tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056505222499041752024-03-05T17:52:28.769+00:00Chapter by ChapterA writerholic who finally has the time and space to begin living her life long dream of writing, and the guts to pursue becoming published.Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-57228036715913207452012-10-02T13:37:00.001+01:002012-10-02T13:37:21.760+01:00Warming up for NaNoWriMo<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I've just
re-read my previous post...I was supposed to have completed a manuscript by the
end of June...it's now the start of October and I could probably fit everything
I've written in the last 3 1/2 months on the back of my hand...the same hand I
am now slapping for being such a naughty naughty girl. *big sad face smiley*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A massive
part of my problem at the moment is lack of drive...somewhat caused by a huge
lack of confidence in my skill as a fiction writer. The other thing I've always
had the problem with is that when I'm writing I'll jump from one part to
another when the going gets tough (my dissertation at Uni was a mess of the
highest order!), and I always think -Oh, I'll come back to that...I don't have
the patience to sort that out right now...it'll be easier when I've had some
distance/when I haven't got something more exciting to write/I'll have to do
some research-. The problem is that I never actually come back to it to iron
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gets worse as I can't even remember what my intention for that particular
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I need to pull my socks up and start knuckling down...or I'll be back at work
with nothing to show for the last two years!!!</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Onwards and Upwards</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></b></h2>
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up to NaNo this year I have a few things to tick off my list...</span></div>
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use to organise my notes (why oh why doesn't Thoughtograph work with
Windows 7?) Just googled for alternatives...investigation to begin shortly
:0)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Find a better solution for
dealing with those niggly sticky patches in the story...and no I will
NEVER use 'Track Changes'...I hate 'Track Changes' it was the bane of my
work life when an idiot would put 'Track Changes' into a document...I
don't want to see a document that has your every typing error and stupid
sentence changes highlighted for me in multiple colours...there used to be
a simpler time when you could turn it off once and it was gone until you
wanted it back...not now though...things have progressed far too much to
enable you to do such a simple thing now! And...breath...rant over, I
promise...unless I hear those words 'Track Changes' anytime soon!</span></li>
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to edit once something is written...I have a hard time with getting
distracted re-writing portions of narrative and dialogue that don't really
need to be re-written...I should really leave those sorts of tightening up
for a second edit...perhaps...or maybe not. Either way, I need to make my
mind up on how I show approach my editing process.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Stop getting
distracted...even as I wrote that I started thinking about all the other
things I have to do!!! I wish I could have that stereotypical male trait
where I can only do or think about one thing at a time...</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Celebrate my birthday in
style (20th November...with many things happening around it) and still
make time for NaNo...unlike last year when I was writing 8,000+ words per
day towards the end just so that I would get my certificate and a look at
that video...which was definitely worth it!!!</span></li>
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that writing is as simple as sitting down and doing it...but sometimes it's the
simplest things that present the biggest problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Back in another 3 1/2 months...or sooner...I hope!!</span></div>
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OMG!</div>
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It’s so difficult finding the balance that I need to keep
going on my writing.</div>
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I’ve been spending a lot of time focused on my fitness and
regaining my confidence during 2012…plus having fun…all of which have left me a
little short on time and focus for my writing. I haven’t even been very regular
in going to my writing groups, or completing assignments for the short story
writing course I took.</div>
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I always have difficulty in dealing with more than one
important thing at a time…I tend to get consumed by something if I enjoy it,
forgetting, or shelving, all the other things that I have to do. And for the
last 5 months that thing, that I’ve been somewhat consumed with, has been going
to the gym…my achievements there are measurable and obvious, even though I DO
get frustrated not to meet my own expectations, I am making progress – which is
rather gratifying.</div>
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My plan going forwards is to make sure I do writing EVERY
day…just as I did (for the most part) during NaNo. The problem is what to I continue
with first? I have somewhere in the region of ten incomplete manuscripts…all at
varying stages…I suppose I should complete the one that is closest to completion…which
would be one of the Mills and Boon books…it would be satisfying to send it off
and see what happens…</div>
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Other than my own manuscripts there is also a potential
publication in the wings from my twice monthly writing group, WriteNight @15QueenStreet.
We’ll be discussing the details at our next meeting, but I’m pretty sure it’ll
be a selection of all our writing exercises from the group. It’s always
interesting to hear the different voices that come out of the people that come
along. And although I’ve been going along since the group began during
NaNoWriMo I’ve never been brave enough to read out one piece…maybe I should
suck it up and read out loud! My problem is that the first draft ALWAYS needs
some tweaking, or I don’t quite finish off and round things out…others don’tk
seem to have the same problem…what is their secret I wonder…</div>
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Well, I’m going to finish here, because this is all turning
into a bit of circular thinking…and not really getting me anywhere. I WILL be
making time for writing and complete a project by the end of the month…</div>
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That’s all for now folks!</div>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-14186491486952460402011-10-27T20:24:00.000+01:002011-10-27T20:24:33.714+01:00Rule of Three Blogfest - Part 4<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-1.html"><u>The golden town - Part 1.</u></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts:There is an argument AND There is fear of an impending misfortune</span></div>
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<br />
<a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-2.html"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 2.</span></u></a>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts: Someone is killed or almost killed</span></div>
<br /></div>
<a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-3.html"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 3.</span></u></a>
<br />
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<br />
<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 4.</span></u>
<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Cluthe opened the journal and recited a passage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Bind ancient beauty with new life. Mix three drops of knowledge
with fire and ice.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Enlightenment washed over Garrett, he knew how to redeem
himself. ‘I watched Traylor perform spells like that. We can use the fresh
grass to represent <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">new life</i>. Just a
few more blades, Rina.’</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> They took back streets through the town, moving between
shadows. At <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Schiavona Glass Store</i>
Garrett told Rina to steal a goblet made from the molten Schiavona sands.
Continuing past the dry well they ran north to the Assart Forest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> A mile past the tree line they skirted the circumference of the
huge abyss that had once swallowed the end of the Espadon River taking it under
ground where it had supplied the well. The seemingly bottomless hole yawned
back at them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> From there they traced the dry river bed high into the Roundeli
Mountains. Garrett stopped to inspect the tree trunks. At the fifth he found what
he was looking for – a scar with dried sap curling from it. Cluthe reopened the
wound and collected the sticky substance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> When they arrived at the geyser, known as the Fountain of
Truth, all they found was a small hole spitting water at irregular intervals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garret and Rina waited whilst Cluthe collected snow from
higher up the mountain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘We need your pendant for the spell, Rina.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘But my daddy gave me this.’ She clutched it protectively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">must</i> make things
right. Everything that’s happened is because I helped my father poison the
well. Your diamond is essential to restoring the balance.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> When Cluthe returned Rina had combined the diamond, grass and
tree sap into a small nugget, she placed it in the centre of the snow filled
goblet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Stand back children.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Cluthe knelt at the hole, muttering words as he caught the
spitting Waters. With the third drop the contents of the goblet began to transform
into a glowing orb, the symbol of the town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The ball of magic leapt from his hands into the geyser hole. A
large cracking sound was followed by an explosion of water that launched Cluthe
into the air. There was a second cracking sound as he landed, his head hit the
rock that Rina had taken cover behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Waters rained down, bathing her with knowledge of the past and future. As Rina
checked the lifeless body of Cluthe The Waters began to flow along the river
bed created centuries ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garrett finally understood the prophecies that Traylor had been
writing all these years. Apparently <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">now</i>
was the time that he was meant to understand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rina didn’t see Garrett pass over to the other side, she was
distracted by the journal in her hands; the cover now read <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rina’s Journal</i>. Her father’s legacy meant she would be the next Guardian
of the Fountain of Truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> By the time Rina reached the town the well was replenished and
the Culdees promised new growth. It seemed that all the town’s inhabitants had
congregated to witness the spectacle of light and water high in the Roundeli’s.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Over time the intruders left the town. They felt an
inexplicable urge to be elsewhere.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> As the years passed many told tales of what they witnessed that
night, their stories were repeated from one generation to the next, each more
sensational than the one before. Without realising it they became more accurate
and closer to the truth. Some would instinctively feel the truth and set out to
find the magical town, none ever did. Some would write about it… and so the
legend of RENAISSANCE was born.</span></div>
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</div>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-62423778861491528972011-10-20T22:52:00.000+01:002011-10-20T22:52:02.892+01:00Rule of Three Blogfest - Part 3<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-1.html"><u>The golden town - Part 1.</u></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Rina</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts:There is an argument AND There is fear of an impending misfortune</span></div>
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<br />
<a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-2.html"><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 2.</span></u></a>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Mr Cluthe (aka Cluthe)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts: Someone is killed or almost killed</span></div>
<br /></div>
<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 3.</span></u>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Garrett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts: </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Betrayal is in the air</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garrett walked a perimeter around the bloody mess of a man
that had been chasing Rina only seconds ago. How did this dying man know
anything of the well? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The man’s shallow breaths were ragged. A broken branch
protruded from his right side; to his left he hugged the miraculously unbroken
jam jar with its precious contents. Garrett’s surprise was replaced by
disbelief, to the man’s right, just beyond the reach of his outstretched hand,
lay an open book. He knew what it was instantly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Traylor’s journal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> When he was alive he’d run his fingers over those pages, as
though they might understand what his eyes could not. The language written
within was nonsense to him – The Waters had gifted Traylor with knowledge of ancient
languages. Garrett had questioned him on the contents of his journal. The only
reply he received was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">if you were meant
to understand it you would</i>. It was his least favourite answer, it infuriated
him. He had drunk The Waters time and time again, in the vain hope of understanding
everything. But his reward was an unending curse - eternal childhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘What did he say?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garrett jumped as Rina spoke from behind him. He masked his
surprise at her return with an ineffectual kick to the man’s leg. He was good
at lying, just not on the spot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Huh?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Did he say he can save the town? What’s that book?’</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Um… you shouldn’t touch it. No! Don’t do that, it could be
contaminated. You don’t know…’</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘It’s Traylor’s journal…’</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Well, we should hide it in Herriot’s Pass. The Venti don’t
want it falling into the wrong hands. We could study it together; you could
turn the pages for me, for… um… us.’ It was the Venti’s interest in that tome
that had alerted him to the true value of the unintelligible symbols within.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘No, we need to heal him. He could have answers.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Stupid girl, this was not the time for her to start thinking
for herself. He watched as she opened the jar, frustrated by his inability to
stop her. He was surprised that she didn’t even wince as she extracted the length
of branch. She was careless with The Waters as she dowsed his wound and poured
a little into his mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garrett watched as fresh sprigs of grass sprang up between the
brown scrub on the forest floor. At least her wastage was proof that the
dwindling Waters still had life within them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> They waited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> It was fear that kept Garrett rooted to the rock where he sat.
If The Waters were restored to the well would his part in the town’s demise be
discovered? Although he shared the responsibility for the thousands that had
died, he feared that the dead would seek revenge on him if they knew the part
he had played.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He had only borne Rina’s presence for the information she gave
him. Now she had told the Venti about him he knew his father would come looking
for him. He had always feared his father, dying had not changed that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The man opened his eyes, sat up, and looked at each of them in
turn. His proximity to death and intake of The Waters had changed him. Garrett
could see the wary understanding as their eyes locked. He wondered what gift The
Waters had bestowed upon him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The man smiled at them both.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘It seems we have a job to do. My name is Mr Cluthe.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He extended his hand, Rina shook it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Rina Griswald.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Pleased to meet you.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Cluthe waited for the boy to respond.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Garrett Rollick.’</span></div>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-13339773949103017732011-10-12T16:48:00.002+01:002011-10-12T17:03:39.873+01:00Rule of Three Blogfest - Part 2<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://sonja-chapterbychapter.blogspot.com/2011/10/rule-of-three-blogfest-part-1.html"><u>The golden town - Part 1.</u></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Rina</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts:There is an argument AND There is fear of an impending misfortune</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 2.</span></u>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Mr Cluthe (aka Cluthe)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts: Someone is killed or almost killed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He watched the child disappear into the sparse forest. She was
small, but packed a powerful punch when running at full speed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Her pursuers appeared – their tension was palpable. A woman stepped
forward, ‘Did a little girl run past here?’ She had a mother’s fear in her
voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘She ran that way.’ Cluthe indicated the opposite direction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The oldest man took charge, ‘Rollick, take the inner Kris, you
might reach her sooner. Dora, go with him. The rest of us will follow behind
her.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> While they were distracted Cluthe shot a look over his shoulder;
the tell-tale bobbing of the heavy fir branches had ceased.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Can I help?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The groups took off at a trot ignoring his faux offer of
assistance. None of them noticed the leather bound book tucked under his arm,
if they had things might have ended very differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Alone again Cluthe turned and followed in the footsteps of the
girl. Within minutes he was at the base of the Major Gauche at the start of a
narrow path that climbed its side. Even though he moved slowly his feet slipped
on loose shingles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The path felt steeper than it looked, boulders of perspiration
rolled down his face. High up he came to a platform wide enough to take a rest,
he was not fit, his legs were wrecked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Since arriving in Renaissance he’d found that suspicion was rife,
so had taken notes and made sketches as discreetly as he could. When he’d been caught
sketching the etchings under the golden orb at the town’s centre he explained that
he was an artist. The raised eyebrows he received in answer told him they
thought him deluded by his talent. He’d maintained a friendly smile, it didn’t
matter what they thought as long as they didn’t discover the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> As his breath returned to normal he heard another sound,
whispering. It had an eerie quality. He found that he could only hear the whispers
whilst crouched; the quietest way to travel at this level was on hands and knees.
He grimaced with every movement; the shingles were small, with sharp edges.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> A large rock covered an opening; the whispering was coming
from in there. Only one word was audible, an emphatic <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Venti</i>. As a linguist the only meaning he knew for that word was the
Italian for 20.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He crawled through the opening and found himself in a vast empty
cavern. Instinct told him that he was not alone. He picked up the small jam jar
in the centre of the chamber; a clear warm light emitted from its liquid
contents, a mere centimetre of fluid. The light was akin to a summer’s dusk and
didn’t reach the far recesses of the space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He understood what this water was, and needed to find its
source, that was why he had come.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> He heard a noise behind him and turned just in time to see a
small foot disappear through the entrance. He moved quickly after her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Outside again he saw her running with sure feet down the
tricky path. His only thought was catching her. It took only a few steps for
him to lose his footing and plummet over the side of the mountain. Before he
hit the ground a broken branch pierced his lung.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Taking ragged breaths blood bubbled from his lips, pooling in
his nostrils and streaming down the sides of his face.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Garrett was a child, but looked down at him with an adult’s
hatred.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Please help me. Take me to the well.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The boy looked surprised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘I know how to save your town.’</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-59907333454176273652011-10-07T17:16:00.000+01:002011-10-07T17:16:36.970+01:00Oh dear! Have I scuppered myself?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<u><b>Blogfest - Part 2</b></u></div>
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The second prompt for the #REN3 Blogfest has been posted.</div>
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http://amloki.blogspot.com/</div>
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In the second prompt blog there is an outline for the judging parameters...one of them being the number of characters...THREE, no more, no less. I think I interpreted the initial posting for this competition slightly differently.</div>
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Although I introduced all three characters in the first part there were also a few 'supporting cast members' which may feature too prominently and possibly go against me in the judging - oh dear! - and the final roundup of the three protagonists might be a surprise to those that are judging the submissions. </div>
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I will just have to make sure the next few installments are super dooper good to make up for it...:0)</div>
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At the moment I will probably follow two of the prompts:</div>
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Someone is killed, or almost killed.</div>
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And</div>
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One of the characters is revealed to be not who he or she is.</div>
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I shall get writing later on today, already running scenarios in my mind.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-60826548258588996402011-10-06T12:49:00.004+01:002011-10-12T17:06:54.927+01:00Rule of Three Blogfest - Part 1<br />
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The golden town - Part 1.</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Protagonist: Rina</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">WC: 600</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;">Prompts:There is an argument AND There is fear of an impending misfortune </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: x-small; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> My name is Rina now, and my mother calls herself Dora. I can’t
remember my name from before, mother forbade me from saying it again. I
treasured it in my mind for a while, but eventually it seemed pointless to hold
onto it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I remember the first time I asked my mother why the 20 of us
who remained changed our names, along with that of the town. Her brief answer did
not satisfy my curiosity. The next time I questioned her I was answered with a look
that convinced me to stay quiet on the matter forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The only option I was left with was to spy on the conversations
of the Venti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘We have to get rid of them.’ Rollick said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘What do you mean?’ – My mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘You know exactly what I mean Dora.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Then you should say it Rollick. Stop beating around the bush.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I couldn’t see her face from where I hid behind the stacks of
chairs, but I knew that tone. It was a dare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Kill!’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The angry shake in Rollick’s voice made my stomach quiver with
fear. No one spoke for a long time, and it felt as though that word was echoing
around my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘You’re talking about murdering 313 people.’ – Dr. Lazzo? I
needed to see. I wriggled between the chair legs to get closer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘I’m talking about protecting the Fountain of Truth.’ Rollick’s
voice still shook.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I could see feet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Even if we did as you say others would come. The Culdees are dying,
our eastern border is vulnerable.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Knees!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Then we’ll use the Dark Ages as inspiration…heads on spikes! That
would send potential intruders running in the opposite direction. Even if
someone had Traylor’s journal it might give them pause for thought.’ What did
Rollick mean about Traylor?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> As soon as I could see their faces I wished I couldn’t. They
all looked terrified. My stomach was in knots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘This is a Venti decision, Rollick. We must all agree on what
action to take.’ – Dr. Lazzo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Rollick looked away and directly at me. I jumped back a second
too late and without thought for the precariously balanced chairs above me.
When one toppled it set off a chain reaction across the piles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Rina!’ My mother rushed forward to pull me free while the
others just stared.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> A few of the chairs hit my head hard. Tears threatened, but I wouldn’t
let them see me cry. I channelled the pain into anger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘What are you doing here?’ Rollick clearly thought I didn’t
belong.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘I’m one of the Venti; you can’t make a Venti decision without
all 20 members! Stop leaving me out!’ Even as I stamped my foot I realised I
sounded younger than ever. ‘I hate you all!’ I turned to leave.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Where are you going?’ Rollick blocked my exit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘To talk to my <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">real</i>
friend.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Who’s this friend Dora? Has she been passing on information
to the intruders?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘It’s just a pretend friend.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘No it’s not! It’s Garrett.’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The whole room froze with wide eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Darling, Garrett is gone. He’s dead.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘He’s dead, but not gone.’ The startled room did nothing to
stop me leaving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I heard the Venti members chasing me. Blinded by frightened tears
I bumped into Mr Cluthe, a sickly man that had arrived just two weeks ago, he
stumbled backwards a few steps. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I barely paused.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mr Cluthe heard the approaching search party and called after
me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ‘Why are you running child?’</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I didn’t answer. I had to get to the hidden entrance of
Heriot’s Pass where Garrett waited with the rest of the dead.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-60420051642472211672011-09-28T20:42:00.003+01:002011-10-03T23:18:51.854+01:00The Rule of Three Blogfest<b><u>28th September 2011</u></b><br />
http://amloki.blogspot.com/2011/08/rule-of-three.html<br />
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I was sent this link by my brother-in-law...it sucked me in as something I wanted to try my hand at. From reading the rules it seems more in the fantasy realm of fiction than I might normally write in, but I thought that that might make an interesting juxtaposition...so, I'll be back!<br />
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Just entered my Linky (first time I've ever heard of that!) and I'm lucky No. 58...and now to work!<br />
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<b><u>30th September 2011</u></b><br />
So...I'm still pretty new to this whole blog thing, and experimenting on the best way to blog and how to add to my posts...do I edit one that's already created or begin something new...hmmm *ponders*...well, I'm sure I'll work it out eventually (one hopes!).<br />
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And on with the business of writing, or rather the subject of #REN3...this competition is becoming more and more interesting to me...I was initially worried by the 500ish word count for each 'chapter', but I'm surprised by how much information I can actually convey in so few words (my blog writing probably isn't the best example of my ability to use an economy of words - a friend described my blog as 'chatty' - which I didn't take offense at because that's who I am...the chatty one...and glad to be so =D ).<br />
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I'm progressing along quite happily with this project...just gotta make sure I don't get too sidetracked with editing (I wouldn't call it my strength) before I've even completed the narrative (already found myself shuffling my feet around the first 200 words...Come on, move on! No loitering!).<br />
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When I read a book I read it slowly. I take in every word, and I play the 'movie' in my head. I do the same when I write my own stories...I may not describe every single item a character wears, for the sake of pace, but ask me and I can tell you. I've already turned the canvas of Renaissance into a 3D model, figuratively, and I'm finding photos, that I've taken and also from the web, that are helping me to colour the town too.<br />
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I'll add more photos later...when it's not quarter to one in the morning...night night, blog you tomorrow.<br />
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<u><b>3rd October 2011</b></u> <br />
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Oh man! I still have an entire day to complete my first #REN3 story blog, and yet all I can do is check facebook and twitter, and anything else that isn't writing! I have now filled up my week with various things making it even more of a challenge to get the submission completed in time. I don't quite know why I get in my own way...note to self: Get out of the flipping way!<br />
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I think I'm just a little bit stickity stuck and over thinking the whole thing...getting too caught up in the scenery and history behind the story...whilst another new project has been coming really easily...I know the 500 word count is still freaking me out too...must get back to it - wish me luck!<br />Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-40722572105657679912011-08-17T13:35:00.000+01:002011-08-17T13:35:56.139+01:00Oh dear!So, it's been a while since I last posted...actually, it's been more than a while!<br />
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Just re-reading my last post I had an aim of upping my word count...well, I have increased it, but not by much...only a few thousands. What I've actually done since then is up my kill count...47,000 words have fallen on the cutting room floor. I've basically had an almost complete rewrite...TWICE!<br />
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I've read Stephen King's 'On Writing' - excellent book - and I think one of his habits, methods of working, whatever you want to call it, is to write the first draft with the door closed...only seeking readers and opinions after that. And since I STILL have 15-20,000 words left to write I think that that is the way I will have to work from this point forward.<br />
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It's not that I don't value the advice or encouragement I get from others, it's that I don't progress BECAUSE I value that advice and encouragement - to the point where I have, at times, spent more time rearranging, reworking, and rewriting based on that feedback, than I have getting the story written.<br />
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To be truthful, it has been a while since I've had any feedback...but I'm at one of those points again where I feel like the story is going nowhere, and is stuck in a kind of narrative limbo...and I'm feeling like I need some external validation, or just a sounding board. It feels like a bit of a slog when the storyline doesn't feel like it's progressing in a great direction, or even at the right pace...I can definitely see that I will be rewriting the current section.<br />
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One of the hardest things for me to do is leave a job half done...I like to get things spot on before moving on...and that's true in most areas of my life...maybe for now good enough will have to do for the time being. I'm going to try keeping tight on the direction I want to go in with the story and worry about the polishing later.<br />
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And just going back to the social media side of things...sometimes it's just too much - too much of a distraction and too easy to lose hours in it...it's great, but I think, sometimes, I just need to go offline.<br />
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I know this post seems a little bit 'woe is me'...sorry! Pink bubble gum and fairies and unicorns next time...I pwomise.<br />
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Sonja<br />
Sonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-25125629559200493482011-03-08T18:01:00.000+00:002011-03-08T18:01:05.015+00:00Overwhelmed by Social Networking Media and getting myself out there.Hi,<br />
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I've had a busy time since my last (first) blog. Firstly, I finally bought a new laptop; after only a few months of weighing the pros and cons of various prices, brands and the minutia of almost every aspect of a laptop that I am close to understanding (graphics cards? eh???)...I ended up going for a Toshiba C660 - well priced on the budget side of things, I think....and it is driving me crazy already...the stupid thing keeps missing letters I type or adding random doubles...it's really slowing my writing down...I've never had these problems before and I've never used a Toshiba before so I don't know whether it's a faulty product or a cheaply made product that is the issue - I don't think it's me....one positive thing is that my lap no longer gets heat stroke while working!!!!<br />
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Secondly, I've ordered both my desk solution (from Jali.co.uk) and my office chair, a Herman Miller Mirra chair (theofficefurniturestore.net). I should have the cupboard (soon to be hideaway desk) in a week, but the chair will still be another 5!!! I've just got to sort out how I'm going to hack the cupboard with a roll out keyboard shelf and paint colours and such...I'm quite looking forward to that bit actually - I love making nice tidy cupboards ;0)<br />
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Anyway, the stress I'm feeling is from all the new networking things that I'm doing now. I went to the Circle bar in Colchester for First Friday, lunch time networking; and also to The Crown, at Ardleigh, for another networking event. I did these both on the same day and it really was quite a lot to do...as a shy person it's hard for me to make the first move to talking to others - but I pushed myself as much as I could anyway.<br />
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So, I met a lot of people...thankfully interesting people too...maybe even a few characters (or a few traits) for my future books. The problem is that now I have quite a few contacts that I'd like to follow up for possible future collaborations...as a newbie to this I'm not really sure of the etiquette of timeline for following up....I guess I'll make some faux pas and insult a few people (unintentionally of course) along the way, but hopefully not too many.<br />
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The other thing I'm now signed up to is Twitter (@essayholmes). I must say, I don't really get it...what are all the <em>#words</em> all about...how do you fall into a conversation, should I be using the reply button...what's a <em>retweet</em>...do I look like a doofus doing the wrong thing on there...am I doing the wrong thing on there...how should I really be using it to my best advantage...it all adds up to a big fat QUESTION MARK ????<br />
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I've had a Linkedin profile for a few months, but not knowing what I wanted to do with it I did nothing much more exciting than make connections with a few people I already know. Now, with the networking events I've been to, I'm starting to make more contacts on it...still not really sure what to do with it.<br />
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From the Circle bar networking event (First Friday is on Facebook if you're interested) I met a lady, Sam, that is hosting a Women's Day exhibition in Chelmsford...so that's another busy day.<br />
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It may not sound like that much to others, but it's a lot to land on my plate all at once...and still trying to get some writing done too...only a little over 6,000 in the last week.<br />
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My new goal (set last Friday 4th March) is to complete the M&B book by this Friday (11th March)...so that's another 16,000 left...it's definitely achievable, but not at my current rate.<br />
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Maybe I'll just try to focus on the writing and forget everything else for a few days...try to forget me login details or something!!!!!<br />
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This post has definitely been a lot more difficult to type since my laptop is deciding what keys it does and doesn't want me to press...even making a few kind suggestions of its own....grrrrr...happier, less frustrated, times ahead I hope; maybe, even, slightly clued in on twitter and the like.<br />
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TTFNSonjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18433094727700674981noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-405650522249904175.post-26578629650876005972011-02-27T16:36:00.000+00:002011-02-27T16:36:55.691+00:00Starting At The Beginning or 32,807 Words DownI've always wanted to write and be a published fiction author...and now I have the chance to do it without that pesky thing called "work" getting in the way; and I tell you what...it's brilliant! I'm loving it.<br />
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When I grow up I want to be some kind of hybrid of Jessica Fletcher and Dame Barbara Cartland...I want to poke my nose in other people's business whilst wearing pink chiffon - although I would prefer to have my own hunky Mills and Boon hero at my side.<br />
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I'm writing a book for the Blaze series of Mills and Boon books. The general word count for M&B books is around 50-55,000 words. It seemed like an achievable word count and I believe I know the genre fairly well, having been an avid reader of the romance books from my early teens, and could therefore write something that is publishable (I hope). Plus after a bit of a miserable relationship that I recently ended I could do with imagining a bit of heart warming (and steamy) romance.<br />
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I don't want to limit myself to this genre though. I'm a very eclectic person and I read many genres of fiction and I want to write more than one genre of fiction too; I also have a suspense book and a series of children's books in me too that I want to get published (and have to finish and start writing respectively). I am taking 2011 to explore the thing that I have always wanted to do, but never had the guts to actually do. I'm going to be turning my box of story ideas into a career. I just hope that I'm as good as I want to be.<br />
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About a month ago I set myself a target of sending off this first book to M&B within two weeks...life got in the way as did my obsession with finding the perfect solution to housing a desk in my medium sized flat...I'm still undecided and I'm still putting up with my warm laptop on my lap...and I'm still undecided as to what laptop to buy in the attempt to stop my thighs getting heat stroke. I need to make a decision so that I don't keep getting sidetracked from my writing...<br />
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By my next blog my word count will be higher than 32,807, and I might even have ordered a new laptop.<br />
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