|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Oct 29, 2018 19:22:35 GMT -5
Well. Then you better take swimming class too. XD Hum. Well, a couple of my friends are sad, so I'm trying to think of some way to cheer them up. And not getting anywhere with that, so sticking with being their for them. I'm binge watching a show Dingoleap suggested to me. Errr. Drawing dramatic things and wishing I could go to Art Class to paint some instead. And I'm excitedly waiting for a letter. Yourself?
I have some dead glowsticks but not enough hair, so sadly not. I'm just tying it back with a black hair tie and adjusting it every now and again because it still tries to come out. My hair is just a bit too short. But otherwise I have a random enough costume.
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Oct 31, 2018 17:13:35 GMT -5
Probably... But once I'm done with that, I'll definitely manage I'm sorry to hear that about your friends. And sounds like you're doing the right thing, sometimes the only thing to do is support people through a bad time. I hope things get better for them! Ooh, what show? Dramatic drawings sound awesome - isn't that so frustrating, not being able to art when you want to? Hmm, a mysterious letter... hopefully you get it soon cx Not much tbh. Mostly trying to work out if I have any weekends off band before Christmas, and when I can find time to go Christmas shopping. I had a maths exam this morning which was not fun >.< And I'm currently working on a very silly and self indulgent drawing which will never see the light of day. Ah, shame! But that still sounds like a very awesome costume
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Oct 31, 2018 19:26:19 GMT -5
See you when that's done with then. XD
And I think things have gotten a little better, so that means I'm doing better too. And she suggested a show called Lucifer. Dramatic drawing is very fun! I'm almost done with one with some people falling. Pfft. Not that mysterious. Just from a friend. XD
Ouchy. But I relate. I'm not sure if I have any either. NaNo's coming up too, so another crazy month. XD I believe self-indulgent drawings are great. I should do more. And I would, but I keep showing them to the light of day and I don't want to embarrass myself. XD
Yep, yep!
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 3, 2018 12:32:06 GMT -5
Oh, definitely xD
Ahh that's good to hear! Lucifer sounds pretty cool, do you recommend it? I wish I could draw people falling - getting the pose right is surprisingly hard. Fair enough cx
Aand no I don't. We can suffer together! Good luck with nano! Agreed. Still not going to let mine see the light of day, but I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out. You should definitely do more xD The risk of embarrassing yourself is worth it.
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 4, 2018 22:50:53 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd probably recommend it. It's pretty funny to see him be completely oblivious. It is very hard. But I'm having fun with trying. ^^
How are you doing?
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 13, 2018 18:50:59 GMT -5
I'll put it on my list c; Very true ^^ That should be the official motto of doing art...
Good! Really good, actually. It's my birthday on Saturday, and I'm making plans with my family and some friends. Mostly involving movies and pizza. And I got tickets today to go see Muse, which I'm so excited about! They're my favourite band and it's the first time I'm seeing them ^^ And yeah, band and college are keeping me busy as usual... I have a horrible feeling mock exams are coming up >.<
Also I've been listening to this one song on a loop since Friday, please send help... How's things with you?
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 16, 2018 15:03:40 GMT -5
My list is a long list and things on the list are almost stagnated thanks to school. I'm not pleased. Exactly! Pity that not more people see it that way. In my art class I sometimes have to steal someone's art because they really would trash it. ;-; HAPPY BIRTHDAY! That's so great! I hope you have a really good time! My family is seeing Fantastic Beast's new movie on Sunday, and between then and now I have to finish a rough draft of a paper. And I'm only 8k away from finish the NaNo word goal, so I'm trying to go for that. Impressively enough, I can start to see how further through a series why the books start to get larger. This one looks like it's going to be larger. Oh? What song?
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 17, 2018 11:01:48 GMT -5
Relatable :/ I keep starting ever more shows and not having the time to finish them. School, why? I did watch the first episode of Lucifer though. It's pretty fun so far THANK YOU!! Me too! I'm still in shock that I actually got tickets... Ooh, I hope you enjoy the film c: My sister's going to see it, but the friends I usually go to the cinema with don't really like Harry Potter. Good luck with the paper and Nano! That's awesome that you're only 8k away - definitely on the home stretch. Hmm, why's that? The Void, by Muse x'D It's very hypnotic...
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 17, 2018 14:47:26 GMT -5
"School, why?" is the definition of this semester. Thank your local Dingoleap. Very nice, very nice! Tag along with your sister. Hide in her suitcase when she goes to the cinema. I'm 6k away now! Hoping to finish by Monday. Because I finished the murder investigation but there's still more to tell. 030 Oh! I'll go listen!
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 21, 2018 12:50:03 GMT -5
"School, why?" is the definition of every semester. Always taking up too much time... Of course xD Hmm, I think she'd just love that. Me leaping out the suitcase mid film when it gets exciting... Did you enjoy the film? Yay! Hope it went well c: And understandable, those pesky loose ends can take a while to tie up. Are you done with the series now, or are there more books? Awesome! Thoughts?
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 23, 2018 0:20:08 GMT -5
Yeah, the film was fine! We all agreed, however, that we liked movie 1 more. We liked the character development in 1 and would liked to see more in 2, but we were impressed by the plot-twists. I finished writing the whole thing! There are a total of 7 books, so I'm not even half way there yet. Whoops. But I was satisfied with how I finished book two. For the rest of November I'm trying to finish my non-Warriors fic and edit Sky of Shattered Stars. In Dec. is when I finish PtS. And I liked the songs. The lyrics and atmosphere was great! My only deal is I'll probably have to listen to it without headphones next times because the more electronic songs were a bit jarring. But I really liked the artist, so I'll have to look up more!
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 26, 2018 12:31:44 GMT -5
Shame it's not as good as the first one, but I'm glad you liked it c: Yay, congratulations!! And whoops indeed, although if you're managing one every nano you should get them done reasonably quickly... I'll look forward to the Shattered Stars and PtS - I've missed that comic cx
I'm so glad you like them! Any favourites? (Just bc I have so few people I can convince to listen to them xD) Yeah, I tend to prefer their less electronic tracks - there's less of them in their earlier stuff, but it also gets heavier so idk.
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Nov 27, 2018 19:15:18 GMT -5
And that's basically what I plan! Well, there's that 12 novels in 12 months thing that I believe you were the one I mentioned it to? But hopefully I can get it done quicker than 7 years. I was working on it this week and it's back to having a good amount of pages that are getting done. So I just need to take pictures of them and they'll start getting put up again! And in Jan. I plan to write book 2 for Sky of Shattered Stars.
Not yet! But the acoustics of that sound was a lot better on my ears and I should listen to more by them instead of keeping Saints by Echos on replay. XD
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Nov 28, 2018 17:06:08 GMT -5
I wasn't the one you mentioned it to, but it sounds pretty cool! If really time consuming... So you basically do nano every month for a year? And hopefully xD That's awesome! Can't wait to see them c: And a sequel to SS already? How much longer has book one got to run?
To be fair, Saints is a pretty cool song - I love the atmosphere. Hmm, if you like the acoustics, maybe check out Blackout or Ruled by Secrecy?
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 1, 2018 18:23:01 GMT -5
Ah, well, then I told you about it now! I'm insane but when wasn't that true? And yes, I do a form of NaNo every month for a year. It's just 'finish a book', which, in the case of fics, I can do in 25k and get a rough draft for a novel done in the same. So it's about 25k a month. Book one is 21 chapters and an epilogue. There should be three books in the series and about all that length? Hopefully by writing book 2 in Jan I can start posting chapters without much of a weight between Sky of Shattered Stars. I still need to think up a name for Book 2. It's going to be ... interesting. Actually, I went back and looked. It'll probably be called The Butterfly Effect.
I'll check those out!
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Dec 3, 2018 14:23:27 GMT -5
A very productive form of insanity which produces lots of good stories. 25k does sound more manageable than 50k, but still, wow o.o Nice! So we're about halfway through book 1. I still need to read the new chapter, sorry The Butterfly Effect is an awesome title! Especially for a book two, since everything that got set up in book 1 is going to be snowballing out of control. You don't have to, I'm unstoppable at recommending music I like, sorry. Anything good you've been listening to lately?
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 3, 2018 19:58:33 GMT -5
NaNo ends and I need to get on to writing. I actually didn't understand how hard it was to write short stories quickly. So it's going to be interesting to see where I am going to with all of this. PtS is still a priority. No need to be sorry. I still need to post new chapters, for that matter. Correct! Halfway through! Oooooh yes, yes it is. Pfft. I take music recommendations whenever I can! Please suggest away! Errrr. Listening to Shadowface's playlist. The Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier is one of them, I think. What would you like for the holidays? If you want options, you could just state a medium and I can do something with that.
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Dec 5, 2018 15:53:02 GMT -5
Writing quickly is really hard. Especially when you're trying to figure out the plot as you go. But seriously, even if you only manage a quarter of what you're trying to do, that's still three novels Sounds... kind of terrifying? So I'll look forward to it! xD Um, I've mostly been listening to the new Muse album tbh... Waves by The Dear Hunter? Arsonist's Lullaby is amazing! I only really know that and Take Me To Church, but I love the creepiness/weird life-affirming-ness of the lyrics. Everyone irl's been asking me this and I keep saying I have no clue Dx Is watercolour an okay answer? But seriously I don't mind, whatever you make would be amazing <3
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 5, 2018 21:33:12 GMT -5
TRUE! And I have gotten a lot done. I'm looking forward to seeing everything I'll get done. ^^ Here's hoping it's a lot. I'm off to go post more characters right now. ^^ Since I will be gone for the rest of the week and all.
The Dear Hunter sounds famimilar. o.o I'm listening to Rising Sun by Prince of Spain right now. Arsonist's Lullaby is from my Will C. Morgen playlist, actually. For the prequel series, mostly.
Ha ha ha. XD Watercolor it is!
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Dec 15, 2018 15:24:24 GMT -5
So am I! What you've released so far has been very cool ^^
I feel like I've seen them on a playlist round here before so maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If not. I definitely recommend it! Nice song! You seem to like a lot of atmospheric folky music cx Um... Papaoutai by Stromae? Hmm yes, I can definitely see that fitting! Plenty of characters who'd set everything on fire for emotional support
It's a serious problem x'D Ahh thank you so much!!
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 17, 2018 1:43:30 GMT -5
So am I! What you've released so far has been very cool ^^ I feel like I've seen them on a playlist round here before so maybe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If not. I definitely recommend it! Nice song! You seem to like a lot of atmospheric folky music cx Um... Papaoutai by Stromae? Hmm yes, I can definitely see that fitting! Plenty of characters who'd set everything on fire for emotional support It's a serious problem x'D Ahh thank you so much!! I love making all three goals at exactly what I aim to. It's going to be tight. Might be off by a day. But I'll say this now, just so I will, I'm going to make it. It's actually on my playlist already. I found it, like, yesterday? I've actually heard Papaoutai by Stromae! A friend suggested it to me! And I like that type of music, yes. At least, on that day I suggested it to you. Atmospheric folky music is usually not too bad a bet to suggest to someone, but I could have gone for country or hard rock or instrumental if you have a preference. ^^ Huuum. Voidfish by Rachel Rose Mitchell (I'm doing that from memory, so hopefully spelling was good) is a nice instrumental one with good mental visuals, for example. Poisoning the Sea is the only version of Will's story where Percival doesn't set fires. Probably because it's the original Percival and the Percival in the human version shares only one things in common with PtS's version: their names. And maybe some base characteristics. But their relationship to Will is completely different. PtS's Percival is Will's ex-mate. Will C. Morgen Project's is her godfather. Back stories are completely different. I've said it only a couple of times, but I came up with the concept of PtS after I created the full plot line for The Will C. Morgen Project. But I think I was bored one night and just went back to the very basics. Will was faced with the road out of the town she grew up in. In the book, she turned one way. In this other version, I had her take the other road. She ended up in a town by the sea. She went crazy and turned the population. Then I made her deal with the consequences. She ended up faking her own death, and that's when I stopped the humanized plot. From there, I inserted two fan characters, Marick and Oliva, who were based off characters from another series. By this time, I wanted to do something with the story, but I could only draw cats. So ... that's how we got Poisoning the Sea, in a round about fashion. Will's species also got changed to what I started calling a paranormal. Because I didn't think the series would get taken very seriously if I said 'vampire cat'. Essentially, the powers ended up the same, and that was really all I needed to keep. And then I added the background lore as I went, which was pretty fun. And now they're what they are today. I'm still tempted to switch them back to humans and write this messed up story again, because by now Will in PtS is VASTLY different from the Will in Will C. Morgen Project. I'd just have to concern myself with changing names to protect the innocent and I'd have a new story to write. Something for thought.
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Dec 23, 2018 15:49:41 GMT -5
You're going to do it! Ooh, snap! I seem to be too good at predicting songs you've listened to x'D True, there's not many people who seem to dislike folky music. Hmm, I like music across a few genres, so you're cool cx. Voidfish is beautiful oml! I actually listen to the podcast it comes from, but I didn't realise someone had covered the soundtrack o.o This is old-ish, but Tie Up my Hands by Starsailor. Huh, now I want to read about fire-setting Percival. I think he's only been mentioned in pts so far? Wait, Marick and Oliva only appear in the pts world? They're so integral to Will's story, it'd be very interesting to see how things would go down in a world without them. Haha, that could be a very good idea! Except for the risk of starting a third au by accident...
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Dec 27, 2018 1:38:45 GMT -5
Well, I finished PtS! Now I need to finish the Sound Between. ^^ Oh nice! what podcast? I'll listen to it! Heh! He's great! I really love writing about him. He'll appear in PtS, but he wont be the same. Nor will he appear for very long. But the fire-starter is very, very interesting. And nope! No Marick or Oliva! We have a whole different cast of integral characters for the Will C. Morgen Project! If I'd told you about it first then you'd be asking me how all the characters in WCMP are able to be gone from PtS. And it is a very interesting difference between them. Oh, I use Will as a place holder name for a lot of my stories. So I actually have another that I'll need to come up with a new name for. PtS would take place in my Earthhaven series, I believe?
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Dec 27, 2018 14:47:16 GMT -5
Ahhhh that's great! And I can't wait to see how PtS ends... It's called The Adventure Zone. I'd definitely recommend it, with the warning that it has a bit of a slow start. After the first arc the story gets pretty good, by about the sixth it's phenomenal. He sounds great. Hmm, I'll have to remember his alternative self when he shows up. I can believe that. But still, how does Will get on without her better/worse selves? That sounds... slightly confusing xD Any reason you use Will? (other than the pun opportunities?) How's your holidays going? I hope school's given you a bit of a break
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 1, 2019 17:50:10 GMT -5
Same! I'm looking forward to getting to show you! I hope there are some twists. Huum. Have to check it out! Oh, it should be interesting! Both versions fascinate me. By being very conflicted, that's how. And messing up a lot. Well, in the case of the original story, that was the name she was dreamed with. For PtS I was just bored one night (actually, all alt-stories with Will as a name were at night when I was bored and couldn't fall asleep) and wanted to keep her as a main, but do her with a flipped personality. Making her 'evil'. I also was curious about how a whole town would deal with being changed into vampires when the one who changed them stuck around. The two other alt realities was me just being attached to Will as a name for a character. For the other two, I followed Will's plot and dialogue in my head in first person (Will C. Morgen Project was totally in first person. I had to do a lot of thinking after the fact about what other characters were doing). So one night I had another idea for something I wanted to do with a female main character and I just used Will as a name because I was lazy. Then another time for the same reason. School's giving me a break! And the holidays are going well! Family was over to visit and it was a lot of fun. How was yours?
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Jan 2, 2019 9:52:46 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be cx Definitely! So, pretty much like PtS Will, then Late night boredom can give you some surprisingly good ideas, then And yeah, new character names are so hard to come up with! How do you keep all these Wills straight? Ahh I'm glad! And pretty good. We visited my grandparents the day after boxing day, which is always nice because I get to see my whole family on that side. Other than that I've mostly been at home trying to catch up for sleep and revise for exams.
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Jan 3, 2019 13:18:09 GMT -5
Also, it's been forever but chapter 15 is now almost done! So here's a teaser... foxdance mintedstar/fur » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ ᴛᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏ ᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ✴ ❆αυяσяα @battlingfear prophet Mosspool Dingoleap ѕωιƒтƒαℓcση phantomstar57 ~Absol~Wolf~Scribe~ -` gumi ´- .✫ 🐾(If anyone wants off the tag list just say) At Holly's signal, they stop in a clearing near the WindClan border, just downhill of the tunnel entrance.
“How much longer do we have left?” Jay complains, his voice loud and carrying in the still forest.
“Not far now,” Holly replies. She takes a deep breath of icy air, tasting it for cat scent. Nothing. “Lion, do you scent anything?”
Her brother shakes his head. Holly can’t see clearly enough without the moon, but she’s willing to bet he has his claws unsheathed, ready to tackles any enemy that might ambush them from the shadows. But Sol isn’t an enemy you can fight.
“Dovepaw?”
The apprentice tastes the air, her ears pricked. ”Um… Yes, I think so. One cat, no Clan scent, over by the WindClan border. And-”
“That’s him,” Holly interrupts. “Let’s get this over with. If you’re not out by moonset, I’ll raise the alarm, alright?”
The others nod in agreement.
“Don't go too far into the tunnels,” Holly warns as the others set off up the last slope before the tunnel entrance. She might not be able to tell them the exact details of Sol’s power, but she can at least give them an idea of what to avoid. “And don’t give him anything he can hold over you.”
“We’ll be fine,” Jay calls over his shoulder. “Hey, we might even be able to find out something useful.”
The three of them clamber over a ridge and out of Holly’s sight. A moment later, a familiar silky voice carries downhill towards Holly. “Delighted to talk to you at last. I assume Holly brought you here?”
Padding slowly and carefully, Holly edges up the slope towards the other cats in time to hear Sol’s next words. “Where is she?”
“Holly?” Lion asks, his voice deeper and harder to hear. “Heading home, I guess.”
“Shame,” Sol says. “Well, never mind. Are any of you scared of the dark?”
|
|
|
Post by » ѕнαdσω ⚔️ on Jan 3, 2019 14:10:05 GMT -5
THAT TEASER o.o'
|
|
|
Post by mintedstar/fur on Jan 3, 2019 16:07:05 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be cx Definitely! So, pretty much like PtS Will, then Late night boredom can give you some surprisingly good ideas, then And yeah, new character names are so hard to come up with! How do you keep all these Wills straight? Ahh I'm glad! And pretty good. We visited my grandparents the day after boxing day, which is always nice because I get to see my whole family on that side. Other than that I've mostly been at home trying to catch up for sleep and revise for exams. In that respect, yes. XD Though the mistakes are vastly different. True. They do, they do. I come up with most of my plot twists late at night. Well, all the Wills have vastly different plots. And they also come from fairly different times and locations. One Wills story is almost all underground, another by the sea, one in a mansion, and another travels. And their personalities - or at least their morals - are fairly different then each others. I've always wondered. What do you do on Boxing Day? When I was younger I used to think it was a day for boxers. Catching up on sleep! Ha! I need to do that. @.@
|
|
|
Post by ~Sapphire~ on Jan 3, 2019 17:16:25 GMT -5
|
|