AlexanderGraves

Kamelot - Liar Liar (Wasteland Monarchy) Part of my playlist for writing, or DnD, whichever I am doing at the time.

Sorry if I am not allow to double post here, but no one has replied, so I just wanted to add a section for my updates. So far I have 170 pages down, and I have been working for about 48 hours total. I've stopped writing daily for my sanity, but I will probably get back to that routine next week. I really would like some feedback on some parts of my book, so if anyone is interested, please PM me. I don't want to publish what I have here, simply because a lot of editors and publishers frown on that kind of thing. There is one part that has been giving me some trouble lately. I am at the point in the story where the two main characters are traveling to the capital city, and it is supposed to take about two weeks. However, I don't like the idea of just skipping ahead shortly after something major happens, so I have added an event in a forest that the road cuts through. I am unsure on how to proceed, however, because the forest is haunted and there are elves that live in it. I know I want the Mage to tell ghost stories about the forest and why it's haunted, but I also want to try to introduce the elves as a way of explaining the ward's ability to call animals to him. The problem is that if I just have the Mage casually explain about how elves survived the genocidal war, and then they run into a tribe of them, it kinda seems forced, compared to the main characters are fighting off spirits and are rescued by the elves. But even that scenario sounds a bit off. I'm not hurting for any kind of word count or content, I just wanted to add some of the Elven Lore into the story, but now I am unsure if I should put it in this book, or book two instead. Any suggestions?

Welcome to Reborn. I joined recently myself, and from what I can tell, the people here aren't that bad.

Funny picture, but it's wrong.

The hardest thing isn't dying for your cause. It might scare you, you might even try to fight it, but in the end, you'd still die for it. That's the easiest thing in the world. The hardest thing is living after your cause has succeeded, and trying to find your place in the new order.

Without too many details, I have been interested in men my entire life, but hid it because of my dad. I had a lot of girlfriends, but was a virgin until I was 17 because none of them interested me. I settled down when I was 21, separated and moved out of state when I was 23, and got divorced when I was 24. I decided enough had been enough, and began to date someone I was actually interested in. I will not deny that I cheated on my ex, but she had cheated far more times in the course of 6 years than I ever imagined, so I'd like to think I was the better person since she was sleeping around and I left to be happy. And I haven't regretted my decision once. Sure, my boyfriend can be a little high strung at times, but as long as he doesn't get any coffee I can handle it. Besides, all couples have disagreements and I am no angel myself. We don't have to make things work between us, because they just do. As for the why I am interested in my own gender, well, it's just kinda how I am wired. It's difficult to explain, really, except to say that there are certain things men can do that women can't, and I don't mean that in a sexist way, either. I mean, I like the feel on my boyfriend's body hair when he holds me while I try to calm down. I love his scent, and I couldn't imagine a life without feeling his arms around me. I've had one other boyfriend in my life, and things were like they are now, except that with my old boyfriend, I didn't feel the same love as I do towards my current boyfriend.

"You've got the making of greatness in you, but you've got to take the helm and chart your course." - John Silver

That depends on if she interrupts me while I am writing or not. I've taken a short hiatus from my book because I haven't been feeling well, but I am getting back to work today after I find something for Cara to use as a computer.

Today I learned that I require more than two 32 oz cups of coffee to stay awake for more than 12 hours at a time.

Death is not something to be feared. It is something to be celebrated, for with the pain of loss comes the acknowledgement that the one who has left you existed. - Unknown

We do live together. And the desktop I was letting her use died, so now we are down to just my laptop. Bad thing is that now when I am working on my book, she can't do anything unless I hook my laptop to the TV and put on Netflix or Hulu.

No, we share a laptop and I didn't bother checking to see if she had logged me out or not. She hijacked my computer, as I said earlier.

I growl as I lumber towards my coffee pot, sending my cats running in terror. I have earned my nickname Bear, that is for sure.

Okay, much rather than type out/paste my entire novel here, I just wanted to see what a more generalized opinion would be on my book. My book is about an inn keeper's ward and a Mage who investigate seemingly random murders. That is the 15-second selling pitch I plan to use, at least. It used to be more detailed, but I realized that part of it gave away the plot too quickly. Setting: The setting is in the Kingdom of Gor'Athis, 500 years after humans launched a genocidal war against their elven neighbors that left the elves broken and on the brink of extinction. Humans born from unions between the two races were sometimes gifted with the ability to wield magic. The king of that time, fearing an uprising from the Mages, forced them into servitude where they were broken in spirit and unwilling to disobey. In present day, things have improved greatly towards Mages, and there is even a softening to the edge against Elves, although tensions still remain high as many humans don't want to give up the old ways. Seven years after a neighboring country invaded the Kingdom, distrust towards outsiders looms again, making diplomatic relations tenuous at best. To help alleviate the fears of being unprotected, high ranking Mages called Master Mages choose different cities in the Kingdom to protect. A ward who lost his mother at birth and his father in the war is accused of murdering a high priest he was seen arguing with earlier one day. The King sends a newly appointed Master Mage to investigate the murder. As the Mage investigates, he decides that the ward is not guilty, but takes him back to the capital so that other Master Mages can confirm his suspicions. While they are there, the King receives word of random murders throughout the Kingdom, and asks the Mage to investigate, abdicating his town. The ward is sent with him as a test to clear his name and to help the Mage. That is all I can tell you all for now, aside from the fact that the book is going to be part of a series, and the second book is more about the war than the present situations. If anyone has read any of Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner Series, or Mercedes Lackey's Last Herald-Mage series, then quite a few things will be noticeable, because those two inspired me to write my novel. Some other themes arise, and I will also acknowledge Gin Hale's Lord of the White Hell for providing a base for some of the more...intimate scenes as far as how to write them. My book is an LGBTQ book, but I do not plan on losing all sense of plot to focus on the budding relationships in the story line. Those are more plot devices that might get their own tales later on. So, any comments at this time? I already have 115 pages typed and revised, but I am not going to release my work until I am done. This is simply to protect my copyrights on my book, as well as having the freedom to go back and revise anything needed later on.

Sorry about that, Cara seems to have hijacked my laptop, again. She had her own until recently, but now we share mine for the time being, since she hates using my desktop. She complains that she can't lay down in bed with it, so she doesn't want it.

I do intend to play Reborn, I merely forgot to say so. Forgive me for that. My main passion in life is my writing, even if I'm not the greatest at it. I enjoy creating worlds and unfolding epic events for others to read. I am very self conscious about my work, which is why I have never gotten published before, but I am planning on changing that. You see, there are so few LGBT Fantasy/Mystery novels that focus more on the story than the main character getting it on. It's truly a shame for me to even think of the times when I would start to read a book, only to find that the plot takes a back burner halfway through so that the main characters can hook up and have a cozy little life where problems are manufactured just to push things along. Sorry, I tend to be a bit ... obsessive over my work. I've driven poor Cara nuts over the past three weeks since I have undertaken my dream. In fact, she will probably say just how much of a rambling, long winded bush beater I am. Bush beater in the literary sense, not the innuendo sense. Hopefully I can make some friends who can give me some pointers from time to time. And if you want to read my work, star-kin, then you have but to ask. I am still in the creation/revision phase, so I haven't even gotten an editor yet, but that will change once I finish the first/second draft. I tend to do my revisions the day after I have written a part. It costs me several pages of work, but I like the over all flow better once I finish. And for the record, I generally type/talk like this.

Allow me to introduce myself. I don't believe in giving out my given name to anyone I have never met in real life, so instead you all may call me by my pen name, Alexander Graves. I haven't been published yet, but I have been working ceaselessly to finish my first manuscript, and have well over 100 pages written within just 24 hours worth of work. I recently joined Reborn because a close friend of mine in real life became addicted to the game, and I figured it would give us something to talk about, at the very least. I am, of course, talking about Cara_Moon, who prefers fairy-types. I knew Cara in real life, and all I will say is that there have been numerous times when Cara has helped me through something difficult. Now then, I prefer a well rounded team over any single type, although I will admit to using Poison, Steel, and Dark types more often than any other. I will try to be on here when I am not writing and my night job hasn't left me devoid of coherent thoughts.