Longing For England

So I decided to post the poem I wrote for the writing contest I spoke of in my last post. (No, I did not win.)
The theme had to be about England, and I decided to take a literary twist. :-)



Enjoy! :-)

Longing for England

By Wrosie

　

I once strolled the streets of Paris,

Dazzled by the romance it gave,

But deep down my heart yearned for England

In the longest heartbreaking wave.

Had I been there? No, indeed!

Not in physical form.

But my heart had been carried there many days

From night to many a morn.

I strolled the countryside with Elizabeth and Jane.

And visited Bath with Kathy.

In London I saw the Marshalsea Prison,

Under the guidance of Amy.

Faerie worlds came vividly alive

Through wardrobes and great palaces.

Seen in the eyes of the young and old

Through its Lucys and its Alices.

Now, I am home.

Through America I roam,

Still having never been there,

But its sights I shall see.

Oh, England, I’ll visit thee!

And I’ll get there when I get there.

Writing Contest!

Rachel at The Inkpen Authoress is hosting a writing contest with the theme of Merry Auld England!
It sounds absolutely fun, and there are great prizes to be won!
You can enter with a short story, a poem, or a play! (you must follow her blog to be able to enter)

See here for more details! :-D

They Die!!!!

There's just no other way to work it out....

Alas, poor Aqualia. Your story isn't even written, yet your death is certain.

What most of you may need to be informed of here is that Aqualia is a new character that is in the book I am currently working on writing- Faerie's Love: Naji's Story.
Aqualia is a Sea Person (Sea Girl) who befriends Princess Naji and Lady Henafubi while they are at the Pearl Palace (the royal palace at the sea side) for the summer.
I'm afraid I can't tell you much more than that, as I don't even know a whole lot more than that, yet. All I know is that the thought struck me the other day how Aqualia must die in order to properly connect Naji's story to Hwinny's story.

How do you kill a Sea Person, though?
They can't drown...they can breat in both water and air...this shall have to take some creativity.
There is also the problem that I was hoping not to be one of those people who are constantly killing off their characters (never mind the fact that this whole series starts off with one dying). However, it is inevitable...it is the only thing that can be done.

They die!!!!!



The Rest of The Challenge

Considering there were a couple more days comming up that I had no answer for, I figured I should be able to finish up the entire rest of the Challenge in one post.

Day 11- Favorite Femail Author

Now that one is easier to answer!
I read a lot of works by femail authors. In fact, I didn't even realize how many male authors I do actually read until that was one of the challenge questions!
I don't have just one favorite, though. I have several that I love for different reasons. Since there is no way that I could choose only one, I shall name the ones I love most enough to read over and over consistantly:

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Robin Jones Gunn

Jane Austen

Gail Carson Levine

Noel Streatfeild

Patricia H. Rushford

Many of the authoresses I just listed write for younger people as their main audiance, but I don't care. I love their books. And several of them do have books for adults, too. ;-)

Days 12 & 13- Song and Book About Writing

I'm afraid I can't answer these, as I don't really know any. I've never read any books about writing, and the only song I could possibly think of would take me forever to dig up, plus,  if I remember correctly, had a tiny bit of language in it...so I wouldn't want to post that on here. However, if you ever look up the NaNoWriMo song, it's worth a listen.

Day 14- Favorite Quote

My favorite quote about books I actually got off the 1994 movie version of Little Women. Whether it is actually from the book or not, it's been so long I can't remember. So, I'm not sure if it is an actuall Alcott quote, or not, but I love it anyway.

"Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home."

My second favorite would have to be the Lewis book and tea quote. ;-)

Day 15- Music You Write To

I'm afraid I don't have a favorite song to write to, because I don't like writing while listening to music if I can help it. I absolutely love music, and I've come across many songs that inspire some thing or other in my stories. In fact, the book that I eventually plan to write So She Dances was inspired by the Josh Groban song of that title. But I just seem to be one of those people who, usually, cannot write with music on because it distracts me too much. That said, most of the time, I also can't write unless there is some sorce of background noise to drown out. Silence distracts me just as much as music, it seems.

On those rare instances where I can or do write with music on, it has to be instrumental- no lyrics, or I will be distracted by singing along. The style, however, could vary between classical, celtic, jazz, movie scores, worship, or miscellaneous instrumentals....even soundscapes! I'm very ecclectic.

And that concludes my forray into this writing challenge!

If you would like to try your hand at it, just go to Lerowen's blog to get the details!

Writing Challenge Pick Up- Days 9 and 10

Yep, I'm finally picking back up on the writing challenge, and plan on doubling up the days so I can finish by the end of my extended weekend.

You can find the writing challeng at Lerowen's blog Eat...Sleep...Write.

Day 9- What is your current writing project?

Wait? Whatever happend to day eight? Well, I don't really know any videos about writing and books, except one that some of my friends posted while doing this challenge, but I didn't care for it all that much and I didn't want to over repeat it, so I am skipping that one and moving on.

So, my writing projects can be seen by the little section on your right. Currently I'm still trying to get up the courage to face that beast of a project called editing, and the story waiting to combat that beast is Hwinny's Story. In the mean time, and as November is comming up quite faster than we realize, I have already started a little on Naji's Story as you may have seen in one of my past posts, and this is what I shall probably choose to work on during NaNoWriMo this year. Though, I admit, this story does not seem to want to come out as easily, so far, as the other did. :-P

Day 10- The Most Important Thing To Know About Writing

Oh, dear. I'm afraid I may not be the best at giving this sort of advice, as I am quite the ameteur at it, myself. However, I would warn anyone trying their hand at writing that it is not as easy as it tends to look. But if you are determined to get a story out, don't let anything stop you. Even if you take years to write one book, don't give up writing it until it is completely at its end. Even, as they tell you at NaNo, it ends up as nothing but junk, get it out! You can learn from it, and editing does wonders. And that's another point- editing while writing can make your ideas die. Best not do it until completely finished writing.

Read a lot of good quality (well written and moral) books- both classic and modern. Pay attention to the nuances of history and its everyday life for people shown in those pages. Let your imagination soar! Don't be afraid to venture into the unknown, but always keep the familiar close at hand.

You may be the only one to read your story, but keep writing- never give up!

Do it for yourself- for fun, love, pleasure, and challenge- and don't let frustration and negativity from others or yourself stop you!

Of Birthday/Holiday Weekends and To Do Lists and Being Home Alone

It's Labor Day weekend, and so many people are heading out for the last camping weekend of the year...the last Summer hurrah...the last few days before school starts again for all the children. *all the children groan and all the parents rejoice*
So what am I doing this weekend? Staying home by myself. Yep, I've got nothing! My parents have gone up North to visit an old teacher and friend of my mom's, and I am here...with nowhere to go, and no way to get anywhere even if I did. Ok...I do have a Starbucks free birthday drink card I've got to use, but it'll have to wait until my parents get back on Wednesday.
But Monday is Labor Day here in the US, and also my birthday. What shall I do? Well, unless I am surprised by any local friends and family members with some sort of outing, I shall stay home and watch movies (especially North and South) and eat Starbucks Signature Hot Chocolate ice cream! :-D
Tuesday shall probably be my most productive day- a.k.a. cleaning. The rest of the days shall be somewhat productive with plenty of movie breaks in there. ;-)

My 'To Do' list for the weekend (in no particular order):

Photography

Edit and List Photography

Clean Washer and Dryer

Do Dishes and Laundry

Screen Cap and Song Cap DVDs

Watch Movies on My Netflix free trial

Watch 'North&South', 'A Little Princess', 'Pride&Predjudice' (BBC version), and 1983 BBC 'Jane Eyre'

Read

Take the socket liners out of my prostetics and wear them like that so my stumps fit in the sockets better

Possible Sewing Project

Record my own audio books

Finish my Writing Challenge blog posts!!!

Vaccuum (sp?)

Busy weekend....Wouldn't you say? ;-)