2nd Place in April MXC!!!

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I made this blog post shortly before this thread was made, so I'll just edit this. I came second in the April Monthly Writing Competition, with my story, The Timekeeper. My prize is $30 in store credit. I don't have a NG shirt, so that's definitely at the top of my list. I'm thinking either the Angry Faic t-shirt or the classic logo. And then maybe a keychain or two. Actually, now that I think of it, I've got a friend who'd probably like the Dad 'n Me keychain. What about I go with the classic logo t-shirt, the angry faic keychain for myself and the dad n me keychain for a friend. Talking this out helps make the shopping easier. Any other suggestions or recommendations are welcome.

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The song that's stuck in my head right now.

Pull the curtain, by Sum 41. I bought their Underclass Album not too long ago, and this one, to me, really stands out. I used to love the mainstream punk music, I used to adore bands like Blink-182 and Sum 41. Now, I realise their simplicity, however, I feel that this song embodies all that I loved about the genre. It's got a great energy, some awesome bursts of energy from a drastically dramatic nothingness, the melodies are catchy, the vocals are sometimes articulate, and sometimes aggressive. It's stuff like this why I enjoy listening to bands like Rise Against.

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I thought I'd add a screenshot of the progress I've made on my novel so far. 11,000 words. Yup.

2nd Place in April MXC!!!

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Shikamarana 2009-05-16 11:10:07

REVIEWS

WritersBlock 2009-05-16 11:10:07

AUDIOS

jmalouin7 2009-05-17 03:38:17

lalalalalala bamba

WritersBlock 2009-05-17 03:38:17

I used to play la bamba on guitar when I was 13. All the other guitarists would sit in a circle and we would play. Oh the memories.

tigerkitty 2009-05-18 08:12:32

What is your novel about?

WritersBlock 2009-05-18 08:12:32

It starts out following Alexander, a young man, as his city is torn down by an unsuspecting enemy. He is evacuated from the city, war has been declared. He catches wind that his father is ill, and it is suspected that he is dying from a manufactured virus as a part of the enemy's attacks. He flees the country to seek a cure for the virus, but instead is swept up in something much larger than he, or anyone else, for that matter, could ever anticipate. The war changes and evolves, and an underground uprising of the undead and vampires causes him to step forward and attempt to assassinate the ruthless leader provoking it all...

tigerkitty 2009-05-18 09:55:33

I see you already have the dust cover written :P

It sounds like a weird combination of many zombie movies and V for Vendetta. I suppose I'd have to read it to get the real essence of it, but it sounds rather interesting.

Do you have it all planned out in your head, or is the story evolving as you write?

WritersBlock 2009-05-18 09:55:33

I've got a bit of a chapter by chapter breakdown, but that's really loose, so I'm filling it all out, and letting it evolve somewhat as I go, so a bit of both.

It's been a bit of a long journey even just to get part way through chapter 2. I think from the first short story that inspired the idea to now, it's been about a year in planning and actually writing. I'm a fan of the overblown dramatic fantasy of Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, and the gritty horror of H.P Lovecraft, so it's only natural that I include elements of the expected cliches, but I'm also hoping to diminish the cheesiness of the cliches through giving them my own descriptions, and bringing them to life not through cultural expectations, but through my own picking and choosing of words. I guess I think of Twilight and how it attempted to reconstruct the vampire genre, and I'm hoping I can manage to remodel characters on my own terms. In fact, I'm really quite reluctant to use the term "vampire" or "zombie". I think I've decided upon adopting the term "shadow breather" or something like that. Heh.