Acies angeli - the Wolf's battlefield

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Acies angeli est viri cor. The angel's battlefield is the heart of man.

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Thirteen hundred years ago, the Messiah came and gave men wings - the Seraphim, God's chosen people. But there remained the wingless and those whose wings had been taken, the Nephilim. And beneath them all, the Wolves, men so wild they lived among beasts. For centuries, the world has lived in peace, though such a delicate balance this is, even the shortest heartstring can tip the scales into chaos.

- History -

This story is born of two older ideas that I've been fostering for quite some time. The first was for a short story called "Shades of Darkness" about an angel who falls in love with a human and how it affects them both. The second story, from which the novel takes its present title, was another love story about a young couple and their own bout of problems, namely getting pregnant out of wedlock in a very conservative society. Then came one night at a hotel when I was fantasizing about the former when, WHOOM, he spoke and I listened and I realised at last that the protagonist of the second story was actually his cousin. Never saw that coming!

So last year, I vowed to write this story this year, since the characters had really begun to grow on me intimately. However, at the start of last month, I decided upon a different idea after watching a show on the Discovery Channel about future technology, but then after a couple other things came up in life, I knew it was the right time to return at last to these characters who have grown closer to me now than ever any other character before.

- Characters -

The Seraphim are an elite race of humans who have been engineered with wings.
The Cherubim are normal men and women as known today.
The Nephilim are the outcast angels who had their wings removed.
The Wolves are a race considered sub-human and enslaved by the Seraphim.

   The Mattachine family -

*mother* - As-yet-unnamed mother of the Mattachine household
Pryce "Solcis" - the eldest, a big business CEO
Beckinsale "Harlequin" - the middle child, a Seraph whose wings don't work
Sereni "Darkness" - the main protagonist, a Seraph who falls in love with a Wolf

Gustaf - the Mattachine's head servant, of the Cherubim race
Craig - Sereni's first crush, comically referred to as Chet Flash or Mr. Ian Woon
Anomo Wrin - a business partner of Pryce Mattachine
Roman Niwo - the Mattachine family's in-house tailor

(Quoted names: The Seraphim have second names to prevent people from having power over them.)

   The Lucullan family -

Richard - Sereni's estranged uncle whose wings were removed when he was but a boy
Miles - Sereni's supposed cousin, but a few months younger than himself

   The Rown family -

Naomi - Bella's mother
William - Bella's bigoted father
Bella - Miles' partner, he's drawn to her like a soldier to war

   The Carentes family -

Michelle - Lucien's older sister, is slightly insane...slightly, I said
Lucien "Stone" - a Wolf who falls desperately in love with Sereni (three syllables: loo-see-en)
Rider Strong - a suitor to Michelle
Advisor Wattson - a tan-haired advisor to the war committee
Commander Gemma - a black-haired commander with a ponytail
General Tuomas - the head general of the Wolves' army
General Lydia - General Tuomas' military advisor

   Allusions -

"Sereni" is from the Latin "serenus," calm, whereas Sereni is anything but peaceful.
"Miles" means "soldier" and "bella" means "wars."
"Luce carentes" refers to the dead, or unliving; "Lucien" and "luce" share the same Latin root ("lux").
Naomi Rown is an anagram of NaNoWriMo (as are Mr. Ian Woon, Anomo Wrin, and Roman Niwo).
The first lasting gay rights group was the Mattachine Society, named after a masque that always performed in masks.
Lucullan is from Latin Lucullanus for Licinius Lucullus, a Roman general famous for his wealth and the luxury of his banquets (Dictionary.com).
Rider Strong is also the name of the actor who played Shawn in Boy Meets World. That, however, was not why I chose the name.
Tuomas is the name of a member of the group Nightwish, whom I was writing at the time.

- Quotes -

- 11/1 - Then at last, Sereni reached his doorway and after ascending the last of the seven steps, glanced sideways back at where the Wolf had stood. But the man had already gone.
- 11/1 - Yet never in his wildest fantasies had he ever thought the man would've fallen straight into his very own hands.
- 11/2 - Pryce snorted. "He grabbed an apple and left."
- 11/3 - He set me free, telling me to leave, but I knew freedom would still be a far shot away. Flight for the wingless is always harder than it seems.
- 11/3 - Darkness grabbed something and turned, the two forced together, chest to chest, knees to knees. Stone slid his hand around the Seraph, trembling less from cold now than from fear, and folded his face into the Seraph’s shoulder.
- 11/4 - Sereni looked at his hands and tried to steady them, but to no avail. He felt a firm grasp take his arms, and he turned to look into Stone’s eyes as his body finally stilled in his embrace.
- 11/5 - Lucien gripped him tighter, and he stopped trying to muffle his cries.
- 11/6 - Miles turned to face him. "If it takes a man to love a man for that love to be found, then maybe it's time the world opens its eyes to the love that has to hide."
- 11/6 - "What was his name?" // Sereni grinned. "Craig. But he always called himself something else, maybe Chet Flash one week and Mr. Ian Woon the next."
- 11/7 - He stopped speaking, and at length the silence had worn thin and he opened his mouth once more.
- 11/8 - Sereni swallowed and looked back at the flame. The silver was slowly starting to shine as it leached the heat from the flame.
- 11/9 - I looked up at Lucien, knowing his smile was turned to mine even if the shadows crossed his face and kept it from my sight.
- 11/10 - The wind blew once more, ruffling their robes, and they kept walking towards the tall gates.
- 11/11 - Lucien nodded, his body alight with static again, his eyes aburn with new fire, and together they rose, as one body, and walked from the bedroom into the bath.
- 11/12 - Sereni raised his hand and pointed. "Lupus," he said. "The wolf. He's Orion's companion."
- 11/12 - I lost more than just my family that day.
- 11/13 - Lucien turned to him, took his shoulders, spoke eternity into silence, and then left Sereni standing alone as he ran after his sister.
- 11/14 - Then he jumped up from the puddle of blood and was out of sight before Lucien could even blink.
- 11/15 - He saw her face then, plump and pale, eyes flat and heartless. He knew that face.
- 11/16 - Lucien opened the door, Sereni still under his arm, and led them into the crowd, into the mess his sister had left behind for him.
- 11/17 - "To end the war," I said, but just hearing them, I knew how ridiculous they truly sounded.
- 11/18 - "Why's Beckinsale calling?" Sereni asked. // Pryce stared at the phone. "I have no idea, but I am about to find out."
- 11/19 - His heart swam circles around the pool, but he sat as rigid as a statue as she clung to him and held him down.
- 11/20 - Sereni glanced back at his mother, his heart shaking inside him, but with the very next step, he turned away.
- 11/21 - From behind them, Richard looked up and smiled. "Would you care for that tea now?"
- 11/22 - He smiled, turning away and waving for Lucien to follow. "Come now, let's get you dressed. You must be freezing."
- 11/23 - And even as I stood there, the minutes, the hours, the days and years passing me by like wind-blown leaves in the starlit sky, no one came, and I was alone.
- 11/24 - The girl turned to face him. Then she screamed.
- 11/25 - Downstairs, he joined the others in silence. They had nothing left tonight but to wait for morning to come.
- 11/26 - The Seraph just shook his head. "And this, Lucien, is why I love you."
- 11/27 - She reached out, still dreaming, and took his hand. But with another breath, she knew she had barely reached the bed.
- 11/28 - Sereni turned to Lucien, feeling like jelly on a summer's afternoon. "I need a hug," he said, and no sooner than that, the Wolf's arms were around him.
- 11/29 - The hand fell from her back and she blinked, the world still blurry. Maybe if it hadn’t spun so much, its colors wouldn’t’ve blurred. Yeah, that was why. Stupid world, spinning itself to blurriness.
- 11/30 - The towering, ornately-carved doors loomed overhead, and I felt small for the first time in my life. At least, for the first time since I had met Lucien, since I had confessed myself—my love—to him, and, I ask, did not my life begin only the moment I had met him?

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- Soundtrack -

   CDs -

H.I.M. - Dark Light
Flyleaf - Flyleaf
Skillet - Comatose
The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed (The Complete Sessions 1996-1997)
The All-American Rejects - Move Along
Dolores O'Riordan - Are You Listening?
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree (Limited "Black Clouds and Underdogs" Edition)
Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely
Evanescence - Fallen
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Anna Nalick - Wreck of the Day
Jewel - Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Gregory Douglass - various sources online (Amazon, MySpace)
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play and Angels Fall First
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn... and Tidal

   Songs -

Skillet - Comatose
H.I.M. - The Nightside of Eden
The All-American Rejects - Can't Take It
Flyleaf - Sorrow

- Progress -

Daily word goal: 2667

I. 4095 (abate)
II. 2764 (addle)
III. 3211 (aquiline)
IV. 2494 (epicure)
V. 4214 (footless)
VI. 2670 (mot juste)
VII. 3070 (olfactory)
VIII. 2760 (resplendent)
IX. 2736 (horripilation)
X. 2002 (intimation)
XI. 3096 (sidereal)
XII. 2799 (soiree)
XIII. 2704 (obsequies)
XIV. 2679 (ensconced)
XV. 3125 (frowzy)
XVI. 4169 (adduce)
XVII. 2196 (adulterate)
XVIII. 3034 (affectation)
XIX. 1668 (eminence grise)
XX. 2929 (amatory)
XXI. 2866 (Lucullan)
XXII. 3287 (nabob)
XXIII. 2671 (escutcheon)
XXIV. 3865 (guerdon)
XXV. 1932 (reprobate)
XXVI. 2934 (emollient)
XXVII. 1861 (cadence)
XXVIII. 3011 (eminent)
XXIX. 7210 (balustrade)
XXX. 14,204 (incursion)

Wordcount goal: 80,000
Wordcount (Neo): 102,256
Wordcount (NaNo): 102,278
Wordcount (MSWord): 102,780

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In years past, NaNo has always been a glorious time of novelling mayhem. I've always had unwanted visits from my inner editor, but it hasn't been until this year that my inner critic has risen to the forefront.

"His characters are generic and flat," I hear him saying. "They're one-dimensional, all alike, nothing unique. I've seen the same story rehashed a hundred times. And his plot? Generic. Derivative. Completely unoriginal, built upon an imaginary society that parallels our own while at once being built in the future but stuck firmly in the past. Minor elements able to salvage the wreck are brought into the story, but later dropped in favor of exhausting exposition that all reads the same, sounds the same, and for all intents and purposes, is the same. If anyone should ever read this story and find its overdramatic, overacted storyline and its shoddy, stereotypical characters somehow relatable and realistic, they're obviously illiterate."

I wish he'd go away. Luckily, though, if I play my music loudly enough, I can drown out his nagging voice.

[Dice]

My inner critic and your inner critic must be friends They're all saying the same thing. I think your plot is very creative ^^ Just stuff the inner critic in a box. He's not helping anyway xD

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PYRO! *glomps*

Have your inner critic call my inner critic. They can do lunch.

And dinner. And breakfast. And get married and honeymoon till the end of November! ^_^

*ahem*

So. I wanted to write this a few days ago...you know, when WEEK ONE had actually finally ended, so my status at the end of week one actually comes...half a week late. >.>

Be that as it may, I had a great week one. :)

Day one, I was able to go to my very first write-in--EVER! It was wonderful. A small group--only four of us, including me and my sister--but we all wrote a lot. And! I got to use the one line I've been hoarding in my head for YEARS since Sereni first spoke to me--"I was born into a family of racists, homophobes, and thieves"--which is slightly autobiographical and partly anecdotal and was inspired by my grandparents' stealing of hotel bath towels. >.< True story.

By day four, I knew things were going faster than I had planned. Heck, I knew that at day one when Sereni and Lucien first met within the first thousand or so words of the story. In fact, the sub-plots I've planned on having have actually been really sub-sub-plots, appearing once every thousand words or so and switching out as necessary. Case in point: I had figured the religious disagreeance between my focal characters would appear quite early on as their relationship was forged, but it turns out that it wasn't even mentioned until day seven, and since then, it hasn't resurfaced until a rather fitting confrontation on day ten about the Messiah and angels' wings, but maybe I'll get back to this in my wrap-up of week two.

Anyways, what happened day four that told me I was moving too fast? Lucien learned Sereni's real name, and vice versa. I had planned--read, hoped for, since I hadn't actually "planned" anything--that the two would divulge their greatest secrets in an intimate, fire-lit scene, perhaps as they lay next to each other in bed. Ha! For the first three months they knew each other, Lucien had to sleep in the attic! Long story. Anyways, was the scene intimate? romantic? fire-lit? Not in the least. Certainly, it had a brief air of romanticism when Sereni first spoke his name to Lucien--but by that point, Lucien already knew it! Besides, that air quickly got blown away anyways. *sigh* So goes the life of a fully-living character...

Even if, by all definitions, said character is entirely fictional. O o

Day five brought an entirely new set of unforeseen changes. My story exhausted--what with Lucien and Seneri to a point just past the time of interest when two souls fall in love, but not to the point where things become juicy and moist, and Miles drafted (another unexpected happening that I had thought of just moments before November began) and, ergo, out of the picture--I needed a new direction. So *poof* three months had passed.

Then Sereni and Lucien slept together. PROXIMITY, people--nothing inappropriate.

Though on that front, they're being remarkably tame, surprisingly so. Last year's character's encounters with wolves were all rather risque, if I do say so myself. They'll need to be cut for the final draft. No, no, wait. They already were cut.

And the most-romantic, utterly-suspenseful scene when Lucien, pushed to his wit's end, decides to jump from the roof to his death arrived that night. This is the second most vivid scene I've had of these two since their conception. And yet, when it finally came, though it was meant to be the book's climax, it was far from it. Lucien wasn't suicidal (in fact, he's been rather chipper). And the reason why he fell wasn't even anything exciting: the roof was covered in dew, and he slipped. ¬_¬

But! The scene provided a suitable segue into the next chapter of the plot--the reemergence of Miles! Miles has a lot of depth to him, and also an impending son. I had figured that news would be rather fresh at the start of the piece, but nope, not at all. He and Bella...had other things to do just then. However, I was quite pleased with how he--and his father especially--handled the news of Sereni's falling in love with Lucien. I had no idea how they might take the topic, but as usual, the characters handled themselves wonderfully. If live people acted the same way, I'd make movies. Fictional movies, I mean. That is, if live people acted in the role of fictional characters the same way fictional characters act in books....

Nevermind.

Then the last radical change of day six was my object of research on day seven: branding.

Not like Wal*Mart or Coca-Cola branding, but like cattle branding.

On humans.

*shudder*

Research never tasted so good? Bad? Queasy? Yep, that works.

Then day seven ended with the door closed on both of them, fitting, I suppose. The branding went well, but I hope it heals in time for later parts of the story I've conceptualised thus far. I've got my hopes up, but so long as my characters have minds of their own, it's always impossible to say exactly just where we'll end up going.

[Dice]

Seriously, Wolf, your NaNo sounds FANTASTIC I must, must read it when you are finished.

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Wow, Pyro, thank you! I don't think I've ever gotten such a compliment before! ^_^

I don't think I've ever done a trade before, either, but maybe after I do my first round of edits (my goal for this is the end of February, at the latest), I'll swap stories with you if you're still interested. :)

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I'm really sad right now. I've been getting to bed late--late like early-morning late--for a few days now, and so, I slept till two this afternoon. At which point, I had to babysit my niece until ten-forty-five this evening. So then I had only an hour to write my nearly three thousand words for the day--and I kept getting interrupted by my brother, when he's fourteen and should know way better than he acts!

Regardless, I did end up writing three thousand words--it was wonderful, Lucien and Sereni finally came alive after days of droll, much thanks in part to my decision yesterday to speed of the plot till they arrived in Zieretz instead of expanding upon their rather uneventful journey, which in itself turned out really nicely after that shift in narrative styling--but just as I went to update my wordcount, my brother got on the computer--KNOWING I'd need to use it. So I ran back up to my sister's room, to use her computer, but it took FOREVER to load the internet, so by the time I got logged in, the clock struck midnight exactly.

I was so, soo, SOOO crushed. And angry. And just...in a really bad mood.

Worst part is, the scene's terribly rushed, so I'll certainly have to expand upon it later. However, I can visualise exactly how I want it portrayed, so it's just a matter of time now when I'll be able to rewrite it. I'd do so now, but...you know, NaNo stigma and all--NO EDITTING!

So, yesh, that's today in a nutshell. Yum. :)

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I reached 50,000! ^_____^

And yet, it's bittersweet. Today was a horrible day for me, didn't reach my daily goal, and more than that, just didn't have a good day writing. The words weren't flowing. The story just felt a touch dead. I dug myself into a corner by saying the characters are going to end a war that hasn't even begun yet, and I have no idea how they could possibly end it, when an end is far beyond both the sight and the scope of this story.

I'm thinking they'll fail their mission, but then I don't know how to salvage the story and keep them from all dying as soon as the battling starts.

And I hate writing war scenes. I'm not very skilled at them; I tend to get repetitive and dull, dull and repetitive, and it comes out sounding worse than this more often than not.

So! Here's my update for week two!

Well, um, my characters stopped being tame. But I still feel the scene came off tastefully, a large improvement from last year. And the first thing Lucien said afterwards? "I'm hungry."

*faceplant*

So romantic, I know!

After that, the story felt slow, hung up on uneventful, unimportant matters. So I fastforwarded again until they reached Zieretz, the Wolf-lands. I didn't especially like the name at first - it's a blend of the Hebrew "ze'ev," wolf, and "eretz," land - but it has begun to grow on me a bit.

When they reached Zieretz, things began to pick up again. They went to the cemetery, had a pep talk about the approaching war, then there was a family reunion - and someone slit their wrists! ...But it wasn't the person who I'd tagged for that role. To be honest, observing the general lack of rivers in the story and the recent change of directions, I don't think that particular scene will happen anymore.

But most exciting, my character turned into Sarah Palin! It was truly unintentional, but as she was rambling on about the war, making such horrible ideas sound intriguing - making even ME agree with her skewed-style thinking - I could not help but sit up and exclaim, "My character turned into Sarah Palin!" In more recent scenes, though, she's become her own person. I think. Well, we'll see later.

And Beckinsale! She's conniving! And cruel! And turning into one of my favorite characters! She's just...evil, but it's a sympathetic evil, even if at the moment her motives are unclear. And Pryce? So delusional, but on the offhand, a good guy. I think he might actually turn into an ally, but we'll have to wait on that as sides are drawn.

On the other side of Eden, Miles and Bella are developing nicely, I think. And her pregnancy is no secret any longer. I wrote that scene at the write-in on Saturday - I find that with every new write-in, we talk more and more and actually write less and less - and I simply despised writing the small talk! So the news came out before dinner, and her father...like any father would be. We'll see more on that front later.

But, in all, I'm having up days and down days at an uncontrollable rate. I'm not enjoying the pacing of the story, nor the war-oriented direction it's taken on. I'm not sure how to change it, though, so I think it's time to come all out and let my characters run wild for a few days till I can get things back under control.

That, or at the very least, have some idea where they're going next!

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My novel's alive again!

Today when I sat down to write, I took a breath, stopped trying to dictate my characters, and let them loose. Then, upon the realisation that I'm past fifty-percent of my desired goal (and have at least fifty-percent of my story left to tell), I stopped worrying about reaching my wordgoal of 80,000 and decided to just let my story move as swiftly as it wants to.

So in the matter of three thousand words, Sereni took charge, made a small change that'll (hopefully) make a big change and keep the war from starting so soon, then visited Miles with Lucien, and went on his own to the upper city where he met with his brother - who, just as I had expected, has turned into an ally. However, he's a reluctant ally, so I'm sure I'll still have fun with him yet.

And Beckinsale! Boy, I don't even write about her and she dictates my story! I swear, if this story has a single antagonist among the many internal and external factors that could be named, it's her!

Like, just today, I see her in the background, abducting characters and moving the pieces like a giant playing chess with my story - and Sereni and Lucien and even Pryce are all pawns! Seriously, she has such issues with her mother, I wouldn't doubt right now if the entire story were built upon her unseen and seductive motives.

How ironic. The first title I thought of for this was "Shades of Darkness," referring to Sereni's second name, but perhaps a more-suitable title would be "Harlequin's Game."

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Funny thing this year: I've got a larger soundtrack than I've ever had before.

Usually, I stick to only a few CDs. The first year, I listened to the Cranberries, No Doubt, and Enya (even if, among them, there were about ten or so CDs in total >.>), and last year, I had Shawn Colvin, the Goo Goo Dolls, and Matchbox Twenty. But this year, I've got THIRTEEN different artists already!

Granted, there are a select few CDs that have really spoken to me, but that I've simply listened to such a large variety of music really speaks to my growing diversity as a writer, I think. Of course, Fall Out Boy and Hawthorne Heights (the latter especially) didn't speak to me as much as I had thought they would (the single scene that was most painful to write was written to the latter), but I still enjoyed their music while I was writing nonetheless (even if my story, well, didn't >.<).

Anyways, time for update number three!

I've made a few posts this week, though, so it shan't be too long...I think. >.>

...Marriage! My characters finally popped the question! ^_^

Not exactly, but close enough. I'm happy.

And there was a burning bathhouse, an underground tunnel, and a spinning door to a tall and sinister office building! Yeah, now I feel like I'm writing the back cover for a book by Lemony Snicket.

But I love Lemony Snicket, so that's okay, too. ^_^

Overall, I think my story's going really nicely. The plot is hurtling forward at breakneck speed (don't worry - I'm safely buckled in ~_^), and the true character motives are finally coming to light.

It's exciting.

Last night was the fourth local write-in, and it was great, as always. Two new people showed up, so the expanding crowd was very enjoyable, and I just have to say, if you can go to a write-in, do it! I had no idea how much I was missing out till I finally got to go myself (of course, that only happened because I was able to go with my sister, which allowed me to have transportation and not be alone my first time). Every time I go, the collective inspiration is simply awesome, and even if we spend more than half the time talking, I always get at least two-thousand words down, and they're always among the best scene I have, I feel.

Funny thing number two: My main character is Sereni, but every write-in I go to, I end up writing about Miles instead. The first write-in, the very second scene was with Sereni and Miles in it, even if after that, Sereni was on his own for most of the day. The second one, I wrote another scene featuring both Sereni and Miles. Then, last Saturday, I wrote a scene about Miles and Bella (his girlfriend), and Sereni wasn't even present! Last night I also wrote about these two (Bella even had her own scene - the first in the book!), although Sereni's name was dropped quite a few times and he ended up being a large part of their conversation. I actually foresee the two of them becoming very influential in the coming chapters....

That's also something I'm grateful for: The more I write, the more I find that the small, seeming insignificant and/or forgotten sub-plots I put in the story are finally bubbling up to the surface, and they're coming together in ways I never couldn't imagined before! It's great!.

Also great is this: I posted my full excerpt! I finally got around to tidying up a few passages to post them on the NaNo site, and I've even added a better byline...um, erm, blurb, I mean. I'll probably post the latter here (it especially helped me conceptualise just how fantasy this entire story really is, even if it's not as "fantasy" as I've written before), but the rest will have to be read on NaNo since the "excerpt" I've got here is in the form of the daily quotes I'm posting.

And...that's all for now. ^_^ Happy writing, everyone!

[Shadaras]

Your story sounds so awesome, Wolf. Especially after reading the excerpts you posted. I want to read more of it.

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Nov 23, 2008 11:25:25 GMT -5 Shadaras said:

Your story sounds so awesome, Wolf. Especially after reading the excerpts you posted. I want to read more of it.

Thank you, Shade! It means a lot to hear you say that. :)

May I ask, though, did you read the excerpts here or on NaNo, or both? I'm just curious.

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And, OMGURG!

I have fallen in love with Gregory Douglass - but I can't possibly get any of his CDs in physical form before the end of November, and downloading is out of the question considering the capacity on my PC for new files, but his music is so wonderful, and I just love it!

*sigh*

So I can only listen to the eighty-or-so ten-second clips on Amazon and the five full-length pieces on his MySpace page, and only when I'm at a computer, so I doubt I'll be able to write to him much more this month. Shame, too. I could really foresee him becoming a staple of the story's soundtrack.

[Shadaras]

Nov 23, 2008 22:16:15 GMT -5 @micrody said:

Nov 23, 2008 11:25:25 GMT -5 Shadaras said:

Your story sounds so awesome, Wolf. Especially after reading the excerpts you posted. I want to read more of it.

Thank you, Shade! It means a lot to hear you say that. :)

May I ask, though, did you read the excerpts here or on NaNo, or both? I'm just curious.

*blushes* ..thanks for saying that/you're welcome.

Both. ^_^ ..your story sounded really interesting anyway, but what you posted on the NaNo site made it even more awesome.

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Nov 23, 2008 23:56:47 GMT -5 Shadaras said:

Nov 23, 2008 22:16:15 GMT -5 @micrody said:

Thank you, Shade! It means a lot to hear you say that. :)

May I ask, though, did you read the excerpts here or on NaNo, or both? I'm just curious.

*blushes* ..thanks for saying that/you're welcome.

Both. ^_^ ..your story sounded really interesting anyway, but what you posted on the NaNo site made it even more awesome.

^___^ I don't know what else to say. Thank you. ^_^