PREACH! This is so true! Novels don't start out masterpieces. In fact the first copy of any story or novel is AWFUL. It's with editing that masterpieces are made.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Growth Mindset: Still Growing
This week I want to make goals for myself as I will be graduating in a few weeks.
1. Stop procrastinating
2. Wake up earlier
3. Go to bed earlier
4. FINISH editing that novel!
5. Budget, budget, BUDGET MONEY!
1. Stop procrastinating
2. Wake up earlier
3. Go to bed earlier
4. FINISH editing that novel!
5. Budget, budget, BUDGET MONEY!
Learning by HEART: Friendship Memory Jars
This week I wanted to share my own happiness tip. This is a modified version of the happiness jar.
My best friend Julie, who I consider to be my little sister, is moving away to Florida. I'm very happy for her, but I am also devasted that my best friend is across the country.
However, we thought of a great going away gift--but it's also a great idea for any friends or family to do with each other.
We are going to put 365 happy memories and messages on little slips of paper along with some momentos and put them into a decorated jar. That way every day we can open one up, read it, and smile or laugh. And then whenever I get to see her next we'll add more to the jar!
My best friend Julie, who I consider to be my little sister, is moving away to Florida. I'm very happy for her, but I am also devasted that my best friend is across the country.
However, we thought of a great going away gift--but it's also a great idea for any friends or family to do with each other.
We are going to put 365 happy memories and messages on little slips of paper along with some momentos and put them into a decorated jar. That way every day we can open one up, read it, and smile or laugh. And then whenever I get to see her next we'll add more to the jar!
Week 13: Tech Tip
This week I went in and embedded YouTube videos at the end of all of my stories that are in my Storybook, including my front page! I think that the videos really add a tone and mood to the page and make it more cinematic.
Here's an example of the video on my front page:
Here's an example of the video on my front page:
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Week 12: Review
This week's Announcment favorite:
I am a sucker for anything relating to Norse Mythology so this caught my eye!
Encouragement of the Week:
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Week 11 Storytelling: The Pirate Treasure
I mean, what else did I need?
I was already at the Pirate King at age sixteen. I ruled the seas. I guess I thought that all that I wanted was all the gold, gems, and riches of the world.
I was already at the Pirate King at age sixteen. I ruled the seas. I guess I thought that all that I wanted was all the gold, gems, and riches of the world.
But I learned there were some things in this world that were more important than the wide blue ocean.
There were some things more of a treasure than and the gold and gems in treasure chests.
There were some things more of a treasure than and the gold and gems in treasure chests.
There was something more important that bump, ba, bumped in my body.
It happened one day. It was the first time I met him that I truly felt alive.
The ship wasn't headed in any direction. We left it afloat. I lounged in a lifeboat that was tethered to my ship.
I had fallen asleep when I suddenly felt water on my face. I sat up and saw a fin lower in to the water.
It's some dolphin, I'm sure, I thought.
When suddenly a boy turned to me. He smiled widely. Had had wet tangles of Light brown hair around his face. He was beyond beautiful.
The ship wasn't headed in any direction. We left it afloat. I lounged in a lifeboat that was tethered to my ship.
I had fallen asleep when I suddenly felt water on my face. I sat up and saw a fin lower in to the water.
It's some dolphin, I'm sure, I thought.
When suddenly a boy turned to me. He smiled widely. Had had wet tangles of Light brown hair around his face. He was beyond beautiful.
"What are you doing in the water?" I asked. We were in the middle of nowhere, and I didn't recognize him from my crew.
"Swimming," he said. "What else?" His voice was so goddamn cheerul.
"Well, come--" I started to say. I was going to invite him on board.
But he leaned back, his hands behind his bed, and he floated on top of the water, and a tail fin rose from the water. I followed the fin all the way up to his waist.
"There's no way..." I muttered.
"What that mermaids exist?" He said and laughed. "Of course I do."
He grabbed onto my boat, and tipped it over. I cried out as I fell into the sea. "What the hell?"
"Get your sea legs, captain," he said and winked.
"I'm no Pirate Captain, merman--" I said in between heavy breathes as I doggy paddled to wade the water.
"Well, Captain, I'm not just a merman, my name is Aranis," he said.
"I told you! I'm not a Captain! I am Diarmud the Pirate King!"
"Pirate King, huh?" He asked. "Impressive"
"Quite so, Aranis." I managed to climb back into my boat, and I sat in it.
"Well, if we're being technical...my name is Prince Aranis. I live in the Underwater Realm of Atlantis where I will someday rule as King."
"So, I rule the seas up here," I said and gestured around. "And you will rule the waters down below?"
"Correct," he said with a grin. "Well, I'll be off!" And just as quickly as he came, he ducked down into the waters.
"Wait!" I cried out. My heart was beating in a manner I'd never known. It felt like my greatest treasure of all was sinking into the seas.
"What?" He said as he came back to the surface.
I felt relief flood my body as I saw his gentle face, his soft blonde hair, and his chiseled physique. I was starting to fell the effects of what I once thought was a myth, a fiction. But I was thinking that this was love at first sight.
"I'll be back," he said with a wink, and then he swam down below.
"Drop anchor!" I shouted. "The ship stays here!"
"Aye, aye captain!" My crew replied.
***
And at the same time the next day, Aranis returned.
"Hello," he said, holding the sides of my boat.
"Aranis," I said. "If I may be so forward: I missed you..."
"Even if that is so," he said. "Nothing can ever come of this, my King."
"As King of these Seas, what I want can happen, Aranis."
He smiled softly, and lifted himself up, and he leaned into my face, kissing me softly. I kissed him back and we never stopped.
***
It was like this for days.
But soon my crew grew tired of staying in the same place, and we were running low on supplies.
"Come with me," I told Aranis.
"But it cannot be?"
"I have found a way, my pet," I said, and I held out my hand to him, "Do you trust me, my treasure?"
He gulped down hard as if he could swallow down his anxieties. He took my hand and said, "Yes."
***
I live on the seas. My crew and I get supplies, and then go back on the water. I send my crew out on fool's errands, on trips with treasure marks that only sometimes lead to gold.
I didn't care.
I walked into my quarters, where the only treasure I needed was there.
Aranis swam behind glass. He held his hand out, pressing it to the glass, and I pressed my hand against his. He mouthed, "Help me. Free me."
If he weren't in water, tears would stream down his face. He was full of the deepest sorrows.
But he was my greatest treasure, and as Pirate King? I would never let him free.
I had my Prince and that was all that I would need.
Author's Note
This story is a take away from my other stories, huh? Straight-up romance, but well, with a tragic twist (of course!) I am incapable of writing a happy ending to a story it seems! I'm sorry this ending in such a messed up away. I feel so bad for Aranis!
Once again I've put a gay relationship in here for diversity! And because Diarmud and Aranis are too darn cute! Diarmud DID love Arranis...just not in a conventional way. I tried to string it along so readers would think this was going to be a happy sappy romance and then NOPE! Tragedy and really messed up ending. Oh, my. My brain is a strange place.
OKAY, so I digress.
OKAY, so I digress.
So how did I get Pirate Kings and Mermen out of Indian Myths? I've been reading Asura: Tale of the Vanquished. This week's chapters had a very interesting character named: Pirate-King! So, obviously I wanted to write about the Pirate King!
Our Merman, Aranis, came from my imagination. I thought, well I don't want to write about my Pirate King with sea battles or going off for a treasure quest. I wanted something different: a pirate romance! And, as I said I made the relationship between two men for a change of pace.
Anyways, I hope you liked my story, as well as I hoped you like Diamud and Aranis!
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Extra Reading Diary: Asura III
Asura: Tale of the Vanquished Pt. I
Chapters 19-26
Chapter 19:
-A dark soul
-The emperors of Asuras
-A pirate King, the king of pirates
Chapter 20:
-A marriage
-The demon king gets married
-Pirates
-Heroine
-"Pray. Pray for your soul..."
Chapter 21:
-Jewellery
-"The prisoner is ready for the punishment."
-"This devil's marriage..."
-"Then my pride came back, my anger returned and I was myself again."
-"And my dreams became my story."
Chapter 22:
-"I fell into the mouth of death, into the howling ocean."
-Deva Devils
-Anger, jealousy and sadness
-"But the stench of equality stuck. Soon, I got used to that too."
Chapter 23:
-Pirate King!
-Night cruise
-"You are either a ghost or you refuse to die!"
-Someone "wearing a mask"
-"This man was the devil incarnate."
Chapter 24:
-Dismay and anger
-Biggest rival and rebel.
-Darkness
-"Moonlight illuminated her face."
-"I had the sudden urge to kiss her.
Chapter 25:
-Loitering about the streets
-A dagger
-Deva girls
-Ahsoka trees
Chapter 26:
-Himalayas
-"It was a new dawn"
-Setting: swamp
-"First brave fools"
Chapter 19:
-A dark soul
-The emperors of Asuras
-A pirate King, the king of pirates
Chapter 20:
-A marriage
-The demon king gets married
-Pirates
-Heroine
-"Pray. Pray for your soul..."
Chapter 21:
-Jewellery
-"The prisoner is ready for the punishment."
-"This devil's marriage..."
-"Then my pride came back, my anger returned and I was myself again."
-"And my dreams became my story."
Chapter 22:
-"I fell into the mouth of death, into the howling ocean."
-Deva Devils
-Anger, jealousy and sadness
-"But the stench of equality stuck. Soon, I got used to that too."
Chapter 23:
-Pirate King!
-Night cruise
-"You are either a ghost or you refuse to die!"
-Someone "wearing a mask"
-"This man was the devil incarnate."
Chapter 24:
-Dismay and anger
-Biggest rival and rebel.
-Darkness
-"Moonlight illuminated her face."
-"I had the sudden urge to kiss her.
Chapter 25:
-Loitering about the streets
-A dagger
-Deva girls
-Ahsoka trees
Chapter 26:
-Himalayas
-"It was a new dawn"
-Setting: swamp
-"First brave fools"
Reading Diary A: Asura II
Asura: Tale of the Vanquished Pt. I
Chapter 10:
-Banyan tree
-Armaments
-Incorporating thoughts in italics within the action
-Dharma.
-Devas
-Fake gems
Chapter 11
-"tears sprouted in my eyes"
-the leader mistake for being a spy
-"I cried for the fact that I was no longer human, but a vampire thirsting for the blood of the Devas.
-"I wailed for the dark depths my soul had fallen into."
-Owl hooted, is it a dark omen?
-"It was a dark and silent night."
Chapter 12
-"I hoped the spy was dead"
-Wearing all black
-Graphic violence when fighting, "splintering skulls."
-"Raw power"
-Monsoon
Chapter 13:
-"A magical village tune"
-An ancient light-tower
-A center of art
-"The most cosmopolitan city in the world."
-Someone vanishing
Chapter 14:
-"But now I just wanted to lie down and sleep for a hundred years."
-a dagger blade
-"Then one day, unexpectedly, my wishes came true."
Chapter 15:
-"I was surprised that I was still alive"
-A lamp that cast a history light on their faces
-"felt warm blood splash on my face."
-Dark shadows
-A stream of abuse followed him
-"Howled like a wounded wolf."
Chapter 16:
-Raising a sword
-Seeking audience
Chapter 17:
-"A lowly creature"
-Time: midnight
-"at that moment I knew that I had fallen in love"
-"As emptiness filled me."
Chapter 18:
-A cobra
(Ravana)
Chapters 10-18Chapter 10:
-Banyan tree
-Armaments
-Incorporating thoughts in italics within the action
-Dharma.
-Devas
-Fake gems
Chapter 11
-"tears sprouted in my eyes"
-the leader mistake for being a spy
-"I cried for the fact that I was no longer human, but a vampire thirsting for the blood of the Devas.
-"I wailed for the dark depths my soul had fallen into."
-Owl hooted, is it a dark omen?
-"It was a dark and silent night."
Chapter 12
-"I hoped the spy was dead"
-Wearing all black
-Graphic violence when fighting, "splintering skulls."
-"Raw power"
-Monsoon
Chapter 13:
-"A magical village tune"
-An ancient light-tower
-A center of art
-"The most cosmopolitan city in the world."
-Someone vanishing
Chapter 14:
-"But now I just wanted to lie down and sleep for a hundred years."
-a dagger blade
-"Then one day, unexpectedly, my wishes came true."
Chapter 15:
-"I was surprised that I was still alive"
-A lamp that cast a history light on their faces
-"felt warm blood splash on my face."
-Dark shadows
-A stream of abuse followed him
-"Howled like a wounded wolf."
Chapter 16:
-Raising a sword
-Seeking audience
Chapter 17:
-"A lowly creature"
-Time: midnight
-"at that moment I knew that I had fallen in love"
-"As emptiness filled me."
Chapter 18:
-A cobra
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