New Years Introduction

 

Well, well, well.

Or maybe I should say ho, ho, ho?

I'm not certain...

But I do know that it has almost been a year since I hosted my last inter-novel character get-together. Is that a real term? If not, it is now.

Other than almost dying, it was a lot of fun. So like the big brainer I am, I'm gonna do another inter-novel character get-together.

This time, though, only one person from each story will be coming. AND these are characters you haven't met yet... most of you. But this will be a total of five characters in the same old log cabin NOT watching movies. 

Let's see who dies first...

I also thought I'd introduce you to the crew before the get-together, so you can decide who to root for before the NOT slaughter begins.

So here's a brief description of each character, described by a fellow character.

Kalleb Chyr-Ja --> The Last Phoenix

Kalleb is known as a slightly snarky, cocky, out-going guy, but anyone who ACTUALLY knows him will be able to tell he's the biggest softie around. And since I hate secrets, I can tell you he can shape-shift into different animals and he is a telepathhqwer KALLEB! THEY'RE GONNA FIND IT OUT EVENTUALLY. He just crossed out what I wrote, ugh. Fine, I'll leave it to be figured out during the chaos. He's fairly handsome --but don't tell him I said that. I'll never live it down. Kalleb is also very chivalrous, so I'm worried that if any of the girls try to punch him, he'll just take it. The only exception is me, because we kinda try to save the world together and sometimes that means we punch each other. I'm still trying to figure out if he'll manage to make it to the offense, or if he'll be stuck protecting someone. We'll see.        -Perpetua Ar-Kan

Wilson Tomas --> Martyrs Saga

What can I say. Wilson is great. Doubtful of himself at times, but all he needs is a push and a friend in trouble, and then he jumps right into smuggler mode. He is a strong believer in Jesus Christ, and is set on helping any and all his friends find Him as well. Once he decides to trust you, he's the most loyal friend you'll ever find. -Ariel Johnson

Wilson was my first and longest friend. Whatever happens to one of us happens to the other. As Ariel said, he's the most loyal friend ever. Even willing to die. He's watching me write this over my shoulder. Stop it, Wilson. I'm not gonna insult you. Just telling them about you. ___ He's saying we're complimenting him too much. Fine. He's also annoying and likes to get his way and has doubted the good his smuggling --which is superior to anyone else's that I know-- does. Happy now, Wilson? Okay, now that he's gone, I can add that he's the best smuggler in the teenage category, and he's usually pretty humble. -Sienna Wilder

Gemma Zildof --> Midnite Squadron

Okay, I hope everyone is ready to die. Gemma is something called a Mandalorian and something else called "I want to kill you." And she has weapons. Lots of them. Sy and I considered telling her to keep everyone sane... but no chance. No chance. Yes, I'm talking about you, shut up. She probably won't attack an innocent, but that depends on who she decides is innocent. So if you see the Gemma coming RUN. She will try to kill you if she gets the chance. She also uses verbal attacks. Just... tread carefully around the Mando girl. If she picks up her helmet, maybe quietly take out a weapon. I don't want you to kill her, she's a vital part of our team and basically my family. Just thought I'd give you a warning. -Heziky Char, not a Jedi Master and hot shot with a handsome face and fancy smirk. GEMMA! What? You described me, I described you!

Rian Tuffin --> Heroes Saga

He's the Fire-boy. That's all that needs to be said. Super villain matter in the form of an awkward teenage boy who tries to be the hero, although we all know I am the real hero. The fire power of the team, also the oldest. Seriously though. How is he dubbed the most epic on the team? -Ellysa White

Okay, Lyss, pleeeease calm down. Let me do this, okay? Hi. Rian is my older brother, and he is my favorite family member. He's pretty independent, but he does care for the others in our band. He's been hurt by so many people that it's a wonder he doesn't try to bully anyone back. I mean, he did try to scare Dion away, but after he saved my life, he did calm down. What? Yes, of course I'm being flattering. Anything you want me to add? Uh-huh... Seriously? That's not even about you! Ugh, fine. Michael is a better archer than Ellysa. Why does that matter? And why aren't you- Oh, whatever! So that's my brother for you. -Juli Tuffin

Audra Lodren --> A Jedi Story

She's beautiful. She's strong. She's awesome. She's- Who let Kel describe me?? Am I seriously the only one who knows he likes me and will say anything OVERLY flattering? Do someone else, how 'bout Lyrek? But-but... oh, fine. -Kel Maro

Um... Okay, I'm here now. Anyways, Audra is terrifying. She's been known to murder hundreds of people in five seconds. They were CLONES and they were trying to kill ME! Anyways, she's also the granddaughter of one of the most powerful and evil sorceresses. Gah! Ok, ok, I'll say it. Um, she isn't really as evil as her family? Ah, stop hitting me! -Lyrek Trebon

Okay, as the author here, I'm going to step in and do some explaining. When Audra comes into the Jedi Story, it has been many decades since Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi and company. All of that Empire nonsense hasn't happened, and the science is much more advanced. Several people have superpowers and are classified as Atolly. Audra's grandmother is one of the three main antagonists of this time period, called rather unimaginatively The Sisters of Magic. They have, well, magic and it passes on to their descendants, so Audra would already have super scary powerful magic, but her mother was an Atolly who had the ability to take strength/energy from other people, or give it back to them. Now, Audra's hereditary MAGIC magic combined with the hereditary Atolly magic, and became this super freaky ability to take people's powers and basically turn it into a super weapon. So yeah, she's pretty dangerous. But on a happier note, she is a Jedi and... USUALLY takes the Code seriously. So... yeah. -Kal Tomson

So that's the group! The only person I myself chose to include in this was Rian. Everyone else was voted for by some of my family members and the few friends I've let read the stories. So... I am very thankful to my mother and older sister for choosing Wilson. I needed someone mostly sane. 

Also, if you're wondering why I took the time to explain Audra's story line but no one else's, it's because her's is the most complicated and is kinda needed to understand her part in the story. If you're interested in anyone else's stories, let me know and I can elaborate a bit more.

I hope y'all are excited for the New Year! I surely am, and not just because of this story. This has been a crazy year, and I'm ready to see what the next holds. Anyone else think 2023 can't actually be real? 

Anyways, I want to give you a brief and very loose overview of what I'm planning for the rest of this month.

I am going to do an end of the year wrap-up post, where I talk about the measly amount of blogging I did this year, the other writing stuffs, what I've read, and other awesome stuffs I'm not sure about yet.

I'm going to be HOPEFULLY surviving a slumber party between five rascals :insert dying face here: and you'll get to join me :now insert devil face:

And finally... I'm going to be giving y'all a special Christmas gift! Hope y'all are excited.

I'd also love any feedback about what I should try doing more of next year.

TALK TO ME. I NEED WORDS.

Know the Novel -- part THREE

 yes, I switched the language for the number again... don't judge me.

WELL WE'RE BACK. 

Yes, I forgot to post again. BUUUUUT hopefully a little forgiveness? I've been rather busy the last month. 

Anyways, it's the month we've all been waiting for! At least, I've been waiting for it since school started... Happy December, y'all! I'm so excited for advent this year, as I have given myself a challenge that I will share in a later post, but I'm also pumped just for the holiday season. Anyone else? Just me? HOPE NOT.

But, I'm not here to fangirl about Advent, am I? not yet at least

I'm here to finish off the Know your Novel tag! And I have to say, I was waiting very eagerly for this one. I get to tell y'all all about the rest of Take Up your Cross, which has been AMAZING, just saying. So, thank you, Christine, for creating this wonderful idea.

ANYWAYS anyone else think i have a favorite word to start paragraphs with???

OFF WE GO

Know the Novel is a 3-part linkup series for writers, one for each of these last three months of the year. Each part will feature ten questions you can answer on your own blog (or anywhere else on social media, if you’d like!). The questions will be focusing on different parts of your novel and how the writing is going.

THE QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. How did writing this novel go all around?

Um, it was fairly straight forward. The was a patch right in the middle I had a hard time wading through, but there wasn't much blockadge. Finding a good time to just WRITE was the hardest part. i blame school work Other than that, I had a fun time hanging out with the NOT chaotic crew. EMPHASIS ON NOT. THEY WERE NOT CHAOTIC IN THE SLIGHTEST. 

heh

MOVING ON

2. Did it turn out as you expected or completely different? How do you feel about the outcome?

Well, I wasn't expecting them to spend the whole book running like wild beasties through the forest. I also wasn't expecting part of the end climax to be basically the same thing as something that happens in To Die is Gain. I also wasn't expecting the person who died to be the one who actually DID die. I ALSO wasn't expecting the random character twist that sprung itself on me at the end. SO, let's just say the climax had me completely surprised. And I liked it! It was really good. I think...

3. What aspect of the story did you love writing about the most? (Characters, plot, setting, prose, etc.)

I always like writing stories in the forest. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I myself adore the woods? I really don't know. This one though... I might have given them a little too much woods. It was a big part of the plot, but I don't think I elaborated on the setting as much as I have in other stories. If it wasn't entirely critical to what was happening, it wasn't mentioned. 

I do love my characters, though. I've said it before, but some of these characters were the reason I decided to continue this series. I wasn't as able to go as in depth with some of them, since they weren't POV characters in this book, but I love my new cast. Sienna is a mix of one of my most generic characters, a lust for glory and recognition, and pure... Sienna-ness. I just love her. And I love my character arcs. I'm very happy with my characters.

4. What was your least favorite part?

Oh shoot, didn't I just answer this above? I don't like that I mostly ignored the setting. I mean, it WAS there, but it wasn't... really... there...? Also, I don't love that they were running the whole time. But, it is what it is... for now.

5. What do you feel needs the most work?

Wow, I should have read these questions before I started answering. I really need to work on... DUNDUHDUNAAA the setting and the setting. And the side characters. In To Die is Gain, I adored my side characters. They were strong and had more personality and explained reasons for why they were how they were. I did that in this one with some of my main-side characters...iiiiiish? But I kinda ignored some of the other less important folk. So.... probably those two things the most.

6. How do you feel about your characters now? Who’s your favorite? Least favorite? Anyone surprise you? Give us all the details!

Welp, anyone notice I am good at answering questions before they are asked? 

By now, I really love Sienna. She has a softer character arc than some of my other characters, but she's still delightful to write. She's just the right level of snarky, smart, and sweet, with a dash of recklessness thrown in. 

My least favorite..... ughhhhhhhhhh. I LOVE MY CHARACTERS. ALL OF THEM. I guess I'll say Wilson. Which is sad, since he's one of the ones who made me keep writing the series. But I've never really known what his inner conflict was, so he's always been a little dull, but I was hoping I'd manage to make him awesomely great in this one. I mean, the whole plot is basically what he does best! But, I was still trying to figure him out at times, so he's not as strong as I would have liked.

Well... the real character to surprise me is a biiiiig spoiler. But I was a little surprised with how Ethan turned out. He was originally one of the villains in the first book, and his side switcheroo surprised me then, but I thought, "Why not? This'll be fun! They can have a nice, mature chaperone." And he tried. Ethan tried very hard to keep everyone calm. But...you just can't control Lyra. Ever. No one can. So he ended up being the one who started most of my favorite quips and snarky one-liners. So, yeah.

7. What’s your next plan of action with this novel?

I'm gonna need to edit it at some point. That's a big number one plan. After that, probably a few hundred more rounds of edits. Then potential publishing. I don't really know where else it's gonna go. I will mention that there will be a book after this one, titled Follow the Son, and a... prequel? I guess...? I don't know what to call it, it's gonna be the book BEFORE To Die is Gain, but I'm.... you know, I don't even know how to explain it. The order is gonna be To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain, Take Up your Cross, Follow the Son.

And yes, the fact that they're all from Bible verses is intentional. Originally, they were going to be smaller series, but I decided to combine them.

8. If you could have your greatest dream realized for this novel, what would it be?

Traditionally published.

That's my biggest goal right now. My sister says I should edit it and then self-publish it, which I might do, but I want it to be traditionally published so bad.

9. Share some of your favorite snippets!

Uhh I already did most of my favorites last post........ Lemme see what I can scrounge up....

“I saw that, Enna!” Cody sang out. “Wilson, did you seriously not see that?”

“I did.” Wilson’s voice, right behind her.

Sienna turned and came face to face with him. She yelped, tried to scramble away, tripped over the box, and toppled to the ground. Somehow on the way down, her flailing legs managed to connect with Wilson’s kneecap, sending him to the ground as well. 

A snort echoed behind them. “That was possibly the highlight of all of your fails.”

Sienna pulled her legs out from under Wilson and stood up, rubbing a sore spot on her elbow. “What was the previous best?”

“Um, probably when you accidentally electrocuted yourself.” Lyra, Wilson’s other friend, was lounging on a nearby crate, her leg in a cast. “This one only tops it because you made Wilson fall over as well.”

~

“One last thing, boy. You’re not a Christain, are you?”

Keith’s heart froze. The melting ice down his back solidified into an icicle, tip sharp as a sword, ready to immobilize him with fear.

Tell the truth! One side of his heart yelled.

No! They’ll kill you! The other side protested.

It doesn’t matter, don’t be a coward! 

I don't even have to mean it, do I? I can lie.

Let these beasts see the truth. Be brave!

But Felicity. I have to take care of Felicity.

The argument ceased. Both sides loved Felicity.

He swallowed hard and shook his head. “No, sir. I’m not.”

~

“A trail.” Sienna rustled the leaves back across her etching and hopped to her feet. “What are we waiting for? Let’s find those fish!”

“Do we even know where to start?” Wilson’s eyes roved around the trees, his shoulders slumping wearily. “There are dozens of places they could be.”

A crack cut off anymore discussion.

The group turned to see Lyra on the ground again, the aspen now broken and at a crooked angle.

Nevertheless, Lyra pushed herself back up with a triumphant smirk and pointed to a small, light shape at the base of a tree across from them. “There’s one.”

~

Soldiers who had gone one direction came stampeding back under their oak to see what the fuss was.

“I saw one! Major, there was one of the smugglers, right over there!”

Just like little kids at an Easter egg hunt, Sienna thought, a mixture of amusement and fear slinking through her bones.

Wilson began descending from his perch. “Now we go.”

“You knew that would happen?” Felicity’s voice was skeptical.

“I knew Packer was going to cause his diversion soon. I just didn’t know when.”

~

Sienna let out a silent groan and tapped his shoulder, pulling him and Lyra into the shadows. She raised her hands toward Wilson’s face and signed, I have an idea.

“I’m guessing that means, ‘Lyra is a nitwit?’” Their companion mumbled. 

Wilson glared at her before signing back, Tell me it’s better than asking them out to dinner.

Sienna considered saying they offer Lyra in exchange, but decided this wasn’t the best time for such jests. I did think of that, but I have a better plan. And it involves fire.

“Fire?” Wilson whispered out loud, staring at her as if she had three heads. “Are you insane?”

Sienna smirked. “Tell me one person who ever answered yes to that question.”

Lyra crossed her arms. “Reading between the lines here, because no one is being decent enough to tell me what’s going on, I’m thinking you want to burn that place down.”

~

Sienna lifted her chin. “I’m not giving up.”

Wilson pushed himself to his feet and gave her a firm nod. “I won’t either.”

“It’s a death trap.” Ethan pinched the bridge of his nose. “You two are insane.”

“Maybe.” Wilson turned to look at Lyra. She was curled up into a tiny ball, no longer crying, just staring at the leaves with a completely blank expression. “But I’m feeling a little… reckless right now, if ya know what I mean.”

Sienna studied the part of his face that she could see. The tear she’d seen earlier while in the tree was gone, concealed by layers of dirt and sweat. But as she stared at him, a thin line in the filth became apparent. She wasn’t certain if it was sweat or a tear, but it was in a place where it could be either. “You don’t have to do this,” she whispered.

He turned and met her gaze. “I’d never be able to live with myself if I didn’t,” he responded. 

Sienna blinked hard and shook her head to clear the memory. Maybe Wilson wasn’t ready, but she could be ready for the both of them.

~

Keith's legs crumpled under the sudden slam against the ground and he toppled over.

He lay there on his back, watching Wilson make his way down with a trained grace. Once the older boy was on the ground, Keith let out a groan and tried to force himself to sit up. 

Wilson snickered. “That looked painful.”

Keith managed to push himself to his feet and rubbed his aching knees. “What are you talking about, it was super fun.” The burns on his hands stung again, and he winced. “I could do without the pain though.”

“Like I said, painful.” Wilson shook his head and helped discard the rope. “Let’s go find the others.”

Keith took a half step, but stopped at Wilson’s quirked eyebrow. “Let me guess. We need to run.”

“Running is a smuggler’s number one hobby,” he agreed. 

Keith sighed and shook his aching legs until they felt a bit readier to run. “Then what are we waiting for?”

And anything after this point is spoilers. But, hope you enjoyed those tasty little nibbles.

10. Did you glean any new writing and/or life lessons from writing this novel?

I learned I could make myself cry. And hate my own villain. And I just managed to delve deeper into my faith. Seriously though. I forced myself to think so hard. I just... don't know how to describe any of it.

SO there you have it! My final post for Know the Novel. Make sure you check out Christine's blog to experience some other funzies. Thank you, Christine, for making this delightful experience. I think I said that already. I don't care.

Anyways, prepare yourself for chaos in the days coming when you visit this blog. 

Shoot, I almost made it the whole post without any gifs... :\

ANYWAYS THANKS FOR READING!

Know the Novel part DEUX

 for those who understand french and spanish and are wondering why i switched between the two, i don't really know.

HELLO HELLO HELLO. It appears to be November. So, it appears to be time for Know the Novel tag part TWO. If you didn't read the first part, or have forgotten, here's a quick description:

Know the Novel is a 3-part linkup series for writers, one for each of these last three months of the year. Each part will feature ten questions you can answer on your own blog (or anywhere else on social media, if you’d like!). The questions will be focusing on different parts of your novel and how the writing is going.

Still sounding fun? Let's dive in!

1. How’s the writing going overall?

The writing itself is fine. I feel happy with my word counts, page counts, et cetera, so that's great. BUT... I want to punch my computer in its... nose? SOMEHOW it managed to delete about a thousand words off of my document. Like I said. NEEDS PUNCHING. 

anyhoo.

2. What’s been the most fun aspect about writing this novel so far?

Anything that does not include my computer deleting stuff. sorry im probably gonna be complaining about that too much today. I've also really enjoyed where the story is going. It's been taking some turns I hadn't thought of, and while some of them TERRIFY me, most are pretty great. It's also been fun knowing I've reached the part that first made me decide to write this story in the first place. I'd probably be done with the darn book if it wasn't for my stupid, old, deleting chrome book.

3. What do you think of your characters at this point? Who’s your favorite to write about?

I still really love my characters. Since three of them were the reason I decided to continue the series, I'd say my characters are pretty important. A few things about them are on the list of unknown turns, but aren't the things that terrify me. My favorite....? Ugh, why do you do this to me? Fine, probably Lyra. By now, she's the most diverse side-character, at least. She's also the sassy, ready to punch girl, so she's just altogether fun to write. I've also enjoyed Ethan, him being my older "wise" guy. The more main characters, Sienna and Keith, are both great, but Ethan and Lyra are just FUN.

eHHEHEHEHEHEheh IGNORE HIM

4. Has your novel surprised you in any way?

Well, I've already said that several unplotted turns have revealed their mostly glorious selves, but sadly most of those twists are spoilers so I can't exactly tell you what they are... A not as "spoiler-y" surprise was the decision to make a certain character chicken out in the last few chapters. That wasn't really part of the plan, but I felt I needed to humanize said character a bit. I had a similar shift with a different person, because I felt like some of the stuff they would be doing just wasn't as realistic as I wanted.

5. Have you come across any problem areas?

~starts choking violently~ DID ANYONE LISTEN TO MY EARLIER RANTING ABOUT MY STUPID CHROMEBOOK BECAUSE I CAN GO ON A LOT LONGER. ahem. I'm fine. There've been a few sections that are just HARD to write. Some because I'm brain dead, and a few are just emotionally taxing. I've not actually experienced much "I can't write this, I'm just going to sit here and stare and act like a zombie because my book is killing me." Well... I did have a small struggle with one of my chapters in To Die is Gain, but I'm used to smooth sailing. And then I reached Take Up your Cross aaaaaand... I don't know what happened. I actually had to stop writing for a few days because I had created a character that actually disturbed me a little. I guess that's a good thing? Maybe? I realized a little while ago that to make a strong villain in this certain story world, it can get a bit intense. I mean, their whole job is to eliminate Christians, and my villain, Major Archer, just happens to use means other than force and terror. That's been the hardest lately, just trying to write Archer in a convincing way while keeping my heroes strong. I mean, they're KIDS and... OK, I've probably been dumping on this question a bit long. Sorry. MOVING ON.

6. What’s been your biggest victory with writing this novel at this point?

LEARNING THAT MY COMPUTER CAN- 

Okie

Anyways, I would say my greatest victory is the fact that I've reached my final climax, buuuut seeing as a thousand words from that was deleted ~glares~ I don't know if that counts. I guess I can kinda say that? I'm just happy that I still love my characters. I'm not planning -at least right now- to turn any of them traitors, which did happen in TDiG when I got bored of a certain character.

7. If you were transported into your novel and became any one of the characters, which one do you think you’d be? Would you take any different actions than they have?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Well, I really love Lyra, but I don't know if I'd become her, because she is an emotional wreck at this moment, along with a wounded leg. So, I'd probably become Sienna, because she's basically me. Would I take any different action? Yes, I'd probably leave keith behind to rot but that isn't important. I'd no way be as brave as she is.

8. Give us the first sentence or paragraph then 2 (or 3!) more favorite snippets!

Oh, now you want some snippets. Ah, okay, just because I'm nice.

Sienna pressed her back against a thick oak tree, eyes wide from terror and heart thumping loud enough for the soldiers to hear. 

The smuggling run had been going so well, what had gone wrong this time?

“Do you see her?” The harsh voice barked out close to her tree, taking all of her willpower to not react. Another voice responded, not as near and distinct. The first soldier swore loudly. “Find her! Archer will have my head if we lose her.”

Sienna shuddered. She hated remembering these soldiers were just as human as she was. Fierce and cruel, yes, but terrified just the same. It was easier to think of them as animals or aliens.

So, that's my opening bit. Favorite snippets... let's see...

Cody grasped her arm and they sprinted back across the field. “Enna, that was an officer.”

“I know.”

“An actual, ranking officer.”

“I know.”

“You can’t trick an officer.”

“I know.”

“That’s why they’re top of the class.”

“Cody.”

“Super smart.”

“Cody.”

“You could have gotten killed. You could have gotten me killed too.”

“Cody! I know.” Sienna glanced back over her shoulder. “I’m sorry. I made a mistake on the way back. I’m sorry.”

“You apologized twice.”

“I’m sorry!”

“Quit apologizing.” Cody led her to a barn behind the safe house and heaved a dramatic sigh. “I bet if you killed someone, you’d apologize to the corpse.”

Sienna stopped just inside the door and crossed her arms. “Maybe it’s because my conscience still works.”

~

Wilson pursed his lips. “I vote for Lyra and Sienna taking the newbies somewhere safe while Packer and I sniff out anymore survivors.”

“I vote we don’t.” Lyra put her hands on her hips. “I thought I was the one who punched people for you.”

Wilson lowered his head. “I don’t want to endanger anyone else.”

“Well, you’re willing to endanger Ethan.”

“He was a soldier! And I need him.”

“I thought you needed me.”

“Will you please stop arguing?” Sienna stomped her foot. “I vote we all go.”

Felicity crossed her arms. “I vote for someone to explain to us what on earth is going on.”

~

She glanced down and noticed Wilson was trembling, shaking the branches he had bent to make a shield. She copied Keith’s movements, holding onto a smaller limb while bending over to whisper, “Are you okay?”

He shrugged without turning. “Feels almost the same as Ebony, just we’re hiding in a tree rather than behind a shrub. One of our friends is out there, willing to die for us.”

Sienna squeezed his shoulder. “Trust him. He’s got this.”

Lyra joined in on their huddle and added, “He didn’t say he’ll be right behind us. That’s a good sign.”

Sienna gave her a grateful nod and chuckled in Wilson’s ear. “Yeah, they always die or get captured when they say that in stories. We’ll be fine.”

Wilson finally turned to push her back, grinning a little. “Alright, I’m reassured. Now, hide, or they’ll see you in a minute. Also, you’re tickling my ear.”

Sienna laughed and pulled a few more boughs in front of her, wishing she hadn’t noticed the single tear making its way down her friend’s cheek.

~

Archer smirked at them. “After several other adventures, shall we call them, we thought it would be prudent to search out the rat’s hole before we squash the actual rats to cut off their escape.”

Lyra’s jaw was so tightly set, Keith didn’t know how it didn’t crack into pieces. “You call us rats when you’re the actual vermin.”

Archer gave her a once over, her smirk widening briefly at her injured leg. “Well, what do rats do best? Creep around in the dark and cause trouble. How is that any different than what you smugglers do?”

“We don’t cause the trouble.” Sienna kept wiping her hands on her pant legs, eyeing one of the soldiers’ guns. “That’s on you.”

I hope it's okay I did four snippets... these were the ones I enjoyed writing the most.

9. Share an interesting tidbit about the writing process so far! (For example: Have you made any hilarious typos? Derailed from your outline? Killed off a character? Changed projects entirely? Anything you want to share!)

Erm. If I killed a character, I'm not planning on talking about it at the moment... IF is the keyword. 

I also don't have an outline... and I don't have many funny typos... usually I fix them before I read them to find out that it was funny. So... I guess I'm leaving this question blank.

Btw, i might be on a gif overload right now...

10. Take us on a tour of what a normal writing day for this novel looks like. Where do you write? What time of day? Alone or with others? Is a lot of coffee (or some other drink) consumed? Do you light candles? Play music? Get distracted by social media (*cough, cough*)? Tell all!

Um, well... I have school work during the morning, and afternoons are something called BUSY, so I usually getting quality writing time in after eight o'clock pm. I don't have a set writing place anymore, I used to sit at the counter but I don't really have a spot there now. Sooo we'll see soon enough. I usually write as a lone wolf. Occasionally I do a word sprint with someone, but not that THAT often. Last Easter break, I discovered I can write a whole novella surviving on grapes -lots of grapes- and a big bottle of water -lots of water- so that's basically what I use. I'm not allowed to drink coffee yet all the time.

Me--><--- Mother Dearest

Anyways, I don't have much cool stuff. Extra scents distract me, same with extra sounds. I do play some instrumental music -playlist included below- but not much more. And, I'm not on that much social media, so I can't get distracted by it. =D =D =D

playlist here

Anyways, thanks for reading! I'll try to post more often, but make no promises. If you'll excuse me, I need to go glare at my computer.

Also, if you're wondering about the highlighting of ceratin words, my computer is the weirdest machine so this is the only way certain words will even show up on the website. Sorry if it's annoying. I want to punch the stupid chrome book sometimes.