It's so simple and I feel foolish for have never doing so. Especially with the second book.
Sibling rivalry.
I briefly allude to it within The Dematri'aan Chronicles and somewhat in The Princess Odyssey with Layanna taunting Elloria for her obsession with humans. But I've never shown them as sisters so to speak.
I've always based their relationship on the one I have with my own sisters, in that we're supportive of each other, playful and will tell each other straight, but the rivalry dynamic between us does occur from time to time. And it's always one on one with the other sister acting as a mediator that stops the "fighting".
What you'll read next is a rough draft of one of these spats between the Fae sisters, and whilst the situation is unique to me, the overall tone is something that I have experienced, and any feedback would be welcomed.
Key: E = Elloria. K = Keela. L = Layanna
* The sisters hear something rustling from beyond the bushes, a bear springs forth.
E. "RUN!"
*The sisters run, L looks back, trips. She turns over and backs away on her rear, calling for help (movie cliché)
* E comes out of nowhere with a dagger in hand, jumps on the bears back and stabs it repeatedly in the neck until it dies.
* L gets up.
E. "I told you to run! Why did you look back?"
L. "Because..."
E. "No, not because. You sacrificed footing for a glance at your assailant. You lost focus!"
L. "But..."
E. "And then you stayed on the ground, cowering".
L. "Yes, but"
E. "Next time I tell you to run, you run! No looking back, just move as fast and as far as your legs can carry you."
* L pushes E
L. "How dare you talk to me like that! You may be my Queen, but you're still my baby sister"
* E pushes L
E. "I'm sorry for wanting to try and keep you alive. But lest you forget, I've been in this situation before! You think a damn bear is bad? Try running from a black, shapeless... Thing, in the dark with little to no light and terrified because it's hounded you for over a week and nothing you do to it seems to even have the slightest effect!"
* E pushes L again
E. "You want to stay alive, you do as I say! So if I say run, you run. Do you understand?"
* L slaps E
L. "Don't you ever talk down to me sister!"
E. "Do that again if you dare"
* L slaps E again.
* E raises her hand, ready to strike L, K grabs E's hand and stops her.
K "Will you two knock it off?"
E. "She started it!"
L. "Did not"
E. "Did so"
K. "I don't care who started it! I'm not going to walk through a strange forest on the other side of the world with you two fighting!"
E. "Whatever"
* E storms off, angry.
L. "Oh that's very mature and majestic that! The mighty warrior Queen of the Fae, sulking"
K. "And you can shut up as well! I don't care if you're the eldest, or if she's the damn Queen, I'll knock both of your arses to the ground if you carry on!"
L. "I'd like to see you try"
K. "Don't tempt me... Now move!"
* L sets off, gritting her teeth and mumbling incoherently. K sighs and follows.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Friday, 28 October 2011
Something new and simple.
I've been busy as you know (if you know me) and I've read my main blog (Everyone in the world is crazy) and I've noticed there are a lot of Faerie-Tale related posts. So to separate the FT posts from the EITWIC blog, I shall be moving them all here and all future FT updates shall be here within this blog page.
It's nothing extravagant, it's just something simple and it's more for me because the FT related rambling of my head-brain are hard to keep track of, and whilst I do have things noted down, it can be hard to find the notes so it'll all be here for my own convenience.
Also, I'd like to note that the Letters from the Wasteland page has been scrapped because I don't think it would go anywhere and the Dematri'aan Chronicles will resume when I have the time. I've been really busy and can't really keep on top of things at the moment. So just please bear with me on that.
Thank you.
It's nothing extravagant, it's just something simple and it's more for me because the FT related rambling of my head-brain are hard to keep track of, and whilst I do have things noted down, it can be hard to find the notes so it'll all be here for my own convenience.
Also, I'd like to note that the Letters from the Wasteland page has been scrapped because I don't think it would go anywhere and the Dematri'aan Chronicles will resume when I have the time. I've been really busy and can't really keep on top of things at the moment. So just please bear with me on that.
Thank you.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
The writing of FT2 shall resume soon
Righty... I've decided that I'm going to be resuming writing FT2 in the new year, whether or not I've finished editing the original book.
I have had a lot to focus on lately, so I haven't had much time for anything, but now. like I did when I was originally writing FT, I will be setting aside at least an hour a day to finish it. So that gives me a little over two months to finish editing. That should suffice... And to be quite honest, I cannot wait to get re-started on The Enchantment War.
I have had a lot to focus on lately, so I haven't had much time for anything, but now. like I did when I was originally writing FT, I will be setting aside at least an hour a day to finish it. So that gives me a little over two months to finish editing. That should suffice... And to be quite honest, I cannot wait to get re-started on The Enchantment War.
Sunday, 28 August 2011
The future of Faerie-Tale
Three years on and I'm still working on Faerie-Tale, despite the fact I finished it last summer... Finished, not completed.
As of now I'm just giving it a final edit, making sure it all flows, sorting grammatical errors and the like and also adding new bits (not much) if they're needed.
But this isn't the reason why I'm writing this post. What it is, is that I hate my brain, whilst Faerie-Tale has always been envisioned as a trilogy, I've never been able to solely focus on the one story, whilst writing the first, I was also planning the second. Now that I'm writing the second (Well, it's actually on hold whilst I sort out FT) I'm planning the third. I'm always several steps ahead. A good thing in a way, but also bad because I now have several notepads filled with stuff I can't even use (yet)
A while back, I decided to do a fourth book after "FT3", but I've since scrapped that idea. The basic premise was the "Arcanic realm" bursts through to the real world and Elloria essentially ends up sacrificing herself to stop it. Thus ending the Ellorian saga.
But now I have a new idea for a fourth book. "Wasteland"
That's just it, no "Faerie-Tale" heading like the other three will have, just "Wasteland" (Maybe The Wasteland, I'm not sure yet)
It will be a prequel of sorts to the Faerie-Tale series, but it will be its own beast altogether.
The plot for the story is as follows.
A few years from now, the economy completely collapses, most of the world is left destitute. Plague levels rise and sweep through the homeless, killing millions of the populous as they can no longer afford healthcare.
Whilst everyone is left to die from hunger and disease, the governments still argue over oil, the price of which has rocketed to unimaginable prices. Tensions fray and allied nations turn on each other.
The "End War" begins as military forces mobilise, but after one country launches its entire nuclear arsenal, the other countries follow suit. The "war" lasts less than three hours, the world is obliterated and left in darkness as the ash falls from the sky, coating everything in grey whilst the sun is shrouded behind nuclear clouds... Nuclear winter sets in shortly after. Freezing the Earth.
The nuclear holocaust also caused the "Ring of fire" to be set off, all around the globe volcanoes erupt and further help to blot out the sun. Earthquakes and tsunamis ravage the planet as 99.5% of all life on Earth is wiped out in a matter of weeks.
Most of the remaining lifeforms have moved underground, to cave systems, sewers, subways and those who knew nuclear extinction was inevitable reside in special military bunkers... Life crawls on.
Twenty years after the world has ended, a wanderer leaves the safety of the bunker where a basic community has started back up, in order to return to the place where their family was killed during the protests that occurred during the economy collapse.
The wanderer is not alone, s/he has a single companion who will accompany them and brave the cold, harsh, radioactive wasteland that is now filled with rabid animals and cannibalistic "raiders" under a permanent cover of darkness in order to reach their destination... Will they survive the journey, or will they finally succumb to the hell that humanity inflicted upon itself all them years ago?
As of now I'm just giving it a final edit, making sure it all flows, sorting grammatical errors and the like and also adding new bits (not much) if they're needed.
But this isn't the reason why I'm writing this post. What it is, is that I hate my brain, whilst Faerie-Tale has always been envisioned as a trilogy, I've never been able to solely focus on the one story, whilst writing the first, I was also planning the second. Now that I'm writing the second (Well, it's actually on hold whilst I sort out FT) I'm planning the third. I'm always several steps ahead. A good thing in a way, but also bad because I now have several notepads filled with stuff I can't even use (yet)
A while back, I decided to do a fourth book after "FT3", but I've since scrapped that idea. The basic premise was the "Arcanic realm" bursts through to the real world and Elloria essentially ends up sacrificing herself to stop it. Thus ending the Ellorian saga.
But now I have a new idea for a fourth book. "Wasteland"
That's just it, no "Faerie-Tale" heading like the other three will have, just "Wasteland" (Maybe The Wasteland, I'm not sure yet)
It will be a prequel of sorts to the Faerie-Tale series, but it will be its own beast altogether.
The plot for the story is as follows.
A few years from now, the economy completely collapses, most of the world is left destitute. Plague levels rise and sweep through the homeless, killing millions of the populous as they can no longer afford healthcare.
Whilst everyone is left to die from hunger and disease, the governments still argue over oil, the price of which has rocketed to unimaginable prices. Tensions fray and allied nations turn on each other.
The "End War" begins as military forces mobilise, but after one country launches its entire nuclear arsenal, the other countries follow suit. The "war" lasts less than three hours, the world is obliterated and left in darkness as the ash falls from the sky, coating everything in grey whilst the sun is shrouded behind nuclear clouds... Nuclear winter sets in shortly after. Freezing the Earth.
The nuclear holocaust also caused the "Ring of fire" to be set off, all around the globe volcanoes erupt and further help to blot out the sun. Earthquakes and tsunamis ravage the planet as 99.5% of all life on Earth is wiped out in a matter of weeks.
Most of the remaining lifeforms have moved underground, to cave systems, sewers, subways and those who knew nuclear extinction was inevitable reside in special military bunkers... Life crawls on.
Twenty years after the world has ended, a wanderer leaves the safety of the bunker where a basic community has started back up, in order to return to the place where their family was killed during the protests that occurred during the economy collapse.
The wanderer is not alone, s/he has a single companion who will accompany them and brave the cold, harsh, radioactive wasteland that is now filled with rabid animals and cannibalistic "raiders" under a permanent cover of darkness in order to reach their destination... Will they survive the journey, or will they finally succumb to the hell that humanity inflicted upon itself all them years ago?
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Eyara's Lament
So I've just finished editing Eyara's Lament, a short story prequel to my book Faerie-Tale: The Princess' Odyssey. (Faerie-Tales new full title) so I thought I'd talk about it a bit because it was tough to write, and tough to re-read.
Writing this was tough for me because of the content within it, and although the basics of the story are explained within Odyssey, I feel it was necessary to tell the story in full.
Aside from detailing the tragic events, it also gives insight into what the Kingdom of Dematria used to be like before the tragedy, what Jareth was like before and ultimately what Eyara was like. Which I feel was most important as she is to play a vital role in the second book The Enchantment War.
On top of everything, there are some interesting parallels I've thrown in, such as the carpenters shop that has replaced Eyara's family bakery, this is the same workshop Elloria will visit 18 years later and the apprentice becomes the master.
There are little things like that dotted throughout, though without Odyssey they are useless references.
My goal when writing this was to create a perfect life, a fairytale life if you will... And then tear it all down. And I did just that, and upon editing it, because I know the character of Elloria so well, I found myself smiling as she played with her mother in the palaces gardens, but I honestly found it hard to continue knowing what was about to come next. I honestly feel cruel for creating this character who rose up from poverty to have this dream life, and then destroying in one fell swoop.
When I'd originally written it, I remember sitting there in silence for about half an hour, not able to comprehend what I'd just written, and it's not like I could just take it away and make it "not true", it's a core element to Odyssey's plot so it had to be done.
But it's writing this that gave me the idea of letting Elloria get retribution later on, though at a price. Her actions corrupt her and she struggles with accepting the fact she enjoys taking the lives of those who deserve it, yet she doesn't want to become the thing she hates so it creates a duality within her.I'd love to talk more about the whole thing, but I have work to do so I will leave it here for now and possibly do a similar post once I've finished editing Odyssey.
Writing this was tough for me because of the content within it, and although the basics of the story are explained within Odyssey, I feel it was necessary to tell the story in full.
Aside from detailing the tragic events, it also gives insight into what the Kingdom of Dematria used to be like before the tragedy, what Jareth was like before and ultimately what Eyara was like. Which I feel was most important as she is to play a vital role in the second book The Enchantment War.
On top of everything, there are some interesting parallels I've thrown in, such as the carpenters shop that has replaced Eyara's family bakery, this is the same workshop Elloria will visit 18 years later and the apprentice becomes the master.
There are little things like that dotted throughout, though without Odyssey they are useless references.
My goal when writing this was to create a perfect life, a fairytale life if you will... And then tear it all down. And I did just that, and upon editing it, because I know the character of Elloria so well, I found myself smiling as she played with her mother in the palaces gardens, but I honestly found it hard to continue knowing what was about to come next. I honestly feel cruel for creating this character who rose up from poverty to have this dream life, and then destroying in one fell swoop.
When I'd originally written it, I remember sitting there in silence for about half an hour, not able to comprehend what I'd just written, and it's not like I could just take it away and make it "not true", it's a core element to Odyssey's plot so it had to be done.
But it's writing this that gave me the idea of letting Elloria get retribution later on, though at a price. Her actions corrupt her and she struggles with accepting the fact she enjoys taking the lives of those who deserve it, yet she doesn't want to become the thing she hates so it creates a duality within her.I'd love to talk more about the whole thing, but I have work to do so I will leave it here for now and possibly do a similar post once I've finished editing Odyssey.
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