Tag + Soldier

So Jack over at However Improbable tagged me with the Writing Process Blog Tour! She didn't list any rules so I am just going to do as she did and start talking about my book and do the tag!!! (Pst: On the topic of books and tags pop over to 'Till the End of the Line and read all about our new Space book!!)

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1.) What am I working on?

I have several ideas I am juggling right now but at the moment but the book I am focusing on is the Sequel to my book Splintered Courage, which is called Broken Trust.
2.) How does my work differ from others of its genre?

Um, I'm not entirely sure. I suppose the style is very different than most, and so is the style and how I present the story, almost like its in second person. Unlike most fantasies that seem to feature a boy and a girl falling in love, mine is very much centered on friendships and how far loyalty can go, and how to regain trust once it is lost.

3.) Why do I write what I do?
Oh, lots of reasons. I love fantasy and there is something very exciting about being able to tell stories happening in a different world. Also, being able to write friendships has always been something I've wanted to do. (This is why most of my other story ideas our friendship-based, not romantic.)

4.) How does my Writing Process work?I've only been a Real Writer for like, five months, so bare with me here.

I lay sprawled out on my bed, or in a ball on the couch, or outside on the lawn and stare at my blank page, chewing a pencil or staring at my keys, wondering how to start. Then, if its a bad day, I will write for about twenty minutes, on and off, stop for a break, come back, write a bit longer, scroll through pinterest, write, watch youtube videos, attempt to write.... do pinterest some more... stare.... Then slam the computer closed and cry.

if its a good day I can write for a few hours with hardly a break and get lots done. I just need water. and apples cause writing makes me really hungry.


Somehow through all of this I present a story.

DONE!!!!!!!!!!

Well that was a short tag wasn't it? I was expecting this long, long ordeal but it was nice and short. Because I love all of you I am gonna let you hear current favorite song! This is what I've been listening to for the past week because it helps inspire me with my boys. (I might randomly do this every now and then. Hope you don't mind.)

I'll get it if you need it

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I'll search if you don't see it

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you're thirsty I'll be rain

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you get hurt I'll take your pain

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I know you don't believe it

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but I said it and I still mean it

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when you heard what I told you

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when you get worried I'll be your soldier.

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I'm going to watch Julie and Julia now, and have cake cause it's my Mommy's birthday and cake is a must on birthdays. Be back soonish - hopefully with an ALL MY FEELS Prison Break post. (Which I am working on, by the way.) PEACE OUT YA' LOSERS!

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Bella

"If the Sky comes falling down, for you, there's nothing in this world I wouldn't do."

TODAY I GET TO POST ABOUT  MY FAVORITE CHARACTER FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!

For Books

Choosing a favorite friendship is going to be hard since those are the stories I hunt down and fall in love with. I'll do this. I'll pick a most-recently-discovered friendship, otherwise I will never be able to narrow it down, I'll be like "oh but this one... oh and there was that one ... Oh and them!!!" and you'll never hear the end of it. Sooooo... my favorite friendship right now, is the one that exists Jaron, Roden and Tobias in the Ascendant's Trilogy. They are so cool, and I love the complexity of their relationship. 

For Movies

Again, I have to narrow down. Basically any friendship in LOTR is my favorite. I like John and Sherlock from the Sherlock movie with RDJ, I like Reepicheep and Eustace... goooosh!! Okay - most recent! (and the one I am currently obsessing and freaking out over)

Steve and Bucky

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This friendship caused me months of pain and I am still not really over it. It is definitely one of my favorite friendship - ever. And I can't go into it too much because otherwise who knows how long I'll rave, but suffice to say I haven't experienced so much raw emotion from a friendship since Merry and Pippin. It is heartbreaking and horrible but at the same time beautiful and amazing. I loved the big brother/little brother feel and how protective Bucky was of Steve, and how  much they were willing to do for each other, and how even after Bucky was taken away and brainwashed and made into a weapon, Steve never gave up on him and saved him and......

I just love them.

For A TV Show

Benny and Dean from Supernatural and Michael and Sucre from Prison Break  are tied.

Benny and Dean start out and not really trusting each other. Benny is a Vampire, Dean is a Hunter - not the best pair. But they learn to rely on each other and Benny becomes like family to Dean, and vise-versa. Before I met Sucre I was sure Benny was the BEST best friend in the whole world. He and Dean meet him in Purgatory, after Dean'dies' and ends up there, and he is the reason Dean gets out alive. See, in this show Purgatory is the place REALLY BAD monsters go - werewolves, vampires, shapeshifters - (Which is totally wrong, I know.) and Dean almost dies in there, alone and abandoned by Cas. And then Benny comes and he spends a year fighting along-side Dean, keeping him alive and safe and showing him the way out of the monster den. And in return Dean gets Benny out with him. And their friendship on earth is... so brilliant. Benny is like the big brother Dean never had and I LOVE how protective he was of him. It was adorable.

The moment I decided he was beyond the best is when Sam got sucked into Purgatory at the end of S8 and he literally lets Dean KILL him to send him back and get Dean's brother out. He dies at the hand of his best friend to save a stranger, and.... and its doubly painful because Sam never trusted or believed in Benny until right there at the END! (he had good reasons, but still...)

I just love Benny and I want him back.

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Sucre and Michael. 

This is the type of thing I need to go back and do a review on, because there is so much I want to say about it. In fact, that is probably what I'll do. I want to do a Prison Break post soon anyway. But .... Sucre and Michael were very, very special. Sucre is one of those amazing friends who is willing to sacrifice EVERYTHING for the people he loves and is completely selfless and brave and amazing. He starts out as a sweet idiot and ends up being like the third brother to Lincoln and Michael. And that is all I am going to say about it right now, because otherwise I'll start fangirling like an idiot. Plus I am doing a review thingy and plan to talk a good bit about them. 

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Prince Caspian and coffee is calling, so as much as I love you all it is time for me to go. See ya' all tomorrow - this challenge is almost over! Peace out y'all!!!

*slides off car*

Bella

"We've been in the shadows too long. Time to stand still, take in the sun"

It is very warm today.

Very, very warm today.

Like, above 90's.

I bet some of you are laughing cause you think that is cool, but we don't usually get this hot, ever.

It is So. Warm

Of course my big sister would pick THIS day of the week to do a thorough yard-cleaning complete with raking and getting under the deck and feeling hot and sticky cause there is too much dust and too much sunshine and not enough air. But we can go to the beach tonight!!!!

MAYBE!!!!!

I love my sister.

Anyway, I finished Prison Break last night. I LOVED that show. At first I wasn't sure about the ending because it was very bittersweet and made me cry ridiculously and it hurt. But by the time I went to bed, I knew I loved it, all of it. I loved the characters and how well they did character development. (seriously, it was brilliant.) I loved the brother story. I loved all the different friendship stories and the cute Father/son relationship that you don't usually find. I even loved the romance story! (IT WAS SO FREAKIN ADORABLE!!!!! ) I especially loved how God and Faith figured into the plot line and how it showed no one is past redemption and there is always hope. I pretty much just loved EVERYTHING about the show. Everything. I would definitely recommend it. There is some stuff in it though, so just be careful if you do watch it. There is a good review for it HERE which you can check out :)

I have a new favorite song now. It reminds of insanely of Prison Break and it hurts and I have to listen to it over and over because I am suffering from Post-PB-Feels. I miss it already and its only been TWO DAYS!

Yep, I need help.

With our backs to the wall, The Darkness will Fall

We never Quite thought We could Lose it All!

*CRIES*

ONWARD TO DAY TEN OF THE CHARACTER CHALLENGE!!!!

The One who has the best Character Ark.

Wow. Okay. This is going to be pretty hard, choosing just one.

For Books

After deep though, I am going with Paul Gray, from The Last Crescendo. This man starts out a broken, desperate and cynical man, completely against God or any kind of religion. His ark is one of my favorites and I think it will always be. It is beautiful and inspiring and I love it.

For Movies

Wow. Hm. I don't know! I really loved Tony Stark's development in Iron Man. It is one of the reasons he is tied with Steve Rogers for Favorite avenger. He was so self-absorbed and, to be blunt, a real jerk, but once he realizes how wrong he is, once he SEES he needs to change he does and he becomes a hero and I love him for that. I also liked what happened with Eustace Scrubb. He starts out as such a selfish little brat and I thought it was wonderful how Narnia changed him and how much better he became.

Eustace and Reepicheep

 

Tony Stark

For A TV Show 

There are a lot of characters who had great arks in the world of TV. Mickey Smith. Arthur Pendragon. Rory Williams. Sherlock Holmes. But one stands out above them all, and I think I have to mention him. (and this is a spoiler from Prison Break. You are warned.) 

 Paul Kellerman, from Prison Break. 

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Remember how I talked about character development in this show? Well Paul had the biggest ark and the most change of anyone. He was a really bad man, and I mean BAD. He murdered and ruined lives. He bribed and manipulated and black-mailed. He framed a man for murder (and I don't think that was his only time either) and he was just all around a snake and a jerk and a truly awful person. His conversion story was AMAZING. I mean, he hits rock bottom and what he does after that, he does everything he can to fix what he's done, to right his wrongs, to be a better man. He redeems himself and he will keep doing that for the rest of his life. And I love him.

DAY TEN COMPLETE! GOTTA GO! PEACE OUT Y'ALL!!!!!!!!

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Bella

A Character that drives you crazy

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This gif because we finally own the new season of Psych and that is still Gus's pick-up line.

 

I love Psych :)

 

 Day Eight of the challenge!!!! A character who drives you crazy. This Shouldn't be too hard - lots of characters drive me crazy. So I should be fine.

For Books:

 

Dobby, from the Harry Potter Series. I know a lot of people like him but I thought he was super annoying. He was like the awful hobgoblin in Spiderwick who RHYMED everything. (That got really old really fast.) I never connected with Dobby, I never felt a part of his story and he almost felt unnecessary. And he always talked about himself in the third person which irked me. That type of thing irks me.

 

 



For Movies:

MJ from Spiderman. She was sooooo annoying. And she had major loyalty issues. She was the worst girlfriend ever. Peter deserved better than her.

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Veronica Donovan from Prison Break. I might have liked her if she had been a little less... monotone. Less dull. Idiotic. Annoying. Pouty. Veronica just drove me crazy. Everything she did was annoying. That girl could not act, and that was a BIG part of the problem. She did this annoying nod thing every time she spoke or made a point and pretty soon all you focused on was that little chin-nod and it drove me NUTS. I think if someone else had portrayed Veronica she might have been likeable but as it was she was just really awful. And she didn't have much brains. She was an idiot.

 

I didn't like her.

 

GUESS WHAT??? THAT IS ALL YOU GET!!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

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What do ya' think? I've been practicing my take-over-the-world-laugh, because I has no job and no money and taking over the world is obviously the next logical conclusion. I have to practice my evil laugh to sound like a convincing Evil-Lord so no one will doubt me. I need to be a convincing!! Its all about appearances! Its also helpful when I write sad parts in my books and put my readers through pain. I NEED THAT LAUGH TO SOUND HEARTLESS YOU GUYS!!!!!

 

See this is what happens when I am suffering from Book-Withdrawal. I go crazy and lose the ability to blog properly. And yes, I'm making excuses. Don't judge me.

 

I've found a few more books to read and I plan on doing a few reviews. After I edit a book from a friend, that is. A book that is emotionally painful but has a brilliant friendship story that makes it worth the hurt and tears.

 

I loved that book.

 

I have nothing else to say.

 

 

PEACE OUT Y'ALL!

 

 

*Slides off car*

 

 

Bella

Character Challenge Day Two

Today's character is the Character you never expected to love.

 

For Books:
 

(Spoiler) I'm going to go with Mott from The Ascendants Trilogy. I started out really not liking him but by the end he was one of my favorite characters and I LOVED how he was with Jaron. They're relationship was so genuine and so sweet and he was so brave. You really just need to read the books to understand. I swear its worth it. 

 

For Movies
 

Charlie from Reel Steel. I wanted to like him because he was Hugh Jackman, but once I started the movie I was shocked at how awful he was. He was such a jerk! I hated him and thought he deserved a good beating. He was NOT a nice guy. I really didn't expect to form the emotional attachment I had with him by the end of it. I didn't expect to like him, let alone love him.

 

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For a TV Show

 



This one is easy. Alex Mahone from Prison Break. I started out kind of indifferent with him. He was a good antagonist but I didn't like him because he kept getting in Michael's way, but he wasn't awful or anything, he was just doing his job. But then he did something terrible and I HATED him. Violently. Like, I wanted him DEAD. I didn't see how he could ever do ANYTHING to make me like him again, ever. But then... then I didn't want him dead anymore. And then I liked him and I didn't want anything to happen to him. Then I LOVED him and now he is quickly becoming one of my favorite characters. He is so broken... :(

 

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That's all for now! see you tomorrow! *slides off car*

 

 

Bella

"Curse your sudden but inevidable betrayal!"

Very late last night I finally reached 50,000 words. At first I didn't realize I had. I didn't see the number get jacked up, shiny and new like a beautiful present. But then I looked down and saw what had happened while I wrote. And I just sat there staring at the number for a little bit, realizing I had just written half 100,000 words. I would have jumped up and screamed but everyone was asleep so I had to content myself with grinning like a retarded seal and silently squealing in my mind.

Pinky Pie

I almost blogged last night to tell you all this glorious news but I was too tried and decided I could wait. Then I woke up this morning and I didn't feel very well. Which sucked. My boss told me to go home, so I don't have to work today. I am curled up in bed, typing away and feeling sleepy as I try to finish up English. I also want to do some writing today.

GO  ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Geico Pig Squeel*


I need to do a review on the Ascendants Trilogy sometime next week, but I don't know when.Maybe I'll try doing that on Monday. I really want to yell and make you all read it so you don't miss out, I just have no time now. But I will have it out soon, promise! I will try and challenge myself to a review. Reviews can be hard. *sigh*

Summer is finally here, but Winter seems to think it gets a free ride on our weather. One day we will be up in the 70's the next we are down into the 50's with a wind chill.

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And yes, I know we had a lousy winter so I shouldn't really complain. But I only get three months of my summertime beauty. I want my heat. And My sun. And my warm smelling grass. Not wind and cold nights where you have to CLOSE THE WINDOW. that isn't summer. *Sulks*


I started up a new show. It is intense and it make me incredibly nervous and stressed and like

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

I'm only on Season ONE guys. I bet I sound adorable. In fact, I know I do. I can tell it gets worse and worse and then it gets sad and sadder and sadder and....... why do I always pick fandoms that are emotionally traumatizing??  It seems to be my lot in life. Sad fandoms and characters that break my heart. (even my own story is starting to do that.) It is really good  though. Really, really good. I love it. It has brother stories and friend stories. How could I resist?

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Now I am off! Have a lovely afternoon and don't kill yourself when you try to catch butterflies. They are stealthy and they WILL make you trip. I know this. You are warned. *Nods* Peace out y'all!!!

 

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 *Slides off Car*

 

Bella