I'm really busy and I'm trying to post more often.
But I started a PHOTOBLOG! Please follow. It means a lot.
Anyway, guess what. I've gotten a word from the Lord about which plot I should write for NaNo. I've been praying He would reveal it...and it happened as I was talking on facebook to my friend EJ. That plot would be plot 4 on my list...AKA POW.
*cue rejoice*
I've pretty much already got the details figured out, my mum thinks it's pretty cool, Dad didn't really get it. He NEVER gets any of my stuff. He just doesn't understand why I don't write real-life. It frustrates me because he almost makes fun of it. I have bad self-confidence issues, so if someone makes fun of me then it doesn't just drop. It stays. And it makes me in a bad mood. Siiiiiigh. I spose as long as we stay off the subject of writing, then we'll be fine.
The thing is, he is so into sports and I could care less. So he thinks I'm not his daughter. He means it jokingly, I know, but still. I'm WEIRD, I'm NOT like anyone else, I don't DRESS like anyone else, I don't have the same IDEAS as everyone else. I am not stereotypical. In any way. He just doesn't understand why I'm like I am.
I was telling him about some drawings I made the other night, and I put words all around them that God was telling me that went along with the pictures, and he was convinced it wasn't God. He doesn't know that I hear God differently than most other people, and that totally turned me off. If I could cry, which I can't, then I would have. (Don't ask why I can't cry because I don't know. I think it is because I hold it all the time and now I have just...lost my crying capability. Next time you cry, happy or sad, shed a tear for me. You don't know how it is, not being able to cry.)
See my problem is I'm really reserved and don't let anyone in, and I have hurt so many people by being that way. Including my mum. So I'm trying SOOOOOHARD to start opening up just a little more, and when people reject me like that when I am TRYING to get better, then it just is like two steps forward, one step back.
I'm sorry to dump all this on y'all.
SIGH. Again...
So pray for me as I have a hard time dealing with life right now, because it's hard, not just because of Dad and me. It's hard in a lot of other ways too. Pray for me as I participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I'm praying for all my fellow novelists!
Also, if you have any prayer requests, let me know.
I think Mariella and I were trying to start an online prayer team? I'll post updates about that soon.
I kind of wish I was famous. For some reason. But then I don't.
And I like Robert Pattinson's music. That's about it. Did you know he is Catholic? Or so I've heard. He's got a really weird singing voice. But I like it. I love music like that. So if you know anyone else that has music like that, let me know, please and danke.
I'll be praying for you. I'm sure your Dad loves you, despite your different personalities. And it is good to "dump" on your friends.
Who is Robert Pattinson? What's he sing like?
I had a look at your photo-blog. My favourite would have to be "Crossing the Street" and the humiliated squirrel, which I thought was really funny.
Will you be posting POW on here, or on a story blog? I've decided to give Nano a go this month, although I'm going to start now, although it's not November, otherwise my motivation will plummet. I'm probably going to need some regular reminders to stay disciplined and actually write. Do you have any tips for me?
I'm on a journey with how I spend my time etc. as well. I've found some productive projects I intend to spend more time on, which I've blogged about.
I haven't got around to actually getting an NaNoWriMo account or anything. Do you think it's worth it? What can you do with an account?
My plot- I love half of the plot, and hate the other half. The first half is the idea that three teenagers, Casey (a live with heart on sleeve type girl), Damien (a logical, steady, Christian boy), and X, a boy who exemplifies the stereotypical troublesome teenager. They are all having nightmares and go to see a specialist, all together (accident or having connections). This specialist is kinda like Uncle Andrew in Narnia, and sends them (against Damien's will) into Plitzana, a entirely new universe, with Elves, Dwarves etc.
Of course, no-one speaks English (unlike in Narnia) and so they have to adopt to this entirely new world. Eventually they have a choice to make- to go back to Earth, or become a man, elf or dwarf. If they die of old age they can return to Earth, if not, then they are bound to the fate of Plitzana, just as we are bound to the fate of earth (there being no other universes to be bound to).
Casey stays human, X becomes a Dwarf, and Damien after much thought, becomes an Elf. He can't die of old age, so he can't return to being human or to earth. He's saying goodbye to everything, even Casey and X (as they will die but he is immortal).
I love that half of the plot, but the second half is pretty shadowy. All I have is a great good v Evil war like in Lord of The Rings... and pretty much every other fantasy novel. I want something that's at least slightly original. One thing I might do is instead of making it medieval, I'll make it ancient (Babylon to Rome style, instead of knights etc.).
That is one pretty long comment. Hope you waded through okay!
I live in another world and am unable to stay focused on anything without spacing out. Plots and characters are basically the only things that go through my mind. BEWARE - DANGEROUS, SENSELESS THINGS AWAIT YOU SHOULD YOU READ FORTH. And should you read forth, you will discover the life of a sun-bleached blonde, fantasy-crazed, overly creative, medieval-obsessed girl whom nobody can really figure out. (I would turn back if I were you, but then again, is that not the beauty of curiosity?)
• Editing Hath No Man, my 2nd NaNoWriMo Novel (2008) set in the year 1318. 'Tis the tale of the traveling minstrel, Isolda de Brithael of Normandy, and her adventures and romances!
• Rewriting Reflection, my first NaNo Novel.
• The Vivian Story (temporary unoriginal name, lacking a plotline. I let it take care of itself.)
• Shadowbeckon, the first book in the (fantasy) Laorothis Sequence. Introduction to the charries and main plotline - how Perrin and Mathus Amethyst flee to survive the war with the Shadonae, the horrible creatures of darkness.
• Juliana's Muse - the tale of a sixteen-year-old novelist-in-progress and her muse, Alice.
• Coming soon
I live in another world and am unable to stay focused on anything without spacing out. Plots and characters are basically the only things that go through my mind. BEWARE - DANGEROUS, SENSELESS THINGS AWAIT YOU SHOULD YOU READ FORTH. And should you read forth, you will discover the life of a sun-bleached blonde, fantasy-crazed, overly creative, medieval-obsessed girl whom nobody can really figure out. (I would turn back if I were you, but then again, is that not the beauty of curiosity?)
