Writing Stuffs (And I Call for Aid)

 So we're not looking at a whole lot of writing here today, since I am still figuring out what I'm doing with any of my stories. None of them are currently cooperating, so they're all taking a time out while I scream into a pillow.

So what is this post for?

I have a request to make! And an old story to fangirl (sort of) about.

I literally have no idea how to do this, it is a first time thing for me, but we shall give it a go!

I need a Beta Reader for The Last Phoenix. Um. (Am I supposed to add a form here now, or something...? HELP ME please) Someone tell me how all this works, and I'll figure out a form? email chain? whatever? and get it into a later post.

This one is to make you interested in the story.

I think I've mentioned TLP a fewwwww times, and most people who know me in person have actually read it. I wrote it in 5 days (over Easter Break about three years ago) with a solid 40% written in one day thanks to my incredible older sister Sarah who is not a writer but did like sixty Word Wars so I would just WRITE. 

Some current stats:

• 54 pages
• about 14k words
• fantasy quest
• probably leaning towards middle grade?
• series potential, but preferably a stand alone

Now for a little bit more info:

The powerful race of phoenixes has been all but extinct for hundreds of years. Their magic to keep  Myleck and its people alive is dying, and the land with it. Most have given up hope of restoration.
Most, but not all. 
Perpetua Ar-Kan still stubbornly believes that there is a chance to bring back the phoenixes. When she is given a chance to do just that by the last phoenix in Myleck, she is determined to not let anything stand in her way. But when Kalleb Chyr-Ja, the son of a legend, is appointed as her quest partner, a boy who prefers to use charm instead of fighting, she begins to find herself on a very different road.
Opposed at every turn by a unicorn, a mysterious and ancient magician, and the very world itself, Perpetua must decide if she's willing to trust the charming Kalleb or if she can stake the fate of Myleck on her shoulders alone.

So that's the blurb. Here's a little on the characters: 

Perpetua Ar-Kan

Perpetua is a generally rather distrusting, preferring to rely on her bow and knife rather than getting help. She prefer to works alone, because then she can focus on her own abilities rather than worry about what everyone else is doing. She is pretty tough and snarky (like most of my characters) but also very caring and good at being worried. She is sixteen years old.

(think Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon, Astrid from How to Train your Dragon, Jyn Erso from Rogue One, Halt from Ranger's Apprentice)

Kalleb Chyr-Ja

  Kalleb is very charismatic and chivalrous, and although he acts like he has no idea what is happening with the weapons and everything, there is more to him than meets the eye. Unlike Perpetua, he is very trusting, and thinks that all problems should be solved with talking things through and making friends instead of shooting their way out. He is extremely loyal, brave, and caring. He is also sixteen.

(think Sisu from Raya and the Last Dragon, Hiccup from How to Train your Dragon, Will from Ranger's Apprentice, Ezra Bridger from Star Wars: Rebels)

yes the art work was done by me probably like two years ago i havent drawn anything new for them yet i need to its pretty bad imo

And now for a few of my little snippets, and that's all for this:

I glared up at him. “I don’t even know you, and the only reason I might trust you is because you claim to be a Chyr-Ja. Do you even have any proof?”

Kalleb leaned against the nest to consider. “I have their good looks, does that count?”

“No.”

~~~~~~~

“Alright Mr. Homing-Pigeon. What’s the scoop? Did my mom recite a super dark prophecy or not?”

“What did you call me?” Kalleb stopped and spun to face me, eyebrows raised high enough to touch his scalp. 

“You said you have an internal compass. You are officially the homing-pigeon of the team.”

“Great, I love being a bird,” he said sarcastically. Then he paused to consider that statement. “I actually do. Like being a bird, you know?”

~~~~~~~~~~~~

I will give you one last chance, Perpetua Ar-Kan. Come back down the mountain, and I will spare you.

I stared upward. Only about two yards above me gaped the opening to the geyser. “Give me about twenty more minutes, and I will.”

Prepare to die.

“Oh, I’ve been ready.” I heaved myself up another foot. “Are you?”

So there you have it! I'll be dropping a little more about wanting Beta Readers soon, but if y'all have any suggestions for how to do that, let me know pleeeeeease!

Thank you good bye.