Day 11 -- Nonviolence and First Publish

Got a new idea for a story. It's called "A Small Touch." I realized looking back on all my finished works that they are 80% violence, with the exception of "The Gray Eye." So I decided to write a story that isn't violent. The story is about a young teenager who runs from home after his dad abuses him... in his mind, for the last time. The only problem is that it's winter, and he has no where else to go. After stumbling around in freezing temps, he hallucinates that he sees a small orange flash. He follows it into a sheltered alcove, and it turns out the flash was a fairy! Though they can't speak the same language, they can still mime their conversation. The fairy ends up keeping the kid warm due to that strange fairy magic, and he sleeps soundly...

I thought it was a good idea. What do you all think?

As for my first publish... it wasn't exactly a major moment, but I did put The Bloodlord in the school newsletter this month, and scored a whopping 10 extra credit points for it! Yesss, as Napoleon Dynamite would say. I realized that there was an edit problem, and now I have a solid line where there definitely wasn't supposed to be one. But I can deal with that. No money for it, duh, but my writing has now been distributed to the main school population. So far, I've been asked twice if I was a serial killer. That's because the story is in first person, and everyone assumes I did these things.

Kind of hard, wouldn't you think? I can't exactly channel Oath and send hellfire into people's bodies, let alone fight perfectly with a dirk and dagger. I found it humorous.

And as of 8:30 this morning, I've had 31 hits that weren't by me.

Day 9 -- Mind of Me

So I realize that I can't get the real font that I want. This Safari won't allow me to get it. Kind of frustrated by that, but I think if I'm really careful I'll get over it.

I started drawing a comic about a year ago. It's supposed to be about my sarcastic musings, whatever they are about. It's pretty interesting to me. One of the comics I wrote had to be about one day when my mom asked me to help talk to her about whether or not she looked good in Victoria's Secret lingerie. Didn't happen, thank goodness, but it was the idea that she had talked to my sister about trying on bathing suits. Odd, in my opinion. So I posted one here, down near the middle of the blog. It's just my latest. In art class, I plan to color it on Photoshop, and I'll post the finished product when I'm... finished. Enjoy! I'll post more later.

I finished LOBT (Living On Borrowed Time) yesterday, which pretty much made my day. Now I have 5 finished works. I'm going to type up The Gray Eye (my necromantic story), and post it on WF soon. Then I'll see if I get some decent crits. That place is dying. I may have to abandon ship and find a new forum.

I got a profile pic on Facebook! For all millions of fans, look me up there sometime. Name=Joshua Wilson. It's the odd picture of half a kid's face. That'd be moi.

I got about what, 20 hits that aren't by me now? Not bad. Keep the traffic up. If there's something you want to say, and the whole "comment" deal doesn't work, just e-mail me sometime at chronofraz@yahoo.com. I'll be sure to hit you back!

Day 4 -- Blank Mind

I actually have a blank mind when it comes to what I would title this blog. I mean, I can think of a bunch of things, but none of them are witty and/or amusing. So here's Blank Mind.

We get a 3 day weekend this week. Yay. It means I have to go home and deal with my father for an extra day. He'll probably be working, and if I'm lucky I'll play some Chrono Trigger on my DS. If not... I'll be pounding out an outline for the upcoming AP Calculus exam and writing LOBT as well as a new non-violent idea I have. It's about this guy that is newly homeless during the winter. A fire-fairy helps him survive. It's supposed to be touching. We'll see if I'm capable of writing something like that.

Only 19 hits so far. And I think that only 5 or so are other people. Most of them are me logging in to write more, check my hits, and get on my music website. Lovely. Thanks to Mr. Stewart and Mr. Paulsen, I now have a couple followers. Thanks, guys. Hopefully you find this at least slightly amusing.

Wrote a little bit to a friend on Facebook. He's changed quite a bit since I was friends with him in 8th grade, and now he tells me that he was faking that the entire time. Just like I was faking my attitude to get popularity back then. Surreal. Got DetentionVeteran on WF talking to me daily. Keeps me interested.

Nothing else to say, except I'm currently typing my first finished satirical story, The Duel. I'll post bits of that soon.

Found this on another deviantArt (http://almowali-al7ur.deviantart.com/art/Blank-111102673)

Day 3 -- The Bloodlord

A while ago, around March 10, actually, I started writing a short story called The Bloodlord. I got the idea while thinking about the Twilight series. About vampires. I mean, in my opinion, those books were kind of geared toward pubescent girls to have a fantasy. I like the idea of vampires, so I switched it to be darker and relate to magic. I ended up with assassins that drink blood to get magic, called Oath. I have the full story here at Writingforums.com: The Bloodlord (3,317 Words)

My favorite part is the beginning: Killing is an art. Blood is its paint. And I am its artist.

Awesome, right?

I made one of my favorite action scenes as well, and here it is:

"I had my first throwing dagger out of its sheath and into one of the nearest guard’s chest before the rest of them had a chance to fully react, causing him to fall back from his chair. Then one of the guards was smart enough to upturn the table, sending the playing board, tiles, coins, and beer in my direction. There was no way the rubbish could have reached me, but it was a reasonable attempt to distract me long enough to bring their weapons to bear and not be so flat-footed. It didn’t work, but my second lightning-fast throw still sunk into the mahogany wood of the table.

It was crucial that I did not let them ready their blades, so I burned more Oath into summoning a ball of hellfire which I summarily threw at their makeshift cover. The fireball blew apart the table with explosive force. Then I threw another dagger through the hole for good measure, whipped my fighting dagger out instantly after that, and leaped forward.

I easily ducked under a wild slash and responded with a double thrust. I spun the blades around and opened up a deep stomach cut with my dirk and deflected another stab with the dagger. Then I swept up and gutted the only standing fighter from crotch to throat. My dagger stabbed out and drove through the forehead of the guard clutching at his stomach."

I had a lot of fun with that one. It reminded me a lot of the Drizzt novels that I try to pull my writing style from.

So anyway, there's my latest work. I'm still working on Living on Borrowed Time... I hope to get that one up and ready soon. But then again, I am a slow typist. :D

EDIT: Took the above picture off of this guy's deviantArt (http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/037/e/3/_assassinscreed__by_Kermodog.gif)

Day 1 -- First Post

Hey. Nice to meet you, reader. *Handshake*

I've been trying to find an outlet to publish my writing. I am currently a user on Writingforums.com, but I don't seem to get enough feedback there for my liking. I also tried posting it on deviantArt.com, but that was horrible. Not a single comment. I'm looking for a crit, here. I mean, read my shit all you want. But at least leave me a comment or something. Good or bad.

I write fantasy fiction. You know, the good stuff with wizards, elves, dragons, swordplay, and plenty of magic. So if you're interested in that kind of stuff, you have found the perfect place for it. I hope you enjoy reading my shit as much as I enjoy writing it.

Also added another blog that I'll put flash games and other random crap that doesn't belong on such a sophisticated page as this.