Another picture

This one is from my NaNo '11 novel, "Jinxed". The climax happened in this dungeon, and it was very intense. This picture took me over 2 hours in all, and although it's only my first try at a dungeon, I think it's pretty good.

This is Blackmist (my nemesis) and Rozar, my best friend (who you may have met).

~Silvermist

Romanticalness

I just thought you guys would like to see the picture I drew yesterday. (Many thanks to Mark Crilley and his book 'Mastering Manga'!)

Enter: Razor and January

Romance is in the air! ...I just have to write this part. Don't kill me!

~Silvermist

Google Chrome, Noodle Updates, and ABNA Apprehension

I just downloaded Google Chrome - it's insanely fast, and it's making me very happy. Bye-bye Internet Explorer! You may have nostalgia attached to you, but you still suck!

That said, I've been noodling!

...that's code for 'editing'. And yes, it is true. I have been noodling last April's novel, "Flight" for a while now, and I'm up to the 80s pages. It's only 115 pages long, but I plan to change that after my first grammar-and-syntax check. I plan to add scenes and everything. >8) It's making me hyper.

I am also still planning the sequel for this April's Screnzy challenge (knowing me, I'm doing a double challenge - a screenplay and novel in the same month!) It's a very exciting sequel idea, and what with the same lovable characters as the last book, and the new faces, new powers, and new plot, I'm really really excited.

It's dangerous, with all this excitement!

I'm also waiting for tomorrow's Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award first round results. I NEED TO SCREAM AAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Thank you. Now, you have probably realized my novel is entered. It is. I'm scared. It's thrilling. I will die either way tomorrow, if I make it or lose it, so prepare for a funeral.

That said, I'm off before I get too crazy.

More noodling!

~Silvermist

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy day of the Valentines!

I send a very warm and hearty greeting to all my friends, regretting to have not sent you Valentines, but seeing as all my friends are girls (like me), it would be a tad awkward. Needless to say, Happy Valentine's Day all 'round, and I'm making heart-shaped cookies for it too!

For characters, this day can either be a blessing and a gift, or a horror and a curse. For many of my characters, it's both, because I'm also making PLANS FOR THE APRIL NOVEL! *CACKLE*

...ahem. At any rate, have a gorgeous day, full of love, surprises, flowers, chocolate, etc. <3

~Silvermist

April Approaches

Author at work. Viewer discretion is advised.

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As April draws nearer, my excitement grows, for April marks the beginning of an adventure only I can undertake. One of plots! Settings! Characters! NEW characters! NEW BEGINNINGS!
And only I will survive, dragging a team of tired characters through the end of an epic climax, struggling through the opposition, pushing against the wind! Sword drawn! Guns loaded! COMING OUT ON TOP! *insane cackling*

Not only that, but it all is enclosed in thirty days! Thirty precious, breakable, fragile days that only I can control, warping the bonds of time and pumping out thousand and thousands of words per day! I will prevail! I will throw my heart into this, and not only will it win, it will get stronger!

ZOMG HOW LONG IS IT NOW?!

*explodes
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You have just witnessed an author at full whacko. If medical assistance is required, call an ambulance. I claim no responsibility.

~Silvermist

Writing. Writing! WRITING!

I had a recent round of the Writer's Block, and this time it took me hard. I didn't write for a while and I literally started to feel unwell as a result. I had the blues and possibly the blacks (if you catch my meaning) and Thursday night it got so bad I knew I had to do something or I'd end up in a strained condition, most likely hunched over the sink and hurling.

So when I realized not writing could hurt that bad, I got a little scared, and went 'zomg I must write or the world will end'. Lo and behold, I wrote nearly 4,000 words Friday morning, released my pent-up tension, blew out my stress, and even got in a few laughs. It was such a relief to know I still had it in me.

~Silvermist