day two

the lament of death

it comes, it whispers

it withers and dies.

we all have an end. 

death is natural,

but not accepted.

feared.

why?

day one

we are

softly stirring. 

earth shattering.

sparks flying.

love is absolute.

or so we thought.

fireworks popping.

we will live forever.

embers dying.

light fading.

silence reigning.

what we are.

365 Poems, 365 Days

That's what I'll be using this blog for from now on. :]

For Nano

This is all I have to say on the subject of NaNo [which is currently kicking my butt]:

On Settings

Two setting hints, I guess, for A Divinity So Tainted (my NaNo):

This gif actually inspired a scene in aDsT...it's so peaceful.

I'm guessing this is set in New York...but I'm going to make it Italy for my purposes, 'kay? 

List of [un]otherwordly settings:

1. Mexico

2. Italy

3. Germany

4. Egypt

5. Czech Republic

6. Paris

7. Togo

8. Somewhere in Asia [haven't decided this yet]

Liebster Award

I've been nominated by Chilled Ink, to whom I send my thanks.

R U L E S :

1. Thank and link back to the giver
2. Answer the award giver’s questions
3. Nominate 5 other blogs that have fewer than 200 followers
4. Ask questions for one’s nominees to answer.
5. Post the Liebster’s Award Picture on your post.

A N S W E R S :

1. If you like ice cream, what is your favorite flavor? Mint chocolate chip, definitely. Mint's my favorite flavor.
2. What has blogging done for you? Mostly made me feel guilty for not posting enough. >.< But I guess letting me rant about books and express my opinions and stuff without being held back. 
3. What is your favorite quote that you have written/read? Um...lots...? xD The one that comes to mind first is: H.O.P.E.: Hold On, Pain Ends
4. What book ending has surprised you the most? The Iron Queen, by Julie Kagawa. I most definitely was NOT expecting that, but I was pleasantly surprised by the ending.
5. What book has changed you the most? All of them, in their different ways. 

Q U E S T I O N S :

1. Favorite song lyrics?
2. What book have you read that defied your expectations for it the most?
3. What's one place you've always wanted to go?
4. Why did you start blogging in the first place?
5. Favorite mythical creature?

I    N O M I N A T E : 

1. Klearly Kristin
2. Delusions of Grandeur
3. Yours Truly
4. Literary Paths
5. Nonsensical Imaginations

On New Ideas

So yes. I have a new idea. And it's one I'm really, really excited about. I think this is the most excited I've been about a book idea since October 2011 and Delusion. Why? you may ask. Well, it includes:

- Victorian London
- Steampunk
- Greek mythology
- Magic
- Monsters
- Battles
- Romance

And this may sound a lot like LSC and DoF combined. The steampunk and Victorian London-ness from LSC, and the Greek mythology from DoF. It's a preqel to DoF - it uses the same mythology and stuff. But as to the LSC part - why am I so excited about this?

Well, I've had LSC as a plot bunny since summer 2011. It's changed drastically from then. Basically the only aspects of it that are still the same are the characters.

And I don't really know the characters all that well. I could list you all their favorites, but I don't know their personality, what makes them tick. Or I could tell you that Ellie's a focused girl who carefully strategizes everything and hides away from making attachments to people for her sake and theirs, or that Bran is a simple country boy who's driven by the fact that his powers cause havoc and chaos wherever he goes. I know what it looks like, but it's hard to write. It's only when I'm in a really specific mood that I can sit down at the keyboard and bash out another bit of LSC. But for these characters, the ones in SA, I do know their personalities, and it's easy to write.

Although the genres overlap, there actually isn't very much about LSC and SA that are the same. In SA, the steampunk part only really comes in from one brilliant inventor, and the gadgets are mostly small, inconspicuous things. In LSC, it's in the world around them. Daedala could not function without this technology, the automatons specifically, and London could.

Anyway, the pitch for SA:

Nothing is what it seems 

Lady Calista Gladstone has always known her fate as a Descendant of the Greek gods. After her younger sister, Isabel, becomes a Descendant, she’ll begin to show her how to use her powers and how to become a powerful goddess-witch. For now, she's content to stay at home, practicing her magic by day and dancing it all away by night. 

But it seems that Fate has other ideas. After a monster attack that leaves no one standing and a Descendant initiation ceremony that goes horribly wrong, Calista realizes the world she thought she once knew is an illusion. Everything is hidden under wraps and veils, and it will take powerful magic to unfold them all. 

As the monster attacks become more and more frequent and as the death toll for both Descendants and mortals alike rises, Calista has to figure out – does she even want to look beyond the shadows? And if she does, is she strong enough to handle what she’ll find?

I'll just leave you with this banner I made for the Labyrinth (that's what I'm calling it) series. I'm actually quite pleased with it: