Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 29, 2009, 5:13 am
I wrote about two thousand words tonight, and finished up with this. (Edit: also note, it was 3am and I was sleep deprived). This is how I think a real paladin would act. That evening, after the res...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 26, 2009, 4:18 am
So, my CPU died on Monday. It was a wonderful computer– I built it myself three and a half years ago, and it was a hardy machine. Everything in the computer was saved, of course; the hard drive...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 20, 2009, 2:28 pm
My latest NaNo excerpt: The Crooked Cabaret. Three establishments, all sharing the same space and name, none of the lot respectable. Entertainment! Singing women wore too little behind guarded door...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 19, 2009, 2:30 am
That was easy. Have I ever mentioned that my mother is a professional artist? I mentioned that I wanted Victorian-style pen and ink illustrations for my novel to my mother; she mostly does a lot of ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 18, 2009, 9:27 pm
My very last villain, the most dangerous man in my cast, has moved himself neatly out of the ‘villain’ category. He’ll still carry out his part in the plot, and some of the things he...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 17, 2009, 2:21 am
You know what novels ought to have? Pictures. Not just illustrated children’s books. Novels. Adult novels. Preferably excellent old fashioned black and white penmanship in fine crosshatching. ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 14, 2009, 2:15 am
Imagine, if you will, a party of heroes trapped with Whirling Blades of Doom! ™ coming down on them slowly from above. Stone sides, no secret doors, no weapons or ‘I forgot I had theseR...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 9, 2009, 2:13 pm
I found this the other day– an award winning short animated film, with a hint of Poe. I’ve been watching it about once a day since I discovered it on Saturday. http://catpianofilm.com/ ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 7, 2009, 6:04 am
Maxwell’s goal was the very back of his laboratory, next to the drafting table. Uriel’s hibernation put him standing against the wall. For extra safety, Maxwell had had him strap himself i...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 4, 2009, 11:46 pm
NaNoWriMo Report End of day 4/30 Par wordcount: 6,667 words My wordcount: 17,004 words … I have little to say, except that I’ve wanted to write this book for two years. This is way, wa...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 4, 2009, 4:47 am
(My apologies if the names are hard to keep straight. It makes complete sense in context.) Merrily took them to the town’s bar first, shrieked and tried to tackle the bartender as soon as she p...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 3, 2009, 11:44 pm
Maxwell felt as if he had gone to hell. A hell with cows. Though it’s… quirky at best. The only ‘rules’ that I’ve been able to find for deciding between young adult and...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 2, 2009, 8:20 pm
Though granted, it’s a rather small one. Chapter Two In which illegal activities are pursued with the very best intentions. Maxwell Gallows was in the habit of seeing people with labels above ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Nov 1, 2009, 12:09 am
I like to start NaNoWriMo at midnight. Always have. So I went internet browsing in the meantime. This is technically a commercial, but… enjoy. Trust me. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: comerci...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 31, 2009, 1:12 am
The revision is done. Blue Crystal now stands just over 96,200 words. No more rough edits. No more large-scale rewrites. Edits are put off until after NaNoWriMo, but after that, I’ll scrub out ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 30, 2009, 12:57 am
Still sick. 960 words. Will fall into bed now with lovely, lovely aspirin. Posted in goals Tagged: creative writing, goal, sick, writing
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 29, 2009, 2:38 pm
How quickly they grow up… I haven’t posted pictures of my girls since they were in ratty ugly-chick phase. I must rectify this (so long as I can’t leave home, but feel too restless ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 24, 2009, 2:04 am
8 complete 24-hour days until November. Progress: 175/185 pages. 94.6%, was 92.4%. Chapter twelve is finished. Now for the hard part. Chapter thirteen (the last chapter) needs a complete rewrite. P...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 23, 2009, 3:39 am
9 complete 24-hour days until November. Progress: 171/185 pages. 92.4%– was 90.8%. I should note that this progress bar is not always accurate. Since major revisions changes my wordcount, I...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 22, 2009, 2:04 am
I am over 90% finished with Blue Crystal revisions, as of tonight. It’s kindof boggling. I’ve been working on this novel for over two years. Three full blind drafts. Test readers have poi...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 18, 2009, 5:50 am
Personally, I think this is pretty darn neat.   Blue Crystal Golden Ratio Event 1 41k 40k Event 2 61k 65k Event 3 78k 80k Event 4 90k 90k End 96k 96k My novel’s pacing (which I’...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 16, 2009, 4:45 am
More writing practice! This time I’m getting an idea of what to do for the book’s prologue. Saint Know-All’s also been prepping for NaNoWriMo with excerpts. The pair lugged machine...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 14, 2009, 10:33 pm
What is the golden ratio? The golden ratio is a pattern found in nature, a proportion that is found aesthetically pleasing to the eye. To put it very, very simply, it’s a ratio of 1:1.618 (the ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 11, 2009, 3:10 am
My ‘Leo Gallows’ WIP. Obviously, I will never excel at art. I see it coming together, think, “You have the idea!” and rush off to detail other characters. As always, I may or...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 9, 2009, 5:25 am
So, in the meantime, I went back to drawing. I like the way this one is turning out– decent, for a rough sketch? The heroine of The Artificer’s Angels– Merrily Soarin. Edit: Post...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 9, 2009, 3:35 am
Still practicing Leo– I wanted to see how he got along with his father, while I was at it. While the four Soarin brothers danced to fiddle music and neighbors in dirty work clothes helped thems...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 8, 2009, 2:12 am
Sortof like the scrap I found not long ago, I came some of my old ‘Artificer’s Angels’ art in a packed notebook. Some of these were neat enough to share. Who doesn’t love ai...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 5, 2009, 6:48 pm
Still trying to get down characters, setting, and feel for my new novel. I’ve never written steampunk before, but this was immensely enjoyable. “Are you certain that this is a good idea?&...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 5, 2009, 3:48 am
Personally, I’ve been haunting the fantasy forums and coyly posting whenever I see some opportunity to show off (at least I’m honest?), then wondering if I could be writing out a detailed ...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 3, 2009, 6:28 pm
So, I’m really not good at art, portraits aside (and those I’m demi-mediocre at, but I digress). That said, I’ve wanted to draw a cityscape of my Blue Crystal setting, Vastii, for so...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Oct 3, 2009, 3:51 am
I’m slightly feverish, and must go to bed, but after an almost NaNo-worthy day, I’m drawing to the last two major scenes of chapter ten. Page-count wise, I’ve passed the three-quarte...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 30, 2009, 3:30 am
Today, while going over some of my old files (organizing… or maybe procrastinating from chapter ten revisions), I found a scrap of an old project. Just a single typed page of writing, nothing lo...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 28, 2009, 4:38 pm
The word of the day is ‘leptodactylous’ (lep-teo-DAK-teh-lus). Adjective. “Having abnormally slender fingers and toes.” See this? Ring size 3.75. I could have gone down to 3....
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 24, 2009, 2:29 am
Well, sortof. The design of the site is up. Some graphics are final, some are sketches stuck in to represent the artwork that still needs to be done, but overall, the layout is looking close to done....
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 21, 2009, 4:26 pm
I have never read anything by China Mieville. He’s been recommended to me for years, actually. I remember… three years ago a fellow I knew raved about it for several minutes. Blogs praise...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 19, 2009, 8:53 pm
It’s been established that I’m going to be working on a magical-steampunk sort of setting for NaNo. And I’m really excited– I love the style, the ideas, the flavor I’ve g...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 16, 2009, 4:05 pm
It’s a bit early for it, but with National Novel Writing Month a bare month and a half away, I thought that I’d outline my project and a few of the details. Anyone participating in NaNo is...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 14, 2009, 4:06 pm
Macro world-building is to epic storylines what micro world-building is to…? It’s occurred to me more than once that epic fantasy quests tend to be the standard cliche. Tolkien’s &#...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 12, 2009, 3:18 pm
Last week, I rented one of my favorite movies, “V For Vendetta”, as my boyfriend had not seen it and was sure to like the intellectual anarchy. Well, it’s two days late now, and I...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 11, 2009, 1:16 pm
There are fifty-one days between today and National Novel Writing Month 2009. One month and twenty one days. Seven weeks and two days. Fifty-one days. Thirty-five weekdays. One month, twenty days, th...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Sep 8, 2009, 2:26 am
“Battles are like people. No two are exactly alike.” (Ad-libed from Joe Abercrombie’s ‘Before They Are Hanged’.) As a known Joe Abercrombie convert, I should preface thi...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Jul 23, 2009, 12:55 am
I can’t really review my latest read, as I’m only just a third of the way through it. So I thought that I’d heap some glowing praise for what I have finished. It’s just that go...
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Eliza W. posted an article on tales of a fantasy scribbler - Jul 2, 2009, 2:08 am
This is perhaps one of the most useful fantasy tools I’ve run across in a long time. I’m just sorry that I didn’t have it for last year’s ‘World Building Month’ eve...
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