Well Howdy

Hey whatsup your guys!?
It's been a while since I've written a post, so I thought I'd give you an update.
Update.
I really hate that word.
Lemme try again.
So I thought I'd letcha know what's crack-a-lacking in my life!
There we go!
MOVIES!!!
I've seen some good stuff lately like:
Outsourced:
This was a really funny, cute movie about a guy whose job was outsourced to India.
It places on a lot of Indian stereotypes and I found it quite amusing.
Some of the things you need to watch out for are:
There is a "Sex Scene" which, really didn't show any passion or actual love making or anything actually. It was just him and a girl in bed, with the covers...covering, looking at a book and kissing every now and then.

Star Dust:
This is a wonderful fantasy movie!
I thought it was really clever, and it inspired several elements in my own writing! :)
You just need to watch out for a little bit of nudity in this one, but when it comes down to it, they actually dont show anything!
Very very good, I totally recommend it!

Sweeney Todd:
This is a really good story and has a super amazing cast of actors. Like seriously, all of my favorite actors are in this one! It's craycray!
Now, you do need to watch out for the blood in this one...there is a lot of it.
And it is rated R, so, just be forewarned.
Still an amazing movie :)

Cookies, Lights, Trees and Graduation

This is probably my favorite time of year!
I know, I know, I say this about several times a year!
BUT!
This time in particular is my favorite time of year!
Do you want to know why!?
CHRISTMAS!!!
What was that?
Noooo, not the Winter Holiday nor the Winter Solstice.
CHRISTMAS!!!
This week has been so crazy awesome, I just cant even begin to explain!
My family finish putting up the lights on the house.

We also got the inside all decorated up.

AND
We decorated Cookies!!!!

My Zombie Cookies

More Zombies

Trees I took to work

Bells my mom decorated

Work hasn't been so crazy and next week is full of running around, shopping, partying with friends and even a road trip back up to Graham to see some family and more friends up there!
But, you know what really takes the cake for this Christmas Break???
I GRADUATED HIGHSCHOOL!!!
Yes! Yes! Yes!
I was able to finish school a semester early and a GPA of 3.4!!!
Man, just look at all those exclamation marks!
I'm going to be a full time college student next semester with US History, English, Psychology and either Trig or Speech, I haven't decided yet.
I'm also looking into picking up another job, besides being a Sonic Carhop, just to earn some extra moolah!
And to add a big, ogre cherry on top of this whole post of awesomeness, I've have picked up my Nanowrimo again and plan to finish it next week!
HIZAHHHH!
-Didymus

Trials of a Troublesome Muse

Dearest Muse,
We have been together for a long time now. Eighteen years to be exact.
I've have been suspicious for a very long time now, but up until recently have I been certain that you are bipolar. Possibly even schizophrenic.
While you are extremely helpful and full of great advice, all the time, you have a dark side.
For instance, right now.
This is the last week of school for me, and I plan on finishing my Nanowrimo before New Years, starting Saturday.
However, you apparently have other plans for me.
Instead of helping me come up with great ideas for scenes or people or even creatures to push me past the 50k mark. You are inspiring my story for next year.
And you have great idea.
While your advice now will most definitely help me out in January, right now it is concerning me that you have lost interest in a story we have been working on for over a year now.
What is this? We are nearly done! You can give up on me now!
I sincerely hope you pull yourself together.
I cant finish my Nanowrimo without you, but if you force my hand, I will have to try anyway.
Just remember, the Inner Editor is lonely and would very much like some company in his little box.
Love,
Didymus

Caution to Parents, Government Officials and people with dwarfism

I am writing this blog post today because I have been compelled too warn the public about a very serious threat to our household, local, national and worldwide security. No, I'm not talking about Islamic terrorist, nor am I talking about PETA. I am talking about the mutant hybrids known as, Flyseshomomonkie.
This dangerous breed of carnivorous animal are currently known to be invading Kansas and states surrounding it. They are notorious for swooping down upon their victims, picking them up and flying them to their nest. There are usually wicked witches in these dens, so one must take special care to always carry a water bottle with you, just in case of an abduction.
Some ways that you can protect yourself from abduction are:
-Carry monkey repellent.
-Stay away from areas dubbed: Haunted Woods.
-Get rid of you dog; They only attract them.
-Stay indoors.
Stay safe everyone, and dont forget to carry water bottles and monkey repellent when outdoors.
Only you, can stop this invasion.
-Didymus

A post because I can!

Well Hi-dee-do enternetsies!
I was just sitting here at my laptop trying to decided what to do, when it occurred to me I'm due for a new blog post! Yay!
As I was trying to come up with a topic to discuss, I noticed that to the upper left of the screen I said I would talk about Japanese stuff!
I have yet to do this!
SO! I will now :)
Today I will be talking about the days of the week!
They are pretty simple, and surprisingly somewhat similar to our English equivalent.
Monday= Getsuyobi
Tuesday= Kayobi
Wednesday= Suiyobi
Thursday= Mokuyobi
Friday= Kinyobi
Saturday= Doyobi
Sunday= Nichiyobi
What's really cool is the that the translations are as followed:
Moon Day
Fire Day
Water Day
Wood Day
Gold Day
Earth Day
Sun Day
You think we got some of our days of the week from the Asian cultures?
I dont know!
But from now on, I shall be referring to these days as such :)
Happy Kinyobi!
Ja Matta!

Good Bye My Love < /3

Well everyone, this was most definitely one of the most hectic, crazy, draining, November I've had in a while. It was full of laughs, crying, success, failure, amazing moments and moments of disappointment.
The bad news is, due the the mixture of computer viruses, lack of time and just craziness in general, my Nanowrimo ends at 28k words.
Poop.
The good news is that, even though I have let her down, my muse is still with me and we have it arrange to finish my book by New Years! I will never give up on an adventure I set out to do, but I may prolong it! Hahaha! I cant wait for next year, where hopefully, I will have more time to give to my characters.
You know something?
I count myself way more fortunate than those who finished their books already.
I get to spend another 30 days with my characters!!!
*Blows on Bugle* CHARGE!!!

Beautiful People Holiday Edition!!!

Hello Everyone!
Nanowrimo is definitely a battle of the fittest, a casino royal, a melee of doom, a epic battle of the ages, if you will.
This year is particularly difficult for me, seeing as I'm 6k words behind, and I'm feeling a bit discouraged.
So, in order to get my mind off of my wordcount troubles, I would like to do a post for the new Beautiful People! Here we go!
1. What kind of holidays do they celebrate, if any?
All the species in my book celebrate the Season Solstices.
However, each race has their own special traditions that they follow for different, unique days of celebration. For instance, the Gnome celebrate the day the Fairy Royals rose to the throne. The Goblins celebrate in the remembrance of epic battles in the past, good harvests and they celebrate their deliverance from plague by the Great Dragon Bane. I really dont know much about my fairies yet... a book that's currently on the drawling board is about my fairies, so we shall see what happens in that!
2. What are they most thankful for?
I would have to say for friendship, love and freedom to fight for their freedom.
I put them in lots of hardships, but they always make it though, stronger on the other side.
They be quite hardy little creatures!
3. Do they have any family traditions?
Most of the characters either have bad relationships with their parents, their parents are dead, or their society doesn't follow emotional parental dependency. It is quite sad, but in a future book, I will have my current MC's the parents of children, which the story will be about.
4. What is their most memorable holiday memory?
Right now in my book, it is the Winter Solsist and Iz, Luthin, Ella, Lythar, Taryn and Warg all just met up. Yay! Memories!
5. What is the most memorable gift they have ever received?
Warg was just given a gift from Lorilli, which helps him achieve his goal of securing the Scepter of Light.
6. Do they consider it important to be with family during celebrations?
No
7. Do they usually wait till the last minute to purchase gifts, or do they buy them ridiculously early?
Right now they are in a war, so things tend to happen very spontaneously.
8. Favorite Christmas song? For fantasy authors, is music a part of their celebration?
My characters have a great fondness of the Beatles. Especially my nomads.
9. Do they celebrate for religious reasons?
Not really, my book doesn't really touch on religion at all.
10. How do they celebrate the beginning of the new year?
In my book, each season is a year. Thus the celebrations of the season changes. They dont really associate January 1st as New Years.

Sorrow

My dearest blog, and followers,
I have an aching hole in my chest where my heart has been ripped out and fed to the wolves.
My story is going beautifully, but I do not have the time or energy to give it, its much needed attention.
I am 5k words behind, yet again, and I can hear my beloved characters crying as I lay in bed at night, too tired from the day to write. I hear them weep while I'm at work and I feel them shudder as I'm at college. They need their daddy back.
They need someone to gently guide the rest of their lives. Someone to be there to pick them up when they fall. To give them comfort when their alone. And someone to be there for them through thick and thin. But, Father Time just doesn't seem to have it in the cards this month.
I will try to keep on trucking to the end and wherever I end up when November 30th rolls around, I will be proud of what I've accomplished and in December I can return to my dear children if necessary.
I will never give up.
-Didy

Week 2 is Evil! Week 2 is evil!

3,000 words.
How did I get 3000 words behind?!
I was doing so well! I have my muse, I love my story, I know where everything is going. Writer's block hasn't got in my way, I haven't had to use my plot ninjas, plot bunnies or bizarre family twists.
My path has been guilt monkey free and the infamous Inner Editor has stayed clear!
So, why oh why am I 3000 words behind!?
Time.
I have none of it.
And the sad thing is, the only way I have to combat this is stay up till 4am writing. Like I did last night. Am I tired? Yes. Am I crazed? Yes. Will I survive the day? Yes. Why? Because I will probably be staying up till 4 again tonight! Gaaaaaah!!!
-Didy
PS. Congrats to my friend Logan, he just had his Eagle Scout Ceremony today. Whoop! Whoop!

Week 2!

Greetings and salutations my fellow novelists!

Welcome to the all powerful week 2! (Hahaha get it? Peace. Two fingers. Week 2?)

If you're beyond your daily recommended word count, behind it or right on track this week is still the pivotal moment for you and your novel. This is the week where the IE (Inner Editor, read more about him on my last post) likes to jump out of the little box you locked him in and say hello! And other things.... Here are some facts about Week 2 you should be aware of:

1)This is the IE's strongest week. (I've already warned you about it)

2)Most Writer/Novel divorces happen this week.

3)This is when your word counts tend to suffer greatly.

4)Writer's Block (Need I say more?)

Now dont be all depressed about all of these woeful statistics. There are several tools at you disposal for this week!

1)Dont get it right, just Write.

Even though most people make the mistake of divorcing their novels this week and starting anew, dont. You will never get those last 13k words you did last week back. Keep writing! Even if you just know for a fact that this monster you are giving birth too will one day grow up and attack Tokyo, just keep at it! These are just lies the IE is telling you. It is a grantee that your novel is 75% better than what you think it is. Trust me. Keep writing.

2)Beautification.

If you find yourself without your lovely muse to guide you through your daily wordcount, you can beautify your book a little bit. Basically what you do is read back through what you've already written and add adjectives, more sentences to explain things, fix grammar issues and things like that. This should give you at least 500 words if you do it right! Remember, 500 words are better than 0 words!

3)Wordpadding

Yes, yes, yes I know this is a low, underhanded, dirty trick. But it works! There are many things you can do to your novel that can help add words.

a)You introduce a character that stutters.

The sentence: "I think I will go for a walk."

Changes to:

"I I I Think k k I I wi wi will g g go for or a a wa wa walk."

You change 8 words into 21+ words, depending on how bad the stutter is.

b)Temporary deafness.

 "I think I will go for a walk".

"OK!"

 Changes to:

"I think I will go for a walk."

"Do what now?"

"I'm going for a walk!"

"Your going to eat a dock? How does that work?"

"A WALK!"

"You are eating a walk? As in the stick?"

"NO! I'm going on one!"

"Ah! Your going for a walk!"

"Yes!"

"Well why didn't you say so in the first place?"

"I did! Stupid!"

"What about a narwhals?"

See? More words!

3)Dreams and Hallucinations:

Theses can go on forever and ever in you book without messing up your plot. Use them!

4)Have your MC write a letter, book, speech, ect.

Write what they write! Volah! A book inside a book!

So, there you are. Here are your tools to help combat the battle of the wordcounts in Week 2! Happy Noveling everyone and I will see you at the 20K mark!

-Didy

Welcome Wrimos, To the Weekend!

Ahoy!
Well my fellow writers, welcome to the marvelous day known as Friday!
School is wrapping up for the weekend, responsibilities are low and on this glorious day, ladies and gentlemen, WE WRITE!
Yes indeed, if you are disappointed in your word count or if you would like to give you novel an energy drink and get more words; this is the weekend to do it!
Why? You may ask.
Because Week 1 is the week of excitement and of inspiration. Next week, however, will not be. That's why we need this weekend to prepare for the attacks out Inner Editors will unleash.
Some of the things you can do to counter his/her assaults on your novel are followed:
1)Boost your word count this weekend. Its quite difficult to gloat at your IE with a crappy word count.
2)Go out and buy yourself some rewards. Candy is usually a good thing.
3)Get some caffeine, now! One of the most deadly tricks the IE plays on you is sleep. If you can see yourself thinking, "Ah, well I'm almost up to par for the day, but boy I sure am sleepy. I'll write in the morning." Then you are in much need for caffeinated drinks, my friend.
4)If you have a writing buddy, start doing word wars.
5)Even if your muse decides to leave, keep writing. Write about a family of duckling if you have to, even if you book has absolutely nothing to do with ducks. She will come back, I promise.
6) Beware of books. These nasty little boogers are both a great source of inspiration and a tool for the IE to use against you. While your reading he can whisper in your eye things like, "You will never be this good." or "Leave writing to the professionals." Or he can be even trickier and get you totally enthralled in the book, leaving you with no time to write. Be aware!
Have a great weekend everybody!
Happy Writing!
-Didy
(8,075/50,000)
PS. This was my Halloween costume I wore to work.

Hades: Lord of the Underworld (Muahaha)

Day 1

Hello from Nanowrimo 2011!!!
Congratulations to all the amazing novelists who have started out their November novel!
Its 8:30 right now and I have reached 2006 words. My books coming along great, all the characters are behaving. I am terribly afraid. They are planning something.
Anywho!
If you got to this point alright and realized, "Hey this is not working out at all!"
Never fear! You still have 29 days left. DONT GIVE UP!!!
Now, I didn't just come here to gloat about my word count, I have also come with some tips on how to survive the week!
1) Ride the wave of adrenalin. This week is going to be the most carefree week we are going to have. You're all excited for the month ahead, you feel like you can conquer the world! Great! Now do it! Use all of your excitement and energy this week to get you through and beyond this week!
2)If you haven't gotten rid of you pesky Inner-Editor, do that now. Seriously.
3)Dont share your book with anyone. That's right, in order to truly make this book yours, wait until its finished before you start sending it off to friends, family and coworkers. I know, I know your excited, but you dont want any guilt monkeys this early in the game!
4)Set out the carrots for plot bunnies! Plot bunnies are going to get in sometime or another, better make it this week. It keeps things less complicated!
5)Dont use any Plot Ninjas. Wait till next week!
Well, there you are folks! I hope ya'll have a great week ahead and I will see you at the 12K marker!
-Didy

More Nanowrimo Fun with Characters :D

Well hello again!

Guess what? This is my third blog post in a row!!! *Blows in trumpet*

I thought, since Nanowrimo is like 24 hours away I would go a head and add some of my other characters to my blog for your reading delight.

Blyr

This is probably one of my most favorite of my characters. Blyr is pretty awesome, he is a mutt of a gnome and a goblin, he had to drink blood to survive (Kind of like a vampire, but cooler). He is the leader of the Gnobblin tribe, and they pretty much go around and kidnap people and sell them as slaves. He's not really a good guy, but he does some helpful things in the first book that doesn't quite make him a bad guy either.

Otto

This is Iz' best friend growing up. I really didn't write him well in the first book and I have to redo all of his scenes and personality and ect. Yuck. Not fun, but that's what I get for taking, "It doesn't matter how messy your novel is!" too literally.

The Serpent Sisters

They play a big important role in my upcoming book. The only problem is, I dont know what yet! They are exiled fairies that live in the deep part of the woods, where the ground is pretty much a swamp.

Nameless

She is the hardcore chick that can kill everything, be sassy and pretty much a beast. I dont know much about her yet either. I'm kind of waiting for Iz to cross paths with her sometime along the road.

This list doesn't exactly conclude my list of characters in my books. I have several more of them, both in existence and on the drawling board. If you cant tell yet, I am super excited for Nanowrimo to be starting up tomorrow!!! Like, seriously. I just dont think I can contain myself. After work tomorrow I'm going to get myself some writing goodies to help me out this coming month. I'm thinking lots of caffeine! Muahahaahaha!

Happy Halloween!

And Happy Noveling!

-Didy



Well I wasn't going to post this, buuuut....

Halloween.
This one word has the power to make people's stomachs grumble for candy.
Our noses to smell that new costume smell. Yes. It exists.
The desire to get pumpkin guts all over ourselves.
And the need to go ring the doorbells of all your neighbors asking for candy.
But. This word also has the power to put the fire of God in the pit of several Christian's stomachs.
This is by far one of the most controversial holidays on the face of the earth.
Why?
Now, I know what your thinking, "Oh, Didymus, your going to go off on a rant about Halloween, arent' you"
NO
I will not.
However, I would like to share why I do celebrate it.
1) It is apart of our American culture.
Now, many of you are about to tell me how it originated in Europe, and it was a pagan celebration, and it has everything to do with witchcraft. Yes. You are right. BUT. Your also wrong.
When the Irish came to America during the Potato Famine, they brought Halloween with them.
Then the Americans at that time, did what Americans do best.
JUNK FOOD AND BEING SILLY!!!
They totally adapted Halloween to be just a massive dressup party and to get candy.
Nobody actually believes in evil spirit protection when the dress up as "Glamour Witch" or "Scary Ghost".
Halloween for us today is a commercial event to promote candy.
And plus, if there are people out their who do believe in the evil spirit protection, they are usually the ones who dress like its Halloween every day. Nuff Said.
2) I celebrate Halloween because I'm an imaginative person who loves to dress up crazy.
3) And because I dont take it seriously. I'm in it for the candy and to dress up.
So, there you are.
I will respect your decision not to celebrate Halloween, just as long as you respect mine to celebrate.
I do have one last parting note for you.
If you get upset that people celebrate Halloween because its of the devil, why dont your get upset when Christmas and Easter roll around? They are the most commercialized holidays in existence, yet they are supposed to celebrated to honor Jesus and his victory for us.
If your going to boycott the candycorn, shouldn't your also toss out Santa Clause and the Easter eggs?
If your going to actually celebrate holidays for their true meaning (Or not celebrate because of that), dont give Xmas and Easter a double standard.
Happy Halloween!!!
-Didymus

Beautiful People

Hey everyone!
So, I love this time of year. Like seriously, the last month of October, hands down, is the best ever!
The weather finally calms down and cools off, we get a little rain, cold night, fuzzy blankets and lots of coffee. Everyone is getting ready for Halloween, and the more creative of us are getting ready for Nanowrimo. School starts to relax a little too, you know right before it freaks out for Finals. And the winter shopping season begins!
The last week of October, I'm telling you, is the bomb.com!
Now, as I was moseying around the blogging world I discovered this thing called Beautiful People. And basically, what it is, is a questionnaire that you get to answer as a blog post about your book, your characters, your writing life in general! I was informed of this by my lovely Nanowrimo buddy, Lauriloth. You can check out her amazing blog by clicking the link.
Anyway, not wanting to be left out, I have decided to do the Nanowrimo edition of Beautiful People!
So, here it is:
1. Sum up your novel in five words or less.Garden Gnome saving fairy princess
2. Novel title?
Gnome Gnovel Part 2

3. Sum up your main character(s) in one word each.
Iz: Brave, Lorilli:Crazy, Luthin:Noble, Lythar: Tainted

4. Advice for newbies in three words?
Dont Edit, WRITE!

5. Tell us about your secondary characters, how do they affect the story?
My secondary characters are my most favorite! They add all the seasonings to my book, they are the obnoxious colored markers to my drawling and the light of my story. They are my tools, my friends and the people that I wish I could be. They are funny, sad, crazy, silly and down right evil.

6. Do you plan to stay up till midnight on the 31st?
Well, I will probably work that night till 11...then I'll get home, shower, and the countdown will begin!

7. How many years have you done NaNo?
This is my second year doing Nano. Last year I won with Gnome Gnovel Part 1. I had a blast, and am super excited to be doing it again!

8. What came first, characters, or plot idea?
Characters, most definitely. I create plots around my characters.

9. How much prep do you do before November?
Prep...hmmmm. Well I try to get a general idea as to where I want the story to go, write out my map and make sure my characters are all lined up. But other than that, I am more creative and I have a better time writing if its all a surprise to me how things turn out.

10. Now be honest, how do you really feel about NaNo?
I am scared that I'm not going to win this year. Between school, work and social activities, I'm worried I wont have enough time to put all my effort into it. But, I'm staying positive!!!

Have a great weekend guys!
-Didymus

Muse of a Kounty Gentleman

What what what?!!?
Hey everybody! And do I have some exciting news for you!
FAMILY FORCE 5 HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT!!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!
*Takes a deep breath*
Yes! This new album is called III (Or 3 for my roman numeral challenged friends out there)
Oddly enough, even though I absolutely adore FF5, I have a weird hate/love relationship with this album. Like its good. But I really dont think it sounds like the FF5 I grew up with.
Anyway!
I though I would get on and write about my favorite songs on this CD of awesomness!
1)Not Alone; This a really chill, beautiful song about how God is always with you, even if you cant see Him, he's always there. (Going on my writing playlist.)
2) Tank Top; This is just one of their very odd, groovy songs that really dont have a point. It's pretty hood and very good mood music.
3)Mamasita; Hahahaha! This a funny love song! It's very Hispanic and Latin and tacolisious. It's really funny. My favorite part is: "Oh Mamasita! My seniorita! Nothing could be sweeta we cross the boarder, you and I"
4)You got It: Another love song, it's pretty hip and groovy and things like that. You know Ghostride the Whip? Yea, the vocals are very similar.
5)Paycheck: I good loud bass song about being the crappy economy with an underlying message about how we aren't good enough and need Jesus.
There are a could other songs, that I dont really care for. SO I'm not going to talk about them! HA! Who said I had to be unbiast? Muahahaha
Peace Out Guys!
-Didy

Bad Guys! Duhn Duhn Duhhhhhn!!!

Hey whats up!?
Well if you haven't already guessed, this post is going to be about the villains in my book.
Now, I have several different categories that my villains will fall under. Rivals, Obstacles, Bad Guys and the Villain. This mostly has occurred because my MC, Iz, has problems getting along with people, and like most people with this social condition, he tends to make many enemies. Now, I will be listing all of the villains from my first book, and then go on to the newly added ones I've given mental birth to.
RIVALS!!!

Brandel:

This little booger is the son of a Noble family in Kioata, he is a rebel. Brandel got his start with street fighting and sleeping around with higher ranking people. He first clashed with Iz, when Iz and friends found him beating a Mutt (More on this later) outside of the city gates, and Iz' girlfriend challenged him to a duel. The two of them then were assigned to the same team that escorted Lorilli.

Klyfe:

He is the Headmaster of the Royal Arms Academy. He is Iz' abusive uncle. He adopted Iz after his brother and sister-in-law died in a goblin raid. He and Iz have clashed all of Iz' childhood.

OBSTACLES:

These are just generally bad people who aren't on a specific mission to stop Iz, but they are definitely bad people who get in the way.

Captain Nara:

He is the captain of the pirate ship, The Black Heartstring. He is a ruthless pirate who's business in piraty things like human trafficking, pillaging, sailing and drinking rum.

Alena:

She is a powerful water nymph who lives in the Grey Lake. She is known for popping up on the decks of ships, trying to seduce men into the water, where she kills them and then lays her eggs inside the corpses.

Malina:

An earth spirit who lives in the Parallel Forest. She is extremely hard to defeat, because she can possess things of nature to do her bidding. She is kinda hard core.

BAD GUYS

Warg:

This is the goblin general. He is basically the face of evil for the gnomes in my book. He is in charge of pillaging, plundering, raiding and killing massive amount of people all while using his classy British accent and sipping tea.

Xalden:

This is the Goblin King. He's really only just a figure head for the goblins to rally under (Cuz you know, dragon are a bit scary). While he does coordinate this war he started, he really does have a heart for his people and is a pretty decent ruler.

*New Character Alerts!*

Aniv-dra

She is a double agent for the Great Dragon. More on her later.

Xavier

The nephew of Warg, more on him later.

Nacstha

Princess of the Goblins



Iker

Prince of the Goblins

The Villain!

The Great Dragon Bane

I will write a hole blog post about him in the near future, because there is so much to tell.

However, here is a sneak peek to his human form. (Yes, he can change his form at will).

And there you are, my bad guys! Now the next post I have changed my mind about. I have several people in my book that play big roles, but their really not good guys or bad guys. So, the next post will be about them. As usual, I am not talented enough to draw my own images, so I just went to Deviant Art and grabbed these. They are not mine, nor did I draw them, they are of the creation of others more gifted than I, and I thank them. I will probably go through and refind all the artist and dedicate a post to them in the future as well. I just got to find them first...

Stay crazy!

~Thomas

Intro Numba 1!!!

Hello ya'll!
Well just as I promised, here is my first introduction to my character's in current fantasy series, "The Story of Iz"...yes, the title needs some work...
BUT here is my four main characters in the second instalment that I will be writing in November as a part of Nanowrimo.
NOTE: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THESE PICTURES, NOR DID I CREATE THESE CHARACTERS IN THE PICTURE. THESE ARE MERELY REPRESENTATIONS OF MY CHARACTERS.

Iz:
This is my Main Character. He grew up as an orphan in his abusive, controlling Uncle's house. He is a graduate of the Royal Arms Academy in the military district of Kioata, the capitol of the gnome kingdom. In the previous story he, along with six others were sent on a mission to protect the Princess Lorilli as she traveled across the kingdom to her home land. Many things happened on this mission, and it ultimately failed as a result of the goblin general, Warg, killing Iz' comrades and kidnapping the princess to take back to the great dragon, Bane.

Princess Lorilli:
She is the rebellious daughter of the Queen Annilia. She is the guardian of the Scepter of Light, the last of the magical artifacts from the Dark Ages. In Book 1 she is send back to her home country of the fairies by her mother, for both protection and to prevent her from destroying Annilia's political career.

Luthin:
He is a great warrior from his village, who was summoned by the Queen to take part in the mission to protect Lorilli on her journey. He is one of the only members who survived the mission. He is takes himself way to seriously, and is loyal to the core. After he is reunited with Iz at the end of Book 1, he is the first to suggest they save the princess.

Ella:
She is the young, goblin healer what was held prisoner on the pirate ship, The Black Heartstring. He assisted Iz in his recovery and plan of escape. Iz became her protector once they killed the pirate captain Nara and sunk his ship. She is a skilled fighter and is always willing to look on the bright side of life.

Well there you have it! These are the four main characters for my NanoNovel! I'm super excited for November and just as equily excited to watch my characters grow, learn, fall in love and get into all sorts of trouble! It's going to be a fun ride!
My next post will be on my villians in the book!
Then I'll have the "Adult Figures"
And finally it will be all the new characters that I'm intoducing.

New Post of Amazingness!!!

Well HI!!!
Yes, yes, yes, yes I know!
It has been ENTIRELY TOO LONG since my last post.
I'm sorry.
NOT!
But, seriously.
Letsss seeee what to talk about.
BIRTHDAY!
Yes, you heard right! I had my birthday come around this month! And it was super amazing. Just saying. We had yummy turtle cake, sushi and I got me some pretty awesome presents. My friend also took me to Sixflags and I rode the Titan!!!!

It was super fun! Tho I did scream bloody murder.... I also went to a Texas Rangers game! The redbrick/green stadium in the background? Yes, that's where the Ranger's play!
I also joined the Japanese Language School of Ft. Worth! Kind of exciting. I have a great class, a hilarious sensei and one of my good buddies from work is also going with me! Next Monday we learn to do traditional dancing.
I also had the privilege of going to Homecoming with my dear sweet twin!
I had a blast eating Italian food and partying in a club in downtown!

Sexy, no?
NANOWRIMO IS IN 33 DAYS!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I will probably start working on my characters and general layout for my book, soooo stay tuned for some character bio's that I'll throw ya'lls way!
Peace Out Home Slice!
PS. I have yet to see Lion King in theaters....I need to fix this.