:00.074-07:00Absolute Write June Blog Chain: BUGZ!I love bugs. Simply and honestly. A frank statement from the bottom of my heart. There is a reason for that, and I will get to it. The thing about me is...I live on a corner of a street under the ground.<br />
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Literally, I go out during day time, work, bring home food like we all do and go back under ground. Sadly there is no electricity at our place. I say our place because I share my home with others. But on the other hand, I am happy that we don't have electricity. It actually happens to be a stupid invention. I see light bulbs kill every day. And the victims never learn a lesson. They always are attracted to the light bulb. :(<br />
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In winter, I stay indoors at all times. No matter the weather shall I go out. I am a bit of an Agoraphobic. But none of my "room mates" really ever go out in winter so I feel a little bit more normal. <br />
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I think that venturing too far from my place is very very risky. Because if I don't come home on time, those assholes will literally shut me out and I'll have to wait the whole night to get back home. AH! It happened one night and it was a frightening experience. <br />
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You see, this is what happened...I sensed sugar. Sugar, do you realize that I just HAD to go after it? SUGAR people. It was sugar. So of course I forgot EVERYTHING and ran into the direction the sugar wave was coming from. I came to a whole PILE of sugar. Heaven. I wanted to kiss myself for getting all this sugar, it would be a treat for everyone. But before I brought it back, I had to taste it for myself. So I start to feast on some sugar and there I am, on the sidewalk, eating sugar. <br />
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Suddenly, a large spider comes my way. Shit! Just my luck. A spider. A fairly large spider coming to my sugar. At first, I hid. And to my surprise the spider actually came after me, into the god darn bush. I sat there screaming for him to go to the sugar. Yep, that was kind of stupid. Eventually, I managed to hide in a tiny hole as the spider left and went back after the sugar. When I grab some sugar to take home, I see the spider again and not only a spider. There is a giant foot trying to kill me. And it squishes the spider. <br />
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So forget the sugar!<br />
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I run as fast as I can for my life. And I manage to make it home just barely. There I realized...All insects are my friends and the worst enemies are those giant feet that go around squashing everything. <br />
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<br />FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-47129742418472988872013-06-14T09:33:00.002-07:002013-06-14T09:33:40.500-07:00I met TWO agents in person!So I thought this is actually an interesting fact. <br />
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And it was. <br />
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I actually did meet two agents in person which happened to be close to where I live. Which is near Toronto Canada. <br />
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The first agent I met I was very excited to meet. He was afar in Toronto, so me and my folks drove there. <br />
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He hadn't read my novel, but he had said that he liked the start and wanted to represent me. I just turned 17 at the time and was well...You can imagine ecstatic about the whole idea. WOW! Finally. Well, we got there and he happened to be with a contract. Apart from the fact that this ended up being a very elderly guy who could barely move, he was very disrespectful...Not only to us but also the waiters. Heck, he pretty much yelled at the waiter just because the guy misunderstood him. <br />
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Then there was the topic about the book. He said he didn't even need to read the novel. He would just represent it. He also started to name big shots that he had worked with. Fine, cool, but I don't take any BS, honest. So I was already getting a bit annoyed with his attitude and oddness alerts. He said he would simply send out a query to the publishers and sometimes they didn't even pay attention to him.<br />
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Well, we left on ok terms I suppose. I don't like to burn bridges, but the dude sent me a contract which was completely whack. And that was it. I'd just rather not deal with this. I realized he was also a red star and had warnings posted online about him. <br />
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Then there was another agent I met. This one on the other hand is from a reputable agency. It was really a fast meeting and he mostly told me that at 17, I should work more and wait and write before publishing the novel. Despite of that he read my novel and gave me great advice and invited me to rewrite and resubmit. At the time, it was upsetting, yes...But now, the novel has gotten so much better that I am so HAPPY that I hadn't published it. <br />
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So what were your "live" experiences with agents?<br />
FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-80311677824063044352013-06-12T12:12:00.000-07:002013-06-12T12:12:34.477-07:00Telling THE StoryThrough art you tell a story and I think more of how that story may sometimes be lost when you are writing a novel. STRUCTURE. Sentences...All that blah, yadda da starts to make a story almost generic. And I read lots of stories which I felt almost lacked the juice of emotion in them. <br />
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Music per say...Is all about emotion, and in a song, you tell a story. <br />
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I Love song-writing! It's amazing how much meaning you can add into lyrics apart from adding the sound which gives it the ultimate story. Thanks to my sis for the awesome picture of me. She's really into Photoshop, so if you ever need anything done, hit me up. So how do you focus on just telling the story?<br />
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I feel that many of us start to focus on what people will think. What the agent is looking for. We start to write what we think THEY want to read. And AHHH, that's all messed up. I mean, I do it too sometimes, subconsciously and so many writers do. <br />
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I can't say it more than I can write it, if that even makes sense. Write what you feel. What YOU feel. Obviously writing is often about stepping into another persons shoes, and all the more that would be acting. And acting doesn't always turn out well unless you're good at it. So don't ever seize or feel that you should hide your emotions in your writing. Because it's you that will shine. <br />
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Let me know how you spill your emotions in your writing...Because that's what it's all about. Telling THE story and the truth and emotion behind the plot. <br />
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HugsFantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-6277953875618869792013-06-11T07:37:00.001-07:002013-06-11T07:37:46.119-07:00Screw you rejections!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you feel this way, I can imagine you look like Grumpy Cat. </div>
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I took a break from the "Screw You Rejections!" phase. Ahh, it's nice to breath. I'm just kidding. For real, rejections are a part of it. </div>
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<br />FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-8354330042754205822013-06-10T07:15:00.001-07:002013-06-10T07:16:54.251-07:00Where to get inspiration?inspiration is almost an invisible force. <br />
It comes and goes as it pleases. Can you really make it come to you?<br />
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Well, sometimes. <br />
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For me, inspiration does come and go. Often it is fuelled by seeing certain objects or scenes, and often by music (la la la). I think that sometimes being hurt by something or someone is inspiration. Sad truth, many people never actually care to step into the other's shoes thus end up being arrogant hammer heads which back stab you. Bam. You might hate it. But it's inspiration. Emotion is inspiration. Because for me, that's what are is all about. So here is my list of things that can help inspire you most. <br />
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+ MUSIC (Extremely inspirational, and my best top secret source for a good breed of inspiration....SHHH, don't tell)<br />
+ NATURE <br />
+ MOVIES<br />
+ PEOPLE<br />
+ OBJECTS<br />
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So there you go, cats. <br />
And for everyone it is different. <br />
Did I mention that the feline species is very inspiring? <br />
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If you have anything to add, comment, I'll give you an invisible inspirational hug. <br />
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And for lasts, can you find me in this picture?<br />
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FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-69230386370819126762013-06-09T15:04:00.004-07:002013-06-09T15:05:58.517-07:00Fresh Start<div style="text-align: justify;">
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A very long break. Hmmm, well not really that long. </div>
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To be truthful, not too long at all since I just wrote lyrics yesterday.
But none the less, a break from the blogging world of writing. And the forum places. And queries. Agents. Tigers and bears and all that good stuff. So now, I have actually been keeping another blog up to date. </div>
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That means blogging EVERY GROOOVY day. And I have been at it for quite a bit now. WOOOO!
Thank you. But I miss this blog and the fun of blogging.
Anyways, if you have yet to notice, I actually rearranged the whole thing. And my background is kind of black and white. Though I think black and white photography is a stunner. For real. I'm going to add a cool picture to lighten up the place once in a while.
And Captain Complex?
That's a crazy nickname.
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That was from a forest I went for a walk at. Pretty inspirational.
So there, cheers to writing blogs!
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FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-88840429525581174432013-05-07T15:39:00.002-07:002013-05-07T15:39:17.424-07:00LegendHi blogging world. Maybe you missed me? Maybe not. <br />
But here is a poem that recently got published in an awesome e-zine. Enjoy!<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">LEGEND<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He strode<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Light shone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nothing
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Noise and
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Laughter<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tears<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Quiet
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Solitude,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Atom as one
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">To be then
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In front of
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Red apples<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Spit beauty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">So first of all, what are transitions? Let me start with a definition: A transition in a book or story is pretty much any passage or device that bridges moments of discontinuity in our writing. Changes in time, changes in setting, changes in point of view character, even changes in mood. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This person that asked the question is talking about time transitions. And I have to say, it really depends. I think that transitions can be done well, and they can be done really badly. It really does depends so this is what I think. The huge dependency of this topic is the transition amount or area. So if you do do a transition it would be very annoying for me personally to start reading about a sixteen year old and then in the next chapter he's fifty. That would be the throw the book at the wall moment! Especially if I liked the character from the start and looked forward to reading about a teenager. But hey, if you are doing something like: <em>Two years later...Or even a month later...Or maybe tomorrow...</em>It can be done really well. I've seen it done well. I''ve enjoyed books that have in fact transitioned at the start, but at the same time, you are risking that flawless start in the very first chapters where you are just engaging the readers so...It is something of preference. Writing is in fact majorly based on opinion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Yes, I've sucked at keeping the blog content up to date but I am revamping the blog and starting to really seriously keep everything up to date and interesting! I don't want you guys to lose interest in the blog and I love to read all your blogs so...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The most important aspect of a successful blog is voice. You gotta yell. Sound just like yourself. I guess it's sort of like talking to your audience in a YouTube Video. If you begin to blah bblah blah and go off topic, people will lose interest which is so not good! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Blogging about writing is a great way to network because hey, maybe soon you will be published. If not, it''s fun. But the main things most blogs lack, I think, is voice and I guess a part of that is just because they are trying to sound too formal. Now, I know a ton of really great blogs you can learn from on the side bar which have amazing voices. Think like you are writing from a character and not from yourself, but maybe in that manner of having found yourself. Do I not make sense? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Alright, I hope that helps. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Let that voice loose :) or tell us how you found your voice!</span><br />
<br />FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-60396299316105588392012-04-08T09:59:00.001-07:002012-04-08T10:01:21.473-07:00Youtube<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hey everyone! It's raining here, so kinda a great day for writing. What type of weather do you guys like for writing? For me rainy is perfect for my novel setting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I decided to randomize the entries as this is a very comfortable thing to do because I don't pick favourites...lol...Of course not. Whoever had more points got more entries into the randomizer and this was an online thing since I didn't have much paper to write on...Shrugs. Believe it or not, I actually wrote my whole first novel on paper. Lined school paper. The good kind. Is there a bad kind? I wrote during French Class all year. My teacher took it away from me allot. But I always got it back in the end. It sucked. But it was my first writing attempt and I'm glad I didn't stop. I sort of started in the first place because I was bored...Off topic!!! </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When I first started out on my writing journey I was fourteen years old. Now, a few years later, I am not published like I imagined I'd have been. In fact, when I look back at my fourteen year old self I can't help but giggle because I actually had sent out three queries and thought agents would be fighting for my novel and a quick F.Y.I to my fourteen year old self, the query sucked! Go throw that query out!</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here I am now, and I've been offered representation which I've declined because it wasn't the right fit. I'm looking at things totally differently. Writing a book is like walking a long damn road, super long, and littered with broken glass. All those ugly or may I say kinda interesting chunks of broken glass represent all those obstacles of getting published. But hey, I don't care anymore. I honestly don't care. Hell, I am enjoying writing and reworking my book so much that I'd rather wait longer to get it published and now that I look at it, I wouldn't have wanted my fourteen year old self to publish. Why? Because everything pretty much sucked. It was like the very start to a skeleton which I've built on, and if I would have published that skeleton, I would have never been able to take it back. Yikes. So basically I don't care about getting published as much as I used to and believe it or not, its brought me luck. I mean, I have a great agent waiting for a rewrite and a request from another large agency. We'll see how that goes. Just this time, I'm not dying from checking my e-mail every 5 minutes. What have you learnt from your writing journey?</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finding an agent is like getting married. That's what they all say, and I am not even going into that topic because this post will be ubber long in that case. First thing first. We all start at that one level where we are freaking out when we just get one request. We squeal and scream and party. OK, maybe not all but some of us. Anyways, that's just the first step, getting noticed. Once you've polished your manuscript and have an awesome story to send out to the world you WILL get noticed and that is when YOU are the one hiring the agent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When we are desperate, we do desperate things and sometimes go into a binding contract that leads to the wrong way. When you research an agent go into full depth because even though you are super excited and think that you are that close to publication you may not be. I've recently been in a situation like this and it IS quite upsetting but eventually you get over it. What about you? Still searching for Mr/Mrs right?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">P.S. Don't forget to enter my giveaway! Its ending soon. I've extended it for now, though. </span>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-72359892936066245732011-07-17T06:05:00.000-07:002011-07-17T06:05:06.128-07:00The WORST opener in the history of writing<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This is my entry for the Absolute Write blog chain for July. This month's prompt: the Mini Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. The Mini Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest means trying to write the worst possible first line of a book or story in the spirit of Edward "It was a dark and stormy night..." Bulwer-Lytton. "Worst" in this case is subjective, but florid and ridiculous purple prose is probably closest to the spirit of the thing. Here is mine:</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It was an unusually well told dark and extremely out of the ordinary stormy, because thunder groaned in the abyss like a mad man, night, and by night the vultures cried yelps of pleas for the melancholy in the air had built up and just wouldn't vaporize. </span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please visit all the awesome participants...Cheers!</span><br />
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orion_mk3 - <a href="http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com/">http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com</a><br />
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AuburnAssassin - <a href="http://clairegillian.com/">http://clairegillian.com</a><br />
dolores haze - <a href="http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/">http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/</a> <br />
Horseflye - <a href="http://thecozylittleplot.blogspot.com/">http://thecozylittleplot.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Proach - <a href="http://www.deannaproach.com/">http://www.deannaproach.com/</a><br />
BigWords - <a href="http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/">http://bigwords88.wordpress.com/</a><br />
jkellerford - <a href="http://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/">http://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Ralph Pines - <a href="http://ralfast.wordpress.com/">http://ralfast.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Euclid - <a href="http://euclid-thoughts.blogspot.com/">http://euclid-thoughts.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Diana Rajchel - <a href="http://blog.dianarajchel.com/">http://blog.dianarajchel.com/</a><br />
pezie - <a href="http://www.erinbrambilla.wordpress.com/">http://www.erinbrambilla.wordpress.com/</a><br />
Guardian - <a href="http://daewrites.blogspot.com/">http://daewrites.blogspot.com/</a><br />
egoodlett - <a href="http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/">http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Alpha Echo - <a href="http://writersramblings81.blogspot.com/">http://writersramblings81.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">P.S. Don't forget to scroll down and enter my HUGE blog giveaway! Loads of prizes that range from brand new books, to Amazon gift cards, to critiques. Cheers!</span>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-8085560752240549982011-07-16T05:37:00.000-07:002011-10-04T05:15:39.903-07:00HUGE Blog Contest!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I miss blogging so much. Life has gotten sooo in the way, and of course so has writing. I've been waiting to do this blogging contest and I did plan to do it earlier...No excuses. My bad. But by now, I've definitely stocked up on more things to give away! Woot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let me start with your fave part, and mine too of course. The prizes!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh and did I forget to mention that this is my 100th post? From now on, I'm going to try to make blogging daily. I'm really behind. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First place: </span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">- A brand new copy of Divergent by Veronica Roth, Graceling by Cashore, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo!!! That is not even all....Scroll down. </span><br />
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</div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Third Place: Last but not at all least! You get an e-book PDF version of Pathfinder by Orson Scott Card and a critique of your query and partial by me. Great book by the way, and the cover is sick!</span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Here is my piece of descriptive writing from a novel which is on submission.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Alexis hated how her father always picked the cards she was dealt. She hated the way the Moscow streets smelt, and the way she could barely say a word in Russian when all eyes were on her. Inhaling, she stepped forward and pressed her hands deeper into the pockets of her parka. The warmth comforted like her mother once had in the chill of the night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The soil below her boots was moist, the kind of moist that seeped into small puddles and sogged into the leather, making her shiver. She looked up at the moon. It looked too much like the same moon that she saw from her balcony in California, it was the same moon, yet it felt as if she was in a different world. A world she didn’t belong in. A branch cracked and she spun around, darting behind a prickly rose bush for cover. If her father would see her out at night he would…She froze. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The figure that came into the garden stomped over the flower beds with his boots and retrieved a tiny carton, probably a cigarette pack. Alexis kept completely still as tiny vapors of the evening mist condensed on her brow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">orion_mk3 - </span><a href="http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://nonexistentbooks.wordpress.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">juniper - </span><a href="http://www.katjuniper.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.katjuniper.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">LadyMage - </span><a href="http://www.katherinegilraine.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.katherinegilraine.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">dolores haze - </span><a href="http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://dianedooley.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">jkellerford - </span><a href="http://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://jennykellerford.wordpress.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ralph Pines - </span><a href="http://ralfast.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://ralfast.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">AuburnAssassin - </span><a href="http://clairegillian.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://clairegillian.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">pezie - </span><a href="http://www.erinbrambilla.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.erinbrambilla.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inkstrokes - </span><a href="http://drlong67.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://drlong67.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">WildScribe - </span><a href="http://dionneobesoblog.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://DionneObesoBlog.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Guardian - </span><a href="http://daewrites.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://daewrites.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lyra Jean - </span><a href="http://lyratorres.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://lyratorres.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">egoodlett - </span><a href="http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://wordlarceny.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cwachob - </span><a href="http://www.corriewachob.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.corriewachob.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Aheïla - </span><a href="http://thewriteaholicblog.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://thewriteaholicblog.wordpress.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">faerydancer - </span><a href="http://digitalinkwell.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://digitalinkwell.wordpress.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">TheMindKiller - </span><a href="http://www.jabberwocky.ws/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.jabberwocky.ws/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Irissel - </span><a href="http://irissel.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://irissel.blogspot.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>1. Thank and link to the person who nominated me. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. I was told that my first written novel has potential to be best-selling if I work harder on it! WOOT! And that was by an agent.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. I write songs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">3. The more I write, even the same novel, the more I love it, breathe it, live it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">4. I hate my ipod at the moment! First it got lost, then its lost its cable. GRRRR....I realize that that is my fault.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">5. I don't like to admit my faults, but hey, I do, didn't you just see that above? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">6. I don't believe in age. Its a number. I hate numbers. I am still in my teens, but I don't think we need to clasify everyone with age. That really pulls many people apart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This was HARD....So many great bloggers and blogs, I'm lost. Ok, not anymore. Ive made up my mind. The award goes to: <a href="http://wistfullylinda.blogspot.com/">Wistfylly Linda</a>, <a href="http://flightsofurbanfantasy.blogspot.com/">Flights Of Urban Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://myscientificattempt.blogspot.com/">My Scientific Attempt</a>, <a href="http://ink-spells.blogspot.com/">Ink Spells</a>, AND <a href="http://lorenchase.blogspot.com/">Loren Chase</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I am about to do that. Thus, its done! Its done in the future if that makes sense. The future me did it. Yep. CHEERS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">P.S....My contest is still coming and even better than I planned, so heads up!</span>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-9585591452038329082011-05-24T20:21:00.000-07:002011-05-24T20:23:39.422-07:00May Blog Chain - How to show relationship dynamics?<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Describe them. The May Blog Chain with Absolute Write is in full swing and this month’s theme is relationships. Before me went </span><a href="http://www.erinbrambilla.com/"><span style="color: #133257; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Pezie</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and after me, </span><a href="http://drlong67.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Inkstrokes</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. The full chain is at the bottom of the post.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, I'm going to go ahead and post a small part of my novel which is on submission and has received lots of full requests. Yay! Here goes...</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I move the twigs aside so that I have a clear view of Lexa diving into the lake. Splash. I catch my breath as she surfaces, her skin shimmering like spider silk below the moonlight. She throws her head back and laughs. She is alone, and I am here. I take a step forward, miscalculating the results. Leaves crunch. “Shit,” I mumble and freeze. Lexa is already looking my way, her eyes wide, her hands hugging her bare chest. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Who is there?” Her voice sounds forced, almost scared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I stay still. What a coward. But what would she think me if I came out? Would she call me Dusty Cummins the stalker? She’s called me that before, a stalker. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Who is there?” She looks back and forth, reminding me of a swan that has lost her way. Her hair whips against her shoulders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">God, she is so beautiful, so fragile, and when she said she hated me she didn’t mean it. I know she didn’t. She’s only afraid of the others, showing that she likes Dusty Cummins, the son of a poor beggar, the laugh of the school, the poet. She doesn’t just like me, she loves me, and I love her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lexa dips back into the lake so that only her head pops out and she shivers. Her shiver sends the hairs on my neck on end, and I want nothing more than to comfort her, to hold her close. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Lexy, where are you?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“I’m here, in the lake.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">That would be Lavelle, her boyfriend. He doesn’t deserve her. I turn to leave, but Lavelle isn’t there, and Lexa is still here. This in my only chance to be alone with her, to tell her what I feel. I tuck my hair behind my ears, straighten my suit, and emerge from the foliage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Lexa’s mouth drops open. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I smile. She knows she’s happy to see me, I’m sure of it. She just isn’t showing it, yet. She’s just surprised, maybe even scared that Lavelle will see me with her. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Dusty Cummins?” Her face scrunches and she frowns. “What in all hell are you doing here?” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sand trickles in my shoes as I trudge through the beach and pick up her clothes. They’re warm to the touch from the summer breeze. A soft scent of flowers and fresh bread lingers with her petticoat. It’s the same scent her golden locks smell of from afar. It’s an indescribable scent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“Put my clothes down,” she yells. Her hand comes out of the water holding a pebble, and she eyes me suspiciously. “I swear I will stone you if you won’t.” </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Gosh, my spacing is really messed up and I can't seem to fix it. Sorry! Also, I will be giving out an award and hosting a contest in the next couple of days!</span></strong>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-86985966000260022782011-05-06T08:12:00.000-07:002011-05-06T13:28:24.824-07:00I'am having a contest! *Pick your Prize*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpZTYK8GsXkImlLBtgaVz4-YUplFtkPcO6rYg3T5gxPg8YgcVtKXC16Y-BVcwn01uckyFrLBGN5ssQjQWjDryxq7gmc5eSISv2npXIX6wtBqx70xGvIKldw1nMfBvgGVj1nRVinOtY_o2/s1600/finale-fireworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpZTYK8GsXkImlLBtgaVz4-YUplFtkPcO6rYg3T5gxPg8YgcVtKXC16Y-BVcwn01uckyFrLBGN5ssQjQWjDryxq7gmc5eSISv2npXIX6wtBqx70xGvIKldw1nMfBvgGVj1nRVinOtY_o2/s200/finale-fireworks.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">80 Followers! Yay! That's got to be a milestone. Thank you awesome people for following my blog. Because of this, I want to hold a contest to give away a YA novel. Also, I'm in a great mood. I am in for another rewrite, but I've gotten great feedback and am very excited because I know my novel will get there if I (work) *slave* on it hard enough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">To the contest...Because I know that's what you all want to hear about. So I was thinking which E-novel I should give away and some that came to mind were...Game of Thrones (Its on TV now!), Twilight, Blade Itself, or Pathfinder. Those were some of my thoughts, but I would like to hear would you guys would like to read! Now, the e-book will come in PDF and of course once you win the contest you can't give it away or distribute it or what not, because I purchased it. So please comment and tell me what you wish to read. I would prefer your choices to be YA and Fantasy or Sci-Fi, but if you like other genres and the novel is great than post it right in. So comment and spread the word, because I am hoping to have this contest on next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Speaking of contests...I just won an e-book and there is another great contest you can enter over at <a href="http://lorenchase.blogspot.com/2011/05/book-giveaway-beauty-queens-arc-by.html">Loren Chase's blog</a>! Go on and take a look because you can win a fabulous ARC copy of BEAUTY QUEENS by LIBBA BRAY and all you have to do is comment and spread the word. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"><strong>CHEERS!!!</strong></span>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-33453764928285228122011-05-03T06:35:00.000-07:002011-05-03T06:35:53.622-07:00Do YOU really love to write?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkoKGs0U4IBqJC1m7zoG0-B4N45ltWFtf9hjVCn0iw2NCfg1Fq3KGQihGUv1Wrhu8iAk2EC7pEb7xgsHsEMwTb5FcMU0-iNfEbI3ocNdY3KeXuXMmlaYewGz272iSy93RCUVcU_e1cWPV/s1600/JPEG_frustrated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkoKGs0U4IBqJC1m7zoG0-B4N45ltWFtf9hjVCn0iw2NCfg1Fq3KGQihGUv1Wrhu8iAk2EC7pEb7xgsHsEMwTb5FcMU0-iNfEbI3ocNdY3KeXuXMmlaYewGz272iSy93RCUVcU_e1cWPV/s200/JPEG_frustrated.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Writing is hard work. If you remember the day you first sat down to write, you probably just thought about the beauty and the whole greatness of your story. I look back now, and the first time I wrote a story was probably when I was under 10, but it wasn't a novel. It was a (I actually thought I would publish it!) picture book written with terrible grammar. Ha! Writing a novel is after all a great accomplishment, and one which we forget after we fail with query letters. Yes, everyone goes through it. At least the majority. Everyone gets rejected. Whether it is your first manuscript which was rejected or you are still getting rejected, we all do some time in our life. That's when I looked back and asked myself one question. Is this really worth my time?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Life is short and time is limited and in order to prevail (I am starting to speak like my characters) you have to use it wisely. When you are receiving dozens of rejection letters you slump. So many people I know have given up, thinking that giving up proves they are strong enough to admit the truth. So many writers I know actually stopped writing. Those that did didn't love their craft. They thought that they would send out a query letter and their dream agent would fall in love. Like that really happens...And the ones that did really love the craft came back years later only to shed tears over the fact that they are now late and they have less time to pursue their goal. I have had a share of rejections in my short life and I understand them more than anything. I didn't give up. I kept writing and rewriting and most of all I enjoyed it. Every bit of it. Now that my first novel is finished and I am nearing completion of perfection on my 13 other works I miss writing about those characters and those world and I have to keep writing. I just have to. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">So I have passed that slump where I felt like giving up my dream of publication and realized that I don't write for publication. I write for myself, I write for my characters. Now, I've been struck with luck as one might call it. Or perhaps to be truthful, I've simply improved my writing a ton. The requests are piling up and I am at a very satisfactory rate of rejections. 46% positive responses. I couldn't ask for anything better and I can't wait to see what happens. Maybe I will have an agent before I am an adult! Amazing and exciting, not that age really counts. But mainly, I would have never seen those responses if I would have given up. So ask yourself this...Do I really love writing? Trust me, I know you won't stop.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Just for the fun of it, have you ever quit? Have you ever stopped writing for even a week just because you were in a slump? </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Oh and another update...I have been reading up like mad in my genre...I guess reading is essential for writing, but I don't feel I've learned much yet I will be hosting some great contests to give away awesome best selling fantasy novels! YAY! Spread the word wonderful followers :D</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Cheers!</span></div>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-82499099274790159782011-04-20T06:25:00.000-07:002011-04-20T09:05:35.713-07:00Book Review: Incarceron<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I have been recently picking up books of alike genre to my own, and reading those great sellers. Today, I am reviewing INCARCERON by Fisher, and I actually read through this one quite quickly. Tell me what you think if you have read it! By the way, don't you like this font better? It seems more user friendly to me...hmmm :) Anyways...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">My Rating: <span style="color: #c27ba0;">* * * *</span> (4 stars/5)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In case you are wondering, this review does contain SPOILERS. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Incarceron is a New York Times best seller, and while I think it was a good book and has a great premise, I had some problems with it. It starts off with action. Yipee! The main character is introduced, his name is Finn and he lives in Incarceron which is sort of a living, breathing, prison that was created by the outsiders. Originally, it was meant to be a perfect world, but something went hugely wrong and it turned out far from perfect, especially that only criminals live there. Chapters go from Finn to Claudia, a girl that lives outside with the Warden, her father, and is getting married off to a very nasty earl because the previous guy, Giles, was killed. Claudia actually wanted to get married to Gilles. Now, the setting is great. Outside, we are supposed to believe that the kingdom froze time to keep it Victorian and follow protocol. I thought that was very interesting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Now, the plot. Well, I loved the idea, and I thought I would see some huge twists and knots and exciting changes, but it didn't, really. The only twist that there is in the novel is that Finn finds out he is Gilles. Him and Claudia both want to escape and they both find a key which they communicate through. Finn and his oath brother and an old man, Gildas, along with a girl (Her name is Attia and I feel she is mostly there to create a love triangle in the future with Finn travel to escape the prison, and Claudia helps with her master Jared along the way., Claudia and her). Ok. One thing I had a problem with was also the parts with action. I felt that the writing was really loose and it sent me into major confusion over what in the world was going on. So toward the ending, they fight Incarceron and manage to escape. But Keiro, the oath brother, can't escape because he is half-man (made by the prison) and Gildas dies. Only those that hold the keys can leave. So, Claudia and Finn escape the prison at the very end and basically push out the evil queen which doesn't have that much reason to be evil. I liked the read. That's why I rated it 4/5. But, I felt that it was missing that something that would have made me love it. Perhaps it was the characters...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">When reading Incarceron, I thought that Claudia and Finn were very mundane. I found that the secondary characters were much more developed. Keiro was quite unpredictable and I thought he was going to betray Finn and I found that Jared was an interesting more intelligent type. Claudia herself was selfish. The whole reason she takes Finn out is because she doesn't want to marry the earl. She doesn't care that his friends are stuck inside, she only cares that she's got what she wants (I forgot to mention, she finds out that her father isn't her father and she was born in the prison.). Finn could have been developed more and is a bit passive and "follow the plot" type of character. So that's what I think! Let me know if you read Incarceron and how you liked it :)</span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span>FantasticFictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07585904161476879106noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560069307237139151.post-87871042353078061792011-04-20T05:53:00.001-07:002011-04-20T06:41:10.781-07:00If you guys write YA...and you didn't enter this...ENTER :D<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqPv1ehNECuMPCrSHiBfAqobv9QpHhE0MpgVnLRQ5fGynJI5yCqGSVkrF6dNygxI-Mh-OVkr-qkiupcOTubgjJpa-WqcUCRNptoOrhvplvcEQ7U20fknKEe0YSuh4Lxi-WcKSYW6OHUX0/s1600/yatopia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="98" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPqPv1ehNECuMPCrSHiBfAqobv9QpHhE0MpgVnLRQ5fGynJI5yCqGSVkrF6dNygxI-Mh-OVkr-qkiupcOTubgjJpa-WqcUCRNptoOrhvplvcEQ7U20fknKEe0YSuh4Lxi-WcKSYW6OHUX0/s320/yatopia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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