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LOTR Blog Party Day One - Tag!

Again, in case anyone missed this the last few times -  You can participate even if you don't have a blog! You can guest post on mine. You can write it out via email and send it to me I will publish it here. or at End of the Line. (in which case I'd post the link here.) Just write me and tell me what you want to do, I WILL MAKE IT WORK. bellawriter98 (@gmail.com )

RULES!!!!!

LINK BACK TO MY BLOG!

Day One: Tag!! Anyone and everyone participating Must do the tag. No exceptions.

Day Two: You will pick your favorite movie (or book. or both.) and explain why it is your favorite.

Day Three: You will pick a favorite dwelling from Middle Earth and talk about it. (you don't have to do too much. Just say why it is your favorite. Why you would want to live there or why you THINK you would be there.)

Day Four: Pick a favorite character and talk about him. (if you can't pick just ONE you are allowed to do more. Go crazy. Be my guest.)

Day Five: This is a FREE DAY on which you can do whatever you want to long as it relates to Tolkien. Go wild!!!! Draw some fan art! Do some coloring or writing (poooooems!)!!! Make a Video or Cosplay! Get creative here! (If none of the suggestions above move and grove you, do something else creative and fun. This is the Final Day. Make it epic!)


Le Tag:

1.) How were you introduced to Tolkien? 

Goooosh. I.... I've known about Tolkien for as long as I can remember. It was something that was just a part of my life, like cookies or tennis shoes. My family are all huge Tolkien fans so I grew up with Lord of the rings a big part of my education. I remember hearing the soundtrack when I was really little and freaking out over the Black Rider music.

2.) Did you read the books before the movies or after? 

I read the books while I was watching the movies, but I didn't finish them until a few days after I saw The Return of the King.

3.) Do you like Tolkien's style of writing?  

I love Tolkien's style of writing! I know it isn't for everyone of course. It's a higher fantasy and it can be hard to read, but I find it beautiful and amazing. I love the way he uses the English language. It's so delicate and fine and his lines are always so epic. They make me happy, there nothing quite like them. And his sense of humor is amazing. I know that some people don't realize there IS humor in Tolkien's book. They don't catch onto it because of the 'high fantasy' it was written in. Can you believe that??? Those people say LOTR is boring and flat because nothing happens and the writing is too hard to read. They think that most of what the characters say doesn't even make sense now days!

source

4.) Do you like the film adaption? 

I love the film adaptions!!!! I think they are brilliant! I know Peter Jackson made a few mistakes but overall he did a really good job and I can forgive him for the stupid, unnecessary things.

I approve

5.) What is one thing from the books that you wish Peter Jackson had included in the films?

I wish that Eowyn and Faramir had kissed in the sight of many. I loved that scene so much. It would have been adorable. And sweet.

I do not believe this darkness will endure

6.) What is one thing from the books that you are glad Peter Jackson cut/changed? 

There are a couple changes that I actually did like in the movies. I liked that the Elves came to help a the battle of Helm's deep. I liked that Theoden knew that Eowyn was there with him when he died. I liked that Merry was in the last battle and not left behind. (I am actually going to do a post about this soon. I'm reading the books right now and once I'm finished I'm going to do a books/vs movie post.)


7.) What character do you think has the most strength and courage? 

This one is really hard. I think if I have to be completely honest I am going to say.... Frodo. *Ducks away from fruits.* I KNOW I KNOW! All the characters are brave and heroic in their own way. They are all incredible characters with incredible courage and strength. I love them all. But Frodo.... I think Frodo was strong in all the ways that no one else could be. Where everyone else failed he succeeded. Where everyone else was overcome he pulled through. He was a very strong character. I mean... Most people were taken by the Ring in a matters of days, even hours, but he fought against it for months. He had the powers of darkness whispering in his ears for weeks and weeks and he managed to keep himself Frodo, even after all that time. He stumbled a few times yes, he got quiet and withdrawn and sometimes snappy, but that is only to be expected. He was carrying a terrible burden and it was not an easy thing to do. He tried his best to keep his sense of humor and kind, forgiving heart and even as the ring was taking hold he was still trying to keep that goodness, that pure simplicity. What he goes through and what the ring does to him hurts me.

This task was appointed to you, Frodo of the Shire

8.) Which character do you think you are most like? 

I think I am the most like Merry, though there is a bit of Pippin in me too. I have Merry's sense of humor and I definitely have his ridiculous spirit and recklessness. But I am more serious too, like him, and I am very protective of those under me, always looking after everyone.

Meridadoc Brandybuck

9.) Which is your favorite friendship?

I love the friendship between all of the hobbits especially Sam and Frodo, but I don't know if I can chooses one favorite friendship. Tolkien does so many amazing ones, even when they're small. I think.... I think I will go with Merry and Pippin. I relate the most to them on their quest and I adore how they are together. They are like brothers, it is so cute!!! They've chased each other around making mischief and trouble since forever and you would seldom see Merry without Pippin or vise-versa. They were silly, reckless hobbits who got pulled into the Quest of the Ring without much warning and they were very resourceful and brave and they were just.... they were really cool. I love how they protect and take care of each other. I love how they keep each other safe. I love how they can always count on each other, even when the world is falling apart around them. I love how their characters develop into such great men.



Enjoying a few well-earned comforts.


10.) Which is your favorite pairing?

Faramir and Eowyn. They had both lost so much. They were both so sad and alone and raw from grief and they both deserved happiness so much. I love how they are able to find peace and hope and joy together, even when there is so much that has gone wrong. Neither of them thought they would ever really find peace, but then they saw each other and they realized that maybe happiness wasn't altogether impossible. They understood each other in ways no one else could. They were isolated but they found comfort in each other and I just thought it was really beautiful and sweet. It makes me all emotional.

And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky

11) Which Middle -earth villain terrified you the most?

The Black Riders terrify me, they always have. They're like devils. And it's creepy. And I HATE their huge Nazgul things, they are awful. *Shudders* However, if Shelob counts as a villain then I would choose her. The idea of that thing even existing anywhere in the world freaks me out. I hate her. I hope she died from that wound Sam gave her. Very slowly. And painfully.

12.) What is your favorite quote from the books?

"I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory, I love only that which they defend." - Faramir

Captain of Gondor

 13.) What is your favorite quote from the movie? 

This is a really hard one. I love the quote where Sam is talking to Frodo and he says that there is good in this world, and its worth fighting for. That quote always inspires me and it usually makes me cry too. I also love the one where Gandalf is talking about the Mystery of death. I'm going to write out both. Cause I do what I want.

    “It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.” - Sam

there is some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it's worth fighting for

 "End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it."


I didn't think it would end this way.

14.) Given the choice would you spend the day with a hobbit or with an elf?

Wow. This one is also hard! I do believe I would spend the day with.... Hm. I suppose it depends on which elves we were talking about. I would love to spend time among the Elves of Rivendell, but the Elves of Mirkwood would make me nervous. If I could spend a day in Rivendell then yes, I would choose the Elves over the hobbits. BUT I would stop by to take tea with them the next afternoon.

15.) Mirkwood or Moria? 

OH MY GOSH. WHY DO YOU ASK THIS OF ME??? If Moria was still Moria in all her glory and splendor, I may go to Moria, but otherwise I would choose Mirkwood.

A dark, still, eerie place....

16.)  What is your favorite Middle Earth dress/style?

I love how the Rohirrim dress. They are so light and their colors are warm and welcoming. Their clothes looks simple but lovely and I think I'd be very comfortable in them. However, I love how the Elves look. They're clothing is so beautiful. I want to own Elvish Clothing. I love it.

The Elves leaving Middle Earth

17.) Red, brown, small and round! What did you just think of? 

HOBBIT HOLE!


It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort.

18.) Rivendell or Lothlorien? 


Rivendell. Lothlorien is beautiful but Rivendell has less of an early spring feel and more of a summertime feel.

Rivendell

19.) Would you rather visit Rohan or Gondor? 

IT DEPENDS ON THE POINT IN HISTORY YOU GUYS!!! GOSH! If Aragorn was King, that is a whole different matter then if there were still Steward's on the throne. However.... I think I was visit Rohan first. I love Rohan.



Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?

20.) What is something about Middle Earth that completely astounds you? 

EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!! LOL. No. I think the thing that astounds me the most about Middle Earth is how the ordinary is so easily mixed with the extraordinary. I love how real everything is. I love how you can look at Rohan, wonder how it came to be like it is and then be able to FIND OUT because Tolkien was nuts and wrote the entire history of his world. I love how you can take a character and follow his life and what he did. I love how you can take a race and read about how they came to be, where they were originally from and why they are like they are. It is so cool!!!!!! Tolkien was a genius. That is all I'm saying.

 

 Maps of Middle Earth

 

THAT'S ALL FOR DAY ONE LOSERS!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!!!

 

 

TO DEATH AND RUIN AND THE WORLDS ENDING!

 

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Bella

COMING SOON

The party starts tomorrow you guys!!!! I hope yous are all ready 8-)

RULES! (These will be posted again tomorrow in case anyone misses them)

LINK BACK TO MY BLOG!

Day One: Tag!! Anyone and everyone participating Must do the tag. No exceptions.

Day Two: You will pick your favorite movie (or book. or both.) and explain why it is your favorite.

Day Three: FREE DAY!!!!!! You will pick a favorite dwelling from Middle Earth and talk about it. (you don't have to do too much. Just say why it is your favorite. Why you would want to live there or why you THINK you would be there.)

Day Four: Pick a favorite character and talk about him. (if you can't pick just ONE you are allowed to do more. Go crazy. Be my guest.)

Day Five: This is a free day on which you can do whatever you want to long as it relates to Tolkien. Go wild!!!! Draw some fan art! Do some coloring or writing (poooooems!)!!! Make a Video or Cosplay! Get creative here! (If none of the suggestions above move and grove you, do something else creative and fun. This is the Final Day. Make it epic!)



Gimli

THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!

 You can participate even if you don't have a blog! You can guest post on mine. You can write it out via email, or write it out over on END OF THE LINE and I will publish it (or it's link!) here. Just write me and tell me what you want to do, I WILL MAKE IT WORK. bellawriter98 (@gmail.com )

Pippin

PEACE OUT LOSERS!

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Bella

GET IN LOSERS WE'RE GOIN' VACATIONING

PINKIE PIE!!!

This weekend I an on a mini-vacation. My bestest friend went out of town and asked me to look after their house, so I've been sleeping over at her place.

I brought my sister, because sisters always make things better.

WE ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN! Last night we made this FAbulous coffees with their Fabulous coffee maker and we had chocolate and stayed up past midnight doing whatever we want. Like writing. And shouting. And listening to loud music. And watching Flashpoint and having a Grimm marathon. BECAUSE. GRIMM. - on this note, Grimm is making me very fangirly right now. I keep screaming and yelping and shouting and grinning. I love Season 3. It is so good. I love how interesting the characters are. I love the stories. I love the plots. I love the friendships. I love Monroe. I love Rosalee and Juliette. I even love strange little Woo. And I really, really love Nick. NICK IS A BADAPPLE.

Me watching Grimm

I. Slept. In. Past eight!!!! And then I made scones and had breakfast in my pajamas.








Fluttershy

It is just soooooo much fun to do whatever you want.

I need more weekends like this.

Guys, I really hate editing so I've taken a BREAK.

I'm vacation! Don't judge me!

cyberman

Tomorrow I am going to post the Rules for my Lord of the Rings Blog party. NOTICE!!!!! You can participate even if you don't have a blog! You can guest post on mine. I know right? Shocking! You can write it out via email, or write it out over on END OF THE LINE and I will publish it (or it's link!) here. Just write me and tell me what you want to do, I WILL MAKE IT WORK. bellawriter98 (@gmail.com )

Okay, I'm gonna go now.  *waves* Blog party soon! spread the word! PEACE OUT LOSERS!!!

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Bella

LOTR and a bunch of writing stuff

We finished our Lord of the Rings Marathon last night.


I feel all hollow inside. Hollow and tired. I suppose this is only to be expected when you cry for four hours straight and don't get to bed until after midnight.


Lord of the Rings is so brilliant. I love everything about it. It is beautiful and terrible and happy and sad and epic and devastating all at the same time, and I always take away something new. I can't wait for my blog party when I can dump my feels on you. (And trust me. There will be FEELS)



For now I'm going to just talk about Splintered Courage.


Guys, I have a lot of work to do. I love writing stories and I always have. It isn't hard for me to write books, I can do it fairly fast. It's the editing that kills me. I always shirk away from it. It freaks me out and usually when I re-open stories I freak out and decide they are awful. With Splintered Courage I re-opened it and at first all I wanted to do was cry. There was so much about it that was just wrong. I had plot jumps. It didn't flow very well. You don't know much backstory of any of the characters. (Well, I do, but the reader wouldn't.) I did too much telling and not enough showing and my whole beginning needed to be torn apart and all the paragraphs summarizing past events had to be broken down into chapters.


It was kind of overwhelming. I closed the document and pretended it didn't exist. I lost the motivation to work on Broken Trust, which is why it is still only half done.


A few days ago I opened my document again. I got up the courage and I started editing. I went back and started Chapter one earlier on in the storyline. This means I get to work on Dimitri and Nightly and the Rebellion and the whole incident with Liam.


YAY!!!!!


It's really weird working on stories after you've let them rest for a bit. I've started noticing a lot of stuff about my writing that freaks me out. I have the same fears with acting as I do with writing. I don't want to be flat. FLAT IS NOT GOOD. I want to bring my characters to life, and I feel like I'm not doing them justice. So I'm taking my time with the editing process and its going to take some time. This means that, while I am still working on The Baxters, they are going to take a little longer to write out then I originally thought.


I know I have a couple people reading my books. I am still looking for other beta readers also. If I get five or more volunteers I will look into publishers and marketing.


PUBLISHERS AND MARKETING FREAK ME OUT.


ITS WORSE THEN ACTING.


Can you do acting and writing??? Is that too crazy???


I'm getting tired and this post is really random.


Spread the word about my LOTR Blog party! It's starts Monday! I will post the Rules on Sunday!!


PEACE OUT Y'ALL!!

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Bella

MARATHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

Guys!!!!!! GUYS!!!!! GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS!

HI!!!!!!!!

It is January the 28th. It is early afternoon and the sky is in a horrifically foul mood. I think it is sulking over the lack of snow its been able to scrape up after all these months. It is acting a bit immature I think. I'm sulking for the same reasons but I'm not wearing grey and thundering about, doing nothing. Besides its cold. It needs to let the sun out. I'M COLD.


IT'S NOT EVEN SNOWING! IT'S STUPID RAINING!


Whatever.

GUESS WHAT IMMA GONNA DO! IMMA GONNA DO AN LOTR BLOG PARTY!!

YOU HEARD ME LOSERS!



Shawn and Gus

It will start next week and will last five days. It is open to anyone and everyone, unless you are one of the Uruk-hi or a servant of the Dark Tower. This shouldn't be a problem... unless some of you have some very interesting secrets. *squints*

What brings this on??? I'll tell you. It's because we are doing an LOTR Marathon this week.




Celebration

It's been about.... four years since we last watched these movies. I was thirteen the last time we watched it. I know right?? Four years is way too long to wait! No one should wait that long. I nagged my sisters relentlessly until the finally released how obscene a four year wait really is, and agreed to do a marathon.

I love marathons!! Especially Lord of the Rings Marathon. We take three whole nights to stay up until midnight and drink coffee and eat brownies and basically make merry. 

Lord of the Rings is a big deal in my family. The Blog Party is gonna be fun. You should join 8-)

ONWARDS!

I've been trying to take time to read again. (hahahhahha) This means I haven't been doing as much writing as I'd like. But I did open Splintered Courage and I am now editing it. I didn't realize how much I missed those boys until I started working on them again.

I've also started actually writing on The Baxters.

I LOVE THE BAXTERS. THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Okay guys, I am still looking for Beta readers. I think I have two. If anyone else wants to read A Conspiracy of Thrones, I am still open to sending it out to people. Just leave a lovely little comment.

Okay guys. I have fabulous things to do and fabulous music to listen to, so I will have to bid you all a fond farewell.

PEACE OUT LOSERS!

*sides off car*

 

 

Bella

 

 

Introducing the Baxters

I FINISHED A BOOK JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.

APPLAUD ME!

Yes, it's true. I finished A Conspiracy of Thrones just a few days ago and I am looking for beta readers!

*Cue panic attack*

I figure if I can get four or five people to look at my book for me then maybe I can get some feedback, do some editing and try actually publishing the thing.

Did I just say that? Publishing??

I  MUST BE OUT OF MY MIND!!!

*clears throat* anywaaaaaaaaaaaay. If there is anyone who would like to be my beta reader I would be so very, VERY grateful. It would mean a lot to me. Just leave a nice friendly comment. I love comments. 8-)

THIS FREAKS ME OUT.

ASLGA;GHK;ASFHJA;FGJKH;sfjkgsafgja;kjfdlahjglafjakfgjafg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


So today I'm going to introduce The Baxters.

The Baxters are very special to me. I have always wanted to write a story about family. It's been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. When I was ten I had several short stories about a great big family with a bunch of kids and I used to tell them to my sisters every night. They were fun stories. Lately, however, my need for a family story has gotten almost unquenchable. (HENCE RAVEN BOYS!) A few months ago I started writing up an outline for this family story I really, really wanted to write. It started out pretty simple but over time it has developed an actual plot. It is a little complicating but I'll try to be as clear as possible.

The story is set in our time frame in our world. Bri Baxter is a seventeen year old girl who lives with her three brothers in a great big house left to her family by some great aunt or an uncle or foster parent of a cousin's niece once removed... no one quite remembers how. The Baxters aren't a huge family but there are always a lot of people running around the house, because Mrs. Baxter let's a bunch of kids take her home as a place of refuge. Refuge is often needed among their kind.

The Baxters aren't a normal family. They are what some people would call Gifted, and others Cursed, and all would call dangerous. Among their kind they are simply called Elite. They Elite are a group of extremely talented humans who have the ability to do things no one else can. They are born with more brain capacity then the average human so they are able to 'bend' certain laws of physics and matter to their will. Some call it magic. Some call it sorcery. The truth is, it is neither but almost a combination of both. The Elite can channel certain levels of energy that are already in the air that normal humans simply can't process. They can make and break things of matter. They can shape waves.

There are many different types of Elite, each with different skill types. Different Elites channel into different energy readings and their brain responds differently as such. Because of this, the Elite have been separated into several different groups or Rodzina. The Rodzina act as a big Family. They are very loyal to each other and tend to have each others backs whenever it is really necessary. Most of them do this anyway. Some of the more dangerous ones act more like big city mobs. You stick together you STAY LOYAL or you get cut. 

Yeah. There are a couple extremists out there. 

The Rodzina are not close-knit at all times. It is just something you belong to, like a race or a heritage. You honor that and you respect it and everyone goes home happy. The Rodzina try to hide in the shadows, posing as normal humans to the outside world. Most of them don't mind the hiding - they prefer to not be well known. Some of the higher ones though, they are rebels. Always have been. They don't like hiding and they never have. They crave to come out into the open. 

The Baxters belong to a simple Rodzina. Their Rodzina all keep to themselves and are very peaceful and quiet, They're mostly healers and things of that sort and its easy for them to keep a low profile. 

There are six actual Baxters. Maggie Baxter, otherwise known as "The Missus" and her husband Damion Baxter (known as Damion) Then There is Sam Baxter who is twenty-four, Nick Baxter who is twenty, Bri Baxter who is Seventeen and Charlie Baxter who is twelve. There is also a Matt. Matt is an interesting story. I love Matt. Matt is nineteen and adorable and I love him. He is a Shifter. He is super cool. 

They all live in this big house, and Mrs. Baxter has a lot of room so she'll let the neighborhood kids come in and sleep whenever they need to. She takes anyone without a home, people who have been rejected by a Rodzina or who have just been accepted into one, or people who don't quite qualify as 'Elite' but should. Like R.E. Charlie's best friend. 

R.E. is... He is just.... He's kind of a dork. But he's a lovable dork. 

Then we have Jessica. Jessica is not a Baxter. But she is the reason there is a story. Jessisca is hit by the Baxter's car one night, and she is knocked unconscious. And when she wakes up there are patches of her memory just missing. whole weeks and months of her life. Certain names and faces. As if someone went through her brain and gently plucked just the things he didn't want her to know anymore. The Baxters help her find out who she is. And that is when the story really begins.


I realized how long this post was. I further realize I haven't really given you a plot, but I introduced my story, so think of this as the sneak preview. You'll be getting more probably. Maybe pictures. Maybe snippets. It depends on how fast I can get this thing plotted.


Who wants to be my beta readers????


PEACE OUT Y'ALL!!!!!

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Bella

The Funny Story

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Bella