I am so terrible at being consistent. >.< So I think my last post was last year, and I've basically been up to nothing since then. I'm really not busy whatsoever, other than work, so I don't have an excuse for not posting. But, I am curious about something...
How many people who actually reads my blog (or used to) would like me to continue? I'm thinking about working out an actual posting schedule so that I'll have a better deadline set up, but it'd be nice to know how many people actually want me to start posting again.
And, just because it's been awhile since I've updated what I've been working on... Nothing at the moment. >.< I mean I've managed to finish my sixth book in the world of Panin series, and started on the seventh, and I've also gotten a good idea on how I want to rewrite the first one, but I haven't done much writing this month or last month. And again, I have no excuse for not doing that. But I can never go long without writing, so I just need to stop watching anime all day and work up some motivation.
Oh, but I guess I do have a smallish excuse. My older sister left sometime last month, and since she's basically my other half, it was crazy to think that she'd be leaving. Ever since she told me that she'd gotten an internship at Disney World, it was hard to imagine her being gone for like seven months. So, I think that's played a part in my lack of motivation. *Nods* Yep, sounds good. I'll just blame her. ;)
Anyway, I'll try to come up with an actually post, and post it on Monday. (No promises) If I can work it out, I'd like to write the scene where Calix first meets Phoenix. I know I haven't shown a lot, or anything at all, about these two, but I imagine the scene will be cute...
Yeah... So it would be awesome if you guys let me know if you want to see more, and if not... I don't really care. I'm still gonna post stuff if I can come up with ideas. XP Thanks for reading!
Friday, June 10, 2016
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Christmas Tag
Alright, so now that I'm on break, I've gotten pretty lazy... And I really should attempt to do more with this now, but I keep forgetting... But! I am doing a tag now. Leilani Sunblade was nice enough to tag me, and so I'll go ahead and answer the questions now. (Oh, and thanks so much for tagging me, Leilani. :D I love answering these. :) )
Alright, so, first question...
What is your favourite Christmas treat?
Hmm... I really don't know... I guess rice krispies treats and most of the cookies that my mom and sisters make around the holidays. I also make a no bake chocolate oatmeal cookie that has slowly become my favorite. (Normally, people make it with peanut butter, but my family doesn't since my sister's allergic to peanuts.)
Are there any special traditions that your family has to celebrate Christmas?
Maybe? I don't know when, but somewhere along the line my family started the tradition of going over to my grandma and grandpa's house for Christmas Eve to eat dinner and just hang out. We also open any gifts we have from our extended family members. And we also bake a lot of cookies... XD
How do you normally celebrate Christmas?
Well, first we do the thing at my grandparents house, then on Christmas morning is is a tradition for my younger sisters, (their twins, so they're often refer to as the twins...) the twins, to wake me up, as well as the youngest two. Then we all go through our stockings, which is basically the only thing we're allowed to look through. XD Then, after we've finally managed to pull our parents and the oldest out of bed, we start opening the gifts under the tree. Once that's done, we clean up the mess we made while opening everything, and start thinking about making breakfast. And then basically we mess around with our gifts for the rest of the day and do nothing... Though, we usually watch movies of some sort, because that's a big thing in our family. Last year we went to the theaters, and other years we've rented movie.
Do you enjoy getting presents for your friends and family? Do you buy your gifts or go the homemade route?
Since the first time that my older sister and I have had money around Christmas time, we've been buying gifts for our family. We actually finished our Christmas shopping yesterday. :D I'm not that great at making gifts, so I always just buy them. And, I LOVE buying things for my family. Seriously, it's like the best thing ever. :D (Sometimes I do get gifts for my friends, but I have a big family, so my sister and I often don't have extra money to do that. But this year my two best friends, my two youngest sisters, and I (We're all friends) did a secret santa sort of thing where the gifts were homemade. I drew my friend a picture which she hung on her wall. XD And that was pretty fun.)
Is it cold where you live? Have you ever had a white Christmas?
.... I live in a desert... I've had maybe one white Christmas, maybe? But yeah... Where I live, it's generally not that cold. It usually doesn't get below like... 28 degrees (Fahrenheit) where I live... So it's not really that cold. Of course, we also live semi close to mountains, and it's not unusual for it to snow there.
What’s on your Christmas list this year?
Honestly, not much. XD I'm finding that I don't really want a whole lot of stuff any more... Either that, or the stuff I want is super expensive so I won't ask for it. My list is also very general... It consists of books, anime stuff, notebooks, and boots.
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
Ooh... Weeeellll... I really like Theocracy's Wynter Fever. Just because it's awesome. XD But, I also like Carol of the Bells by most anyone, and I've also listened to Pentatonix's Chistmas album a lot as well.
What is your favourite Christmas memory?
I'm not sure I have one specific one, but I always love going to my grandma's house for the Christmas Eve thing... Oh, but now that I think of it, I do have a favorite one. XD Last year, my sisters, parents, and I were getting ready to leave, and we were taking a family picture and everything and ended up being really hyper. (That's always fun because we all end up laughing for hours. XD) Anyway, after that we left and we were being all crazy. So we had a very interesting ride back to our house. :D But once we got home, I stood up and saw that I had been sitting on a cookie the whole ride home. (We took some of the stuff home with us.) XD I told my sisters, and we somehow ended the conversation with my being able to poop cookies... XD My family has a pretty weird sense of humor, but I thought it was funny and laughed for a whole five minutes. But of course, I wanted the twins to hear about it, because they had already gone inside the house at that point. So I burst into their bedroom, exclaiming very loudly that I could poop cookies, but they simply stared at me like I was interrupting something. I was confused until one of the twins turned her phone around, and I realized they had been video chatting someone... So I left their room, laughing even harder. XD Strange memory, but I like it.
What does your Christmas Tree look like?
Here's a picture. :)
How early do you start to get into the Christmas spirit?
What makes it FEEL like Christmas for you? (Weather, specific tradition, food, smell, person, etc.?)
Alright, so, first question...
What is your favourite Christmas treat?
Hmm... I really don't know... I guess rice krispies treats and most of the cookies that my mom and sisters make around the holidays. I also make a no bake chocolate oatmeal cookie that has slowly become my favorite. (Normally, people make it with peanut butter, but my family doesn't since my sister's allergic to peanuts.)
Are there any special traditions that your family has to celebrate Christmas?
Maybe? I don't know when, but somewhere along the line my family started the tradition of going over to my grandma and grandpa's house for Christmas Eve to eat dinner and just hang out. We also open any gifts we have from our extended family members. And we also bake a lot of cookies... XD
How do you normally celebrate Christmas?
Well, first we do the thing at my grandparents house, then on Christmas morning is is a tradition for my younger sisters, (their twins, so they're often refer to as the twins...) the twins, to wake me up, as well as the youngest two. Then we all go through our stockings, which is basically the only thing we're allowed to look through. XD Then, after we've finally managed to pull our parents and the oldest out of bed, we start opening the gifts under the tree. Once that's done, we clean up the mess we made while opening everything, and start thinking about making breakfast. And then basically we mess around with our gifts for the rest of the day and do nothing... Though, we usually watch movies of some sort, because that's a big thing in our family. Last year we went to the theaters, and other years we've rented movie.
Do you enjoy getting presents for your friends and family? Do you buy your gifts or go the homemade route?
Since the first time that my older sister and I have had money around Christmas time, we've been buying gifts for our family. We actually finished our Christmas shopping yesterday. :D I'm not that great at making gifts, so I always just buy them. And, I LOVE buying things for my family. Seriously, it's like the best thing ever. :D (Sometimes I do get gifts for my friends, but I have a big family, so my sister and I often don't have extra money to do that. But this year my two best friends, my two youngest sisters, and I (We're all friends) did a secret santa sort of thing where the gifts were homemade. I drew my friend a picture which she hung on her wall. XD And that was pretty fun.)
Is it cold where you live? Have you ever had a white Christmas?
.... I live in a desert... I've had maybe one white Christmas, maybe? But yeah... Where I live, it's generally not that cold. It usually doesn't get below like... 28 degrees (Fahrenheit) where I live... So it's not really that cold. Of course, we also live semi close to mountains, and it's not unusual for it to snow there.
What’s on your Christmas list this year?
Honestly, not much. XD I'm finding that I don't really want a whole lot of stuff any more... Either that, or the stuff I want is super expensive so I won't ask for it. My list is also very general... It consists of books, anime stuff, notebooks, and boots.
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
Ooh... Weeeellll... I really like Theocracy's Wynter Fever. Just because it's awesome. XD But, I also like Carol of the Bells by most anyone, and I've also listened to Pentatonix's Chistmas album a lot as well.
What is your favourite Christmas memory?
I'm not sure I have one specific one, but I always love going to my grandma's house for the Christmas Eve thing... Oh, but now that I think of it, I do have a favorite one. XD Last year, my sisters, parents, and I were getting ready to leave, and we were taking a family picture and everything and ended up being really hyper. (That's always fun because we all end up laughing for hours. XD) Anyway, after that we left and we were being all crazy. So we had a very interesting ride back to our house. :D But once we got home, I stood up and saw that I had been sitting on a cookie the whole ride home. (We took some of the stuff home with us.) XD I told my sisters, and we somehow ended the conversation with my being able to poop cookies... XD My family has a pretty weird sense of humor, but I thought it was funny and laughed for a whole five minutes. But of course, I wanted the twins to hear about it, because they had already gone inside the house at that point. So I burst into their bedroom, exclaiming very loudly that I could poop cookies, but they simply stared at me like I was interrupting something. I was confused until one of the twins turned her phone around, and I realized they had been video chatting someone... So I left their room, laughing even harder. XD Strange memory, but I like it.
What does your Christmas Tree look like?
Here's a picture. :)
The presents under there are mostly the ones I just bought yesterday. :D
What are you reading in December? (Anything festive?)
Well I started The Tournament at Gorlan (The Early Years) by John Flanagan back in November after my grandma bought it for me for my birthday. I'm not finished yet, but I'm almost done. (And it's soooo epic, by the way. XD)
Buuut, I'm not reading anything else, and not something festive.
Are you an organised little elf or are you still shopping/preparing on Christmas Eve?
XD I'm not organized in the slightest. But generally I'm done before Christmas Eve. Other than finishing touches and things like that.
How early do you start to get into the Christmas spirit?
As soon as Halloween is over. XD Christmas is awesome, and I'm not overlooking Thanksgiving, I just love Christmas stuff. :)
Do you make any Christmas crafts? Decorations? Send physical Christmas cards?
Not really... I sometimes make cards and things like that, but it's not really my thing.
What’s the menu for Christmas Day?!
Umm... Turkey? Normally we don't have anything fancy for dinner, but after Thanksgiving we ended up with a lot of Turkey and I think that's what we'll be having this year.
What makes it FEEL like Christmas for you? (Weather, specific tradition, food, smell, person, etc.?)
Ooh. When it gets chilly enough to use a jacket and occasionally my big jacket. And then when my family and other houses put up lights and decorations, and there aren't any leaves on the trees any more, annnd when I smell cookies baking, that's what makes everything feel like Christmas. :D
Do you have relatives coming? Excited? Nervous?
Nope. My other grandma (Not the one who we visit on Christmas Eve) used to live in Arizona, but a couple of years ago she moved in with my family, so we don't ever have relatives visit for Christmas anymore...
What famous Christmas character do you most identify with? (Scrooge, Elf, Tiny Tim, the Grinch, Santa, etc.)
Lol... Let's just say the Grinch. XD
If you were to start a new Christmas tradition, what would it be?
Heh... I don't know that I would start a new one... I like everything the way it is now.
What Christmas movies do you like to watch this time of year or what’s your favorite?
Elf is probably my favorite/the one we always watch, as well as the Grinch. Then there are the older ones that we usually watch, but haven't this year, like Year Without Santa Clause, Frosty the Snowman... Movies like that I guess.
What’s your favorite Christmasy book or book with a favorite Christmasy part?
Heh... I actually don't think I have one...
Annnnnd... I may or may not tag people later, but seeing as it's late already and I'm pretty tired, I'm just going to leave it like this for now. Buuut, if you're reading this and want to do the tag, feel free! :D And let me know if you do it so I can see your answers! Thanks for reading! :)
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Crazy Character Questions (Plus Updates)
Alright, so I'm going to go ahead and post the video Cloaklover and I did (we made it like, last month actually), but first I'll go ahead and let you guys know what's been going on. I really had intended on posting short stories and things like that, but I just never managed it because of school and frustrating things like that. But now I'm on break and I have more time to write and post stuff here! :D
NaNo didn't work out as well as I had hoped, and I failed pretty terribly. Though, I already guessed that's what would happen, and I'm not too disappointed. Though, now that it's over and I haven't really spent much time actually writing my NaNo project, I'm putting that one on hold to go back to Bryin's story. (He's pretty happy about that. XD) And I'm hoping that I can finish the sixth book before school starts up again, as well as start the seventh book. But we'll see how it goes...
As for the short stories and the map, I'll get to posting those as soon as I can. It sort of depends on if I can pry myself away from Bryin's main story again now that I've started back up, and I'm finally getting to the middle/ending of it.
Ooh, and I'm planning on making a couple posts on my art blog soon as well, and it'd be awesome if you checked those out! :D
Annnnd, now. Here's the video!
What did you think of the questions, or my answers? Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading/watching! :D
Oh! I also put up a new poll question!
NaNo didn't work out as well as I had hoped, and I failed pretty terribly. Though, I already guessed that's what would happen, and I'm not too disappointed. Though, now that it's over and I haven't really spent much time actually writing my NaNo project, I'm putting that one on hold to go back to Bryin's story. (He's pretty happy about that. XD) And I'm hoping that I can finish the sixth book before school starts up again, as well as start the seventh book. But we'll see how it goes...
As for the short stories and the map, I'll get to posting those as soon as I can. It sort of depends on if I can pry myself away from Bryin's main story again now that I've started back up, and I'm finally getting to the middle/ending of it.
Ooh, and I'm planning on making a couple posts on my art blog soon as well, and it'd be awesome if you checked those out! :D
Annnnd, now. Here's the video!
What did you think of the questions, or my answers? Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading/watching! :D
Oh! I also put up a new poll question!
Saturday, November 21, 2015
NaNo Update #3
Well, it's now the 21st and I'm so behind on writing. I didn't hardly get any writing done because I've been doing school work, and actually going to school, and stuff like that. You know, trying to be a good student even though I'd much rather skip classes all month so I could just sit around the house and write all day. But, that's not how it worked out. >.<
On the bright side, though, I'm on break for a whole week! I can only imagine the amount of writing I can get done in that time! Hopefully it's a lot. I'm gonna need the time to play catch up if I actually want to reach the 50k mark this time around.
And, I would have written yesterday, but it was my 19th birthday! :D It was amazing, and even better because I didn't have any classes at all, meaning my break started a day earlier! XD My grandma made me an amazing cake, and gave me The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan (so excited to read that) as well as some glitter body mist stuff (which happens to also be one of my favorite smells.) And then, this afternoon my aunt and uncle took me for coffee and got me a travel mug thing, which is gold, and amazing! :D Over all it was awesome, but it meant that I didn't have time to get any further on the short story I'm working on!
The last poll was something about who you would like to know more about, and I think Wolf won that one... Which is why I started writing a short story thing to post, but then I started off with Bryin and Wolf seems more like a side character at the moment, so I'm just gonna post that story here and come up with one mostly about Wolf and put it on the other blog. (That way Bryin doesn't get upset at Wolf. ;) )
So, if I can manage it, I'll try to have both stories up by the 27th, which is Friday. (Just so I give myself a deadline.)
And for an actual NaNo update, I have 14,387 words in total... And I'm still trying to end chapter two so I can move on and write about a few more characters, but I think I'm starting to get ideas about what actually happens in the middle of the book, so that's good. And I'm still really happy about it, so that means I'll definitely be continuing it until the end. (Or that's how I feel about it at the moment.)
But yeah. That's about it, I think. I'll come up with a new poll question soon, and it also looks like I'll be drawing up a new map and posting it, so look forward to that. Though, it'll be after the short stories, and maybe even after this semester of school ends for me, but we'll see.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and definitely come back later to check out the short stories whenever I get around to finishing them. And wish me luck with NaNo! :D
On the bright side, though, I'm on break for a whole week! I can only imagine the amount of writing I can get done in that time! Hopefully it's a lot. I'm gonna need the time to play catch up if I actually want to reach the 50k mark this time around.
And, I would have written yesterday, but it was my 19th birthday! :D It was amazing, and even better because I didn't have any classes at all, meaning my break started a day earlier! XD My grandma made me an amazing cake, and gave me The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan (so excited to read that) as well as some glitter body mist stuff (which happens to also be one of my favorite smells.) And then, this afternoon my aunt and uncle took me for coffee and got me a travel mug thing, which is gold, and amazing! :D Over all it was awesome, but it meant that I didn't have time to get any further on the short story I'm working on!
The last poll was something about who you would like to know more about, and I think Wolf won that one... Which is why I started writing a short story thing to post, but then I started off with Bryin and Wolf seems more like a side character at the moment, so I'm just gonna post that story here and come up with one mostly about Wolf and put it on the other blog. (That way Bryin doesn't get upset at Wolf. ;) )
So, if I can manage it, I'll try to have both stories up by the 27th, which is Friday. (Just so I give myself a deadline.)
And for an actual NaNo update, I have 14,387 words in total... And I'm still trying to end chapter two so I can move on and write about a few more characters, but I think I'm starting to get ideas about what actually happens in the middle of the book, so that's good. And I'm still really happy about it, so that means I'll definitely be continuing it until the end. (Or that's how I feel about it at the moment.)
But yeah. That's about it, I think. I'll come up with a new poll question soon, and it also looks like I'll be drawing up a new map and posting it, so look forward to that. Though, it'll be after the short stories, and maybe even after this semester of school ends for me, but we'll see.
Anyway, thanks for reading, and definitely come back later to check out the short stories whenever I get around to finishing them. And wish me luck with NaNo! :D
Friday, November 13, 2015
NaNo Update #2 (Video)
Okay, sooo, here's my update. :D (Ignore my awkwardness. XD) And also, I'll have a new poll question up tomorrow.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
New Blog!
Sooo, this is a short post, but I'd thought I'd just let everyone know that I have a new blog for my project More Than Survival. I figured that I'd eventually want to blog about that project, but I don't necessarily post everything about it on here since it's for WoP. Sooo... Yeah! You can click the Other Blogs tab, and find the link there, or just click here!
http://mtsurvival.blogspot.com/
Also, son't forget about the poll thing. It ends on Saturday, and I'll have a new question up sometime that afternoon!
Thanks for reading this, and also, let me know what you think of the new blog! :D
(Bryin: Yeah, of course there's a new blog. First she completely abandons my story right in the middle of it, then she starts to like her new characters, and then she makes a whole blog for them. And you know what? Those characters won't even be grateful for all that. Gosh. Why can't my author just come back and forget about all the other stupid new characters? Why?!?!
Tristan: Ooh... What's this place. It looks cool... Maybe it's some top secret government thingy...
Bryin: Um, hello? This isn't you blog, you terrible new character girl. Go back to where ever it is you came from, I was in the middle of--
Tristyn: Oh, I didn't see you there... Are you a government agent? Sorry about being here when it's supposed to be top secret and everything. It was a complete accident.
Bryin: I don't work for the government! This whole thing has nothing to do with the government! If you want to ramble on and on about stupid stuff, get on your own blog! This one's mine. I'm the only one allowed to do stupid stuff on here.
Tristyn: Well, excuse me. That was rude. I'm not stupid, and I'm not rambling on and on. Not yet anyway.
Bryin: Then leave before you do start!)
Me: *Shoos both Bryin and Tristyn away before anything can get out of hand* Oh, and sorry for just stopping in the middle of your story Bryin! I promise I'll come back soon to torture-- I mean-- write about you later!!!
http://mtsurvival.blogspot.com/
Also, son't forget about the poll thing. It ends on Saturday, and I'll have a new question up sometime that afternoon!
Thanks for reading this, and also, let me know what you think of the new blog! :D
(Bryin: Yeah, of course there's a new blog. First she completely abandons my story right in the middle of it, then she starts to like her new characters, and then she makes a whole blog for them. And you know what? Those characters won't even be grateful for all that. Gosh. Why can't my author just come back and forget about all the other stupid new characters? Why?!?!
Tristan: Ooh... What's this place. It looks cool... Maybe it's some top secret government thingy...
Bryin: Um, hello? This isn't you blog, you terrible new character girl. Go back to where ever it is you came from, I was in the middle of--
Tristyn: Oh, I didn't see you there... Are you a government agent? Sorry about being here when it's supposed to be top secret and everything. It was a complete accident.
Bryin: I don't work for the government! This whole thing has nothing to do with the government! If you want to ramble on and on about stupid stuff, get on your own blog! This one's mine. I'm the only one allowed to do stupid stuff on here.
Tristyn: Well, excuse me. That was rude. I'm not stupid, and I'm not rambling on and on. Not yet anyway.
Bryin: Then leave before you do start!)
Me: *Shoos both Bryin and Tristyn away before anything can get out of hand* Oh, and sorry for just stopping in the middle of your story Bryin! I promise I'll come back soon to torture-- I mean-- write about you later!!!
Saturday, November 7, 2015
NaNo Update #1
Soooooo... I'm not doing as well as I would have liked. >.< First, I would have liked to update my blog yesterday, but I was too tired since I had just gotten home from being out of town for a concert. (BTW, Skillet is amazing, and that was my second time seeing them. I also saw Family Force 5, for KING & COUNTRY, Jamie Grace, Lincoln Brewster, and a few other people. It was awesome! And Sadie Robertson was there as well! :D) All in all, it was worth the time I spent not writing. But, I only have 3,518 words written as of right this moment, and I'm around 8,000 words behind. I don't have much time to write today because I have a lot of homework to do, and I may not have a lot of time tomorrow either. >.<
BUT! There is some good news! (Other than the part about the concert ;) ) So far, I wasn't sure how this story was going to turn out, especially since every time I try to write a new story I lose interest and just default back to writing Bryin and Darvel's story. (Bryin: Um, of course she does. I'm just too awesome not too.) I still don't know if I'm going to lose interest in this yet or not, but so far I'm liking the direction I'm heading in.
I really like the main character Wolf, and I'm excited about the idea of adding in a few other main characters. Only problem at the moment other than low word count is, I'm not quite sure where I'm going to take the story. XD But, considering I'm never low on ideas, I'm sure that won't be a problem for long. Especially since I do have an end goal.
Anyway... There's my update. If you haven't already noticed, there's a new poll question up! Which character would you like to hear more about?
This was the result of last week's question:
Which character do you feel the most sorry for?
Bryin 0 (0%)
Darvel 2 (33%)
Katrina 4 (66%)
Other 0 (0%)
No one 0 (0%)
BUT! There is some good news! (Other than the part about the concert ;) ) So far, I wasn't sure how this story was going to turn out, especially since every time I try to write a new story I lose interest and just default back to writing Bryin and Darvel's story. (Bryin: Um, of course she does. I'm just too awesome not too.) I still don't know if I'm going to lose interest in this yet or not, but so far I'm liking the direction I'm heading in.
I really like the main character Wolf, and I'm excited about the idea of adding in a few other main characters. Only problem at the moment other than low word count is, I'm not quite sure where I'm going to take the story. XD But, considering I'm never low on ideas, I'm sure that won't be a problem for long. Especially since I do have an end goal.
Anyway... There's my update. If you haven't already noticed, there's a new poll question up! Which character would you like to hear more about?
This was the result of last week's question:
Which character do you feel the most sorry for?
Bryin 0 (0%)
Darvel 2 (33%)
Katrina 4 (66%)
Other 0 (0%)
No one 0 (0%)
So, Katrina won with a total of 4 votes. Yay. XD I voted for Darvel, just because (or Katrina... I honestly can't remember because it's been a pretty long week...) and Cloaklover voted for Katrina. So that means four other people voted, which makes me happy because I wasn't really sure if anyone else would. :)
And, one last thing, I have a personality quiz thing. If you haven't already taken it, you totally should, just for fun! And if you've already done it, first, thank you so much! :D And second, let me know your result in the comments, or any questions you had! I know two people said they got Adela (which is why I included her in the poll question) so if you want to know more about her then just let me know. :D
Okay, I'm done rambling. I think... Thanks for reading! Hopefully I remember to update my blog next week!
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