Have you ever played "Kill this Thread?" You say you're against all forms of killing? I SO agree…uh, except for this game. Uh, and except for when I find a spider on my bathroom floor. Okay, back on topic.
Kill this thread works like this:
1. Comment on this post.
2. Be the last person to post a comment before the thread "Dies."
How does the thread die? Easy, all that has to happen is for NO ONE to post a comment for one single day. Every time you post a comment, you prolong the thread's life 24 more hours and put yourself in the potential winner's seat!
So, say Biff posts a comment at 3pm today. If no one posts another comment by 3pm tomorrow, then Biff wins the prize. But, if Zelda posts a comment at 2:59pm tomorrow, BOOM, the thread lives on 24 more hours.
Now I've seen this done a number of ways, but one thing I hate is that the comments posted are too quick and very boring. So I'm adding one more REQUIREMENT:
3. Make your comment something meaningful. Give us one of your favorite quotes. Tell us why you like it. Give us something from God's word to munch on. Talk about your hopes and dreams. Encourage someone you care about. Talk about a new band you "discovered." Tell people why they should buy my books--you know, anything meaningful like that! :-D
Oh, and what's the prize? How about a PreRelease Advanced Reader Copy of Book 2 of the Berinfell Prophecies series: Venom and Song--autographed by BOTH authors (CH and Me!)
Sound good?
Post away! Kill this Thread!
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This has lots of comments! But I will resist the quotes, andBible verses :P *shames the rest* Tis cheating! :P Well, not really. Loving starlighter! Just finished it. I got an "advanced reading" copy from the library :O I loved it :D
Millard
Uhhh... Mr. Batson?
*Takes deep breath*
Um, you've been tagged. You can head over to my blog by clicking on my name above to see what I mean. (You don't have to participate if you don't want to. No pressure. :) )
*lets out breath*
Jake:". Anyone else have their dad wake you up at eight so we can work all day?" Yup done that one afore. I prefer it to waking up at 7-30 to work 9 hours for somebody you don't know well. Can't say I enjoy either :P
Millard
Sorry, Jake. I can't help it! And that is awesome that you do long term planning.... if only i would do the same. lol I do have lots of ideas for books, one series is going to be about a homeless girl helped by this one kid. (I am trying to be very veage here in case you were wondering) and one book about this person who wakes up to find all her dreams came true...Literally!
Eldra, you didn't offend me at all, I was joking. Really.
That is an awesome part from the Pirates who don't do anything... i forget who wrote it! Sorry to the person whoes name escapes me! lol
The Freak
Jake- Savior was probably the first Skillet song that I remember hearing and knowing that it was them. I still LOVE that song!!!! John Cooper has such an amazing voice, plus he can scream a little bit too!! Ryan Clark from Demon Hunter is the same: He can shout (and sometimes scream, though I don't like it when he does) really well, then switch over into beautiful melodic singing. *gets shivering just thinking about it*
I can't believe how many people have walked by our house walking their dogs today. Must be at least two dozen that I've seen. Who knows how many more that I haven't?
~Never Alone~
hmmm....what to say...lol
well, i guess i'll start by saying that i'm tuckered out from moving heavy boxes to our new apartment. im guessing that i lifted at least 300 lbs. worth of boxes today. it's nice to be something that only requires your fingers. lol :D
Hello Canada, (and US) i love you guys too. Jake, i am totally not giving up. i check more than three times a day when i'm home.
Earlier i posted something about the movie TO SAVE A LIFE i wrote that in caps so that people who just glance over would pay attention. no normally i don't make promises, but i can promise you that it is something worth watching. check out the preview at http://tosavealifemovie.com/ and click on watch the trailer. it is amazing. and deffinately worth your time.
my younger sister is not apprietiating me not spending time with her. got to go.
Endurance and Victory
Jolayne
Wow! Jumped past 400!! Think this is ever going to end?
~Never Alone~
@ Jake, Please please please don't call me highnessy of randomness's. err.. *ahem* Please don't call me the King of Randomness. I'm quite content being a peasant (yes, yes I've been reading Starlighter). I would rather have 1 good person join me in being random than 100 good people join me in being intellectual. It's just far more refreshing, when you think about it :)
@ Star-Dreamer, YIPPEE!! CONTEST! I'm so excited! I've already pinned down several amazing ideas ;) And for the rest of you lollygaggin lizards (oh dear, I really do sound like that one soldier from the Door Within Trilogy [can't remember his name for the life of me]) :P Right, for the rest of you, well...people, I highly do suggest you take a turn over to "The Pen and Parchment" to observe that lil' ol' contest :) Which isn't so little anymore because I just signed up. lolz
Squeak of the moment: Hi ho, hi ho, I hate the heat and snow (wait...that is contradictory!) Blasted furnace! If only I could go Northward...hold it! North on Earth is not as cold as the far far South...so maybe I'll just head South with the next Canadian Goose Airforce :) What a smart idea!
Squeaks.
You know that one person at work or school who just really, really gets on your nerves? The one that everyon likes to complain about, or make fun of, or what have you? Just remember that even they are so precious to God that blood was paid for them. Remember, next time you feel like hating on them, to pray for them instead. Remember that, even when they make it next to impossible, God wants us to be His eyes and ears and mouth. Love them. See them through His eyes. You never know how drastically something so simple may change their life -- or yours.
Hey Wayne, I love the The Door Within Trilogy and I had a thought, could you possibly write a spin-off series off the Door Within? That would be totally awesome
What fo you mean cheating Millard??? We aren't cheating
we are being good!!!! Seriously mr. B said to write meaningful stuffs like quotes, bible verses, ect ect ect. I think everyone has been living up to it well.
Jimmy, Jerry, Junior:"No more song about Cebu. Needs another verse or two. Aduince is standing and leaving. bye-bye-moo-moo-bye-bye-moo-moo-bye-bye-moo-moo-moo-moo-moo-moo-moo-moo!"
Jimmy:"I want my money back!"
Jerry: "Yeah, that'd be good."
Thanks Star-Dreamer, you got it stuck in my head! It's been there for two days now!! ARGH!! lol
I hope i am not getting annoying, posting all the time..... I started reading Jake's post and he said "VeggieFreak, stop posting so much..." I thought he was yelling at me! But he wasn't he was just saying not to post so much meaningful stuff.... What else is there to post? Songs about Cebus i guess. lol
PS. Cool word verification: horryp
~VeggieFreak~
*whistles random tune* Oh! Right, I'm here!
@ Eldra, No, it won't ever ever end. In fact, I think I'd rather spend $15 on a book than write hours worth of quotes and randomness over the years. ;)
@ Jake, LOL! So you really did get up the guts eh? That's just too cool :)
Squeak of the moment: Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh where is my hairbrush? Oh where oh where oh where not there not THEEERRREEE!! Is my hairbrush?
XD Veggy Tales are absolutely hilariously amazing! You have to love them :)
So I see you've been wanting a meaningful quote eh? Okay, well...after I divulge a bit of my latest doin's I'll give you one. Ready? *breathes in* I've-been-reading-Isle-of-Swords-and-have-already-gotten-to-chapter-four-and-it's-aboslutely-amazingly-awesome!!! Whew...
Quote:
Dave Barry--"Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face."
Scott Adams--"The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up."
Word Verification: schan
...and here's a little snippet to go along with it :)
Jeremy looked up at his adversary, a large man with a shiny black tooth. He shuddered. The man spoke with a thunderous voice,
"Give me the change, little imp."
Jeremy gulped and looked at the golden coins in his hand that his mother given him to buy a cow.
"No mister, I can't." The man thundered closer, that evil tooth gleaming menacingly.
Jeremy looked up, glared, and stood his ground,
"Mister, if you take a step closer, I'm going to have to use my sword on you...and if that doesn't work, I'll have to schan you!"
rofl'ing and lol'ing
Squeaks.
Consider Obadiah 1:6. How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
What if, this verse refers to all that oil in the Middle East. After all, the Arab nations are descendents of Esau.
Squeeks, was i supposed to understand the squeeks of the moment? Something tells i wasn't...
Veggitales quotes. (i won't do the cebu song anymore, i promise) "Rock monster!" "It's effective alright, if your goal is to kill us all! You're a menice! Give me that thing!" "Wow, Deja Grape." "Patients runs very deep in my family, but not that deep. I am out of here." "Don't eat beetles, flys, or gnats. Stay away from all of that. A message from the Lord!" "All your whining was making me hungry. It was just a little weed." "Oh yeah, you have my axe." "It can even keep your nose warm if you're clever." "I asked my baby, my baby elf. A couple questions about myself. If I was handsome, if i was nice. I was looking for her advise. She looked at me and shook her head and this is what she said." "I'm sorry, were you with these men? *Wham!*" "la de de la da do la da de da do da de." "Baby i know your eyes see right through my disguse." "I'm Redwonder! Or Boben. but i'm leaning towards Redwonder." "Middle drawer. Middle drawer!" "You've been granted sippystay." :) Okay, i'm gonna stop now. Because "It has been delightful, but i must go now!"
~The Freak~
I have returned from lands far away, mainly, Cincinnati. I was at the Midwest Homeschool Convention. It was great, but exhausting.
Hello again Canada, (and US)
Just getting ready to go to church today. i have pizza's to hand out. Yesterday my youth group made 275 pizza's as a fundraiser for YC (youth confrence in Edmonton)there are a whole lot of bands there. Kutles, Skillet, Desciple, BUGIRL, Matt maher, red, and many more artists. it's like constant worship, and constent conserts. Problem is it is expensive. so my youth group sold pizzas. today i have to deliver 85 of them that i sold.
I don't know much about music, but the last week in May is going to educate me.
Any sugestions of who i should go listen to?
Edurance and Victory
Jolayne
We just watched Les Miserables. Oh, my goodness! What a movie!!! My flute teacher recomended it, but it wasn't the musical she was talking about. It was just a normal movie but it was wonderful. It is all about forgivness, love, selflessness, and dealing with mistakes of the past. (There was a little bit of cursing that the dvd player had to cut out) but other than that I highly recomemnd it! :)
I don't have anything else to say.... well that is not entirly true but if i were to say everything on my mind this would be one LOOOOOOONG post. lol
Ha ha! I just read a funnyt article on the Pittsburgh Penguins media website. Here's a little part that I found extremely funny.
Rossi: Good luck in Vancouver. Try to enjoy as much of it as you can.
Crosby: Thanks, but I don't think you mean it.
Rossi: I don't. Silver would look real nice hanging around your neck.
Apparently, I had learned nothing from the Philadelphia Flyers, who continuously badger Crosby only to see him consistently wreck their championship dreams.
(Rossi is a writter for the Penguins, among other sports teams in Pittsburgh.)
Can't remember who said it, but "Yay Canada!!!"
~Never Alone~
jared: I love fortunatly, unfortunatly!!!
ok for all you aspiring authors here is some advice for writer's block:
Blow something up
Have someone get captured
Have someone or something appear or disappear.
It works!
VeggietalesFreak: I love those quotes from The Pirates who Don't Do Anything. That is my favorite veggie tales movie ever!! :) my fav quote from there is "I don't need to use the bathroom no more!!" says Mr. Lunt/Cedwick right after he blasts the cannon off!
Mr. Batson PLEASE KEEP WRITING!!!!!! :):)
Elizabeth :)
Never Alone!!
I just finished curse of thte spider king, and i remembered somthing that i was taught at church. All of us were given special talents for a reason.the 7 were given their talents to spread the word of god, and protect others from evil. Be loved!
Maybe he should make a seperate webpage for the comments on this thread.
Star-Dreamer; I didn't make my word quota either. I was too busy arguing on where to put our family garden. Oh, and yes, I'm going to do your contest. I have a nice little 13 paged fantasy short story that I wrote for school one time, but if there's an allegory hidden in there, I forgot I hid it. :)
Millard; As bad as working for someone you don't know very well might be, working at your own house is worse. :)
Squeaks; What is Starlighter? Everybody seems to be talking about it. Oh, and I think you were talking about Captain Valithor. He was my favorite.
(THOU TARDY-GAITED PUTTOCK!! lol)Oh, my... I just read your Squeak of the Moment... haha, as my sister loves to remind me, "Only you could be wierd enough to understand something like that." It reminds me of Wizard Fenworth from Donita K. Paul's books.
Piece of My Day;
I went to church, and the service was amazing. It was about the prodigal son, but, as my pastor said, "This isn't about the 'prodigal son'. It's about the 'loving father'."
There's little details all over the place that show the Father's love. For instance, one of the most disgraceful things for a Jewish patriarch of a family to do would be to run. Never, never, is a dignified man supposed to run. And yet, in Luke 15:20, "But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him." Wow. And notice, when he says this; "But the father said to his servants, 'Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him.'" What's so strange about this? Where were the servants? Surely they were back at the house? No, the sight of their master actually RUNNING astounded them so much that they followed. It really opened my eyes.
That, coupled with the amazing song "How He Loves" for singing after the sermon, was just amazing.
Hi everyone! I'm back! Yay! Seriously, I love Tennessee, but coming home is so awesome!
Anonymous, I totally and completely know what you mean. My dad loves to work on these huge projects, which means Saturdays and most Sundays are work days. =)
Eldra, I LOVE Skillet! Do you like 12 Stones or TobyMac or Pillar? Music is totally my life. =)
Jake, that list was super helpful. And, yes, I'm telling you there is no way I'm giving up. =) This was such a great idea, Mr. Batson. I love these contests! =D
Hi it's me again. i'm off to school again tomorow. not looking forward to it. i have an hour bus ride. first one on last one off. it is not fun. my younger brother drives the bus driver crazy, well, lets just say that they don't get along.
i know that most of you are writers, but how many of you practice the art of story telling. i for one am quite amazing at it. i am constently accused of exsagerating facts, when in fact i am simly making the story more interesting. please tell me that some of you know what i mean.
on a completely differen note i am getting so sick of snow. for all of you who live in the US you might not realize that we are still using our fireplaces. it makes me see how much of a loving God we serve. he could have made it always winter but never Christmas. instead he made is so spring would always come, bringing with it new life.
Endurance and Victory
Jolayne
Hi it's me again. i'm off to school again tomorow. not looking forward to it. i have an hour bus ride. first one on last one off. it is not fun. my younger brother drives the bus driver crazy, well, lets just say that they don't get along.
i know that most of you are writers, but how many of you practice the art of story telling. i for one am quite amazing at it. i am constently accused of exsagerating facts, when in fact i am simly making the story more interesting. please tell me that some of you know what i mean.
on a completely differen note i am getting so sick of snow. for all of you who live in the US you might not realize that we are still using our fireplaces. it makes me see how much of a loving God we serve. he could have made it always winter but never Christmas. instead he made is so spring would always come, bringing with it new life.
Endurance and Victory
Jolayne
Matthias720: interesting thought...
Squeeks: I'd rather do this. It is so much more fun than just pulling $15 out of your wallet. Quoting veggitables is fun! lol
Jolayne: Why is the great USofA allways an after thought?? Stars and stripes forever! We are (or used to be) one nation under God. Wow that is sad that i have to say used to be. Seriously. I have to wonder what makes people hate their Father? You know it is super upseting. You know, i'm not so sure i can say i am proud to be an American when America is so corupt. *Shakes head*
@ Eldra, You bettcha it's "YAY CANADA!!!!!!!" Especially since our men's hockey team won!!!!!!! (okay, I won't go into that...I don't think I ever should go into that, so I'll just uhh...keep quiet).
@ Jolayne, Woot for pizza! Our youth group once had a little rendition of "Iron Chef" :P It was amazing!!
@ Aidan, Welcome back! XD
@ Veggiefreak, no I probably didn't mean for you to understand it. In fact, now that I go back and read it myself, I don't think I understand it.
@ Squeaks, PLEASE STOP BEING ANNOYING!!
*thinks for a moment* wait a minute! I just spoke to me...does that mean I'm going crazy? *slaps hands together and snorts like war-horse* Yippee! Off to bedlam at last! Tallyho sailor folks...the Red Winged Fierce Toothed Hooked Nose Squeaks is running through town...and Scrat is just about to get chased out of business!
(Oooo I love Ice Age! No, my name is not a Scrat derivative. I would never stoop so low as to take HIS honourable *cough* name)
Squeaks
Word Verification: tandl
"Maaah!"
"What is it Crystal?" Mother slammed the pot down and put her hands on her hips.
"Maah, I wan de tandl!" Crystal reaches for candle.
"No! That's hot! Hot, hot, HOT!" Mother snatches candle off of counter and blows it out.
Three days after Ion and his two friends left Faith was walking past the door when she heard a loud abrupt knock. She quickly raised a hand to her hair, making sure she looked at least half presentable. She opened the door and gasped. Seven men stood on the porch all of them had gleaming swords drawn.
“Good day,” said the man closest to the door.
Faith took an instinctive step backward and shook her head. “Why are you here?”
“Where is he?”
“Who?” She took another step away.
“You know who, your brother, you fool! Step aside!” One of the men shoved her to the side and entered the house by force.
“My brother is not here!” she shouted, “Get out of here!”
The first man stepped forward and lifted her up by her hair. “If he’s not here then where is he?” He held the sword up to her neck.
“Leave me alone! He never mentioned where he was headed.”
“Ha! Likely story.” He threw her to the side and followed the others who were searching the house.
“The girl was right there, is no sign of him here,” one of the men with a curly mop of dark hair reported to the one who had just held Faith. “But we did find them,” he pointed to the doorway that led to the kitchen. Three women were knelling on the floor with sword points held between their shoulder blades.
“Well, well, well, what have we here?” The first man, obviously the leader, stepped forward and knelt beside Grace. “You know, you have a very defiant daughter. I suggest you work with her on that.” Grace’s chin raised angrily and she glared hard at him. He chuckled. “So that’s where she gets it.”
“What do you want?” Her voice was hard and distant, none of her daughters had ever heard her use that tone.
“Not much, just the whereabouts of your son,” he said, nonchalantly studying his cuticles.
“Even if he had told me I wouldn’t be telling the likes of you!”
“You know that is not the first time someone has said that, now who could that have been?… Ah yes! I recall now, it was your husband.”
Grace’s head jerked up. “What are you talking about? My husband was killed years ago.”
“Well, you’re half right anyway. Your husband was killed… yesterday. But I think we are going off subject here,” he pointed a finger to a wooden chair not far away, “Have a seat m’lady.”
“No thank you.”
“That was not a request. You try my patience woman. GO NOW!”
Grace slowly rose and did his bidding. When she was seated the first nodded and the man with wildly curly hair stepped forward tying a rope around her. “Now, where is he going?”
“I’m telling you I have no idea. He said it was best he not share it.”
“You know, Grace, is it? You are a terrible liar. I can see that you know, now, WHERE IS HE!?!” He drew his sword back and threatened to plunge it deep with in her chest but a cry from behind stopped him.
“Wait! Sir, please wait!” the man spun on his heels to face the pleading dark eyes of a young girl. “I know the direction he went. Not where, but the direction.”
“Ah, that’s better. So girl, which way did your brother go?”
“North,” she said quietly, she hung her head, “They went north.”
“They? He had friends with him?”
Joy looked up and bit her lip, she had already said too much. “Yes,” she whispered, “he has friends.”
“Do you care to share their names? I can only hope that they are close enough to well… be of use to us.”
Joy felt her sisters’ hot glares so she remained silent. The man in front of her knelt and put a hand on her shoulder. He leaned closer and whispered something that only she could hear. Her eyes widened but she still held her tongue. “Speak you lousy dog!” He smacked her across the face so hard that it left a large red mark on her cheek. Joy let out a pained cry and then Faith could bear it no longer.
Wow, there's been a lot of activity since I was last able to get on.
@ Kittybeth: This song has been running through my mind the past few days. "And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love. They will know we are Christians by our love.”
The words are so true. Love is the one clear sign that separates Christians from unbelievers - not just love for those who can love you back, but for those who hate you!
Read this quote: "If we cut off their tongues and forbid the Christians speech, they love with their hands, with their feet, and with their eyes, they love always and everywhere until their last respiration. Does anybody know how to take out the power of love from these stupid Christians?"
~ A Romanian prison guard who found both his fulfillment and frustration in torturing Christians.
Isn't that crazy! Only God can give the power to love like that! Christ displayed such love for us - He is our example of what our love should be like: our love should be sacrificial, selfless, humble, and serving! I know I Corinthians 13 is probably one of the most well known passages in the Bible (besides John 3:16) but I challenge y'all to read it again with new eyes and see what the Lord shows to you!
Just some stuff that's been running through my mind - I'm trying to write a blog post on it but haven't had time to actually complete it yet. Hopefully, it'll be up on my blog soon!
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“Their names are Amanda and Hannah, if by close then you mean he’d do all he can to protect them then yes, they are close.”
“Thank you,” he said walking over to where Faith still lay on her side. “You all have been most helpful.” He knelt and placed a hand on her curly head. “Now, we have a little errand to run would you care to join us?”
“No,” she said calmly, “I would not.”
The sword point returned to her throat. “Now, would you like to join us?”
“No,” she repeated. “I would not care to join you anywhere.”
“Oh really? I thought you might be missing your little brother, you see we are planning a little get-together. He and his friends are invited, and well… you and your sisters are just the invitations, the assurance that he will be attending.”
“So what do you plan to do with me? Kill me?”
“Of course not, you all will be set free as soon as he sees fit.”
“So you intend to bribe him with our lives.”
“Ah, you are a smart girl,” he chuckled and his gray eyes burned intensely into hers. “You do have a brain behind that pretty face of yours.”
Faith was half tempted to take a swing at the arrogant man before her. But he turned away and walked back over to where Grace was still bound. He lifted her chin and smiled deviously. “I’m sorry but I don’t think you are invited. You are a quiet, gentle woman, but defiant and unbending at the same time. I can see you still hold the last card, will you play it or die with it still in your hand?”
Grace jerked her chin away from him and glared at him, her blue eyes as piercing and strong as his pale gray ones. “I take it you choose option number two. That is FINE by me!” punched her jaw as he said “fine” the nodded to his companions. Three of them grabbed one girl each and carried them outside. Tears streamed down Grace’s cheek but she remained silent, at least to the man before her. Inside she was begging The King to spare, not her life, but those of her beloved children.
The man walked over to the fire and grabbed the large pair of tongs that rested beside it. “Haden, you may now open that barrel.” Haden, the one with the wild mop of curls, grabbed a small barrel and pulled the plug sending a fine black powder scattering all around Grace’s chair. The man by the fire used the tongs to pick up a large glowing ember. “Have you ever heard of a place called Earth?” Grace remained silent but the man went on as if she had answered him.
“It is a wonderful place. See that powder on the floor? Well, its called gunpowder. You see all I have to do is put this ember in that and there will be a large boom and a fire,” he sounded like he were talking to a small child. “In fact we found a lot of wonderful things there. The best is a process called cloning.” Grace closed her eyes and took a deep breath, yet remained silent. “Do you know what that is? No, probably not. It is an amazing process that creates a person that is genetically identical to the donor. You see all we want from Ion is a small sample of blood. Is that too much to ask?”
“And what will you get out of it?” Grace asked, speaking up for the first time in a while.
“World domination,” The man’s ember was fading so he tossed it back into the fire and grabbed another. He examined it and held it so that Grace could see. “Now, just tell me where he is. And I will allow you to keep your life.”
“My children are far more precious to me than my own old bones. If you think I will give out information that will endanger one of them, then you’re crazier that I am for remaining silent.”
“You are a brave woman, but a stupid one too. You will burn, your King will not protect you. Your helpless cries will not be heard… or maybe just not listened to.” He threw the burning ember on the ground near her feet.
“You are wrong, The King hears every prayer. No matter how loudly or quietly it is spoken, no matter who speaks it, and no matter what happens I know that He loves me. Your fire does not frighten me. Death is not the end, but only the beginning. You send me to a Place where fears and tears a distant memories of another life. You may kill me, but you will not kill the Life that is inside of me.” Her voice was calm and gentle even as a small trail of fire began to creep up the trail of gunpowder to the large concentration under Grace’s chair.
The man stood staring at her, hardly believing the words she was speaking. The woman before him knew that less than a minute she would be dead, yet she spoke with such hope. “Sir!” Haden ran for the door pulling his leader behind him, just before a great explosion seemed to rock the entire world.
“No!” Hope screamed, “No Mama!” she fell to her knees and sobbed. Joy stood in a glazed over silence, as if her emotions had been frozen. Faith wept quietly, she felt as if a huge hole had just ripped out of her heart.
“There, there, now. You will do well to be quiet. My leaders have no heart for crybabies. Your stay in the Northern Castle will be much better if you hold your emotions at bay.” The man that carried Faith advised her as he set her down and grabbed her arm, pulling her toward a chestnut colored horse. He threw her up and climbed up behind her. “You will remain unbound if you prove that you are able to be. I want you to know that though I serve The Prince, I am sorry that your mother fell subject of his wrath. I do not wish to harm you and I will make sure that no one else does either, But you must cooperate with me. “My friend, Ryan, is trying to find and warn your brother before it is too late.”
“Ion will not listen to a Follower, to tell you the truth I don’t really want to be listening to one either. You killed my mother and then try to talk as if you want to help me? You are taking me and my sisters--” Faith’s voice was growing too loud, he was afraid someone might overhear so he put a hand over her mouth.
He spoke with more volume than necessary to be assured that the others would hear. “If you do not pipe down I will have to gag you. Is that what you want? Is it?”
Faith shook her head, “Good, now I suggest you not speak again.” He cautiously took his hand away from her mouth, and was pleased when she remained silent. He reached around her and grabbed the reigns. He waited until the others started to gallop away to flick the reigns, signaling the horse to follow. Tears streamed silently down Faith’s cheeks. Her mother and father were both dead, she and her sisters were prisoners, and her only brother’s fate was looking very uncertain.
That was hard! Three posts good greif!
-Squeaks i love the iorn chef idea, i will totally tell my pastor.
-Mermaidgirl, welcome back. i missed your comments.
So sorry that my last post posted twice. i really thought that i was getting the hang of it.:(
-Star dreamer what contest. i was so busy that i havent read everyones middle comments, i've only read the resent ones and the old ones. sorry. if there is still time i would probably like to enter something in it. (if it has anything to do with writing.)
Endurance and Victory
Jolayne
mermaidgirl45 - I really like 12 Stone and Pillar. tobyMac used to be my favorite artist, but I've kinda moved away from his stuff recently. (Have you ever seen his Extreme Days music video? If not, I highly recommend it. It inspired me to write a story based off of it!)
Squeaks - YEAH!!!! CANADA WON GOLD AND SIDNEY CROSBY HAD THE WINNING GOAL!!!!
Sorry, had a fangirl moment there. As of right now, Sid has two goals and three assists in their game against the New York Islanders! He's looking to pass Ovechkin and Stamkos and I believe he'll do it.
By the way, if you like hockey players, artwork or a mixture of the two, check out my blog for the link to my sister's blogs. She's an artist and has posted many, many different pieces of her work.
~Never Alone~
Well, 430 comments... Come on! LET'S BREAK 500!!!
*pumps fist*
Squeaks; What was it you said about not being the king of randomness? I'm not so sure. :) Lol, I love reading your comments. It's like you're speaking my language, haha. :)
Really, I don't have much else to do but read and post comments... Oh, wait, as soon as my dad gets our new DVD player, we can watch 'Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella', haha. I can't wait!
Hey, anyone else want to play the word verification game? Underneath each comment, put your word verification, and tell everybody what it means. It's a meaningless way to pass the time... :) Here's an example beneath my comment.
Word Verification;
guirl: (GEAR-l) n. Compound word; a mixture between 'girl' and 'curl'; literally meaning 'girl's curl'. :)
Interesting how you do that with the word verifications, Squeek. Mind if I join in? Good because i'm going to anyway. lol.
Anonymous Elizabeth, That is a great quote from tpwdda! That is a good line but i can't say it is the best in the entire movie because there are so many to choose from! Man, i think they just keep getting better (except for the sillysongs they have been going downhill :()
I posted like a whole chapter of my book and it didn't show up! Oh man!
Word Verification: Wideem
"We need to wideem this here path! There is no way to get the waygone through here!"
"Sir, do you mean 'widen'," asked Scarlet, covering her mouth to stiffle a giggle.
"That's what i sayed, wideem the path!"
He has an accent so i really did mean "Waygone", and "Sayed". just in case you think i've gone off my rocker, i haven't....yet.
~Anonymous VeggieFreak~
Thank you.
How long is a short story supposed to be? I have two that are all of three-five pages long.
You guys have all been talking about Skillet. It's ok but i prefer softer rock. One of my favorite songs is by Thousand Foot Krutch, but it is one of their softer, speak straight to the heart songs called "This is a call". Great lyrics. I also like "How to save a life" but the Fray, "Beautiful Ending" by Barlowgirl, "Breath" by Rebecca St. James, "City on Our Knees" by Toby Mac, "I believe in love" also by Barlowgirl, and "Shout to the Lord" by anyone and everyone who sings it.
I'm just going to do a whole bunch of random movie quotes. "Bad kitty." "When you yell 'I'm gonna drown!' I'll get dressed and go to town, just you wait Henry Higgins, just you wait!" "As you can see he has no brain." "Hotdogs!" "Some little kids just don't know when to stop pretending." "Close your eyes and let music set you free! Only then can you belong to me." "Ratatoli, if you're going to name a food you should make it sound delicious. That sounds like 'rat' and "patooty' ratpatooty which does not sound delicious" LOL I'm done now. Oh wait one more to sign off for the night "So long farewell, i hate to say goodbye. I hate to go and leave this pretty sight!" SEE YA'LL!
The best thing about "meaningful" is it's all subjective, and probably no one will even read this (unless of course it's the last comment) and methinks the last comments could be posted sometime in 2011. Anyways, I should probably put something else in here that other people would say is meaningful... aha! a quote... hmm... ah, "Bobsledding requires three things: Strength, Courage and a guy named Bob
ok for all you aspiring authors here is some advice for writer's block:
Blow something up
Have someone get captured
Have someone or something appear or disappear.
Or, to improve upon your idea, make something disappear BY blowing it up WHILE someone gets captured. :D
Chris-
If it helps any I read "The best thing about "meaningful" is it's all subjective, and probably no one will even read this..." and that is a true statement about meaningful that I've never thought of.
Goldarrow
Anonymous VeggieFreak - Sorry if we're talking about Skillet too much, but what can I say? I love Skillet!
Here's a funny MLIA I read several months ago:
"Today, a random little kid in Target walked up to me and informed me that when he grows up, he's going to be a ceiling."
BEST! LINE! EVER!
Oh, no. I think I just went mental on account of the cheese dip!
(John Cooper)
My verification word is "hystereh"
Either someone ran out of breath while saying hysteria or it's the Elvish spelling...
~Never Alone~
"The best thing about "meaningful" is it's all subjective, and probably no one will even read this (unless of course it's the last comment) and methinks the last comments could be posted sometime in 2011. Anyways, I should probably put something else in here that other people would say is meaningful... aha! a quote... hmm... ah, "Bobsledding requires three things: Strength, Courage and a guy named Bob"
Noble Stoutheart, I have read this! I have noticed it! And have enjoyed it :D I like the sledding ideas ;)
Millard
Well guys, I just got back from Celtic Woman Live! I was so excited! They are some of my favorite singers, and I even found someone to cover my shift at work so I could go. *elated!* I also saw some friends from church there, which was just great. And I even purchased their new CD (not that I really have that sort of money but... hey, it was a special night) and got it signed by the bagpipe player!
To those of you unable to get on a forum... I'm sorry! I guess I should have asked about that first, but to be honest I didn't really think about it. I could start a google group maybe... how many of you would be able to join a google group though?
To Jacks, thanks for following my blog! :)
And to squeaks, thanks for promoting the contest on your blog. :) I'm glad you thought it worth promoting.
I'm going to try my wordcount thing again tonight and see if I can't actually make it work; I have homework to do, but I'll just try to wake up early and get it done before I have to leave for school... that probably won't work, but you never know...
So, that's pretty much what's been goin' on in my life. I started reading "the door within" again. Oh, have any of you checked out "Hero, Second Class" by Mitchell Bond and published by Marcher Lord Press. It's christian (though that takes a side to the actual story) but its pretty good, and I found it very funny! :D
wow. this thing is going on fuh-ever. :P hmmm....something meaningful to post....how about that the nightwing tribe won? :D
Jolayne, it's a contest on my blog. You can check it out if you want to... it's titled, "in honor of C.S. Lewis" and it's a short story contest. It'd be awesome if you entered!
Ok, I have to quote this really quick... "Oh, I need to tell you somethin'; I aint got a belly button!" Ok, that's my quote! I started lol in school the other day when I was reading all the veggie tales quotes; one of my friends from choir came up and asked my what I was laughing at. Turns out, he'd never even heard of veggie tales before, but now he's totally hooked!
For those of you following/entering the contest in Honor of C.S. Lewis posted on my blog, if you have more questions about it, check out the comments on Squeak's page about the contest; I posted some answers there. If you have more questions, feel free to ask. The prize is that the winning story gets a page all to itself on my blog for three months with the author's blog/website advertised on it as well (if they want it to be.) So check it out! I'm excited about it, and about reading the awesome stories that come in. So enter!
*in sing-songy voice* enter... enter...
Ok, that was my randomness. I'd better go to bed before I get any wierder!
Thankyou guys for the writters block tips but somehow I doubt that will help me. My main chacter is falling from a dragon's back so an explosion, disapperance/reappearace, or capture doesn't do me much good. Well actually i have to make something appear, i cant just kill her i have so much more planed for her! It would ruin my entire series if i killed her! I don't like to kill things, but i would reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaallllllllllyyyyyyyylike this thread to die. when i am the last commenter of course! Yes, Die thread. I'll drop you from a dragon's back and not make something catch you! Yes, that is the plan! Anyone want to help me exicute it? So we can exicute the tread? *Raises hand* WHO'S WITH ME???? LOL
See, that is the way my brain works. All roads lead to Hiridia. Seriousl this is what i told my bro the otherday. "One thing leads to another, which leads to another, which leads to Hiridia, and that is where i stay. Yeah, all roads lead to Hiridia for me." See? I told you! Uh huh, boredom does this to me. *Nods head*
I didn't like the story word verification that i did so i'm going to do what Jake did and define it.
Predise(PREdice)n. To dice something before you use it.
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(Should not be tried on any animal that is still breathing. It ends badly--trust me.)
Okay, since my last post was COMPLETLY meaningless i fuggured i'd do something that acctually has value. (Against Jake's wishes, sorry, can't help it[unless you want to read more of what i just posted])
I'm going to post the lyrics of one of my alltime favorite songs then tell you what i think of them.
Shout to the Lord all the Earth let us sing. Power and Majesty praise to the King. Mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of Your Name. I sing for joy at the works of Your Hands. Forever i'll love You, forever i'll stand. Nothing compares to the promise i have in You!
The line that always amazes me is "Mountains bow down and the seas will roar, at the sound of Your Name." Wow. ever think about that. Really think about it? The Mountains will bow! Majestic, strong, beautiful, mountains, bowing in honor of the Creator! If the mountains realize how great He is, why do we miss it so often? So much of our time is spent on us. What we want what we need or what we think we need. Our petty truoubles, worries, and heartaches. Isn't it then amazing how though we forget about him and let ourselves wallow in those things. He dosen't forget us? He comes down and tells us we are not alone, durring our trials. What a God we serve!
~Anonymous VeggieFreak~
VeggieTalesFreak: I looooove your story excerpt!!!!!!! I can't wait for more!!!!! Also your welcome for the tips. You don't nescessarly (sp?) have to kill her. You could have something appear or disappear. :) Also I LOVE BEAUTIFUL ENDING by Barlow Girl!!!! It's my fav song ever!!!!
Can I join in the word verification thingy too?
Aidan: I think that is long enough for a short story.
ok thread sometimes I wish you would die sometimes I am just having too much fun with you!! :P
This is one of my favorite quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien: The job that is never started takes the longest to finish.
Word verification: fress
"Laura you need to get fressed!" Mandy called to her older sister.
"Huh?" Laura called.
"You need to get fressed! Mom is leaving!!"
It took Laura a minute to figure out what her little sister meant. "Oh! umm ok." she smiled. Dressed:)
Elizabeth:)
Never Alone!!
Oh and for whoever asked what Starlighter is. It's Bryan Davis's newest book!!! I can't wait to read it!! I am getting to see him when he comes to where I live in May!! God Willing:)
Hey Mr. Batson any chance you'll do a tour sometime soon????
I was just outside practicing my violin. I have a recital next week and in the begining of May. (Does anyone here play violin? I'm in Suzuki Book 3.)
Praise God for such beautiful weather! It's been so nice outside!!!
daughteroflight
Has anyone read Robert Whitlow's Tides of Truth series? I just finished Greater Love last week- it was SOOO good!! I recommend it to anyone and everyone!!!
daughteroflight
Eldra, I didn't say u were talking about it too much! It's fine because I probably go on about something without realizing it too.
Cool word verification: allyzate. Darn that one didn't work now it's sessessi
Psalm 44:8 In God we boast all day long, and praise Your name forever.
Psalm 44:4-7 are great also.
People stared at me when I practiced my violin outside, but I didn't really care. I felt exactly like Kiri Lee!!! THANK YOU WTB AND CH!!!!!!!!!
daughteroflight
I don't really care if people label me a Jesus Freak, There is no disguising the truth
~ TobyMac
And that is the Truth!
I'm not surprised this contest has gone on this long. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if this is still going on 3 months from now. :)
Hello, and welcome to Monday! Garfield is hiding underneath his blanket...
Anonymous VeggieFreak; Skillet is awesome, but I also like other bands. TFK is one of 'em. Since I'm a Skillet fan, my TFK favorite song is the classic awesomeness... "Rawkfist"
(Throw up your RAWKFIST!)
Chris; I have read every single comment ever posted on this post. So, yes, some people DO read these things. :)
Anonymous VeggieFreak (Again); Are there any more dragons around to catch your character? Perhaps you could introduce a new character?... I dunno, just my two cents. Tell me if it helps... oh, and you're doing it again. :) Meaningful stuff.
Wercipp: (WERE-sip) n. 1. A poorly-made ship, with three large masts and a little one on top of the flag. Very unreliable. Often used by the Satpaba... No wonder they've disappeared. 2. v. A deriative form of 'worship', spoken with accent.
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Choonst: (CHOON-st) n. 1. An extremely smelly fish, distantly related to the American Catfish. 2. -slang- An odious person.
Anonymous: Love the writing block advice! As Jacques Pierre from Mr. Batson's Isle of Swords/Isle of Fire would agree, more explosions are definitely a good thing!
Here's a favorite CS Lewis quote dealing with writing fantasty stories. I think Mr. Hopper references it in the first Banshee video Mr. Batson and he did (I found the link on youtube):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UJgrzdDrDw
Onto the Lewis quote:
"Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ?...But supposing that by casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for the first time appear in their real potency? Could one not thus steal past those watchful dragons?"
-- From C. S. Lewis's essay "Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What's to Be Said"
Anonymous, you have no idea how funny that quote is to me! My younger sister's boyfriend is named Bob, and we are forever teasing her about him!!!
Hello everyone! Wow - I'm sorry, but I keep missing posts, so, I promise I'm not ignoring you. =)
Also, to clear something up: I still watch silly songs sometimes, and I'm 15. =D When I turned six I tarted watching other things, but I still watched VeggieTales. You are never too old for talking tomatoes and cucumbers. =)
And, haha, I can never enter short-story contests, because mine are never short. I get all brainstormy and write about 10 pages of ideas...
One year, my class had the ever anticipated research paper. It had to be between 5-8 pages. Mine was 12.
I have serious writer's block: I still need a detailed plot and a name for one of the main characters. *sigh* I have Leira for one of the characters, and I need another really good name for the other. I like A names... Hmm... How do you guys create fantasy-ish names? The only reason I got Leira was because it's my name spelled backwards...
Also, what would you do if your family was taken away from you by soliders? Join the resistance? Raid the castle? Flee the country? I need something like a plot here... I have the very beginning and a rather blurry end...
Love you guys! Keep writing! =)
Wow, I'm actually running out of things to say...
I can't believe it.
Okay, then, how about this?
You know you're from Alberta when . . . You're bundled up in three sweaters, a parka, a toque, two pairs of mittens, boots past your knees, in three feet of snow, in a -35 (-8000 with the wind chill) blizzard. Your eyelashes are frozen together, your nose is running, you can't feel your toes and you still stop at 7-Eleven for a slurpee on the way home.
That sounds like me, all right.
I'm also a fan of setting my iPod to shuffle, then skipping to all the good songs.
The three worst things to hear in a cockpit:
The second officer says: "Oh, oh!"
The first officer says, "I have an idea!"
The captain says, "Hey, watch this!"
Okay, I think I have all of my randomness out for the moment.
~Never Alone~
@ Jake, Do you know of Bryan Davis? (I betcha do), anyways, he's come out with a new dragon series and the first book is called "Starlighter". And again, I must refuse your offer of promoting me to the King of Randomness...seriously; I just have this knack for uh...doing weird things I s'pose. :P
Word Verification:
Repul (REH-pull): A term used to describe the action of crawling across the floor like a spider while all your friends are watching and laughing.
Squeaks.
This sounds great!
Umm... let's see... I would really like to becaome a photograpgher/author when I get out of college. Of corse, college is about three years away for me, so that's some time to change my mind if I want too. :) But I think there is just something about being able to catch some of God's beauty through images and words that is very special to me. I'm not sure what, but I can feel God through writing and photography.
Well that's some of my dreams. :)
*sigh and shaking of head* It will ne'er die.
I have heard many good things about this Starlighter. It seems a worthy read.
Quotes are not cheating, Millard!
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." -W. Sommerset Maugham.
Take that! :P
-whisper
I just learned good news! Bryan Davis is coming to Ohio, which is great because very few authors do.
Does anyone know who made this saying: "Weep not for the dead, who in paradise are, but for the living, who in this fallen Eden, are left behind."
I have not heard of it, sorry.
-whisper
There is so much to read now. Haha, yeah I go back over all the comments and read them as well! Y'all have put up lots of cool stuff.
Well, glorious sunshine, a nice spring breeze, beautiful flowers, adorable 6 week old puppy in my lap, good book to read later and a horse waiting to be ridden, and my laptop to do some writing outside! Ah, it's a great day!
Haha, now let's see if I can get some writing done with all these amazing distractions!
I love that practically everyone on here loves to write as well! That is so awesome.
Haha, I'm with you Mermaidgirl - I tend to write long short stories as well... or should I say my short stories are never short (somewhat like Frodo's shortcuts in Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring). Oh, and if my family was captured, I personally would probably try to rescue them... if not by myself then I'd try to find someone to help me rescue them... but then I don't know what your character is like so whether she would act like me is unknown! ;)
Hi, i'm back! Ready to offer more Freakishness, and Veggie-quotes,while remaining Anonymous!!! You get all this for the low, low price of FREE, when you read what i am about to say to you. READ IT READ IT *said in chanting voice* READ IT READ IT. lol. Yeah, you guessed it boredom.... again.
Before i get started with the qoutes, how many of you have read, or watched the boy in striped pajamas? Excelent, tearjerking, heartwrenching, story. It is about these two little boys who form an unlikely friendship durring the Holocost. One is the son of a prisoncamp gaurd and the other is a young Jew. It says "Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us." High on my recomendation list.
Okay, Veggie-qoutes. "I'm gonna look out for family, that is true love!" "Catchy tune." "Meiwhin Socket had a nice ring to it." (i hope i spelled that so that you can at least understand what i ment) "Oooh, cool. What is it?" "Of course i do! Digestion runs very deep in my family!" "Wewwy wewwy, wicked, brother..." i can't remember the name. i only saw the preview for that but it looks HILAIRIOUS! "You are tequnicly a fruit and with that much being said, your umbilical equivilent is simply on your head! You could go with a prostetic but, it'd be covered by your shirt but not your HMO. Bellybutton" "Hrer key, key, key"....{Later}...."I don't gotta go the the bathroom no more!" (that one was for you Eldra!) "Eaten by his favorite snack food. it could be worse, i could be eaten by something i don't like." "Fellows please!" Okay i can't think of anymore. i bet i could if i really tried but i am braindead at the moment.
Word Verification: VERINIC
verinic (ver ine ick)n. when a wolverine is sick with rabbies and is chasing someone they are to busy running away to say "this wolverine is has the rabbies so will, someone please assist me." so they just shout "verinic" and everone knows what they mean.
Yeah, that was the best i could come up with. told ya i was braindead.
mermaidgirl45 - Whenever I need a name, I ask my sister to come up with something, since she loves Elvish and actually has whole segments memorized. Also, I look up words that relate to the character (personality, what they look like, that kind of thing) in other languages. I've found some pretty neat names by doing that.
As to your other question: I'm not really sure what I would do if my family was taken away by soldiers. I guess it would depend on the circumstances. If they were after them (or just the main character) for a very specific reason, then I would probably make them flee the country, since they don't want to put anyone else in danger because of them.
Hope that helps.
~Never Alone~
Brainstorming with book ideas... have one fantasy book I'm already working on and a sci fi book idea that I have just came up with. Few other ideas, too!
"I can see how it might be possible to look down upon earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look into the Heavens and say there is no God."
-Abraham Lincoln
Just finished watching the behind the scenes for Fireproof. Good movie. :)
Anyways, here's my quote for the day:
"Little by little, one travels far."-J.R.R. Tolkien
~ElizabethMarieKauffman~
Has anyone seen 'An American in Paris'? I'm playing the suite, but haven't seen the movie. Is it any good? It's got Gene Kelley in it...
daughteroflight
Yes....here is my post.
This will never die!!! Almost 500 comments. This is insanity at its best!
Jake, Yeah, Skillet is cool so is TFK, i just can't concider them my favorite bands. As i said before, i prefer softer stuffs. And i know i just really can't help it. And yes, there are other dragons nearby. *Laughs* LOTS of dragons. I had one of them catch her but it needs some work still.
Anonymous Elizibeth, thank you! I don't think i am good enough to be published so i was thinking about starting a blog and posting my works on there..... So, maybe you can get some more..... someday..... when i stop procrastingting and do it. lol What do you guys think should i do it?
My word verification is tessecl. Cant think of anything to go with it.
~Anonymous VeggieFreak~
Squeaks; Yeah, Bryan Davis is one of my favorite authors... I wish I knew when things like this came out. It makes me mad. :)
Mermaidgirl45; Names... Think of people you know and add a twist to their names. That's one way to do it. Pair up random letters. Something like that. Here, with my amazing powers, I'll conjure up a list of both male and female names...
Male;
-Heiero
-Onsid
-Waelo
-Jedde
-Gaedian
-Jagor (evil)
-Stlak (a little hard to say...)
Female;
-Hedia
-Yueni
-Werae
-Measia
-Ieria
-Aleai
-Tuenai
All off the top of my head. 'I's and 'A's are good for the end if your making up a female name... I don't know, some have the gift, some don't. Feel free to take one off the list... I like 'Yueni' for female and 'Gaedian' and 'Jagor' for male. Just a couple suggestions. I hope it helped... Wow, I can be quite long winded. :)
Ah, you know, if I drive a car, I'll most likely hit a tree, which will hit a house, which will knock down a lamp post, which will set the house on fire, which will spread to other houses, which will make all of Kansas City burn. Depressing.
Fetaton: (FE-TA-ton) n. A strange, dull robot that cleans sewers. In an effort to get people to buy the device, Happy Sewage Inc. decided to market it with an 'exciting' name. Didn't work.
(Failed comment submission... again.)
Misonam: (miss-OH-nam) n. Misonam was an unknown secret mission into the depths of Loch Ness; the crew chickened out when they spotted a scuba diver entangled in weeds that looked suspiciously like a monster. Name's origin most likely caused when the Captain talked with his mouth full.
Wow, this sounds fun!! Love the books, Mr. B!
Hmmm, here's one of my favorite quotes:
"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek him first to find her."
Maya Angelou
I love the idea of a man finding himself in God spiritually and in the process finds the woman God wants for him.
Hehe! Let's see if we go 24 hours, hmm?
Books, books, books... Paper. And ink, I think. Books, books, books. Can you tell that I'm a little... Uh, I don't know what I am. Infected with Randomitis?
Anonymous VeggieFreak; MAKE IT!! Make the blog! I would totally follow it. Seriously. Tell us when you're finished, and I'll go on over there and follow you. Really.
Beorn; Good luck with your novel ideas! That's how it starts...
Hey, I just blogged, for those longing to know. A review. I really liked the book and I wanted to get the word out about it. Click on my name above to go to my blog.
Ploarke; (plo-ARK-ee) A rare fish that lives in the Pleorian Trench, in the Hasrei Sea, in the country of Passia. Known for its large eyes and fins and body and... well, everything.
Jake -
Ah, you know, if I drive a car, I'll most likely hit a tree, which will hit a house, which will knock down a lamp post, which will set the house on fire, which will spread to other houses, which will make all of Kansas City burn. Depressing.
That is pretty depressing. I'm pretty sure the same thing would happen to me if I got behind the wheel. I'm pretty destructive/reckless in video games, so I'm afraid what might happen if I actually tried driving, only I know I'd somehow manage to set all of Alberta on fire. And I don't even live in Alberta anymore!!
YIKES!!!
Just got RED's Innocence & Instinct CD today!!! So excited I'm bouncing off the walls! Favorite track is Fight Inside, but Confessions (What's Inside My Head) and Death Of Me are also really great!
Verification word: resttal - when you're looking up at the sky and you lean so far back you sneeze and do a backflip
(Thank my sister for that one!)
~Never Alone~
Names are tough. Especially ship names, becasue they all follow the same pattern depending if they're good guys or bad guys. If you follow my blog, I'm sorry I haven't posted. I am paying the consequences of too many writing projects.
Mermaidgirl, I was never able to do names. Seriously, all my names are totally common ones here. Amanda, Ion, Estella, (well that one used to me common) Arthur (Sir Art as he is known) Logan, Jordan, Skunk (lol, he is a giant. they name thier kids after animals) Nate, Faith, Hope, Joy, Caroline, Ryan, and Kilaick (that one i acctually made up) Um.... yeah there are more, just can't think of them. That is sad, i can't think of my own characters. Okay here are my dragons' names. Ember, Merriya (Maria but spelled creativly) Shard, and Splotch (aka Boney)
Jake, something tells me that would happen if I tried tro drive too. Scary thoughts. lol. Cool names dude! :) But i won't steal them, i'd be a little upset if someone stole Skunk. He is awesome.
All of you who say you go on and on when writting. If only i had the same problem Book 1 was only 250 pages. most books i read are like 470 or so.......
Word Verification: Untson(The 't' is silent)n. a disinherrited son. I know, verry creative... not. lol
Darn again! Prockshl (prock shell) i have no idea what i means look it up people lirf
Ah! Again! Suberor (Sub er er) 1.some one who drive a submarine
2. a fan of a submarine sadwitch
Bye, bye for now. (I will make i meaningful next time just to drive Jake up the wall) lol
I am having an argument with myself right now about starting my own blog. this is what it looks like.
"I think i'm going to start a blog and post my book on there. remember how much everyone liked it on Codebearers?"
"Nope, not a good idea." *nodds head in agreement with this half of brain* "Not a good idea" *repeated more firmly*
"Wait, why is it not a good idea? Give me one good reason."
"For starters, who would look at it, huh? What even gave you such a hairbrained idea?"
"Um....."
"That's what i though! No way Jose. Ain't happenen'."
"But i wanna!" *imagins kicking a screaming* "I really really wanna! Please! PLEASE agree with yourself, with me!"
Are you bored yet? Or should i continue. The thing is i am getting nowhere and somehow i think half 2 will win. What do you guys think? Should I? Or not?
"NOT!"
"Stop, tring to influence them! Let me win, you always get to win! Common sence usually wins and that just doesn't seem right."
"That is not ture. Remember that one time with the trampoline? Or the time with the rollerskates? Or......"
"Oh, yeah! I remember. I won all those arguments? Wow i must be pretty convicing!"
*Slaps forehead* Help me guys! I'm going to drive myself crazy here..... oh wait. too late. Years too late. that happened the day i was born.... never mind.
Oh, sorry, Jake. I couldn't think of anything really maningful to say.... check back next time and i'll have something good, just for you!
my meaningful comment is uh meaningful, maybe
Sleep deprivation, a sleep disorder characterized by having too little sleep, can be either chronic or acute. Long-term sleep deprivation causes certain death in severe cases, especially with lab animals. A chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue, daytime sleepiness, clumsiness and weight loss.
yes sir Keeneye I agree with you about the thread never dying
and thank you to those people who did read my post (especially you my liege. lol. hopefully you'll know what I'm talking about)
@Goldarrow, sometimes I say things like that without actually thinking through it and that is the case with my post (although I did go back and read it and was rather surprised)
my meaningful thing for the day... I think I use parenthesis too often (or maybe I'm just paranoid)
Bother, seems the link I posted earlier was broken by...er...me LOL I forgot to include the href inside the "" html tag.
Here's the fixed link to Mr. Batson and Mr. Hopper's first Banshee interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UJgrzdDrDw
Anyone have any favorite quotes from the Door Within trilogy, Isle of Swords/Isle of Fire, or Curse of the Spider King?
Oh yes! I always use a baby name book when searching for names for my stories. It looks a little strange sitting up there on my shelf - I've had lots of people ask me why I have a baby name book? Because I use it for writing, of course! :)
So, armed with my New American Dictionary of First Names (with over 10,000 male and female names) and the Synonym Finder, a notebook, pen, and blank paper for maps, and my computer, I am ready to begin writing!
Awesome Bible verse: Psalms 33:6 “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.”
When you think about it, this gives you an entirely new perspective on God and His mighty power. When you recognize the vastness of the universe in which we live and how incredibly small earth is in the midst of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, oh, it's just amazing! To think how terribly small and insignificant we are, and yet God loves us and gave His Son for us!
Psalms 8:3-4 "When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?"
Has anyone seen the videos "Indescribable" and "How Great is our God" by Louie Giglio? They are truly amazing. I watched them last night and recommend that everyone see them. You will walk away with your mouth hanging open, realizing how Great and Big our God truly is!
Gladriel: It is very cool :D
I had a good conversation on what happened to Jesus after he died. Covered hell, hades, sheol, and a sacrificial lamb :) Good stuff :D
Millard
I was about two seconds from turning the light off in my room last night and going to sleep when a really, really fast little spider came running across my floor and UNDER MY BED. My bed which only sits off of the floor by about two inches. I couldn't sleep until it came out again and was "taken care of".
Foul minion of the Spider King. :/
@ Anonymous (daughteroflight)
--I've only seen clips of "An American in Paris" a long time ago . . . I'm waiting for the TCM channel (Turner Classic Movies) to play it again (definitely on my "to watch" list). = ) Are you playing the suite on piano? I "sort of" play piano by ear . . . bits and pieces mostly. I can do several music pieces . . . or I could, LOL --I haven't played in awhile, so I might have forgotten some of them.
I bet a lot of you are learning to play instruments. What instrument do you all play or what type of instument would you like to learn how to play?
I would like to learn how to read sheet music, so I could play anything on the piano . . . my "dream instrument" would either be the guitar, the piano, or some Asian instrument (like the 12 Girls Band music group) . . . something a part of my hertitage. = ) Ditto the comments about this thread going on forever, LOL. How many comments can be made to one blog post? *random number* 1157? :D
Here is another one of my favorite quotes: Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.-Anonymus
Good moring America! (And Canada) Though something tells me when you read this it will probably not be morning anymore. It is bleak, grey, rainy, and windy but this is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it and agian I say rejoice!
Any of you like Cating Crowns? Awesome music! You know we Christians have such awesome music that the secular world is totally jeleous! Seriously who many times have you walked into a store and hear our kind of music getting played like it was secular? Uh-huh. we are just that awesome! lol
"Medic!" that is on the Jonah veggietales outtakes. HILAIOUS!
Gillian--You should also try behindthename.com. Its a very good resource. I use it frequently. I think my favorite feature is that you can search by meaning and find names that fit what you want them to mean.
My favorite verse is Jeremiah 15:16
"Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: For I am called by Thy name O LORD God of Hosts" (KJV)
I like it because it reminds me that God's words are to be my reason for joy and that I should make them a part of me. Also, I love that it says that I am called by the name of the Awesome God. His name is my name too!
persuci--my capacha...isn't it strange that it's so close to persecution
Jake, that was cool about God running
Gillan, that comment about Christian love and the Romanian guard, I totally think that rocks!
VeggieFreak, I loved your story. I hope the part of your mind that says 'Create blog' wins...
Aidan, that is a cool thought about paradise.
When choosing names...wait a few more days and I'll have a blog post about it
scaphon--new word thingy...A spatula made of unicorn's horn1
*peers over horn-rimmed glasses* *mumbles and throws glasses away*
Now where was I...oh right,
I'm officially finished Starlighter and Isle of Swords. I'm halfway through Isle of Fire and will be reading Kaleidoscope Eyes (some 4 dollar book that I picked up...it was thick enough to look intriguing).
I'm quite frustrated with the fact that I am trying to prep for the C.S. Lewis contest and I cannot, for the life of me, find my big ol' Narnia book :( It has all of C.S. Lewis's Narnia writings in it and I really really need it.......... *bah humbug*
Anyways, at least the sun rose this morning (I think it did...can't tell with all the clouds out).
Squeak of the moment: When people start acting like zombies, run and hide, or yell and sing that old hymn your grandma sang whenever you banged your finger :P
Cheerio
Squeaks
WV: Gaitio-- (GAY-sho) A lost Latin dialect; refers to the rugged and dirty shoes worn by peddlers.
ALMOST THERE!! 500 comments, I mean. Not that it's a GOOD thing, but... You know, I just needed something to say.
Anonymous VeggieFreak; Make the blog. Do I have to say it more than once? I'll count to three... Oh, and for a while there, I thought I was the only one who argues with myself. Glad to find I'm not.
Tuesdays are my favorites. Sorry, I thought I'd get that out to everybody. CALLING ALL TUESDAY PEOPLE!!
Anyway, I wanted to ask you all a question; Does anyone else get writing inspiration at 12:30 am? 'Cause seriously, I had a brilliant idea... that I can't quite remember now. Arg.
Etermica: (Ett-er-MIK-a) A genre in literature about eterm, a ground worm that nobody sees and nobody wants to see. No one knows why there's a genre about it, either, as little is known about the subject.
Okay, Jake. Thankyou, i'm glad you think it would be worthwhile. I'll see if i can fuggure it out. :)
Psalm 45:6 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of You kingdom.
Anyone else going to be watching the Stanley Cup playoffs? I am, and it's probably going to keep me from writing as much as I should be. *sigh* Hockey, writing, Kentucky Derby, life... So many different distractions! Oh, yeah, and summer`s drawing near. That means that it`s time to start spending time outside. Thank God for laptops!
~Never Alone~
Kittybeth: last year we had TONS of scary looking spiders get in our house. One ran out from under the spare bedroom bed when I imagining ideas for my book. I screamed so loud mom thought something seriously bad happened. I wouldn't go in there for a week!
VeggieFreak: you TOTALLY have to start a blog!! I really want to hear what else happens in your story!!
One of my favorite quotes from "The Door Within" is when Grampin is talking to Aiden right before he goes in to Alleble. "Believing is something, you stand up for it. You fight for it. And if what you believe in turns out to be a lie, you end up humilated or worse." It just says soo much!
Word verification: quelpr (QUELL-purr) A type of fish related to a catfish and gulper. It makes a type of purring noise.
Ok try again!! tedgi (TED-gee) A technique of bungee jumping.
Elizabeth :)
Never Alone!!
@NC- Love that quote! And so true!
I had this beautiful quote, but when I went back in my computer to post it, I couldn't find it!!
So, instead I'll find something else...
Well, today I went down by the lake in my backyard and just enjoyed the simplicity of everything! I was glad that the pollen had gone down, before it was virtually covers all the shallows, but it's gone down some.
Anyone else out there experiencing crazy sneezing?
Jake - I totally get inspired at 12:30 in the morning! In fact, I usually write from 11:00-1:00 (PM to AM) and often get some of my best ideas at that time. In fact, just last night I got a really great idea for the prologue of my book. One time I was up until almost two because I just HAD to get my idea down into the computer. So, no, you aren't alone in that.
WV: ungeodd - a prcision tool used to calibrate the driveboard in a starship (but only those made by RengarSky Corp.)
~Never Alone~
jake: I always get ideas for writing when I am going to bed and can't write them down. Or I am in the shower:) I hate it when i can't remember them!! ARGH!
Does anyone else notice that less and less people are commenting? It might actually end! But then I'd miss all you guys:(
This is a song that we sing at our church during the Easter season. It's beautiful and I wish I could sing it to you guys.
“The Angel cried to the Lady Full of Grace: Rejoice, rejoice, O Pure Virgin! Again, I say rejoice! Your Son is risen from His three days in the tomb. With Himself He has raised all the dead. Rejoice, rejoice, O ye people. Shine! Shine! Shine! O New Jerusalem. The glory of the Lord has shone on you. Exult now, exult and be glad, O Zion. Be radiant, O Pure Theotokos, in the resurrection, the resurrection of your Son.”
Word Verification: Shiat (Shee-at)
"Hey Mister, Can you tell me where I might find Cecilia?"
"Shiat numer twoo wes pine." The man slurred.
"uh, thanks!"
Elizabeth:)
Never Alone!
@ Jake, no..........I tend to be sleeping at that time ..... XD lolz
@ Tel Sorensen, cool verse! I really like that one...sounds so majestic!
@ Eldra, no I'm not watching them (don't have TV). I didn't even get to watch the Olympic hockey game XD
@ Veggie Freak: YES YES YES!! *cheers really loud* start a blog! I am so intrigued by your writing...I want to hear more lolz! You should definitely give it some good thought!
@ UntiltheEnd: pollen never has bugged me :P I actually enjoy it. It's hay that annoys me...makes me feel itchy all over (but then again, it does that to anyone who rolls in it XD ).
@ Mr. Batson, Pretty quiet for you eh? I mean, you're pretty quiet :P Must be very amusing to watch all of us bloggy people ranting about meaningless things. I'll have to do this some day in the future. It's a perfect idea. :)
@ Kittybeth. EWW! SPIDERS! Haha, I'm not that afraid of them, I just hate them cuz they're really ugly and I don't want them crawling on me because I don't like it when ugly things touch me XD
Squeak of the moment: How do you argue with a person who is stuck in their ways?
Squeaks.
Gnited: (GNIGHT-ed), the ability of a king or queen in Mongolia to remove the title of "Knight" from a soldier.
Louryobi: (LURE-YO-bee), Title of a game involving fishing hooks; very dangerous. Outlawed by Canadian and American governments in 1200 AD
(LOL I think the author of that louryobi person has their North American history really really wrong XD )
I realized that since last Wednesday, I have been home for a decent amount of time all of one day. That's it.
WV:cornelow; a low brought on by a lack of corn spelled with an 'e'
500!!!! Holy Cheese, this is starting to get serious...
Anyway, I've got an idea for that C. S. Lewis contest, so I think I'll try to complete my idea in bed tonight. Later this week, (since Wednesdays and Thursdays are SO busy) I'll sit down and write it out. Friday will be perfect.
Anonymous VeggieFreak; Here's a couple pointers on getting a blog started (I should know, I've worked tedious hours on mine!);
Good blog sites; Wordpress is okay, but I found Blogger much better, especially since they got this 'make your own template' thing not too long ago.
Getting Registered; Follow the directions on the Blogger homepage. Not much help, I know. :)
Template; When the site prompts you to pick a template, just do a simple one. You can modify it later... Well, now is later. If you want to make a custom template, follow these instructions;
Once your blog is set up and everything, go to http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2010/03/blogger-template-designer.html
It'll tell you how to make a template without knowing anything about HTML (which I didn't). I hope this helps you out, and ask me (or any of us) if you have any questions.
Trefid: (Treh-fid) n. An extraordinarily dumb Drefid who doesn't like the letter D.
I'm serious PRAY (please and thankyou)
wow i haven't been on forever. over 24 hours which is really wierd for me. Someone please catch me up, what did i miss.
inbetween piano, drums, school, youth group, homework, hottubing, and a gazilian different things. I hope to be acting soon. for next years christmas play at the Barnplayhouse, (a communinty acting theater) is the best christmas pagent ever. it has been my favorite christmas play since grade 4. i hope that i get a part. i am normally to tall for anything. (Please tell me i'm not the only one that gets turned down because i'm too tall.) i hope that you all have a good day.
please PRAY for ME. my sibilings are driving me up the wall
My favorite quote from Mr. B's books has to be.... um wait i forget the exact words! Oh, come on! It was Alick talking to Anntoinette (sp?) he said somethink like "Next time you have a briliant idea, remind me not to join you." or something like that.
Word Verification time!
"You are talking to the queen of stupid ideas. Here, Cat!"..... hum, stupid ideas... me. Two peas in a pod. lol
Flaret(flare it)n. A large Hiridian bird, known for it's distinct high melodic trill. Often called the 'featherbrain', this name was coined unfairly to the bird after one was obsirved plucking out it's own feathers and screaming in pain. That particular bird was later found dead, when tests were run on it, it was discovered to have mental problems.
Okay this is getting annoying...
Hiperbe n. 1.Hiridian insect. It is not an actual bee, but is named so for it's non-stop work habbits. 2. used to discribe someone the way we would use 'busybee'
Oh, and in case my other comment never shows up (it hasn't yet) i didn't start the blog. sorry guys but common sence has a way of persisting.... even though the stupid idea part rears it's ugly head quite often.......
Anonymous Veggie Freak: I love that song! It's one of my favorites.
You know, the other day my mom had a song video on for my little sister and they were singing "Oh be careful little eyes what you see." My dad walked in and said, they should make an adult version of that song, and I said "They already have."
Anyone else love "It's a slow fate" By Casting Crowns? It's one of my absolute favorites!
"It's a slow fate/ when you give yourself away./ It's a slow fate/ when black and white are turned to grey/ and thoughts invade/ choices are made/ a price will be paid/ when you give yourself away./ People never crumble in a day... / it's a slow fate..."
Love it!
Squeaks - Oh, sorry that I didn't watch the game. We wouldn't have been able to watch it either if we hadn't gone online and watched it on the official Olympic website (we don't have cable).
Anyone else think that dc Talk is one of the coolest older bands out there??? I mean, who could ever forget Jesus Freak? That song is wwwwwaaaaayyy above "Epic," especially the version off of their live album "Welcome To The Freak Show." Wish I could have seen them in concernt, but I didn't even know about them until long after they broke up.
WV: spate - 1. a disagreement
2. a mix between a spade and someone named Nate
Is is just me or are some of these words awfully silly?
~Never Alone~
Hey, have you noticed that most of the people left commenting are the ones that were on my list? :)
Jolayne; I'm glad you're back. I was starting to wonder if you had given up... It would've messed up my prediction chart from a previous comment, lol. :)
*Yawn*
Okay, time to be asleep... not that I am yet. Which I should be, since I'm rambling... what AM I rambling about? Ah, well.
Gnalte: (GIN-alt-EE) A fly with an alto whine. Somebody couldn't tell the difference between a gnat and a fly.
Amiate: (A-me-ATE) To imitate a person named Amy.
Issac, I LOVE Toby Mac! And DC Talk (even though they broke up, I guess...) My dad used to listen to DC Talk with me in the car. I love thier song Jesus Freak!
"Seperated and I cut myself clean/ From the past that comes back in my darkest of dreams/ Been apprehended by a spiritual force, and this grace has replaced, all the me I've devorced...
"I saw a man with a tat on his big, fat belly,
It wiggled around like marmalade Jelly
It took me awhile to catch what it said
Cause I had to match the rhythm of his belly with my head
"Jesus Saves" is what it said
In a typical tatoo grean
He stood on a box in the middle of the city
And claimed he had a brain."
"What would people think if they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?/ What would people do if they find out it's true?/ I don't really care if they lable me a Jesus Freak/ There aint no disguisin' the truth!"
I know those lyrics are a little strange, but if you really think about it they make sense. I live near a big city and we have a guy who really does that on the street corner...
now, you all know (or may have guessed) that I'm a christain (I'll shout it to the world!) But in my own personal oppinion it doesn't help matters at all if people purposely do something stupid and crazy, (and sometimes just plain dumb) knowing that its stupid and crazy, and saying that they are just being pursacuted for God. There is a big difference between really giving your life to God and going where he asks you to go and doing what he asks you to do even if it seems crazy at the time, than in just decided you are going to do something for God and then go and do something like stand half naked on a street corner shouting at people in thier cars about how they're all going to hell if they won't repent. (seriously, this guy does that.) It gives christianity a bad name, and then people think that we're all strange and that God must be even stranger... which is just so wrong!
Ok, now I want to post another scene from my book. I've almost reached 74k and I'm really excited! So in honor of reaching my 1000 word goal tonight (which I haven't done yet, but am in the process of doing), here is an excerpt. Hope you like it!
Aimos leaned over the table in the back room, squinting down at the boy across from him until Curron squirmed in his seat. The Daystar’s pouch lay between them, but it hadn’t been opened.
“So let me get this straight,” Aimos said in a hushed voice, making sure that no one in the main room could hear him. “Those High and Mighty Elders sent a mere boy here to do the talkin’? On’y a boy, when a man might’ve done better.”
“I’m almost fifteen,” Curron defended. “And where I come from, I do a man’s work. I’m tough. I can take care of myself.”
“Ah, ‘taint the same thing,” Aimos muttered. “But at least they sent someone with spirit; that’s somethin’ I guess.” He picked up the Daystar’s pouch and stared at it in his hands. Curron had a sudden urge to snatch it away, but didn’t. The man wasn’t hurting anything by looking, and it wasn’t like he was going to open it or anything. Heaven forbid! Curron had already told the inn keeper what the pouch contained in as few words as possible. There was no need to open it and risk the contents getting lost or stolen… or worse.
Elma, who sat next to Curron, waved for her father’s attention. When he looked up, she signed something to him and he put the pouch back in the middle of the table. Curron let out a silent sigh of relief.
Aimos leaned back on the bench. “I guess I shouldn’t be doubting you,” he said, crossing his great hairy arms over his chest, “but you’re so young, you could be my own son. I ain’t stupid, ya know; it’s been hell around here lately. The Keric are loose in the city, and more people are bein’ turned in by so called friends than anythin’ else. I’ve seen more hangings in the last year than I’d seen my whole life before, and the thought that a boy as young as you is goin’ to change any of it… well, I just don’t see it.”
A pang of doubt rippled through Curron’s mind. [i]Not you again![/i] He thought at it. [i]I thought I’d gotten rid of you! I’ve placed my trust in Anahdor now; you don’t have a place here, so shoo![/i] He pushed the doubt to the back of his mind, but it refused to leave entirely. It just sat there, chuckling softly, and he shifted restlessly in his seat.
[i]Aimos is right though; things have been going on like this for so long now, how do I know things can even be changed?[/i]
Elma’s hand on his shoulder brought him out of his thoughts. He glanced at her, and gave a half hearted smile. “Maybe you don’t see it,” he said to Aimos with far more bravado than he felt, “But the king will.”
Aimos shrugged. “At least your braver than most,” he said, “I’ll give ye that at least.”
Music and laughter from the main room flitted into the back, and someone called for more ail. The rough voice was followed by a chorus of rough agreements, and a few foul words to boot; the music was almost drowned out by the demand.
Aimos eyed Curron a moment longer before pushing the bench back and standing. “Akh, maybe you’re right,” he said, hurriedly reaching for a tray of mugs and a pitcher. “After all, Elma believes ya, and that’s somethin’ in my opinion.” He quickly filled the mugs and the pitcher from a keg set against one wall and walked brusquely through the doorway to the main room, ruffling his daughter’s hair as he passed.
And that’s when the front door crashed in.
Guess this will be my last post before I start writing again this evening. Let's see . . . I have a prologue, an ending and a bunch of small things between that. Wonder if I'll ever get this done.
~Never Alone~
The sound of splintering wood filled the whole inn. The music stopped, and everything burst into pandemonium.
“Hey, none oh that!” Aimos shouted, “No drawn weapons here! Out! Out…” The sound of shattering glass, and the big man’s voice was drowned out by utter chaos.
Ahji hurdled into the back room, fur tinged red from where a shard of glass had grazed his side. He looked wild, eyes wide and teeth bared. “We’ve got to leave now!”
Curron snatched up the Daystar and leapt from the bench, knocking it over in his haste. Elma already stood at the door, peering through the crack to the bedlam in the main room.
“What’s going on?” he shouted, hurrying for the door and pulling his knife from its sheath. “What’s happening? Is Aimos alright?”
But before he could reach her, Elma swung away from the door, her face as pail as bread dough. She grabbed a hold of his arm and yanked him away.
For one moment, he resisted.
“What are you doing?!” screeched Ahji, darting around Curron’s feet. “It’s Keric out there! If they find you back here, they’ll kill you!”
Elma pulled again and with one last look towards the door, Curron followed, Ahji clinging to his pant leg. The sounds of the brawl didn’t fade as they ran.
“Where are we going?” Curron demanded, but was cut short by a shout from behind.
“They went this way! Hurry! They’re dangerous to the king!”
Thudding boots echoed up the passageways behind them. The metallic sound of armor clinking and swords being unsheathed turned the darkened rooms in the back of the inn to a place of nightmares.
“Don’t let ‘em get away! Get the boy. He’s the one you want!”
[i]Thaddy![/i]
The single name burned in Curron’s mind like a hot brand, urging him forward.
[i]The double crosser![/i]
(and that's all you guys get for now! :D I just finished that scene a couple days ago. It's from a chapter titled "The Price of Betrayal... and no, Curron isn't the one who betrayed anyone; rather he's the one betrayed. I bet you guys can guess where I picked up the title... give you a hint, he's mentioned in the Easter Story. Let me know what you think!)
Anonymous, you should totally make a blog for your book. I would read it! :) *raises hand*
And Mermaidgirl, I can never write anything short either! And my short stories usually start cool ideas for longer stories later on. But I've learned how to cut certain things out to make them short enough for contests; I usually go back later and add everything back and even more, but at least then I can enter the contest.
And As for names, I actually usually get a pic of my character in my head and mess around with names until I find one that fits them. Baby name books are awesome (I usually look at the irish, gaelic, and gypsie names, although there are tons of others I like) And you can also find names online.
For one of my books I had all my characters named already, but I was creating a language for the story: the funny thing was, when I went back and looked, somehow I had managed to fit the names roots, suffixes and prefixes into the laguage so that they fit the characters' personalities! I don't even know how it happened; it was totally subconsious; it must have been a GOD thing.
A couple months back I found a cool free software on line for creating fantasy maps. I now have one I'm really happy with for Song of the Daystar. For my other book I hand drew the map and it was on 8 pieces of 14 x 24 paper. I still haven't finished editing it yet.
Man there are still so many posts I want to reply to! But I think I'll call it quits for tonight and go to bed. Have to go to school in the morning, ya know.
Veggi Quote of the night: "Everybody's got a waterbuffalo, yours is fat but mine is slow.... oh everybody's got a waterbuffalooooo! I took my buffalo to the store, got his head stuck in the door, spilled some lima beans on the floor, oh everybody's got a...
"Stop! What are you doing? You can't just say that everybody's got a waterbuffalo; everyone does NOT have a waterbuffalo! They're going to get nasty then and say, 'where's my waterbuffalo', 'why don't I have a waterbuffalo', and are you prepared to deal with that? I don't think so! Just stop being so silly!"
"And that was silly songs with larry. Tune in next time to hear larry sing...
"Everybody's got a baby kangaroo! Yours is pink but mine is blue! Hers was small...
"Ahhhh!!!!!!"
(And now I'm done. :D)
Evenin' folks! Well, at the moment I bear a remarkable resemblence to a lobster... the sun is not over kind on those who've been stuck inside doing school all winter! :) Thankfully, that is over now.
@ Jolayne: Oh that's really neat! I enjoy acting as well. But I have the opposite problem. Since I'm shorter, I tend to look too young for the parts I want to play.
Oh well! Reepicheep, that most gallant and brave of mice heroes from C.S Lewis' Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader, understood size issues! As he would say, "'Tis not the size that matters, merely one's courage, heart, and the strength of your sword arm!"
Actually, he never really said that. But I'm sure he would have if he'd had the chance. ;)
I am afraid I shall soon be forced to join the ranks of the doubters. There are too many dedicated commenters on here - 500 comments already! It may be next year before this thread breathes its last and dies! Still, this has only been going on for 2 weeks now, so I shall not give up hope yet!
Jake: Very informative blog instructions!
Here's an excerpt from my writing; any thoughts, critiques, ideas would be most welcome!
"Nightfall was fast approaching as a party of twelve mounted soldiers came through a mountain pass. Several bore torches that burnished their armour in a lurid light. Tall, spindly firs rose up the escarpment to either side. Ahead, two stone towers straddled the road, one seeming little more than a pile of rubble, while the other lay in only partial ruin, crowned yet by the vestiges of a parapet. Almost unseen, a man appeared on the rim of the tower. A woody thud echoed through the pass as an arrow shaft slammed into the gravel at the feet of the head rider. His horse reared as he jerked the reins.
“Hold, gentlemen,” cried the archer.
“What insolence!” said the first rider, “what is the meaning of this?”
“You have a prisoner. I demand her release.”
“Ha!” the leader turned. “Shoot him!”
As the other riders charged onward between the towers, three others loosed arrows at the shadow on the tower. Seconds later they tumbled from their horses, arrows protruding from their chests. From the base of the ruined tower, a short, stout figure walked to each of the prostrate bodies, bent down and examined them. He remained longest at the man farthest from the towers. The dwarf muttered:
“This one still lives.”
“Does he now?” The archer emerged from the trees, his black, cowled cloak making him appear almost a shadow, even a wraith from the Underworld. Dropping to a knee beside the man, he spoke:
“Tell us, where were you headed?”
The soldier quivered, gasping for air; blood oozed from the wound around the broken shaft in his shoulder. He shook his head. Twisting the shaft, the archer pressed it deeper into the wound, his mouth a grim line. “Aaggggh!…To the north…Mynor …”the soldier coughed. “Silver for the sorcerer wench.” He coughed again, convulsed; then his head rolled sideways.
“You killed him,” said the dwarf, leaning on his axe beside the man. With a shake of his head, the archer felt the man’s chest “Nay, he still lives. Come, there’s a farmhouse near here. We’ll take him there.”
“Hrumph.”
The archer looked up. “You don’t approve? We can’t just let him die after he helped us, can we?”
“We already knew what he told us.”
“Not all of it.”
“Hrumph.”
Carrying the wounded rider in his arms, the archer walked toward the tower. “Come on. The sooner we find that farmhouse, the sooner we can find a tavern.”
Following, the dwarf’s face broke into a massive smile, “Now that’s more like it.”
“Perhaps that’ll improve your spirits, though I doubt it.” Turning back, he grinned at the dwarf, who glowered back, eyes slits of rage. “Haha! Thought that might do the trick.”
Wow! Everyone thank you so much for all the advice on names! I really, really appreciate it! =) And, Jake, thank you for the list! That was awesome! =)
And, haha, concerning driving, I was eligible about four months ago, and still to get my permit. =) I live on a mountain (1,500 ft) so driving is a lot different here. I'm probably just going to drive around town, where it's flat and there aren't any dogs or sharp curves or 500-ft ravines without guardrails (No joke - I'll try to get a picture). =)
I have to get a certificate of attendance. I'm not sure what the requirements are in other states, but would I just contact the office? Thanks! Love you guys! =D
okay, okay, okay.... you win. I'll ask my parents if it is alright and if they say it is okay then I'll make the blog. I could ignore it when only one of you said something about it (even though you said it like three times, Jake) But when three or four say i should do it it goes to my head. LOL
Jake, yes, i do find that i get ideas very late and very earily.... actually anytime i am alone enough to think about it. Like in the car, or when i am supposed to be sleeping but can't, and stuff like that. I should stat carrying a note book with me everywhere i go so that i can write don't my 'brilliant' ideas. I have to reanact them over and over in my mond to assure myself tht i will remember it. That is how i write. I get this one idea, goe to Hiridia, be my character, and then it just takes off from there. My entire plot line of book 2 happened like that and book 3 is starting to take shape.
Squeeks, I noticed that Mr. Batson wasn't posting either. He only posted twice in the very begining. Hey! I wonder who has done the most posts..... Something tells me i'll be close to the top. I post alot. lol
Um, who said less and less people were posting? Cuz whoever did was right. I think it was Elizabeth.
Time for more word verification nonsence! The best time of the day!
Phytiess(Fightyess)n.: 1.A type of sever storm. Much like a tornado, that happens an earthquake, which comes before a typhone, and after a hurricane. Known to wipe out entire civilizations. Very rare and very deadly. 2. Used to discribe someone who is experinceing murderous rage.
Hey! Who says I don't post! lol
I admit it. I've had this little deadline thing hanging over my head like the Sword of Damocles.
Here is some lyrics to a song I really like:
I am a rebe-llion
I know in our day rebel means sinner.
But everyone is sinning, so it’s no longer rebellious to sin
Jesus was a rebel, who was counter cultural.
You’re just a conformist, if your drunk and cursing and driving around on a loud motorcycle smoking cigarettes and breaking commandments. Everyone has done that.
That’s so tired. If you really want to be a rebel read your bible because no one is doing that. That’s rebellion that’s the only rebellion left!
~Lecrea (with a few of my tweaks!)~
How did you like it? it was from a song called :"Rebel intro"
Hahaha! Good luck, Mr.B!
Hmmm, we have this little flippy date thingy that has a whole bunch of verses and quotes for everyday of the year. Today's was really neat:
"What a wonderful God we have-he is...the source of every mercy, and the one who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us.
2 Corinthians 1:3
Beautiful, ain't it?
Oh well! Reepicheep, that most gallant and brave of mice heroes from C.S Lewis' Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader, understood size issues! As he would say, "'Tis not the size that matters, merely one's courage, heart, and the strength of your sword arm!"
Actually, he never really said that. But I'm sure he would have if he'd had the chance. ;)
I love that! It's so much fun to make up quotes.
I leave you with one from The Silmarillion Gospel, a fanfic by Araloth, and the original line by Tolkien.
Original:
Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: ‘Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Ilúvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, that ye may see what ye have done. And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined.
Silmarilion Gospel version
And Iluvatar, being highly cheesed off, saith unto Melkor, “Tut tut. Thou naughty knave. Yet thy Rap in the end redounds only to my glory.”
Psalm 46:1-3,7 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling. The Lord of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
It's a new Wednesday! Enjoy it while you can, 'cause it's not coming back until next week.
Mr. Batson; What deadline is hanging over your head?
Star-Dreamer; Wow, great excerpt. 74k means... about 250 print length, perhaps? Ah, this math is going to my head...
Anonymous VeggieFreak; I'VE done the most posts... ME!! No, actually, I think you have. I'm close, though, mohahaha...
Patrick; Good excerpt! My only quibble was that I wasn't quite sure if the archer was a good guy or a bad guy... Him and the soldier guy kinda confused me. Other than that, it was great.
Okay, I think I said sometime before that Wednesdays and Thursdays are REALLY busy for me. So I'll try to post comments, but don't expect a regular hurricane from me. Friday, though, I'll post a comment every time it refreshes. :)
And to everyone in general; My short story (for the C. S. Lewis contest at Star-Dreamer's blog) will be underway soon. I finished formulating my idea at 1:00 am this morning, and then fell asleep a half hour later. I hope I can pull it off... I have to get it JUST so in order to get the desired effect, you know?
Okay, time for lunch. See ya, er, comment later!
Wishani; (WISH-on-EE) n. A short, wooden sword for training. Often stings and causes welts when struck at people. The name originated because most trainees wished it wasn't there.
Disqu: (DISS-koo) 1. A city with short walls. 2. -slang- A short person. Often used as an insult.
Oh look! He does still care! Sorry, Mr. B! It was me and Squeeks who said it. Hum, deadlines.... glad i don't have any to meet at time present.
Going to ask my mom about the blog in just a minute. Okay, i'm back. She said talk to my dad when he gets home... i'll make sure i let you know if and when i get it up. Sound good?
And now it's time for more VeggieQoutes with your's truly the Freak.
"Ding-dong!" "Does anyone have an ibeprophen. I need an ibeprophen!" "You are pathetic" "Yes, lord Phalaminin Tegiglif. Son of Alliman Ilifion" "You're wrong Scaryman!" THIS IS THE BEST LINE EVER in Lord of the Beans "Cookie man say no." "God made you special and He loves you very much!" "They took the what have we learned song!" "You don't even like that song Bob." "Yeah, but it kinda grows on ya." LOL (sorry these are all from Lord of the Beans... we just watched it yesterday) "Oh, like you're a real elf! Give the gourd a bow and arrow and he's a REAL elf!" "Have you ever even shot that thing?" "I didn't have to go then!" "Toto Bagypants. I am never late i arrive persisly when i intend to." Okay i think i'm done with LOTB now. "Um, guys. A goat musta bumped me or somethin'." "I just bought a stetson with the money that he made! Oh Little Joe, oh Little Joe!" "I put some extra stuffing in it." Okay i'm done now, really.
Word Verification Time. (this is getting crazy. I don't think anyone here can say that God didn't give them an imagination)
Caphiess- A ship that set sail from Emgland sometime in the late eleventh century. landed on the great plains in America and found tons of gold. Unfortunatly it ran into a hurricane and was never heard from agin. The ledgend of the gold lives on and many still dive into the Pacific Ocean to try to locate it.
Wow, i think someone needs to work on geogrophy, what do you think? lol XD
Can you believe it? I was typing my comment on our laptop, which suddenly shut itself off to update! Now I've had to move to the desktop.
Well, as I was saying, it's good to know Mr. Batson actually reads our comments! (Just kidding!)
Also, I made a mistake in my second-last comment. I meant to say that I'm sorry that YOU couldn't watch the hockey game, not I. Oops!
Ah, playoffs start today. *sign of happy contentment* Go Penguins!!
~Never Alone~
ah thats ok Mr. Batson we just want to know what you think of our comments sometimes! :)
StarDreamer: I LOOOVE your excerpt!!!! I can't wait to here more!! Also I looove the water buffalo song. I used to sing this when I was younger: "Everybody's got a water buffalo, Your is mine and mine is yours." I know I totally didn't make sense :P
YAY VeggieFreak!!! Get the blog!!! I might even start one up!
This is one of my favorite quotes from Chronicles of Narnia: Where sky and water meet, Where the waves grow sweet, Doubt not Reepicheep, There is the utter east. If anyone has seen the BBC version of Voyage of the Dawn Treader then they know that they make a song out of this and it's really pretty.
I just read this book called "Bull Rider" by Suzanne Morgan Williams. It's a little young but I HIGHLY recommend it. It;s about a boy who's family are all bull riders but he likes skate boarding. Then his older brother is seriously injured over in Iraq and Cam has to decide if he has the guts to ride this bull named Ugly to help his brother. It's kinda a tear jerker and it't got some real nice Christian stuff, especially at the end.
WV: atessa (a-TESS-a) well I am actually going to use this as a name for a town in my book!! so It's a town in my book:)
I do have to say, yes some of these are really weird and funny, but I love reading all the weird definitions ya'll come up with:)
Elizabeth :)
Never Alone!!
Have you ever checked out the book Fly by Night? It's really interesting. It's about a girl in a world where books are banned. She is on her own, with only a Cranky old Aunt and Uncle who only use her as a farm hand. She escapes and goes on an adventure, which finds her at a choice: Good or Evil? Her or others? It is not entirely... gripping, but it has some VERY interesting ideas. I haven't read it enough recently because I have been working on one of my stories. :D Later, Seth
Has anyone tried to write a choose your own adventure story? It's actually very hard. You have so many choices to think of. I might ask for things you might do in a situation if that's all right.
WV: Eurilad, a city in the southern region of Gellentara, specializes in silks
"So you exspect to win this thing?" my siser just asked me after looking at all of your comments. STOP COMMENTING (please:)) it is so hard for me to keep up since school started again. i find it hard to read all of them and then comment without forgeting what i was going to say.
Jake I loved your list of names. i wouldn't be surprised if when we all get our books on the best sellers list our characters all hove the same names. lol.
Mirmaidgirl. you are probably dont need anymore suggestions or advise for names. i am horible with them myself. if i find one that i really like i will keep it in my head for years until i make a character that fits it. some of my favorites are
-Elsie
-Ebony
-Katar
-Jordan (boys name)
-Cassandra (Cassy)
Those are the ones that are normal and easy to pronounce, i'm not even going to start with the other ones.
Star dreamer
Loved the veggie tales quote. it made my day.
Okay for something meaningful...i had a story idea, not fanticy like i normally write, but a story that seemed more real life.
it's about a girl that works in a office. Her job is to stamp packages with the write lable. the lables are as follows
-enterd
-recieved
-billed
-charged
-denied
-answered
-cancelled
-delieverd
and -paid
(I got those lables from a stamp kit that my dod uses to mark packages.) i thought of how they could be used in the life of a girl relating to Christ. then the last stamp would read -Forgiven or -Loved i'm not sure which yet.
That's all for now. Got to go.
Endurance and victory
PS sorry if this posts twice
Yesterday I started reading Eye of the Oracle, the first book in the Oracles of Fire series by Brian Davis. Man is it good!!!!! There are a very few books that I am able to speed through and take only a few days to read (Mr. Batson's included :) ), and this would be one of them!!
How many of you have read it??
~ElizabethMarieKauffman~
Okay, here it goes again.
Anonymous VeggieFreak; Keep on trying! I hope you get the up and running sometime soon!
I'm off for youth group, so I'm going to make this the shortest comment I've ever made on here.
Juvenan: (JUVE-in-ANN) n. A van for juveniles. Oftentimes beat-up and dented.
Woah, i didn't mean any offence, Jake. i've been doing it since the beginning, i just wasn't always called Anonymous VeggieFreak. I was the anonymous veggietales quoter or the anonymous person with a shotgun.... scary. lol
Asked my dad about the blog. All i got was a "I dont' know, hun." So, i try again tonight. Four empathetic 'do it's' and none who say don't. you guys are too cool. Thank you and God bless for your words of encoragment with my work.
I have set myself a deadline for book 2. June 24. And i am GOING to get this stinking chapter finished tonight! I've been working on it FOREVA! Sorry, just a little upset with myself.
Insit(In sit)n.1. a chair that looks much like a hollow egg. 2. to sit in the chair that looks like a hollowed egg. :)
I greatly admire the authors of "Choose your Adventure Novels." They are very hard to write, and I salute them. Because it requires second person point of view, and instead of writing one plot, they have to write several.
Mr.Batson, did you meet your deadline?
WV: noncychi; I type of Eastern philosophy dedicated to tea and its influence on ch.
Galadriel, Tolkien is my absolute favorite author! I love the Silmarillion! And that quote from the Silmarillion Gospel was hilarious! It made me laugh so hard. :)
So, I love drawing maps for my book. Does anyone else like doing that? It helps me visualize the world in which my story takes place and judge distances accurately if my characters are traveling. Ok, so maybe I'm a little weird about that, but I like them to travel realistic distances. If they're walking, I don't want the map to make it look like they covered 100 miles in one day!
And a quote:
"Well this is marvelous journey so far." Peter muttered to himself. "Ghosts… spies…sneering birds…evil lords…mysterious islands…disappearing people…and fair enchanted maidens who are drowning! I'll have pleasant dreams tonight!"
This is from a story that I'm writing with a friend - just for fun! We pass it back and forth, each writing a few pages before sending it back over email. It's a great way to get some fun writing in and think creatively. We have no plot outlined (well, just the main plot of the story) so each time I get the story back, it's fun seeing where she took it and then envisioning the next step from there!
It's also a great way to spend long car rides. Take along a pen and a couple of pads of paper and pass the story around the car, each adding a little bit. You'll be surprised at the great (and sometime hilarious) stories you end up with!
"am a rebe-llion
I know in our day rebel means sinner.
But everyone is sinning, so it’s no longer rebellious to sin
Jesus was a rebel, who was counter cultural.
You’re just a conformist, if your drunk and cursing and driving around on a loud motorcycle smoking cigarettes and breaking commandments. Everyone has done that.
That’s so tired. If you really want to be a rebel read your bible because no one is doing that. That’s rebellion that’s the only rebellion left!"
I have to say this sounds good, but rebellion is not really about the culture but about what God says. So rebellion's definition never really changes. Just what the culture thinks about it changes. Jesus was not a rebel, though he was considered one. He was what was right. Though the culture may say that is being a rebel, it is not if we are judging it by God.
Just some thoughts.
Come on, Anonymous VeggieFreak, you have to start a blog! Everyone here with a blog will follow it! Err... or at least I know I will.
WV: expplord - exploring lords
I'm too tired to write anything else, so it's off to bed for me. (That isn't true. I'll probably write for another hour this evening while listening to Innocence & Instinct by RED. Yeah!! I finally got that CD!!
~Never Alone~
@ ElizabethMarieKauffman - I LOVE the "Oracles of Fire" Series! Elam's my favorite character . . . and Sapphira . . . and Ashley. = ) I've read all of them and Mr. Davis' "Beyond the Reflections Edge" trilogy. I pre-ordered his new book, "Starlighter" from Borders MONTHS ago, and even though it came out April 1st, they still haven't shipped it . . . : ( I read Donita K. Paul's "DragonKeeper Chronicles" (one of the most awesome Christian Fantasy series ever --note my username) and then found out about Bryan Davis, which led me to Wayne Thomas Batson (I like his pirate adventures better than TDW trilogy, for some reason . . . *shrug*) and from him Ted Dekker, and so on and so on . . . it's always fun to discover "new" authors . . . the books are new to you, at least. ; ) 1252
Jake: Thanks! I really appreciate the feedback; so far I think the archer's a good guy LOL this was one of those excerpts that I had in my mind, kind of a shard of a story. We'll see how it plays out!
Gillian: neat quote from your story! The cooperative writing of it sounds neat likewise. You may have already done something like this, but from the nature of the quote, right after Peter laments all the hectic events would be a fantastic time to have something else bad happen to him that further frustrates the plot and keeps the reader in suspense!
ElizabethMarieKauffmen: I am going to start reading that really soon! Bryan Davis is coming to a bookstore near me on May 31st and I want read all his book before then!! I am really looking forward to it!!
Veggie quote from Pistachio: "Oh Cricket!! "*sigh* I really need to change my name!"
Hey Aiden I really want to do One Year Adventure novel next year for school and am trying to convince my mom. Problem is doing an online school means that I would take on an extra course and being in high school.... well..... anyway I want to do it!!
My quote for the day: "if normal is public school then I don't want to be normal." (if anyone goes to public school on here don't take offence. This actually is about all the wierdos that go there.)
WV: clamu (clam-MU) A cousin to a saybu (sp? help me out veggiefreak)
Elizabeth:)
Never Alone!!
Five, okay. Five comments about me starting a blog. didn't get to ask my dad again.... Yeah, i bet i'm going to get yelled at by about three or four of you. Wait, typed at... that is wierd. Lol
Heard this story told on the radio yesterday and almost cried.
This blind girl was talking to her boyfriend and said that if she could ever see the world she would marry him. A few months later someone donated her a pair of eyes. As the bandages came off she looked up and saw her boyfriend. He was blind, his clothes were drirty, ragged, and torn. "Now will you marry me?" he asked. The thought of living the rest of her life with that before her eyes led her to refuse his offer. Heartbroken, her boyfriend went away and she never saw him agian. A few days later a letter came for her in the mail. At the very end it said. "Take good care of your eyes my dear. Because before they were your's, they were mine."
Isn't that sad? :`(
Achung (a chung)n. 1.A swordfighting tecenique delveloped 821 bc. 2.swords not made of metal but of heavy stone sharpened to a razer edged weapon of leathail design. When they clashed a distinct sound 'achung' was produsced.
Lady DragonKeeper-I've met Elam and Sapphira. . . but haven't met Ashley yet. Have to keep my eyes open for her! :) The "DragonKeeper Chronicles" were actually the first of this group of Christian fantasy writers that I had read. Then I picked up one of Wayne Thomas Batson's books ("Isle of Swords" to be exact) at the book store, and almost immediately became a fan of his works. :) Ted Dekker's got some pretty interesting stories as well! A friend just recently introduced me to his "Lost Books" series.
And now. . . today I think I shall post a funny quote. :) (My favorite funny quote.)
"Every thing in this room is edible, even I'm edible! But that is called cannibalism, my dear children, and is in fact frowned upon in most societies."
~Willy Wonka-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Stardreamer, quick question. What mapmaking software do you use?
Wow, all you guys who posted stories are amazing. Hope you keep on writing!!
So, this summer I'm going to New York with my youth group to help work with an organization there that works with homeless people. The trip is for training us to know how to speak to people without being rude or offensive(we don't exactly mean to) about Christ. If you could pray about that along with the two other missiontrips going this summer.
Man, this is gonna be a looooong thread!!
So, I justed wanted to say that the Berinfall Prophecy Books are one of the best books I've read in awhile.
Thursdays are busy for me, so this will probably will be my only comment for today.
Gillian; Drawing maps is about the only drawing I can do. I couldn't draw an animal to save my life, lol. I have enough random maps to fill a notebook scattered around my room... and one map on my wall that I drew that's as big as four pieces of regular paper put together! It took me a week just to draw the forest. :)
Anonymous VeggieFreak; Sorry, that was a joke, lol. You can comment all you want... Hey, I'm probably the first person to say that!
Well, I managed to start my short story for the contest yesterday... I wrote about 500 words before I had to leave for youth group. So I'll try to finish it tomorrow.
Detteem: (deh-TEEM) n. A small fish with an enormously large tail. They don't exist.
If this keeps up like it has been, the book won't be a pre-released copy, because the book would be released by then!
@Mr. Batson:
Are you going to do a pirate sequel to Isle of Fire? You put enough material in the end of Isle of Fire to start a plot line for a sequel.
@Star-Dreamer:
Casting Crowns has amazing lyrics!
I also like BarlowGirl, MaercyMe, Steven Curtis Chapman, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Sovereign Grace Ministry's music, and Francesca Battistelli. They all have amazing lyrics. (I'm a freak about lyrics)
Song of the day:
Christian - Grey by BarlowGirl
Non-Christian - Fireflies by Owl City
Quote: "Life is pain, highness. Anyone else who says differently is selling something." ~Westly from the Princess Bride~
Anyone else ever have problems thinking up a cool weapon for one of your characters? I'm completely at a loss as to what I should make for my main character's best friend. Argh! I hate it when my creative brain cells take a vacation!
WV: fulms- massive turquoise bubbles created by dishwashing detergent, usually in the shape of trees
~Never Alone~
This is my first, well this is my third, but I can't seem to find my other two comments. So I gues I'll start from scratch. My favorite scripture is "though I walk through the valey of the shadow of death, I will not fear for you are with me" I know theres more but I think of it right now, why i like it is because I think it truly shows how much God cares for us.
I remember one of my other comments was for stardreamer and if this one gets through then here is a possible answer. Have you ever heared of Donita K. Paul? She wrote the dragon keeper seires and is writing a second book to here new trilogy ciril (I hope I spelt that right).
Does anyone know where I can find information on archeological artifacts?
Psalm 47:1-2 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
@ VeggieFreak...*ahem* I'm sorry but my name is not Squeeks *shudders* it's Squeaks. With an "a". :) You see...if people start calling me Squeeks *shudders* then they'll associate me with mice. I'm not a mouse and my name is not an expression. It's Squeaks. :) (Just thought I'd point it out cuz that's strike numero 2!!)
Soo...I've noticed that most people round this area are posting their writing. I've got a little announcement...:P Just a poem I wrote; I'll share part of it here, but the best part I've left secretly hidden (jk, it's on my blog...a little bit big to post it all though). Be forewarned that it is under copyright laws, so please respect my writing :)
Christ Thinks Me Worthy!
By Squeaks
Pure light through doorway,
I look and there is light...
Everywhere.
The door is open,
Calling me; I must enter.
Slowly, one foot before another,
I step inside.
The brilliant, blinding light shines.
Powerful, Exhilarating!
Yet where is the Source?
I see a hallway. White,
Gleaming hallway.
It turns ahead; I know the
Source is there, around the turn.
One step at a time. One foot, then the other.
Around the turn; shield eyes and
Lower head.
A voice calls softly
“Dear One!”
I look up, surprised to see Him.
Dressed in white robes, white and gold crown,
Silver sandals, silver rings.
I back away and whisper
“Guilty, guilty, I am guilty”
He stops; smiles; laugh!
I wait to hear his voice, it echoes so nicely
In this chamber...this gigantic, never-ending chamber.
“You have been freed!” He shouts in joy.
“You are free!” He laughs and holds out
His arms...those hands with scars.
Reverently, I approach.
Argh...it messed up my lines (silly ol bloggy!!).
Guess what my WV is?? I don't even have to define it because I'm so familiar with the term lolz...it's HYPER!!!! HYPER HYPER
Anyhooo, I've been busy with studying lately, but I thought I'd come round for a little glance at what's going on. Seems to me you folks are keeping busy!
God Bless
Squeaks.
wow this will last for ever!!! 1000 coments wrd. well to add to the # my fovrite quote is "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth"-George Washington
Right now there are people who are trying to take our second emendment right away!! Once they have stripted us of our "teeth" we are totaly subjected to them! that is SCARRY!!! THIS IS THE ROAD TO COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM!! IT NEED TO STOP NOW!!! srry ppl that was rambling
@Lady DragonKeeper
I agree that the "Oracles of Fire" Series is WAY better than the rest of the books. And by the way I cant tell who is my fave character...It would be too great a choice.
OK... Favorite bands (or singers. :P Not in order either.)
Casting Crowns
Chris Tomlin
Newsong
MercyMe
Mandisa
Lincoln Brewster
And a WHOLE bunch more. I really like Lincoln Brewster. His songs are really great, I think. Anybody else like him?
I am doing an Anthology for my school and I get 10 pages in this book that is going to be published for our whole school!!! I wrote some really cool stories and poems:) The deadline is tomorrow and I am excited!!!!
WV: dringess (DRING-guess) A type of arrow that shoots really far.
Elizabeth :)
Never Alone!!
Hey you guys how is everyone today?
I am busy busy busy. i bairly have any time for anything on the computer.
i am currently obsessed with the lyrics to this song that i heard. it goes like this 'living He loved me dying he saved me burried He carried my sins far away Rising He justified freely forever one day He's coming Oh glorious day.
i almost cried when i heard it. i wish you could hear the amazing tune that goes with it.
Another one of my favorite quotes is: "In childhood we learn, in age we understand."
Sorry if I already posted this. I have lost track of which quotes I have posted.
I saw a very inspirational movie a while back, called "Pendragon-Sword of His Father" and it is amazing. It demonstrates that faith can do amazing things. I loved, especially since I shook hands with one of the actors. You should see it if you haven't.
WV: ozestics; decoration of ozone
Hooray for self imposed deadlines! I have several thousand words to write before I go to bed tonight, so I'd better get typing.
Yes, Jake, writing a story like that with a friend is so much fun. Haha, oh you have to understand something about Peter. He is the main character's best friend and supplies most of the comic relief in the story. Peter doesn't always see things like other people do. There was never such a contradictory character - he is comical, ridiculous at times, yet brave; easily confused and frustrating yet lovable! He is one of my favorite characters ever.
Yes, that's a good suggestion Jake. If I remember correctly, immediately following the quote I posted, Peter, having paid so much time contemplating his misfortunes, discovers that his dinner has burned over the fire. To Peter, this is a far more disastrous event that those which he had been describing! That should give you a little hint as to what he is like. And he has a passion for apples which exceeds a hobbit's passion for mushrooms as Tolkien described in the Fellowship of the Ring.
Well, I'd better be going. I have lots to write tonight. I have so many stories that I'm working on right now. Probably not the best way to write, but I just have so many ideas I want to write about!
So, good night all!
Ah School! Why do you have to stand in my way! I love to learn and all, but I would really really really like to win this contest (no offence, y'all! But after all, we're all trying to win it, aren't we?)
Well, I've got to go back and read all these excerpts I'm seeing posted. I'm getting excited about all this new reading material. It's great!
Tonight my mom picked me up from school at 9:00 and all the way home my sister and I alternated between singing silly songs with Larry and quoting the Emporer's New Groove. It was sweet! My mom just kept shaking her head and saying, "Oh Lord, what have I raised! I thought these were my daughters but I'm not sure anymore!" She was only teasing of course (my mom is really awesome!)
Well, as anyone can probably tell, I'm in a very happy mood. Which is good, because I didn't do so well on my test tuesday, and I had another test today in psychology... which is a very evil subject when you have to try and remember everything. It's interesting, don't get me wrong, But I don't really care about the Oedipus Complex (that is just so wrong anyway) or which part of the hypothalumus controls hunger or satisfies it... and, well, there's more that I wish I didn't have to sit through and won't post on here because its inappropriate. My teacher is kinda crude...
Anyway, enough about that. I'm going to go back and read some excerpts now. And I'm not quitting! No I'm not! I'm just going to keep on posting until the thread finally dies!!! *is hyper because she just had sugar and caffine... which is never a good mix.*
Patrick, REALLY good excerpt! Wow, I want to know more about this story now... post more! (seriously guys, I know we're all still writing and everything, but why can't these stories already be on the shelves? They're so good! And I'm sure you all know how hard it is to find good reading material.)
So, I forget how many of you decided to join the contest? I just had a cool idea today while I was reading my psychology book... (not like I like to read it, but I have to so I might as well get something out of it. Wow... never thought I'd see the day when I didn't want to read.) I'm not going to say anything about it just yet, but the subject struck me as interesting so maybe it will strike readers that way too. And maybe I won't even use it for the contest but for a different piece... hmmm.
Well Mr. B, did you meet your deadline yet? I know they can be tricky things... I told a friend of mine I would have the manuscript ready for her to read by the end of the semester; she's not a christian and she's moving away, but she told me she wanted to read it so I'm hoping it will minister to her. Got to get it finished first, though, and there's a LOT I still have to do!
Oh yeah! And I forgot I still have some people to finish tagging. Maybe I should go do that now... *shuffles off*
I wonder when this will all end? It's been going on for days, if not weeks now. I thought I'd share a Bible verse this time. Here it is.
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world Gods invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
Kind of strikes a blow against evolution.
Gillian, Tolkien is one of my favorite authors too! (and I say "one of" because him and C.S. Lewis are pretty much tied in my oppinion.)
Anway, I love to draw maps for my books, but working with realistic distances... well, I just never seem to get them right. I don't actually make the distances look too long or too short, but I'm not actually sure that they would measure correctly if put to the test.
That said, I also love that quote from your book. I tried to do that with a friend, but then she got busy, and my life got busy, and the story just sort of petered of. *shrugs* Maybe some other day...
Oh, boy . . I wonder why the comments aren't showing up anymore? Right now, I have a hope that I'd really appreciate prayer for right now . . . I'm registering for fall semester college classes and I'm worried about my Tue./Th. classes. I want to get into this art class that goes from 8-10:50 in the morning, but then get into another class that starts at 10:30-11:45 . . . I'm hoping that the art teacher will let me leave a little early so I can attend that 10:30 class --I need both for my degree and I would really like to get into those two classes because the instructors are supposed to be good. There are a lot of factors coming into play that would have to work out, so I'm praying that God's plan be done . . . and that He'll show me what to do if this falls apart. I'm sorry for boring you guys with my long rambling, but I'm really nervous about this . . . thank you for your prayers! They'll be much appreciated! 1226
I looove Tolkein and C.S.Lewis!!! They are my fav authors (well ok Mr. Batson you're up there too:)
I don't have much to say sept for 2 things of advice to authors. When writing a fantasy book include a map and pronounciation guide!!! I always can't pronounce words and I always want to follow the characters around! :)
Also my Anthology is DUE today!!! Yikes! It;s going to be made into a book that is distrubuted through my school! :) I'm excited. Second time I'll be published!!! First time was through a writing class and we wrote a shared story that we sent into a play company and right now it's in development!! I can't wait for that to come out too!!!!
My deadline is I have to finish my novel by September.
WV: fasmemok (fass-MEM-ock) A type of plant that the native Americans used to cure foot diseases.
Elizabeth :)
Never Alone!!
Anonymous Elizabeth, Cebu! there you go!
Jake, i knew you were joking.
Lady DragonKeeper, Love Donita K. Paul's books!
Squeaks, SORRY!!! Really, it was an honnest mistake!
Hum, what to say.... Let's go meaningful today. This is often concidered a song for little children.... why? I think we can all get something good out of it!
Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong, they are weak but He is strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so!
Such simple lyrics with a powerful message! We are we but He is strong. To Him we belong! Because He loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me.
~Anonymous VeggieFreak~
Aidan Romero–I LOVE the "Pendragon; Sword of his Father" movie!!!! :D I've seriously probably watched it about a dozen times. [grins sheepishly] So I have to ask. . . which actor did you shake hands with??
Here's a quote that I just picked up recently:
"You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club."– Jack London
~ElizabethMarieKauffman~
Oops, my bad. Sorry Jake, that comment was in response to Patrick. That's what happens when you stay up late at night writing. lol
Well I met my deadline after 3 hours of writing last night (or should I say early this morning, because it was this morning when I ended!) and managed to crank out 5,601 words!!! Yay!
I've been reading through Revelation recently and just wanted to post an awesome verse.
Revelation 17:14 "They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings - and with Him will be His called, chosen and faithful followers."
In other words, our enemies don't stand a chance! They were defeated before they even begin to fight. What an encouragement for us to keep on fighting for Christ because we have the assurance of final victory!
So, as Paul said in I Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."
Wow, okay...recently I've been thinking about Ecclesiastes 4:10 "For if either of them falls, the other will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up."
My best friend showed it to me about 2 or so weeks ago. I like it, cause my best friend is the one who helps lift me up when I fall. =] And it reminds me that God's always there to help lift me up too if I look to Him.
~teh Fritzl
We're edging closer and closer to 600! Woohooo!
FRIDAY!!!! Yes, I'm saved! Haha, lots of reading tonight... *sighs in contentment* Starlighter, to name one!
Anonymous (Elizabeth); *Jaw drops* You've got to be kidding me. You're talking about the one year adventure novel? By Daniel Schwabauer? Oh, that. Is. So. Hilarious. I got the One Year Adventure novel through a homeschool thing and loved it. I didn't finish it, but it was really good. The funny thing is, I moved shortly afterward, and I moved to Olathe KS. Why is that funny? Shortly after I moved, I found out that was where Daniel Schwabauer lives! In Olathe! Crazy.
Jared; I agree. You know, evolution is a rather touchy subject for many Christians. I'm lucky to be homeschooled... I have a lot of opinions on it. But for now, I'll just say I'm a Creationist-Catastrophist: One who believes that God created the world and that the majority of fossils and geological formations in the world were created by the Flood and other disasters.
How is everybody doing? Well, I hope. Right now, I'm trying to form yet ANOTHER post on evil characters on my blog, lol... There's a lot to cover, and Squeaks brought up another note to villains, therefore causing me to write another post. Actually, I'm looking forward to it!
Restemi: (REST-em-EE) n. 1. A particular disease that causes extreme fatigue and requires complete rest. 2. A term to describe a lazy person. Example;
"Shawn!" yelled Jessie. "Get off your bottom and help! Do you have restemi or something? Come on!"
Can you believe it!!! The laptop shut itself off again while I was in the middle of trying to post something!!! Gahh!!!
Okay, as I was saying before, anyone else think that Mr. Batson should write another pirate novel? I mean, we all pretty much know what Cat is asking Declan, but we still want to read it!!
~Never Alone~
Eldra, no. I don't think i ever had big problems with that. My main character uses both a sword and a bow. Her one friend is an archer, and her other is a swordsman. I guess i should be a little more creative.....
WV:toduument(Tod U ment)n. Secret document that the government has been hidding since Gorge Washingtons's second term. Contains highly clasified information that could wipe the entire USA off the face of the Earth if it finds inself in the wrong hands!
Well, today is a new day... and my voice is almost gone. Just got back from choir and I felt so bad... it kept cracking throughout the entire session. I don't know if anyone else heard it, but I sure did and I was so embarassed!
Now I have to get to work; don't want to, but I guess I don't have much of a choice, do I? *shakes head* When am I ever going to get my book done!
Ah Well... Thank God for this beautiful day!!!
Another quote I really like is: "That girl she said the sky frightened her. That looks-liberating. Those wings,I want them."
Been studying first and second Corinthinas. Biblt quiz match tomorrow
I wonder how long this thread is going to last?
I was reading some more of the comments when I came upon Jake, Anonymous Veggiefreak, and Star-dreamer's, and noticed that we all have something in commen. We all like the same bands: TFK, Skillet, and Tobymac. That's cool lol. And I have also been writing a novel myself. It's fantasy with a little sifi throne in.
As Spoke from Star Trek would say 'live long and prosper'
what is up with the comment bar? I can't tell whose is the most recent, and the number of comments keeps switching between 563, 570, and 1110. :?
@jolayne
That song is by the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir from their album God is Working. The song is called Church Medley. I like their song We Are United from their album High and Lifted Up.
How many of you like to do fan art graphics? (making your own avatars, signatures and wallpapers) If so, what editing program do you use? I use GIMP 2.6.
Just found this! I loved Curse of the Spider King. I'm so winning this thing. (:
Ha ya'll, I been catching up on the comments and as many that have said, I realy think we should start some kind of online chat room, that would be awesome (I hope I spelt that right) "nervis laughs".
Star-dreamer: your prolog was great, the way you aranged the words to become this fluid stream of paragaphs, it's cool.
I realy want to right the prolog to my book but I need go. My niece and nephue are and need to be watched so hope to comment soon, see ya!
And Archer isn't my real name. In case anyone was wondering. Ya some people might think that I'm a guy.
Epic (: You better get in line because there are bout ten others, myself included, that are convinced we are the winners. lol
Archer, Yeah, there seems to be alot that i find i have in common with other commenters on here.
Anonymous Elizabeth, AWESOME!! I sooo wish i could be published... well today i do. Yesterday i didn't and tomorrow i most likly won't but.... you know i am indecisive. And Hyper. Yeah, hiper too.... hehe i like to do that.... thing... right.... there.... lol
And now it's now time for word verification with VeggieFreak. The time in the comment when Anonymous VeggieFreak makes up a strange definition for a nonsense word!
Hawlshot(haul shot)v. when someone rearends you while you are hauling a camper, boat, trailer, or someother such thing.
Just looking through all the comments, and it seems that everyone has something in common.
Like almost everyone knows Tobymac, Dc talk, Pillar, Casting Crowns, Steven Curtis Chapman, celtic music, the list goes on. I didn't however see the band Red; they are hard rock (like skillet), with violin thrown in, and the singer screams half the time. I love music!
My sister, brother, and I have a talent for reciting quotes from movies, even a movie we saw a preview for, and we can still remember it at least four days later.
Jake: What game were you talking about when you said 'you've been tagged'? I know it's a game but what kind of game?
Star-dreamer: I realy like celtic music. It is so cool, and celtic woman is awosome!
I would have to say my favorite quote from the door within trilogy is at the end of the final storm when Aiden was before Paragor and he says, "I will never deny my King!"
One of my fav quotes is "You don't drown from falling into the water, you drown by staying there"
And memorizing Scripture is the BEST thing EVER. My little bro is memorizing for a quiz... if only i could memorize as fast as him
oh gosh, people are talking about Oracles of Fire :O :O HUZZAH! XD haha
a very very good series, i must say ;) hehe
i see that all this is still going strong lol
Always Hope!
Speaking of the Newsboys, they'll be playing in Penticton tomorrow evening. I may or may not go see them, depending on what's happening tomorrow.
Did anyone see Sidney Crosby's amazing game this evening????? My brain is still frazzled over the play he made behind Ottawa's net!! How does he do something like that? Incredible...
We're almost at 600! Come on guys, keep posting!
~Never Alone~
Greetings, everyone! I'm sorry for my delay in posting back.
Star-Dreamer: Thrilled you enjoyed the excerpt; a few ideas are coalescing for where it will proceed next, so I'll try to post more quite soon! Tolkien and Lewis are likewise two of my favorite authors. I love the stories they each crafted, and it is fascinating to read about the friendship they shared and the impact they had on one-another spiritually and creatively.
Fantastic excerpts from your inn sequence; from what little the excerpts revealed, this Daystar relic seems quite potent: what power does it hold...what can it do...who are the Elders?...all intriguing questions! The way you are incorporating a lot of uncertainty in Curron's mind and into the narrative itself is really escalating the reader's suspense and a great tecnique. I'll look forward to seeing how your story proceeds. Do you think you'll be starting a Google group?
Mr. Batson: Hope your deadline went well! Can hardly wait for Book 1 of the Dark Sea Annals!
Lady Dragonkeeper: let us know how your class scheduling worked out
Here are two awesome writing interviews with Mr. Batson and one with Mr. Hopper that I came across a while ago. I love this part from Mr. Hopper's writeup especially:
"Lastly, keep writing. Everyday! Keep a blog. Hone your skills. Keep a journal. Something. Anything! I meet so many people who say they've always "dreamed of writing a book." And I always tell them that they are most likely a better writer than I am and have better ideas than me. But there is one fundamental difference between them and me--I wrote my book. God can't publish what you didn't create.
And always aim to do everything for the glory of Jesus. Your efforts will most likely fall short of is perfection, but your heart won't if your eyes are fixed on him."
Well, we all want to win, but only one of us will. I'm only posting once every few days, though. I have a paper to wright that's due tonight, but I only just started. I hope I do alright, but my other papers that I started the night they were due I got good grades.
Okay, I'm going to do a lot of useful things this Friday night!! Aw, who am I kidding...
Gillain; HOLY CHEESE?!?! 5000 + words in three hours?!? You must have been hyperinspired or something! I can only write 1000-2000 words a day at best. And I have a bedtime... Arg. Not to mention writer's block... A mild case.
Seth Skogerboe; You too? I just thought it was my computer...
Epic (: ; Haha, but you aren't a veteran of the great Thread war yet, eh? Hang in for a bit longer and you'll see... lol. I've been at this for nearly three weeks already.
Ah, I'm on my third book already tonight; Starlighter. Loving it!
Okay, I have some books calling me from the computer, so this is the last taste of me for tonight. heheheheh... That's Moby, my dog. No, he is NOT named after Moby Dick! Sheesh, how many times do I have to tell people!
Peryl; (Pear-ill) n. 1. A milky white jewel, very precious. 2. A term to describe a beautiful person.
"I love my duck!"
-Larry the Cucumber
:D
I just found an awesome book today. It's a 1000 pages long and it's called the "War in Korea and the Complete History of World War II." Ok, so I love history a lot. And yes I am voluntarily reading it... no it is not a school assignment. lol
I hope y'all all had a great day today. Mine was... busy, but good!
So, does anyone else have a habit of talking to themselves? Even when other people are in the room? I do... it can be quite interesting at times!
And now, an appropriate quote from The Two Towers.
"In one thing you have not changed, dear friend," said Aragorn: "you still speak in riddles."
"What? In riddles?" said Gandalf, "No! For I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they chose the wisest person present to speak to..."
Well, I'm not exactly old, but perhaps the rest of the quote is still applicable! ;) Haha. Don't I wish.
Well, farewell all. I am back to the keyboard for another late night of writing! A 50,000 word novel in a month writing challenge can be challenging! :)
"In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death"
~Proverbs 12:28
This is one of my favorite inspirational versus in the bible. It helps remind us all to stay on the path of righteousness because it is God who gives us everlasting life.
Seth, i noticed the same thing. Just gotta remember how many there were before i guess...
Well, good morning everyone! Hope all's well. Ever watch 'savage sam'? it is the sequal to 'old yeller' Wow. Number one is soooo much better. seriously. They make Native Americans out to be.... well... it's not very historicaly accurate let's just put it that way.
Only 15 away from 600. but by the time this gets posted i'm sure we'll be several over! Is this thing ever going to end? Jolayne said to stop posting and it will.... but what's the fun in that?
UHG, ever have to deal with your own procrastination? Yeah, i still didn't finish that chapter, no where close actually.... I don't think i'll ever make my deadline. My mom said she doesn't know why i made one for myself, she said someone who does it for a living she can see giving themselves a two month deadline but not soemone who just does it for the experince. Hey, it took Mr. Batson 13 years to write The Door Within. So i guess i should just stop pushing myself so hard.
SOOOO bored right now! Suprised? Yeah, me neither. Well, i guess i;ll check back later. Hopefully some new comments will have showed up.
Oh! I forgot! How many of you watched "secrets of the mountain" last night? Was it good? Man, wish we had TV.
BYE!
Another one of my favorite quotes is:
When families are in trouble, they don't run away, they run towards each other.-Anonymus
THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO NOT FAIR! Seriously, i just scrolled down to where it said top commenters and Jake was in first place and i was nowere to be found! UGH! I SOOO need to get a real name. I STILL HAVE FIRST PLACE JAKE! EVEN IF THIS THING DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT IT! IT'S ME I DID IT. :P lol
Today I'm thinking that my quote shall come from Pirates of the Caribbean :) -
"Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness." -Jack Sparrow
~ElizabethMarieKauffman~
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