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Super Fun Mini Contest: Faerin daughter of Baratham

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I feel really honored that this won the contest! Thanks, guys, for looking. Faerin is one of my favorite characters.

She is a strong elven woman who is a little older than her years. She enjoys being different and doesn't care what people think of her (most of the time). She is at one with nature where no one and nothing judges her. She feels underestimated a lot, but sometimes she second guesses her own decisions and word choices and wishes she could do certain things over. More than anything, she wants to inspire people who are at a disadvantage to stand up for themselves like she always does for herself.
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Elisa Nuckle
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I’m a twenty-something aspiring fantasy and science fiction novelist. Stories are important. They’re an escape, a release, a joy. It’s always been my dream to chase ideas down and put them into concrete words.

And of course I taste like spaghetti.
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Makes me feel spiffy. It's also a strange feeling, to be honest. The first sequel, New Fate, is already a finished rough draft that needs to be revised. Dominant Race is coming out in late June, New Fate's going to be revised and revised, and it still felt incomplete. If you know anything about the world, I'd always wanted to do something relating to the cut-off world of the former US west coast. There's still civilization there, and they want to be allowed into the Greater Cities (the government in that era). However, there's a lot of fear about such backward people -- they need to provide proof that they can be of use to the government. The leaders are thrilled and say they can offer up a new way to look at modified mutation. Tess is a shark modified with some unique abnormalities that should've made her devolved, but it gave her strange abilities instead, abilities above what any natural shark or human can do. And she's the person they want to dissect and offer up to the Great General as a token of favor. A little inconvenient for her, yes?

Anyway, I plan on starting this draft today. And the weirdest part about this is that my mind is content with this. After this plot, I want to move on to other things -- which wasn't my general feeling from before. I always had that one last little part of the world I wanted to deal with, but now I feel like I discovered it and, after all is said and done, I can move on to my Elves of Cenaire. SO happy about that! Maybe I've figured out something about how my writerly brain works?

Yeah, sorry, I really needed to splurge about this. I'm relieved that I finally have a direction to move in with my writing! And energy to do it. :D

How are y'all? Got any plans for the three-day holiday?

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Books I've Found Helpful

:pointr: Plot & Structure by James Scott Bell.

Definitely buy this one. Even if you think you know everything about these two subjects, buy it anyway. It helps that much.

:pointr: Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark.

This book has helped me the most out of all the other reference books! It makes sense, explains in a concise way (or at least in a way I can understand), and is funny. What more can you ask for in a how-to-write book?

:pointr: The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

This is the original Elements of Style, written in 1918. There are other, more recent copies (the later ones are written by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White) for sale but this one is online and free so enjoy.

I'll add more to this as my collection grows. This is the basics and more than enough material for the beginning (or intermediate) writer.

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*W-Lupus May 3, 2012   Writer
Um, how come you've rewatched me? XD

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=Amriah May 3, 2012  Student Writer
Because I can?

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*W-Lupus May 3, 2012   Writer
It means you unwatched me. XD

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Laptop Necromancer - brought a dead pc to life.
Misanthropist Brain Surgeon - The conduction of brain surgery in FPS games with a shotgun.

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=Amriah May 3, 2012  Student Writer
I might've been pissed at you at one point and unwatched you but then realized it was a rash move. ^^;

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*PHarold Apr 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is going to sound really stupid,but I have no idea how to access the chatroom for Wordsmithing.

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Martin: Do humans always talk this much when they fight?
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