I will also be posting quotes that stand out to me in my works, whether it be ones I find as I'm reading through and editing old stuff, or whether it be new ones I conjure in the process.
Most recently I ran across this one:
"You are not great because you are chosen. You are chosen because you can do great things."
-Aven (Lyxtra: Dragon's Clash)
Monday, November 12, 2012
Sapphire Seas Excerpt
This first piece is just to give a taste of what I will be using this blog for.
This is an excerpt of my writing just to give people a taste of my flow. I guess this snippet is only a small representative, though, because a majority of my work is in first person, and this one is in third. It belongs to the third book of the series I am working on, and this is the only section of the book that I have gone through tremendous amounts of effort to revise. For some reason, I just like the way the scene turned out.
Anyway, enjoy!
"Then why would anyone choose to lose emotion?" she asked.
This is an excerpt of my writing just to give people a taste of my flow. I guess this snippet is only a small representative, though, because a majority of my work is in first person, and this one is in third. It belongs to the third book of the series I am working on, and this is the only section of the book that I have gone through tremendous amounts of effort to revise. For some reason, I just like the way the scene turned out.
Anyway, enjoy!
“They say your father killed her,” Min said.
“Not
that night, but I suspect he went back for her later," Blake said as he nibbled on the edge of his bottle.
“Why? What changed him?” Mineau clenched the white sand beneath her palms, letting it slide through her fingers before picking up another handful. The sound of the waves lapping the shore resonated throughout the open air before fading out into everything else. She tried not to sound too curious, but she couldn't help it. Besides, she didn't know if it even was curiosity, or just the fire in her heart.
“The
curse changed him,” Blake said.
"What
curse?"
Mineau's leaned forward toward Blake, the salty ocean air evading her nostrils as she did. As if he'd already anticipated
that she was not educated on the subject, his sigh in response clarified his expectation of this. "A curse older than anyone alive, I'm afraid. I have no doubt the truth behind the story is skewed,
but what I know about it now is the sapphire holds...
power."
"Of course it does,"
Mineau said. "Haven't you tried using it? It's indestructible."
"Nothing is indestructible--and of course I haven't tried using it. If I had, I would not be sitting here insisting that such a thing needs to be destroyed," Blake
said.
Mineau offered him a doubtful look.
She knew better at this point than to continue arguing, yet she couldn't help
but wonder why he thought it possessed evil. "For
argument's sake, I'll agree. Now, the legend?"
Blake sat back against the chair, a
smile peeking out from the sides of his mouth as he stretched his arms back and brushed against his dark hair curling around his ears.
"I'll only tell you because I like you. What I know is that any man
who touches the sapphire becomes enslaved to it. It compels them to go to some cliffs
where a cove is placed in exactly the middle. In there, men insert the sapphire in the silver stone. Once he does, he is rewarded with infinite treasure for the rest of his days."
Mineau nodded her head, staring at the incoming tide nearing closer to their feet.
"Infinite treasure is a curse?"
"You should
know as well as I do that no great thing comes without a price. A
man must choose to give up all emotion in exchange for the life of
riches."
"That's a paradox if I've ever
heard one. Wouldn't a sacrifice of emotion eliminate desire for
riches?"
Blake chuckled,
shaking his head. "You've never met a psychopath."
"No. It's that I don't believe in
the curse," she said.
"Start believing, sweetheart." He paused, rubbing his tongue against the top of his mouth, tasting the salt of the air mixed with a fruity remain from something earlier. Then, after considering his next words, he said, "I've seen it happen with
my own eyes. The only way to stop the curse is to
kill them. They acquire riches out of their own
insanity, not because of what the curse promised.”
"Then why would anyone choose to lose emotion?" she asked.
"When you
touch that sapphire with bare hands, your mind is not your own
anymore. The gem makes decisions for you. Take it from someone
who's seen it," Blake said, then he leaned down to grab the near bottle of rum
sitting in the sand in front of him, listening to the cackle of the fire as he ran his finger on the lip of the bottle. He drank the last small swig before continuing. "I had to kill my own
father."
With that, he threw the empty bottle out into the sea.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Great and Marvelous Works
To begin my official writing blog, I am going to begin with a list of writing I have done to show everyone exactly what a huge influence it was in my life. Mostly because some of you people who are a bit newer to my life will find it a bit shocking that it really was about the only thing I did for a while.
And also because it's been so long, I'm not even sure I can list everything I've done. Before I begin, though, it is a universally known fact that I am terrible at summarizing my work.
Novels
Modern Day Chick Lits
Fate
Centered around the sarcastically feminine teenage Chloe Dorigny, this was the novel that kicked off my career as a writer. Chloe is still, by far, my favorite character that I've ever created as she narrates a whole book evolving around a magic eight ball that really does possess magic qualities. Despite her anti-boy passion and love for individuality, resistance is futile when the hot shot Nick Cardio decides to make his move and her romantic friends make a bet with her that she will fall in love with him by prom. While the path is clear at first, it becomes foggier when a scandal about the High School's football team gets out that might explain exactly why all of her friends were asked out at the same time and the same day. But some things, even an eight ball can't explain.
What Friends Are For
So what with best friend love stories? They're everywhere, and I'm not about to make the claim that I am better than the cliche; but what happens when the girl has not just one, but two male best friends? And what happens when romance is the very thing that tears even the best of friendships to pieces? This story was originally started as branch of Fate concerning one of Chloe's friends, but by the time I wrote the second draft it was clear to me that Keira, Garrett, and Jake were going to help me continue with my adoration for senseless love stories and writing.
Truth, Dare, Electric Chair
Four girls and a hard core game of Truth or Dare over the Summer dictated this book as Denya's favorite (and since she is my best friend and has read all of my works, I'll validate her credential). It's funny, embarrassing, sentimental and insane all at the same time. So good, in fact, that at one point I had people begging me for a sequel- something I intend of providing them once and for all by the end of the month.
Genocides and Human Lies
Not particularly my favorite one, but it's more a novella modeled after a weird dream I had. It revolves around a girl named Brooklyn who was born as a super-hero figure and was born with a strange super-power. When the Super-Villain decides on creating a human genocide, it's up to her to save the human race, even if it means working with her rival human enemy in order to do so- all the while keeping the fact that superheroes exist a secret from the rest of the world. It sounds dumber than it is, I swear.
Historical Romances
Once Upon a Sight
A retelling of Cinderella that works out the kinks of the original Cinderella story (why didn't Cinderella just turn around and pick up her glass slipper, anyway? And why did the fairy Godmother only appear once?) about Elle, who is also blind.
Fool's Love, Fervid Loathing
Denya recently told me this was her favorite, too. If she could have two, anyway. It's a cliche story about forbidden love between two rivaling kingdoms.
Masked
A NaNoNovel I wrote in a month, it centers around a woman who has a knack for getting in trouble, which would be more of a problem if it weren't for the masked man who saved her life. An engagement with Prince Eli, a revival of her childhood friend Garrick, her jealous best friend Kolby and her studly tutor Jeremy make it impossible to find out who the masked man is; but she's determined to find out when murders become abundant in the town, and the masked man is the leading suspect.
Poison and Princes
Hard to summarize... It revolves around the sister of a potential heir to the throne, Satira, who is caught in the midst of a scandal and sentenced as the poison tester until the coronation of the next heir. In line for the throne is her twin brother and the studly Elijah, and with him trying to win her heart over she must choose between love and her family ties... which becomes a lot more complicated when she is framed for the poisoning of the king just one week before the decision on who will inherit the throne.
Blue Ribbon
A female novelist makes her way from town to town to escape the guilt of leaving the one she loved years before. However, when a familiar face appears and tries to lure her back to her past, she is forced to face everything she has avoided and is forced to open up her heart again.
Novels in Progress [% Completed]
The Sick Rose (A Haunted House story) [80%]
Jack, Jill, and The Beanstalk [5%]
Be Still, My Soul [1%]
Destiny (Sequel to Fate) [8%]
Double Dog Dare (Sequel to Truth, Dare, Electric Chair) [2%]
Emily [20%]
The Feminism Religion [6%]
Holy of Holies (modernism style) [?]
Short Stories (That I can remember right now...)
The Apple (won 3rd in short story contest. I was only 13.)
Kiss of Eden (won 1st in a short fiction contest. Yay, 50 dollars to Wal-Mart!)
Charles? (Plays with form)
Baroness
And I Liked It? (won first in a short story contest; no prize, just a review from a Harper Collins editor)
Stalwart
Lemons (descriptive piece)
Kiss The Girl
Light of the Moon
Veneration
Rings, Flings, and Other Things
Confessions of a Textaholic
Stories Co-Written with Denya
Intertwined Hearts (Series, only finished book 1)
How To Kiss A Frog
For Richer or Poorer (In progress)
You Should Know
Other Co-written Stories
Defined (My fave)
Bedlam Society
some modern day royalty one
Flat Tire
My Current Project: Sword of Knowledge Series
The main plot deals with magic, which comes from gems. Each gem has it's own specific power and magic, and each different book has a Secondary main character, which follows them as well as the main character Laik throughout the series. It's mainly an adventure book, but it does include quite a bit of romance and fantasy in it. Most gems have limited use, but some of the ancient gems have infinite use, and Laik must locate 7 of the 21 (only 14 can be found in this immediate world) throughout the 9 book series.
Book 1: Lyxtra: Dragon's Clash [5% complete]
Introduces the main character, thousands of boys compete to find out who is the Chosen One and who are the Great Ones to defeat Lord Andrik and to make the prophesy come to pass
Book 2: Topaz of Truth [100%]
Laik goes through deserts and ancient buildings to locate the first gem to complete the Sword of Knowledge
His rival, Haben, is the Co-Main Character, as it shows his transformation from good to evil
Book 3: Sapphire Seas [100%]
Laik must travel through the seas of Manta to locate the sapphire, which isn't just a plain sapphire, but rather it's said to be a cursed sapphire.
The co-story follows Mineau, the sage of the sapphire gems, and Captain Blake who is in possession of the sapphire
Book 4: Ruby's Red Wrath [In progress]
Against the council of the prince and princess, Laik goes off to find the ruby in volcanic lands to find those who he's lost
It co-follows Laik's sister, Faye, particularly her past
Book 5: Envy is Emerald
Book 6: Diamond of Destiny
Book 7: Amethyst in the Bayou
Book 8: Night of the Onyx
Book 9: Sword of Glory
As you can see, I've been busy. I wrote my first book when I was 12 and the last thing I wrote was about a year ago. A bit less. So, throughout the course of this blog, I will be positing bits and pieces as I go.
On another note, for anyone interested in reading an entire novel, I lend them out but only if you can agree to provide me with constructive feedback. Obviously, the ones that are incomplete are not up for lending out at this point, but the nine I have listed are, even though some of them I wrote when I was like... 14. So just keep that in mind.
And also because it's been so long, I'm not even sure I can list everything I've done. Before I begin, though, it is a universally known fact that I am terrible at summarizing my work.
Novels
Modern Day Chick Lits
Fate
Centered around the sarcastically feminine teenage Chloe Dorigny, this was the novel that kicked off my career as a writer. Chloe is still, by far, my favorite character that I've ever created as she narrates a whole book evolving around a magic eight ball that really does possess magic qualities. Despite her anti-boy passion and love for individuality, resistance is futile when the hot shot Nick Cardio decides to make his move and her romantic friends make a bet with her that she will fall in love with him by prom. While the path is clear at first, it becomes foggier when a scandal about the High School's football team gets out that might explain exactly why all of her friends were asked out at the same time and the same day. But some things, even an eight ball can't explain.
What Friends Are For
So what with best friend love stories? They're everywhere, and I'm not about to make the claim that I am better than the cliche; but what happens when the girl has not just one, but two male best friends? And what happens when romance is the very thing that tears even the best of friendships to pieces? This story was originally started as branch of Fate concerning one of Chloe's friends, but by the time I wrote the second draft it was clear to me that Keira, Garrett, and Jake were going to help me continue with my adoration for senseless love stories and writing.
Truth, Dare, Electric Chair
Four girls and a hard core game of Truth or Dare over the Summer dictated this book as Denya's favorite (and since she is my best friend and has read all of my works, I'll validate her credential). It's funny, embarrassing, sentimental and insane all at the same time. So good, in fact, that at one point I had people begging me for a sequel- something I intend of providing them once and for all by the end of the month.
Genocides and Human Lies
Not particularly my favorite one, but it's more a novella modeled after a weird dream I had. It revolves around a girl named Brooklyn who was born as a super-hero figure and was born with a strange super-power. When the Super-Villain decides on creating a human genocide, it's up to her to save the human race, even if it means working with her rival human enemy in order to do so- all the while keeping the fact that superheroes exist a secret from the rest of the world. It sounds dumber than it is, I swear.
Historical Romances
Once Upon a Sight
A retelling of Cinderella that works out the kinks of the original Cinderella story (why didn't Cinderella just turn around and pick up her glass slipper, anyway? And why did the fairy Godmother only appear once?) about Elle, who is also blind.
Fool's Love, Fervid Loathing
Denya recently told me this was her favorite, too. If she could have two, anyway. It's a cliche story about forbidden love between two rivaling kingdoms.
Masked
A NaNoNovel I wrote in a month, it centers around a woman who has a knack for getting in trouble, which would be more of a problem if it weren't for the masked man who saved her life. An engagement with Prince Eli, a revival of her childhood friend Garrick, her jealous best friend Kolby and her studly tutor Jeremy make it impossible to find out who the masked man is; but she's determined to find out when murders become abundant in the town, and the masked man is the leading suspect.
Poison and Princes
Hard to summarize... It revolves around the sister of a potential heir to the throne, Satira, who is caught in the midst of a scandal and sentenced as the poison tester until the coronation of the next heir. In line for the throne is her twin brother and the studly Elijah, and with him trying to win her heart over she must choose between love and her family ties... which becomes a lot more complicated when she is framed for the poisoning of the king just one week before the decision on who will inherit the throne.
Blue Ribbon
A female novelist makes her way from town to town to escape the guilt of leaving the one she loved years before. However, when a familiar face appears and tries to lure her back to her past, she is forced to face everything she has avoided and is forced to open up her heart again.
Novels in Progress [% Completed]
The Sick Rose (A Haunted House story) [80%]
Jack, Jill, and The Beanstalk [5%]
Be Still, My Soul [1%]
Destiny (Sequel to Fate) [8%]
Double Dog Dare (Sequel to Truth, Dare, Electric Chair) [2%]
Emily [20%]
The Feminism Religion [6%]
Holy of Holies (modernism style) [?]
Short Stories (That I can remember right now...)
The Apple (won 3rd in short story contest. I was only 13.)
Kiss of Eden (won 1st in a short fiction contest. Yay, 50 dollars to Wal-Mart!)
Charles? (Plays with form)
Baroness
And I Liked It? (won first in a short story contest; no prize, just a review from a Harper Collins editor)
Stalwart
Lemons (descriptive piece)
Kiss The Girl
Light of the Moon
Veneration
Rings, Flings, and Other Things
Confessions of a Textaholic
Stories Co-Written with Denya
Intertwined Hearts (Series, only finished book 1)
How To Kiss A Frog
For Richer or Poorer (In progress)
You Should Know
Other Co-written Stories
Defined (My fave)
Bedlam Society
some modern day royalty one
Flat Tire
My Current Project: Sword of Knowledge Series
The main plot deals with magic, which comes from gems. Each gem has it's own specific power and magic, and each different book has a Secondary main character, which follows them as well as the main character Laik throughout the series. It's mainly an adventure book, but it does include quite a bit of romance and fantasy in it. Most gems have limited use, but some of the ancient gems have infinite use, and Laik must locate 7 of the 21 (only 14 can be found in this immediate world) throughout the 9 book series.
Book 1: Lyxtra: Dragon's Clash [5% complete]
Introduces the main character, thousands of boys compete to find out who is the Chosen One and who are the Great Ones to defeat Lord Andrik and to make the prophesy come to pass
Book 2: Topaz of Truth [100%]
Laik goes through deserts and ancient buildings to locate the first gem to complete the Sword of Knowledge
His rival, Haben, is the Co-Main Character, as it shows his transformation from good to evil
Book 3: Sapphire Seas [100%]
Laik must travel through the seas of Manta to locate the sapphire, which isn't just a plain sapphire, but rather it's said to be a cursed sapphire.
The co-story follows Mineau, the sage of the sapphire gems, and Captain Blake who is in possession of the sapphire
Book 4: Ruby's Red Wrath [In progress]
Against the council of the prince and princess, Laik goes off to find the ruby in volcanic lands to find those who he's lost
It co-follows Laik's sister, Faye, particularly her past
Book 5: Envy is Emerald
Book 6: Diamond of Destiny
Book 7: Amethyst in the Bayou
Book 8: Night of the Onyx
Book 9: Sword of Glory
As you can see, I've been busy. I wrote my first book when I was 12 and the last thing I wrote was about a year ago. A bit less. So, throughout the course of this blog, I will be positing bits and pieces as I go.
On another note, for anyone interested in reading an entire novel, I lend them out but only if you can agree to provide me with constructive feedback. Obviously, the ones that are incomplete are not up for lending out at this point, but the nine I have listed are, even though some of them I wrote when I was like... 14. So just keep that in mind.
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