6.3.08
So, yeah... School is finally over and I can finally escape my chemistry/algebra II nightmare FOREVER! Or at least until I take AP Chem next year, woe. Anyway, should have A Darkening Twilight update within twenty-four hours to finally put an end to the chapters I despised... 'Cause I hated the first four chapters and I'm going to have to redo them anyway since they were quite ick. But finally stuff is happening so I'm actually motivated to write again. I wrote most of chapter five today actually quite happily because I accidentally erased it a few months ago. But that version was rubbish, so I'm not complaining. Too bad I have no one to critique me any more, though... I loved you all and your tips and advice and the jokes and the... sniff... Good bye. Oh, and Jay is on vacation for a month, so I'm on my own for a while. Not that he's any better at grammar/ sentence structure than I am.
I realize that I am a teenage writer that only writes in my free time. I realize my writing may suck because I do not devote my life to writing and because I have not had the experience to be a great writer. I write for my own amusement and to improve. And I wrote that only because Jay was poking fun at me over the phone, the jerk. xP
2/20/08
Wow... this semester has been a killer for me. Almost triple the essays and lab reports and models and research projects and OH MY GAH, NUE'S HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE. Ahem. So, it's doubtful that there will be a February update... Which is sad considering there was no January update...Anyway, the band Skillet is going to be in concert in TWO days, so Nue may just have a heart attack from stress AFTER having the band members sign her itty bitty cast iron skillet with her marvelous silver sharpies... Or she may work on the next A Darkening Twilight chapter! Huzzah! I've already started on it and it's going so much better than the last because it's not just Meada, Kurda, and Sinclair sitting around doin' nothing. NOPE! It's mostly about Glynn and Ransom -who has only gotten like six or seven lines worth of recognition so far- and battle and introducing yet another mysterious character you know absolutely about and STILL not telling what the heck a Jasong is or why Paodilv (the other side of the world) is taboo to speak of, so yeah. This really long author's update thing is the temporary replacement for a chapter, so get over it.
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to A Darkening Twilight! It's a year and a few days old now! Yay! Too bad I can't update in celebration 'cause the chapter is not even halfway finished yet! If anyone that I know or has actually read any of our stories, then I'm actually surprised 'cause most people who have been reading or that I know don't write for FF anymore! Now Nue shall shut up and the excessive exclamation marks shall cease!
1/1/08
A new year and a new goal- to update at least once a month (and to hopefully have some wonderfully nitty gritty CC piled up at the end of '08).
Their Names: Nue and Jay
Gender: Nue- female, Jay- male
Roles: Nue writes and Jay edits- we both research
Nue
I'm not funny so don't tell me that I'm amusing unless I know you well enough to know you're joking. I have no emotion and only a dry, brittle sense of humor. Don't be alarmed if my attempts to crack a joke harm you in any way. There will be shrapnel.
Reading is great and reviewing is fun, so I'll pretty much review whatever I read... if I bother to search for stories to read in the first place... Constructive criticism is even better and I'll try to give some away if I can.
Say you like or utterly hate my stories if ya want. Just give a reason. It helps. A lot. Especially because I take all criticism to heart. But only if it makes sense. Yeah.
Jay
Nue: Jay is making me write this section for him because he's too lazy to do it himself. Quote Jay: Just type a quick paragraph. Make something up for all I care. End quote.
A good friend of mine is also my coauthor for a story we haven't posted yet. We know each other in real life. His name is Jay. He's more interesting than I am, so nah. I like writing short sentences like these. Even though they hurt Jay's brain. Yeah, that was a sentence fragment. It squished Jay. Yay.
Um, he plays a snare drum in our school band, speaks with a severe U.S. Southern accent, denies speaking with said accent, and eats a lot but doesn't show it. He hates computers (if he wants to read something online he prints it out on Word first...) and helps me a lot when I'm doing research for my stories. Kudos for him.
Progress:
A Darkening Twilight -in progress-
Hallen Saga-centric. Kurda and Meada Rivian are too young to lead an militia, let alone one that has a tendency to turn on its commanders. Their country has fallen and sits at the mercy of its conquerer, but the ragtag Allenine Army soon begins to wonder whether it is worth fighting against these foriegn monsters. The chance to bring Hulmar, their home, out of alien reign is now if its last surviving warriors can find the reason to retaliate. Beforehand the foes had been the beasts, savage and dishonorable, but now... Of the two opposing forces, the Rivian commanders see that the Hulmarians themselves look more beastly than any enemy peasant, soldier, or mercenary. The choice is to regain freedom and dignity for their fellow Hulmarians and drive out the invaders or to repay a debt long forgotten and allow their country to come to its demise in its peace with an ancient rival. ((Not nearly as dramatic as it may seem like it is trying to sound... really.))
The Way of Sagans -complete-
Hallen Saga-centric. Completed. Sort of. I may add some chapters to put some finality to it, but... Probably not. It was mainly a story to introduce the characters for a silly story we and a few friends were going to post (but wound up not finishing), but the characters are in A Darkening Twilight, so this story has become irrelevant. Odd chapters have more serious tones. Even chapters are short comedies (with humor I have yet to see...).
Imperia: Leviathan Rising -temp. completion-
Non-Hallen Saga-centric One Shot. Imperia, a new roleplaying game that can literally transport a player's mind to the world of the game, has become a land overrun by the filth of the world. A fighting team of elite players, who are in reality a mismatched group of none too smart high school students with no social lives to speak of, have risen to the task of cleaning the place up as Leviathan, a peace keeping force. With this sudden gain of power, Imperia has far worse to fear than player killers and hackers. Leviathan is taking the fantasy land by thunder, snatching control of the game not just virtually... by in the real world as well.
Fate Is Forever -hiatus-
Hallen Saga-centric. The first chapter of the first draft of the first story I ever wrote in my Hallen Saga setting. The first draft was finished (and it was terrible enough to melt one's eyes out), but no more will be posted until I start the second draft (won't be for a while). Taking a long awaited break from this story after over twelve months of working on it.
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