When I write fanfiction for anime I find myself debating if I should use Japanese words while writing the story. Most of the time I give in and use a Japanese word or two. Sometimes I don't mind using the Japanese because it feels like the respectful thing to do then I think "Damnit, I'm a gaijin. Why am I using Japanese when I'm not even Japanese? That seems disrespectful in a sense." Basically I don't know. I could just do a coin toss and see what I come up with from there. That wouldn't be a bad idea actually.
Speaking of Japanese. I plugged "Weight of Heaven" into Babelfish (unreliable translator that it is) and got this: 天の重量.
It makes me want to learn Japanese badly. I need to and I was starting to. I know how to say "I eat bread" and a few other words, other than that...my Japanese wouldn't get me far if I took a trip to the country in the next few months. :P
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
The Sound of Autumn Crashing Down
I love subject titles that have shit to do with what I'm actually going to talk about. ;D Isn't that sad? Oh well, don't care. :P
Anyhow, I've been really thinking about IOT and its universe. The fires are still burning but IOT isn't going to be this epic serial that I had once thought it would be. The end is inevitable with this baby and at least not until Chapter 9 or 10. I don't want it to turn into something that is long, drawn out and painful for me to write after awhile. I'm doing all this talking and I haven't even gotten to Chapter 3 yet. Sheesh. Yet I need to get it all out before I sit down, open Word Pad and have a go at writing. I'm seriously thinking of scrapping the first 2 chapters and the prologue because I now have Eric and Cambria set up the way I want them, but I could probably just go from where I'm at now and fly by the seat of my pants. That sounds like as good a plan as any.
As far as thinking about the IOT universe, I was thinking of doing a spin-off story (not the one I was talking about on LJ...that just sounds like a bad manga waiting to happen or even a good manga, but a manga nonetheless) involving a former Guardian, Masaru Kurotsuchi and a current Guardian, Farrah Tseng-Nakamura (who is related to a character in IOT who has not been introduced yet). It would center around a young child who has gone missing (maybe Mara, maybe Mara's child) and is being searched for by members of a cult that worship Alice (you'll see why in due time if I ever get over this writer's block) who want to sacrifice the child. Masaru and Farrah are trying their damnedest to find the child, stop the nefarious plot, and just survive in a city that is out to get them.
That would be the gist of it. I don't know, I really should think these things over but I find that over-thinking causes me to not want to do a story at all. Then there's the whole "no one is really reading it except for a handful of people" thing that I want to get in to, but won't because whining about it isn't going to up the readership. I may need to expand my advertising to outside of LJ. Yeah, that would probably be the thing to do.
Anyhow it's back to the drawing board for me. Even though right now I want a glass of merlot, some vanilla candles, and someone to cuddle up with. The boy is at home, there's no wine here, and those candles? Still at the candle store. I'll just have to face the drawing board with a clear-head. Damnit.
Anyhow, I've been really thinking about IOT and its universe. The fires are still burning but IOT isn't going to be this epic serial that I had once thought it would be. The end is inevitable with this baby and at least not until Chapter 9 or 10. I don't want it to turn into something that is long, drawn out and painful for me to write after awhile. I'm doing all this talking and I haven't even gotten to Chapter 3 yet. Sheesh. Yet I need to get it all out before I sit down, open Word Pad and have a go at writing. I'm seriously thinking of scrapping the first 2 chapters and the prologue because I now have Eric and Cambria set up the way I want them, but I could probably just go from where I'm at now and fly by the seat of my pants. That sounds like as good a plan as any.
As far as thinking about the IOT universe, I was thinking of doing a spin-off story (not the one I was talking about on LJ...that just sounds like a bad manga waiting to happen or even a good manga, but a manga nonetheless) involving a former Guardian, Masaru Kurotsuchi and a current Guardian, Farrah Tseng-Nakamura (who is related to a character in IOT who has not been introduced yet). It would center around a young child who has gone missing (maybe Mara, maybe Mara's child) and is being searched for by members of a cult that worship Alice (you'll see why in due time if I ever get over this writer's block) who want to sacrifice the child. Masaru and Farrah are trying their damnedest to find the child, stop the nefarious plot, and just survive in a city that is out to get them.
That would be the gist of it. I don't know, I really should think these things over but I find that over-thinking causes me to not want to do a story at all. Then there's the whole "no one is really reading it except for a handful of people" thing that I want to get in to, but won't because whining about it isn't going to up the readership. I may need to expand my advertising to outside of LJ. Yeah, that would probably be the thing to do.
Anyhow it's back to the drawing board for me. Even though right now I want a glass of merlot, some vanilla candles, and someone to cuddle up with. The boy is at home, there's no wine here, and those candles? Still at the candle store. I'll just have to face the drawing board with a clear-head. Damnit.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Fiat Nox: In Regards To S.M.*
*S.M. = Stephanie Meyer
I just read some reviews for her latest book, the final book in the Twilight series, "Breaking Dawn". The number of bad reviews on Amazon almost equal the number of 5 star reviews. I have to say most of those 1 star reviews are well-written. Excuse me, not "most", some because there are some that are just drivel. Anyhow, the point of this is...where can I find S.M.'s publisher and her agent? I may have a chance yet if I can craft a YA story that is as badly written as hers. I read the excerpt for Twilight and my head hurt so bad just from listening to what was going on in Bella's head. If I had to compare Bella to Clive Barker's Candy Quackenbush from Abarat, Bella would be a dust mite. She comes across in the excerpt (which was Chapter 1) as lifeless and flat. She's not a heroine I'd want my daughter's looking up to and I don't even have daughters. I have sisters and trust me I would probably hide the books from them if they owned them. I had thought about reading this series because I have an appreciation for anything dealing with vampires. They're the one mythical creature that gets me all worked up and happy. But it just seems like S.M. took the fun out of them like Anne Rice did with her less than stellar books after the main Vampire Chronicles (why, Anne? Why?)
Oh *sighs* let me stop complaining and go do something slightly constructive.
I just read some reviews for her latest book, the final book in the Twilight series, "Breaking Dawn". The number of bad reviews on Amazon almost equal the number of 5 star reviews. I have to say most of those 1 star reviews are well-written. Excuse me, not "most", some because there are some that are just drivel. Anyhow, the point of this is...where can I find S.M.'s publisher and her agent? I may have a chance yet if I can craft a YA story that is as badly written as hers. I read the excerpt for Twilight and my head hurt so bad just from listening to what was going on in Bella's head. If I had to compare Bella to Clive Barker's Candy Quackenbush from Abarat, Bella would be a dust mite. She comes across in the excerpt (which was Chapter 1) as lifeless and flat. She's not a heroine I'd want my daughter's looking up to and I don't even have daughters. I have sisters and trust me I would probably hide the books from them if they owned them. I had thought about reading this series because I have an appreciation for anything dealing with vampires. They're the one mythical creature that gets me all worked up and happy. But it just seems like S.M. took the fun out of them like Anne Rice did with her less than stellar books after the main Vampire Chronicles (why, Anne? Why?)
Oh *sighs* let me stop complaining and go do something slightly constructive.
Seventh Sanctum Story Generator
Thank you, Anghard, for reminding me how great Seventh Sanctum is. :D
I just used their story generator and got this little niblet.
This is a story about jealousy and our struggles against ourselves. The story is about a gladiator. It starts in a manufacturing city on an arid planet. The threat of terrorism plays a major part in this story.
I have to do something with that. It's screaming for me to not ignore it.
I just used their story generator and got this little niblet.
This is a story about jealousy and our struggles against ourselves. The story is about a gladiator. It starts in a manufacturing city on an arid planet. The threat of terrorism plays a major part in this story.
I have to do something with that. It's screaming for me to not ignore it.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Weird Magic
I have never been to Los Angeles. I grew up wanting to live in NYC, thinking that I craved the dirty polluted city air and the late night life. I still believe that to some extent. Then I discovered the work of YA author Francesca Lia Block. She's an L.A. writer and the way she writes L.A. makes me believe that that place is infused with weird magic. Like it seeps it. The celebrities are just there. L.A. is really a city for beautiful freaks. That would explain the large population of goths there, plus magicians and freaky artists and writers. Okay, maybe not, but it would probably be close.
This leads me to want to write about L.A. Not "Hollywood" or "Malibu" but L.A. and its supposed weird magic. I may end up making this my Nano story this year. I've been plotting and thinking about that and I've ended up with nothing until just a minute ago. I have something or it could be absolutely nothing. Time will tell.
This leads me to want to write about L.A. Not "Hollywood" or "Malibu" but L.A. and its supposed weird magic. I may end up making this my Nano story this year. I've been plotting and thinking about that and I've ended up with nothing until just a minute ago. I have something or it could be absolutely nothing. Time will tell.
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