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Friday, December 26, 2008
Light of the Sun Trailer
Heheh. I just thought of a really cool trailer for the Light of the Sun. So, if anyone ever makes a movie of it (I wish) then they'll know what to use. OK, here it is.
It starts out with Will narrating: "Doesn't life just seem so pointless sometimes? You wake up, go to school, come home, do homework and chores, go to sleep, and start all over again the next morning. Why can't there be some ADVENTURE in life?"
As he's saying this, a few images flash by.
The beginning of the book, where Laney turns away to look at the full moon and turns back, grinning as her fangs begin to elongate (dramatic pulsing sound in background). She's starting to turn into a werewolf.
Wadjet, the cobra, hissing, coiling, and then striking towards the screen.
Draven turning into a vampire monster and flying up into the dark sky.
Bast, the cat, comments lightly, "aren't you forgetting someone?"
Then we get a shot of Will wearing a hat. Suddenly the hat floats up off his head. He turns and snatches it out of the air, shouting in annoyance, "Erika!". Erika, a ghost, materializes behind him, giggling (she had been invisible and was making his hat "float" to bug him).
Then we get a shot of all of them surfacing in the middle of a lake, looking out over El Dorado.
It ends with the image of the amulet resting on it's golden pyramid pedestal (the chain is coiled around the top, like in my drawing a while ago). It flashes, whiting out the screen.
Duh dududah!
How do you write that anyway?
I have in image of the trailer in my head, but I don't know how good it sounded as I wrote it on the computer. Tell me, okay?
It starts out with Will narrating: "Doesn't life just seem so pointless sometimes? You wake up, go to school, come home, do homework and chores, go to sleep, and start all over again the next morning. Why can't there be some ADVENTURE in life?"
As he's saying this, a few images flash by.
The beginning of the book, where Laney turns away to look at the full moon and turns back, grinning as her fangs begin to elongate (dramatic pulsing sound in background). She's starting to turn into a werewolf.
Wadjet, the cobra, hissing, coiling, and then striking towards the screen.
Draven turning into a vampire monster and flying up into the dark sky.
Bast, the cat, comments lightly, "aren't you forgetting someone?"
Then we get a shot of Will wearing a hat. Suddenly the hat floats up off his head. He turns and snatches it out of the air, shouting in annoyance, "Erika!". Erika, a ghost, materializes behind him, giggling (she had been invisible and was making his hat "float" to bug him).
Then we get a shot of all of them surfacing in the middle of a lake, looking out over El Dorado.
It ends with the image of the amulet resting on it's golden pyramid pedestal (the chain is coiled around the top, like in my drawing a while ago). It flashes, whiting out the screen.
Duh dududah!
How do you write that anyway?
I have in image of the trailer in my head, but I don't know how good it sounded as I wrote it on the computer. Tell me, okay?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Language of Thoughts
So, I don't know if I've said much about the Language of Thoughts on the blog. Thought Language is a sort of telepathy used on Magic-Earth and Soreina. Animals use it to talk to each other, and humans can use it too. Most people can use it, but some humans have suppressed this natural ability to speak to other species without words. It works just as well over great distances as it does if you're sitting right next to the creature you're speaking to. And though animals on Technology-Earth (the planet you're sitting on right now) can use it, most humans here can't.
So, I thought I'd talk about why I like the Language of Thoughts so much that it keeps showing up in my stories. Well, partly because I love the idea animals being able to communicate with people. But, here we go.
So, part one. Native americans and other such humans have tales about speaking to spirits and even trees and animals. Not using their mouth the way we think of talking, but something deeper. Something similar to the Language of Thoughts.
Part two. Animals seem to have that much-debated sixth sense. I've read countless tales and seen other examples myself. Dogs that always know a minute before their human comes home, even if it's at an irregular hour. Animals that can sense the approach of storms and get out of the way, or even warn humans about the storms. Some animals understand human speech. And then there are stories of pets who get separated from their human families and travel sometimes hundreds of miles, maybe even to a place they've never been before to become reunited with their friends. There's even one story of a dog who climbed on a boat and rode to a DIFFERENT COUNTRY (there's 2 really cool books about amazing things animals have done. I'll tell you the titles-"The Strange World of Animals and Pets" by Gaddis and "The Psychic Power of Animals" by Schul. I know the last one sounds weird, but it's still pretty cool). Animals aren't stupid. I HATE it whenever anyone says that. Just because they can't use computers doesn't mean they're not smart. They have a very different sort of intelligence than we do, and if we ever tried to match their type of intelligence we'd find ourselves positively stupid. They can think, reason, and show emotions just like humans. Koko, a gorilla, learned sign language and was able to hold an intelligent conversation with a human. I saw a video of an elephant painting a picture. I'll post this on the blog once I'm done raving.
And whether or not you chose to believe it, there are people out there who claim to be pet psychics. They're sort of the people I used to base the Language of Thoughts after.
Now, I'll tell you about a book. I found it at a thrift store. It doesn't have an exact plot, and there are some seemingly random ramblings throughout the short book. It's not EXCITING exactly, but in its own way, it's FASCINATING. I've heard several people say that this little book has changed their life. I'm one of them.
It's called "Kinship with all Life" by J. Allen Boone. If any of you happen to read this and want to learn more, you're more than welcome to ask me. Or, you could look up the works of Penelope Smith.
Okay, I think I'm done. I'll post a couple videos proving my point that animals are AWESOME!
So, I thought I'd talk about why I like the Language of Thoughts so much that it keeps showing up in my stories. Well, partly because I love the idea animals being able to communicate with people. But, here we go.
So, part one. Native americans and other such humans have tales about speaking to spirits and even trees and animals. Not using their mouth the way we think of talking, but something deeper. Something similar to the Language of Thoughts.
Part two. Animals seem to have that much-debated sixth sense. I've read countless tales and seen other examples myself. Dogs that always know a minute before their human comes home, even if it's at an irregular hour. Animals that can sense the approach of storms and get out of the way, or even warn humans about the storms. Some animals understand human speech. And then there are stories of pets who get separated from their human families and travel sometimes hundreds of miles, maybe even to a place they've never been before to become reunited with their friends. There's even one story of a dog who climbed on a boat and rode to a DIFFERENT COUNTRY (there's 2 really cool books about amazing things animals have done. I'll tell you the titles-"The Strange World of Animals and Pets" by Gaddis and "The Psychic Power of Animals" by Schul. I know the last one sounds weird, but it's still pretty cool). Animals aren't stupid. I HATE it whenever anyone says that. Just because they can't use computers doesn't mean they're not smart. They have a very different sort of intelligence than we do, and if we ever tried to match their type of intelligence we'd find ourselves positively stupid. They can think, reason, and show emotions just like humans. Koko, a gorilla, learned sign language and was able to hold an intelligent conversation with a human. I saw a video of an elephant painting a picture. I'll post this on the blog once I'm done raving.
And whether or not you chose to believe it, there are people out there who claim to be pet psychics. They're sort of the people I used to base the Language of Thoughts after.
Now, I'll tell you about a book. I found it at a thrift store. It doesn't have an exact plot, and there are some seemingly random ramblings throughout the short book. It's not EXCITING exactly, but in its own way, it's FASCINATING. I've heard several people say that this little book has changed their life. I'm one of them.
It's called "Kinship with all Life" by J. Allen Boone. If any of you happen to read this and want to learn more, you're more than welcome to ask me. Or, you could look up the works of Penelope Smith.
Okay, I think I'm done. I'll post a couple videos proving my point that animals are AWESOME!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Heheh. Dream catchers!
Dreams are odd.
And I just started another story a couple days. Gasp! I forgot to post about it! Okay, I'll do that now.
I think I said that I was going to start it-the one where the magical races from Magic-Earth along with a dragon from Soreina get dragged into our Technology-Earth. Last night I finished the first part. The first several chapters are short because each character has a short chapter that introduces them and tells about their powers. They're going about normal life, and then they just vanish after seeing/hearing something odd. The next part will be what happens when they realize that they're on a completely different planet. The poor dragon's going to panic and get into some trouble.
And once everyone gets reoriented, then they have to start finding each other so they can figure out exactly WHY they all got "kidnapped."
I'd better add it to my list of current works, huh? I'll work on the title. Just bear with me for now an the crazy temporary title on my list.
Oops! I have to keep studying for my finals!
And I just started another story a couple days. Gasp! I forgot to post about it! Okay, I'll do that now.
I think I said that I was going to start it-the one where the magical races from Magic-Earth along with a dragon from Soreina get dragged into our Technology-Earth. Last night I finished the first part. The first several chapters are short because each character has a short chapter that introduces them and tells about their powers. They're going about normal life, and then they just vanish after seeing/hearing something odd. The next part will be what happens when they realize that they're on a completely different planet. The poor dragon's going to panic and get into some trouble.
And once everyone gets reoriented, then they have to start finding each other so they can figure out exactly WHY they all got "kidnapped."
I'd better add it to my list of current works, huh? I'll work on the title. Just bear with me for now an the crazy temporary title on my list.
Oops! I have to keep studying for my finals!
Story Catchers
Almost sounds like dream catchers ;D
Congrats on finishing "Spirits and Demons". You've working so hard while I've been slacking off as usual. Those cyber-pets were cute by the way. I'm all up today on the blog reading now.
I really like using short summary pieces to 'grab' people with stories too. Yours are looking good! They don't give away too much but they tell enough to get you interested and want to find out how it ends.
Congrats on finishing "Spirits and Demons". You've working so hard while I've been slacking off as usual. Those cyber-pets were cute by the way. I'm all up today on the blog reading now.
I really like using short summary pieces to 'grab' people with stories too. Yours are looking good! They don't give away too much but they tell enough to get you interested and want to find out how it ends.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Of Spirits and Demons Catcher
So, this is my catcher (yes, I'll use this phrase to describe my little back-of-book summaries) (And I'll put up my silly little tidbits eventually) for the story I just finished last night.
(A Magic-Earth story)
Briena is thrilled when she's selected to learn magic at the mage temple. The year proceeds as at would at any normal school, with friends and bullies and teachers and lessons. But then Briena and her friends discover a demon that poses a great threat to one of her friends and things only get more complicated from then on out. It soon becoms a battle between the magic of spirits and demons.
(A Magic-Earth story)
Briena is thrilled when she's selected to learn magic at the mage temple. The year proceeds as at would at any normal school, with friends and bullies and teachers and lessons. But then Briena and her friends discover a demon that poses a great threat to one of her friends and things only get more complicated from then on out. It soon becoms a battle between the magic of spirits and demons.
Light of the Sun Catcher
I already had this one written down, so I'll just copy and paste. No... maybe I'll change it a bit.
(Not related to Magic-Earth or Soreina. Just a random alternate-Earth sort of place.)
Will is sick of school and family, but he soon gets torn out of his old life when he meets a ghost, vampire, and werewolf who are all searching for a lost amulet. The medallion is supposed to have the power to bring magic into their torn world. Throughout the story, the Egyptian animal gods team up with the strange miss-matched band to help them look for the medallion, and eventually they end up in the last place they expect to find the ancient Egyptian artifact.
(Not related to Magic-Earth or Soreina. Just a random alternate-Earth sort of place.)
Will is sick of school and family, but he soon gets torn out of his old life when he meets a ghost, vampire, and werewolf who are all searching for a lost amulet. The medallion is supposed to have the power to bring magic into their torn world. Throughout the story, the Egyptian animal gods team up with the strange miss-matched band to help them look for the medallion, and eventually they end up in the last place they expect to find the ancient Egyptian artifact.
Shifter Catcher
So, let's try a mini-summary of shifter, huh?
A future-world story
Katy thinks her pet rabbit is just a normal rabbit. So, when one day her rabbit transforms into a little furry alien named Reein, Katy is more than a bit startled. And her surprise only increases when Reein tells her that an alien race is plotting to take over Earth. Though Katy wants to believe her furry little friend, she finds that trust is rarely that simple and that you should never judge a book by its cover.
How dramatic. ^-^
A future-world story
Katy thinks her pet rabbit is just a normal rabbit. So, when one day her rabbit transforms into a little furry alien named Reein, Katy is more than a bit startled. And her surprise only increases when Reein tells her that an alien race is plotting to take over Earth. Though Katy wants to believe her furry little friend, she finds that trust is rarely that simple and that you should never judge a book by its cover.
How dramatic. ^-^
Wings of Wyverns Catcher
So tell me how well I do!
( Soreina Story)
Clara lives in a palace. Though this would excite most people, she hates her life there. And when she tries to escape, she finds herself carried off by a wyvern-the huge dragon-like monsters that infest the woods. But the wyvern doesn't eat her. Instead Clara finds herself befriending the entire flock of wyverns and they decide that it's their duty to free the people from their oppressive emperor.
( Soreina Story)
Clara lives in a palace. Though this would excite most people, she hates her life there. And when she tries to escape, she finds herself carried off by a wyvern-the huge dragon-like monsters that infest the woods. But the wyvern doesn't eat her. Instead Clara finds herself befriending the entire flock of wyverns and they decide that it's their duty to free the people from their oppressive emperor.
"Spirits and Demons" has been COMPLETED!
Yahoo! Last night I finished my story! The one about the sorceress girl, Briena.
And I didn't even have to stay up that late to finish it! Only until about 10:45, amazingly. Which is good because I had a doctors appointment this morning. Bla. They had to take a blood sample. I've never had one taken yet. It didn't hurt but it was still freaky...Bla. -_-
But, I'm getting off topic. So, yeah. It's all hand-written and it's almost 170 pages. That means it'll take me FOREVER to type it. But at least the first draft is finished. Now I can start handwriting my next story. It's nice to have a binder I can carry around with me since it's not very easy to carry my computer around.
There's a few I really want to start, but I think I'll go with the one I was talking about a little while ago. The one where people from Magic-Earth get dragged into our planet. That's the one I've been obsessing over most in my mind recently. I should write about some of the others I have in mind...
Ooh, I got a cool idea! You know how books have catching summaries on their back covers? I should try and write some of those for my stories! Let's see if I can make them sound interesting, huh?
And I didn't even have to stay up that late to finish it! Only until about 10:45, amazingly. Which is good because I had a doctors appointment this morning. Bla. They had to take a blood sample. I've never had one taken yet. It didn't hurt but it was still freaky...Bla. -_-
But, I'm getting off topic. So, yeah. It's all hand-written and it's almost 170 pages. That means it'll take me FOREVER to type it. But at least the first draft is finished. Now I can start handwriting my next story. It's nice to have a binder I can carry around with me since it's not very easy to carry my computer around.
There's a few I really want to start, but I think I'll go with the one I was talking about a little while ago. The one where people from Magic-Earth get dragged into our planet. That's the one I've been obsessing over most in my mind recently. I should write about some of the others I have in mind...
Ooh, I got a cool idea! You know how books have catching summaries on their back covers? I should try and write some of those for my stories! Let's see if I can make them sound interesting, huh?
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