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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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Thatsa okay!
My parents are almost home. I will post again... perhaps right now... and rep y'all in the morning!
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Kind of a big deal
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Oop north
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The Secret Circle is alright. If you're a big Urban Fantasy fan, it's probably up your alley.
It suffers from the same thing every Urban Fantasy does--which is "the author can pull any opponent out of their ass", often resulting in several wasted minutes of exposition required to educate the reader on the rules of engagement for this particular... thing. It's a setback of the entire genre and the writing wasn't good enough for me to tolerate it (like say, Buffy )
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There is a 99%* chance your question about writing could be answered if you tried writing. *not a real statistic Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak because a baby can't chew it. - Mark Twain Last edited by CharacterInWhite; 03-22-2012 at 08:22 AM. Reason: Typo derp derp i can speel gud |
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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Oh, CIW, there are many Sherlockettes snippets up in the YAWN forum, if you want to check it out.
I'm off to bed!
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
Posts: 10,272
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Hum... wrote my first sort of "fade to black" scene. Well kind of... anyway uncomfortable-ness over with, now on to less strenuous writing.
ETA: Scratch that, i'm going to bed! I broke 40K, so I'm happy.
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) Last edited by amlptj; 03-22-2012 at 09:14 AM. |
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useless idiot
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bristol, England
Posts: 9,141
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Morning.
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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I'm so, so, so sick and I can't talk, but I have to go to school so I can be in Hairspray tonight.
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A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see |
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Morning everyone. Sorry your sick Tally.
So apparently the Dean contacted me back. No other choice then to have them not give me a real chemistry degree. This all feels like a slap in the face. All this work and effort and because of ONE course taught by a teacher who is KNOWN for being an asshole who doesn't do his job, and I end up with a degree that says. "Well she studied science but couldn't get a real degree" So after spending all my families money and taking out loans to go to this damn school I end up with that... That is going to look so wonderful when i look for a job. What's an "Applied Chemistry" degree? Well... its not a real chemistry degree, but its close....
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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useless idiot
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bristol, England
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So sorry, Ally. This is so sad.
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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So Ill end up being "Almost" qualified for jobs. So i went four years to this shit hole and had a million panic attacks, and and three complete mental breakdowns, To end up with a piece of paper that does and means absolutely nothing. Wonderful.
If i wasn't at work i'd be curled up in a ball sobbing.
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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I'm so sorry Ally.
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A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see |
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Thanks, called my mom freaking out. She is going to finally step in and see if she can get them to just wave the course. I mean its one course! One that I ALREADY TOOK!
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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#teampeeta
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Somewhere Only We Know...
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Downloading the Hunger Games app onto my iPad now. I wonder what this will be like...
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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have been writing down a huge long list of Last names that I like off a site i found.
I realized that my last names arent that creative and wanted to spice them up a little. But as i did...well now i'm getting SNI for stories and characters... I seriously dont need this right now.
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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#teampeeta
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Somewhere Only We Know...
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My last names are never creative. I always use common ones, like Smith or Andrews or something like that.
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useless idiot
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bristol, England
Posts: 9,141
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A lot of my characters are known primarily by their last names, so I try to pick some good, tough-sounding names. I love my YA UF protagonist's last name, which is Lancaster, like the bomber.
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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... I hear Lancaster and say WAR OF THE ROSES MON.
(sorry, I was just talking to some islanders and am thinkin' in a Jamaican accent) My main characters in my SNI The Winter Princess are Eira, Siani, and Bleddyn Howl. Then there are my Southern kingdom: Enekai, Haulani, Hekili, and Kalani Sky. In the East I have Hikari and Masaru Day. And West, I have Renatus, Liberia, Rosalia and Caelestis Fear. ...THERE IS MEANING BEHIND THESE NAMES I SWEAR. As for Sherlockettes, the last names are pretty decent. Metzger, Tremblay, Goldberg, Silverstein, Trudeau, Kostopolous. In MAAH I have James and Aleric. In TRL I have Hailey Rain, my one true love character. I JUST LOVE HER THE MOST. MY MOST FLAWSOME CHARACTER OF ALL-TIME. I'VE HAD HAILEY SINCE I WAS ELEVEN. MY BABY. HAILEY. Aaaaaaaaand... other names... Oh, I had fun with last names in ELEMENTAL! Bloor, Wellsley-Brown, McMurdough, and Elbrooke. Fun fun fun.
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A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see |
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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LofF: Medvec, Walsh, Wishnowski, McClennen, Finnigan, and Reynolds. are the MC's at least. Other important characters: Blair, (her last name but she asks like its her first) Anderson, Gravely, Whitaker. Villians & other characters: Thompson, Benson, Allenson, Johnson, (notice the problem with son at the end) DeMarco, Ross, Moore, Montgomery, Litcharts, Henderson, Shepard, Gray, Thell, Leevy, Halloway, Whitt.
TAJ: Meyers, and Tate UZ: Mason, and Wells. The name research is mostly for the SNI i have CWII. I wanted cool awesome last names. I'm also trying to figure out a pen-name and thought it would be handy And see Tally! You do have a character you love above the others! Hence why I love my LotF cast, for I've been with them for so long!
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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#teampeeta
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Somewhere Only We Know...
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Right now, for the series idea I mentioned to Ally, my main characters are Jamie Hudson and Andrew Williams.
There's a bunch of supporting characters, though... That's about it. |
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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I do! But I don't have a PROJECT I love above the others. I love MAAH and Sherlockettes and DG (dear god I love Dawning Glory so much) as much as I love TRL.
I just love Hailey as a character most.
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A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see |
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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that's why i love LotF more because its my fav characters in it. If i could write TAJ or UZ with the LotF characters i would and i'd love them just a much. Its the characters that makes me love that series most.
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) |
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
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I love each CAST of characters equally. This is just one single character.
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useless idiot
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Bristol, England
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I do think it's tough to get emotionally invested in new characters. I've scrapped a lot of beginnings because I wasn't feeling it. It's taken me a while to really warm up to the YA UF, but I think we're friends now.
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zaldrīzes buzdari iksos daor
Join Date: May 2009
Location: The Land of Always Winter
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I never have trouble getting warmed up to characters xD they generally pop out of my head as fully formed human beings. like athena.
eta: I am emotionally invested in every character I have ever thought of
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A constellation of tears on your lashes Burn everything you love, then burn the ashes In the end everything collides My childhood spat back out the monster that you see |
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Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Evy was easy to become friends with. Personally I think that if she was the same age as my LotF characters and met them, (she does... but its a long story) Pip might have a different love interest. Matty on the other hand... well I'm still not sure if i can ever forgive him even though Evy did.
I do love Sam and Alex though. Although they would HATE Matty. I'm really excited about CWII characters. Rose is awesome and Aiden is adorkable! If my other characters were in the same reality, they would all love Aiden, although Rose wouldn't like them probably. I could see her and Jul getting into catty fights. And if LotF's MC's joined GHOST, it would be the true definition of EPICNESS!!! I also got to write a piece for class for the Second Gen. I always has a soft spot for all those characters. Addy's more of a cocky badass then I intended though, but i guess kids dont always turn out how you plan. hehehehe. Sully, he's just the perfect combo of his parents, and Nate, Finn, and Zoey, but utterly amazing. I cant wait for Rowan if i ever get to write about him... Maybe for my own personal amusement one day. The first Freakster, (Zoey and Finn's son Half Freak half Monster) GOD i wish i could write about him now.
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Legend of the Freaks
YA Horror/Thriller Series 8 of 12 books complete WiP Re-write of first book FREAKs Unsung Zeros Psychological Thriller Rewrite -1/2 done On Hold The Amnesia Journey YA Fantasy RBSL Contemp/romantic comedy Legend of a Freak (Blog!) Last edited by amlptj; 03-22-2012 at 11:47 PM. |
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#teampeeta
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Somewhere Only We Know...
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The Weeping Angels are in Amy and Rorys last episode on DW, and according to Karen Gillans twitter "not everyone will get out alive against Weeping Angels in Amy's final episode".
Now I can't wait for the fall of whenever it airs again (I heard it would be the fall...) so I CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS. Hopefully this isn't old news, because that was from two hours ago...
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