As you all know, I love soundtracks. And I decided that I needed a Transformers soundtrack. Transformers - Age of Extinction is slowly breaking my heart and replacing it with new feelings. Currently those feelings are compassion and a new love for Transformers. Here's the soundtrack: I've watched the movie Ender's Game (which wasn't scary at all...) and I have deeply fallen in love with its soundtrack. I have the same feelings as I do for Transformers (if all Transformers soundtracks are like Age of Extinction then please let me have them all). And, for me, they both sound similar. So here is the Ender's Game soundtrack: Listen to them both and tell me which one is your favorite. I never knew music could change your life till I heard the Music for Writing I - The Phantom Music.
The Ender's Game Soundtrack and the Transformers: Age of Extinction Soundtrack wouldn't have been possible without the Magnificent Steve Jablonsky. His works are stunning and amazing. Tell me in the comments what your favorite instrumental song is!
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First off, I want to thank the AMAZING C.B. Cook from The World of the Writer for doing this contest. Today, I'm doing the 'Character Creation Contest' made by The World of the Writer. Let's just say that when I saw this I totally did not freak out and start screaming inside my head. Okay, anyway, the rules were to create a character from the three pictures she had on her blog and that the characters would be judged off of creativity, how intriguing the character is and how well developed the characters are. I think I was more confident in my head... -_- I can do this, so let's see. Here is my character! Isn't she so pretty? Name: Myliana Location: Merilis She is a princess over Merilis, an underwater trade kingdom. Having been born with no mermaid tail, she spends her time in the human world as a messenger for Merilis, perfectly blending in. The humans know of the world Merilis, yet they keep a distant from the underwater kingdom for it is known for its high tech security. (Possible Book) Short Story: "Myliana, as princess of Merilis and messenger to the human world, we give you this amulet to portray our thanks and blessings upon you." I knelt down before my father's fin and accepted the turquoise amulet. My mother and older brother created this small ceremony for me while I was still on the human's world trading seawater pearl dishes. Everyone in my family had a fin and because I didn't, I was able to better communicate with the upper world. I stood up and smiled, "Thank you father." I received a tight hug from the back which, at first, startled me. I laughed and said, "Thanks Merari." "You're welcome," my brother said grinning. He swam in front of me, his short brown hair drifted slowly in the water, his dark blue eyes gleamed and his white tail shimmered as he moved. "What do you plan on wearing for the banquet?" "What banquet?" I asked confused. "Your sixteenth birthday banquet. You only turn sixteen once," he replied as father swam away to mother. "How could you forget?" "Well, I've been in the human's world for quite some time and the things of Merilis keep slipping out of my mind." "So does that mean you want me to pick out your outfit?" he asked. I laughed, "I guess it does." Cheering, Merari left the throne room while I approached my parents. My father quickly glanced up at me and then kept whispering to my mother. Unfortunately, she did the same and that got me worried. After a few minutes, they stopped talking and they both looked at me. "Myliana, at 7:00 this evening, you will be turning sixteen," my mother said. I nodded, "And when I turn sixteen I can start making my own decisions. And that means I can freely go to the human world," I boldly stated. Even though I was the Merilis messenger, I had to go under strict rules to 'ensure my safety'. "Yes it does, but it also means more responsibilities to Merilis," my father replied. "We understand that you have grown a connection with the human world, but going there for six years doesn't change the fact the you have obligations here," my mother said. "It does when you've met someone," I muttered under my breath. "Tell us, what do you see in the lake when you are about to enter the water world?" My father asked. "Well," I began, thinking about what I see when I'm in the human world. "The lake... It looks a bit brown and it's muddy around the edges of the lake. Why do you ask?" My parents glanced at each other and looked back to me. "The humans pollute their waters, knowing that pollution is the one thing we can not defeat," my father said. "If the waters are polluted, then Merilis will have to travel millions of miles from the surface world, and if we can not trade..." my mother stopped. "And if we can't trade then Merilis will be nothing," I gasped as I finished her sentence. So that's it everybody. Hope you enjoyed! Please comment and tell me if this character surprises you. :3 Thanks! (c) All rights reserved. Please do not reproduce, plagarize, or dulicate any work on this site. Links back to the site are encouraged and welcomed. Drawing and Writing...
Writing and Drawing... They may be two different things, but they're exactly the same one thing. I know that doesn't even make any sense, but I know a way to make it easier to understand. When you are writing a story. You get so attached to your characters, to your world, to your everything actually, that when you pause a book or finish a book (in my case it's pause) those characters from your story will nudge at your head and won't stop till you write with them again. Drawing is the same thing. When you're drawing, you become so attached to your drawings that it's hard when you have to give them away. They look so perfect and beautiful that it just breaks your heart to see them go. Can you tell how writing and drawing are similar now? I just finished drawing a lion and it looks spectacular. I mean, beyond spectacular. It's really beautiful. But, my older sister says that it's so great that she wants to me to give it to a friend. Yet... I don't know if I can gather up the courage and give it away. Oh well. There are two pictures below. To the left is the picture that inspired me to draw a duplicate and to the right is the picture I am drawing next. :3 Wish me luck guys! (BTW, I think Inspired Art has something new... Go check it out!) Writing a book is fairly easy. Gathering ideas for books is easy too. But writing a story from beginning to end is another story. There are constant obstacles in your way. School is one of them, then there are outing/events, and then there is writers block.
I had so much writers block that I put away my story for two months. I could be half way through the book know if I had some idea what I was going too write. And, I could have already decided if I wanted too add another character to be essential to the book. But, I had to wait. I had to let my brain rest. Yet, there was a little part of me (hehe... I say little... I really mean gigantic part of me) really wanted to go back to writing. I wanted to just keep on writing. There were so many things that I wanted to write in my book. Yet, I was constantly stopped because of a fear that if I did this thing in my book, then it would go another way and make my book come to an end. And I didn't want to make this book into a series. That's what Ebinicah James series is for. Not this book. Writing may be a challenge. But it leaves you breathless when you've finished your masterpiece. Okie dokie, now it's time for Nex Gen Justice League. If you're new to this, here are all the parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. "Welcome, welcome," A strange voice cried out. I shook myself awake to see the Mad Hatter, and his father, the Card Dealer, staring right in front of me. "Glad you've awoken," the Card Dealer said. "Umm... I'm not," I replied looking around. The whole entire place was a dump. The ground looked like mud was caked all over the floor, the ceilings were dripping green goop and the furniture was crashed all over the floor. "Why? Do you not like our humble home?" Mad Hatter pretended to look hurt but just laughed it off. "Uh, wouldn't it have been much easier and nicer for you two to settle in a Casino?" I asked. The two looked at each other, apparently not thinking about such a thing. "That isn't the point, the New Generation of the Light shall break down your barriers," the Card Dealer declared. New Generation of the Light? Breaking down our barriers? What did he mean by all of that? "Yo-you're not trying to get...," I froze in mid-sentence. "You are correct my dear, if we reach the graves of your beloved grandparents, we can make an army of your great superheroes and restore the great Savage!" the Card Deal exclaimed. "Spray her." The Mad Hatter came up to me, having an apologetic look on his face and sprayed me with purple gas from a flower. The Mind-Washing Gas. Thanks everybody! And stay in tune for next weeks!
Writers! YOU SHOULD BE WRITING!
In my last post, I told you that I went to Teen Author Boot Camp and had the time of my life, freaking out and enjoying all the writers and authors in one place. Everybody in that room shares one thing, they love to write (or will learn to love to write). Don't be afraid to yell to the world: I AM A WRITER! You should embrace that moment. LOVE THAT MOMENT! Since I love to do crazy things, I would do that. I'm pretty sure I would get a crowd of looks that say, 'Man, that girl is weird.' And I would just shyly chuckle and walk very quickly to my family.
Okay listen, the point that I'm TRYING to get across is that you should be writing. No matter what. It doesn't matter if you are terrible with grammar (that'll get fixed in the editing stage... don't worry) or allergic to words (no one is allergic to words..) or if you just don't think your story is good enough (YOUR STORY IS GOOD ENOUGH. WE ALL WANT TO READ IT!). In the end, your story is going to turn into a piece of art. And it WILL shine with all it's magnificent glory. You just have to be patient and finish your book (so that you may go on to the editing process!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!) You'll get it. Don't worry! :3
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IT WAS AWESOMELY-AMAZING! That had to be the best thing that I have EVER known. The authors, the writers, the amazing special effects... (btw there was TONS of that). The morning Keynote speaker was Jessica Day George, author of Dragon Slippers, Tuesdays at the Tower, and tons of more. After the keynote speaker, we all ran to our classes. Because if we didn't get to our class before it got full, we would have to go to another class. Thankfully, I was able to make it to ALL of my classes on time. :L Here was the class schedule: (the red is the classes that I did) 8:00 – 9:00 Registration Ballroom Lobby 8:45 Against Her Will book launch with author Jo Schaffer (You don’t want to miss this!) Ballroom 9:00 – 9:25 Welcome by Writers Cubed Ballroom 9:25 – 10:10 Morning Keynote Jessica Day George Ballroom 10:20 – 11:05 Breakout #1 How to Write a Killer Fight Scene by Jo Schaffer Ballroom Writing Fantasy and Sci-Fi by Julie Wright Room 206 A Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson Room 206 B The Art of Inspiration and Thievery by Natalie Whipple Room 206 C The Secret Ingredient to Great Fiction (Advanced Class) by Bree Despain Center Stage The Secret to FINISHING you Book by Tom Durham Room 213 A Let’s Make a Story by J. Scott Savage Room 213 B Panel: Writing Habits: Elana Johnson, Michelle Argyle, Peggy Eddleman, Sara B Larsen and Frank Cole Reagan Theater 11:10 – 11:55 Breakout #2 From First Glance to FIrst Kiss by Melanie Jacobsen Ballroom Murder & Mayhem: Elements of Writing Mystery by Lois D. Brown Room 206 A Dystopian Doesn’t Mean Made Up by Jonathan Ryan Room 206 B Digging in the Dirt (Advanced Class) by Matthew Kirby Room 206 C Plotting Dastardly (Fictional) Deeds by Shallee McArthur Center Stage The Psychology of Heroes, Villains, and Everyone Else by David Powers King Room 213 A What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that! by Margie Jordan Room 213 B Panel: Villains We Love to Hate: Lisa Mangum, Tyler Jolley, Jessica Day George, Leigh Statham Reagan Theater 11:55 – 12:55 Lunch 12:55 – 1:40 Breakout #3 Starting Your Story by Brandon Sanderson Ballroom Three Parts to an Awesome Story by Chad Morris Room 206 A Writing the “Unputdownable” Story by Ilima Todd Room 206 B Making the Old New: Fairytales Retold & Re-imagined by R.C. Lewis Room 206 C How to Write a Book in a Weekend (Advanced Class) by Taryn Albright Center Stage Make Your Readers Cry with, Chuckle, and Want to Punch Your Characters in the Face by Chantele Sedgwick Room 213 A Writing Groups by Tahsha Wilson Room 213 B Panel: Favorite Books and How They Inspire Your Writing: Sara B. Larsen, Renee Collins, J.R. Johansson, Amy Jameson Reagan Theater 1:45 – 2:30 Breakout #4 Ask the Author: NEW THIS YEAR! Writers Cubed will be joined by several other Drill Sergeants (one author per round table) in the Ballroom. Come and pick their brains and ask questions about your work in progress in a more personal setting! Ballroom Let’s Make a Story by J. Scott Savage Room 206 A Writing Fantasy and Sci-Fi by Julie Wright Room 206 B Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson Room 206 C How Not to Muck Up Your Book by Frank Cole Center Stage The Art of Inspiration and Thievery by Natalie Whipple Room 213 A Digging in the Dirt (Advanced Class) by Matthew Kirby Room 213 B Panel: Things that Go Bump in the Night: J.R. Johansson, Bree Despain, Tom Durham, Jonathan Ryan Reagan Theater 2:35 – 3:20 Breakout #5 Murder & Mayhem: Elements of Writing Mystery by Lois D. Brown Ballroom How to Write a Book in a Weekend (Advanced Class) by Taryn Albright Room 206 A From First Glance to FIrst Kiss by Melanie Jacobsen Room 206 B Dystopian Doesn’t Mean Made Up by Jonathan Ryan Room 206 C What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that! by Margie Jordan Center Stage Making the Old New: Fairytales Retold & Re-imagined by R.C. Lewis Room 213 A Let’s Get Serious (Advanced Class) by Jennifer Jenkins Room 213 B Panel: Out of This World: Brandon Sanderson, Renee Collins, Tyler Jolley, Peggy Eddleman, Leigh Statham Reagan Theater 3:25 – 4:10 Breakout #6 The Psychology of Heroes, Villains, and Everyone Else by David Powers King Ballroom Describing Where You Are: It’s More Than Just a Place by Elana Johnson Room 206 A Three Parts to an Awesome Story by Chad Morris Room 206 B Writing the “Unputdownable” Story by Ilima Todd Room 206 C Let’s Get Serious (Advanced Class) by Jennifer Jenkins Center Stage Make Your Readers Cry with, Chuckle, and Want to Punch Your Characters in the Face by Chantele Sedgwick Room 213 A Plotting Dastardly (Fictional) Deeds by Shallee McArthur Room 213 B Panel: I Want to Be Published! Amy Jameson, Jo Schaffer, Terri Baranowski, Lisa Mangum, Jonathan Ryan, Michelle Argyle Reagan Theater 4:20 – 5:05 AFTERNOON KEYNOTE BRANDON SANDERSON Ballroom 5:05 – 5:30 First Chapter Winners & Closing Ceremony Ballroom 5:30 – 6:30 Massive Book Signing Ballroom Lobby (Both Jessica Day George & Brandon Sanderson will be signing in the Ballroom). It was literally the best day of my life. (it was even better than Christmas!) When I went to my first class (Map Making 101 by Jill Williamson) I REALLY wanted to scream because I was meeting one of the Go Teen Writers authors. It was the best class EVER. My next class was Villains We Love To Hate. It was very informational and I got tons of ideas for a villain(s). :D My next class (after lunch of course) was Favorite Books and How They Inspire Your Writing. It was really good. Like really. After that class was The Art of Inspiration and Thievery. If I had to say awesome 10 times. I would. Natalie Whipple draws manga, writes books, AND is a great artist. It was amazing! Then, my next class was What the Crap is Voice? I need to get me some of that by Margie Jordan. Man, I could listen to her talk for hours and think of nothing but writing. It was the best. And after that I did I Want to be Published! I learned so much stuff in there that I am no debating whether or not I should do self-publishing or publishing (there is a difference). Everyone in my family (except Charisma) says I should take the self-publishing route. But I'm still thinking about it. Okay, after that everybody came back to the Ballroom and watched these amazing performers do an interpretative dance for Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn Trilogy. If I could take any dance class, I would go find those performers and tell them I want to be just like them. Because, I am not joking, you wish you could see it THOUSANDS of times. It was WAAAYY better than EPIC. After Brandon Sanderson's Keynote, it was the First Chapter Contest winners. I had entered and I expected to win to be one of the ten runner ups... but nope. I didn't win. It was sad... But that encourages me more to do better next year! :3 And at the very beginning of TABC, they showed a video called 'I'm Reading A Book'... IT WAS HILARIOUS! Here you go! :D
hehehe... I love that. :3 SO after that, it was the TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP AUTHOR BOOK SIGNING! I jumped up and ran to Jill Williamson's booth and asked her to sign my TABC tee-shirt (because I wasn't wearing it). She signed it, and, after I said thank you, ran to the rest of the authors asking them to do the same thing. GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!!
THANK YOU TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP FOR EXISTING!
TOMORROW IS TEEN AUTHOR BOOT CAMP... WHAT DO I DO?! I mean... I'm prepared and all... but... it just feels as if that I'm so UNprepared and so SCARED. (hehe... that's because I AM scared.)
I am meeting a ton of authors that write for teenagers and I'm pretty sure that I haven't read any of their books. (Jessica Day George is going to be there and I haven't read ANY of her books... HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!?!) -_- I feel so terrible... Oh well, I've got to get over it and be myself tomorrow. Because tomorrow is a big day for me (and everyone else in my family, because they're going to.) Wish me luck! Almost 19 days left... Man, only a day flew-bye and now I feel like TAB is right around the corner. THIS ISN'T SUPPOSE TO BE HAPPENING! I don't even have the shirt that I want to wear here yet (I actually haven't bought it yet, but I'm hoping that someone else will... ;3). I think I have all the supplies that I need. I've got my two stories (Ebinicah James; and the NEW BOOK), I've got my inspiration in check, I've chosen all my classes, I'm ready to start hugging authors if it comes to that, and I'm ready to smile and go in to FULL 'Writers Mode'.
I am SO EXCITED TO MEET TONS OF AUTHORS! I wish I Tyler Whitesides was doing it this year. :'( Oh well, maybe he'll do it next year! :3 I'm so excited to meet Jill Williamson (one of the bloggers from Go Teen Writers)! I'm going to be attending her 'Map Making 101' class and I'm SUPER excited! ;D I've just got to keep my cool when meeting all these amazing authors. Ugh, I don't think I'll be able to though. Okie Dokie, I'm thinking about doing Camp NaNoWriMo, the Spring Session. Because I need inspiration help and other fellow soon-to-be-author writers to encourage me, while I encourage them. Honestly, I've NEVER EVER had a writer friend. I'm mean, I have three (Charisma, a friend on Ravelry and a guy in real life). The guy in real life, I haven't seen him much anymore, Charisma is the best but she's my writer sister, and I haven't gone onto Ravelry for a few weeks now. :'( So really, I just don't. And I think this is a great opportunity for me to get the NEW BOOK rolling. ;3 So I guess that's it for today guys. See you Monday and wish me luck! (Because on Monday I've got State Assessments and I'm really scared for them...) Guys, I think I took a break from everything... I've been sick ever since March seventh, (I had my Kryptonite Break-Out, I call it Kryptonite because it kind of makes me feel like Superman whenever Kryptonite comes near him, and I litteraly can't breathe, my eyes become swollen, my nose becomes stuffed up and I'm crying like crazy) and it was suppose to be a two day sickness, but apparently it took like a whole week before I got better. *sigh*
Then, since I couldn't look at the computer screen because it would make me cry when I'm sick, I took a 'writers' break'. (I think I used the apostrophe right... And yes there is such a break.) But I feel as if I had writers block for a month! IT'S TERRIBLE! I WANT TO START WRITING AGAIN!... Yet, I've got no inspiration. *begins crying* I love writing inspiration... :'( And I kind-of took a break from school... (Don't tell anyone...) ;) But don't worry... I'll catch up. Thanks and please give me inspiration in the comments to start writing again! And I'll start writing the fan-fiction story the next week after next week... that means the last week of March... Okay, on Saturday, we had some company over and when my mom was talking about me and my writing.... She said that I had the imagination of George Lucas... GEORGE LUCAS PEOPLE! I've never Ever EVER had someone tell me that. It was a great feeling that someone believed in me that much! And yesterday we were able to receive 533 views! We're so glad to have amazing and wonderful blog viewers! THANK YOU! But, as I had promised, I would give you the NeX Gen Justice League: Part 2 today; and it must be fulfilled. So begin reading grasshoppers... But before you go read, I've got some big news to tell you. I was able to enter in my First Chapter for the Teen Author Boot Camp First Chapter Contest last night! I was so excited that I couldn't sleep last night thinking I would get disqualified. Thankfully, I didn't, though, I still have a fuzzy feeling inside of me because I really really REALLY want to find out the winner... Which may be me or it may not be. BUT STILL. I'm super excited! :3 Now for the story. (Click here for Part 1) My sister had left to Gotham City and my brother had gone to Smallville. So far, they both said that everything was fine and nothing unusual was happening or going on. My brother, Batboy, checked every inch of Smallville to find no human life and my sister,Batgirl, checked around Gotham City to find that there was no trouble. But, there was something strange about it. Why would my computer say that there was trouble in the two most remote areas? I scanned my computer several times, yet it kept saying the same thing. That there was trouble in both areas. What could I do now? I called my dad, Nightwing, and told him the news and said that I had to ask for 'support'. And 'support' meant bad things... Very bad things... It was the only thing I could do, so I called a 'old friend'. "Hello Beatrice... Long time no see huh?" I was in an abandon subway station and it was only me and my 'support'. "Stop faking it the sweet talk, can I please just have some answers?" I asked impatiently. "Sure," he said twirling his top hat. "What do ya want to know?" I sighed, "Can't we have a face to face talk?" He snickered, and walked into the light. His purple hair was lightly shimmering in the dim light, his pale skin was enough to make a man shiver, his green lips and black suit went perfect with his complexion and his black top hat with the purple shimmer. "You want to know what's happening in Smallville and Gotham City.... right?" He asked. Hope you guys will tune in on Friday!
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