Men and Blondes

What is it about blondes guys like? Oh I'm no different I like blondes too. I remember gushing over Jakes wonderful blonde hair and blue eyes. Of course, I got Craig Garasich, Faith's father. For a man, he had the thickest, brightest blonde hair I've ever seen. My daughter didn't get the thick hair, but her hair is just like her daddy's. But I also Like blue black. My granddad had blue black.

Heard from Raymond Buckland

I heard from Raymond Buckland today and although he could not help with my paper, he did reply and I appreciate that. Dr. Buckland brought Seax-Wicca to America and he is very influential...

ATAXIAN CHRONICLES: Selena's Despair

ATAXIAN CHRONICLES: Selena's Despair

Selena's Despair

Selena, my heroine, is a cynical but courageous character who was brought about by some interesting things in my life. One I didn't want the typical fantasy hero with the father with the heart of gold. No, I wanted to give my heroine a real bastard of a father who many would want to smack as much as her cousin, Goliath, wants too. Selena is Twenty years old and described as beautiful with thick auburn hair and grass green eyes. Because of her father, Selena's spirit is bent but not broken. I wanted a woman who could prove resilient and able to say, "This is my life, no one else's." Her despair comes with a series of deaths of friends. She realizes that she is the only one who can save her kingdom or is she a red herring and the real hero has yet to reveal him or her self? Let me keep my readers guessing.

Restructuring and Catholicism

I'm going to end up pissing some people off. I'm going to go on the historical and cultural attack of Catholicism in my paper by using Malinowski's Funcitionalism has a way of explaining why Catholicism is misogynistic and why the dogmatics of the church need to change. For 2000 years, the Church have made women feel like 2nd class citizens. When in fact one its holiest figures, The Virgin Mary, is all but a goddess. I contend that it's time the Church progressed and started allowing women to become priests--but that would break the all-male clubhouse rules of allowing women in the "sacred fraternity." This is why I'm Wiccan and won't join the Church again. Its laws and reasonings don't appeal to me. It is much too misogynistic for my taste.

Ataxian Chronicles: Rise of the Lich--Chapter 12

The story's pace is picking up and the next 20 or so chapters will be about Selena's quest and building tension to Sildur's Rise. I'm building my story arc around nine main POV characters. Right now these nine have disparate subplots but will begin to interweave themselves into the main plot--Destroy the Liches, Save the World. Cliche I know, but Hey I'm having fun. I hope people can understand my thematic elements when they read it.

Research is Fun :)

Today I'm researching different types of clocks so I can accurately describe how my people in Ataxia tell time. I am researching water clocks and ancient calendar systems. I intend to full flesh out my world and it's history. I was once asked if it's going to be like Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings. This may seem arrogant. But damn it yes, I want to be known as the Queen of Fantasy. I want to be able to write young adult fantasy, epic fantasy, High Fantasy, and urban fantasy as well as Dark Fantasy. Which means if I can help it, I will every peace of fantasy I can get my hands on. Unlike Tolkien, my love of literature extends to Mesopotamian and Eygptian mythology. I am fascinated by it. I have been in love with these two civilizations since I was 10. I grew up with them and intend to base my gods off them if I can. Gods, may get changed around in this story during the edit. I haven't decided. But I will also be research these civilizations legends of dark sorcerers and phoenix legends as well. I want an agent to be able to pick this up and say "Wow! This is new and different. I want this as my gem in my crown." But I have got to continue outlining for that to happen. So Onward I go.

OUTLINING 2/17/09

Having Fun Outlining. Plan on Having Chapters 10-14 written by tonight at Midnight. That's four chapters or about 80 pages. I'm equal to it. My chapters are two from Selena and Carina's povs and Byleth and Asmodeus' P.O.V. These should be fun chapters to write especially Chapters 13-14. I love a good villian. :)

Sunday, February 15,2009

Well this promises to be a busy week for me. If what I want goes right, I'll be at a job fair in Camp Hill this weekend with a numerous set of employers. Working for Enterprise might be interesting. I'm not a bad sales person, god knows I use to schlep all over town for school. I want to get on Chapter 15 by the end of the week. I'm rewriting Chapter 10. That means to make that goal, I'll have to sit up late tonight outlining my books next five chapters to a fare-thee-well. I also want to type the complete bibliography for my paper by weeks end. *sighs* Looks like coffee and exercise are going to keep me awake this week. Wednesday I have to go to Sunbury, there's an hour out of my life and maybe three that I would want back. On the plus side, if I do manage to get this book published, I can pay back my debts and thumb my nose at California. haha

Painting

I love this image and may use it in my book. It is perfect and reminds me of Goliath and Aine-as far as their descriptions go. Someday I'll have a few paintings in my possession. I must have a print of this. :D

Re-write

Freewriting is hard. No doubt about it, and I prefer to get the rest organized to save valuable time. I think I got it organized to the point where I'm happy. Once again I scrapped two chapters, thinking it dreck and I want it tighter. I hope to have the chapter tied up to were the two surviving children reach Airedale by the end of chapter eleven. I want Selena in the field with Lady Carina and Cyrila by chapter 12. i decided I'm also going to have at least five chapters interspersed from the villains point of view. I'm hoping to make this a trilogy. I like the name Diabolist because, well, :D that's my secret. Keep reading and find out.

my villians

I am working on the biographies for Byleth and Asmodeus Kren, Sildur Diabolist and Sheol the Cruel. I want to make Sildur so evil that it will make Findo Gask look saintly. I intend to use a combination of Charles Manson, Hitler, Vlad Tepes and Ivan the Terrible and the Leviathan. I want my own worst mortal villain in my book to cower before him. I hope I'm capable of such in-depth writing. I would love to have someone to rival some of the worst villains in fiction.

DJ answered me

DJ Conway answered my questions and I am thrilled. These are her answers:

1)How do you think the internet has helped Wicca fight the belief that we are a bunch of "devil worshippers" when in fact there is no devil in the Craft?

It will only help those with an open mind. People who are determined that Wicca worships the 'devil' won't change their minds, however many references you quote or articles they read. 2)Where do you think Wicca is going as a religion?

Unfortunately, I see too many Wiccan groups headed into the inflexible attitudes of orthodox religions. They learn a little about the religion and think there is no more to learn. Or, worse, they take one leader's thoughts as the only right ones. 3)Do you think the Big Three Mainstream religions have become more tolerant of Wiccans?

No. If it weren't for the laws, they would still be torturing, killing, and burning everyone who doesn't believe as they do. 4)When you hear of religious persecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Africa, do you think the Burning Times are continuing?

Yes, the Burning Times continue. If people anywhere would think of spiritual paths instead of religions (which are two different things), there would be far fewer, if any, persecutions. 5)Can Wiccans of any Path use the Internet to help fight for people in Africa who are being persecuted and murdered for being suspected witches?

No. Whatever leader currently holds power in each African country controls whether or not people are persecuted and killed for spiritual beliefs. They are still killing each other over cultural differences. 6)What do you think of Hollywood's portrayal of Witches and how does it affect the view of people towards Wiccans?

Hollywood has always portrayed Witches in the most sensational ways for money-making movies. They add to the misconceptions. 7) Have you heard of Margaret Alice Murray or read her book God of the Witches?

Yes, I read Ms Murray's books years ago. Blessed Be and Thank you very much. As I said I do appreciate this greatly.

Possible Abstract?

This is the possible Abstract for my Anthropology Paper. I'll need to get it approved, but I think it establishes all the points I wish to cover. ____________________________________________________________________ The internet is a powerful medium in today’s world. It has helped the world with commerce, connecting to people we were unlikely to meet twenty years ago, as well as a whole of host of other issues. This paper focuses on how the internet has helped shape the religion known as Wicca into an international religious and cultural community. Members of all walks of life and practicing various paths from Gardnerian Wicca to Eclectic Wicca have used the internet to keep in contact with others and help others within the Craft of the Wise. It has helped those who seek the Goddess and God and allows for fair and sometimes unfair communication between members. But how does Anthropology play a part in the internet age? How can anthropologists use the internet to understand various walks of life? The internet is solidifying the world into a global community. I have several specific points to make in this paper, including how anthropologists can help fight religious intolerance in Africa and other parts of the world where intolerance for witches continue to this day. I will attempt to show how anthropology is still needed in this day and age. I hope to bring an understanding to people concerning the religion known as Wicca and how it differs from witchcraft as presented in Evans-Pritchard’s Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande. During the course of this paper I will compare and contrast Wicca in the western world with witchcraft in Africa.

how do i follow other's blogs

If anyone views this blog, please tell me how to follow other blogs. Thanks

Internet Interview with DJ Conway

While it is technically an email interview, it is over the internet, so I'll count it as such. I am just thrilled that she replied to my email. It is so awesome. DJ Conway is one of my favorite Wiccan authors. I have three of her books and have written and highlighted the heck out of the Complete Wicca. I hope one other author gets back to me--Raymond Buckland.

fighting with google

Finally after 24 hours I managed to get on my website. I'm currently working on my book. I'm on Chapter 11 and will have a list of word counts for my chapters up in a few days. I'm also working on a paper for anthropology entitled The Internet's Influence on Wicca's Growth as a Religious and Cultural Community: How Anthropology's theories of Functionalism and Structuralism apply to Wicca.

Rise of the Lich

I am currently in Chapter Eleven of my book called Rise of the Lich. It's about a young woman who comes from a very dysfunctional family life. She learns that she is the prophesied savior of her country but has to fight against the yoke of such responsibility. She meets a man who she believes her enemy, but in the end turns out to be her savior so she can complete her quest and destroy the Necrotic Potentate.