#noel anaher

[t-lane-writes]

WIP Snippet Game

I was tagged by @echo-bleu a while ago... and today I finally wrote something I'm pleased with. ;)

The Specters, fragment of Scene #16

“Which yearbooks do you want to see?” she asked in a tone that suggested the less the better.  “Oh, I don’t know.” Emma tried to act nonchalant, but she was terrible at this. “How about from the year five-hundred-thirty-five until five-hundred-forty? Forty-one maybe?”  Head Librarian Jalmari gave her a long look. “Six or, maybe, seven years?” she spelled it out in a way that could be interpreted as disbelieving, or mocking. Either way worked. “Wouldn’t two be enough? Thirty-seven and thirty-eight? Also known as the Apocalypse years?”  Emma gaped at the woman unsure how to respond. She scratched behind her ear and looked for help with Anaher, like she suddenly wasn’t sure.  She didn’t want to find Neve’s mother. In this moment it became painfully clear that Emma Lee used Neve as an excuse to get to those yearbooks, without revealing exactly what she wanted to look at. The years of the Apocalypse, of course. Or the Undine Crisis, as it was called outside of Undine.  “Actually.” Neve spoke, against her better judgment trying to salvage Emma’s ruse. “Thirty-six, seven and eight might be enough. Now that you mentioned it, that would explain a lot. My mother must have died during the Apocalypse, that makes so much sense. And my records--” she spread her hands, “this is why they were lost. But yes, I was born either during the Apocalypse or shortly before it, so, if we could look at thirty-six too, that would be wonderful. Do you think you can help me?”  Madam Jalmari stared at Neve like she got struck by a lightning for a few seconds of awkward silence. Neve could swear she saw in the woman’s eyes fear and disgust. The unpleasant sensation rose in her insides like a bile and with it the desire to run. She was this close to backing away and bolting out of this room, if the librarian kept staring like this, but Madam Jalmari shook herself out of her daze.  “I will be right back,” she announced and left.  The others didn’t seem to notice Jalmari’s look. Anaher moved his hands, but Neve only understood one word, “want”. Emma replied in sign as well, “tell, see”. Neve pushed her discomfort out of her thoughts and elbowed Nersan. She was trying to learn the hand speak, but it was slow-going. When Anaher signed to her, he would slow down, made his gestures easier to distinguish from one-another. With Emma or Nersan it was a flow. A dance almost. She needed Nersan to interpret for her.  “Noel asked what Emma is hoping to find, and she said she’d tell him when she finds it,” he explained in a low voice. “They’re bickering, you know.” Both Anaher and Emma gave Nersan disapproving stares, exactly the same, like they had one mind.

Thank you for reading. :)

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[ravenadottir]

naming characters from s5

now listen, i never played the season and don't know their names, so i thought it would be fun if my partner saved the pictures and i would name them in the dark! feel free to add because honestly there's definitely culture shock when it comes to names since i'm not american or european, so a name that sounds good to me might not sound good for y'all lol

like gary, i didn't think it was a bad name and then found out people think it's an old guy name ??? anyway, here are my guesses/names for season 5 characters:

so bland looking, jesus christ! why is he sleepy here? is this his standard self? anyway! he looks like a jordan to me, because honestly jordan is a bland ass name and it fits right in!

she's anaís (anah-ees), look at those eyes! magical! she's gorgeous and deserves a name on the same level. also, is she an li? 'cause i would be so down for her!

she's giving "i'm pretty and i know it, i'm also composed and my name starts with a D", so i'm naming her deena. she's really hot, love the blonde hair for her!

oh... can we talk to the designers and ask what the thought process was with this one? why does he look like a dad in gossip girl?? anyway, generic guy asks for generic name, and i thought of eddie or tommy, but i know there's a tom in s4 (?) so... eddie is a good one. although, his face alone is giving nordic, so i'm naming him viggo.

alright, much better, this is definitely more my style! i would name him flynn, because one, white, two, red hair, and three, flynn rider, and he also looks like a smug little shit (affectionate).

the personification of my dream girl... but not quite because she's pixels, but still! oh my god, if she's not an li you should ask for a refund! i feel like she fits with a small but impactful name, like quinn, so that's what i would name her.

wait, so minors can apply for the show now? it's giving kindergarten, i'm sorry! cody and noel made so much fun of bobby but look at this small little child! he's definitely an evan, because he looks 14 and the adolescent vibes are there.

HAVE YOU SEEN A KATRINA MORE KATRINA THAN THIS KATRINA???? THIS - IS - A - KATRINA!

retro hair, probably vintage clothes, a bland of crochet and hemp... i actually have two names for her, because it's either mona or a name with a repeated syllable, like lala. the quirky vintage crochet girls are always a lala, or lulu, so i'm naming her lala.

this girl is giving isabella, or isadora, something that starts with -isa, but i believe isabella would fit in with her face. she's absolutely stunning, holy shit!

the designers did the boys dirty this season huh. i feel absolutely nothing for him, and it's kind of hard to find a name for someone that i feel so indifferent about, so like... gabriel, 'cause i feel nothing about the name either!

THIS CANNOT BE A REAL CHARACTER ON A REAL SEASON, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS ONE! they took the time and money to draw this??? he's the human version of a ransom note written with magazine cutouts! like, every part of his face belongs to a different design, i can't!! i'm naming him hugo because who the fuck is named hugo? the human ransom note!

i know this one! his name is suresh, i've seen him on my dash a few times last year, and he was very popular (?), so... i actually like this name for him, but i think i have one that suits him better: devaj (born from the gods);

((now the reason why i have some favorite names from different ethnicites and cultures is because i did a lot of research for an upcoming project, so there's indian, korean, chinese, japonese, spanish, among others. so when you see my favorites in the other posts, that's why))

#litg #litg s5 #i can only tag suresh lol #litg suresh #love island the game #queue

[eveningspirit]

For WIP Progress Sunday: Is your story going where you expected it to, or is it taking you somewhere entirely different? If it's taking on a mind of its own, are you happy to let it take off and see where it goes, or are you trying to steer it back on course?

I somehow missed this one yesterday, sorry! :)

Or, perhaps I read it and thought I don’t have a lot to say to that question, because my story is just starting to develop, so it is surprising me at every turn and I am happy to let it do that, because at the moment I don’t have any set course for it.

I was happy to discover some interesting things about my main character this week and how well they fit with some of my earlier assumptions, so. It’s all good. 

Thank you for the ask. :)

#writeblr #cogesque #writeblr accountability team #wip progress sunday #noel anaher #the specters

[t-lane-writes]

IDEK what this is? Six Sentence Saturday or something?

I just want to post something that didn't come out half-bad (it's a romantic scene -- an almost kiss -- and those are... difficult, lol)

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Neve touched his arm. “What are you thinking?” she asked. 

Anaher took a moment before he answered. “It may be like you say.” He nodded. “Danel says Jan-Rei is a-- is a believer.” He needed to take a breath in the middle of the sentence. “Stronger than her. He would never-- do anything to endanger the-- the Specters. Extremists want to eliminate them. Kill them. She couldn’t understand why he would-- why-- why he would side with them. But if they-- That makes sense.” Talking like this was hard. He had so much more to say, but speaking and breathing at the same time, was too slow. Too exhausting. 

Even Neve wanted him to stop. “I know,” she interrupted him once, then one more time. “I know what Danel is thinking. Yes. That makes a lot more sense, for both of them, Troy and Jan-Rei.” She held both his hands now and begged him – without words – not to speak again. 

“I’m alright, Neve,” he told her and took her palms in his, squeezed them reassuringly. “Talking doesn’t make things worse. It’s just annoying. And requires patience. From others.” 

“Like me.” Her eyes shifted away from him, and she bit the inside of her cheek. “I'm not very patient, sorry.” 

He reached to touch her chin and pull her face upward. 

“I’m not upset,” he signed, smiling at her at the same time, making sure she read his expression along with the words. 

She blinked, like she understood something, but not exactly the message he had for her. Something else.  

He was still holding her face, a light touch, barely there. His thumb near her lips. And she watched his face with sharp intensity. The tip of her tongue slid out, as her eyes wandered to his lips and then back up. His thumb traced the drop of moisture, instinctively. She held her breath. 

She was so young! What? Four years older than Troy? She was a woman, though, Anaher felt it with primeval clarity. 

He let his hand fall to his side, breaking the spell, but its effects lingered. He would never see Neve in the same way, and he was afraid what that meant. 

#32 

Neve’s heart pounded in her chest almost as if they kissed. 

She found him attractive, she did, but she never went further than admitting that. And now she not only was ready to shout it out to the whole world – she was ready to act on that attraction. 

He was not, though. Of course. Why would he? 

Neve took a few steps to increase the distance between them. She frantically searched for something – anything – that would let her change the subject.  

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Not tagging.

#my writing #my stories #writeblr #my wip #the specters #neve kailash #noel anaher

[t-lane-writes]

The Characters of The Specters

Allow me to introduce you to the main characters of The Specters, the story I’m working on now.

Characters make people interested in a story. Readers connect with characters and want to know what happens to them. With those characters they set out on an exciting journey, share hardships and joys.  

For a writer, characters are extensions of themselves. It is difficult to create a character that is fundamentally different from their author. Not impossible, but difficult. Then again, even if we make them extrovert instead of introvert, or a person of faith, while we are atheists, those characters still speak about some of our truths. Perhaps those we hide even before ourselves?

Those characters are a part of me, that’s for sure. I hope someday, some readers will connect with them as well.

Neve Kailash  

Neve is searching for her true identity. Orphaned as a baby, she never knew her parents and she believes, if she found them, it would give her clarity. She wields the power of elements, but her abilities were never officially validated. If not her origin, then perhaps her purpose could be her truth?

At the start of the story, Neve is a small caliber felon. As the story progresses, she becomes a catalyst of change for a few people who choose to help her – for their own, more or less selfish, reasons. Her life changes too. She finds friends, love and a new family she belongs to not because they share genetics, but because they share the same goals and principles.

Noel Anaher

Anaher is the Sovernguard Authority who decides to help Neve and officially validate her abilities. She reminds him of himself, when he was younger.

Anaher thinks he’s happy in his life. He has friends, high social status and a teenaged brother under his care, whom he loves very much. Obviously, something is missing, though, because he decides to risk it all, by helping Neve. Consequences are not what he expected — he doesn’t get punished by his superiors. Instead, he learns that his best friend was hiding an important part of her life from him, his brother runs away from home, and then Anaher has to take even bigger risk in order to avoid charges for endangering another teenager – his brother’s best friend.

Struggling with his deteriorating health, Anaher faces the danger. At least his old friends, as well as the new one – Neve – are by his side.

Emma Lee

Emma is Noel Anaher’s best friend. She is also the daughter of a man, who made history ten years ago – but not in a good way. He is seen as a bad person and an enemy of the state. And if everything people say about him is true, Emma should consider him evil as well. That’s why she tries her best to prove that all those tales are false – and she loses herself in that quest.

Anaher worries about her, so she starts to hide her research for him. That’s when Neve comes into the picture and Emma finds that some things from Neve’s – mysterious – past, seem connected with her father.

On her journey Emma has to learn that whoever her father was, does not define her. Her love for him, her fond memories of him, do not make her bad, even if he was bad. Or maybe he wasn’t? But that does not speak about who she is, either. Emma finds her identity alongside Neve – in her relationship with her friends, with the man she loves. And within herself.

Nersan Ziya

Nersan is the man Emma loves. And who loves her above all else. All he wants is her happiness. He wants to be happy with her, but a voice in his head keeps telling him he doesn’t deserve anything good. He’s a liar and a cheater and he is hiding a very important, and shameful, part of his past from everyone around him.  

As Anaher searches for his brother, Emma searches for the truth about her father, and Neve searches for her own truth, they come across Nersan’s secret. It nearly leads to their falling apart, but instead, friends choose to trust each other, because reaching their common goal depends on that trust.

In the end Nersan will realize how much he means to the people around him, and how much they respect him.

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Would you feel connected to any of those characters?

As I was writing this post, I realized that they are all a reflection of me, at this exact point in my life. I’m still looking for my identity, separate from my parents – mother mostly. I’m still afraid to express my needs, because I see them as less important than the needs of other people. Is it because I don’t think I deserve good things? That, I don’t know.

But whoever said that writing is therapy, was definitely right

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[t-lane-writes]

Oooh, how I love writing characters acting stupid, making mistakes, being the worst versions of themselves. In the middle of the story, of course. Because only rising from those wrongdoings makes their growth feel earned.

It’s NOT WHO they are. It’s HOW they act. Sometimes. Not always.

Today I wrote an argument between Noel Anaher and Emma Lee, in which they were both selfish, rude, and completely unable to see the other person’s perspective. 

Noel is worried about his brother, whom he ignored up until now, and he needs Emma’s help to get through to the teenager.

Emma feels like she’s on a brink of an enormous discovery. She still wants to clear her father’s name, first and foremost, but then, she begins to realize there’s a huge conspiracy that could threaten their entire world. She doesn’t have anything concrete, just an itch. And frankly, she thinks Anaher should take care of that, because he has the people skills necessary to get others to even take a look at this problem. No one will listen to her. And she alone can’t do anything.

But instead of talking, they throw accusations at each other, demand actions and draw out old misgivings. Emma turns away from Noel, so she won’t see him sign. It’s a very rude thing to do, and she should know better. Noel almost -- almost -- tells her that she should give up her quest of clearing her father’s name, because he’s long dead. He doesn’t say that, but he tells her that this new idea she has, is insane. It is a huge insult to her. She’s autistic, she’s considered weird by many, but insane? She’s not.

Why? Why are you acting like this, you fools? Ah, because your master and commander (aka me *evil grin*) demands it. Well. You’re only human (figments of my imagination).

And thus, chapter #32 has been written.

@echo-bleu I can tag you, right? ;)

#tes talks about writing #writing progress #the specters #noel anaher #emma lee #anyone else wants to be tagged for #the specters progress #chapter summaries? #hith? can i tag you as well? #drippingmoon? #anyone?

[t-lane-writes]

Tell us about Specters! Anything new? (if not, tell us anyway, I love to read anything you have to say about it :))

Well, not much new, however I did start writing chapter #30 yesterday. It's a mess, so nothing to share in terms of actual words, but.

But I can provide a short summary. Let's see...

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So, Neve had always wanted to find her parents. Her mother, actually, because her father's family kept tabs on her all the while she was raised in an orphanage. Ugh, awful people.

When her last chance at learning anything useful about her Mom fell through, she decided she wouldn't care about it anymore and would instead focus on her future. She found a man she could blackmail into helping her join the rank of the Sovernguard -- an elite force protecting people from sort-of supernatural beings.

Anaher and his friends helped Neve.

Meanwhile one of those friends, Emma, discovered that Neve's past may be connected to her past and she began the investigation, which unearthed things Neve could never have imagined.

Meanwhile Anaher's teenage brother ran from home. The Team soon discovered that he probably hid among the people with whom Nersan, Emma's boyfriend had worked many years ago. And hid it from Emma and Anaher.

Um. Complicated?

Anyway, now the Team is with those people, Anaher tries to convince his brother to come back home, Emma is angry that Nersan was keeping secrets from her and Nersan worries what his former friends are planning, because it doesn't look like anything good.

Everyone forgot about Neve a little here. She's never been one to rely on others too much, though, so she's just calmly doing her thing. She's trying to help her new friends, of course, but she's also looking for answers to her own questions.

And that's where I'm at right now. :) Chapter #30.

#ask game #writer ask game #the specters #neve kailash #noel anaher #emma lee #nersan ziya

[t-lane-writes]

Find the Word Tag

I was tagged by @aohendo, thank you! :)

My words were: library, list, light, lift, and lyric.

Library

Helena gave them access to the library and the documents therein. She introduced them to the librarian, and also offered to leave her aide, Esmond, with them. Emma refused of course, expecting Esmond to be Helena’s spy rather than help.

Helena nodded and asked the librarian, with exaggerated politleness, to answer all of their questions and help them find whatever they might need. No doubt she also expected the librarian to report to her later.

List

The harbor wasn’t overly crowded when Anaher got there. Another team was getting ready for their usual daily patrol. Sovia Mernaz, Emma Lee, and Nersan Ziya were deep in pre-launch diagnostics of their vehicle, Piers was changing batteries on the drones and Risa just drove up with the fuel tank. Chatri hadn’t arrived yet.

Emma saw him first and handed her list of diagnostic check-ups to Sovia, who only rolled her eyes and kept to her work.

“I’ll call Agatha,” Emma raged. “They can’t make us do public service every day! We have to earn our living too.”

“Don’t.” Anaher raised his hands. “It’s not up to Agatha, you know.”

Light

Anaher nodded first and then grunted his confirmation, unsure if she could see the gesture. “Can I help?” he asked.

“I believe we can help each other.” The girl smirked, all mysterious and lighthearted. She kept her hands in the pockets of her jacket. Now leaned against the wall, three steps away from him, crossed her legs at the ankles and inclined her head. “You are in a bit of a pickle there, mister.”

Lift

“What’s troubling you?” Emma asked, sitting next to him. In the tight confines of their armored vehicle it was a challenge to switch positions, but she made the effort. The others were busy. Nothing urgent was happening at the moment, though, so they could have a chat.

Noel looked up at her and shrugged. Waved his hand in a “Nothing,” gesture, but avoided her gaze and when she kept staring, he self-consciously lifted his hand to fix the bundle of long hair on his nape. Another tell.

“Come on,” Emma said. “Spill it. Is it Troy?” His brother was the usual source of Noel’s worries. Annoying little brother, Emma thought, but tried not to show it too much.

Noel sighed and tensed briefly. Then slowly – and consciously – relaxed his shoulders and chest.

No lyric in this story. :)

I am not tagging anyone. Forgive, me please. :)

#tag game #the specters #noel anaher #emma lee #neve kailash #helena reeves

[t-lane-writes]

Changes Tag Game

desperatlytryingtowriteabook said:

I don’t know if anyone ever did it (if so, please tell me!), but I thought it’d be fun to share a few changes (between 5 and 10) that occured between your first ideas for your WIP and what you have for it now, be it a finished piece or still in progress.

This is such a great idea for a tag game! Thank you for tagging me, Tin! :)

Okay, I’ll go with The Specters, because I’m editing it now and, well. The changes between first idea and this thing now are, whoa, too big to sum up, I think. The whole plot, obviously, how the characters first met.

However, I can list the changes that I’m seeing now, between the first and second draft, as I read the latter.

1. Emma’s motivation. It was vague, now it’s precise and clear -- restoring her late father’s good name.

2. Nersan’s backstory, and whole characterization because of it. He used to be so mild, and goody-two-shoes, and his only priority was Emma. Now, I decided that he had lied to Emma when they first met, then he fell in love with her and she with him, and it was too late to tell her that... he had been among those who are to blame for smearing her father’s name. But, in the course of the story, he will have to own up to that lie.

3. Neve’s motivation. She let herself be pulled by the events of the story, this way and that. Now she’s shaping it up. She sees the clues that will help solve the mystery and insists the whole team should follow them.

4. Anaher’s leadership skills and focus. He used to be uncertain, then focused only on his personal goals. Now he listens to Neve and while, at this -- the midpoint of the story, he’s still not yet brave enough to see that he has to leave his cozy life and dive all-in into the danger, because no one else can “save the world”, he is on his way to becoming that person, soon. And I’m on my way to make that transition plausible. ;)

5. Helena, the villain. The biggest change, I think, is that I know what she’s up to. It’s important to know that, lol. Also, she didn’t even exist in my earliest ideas, so there’s that.

There’s a lot more changes, of course, but they all result from the gist of the story -- the characterization.

I’m tagging: @echo-bleu, @hithelleth, @memento-morri-writes, @drippingmoon, @kosmosian-quills, and @aohendo. As always -- no pressure.

#tag game #the specters #emma lee #nersan ziya #noel anaher #neve kailash #helena reeves

[t-lane-writes]

Happy Blorbo Blursday! For the Blorbo of your choice:

What is the bravest thing they have ever done?

What is the worst injury they’ve ever had? Alternatively: what was the closest they’ve ever come to dying?  Has it had a long-lasting impact on them?

~Morri🗡️ (@memento-morri-writes)

Aaaaa! I can't just do it for one Blorbo! You expect too much...

I really want to do it with three of them, but I’ll restrain myself to just two. :)

Noel Anaher [The Specters]

The bravest thing, I’m afraid, will happen in the final climax of the story. He will allow his best friend to sacrifice herself for the greater good. Before the story? I think taking responsibility for his little brother at the age of... I don’t remember... twenty? When the brother was about eight? Don’t remember the ages now, but it was a big thing. Maybe not brave, per se, but definitely a very grown-up thing to do. And difficult, and requiring a lot of sacrifice also.

The worst injury. Or the closest they’ve come to dying. Yeah, it’s the same thing in his case. When he was four yo, his father did a reckless thing and put him in danger. I actually wrote it as a short story, and you may read it here. I won’t go into details of the danger here, enough to say that it was an encounter with a magical being.

As a result, Noel’s lungs got severely damaged. But because it’s magic, this damage didn’t affect his development or strength all that much, at least not to the extent you might expect. It causes him a lot of pain, though. And because of that pain, it affects the way he communicates -- he rarely speaks, instead he falls back on sign language.

He will come very close to dying once more, during the story. :D

Kenaed [Black Wings]

As for the bravest thing... Again, I’m not sure if it was brave, per se, but for the opposite reason than Noel. He participated in the rescue operation after the event later named The Flood (it was really a bombardment of the settlement from space). He was pulling people out of the rubble, alive, injured, very often corpses. Many, many people participated in this effort. It was a necessity, and neither of them would say they were particularly brave. It was their duty.

It is also the event that caused his injury (not the closest he came to dying, though). During those rescue attempts, he hadn’t slept for five days. And before that, he had been directly involved in another very dramatic incident, which had actually caused the bombardment -- so there was that additional guilt as well.

Anyway. As a result of all that trauma, his brain got a little fried. And by “a little” I mean “a lot”. He had severe PTSD for about two years, then he slowly started emerging from that black hole. The story happens ten years later. He’s still not speaking to either of his sisters, whom he badly hurt (not physically -- emotionally) during his worst days. He’s still not sleeping well. He’s still struggling, but he’s finally ready to try and rebuild his life and his happiness.

That’s at the beginning of the story. You may imagine it doesn’t go as smoothly as he might hope...

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Thank you so much for that ask @memento-morri-writes.  It was great fun to talk about it. *grin*

#noel anaher #kenaed kelly #black wings #the specters #asked and answered #blursday is any day of the week right?

[t-lane-writes]

This is my (new) Intro Post

(updated January 2024) 

Hello Writeblr! 

I’m T.; you may call me Tes. I am a writer, and here are the stories that possess my heart and mind: 

Works In Progress

#1 Crystal Spring Valley 

Adventures of one Priya Samir of clan Karga, as she discovers that things she was told as a child raised in a prominent household, do not reflect reality outside of it. Tenney of Clan Cheriga plays a big role in Priya’s “education”.  

Genre: Fantasy, but without magic or dragons. It has three races of humans, though.  Tag line: A Princess tires to escape the Rebels, but realizes they aren’t wrong, so she joins them and becomes their leader.  Stage: Draft No. 3. Still undergoing a lot of changes, ha… But also smoothing out the kinks, so I can say it’s advanced.  Planned word-count: Probably about 120 k. Maybe more.  WIP INTRO: Crystal Spring Valley [on wordpress] 

#2 The Specters 

Neve Kailash wants to know who she really is. What her past is, and how she could shape her future. Together with Noel Anaher, Emma Lee and Nersan Ziya, three friends who brave to help her, they stumble across a much bigger adventure. They fight wind, water and fire, but also people whose prejudice and bigotry put the whole world at risk. 

Genre: A cross between science-fiction and fantasy. People do elements’ (earth, water, wind and fire) magic, but there is a scientific in-world explanation for their powers.  Tag line: Three Friends meet a Stranger whose demands send them on an expedition that changes their understanding of the world.  Stage: Second draft in progress  Planned word-count: About 80 k? But knowing me, it will turn out longer. WIP INTRO: The Specters [on wordpress]  The Characters of The Specters 

#4 Ananke 

Engineer Conor Jasper and his boss Coordinator Stella Zahira have a difficult decision to make. Lives of half-a-million people traveling on a starship Ananke depend on it. Unfortunately, they put too much trust in Cora, the artificial intelligence system. 

Genre: Science-fiction. Like, hard science-fiction. Perhaps I didn’t get an astrophysics degree to write it, but I try to sound like I did.   Tag line: When two rivals are faced with an inevitable disaster, they overcome their animosities to prove human minds can beat destiny.  Stage: Rewriting to make it shorter  Word-count: 40 k, but I want to make it less than 20 k.  WIP INTRO: Ananke 

#5 Black Wings 

Kenaed had survived a tragedy ten years ago. Frankly, the whole settlement of Angerona, nearly three thousand people, had survived it. People are damaged in various ways (mental trauma, disabilities, grief), but they are about to face even bigger threat. Are they ready? 

Genre: science-fiction. Sociopolitical.  Tag line: Humans’ efforts to terraform a planet are thwarted when some decide to save intelligent indigenous life.  Stage: Draft One  Planned word-count: over 100 k. WIP INTRO: Black Wings   The World of Black Wings [on wordpress] 

#6 Duke and the B Brothers 

Folami Bolaji Brussard has no choice, but to join her brothers’ pirate spaceship crew. Dominic Mitchell, the pilot of said ship, will turn her world upside down. 

Genre: science-fiction. Sociopolitical.  Tag line: Space Pirates join the race to find a treasure. They end up flipping the world order on its head.  Stage: Characterization is ready, as is detailed plotline.  Planned word-count: between 60 k and 100 k.  WIP INTRO: Duke and the B Brothers [on wordpress] 

Other stories, not on backburner anymore, but still accessible, and one that’s only an idea at this point: 

#3 Sentira, #7 The Ribbon, #8 Choices and Chances 

#9 The Mars Idea 

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The Specters

I’m very happy to say that I have completed the first draft of The Specters. The first ideas for this novel date from, I think, 2017. Then I changed the characters that were supposed to play the main roles. Then the plot took a completely different shape and I thought one of the main characters was supposed to sacrifice themselves at the end. But at the same time I didn’t know almost anything about politics, social relations and the backstory of the world. There were So. Many. Mysteries. Like… Nobody knows how that works. Nobody knows why this happened. Children in the fog.

Now. Now I know a lot more and thanks to that the characters are a lot more aware of their surroundings. And, well, the sacrifice is not needed anymore, what makes me very happy, because I don’t like when main characters are killed. There are so many other (better) ways to show the unexpected and the tragic.

Okay, but what is The Specters about? Here’s a synopsis.

Noel Anaher, Emma Lee, and Nersan Ziya are members of the Sovern Guard. It’s an elite group of people with the ability to sense a very dangerous entity, called the Specters. They protect “regulars” – people who do not have that power. When Neve Kailash, a small-caliber felon, blackmails Anaher into helping her search for her mother, they all have to leave their comfort zones far behind. Emma Lee has an ulterior motive to help Neve – this search can help her find answers to her father’s disappearance ten years ago. While they are away, though, Anaher’s brother goes missing, along with a son of their boss. Now they are in trouble – the boss even threatens to arrest Anaher. After some negotiations the Trio, along with Neve, go out to search for the two teenagers and during the rescue mission, a thing from Ziya’s past comes to light. People he used to know are searching for a way to rid the world of the threat of the Specters once and for all. However, what they want to do may also endanger every living being. Personal goals cause rifts between friends and for a moment they go their separate ways, pursuing what each of them thinks is the right thing to do. When it is obvious that their Enemy is ready to take action, they are reminded of what really matters. Not before a mass casualty event, though, and Anaher getting critically injured. While the political authorities want to take revenge for the damage the Enemy caused, the friends – now all four of them united in one goal –believe that the answer is in pursuing their initial search for Neve’s heritage and the explanation of Emma Lee’s father’s disappearance. Far in the uncharted territories they discover a place where Emma’s father stayed right before he vanished. But their Enemy finds that place too, and there, a final confrontation takes place, during which Emma risks her life. She finds unexpected truth about the nature of the Specters and a possibility to learn things about their world that no one ever imagined. And even though the Team defeats the Enemy, Emma finds herself missing the new connection with the Specters she was allowed to experience for a brief moment. 

I’m so excited to explore this world further, to find more hidden truths that I haven’t discovered yet. I put in on a shelf now, though, for a few months. I will write other stories, while this one rests before the next draft.

#wip intro #my stories #my writing #writeblr #the spectrers #tes talks about writing

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56 scenes in the can. 11 more to go and 11 more days of my leave.

All the remaining scenes require solid work. On the other hand, they will be pure "first draft", so I'm allowed to make mistakes, repeat myself, miss the word-count, write dialogue-only or description-only.

I just have to remember that I'm allowed to do that, lol, and not stress myself too much.

And...

Six Sentence Saturday

“I didn’t know that I could do it,” Neve defended herself. “It’s just-- The three of you presented such a united front defending Anaher. Noel. And I couldn’t explain it with words, but I thought that if I could just show you, and then I thought, why not try it the way I do with-- mice. And birds. And it worked, only different, because you all fell unconscious and I broke that contact right away, I swear. It was, like a second, not longer.” 

(exactly six sentences, lol)

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Character motivations are tough.

But it’s a curious thing, because if I want the plot to work the way I planned -- and it’s a good plan, but at the same time I don’t want my characters to be motivated by what they are now -- which is desperation, anger, resentment and similar things -- I have to change the world around them. So they make the same decisions, but out of positive emotions.

Gash. Do I even know what I’m saying?

I can write a character driven piece, while my characters are pitiful dumbasses (derogatory), or a plot driven piece, where the character make decisions that don’t always make sense. Or a character piece, where characters are people the readers would root for. And obviously I want the latter, but at the moment, I’m not doing that. They are terrible. And I’m beginning to not-like them.

Get a grip, characters!

#noel anaher #nersan ziya #emma lee #only neve acts like a grownup #but that's because her motivation was revamped in the previous draft already #neve kailash #i need better worldbuilding #the specters

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7, 17, 21 :)

I got an ask! YAY! Thank you. :)

7. Which OC wasn’t supposed to exist but captured your heart immediately?

That will have to be Dominic Mitchell. He was born two days ago, but I’m mad about him. He’s magnetic, he’s fun, and he’s hiding a dark past. Like all of my OCs? Well, what can I say? I’m me… ;p

He feels different, though. He feels like a guy who wants to find something that makes him happy in his life and hold onto it with both hands, despite all the misery. Earlier OCs either didn’t pay much attention to happiness, or they were just resigned to being miserable.

I still don’t know what his impedement is, I don’t want it to be the same as the character he was fashioned after, but I’ll figure it out. Part of the fun is finding it. ;)

He certainly fits the criterion of “not being supposed to exist” to a T. He came out of nowhere!

17. What writing advice has helped you grow recently as a writer?

It wasn’t very recent, but at some point the advice to “write for myself” finally got through to me. It wasn’t so much with writing itself, as with approach to life in general. When one seeks approval from a mother all their life, it seeps into… well, into everything really. I was desperately trying to write stories that would have _meaning_, in the social sense, that would be somehow important, because that’s the kind of books and art my mother approves of.

Well. No more. Now I write because I like it, and I write about the things that matter to me. If they are important things, on some level, great. I guess I will never be rid of that mindset and it’s not a bad mindset to have. But that’s not my purpose anymore. My purpose is to enjoy writing. :)

21. Which of your OCs could greatly benefit from therapy?

Oh, haha, I love this question! I won’t go into Dominic, because he’s not fleshed out enough, but he certainly would.

Other than that, let’s see…

Crystal Spring Valley

Priya was taken away from her family as a little baby and she was raised by another family, who were good to her, but she always felt inferior. And like she doesn’t have a place where she truly belongs. She could benefit from therapy, but she’s resilient. She will find ways to realize she’s wonderful and a found-family to belong with.

Tenney could use actual modern medicine, but that’s a different issue.

The Specters

Noel, oh Noel could be taught to understand he is allowed to hate his father. His father deserves to be hated, not admired, like so many people in Noel’s circle do.

Emma, strangely enough, I think doesn’t need therapy. Yes, her daddy abandoned her, but she had Agatha, and even though Agatha is not a motherly type, she accepted Emma and gave her both the room and the feeling-of-security to grow.

Nersan needs to be told he deserves love and care as much as all the people he loves and cares about.

Neve is awesome. And awesomely resilient.

Ananke

Morgan was severely traumatized. He is in therapy, I’m just not sure it actually works.

Conor could be taught how to not be an asshole. ;) But then, he learns it for himself.

The main OCs from other stories aren’t developed enough to dig into whether they would benefit from therapy. But I guess it could apply to a lot of them. ;)

Questions were from this list.

#ask game #my oc #priya samir #tenney #noel anaher #emma lee #nersan ziya #neve kailash #morgan alexander #conor jasper #dominic mitchell

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 And here’s the other half, @hithelleth same questions for Noel Anaher.

5. Guilty pleasures

Damn, it is hard. :) Basically all that comes to my mind are sweets or sleeping in. Or watching a tv show when I should be working (or writing). Maybe the latter?

Also, Anaher is such a serious, obedient type, I don’t know if he has a fun streak in his body.

I really don’t know and also, I just got a great idea for that other question...

18. Things they’ll never admit

I think Noel Anaher would find it hard to admit that he hated / still hates his father. For one, Mawrenn Anaher is considered a hero. He’s famous and people admire him. Secondly, he’s rising his little brother and putting their father in bad light... that’s just not something Noel would do.

Answering this question, though, made me realize that no one really knows what occured between little Noel and his father. I wasn’t clear about wherther his best friend, Emma Lee, knew about it, but no. She didn’t. She thinks, just like everybody else, that Noel’s accident happened during some evaluation, or validation, when he was sixteen or older. They have no reason to suspect his own fahter foolishly risked his life for his own ambition.

So yeah, blaming his father for something he was actually guilty of, is something Noel will never admit. Well. He actually will. That’s part of his journey. :)

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