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Today I'll be doing one of my favorite things- talking about my wip! :D
Also, this is the first time in a long time that I've posted something besides a This Month on Instagram. Hmm. Busy, am I? yes. lazy? .....maybe.
Any way, here we go!
My project is a fantasy trilogy that I've been working on for about two years.
book 1: Initiate
book 2: Warrior
book 3: Hero
And here is a super bad blurb, but I'm not very good at writing blurbs lol I'm sorry
Aidene is excited when she finds a portal into a fantasy world. It's amazing! Just like in books! But the people there are worried about being attacked by mountain trolls, they’re only farmers after all. And when the trolls do attack, they disappear with her new friend’s brother, Matheo. Aidene isn’t ready to be a hero. She doesn't even know if she can. But she wants to help, and when she bonds with a dragon, and becomes a legendary warrior, she knows she can help. She sets off on a quest to rescue him, with her friend, Mira, her dragon, Amethyst, and two others. But darkness is rising, and Matheo’s disappearance is only the start of it. What other evils are waiting for them? What else will they uncover? Will they be able to rescue Matheo? And worst of all, what if he doesn’t even want to be rescued?
it's absolutely TERRIBLE and I can't find Charis's post on how to write them and googling writing advise is always so daunting. halp.
so instead, I shall tell you that it's a story about disaster kids trying to save the world, ride-or-die friends, getting back up when you get knocked over, and never giving up. It's a story about a world of fear and darkness, and finding and appreciating the buttercups and sunshine. It's a story of dragons and magic and holding on to hope no matter how hard it gets.
All three of these are Aidene, I thought it looked cool to draw 'em like that. 😛
she's an optimistic ball of fire and sass, and is the first Dragon Warrior in about a thousand years, so shes got a lot on her shoulders. She would die for her friends in a heart beat, and literally one of the first things she does in the book is ditch the elves and their training schedule to go on a road trip to try and rescue Mira's brother. they have no plan, and only a vague idea of where he is. It's a disaster and i love it. XD
here she is later, after she's slowed down enough to learn somethings and get a totally wicked set of armor. :D I heard this song called Warrior, by Hannah Kerr, early this spring and it ASTOUNDED me on how well it fits this series! not quite so much in book one, but definitely books 2&3.
it's awesome I love it :D
This is her best friend Mira. she is the most darling child ever, very smol, super soft and sweet 💛 she wants to be a story teller when she grows up, and is great at memorizing things, is also a pretty good healer.
Other characters, who I have not properly drawn are Amethyst, Matheo, Arrow and Célia.
Amethyst is a purple dragon, she's feisty and sarcastic, Aidene and her make a great team. fun fact: she's absolutely terrified of small lizards.
Matheo is Mira's older brother. lots of secrets about him 👀 he's got grand schemes for power, but he doesn't want anything bad to happen to his little sis tho, he's not that heartless.
Arrow. Poor Arrow, I'm kind of mean to him and he doesn't deserve it. XD he's half elf and half human, and pretty much shunned by everyone. His mom, (the human) is dead, and his dad basically disowned him in an attempt to re-gain his standing among the other elves. but he's still really cheerful, and loves and protects his friends because they're literally the only ones he has.
Célia was Arrow's only friend for the longest time, until Aidene, Mira, and Amethyst came into the picture. (I have a lot of girls on this team 🤔) she lost her feet in an accident when she was really young, and now has magic wooden ones. It's not too much of a problem, (until she's around too much fire eheeheehee) and she would have been able to fit in with elf society without too much of a hitch, but she befriended Arrow because she felt bad or him and knew a bit about being different, so now she's like, looked down on since she befriended a shunned person. she's definitely the most mature, she's also quiet, a bit standoff-ish and no-fun zone. It takes a long time to go from tolerating them to actually accepting their friendship.
Oh! Can't forget about my villain! my villain's name is Vivianda. She's a total fantasy evil-scientist, her goal is immortality with a side dish of world domination. She wants attention, immortality, (like I mentioned) and the feeling of control. Her backstory is actually kind of sad, but don't feel bad for her now. By the time the series starts, she's been completely corrupted by dark magic, and will torture you to death "for research" without remorse.
This is Charla Seelom and Sheeril'la. They're legends, the last Dragon Warrior before Aidene finally came along. Charla Seelom's real name has been forgotten- (actually, there might be one elf who still remembers it, but I haven't decided on that or not.) she also came from Aidene's world, just a long time ago. Her stories say that she came to their world through the same magic tree Aidene did, during the war with he-doesn't-have-a-name-yet, became a Dragon Warrior, won the war, (no one know how she defeated him, and she never told) and spent the next 500+ years rebuilding the country, learning and teaching and keeping the peace and justice. She didn't like to talk about her world, and def not her life back there. when she earned the name Charla Seelom, (it mean Dragon Soul in the old language) she took it and never looked back. No one remembers her old name now. And then one day she and Seeril'la vanished. She was the last Dragon Warrior, (the rest of them died during the war) and no new ones appeared until Aidene, another girl from the same world as Charla, came and became a Dragon Warrior. Now why is that? you shall have to read and see... :D
But you don't really get answers until book 3, Hero, so. I better get writing.
I'm also considering writing a prequel series about her :D
I discovered the joy making memes about my book, so I would like to share some of my better ones :)
The plot of Warrior in a meme format.😛
Maybe I should use this instead of writing a blurb for Warrior. XD
c'mon, Vivi, you drama queen.
I really like this meme format. XD
I also drew this real quick, it's sort of a meme?
Very Tired CéliaTM
Very un-elf like behavior, Arrow. Elves (or half elves) do not submit to flower crowns!
This is like my fav pic of Aidene. XD
Amethyst being terrified of lizards, and Matheo tied to a chair because he was being annoying. (aka he's snarky and Aidene had enough)
And I made a few aesthetics :D
(this post just keeps getting longer and longer lol I hope you don't mind i love my book.)
I'm actually pretty proud on how I balanced the gold/fire with the purple :D
(I should prolly choose between the person or the drawing huh.)
Matheo's are a work in progress, and I haven't started the others yet.
Well, I think that's all I have for now. I hope you enjoyed that little peak, and I hope I can make some good progress writing them, because my birthday in on Monday (I'm gonna buy a mermaid tail with my birthday money! yeeess, I'll be 17, is that a problem? it means I won't grow out of so it'll last longer, it's an advantage really...) and I'm starting school after that. Help. (I'm starting 12th grade. why am I so old. O_O)
It is a cool evening after a hot August day, and we are in the mountains for a family mud run! It's Mom's 16th birthday this month, and she wanted to do a mud run to celebrate.
IT"S GONNA BE SO FUN!!
I mean, I can't actually go, but I'll be watching. How? Ninja secret.
As for now, I'll just relax and admire the moon. It's so lovely. . . .
Hey, how are you guys? I hope you've had a great summer! It won't start actually feeling like fall for about another month, but all the summer activities have ended.
And oh my gosh, that mud run was so fun! My siblings and I kept throwing mud at each other, pulling each other down from muddy slopes we just climbed, and shove into puddles. There were sixteen obstacles, and one of the first ones was a stretch were the water was up to your waist, but you were knee deep in soft clay/mud, Daisy immediately lost a shoe. We spent five/ten minutes kneeling in the water, scrabbling around for it. We found someone else's shoe, but not hers. So she went barefoot. 😜
There were a LOT of steep, muddy slopes to climb. You had to go up on your hands and knees, digging your fingernails into the dirt while your knees tried to find a support in the mud. And some of them had ROCKS in it. my knees are covered in small scabs.
But it felt so fantastic to be completely covered in mud. Or, it was until I fell face first in a mud puddle while laughing. I did not enjoy tasting it. 😑 I could rant about how amazing it was all day, but you would get bored. 😂
We stayed at a campsite instead of a motel for the night, because it was cheaper. We took a walk the evening we got there, which is where I took these pics. Ivy, Thorin and I made up fake identities while we walked, with looks, backstory and personalities, in case we're ever on the run from the law and need disguises.
I can't say much about them, since talking about it online would defeat the point of being in disguise. But if a red-head named Cherry ever shows up at your door, help her out, because it just might be me.
*dramatic pause*
And to change the subject, we got another cat!
Meet Caspian, our new kitten. Like most kittens, he has given us all a large number of scratches from playing with him, and drives Milo insane. (poor Milo has been spending a lot of time outside, he finds Caspian annoying with all his energy) and unlike most kittens, Caspian eats your hair, and vegetables. VEGETABLES. His favorite place to play is in a bag of potatoes, his favorite place to sleep was on top of a pile of tomatoes, (until mom cooked them) and we've caught him eating cucumbers, and peppers.
He's never seen me do a photoshoot before.
Aaaaand now he makes a hasty retreat from the scene of the crime.
I'll be posting the photos from the shoot on Instagram, as I will be doing that more than blogging now. I will still post on here, (I have some ninja diy's in the works that I can't wait to show you!) and I'll probably do 'this month on Instagram' posts so that those of you without accounts can still see my photos, because we don't want anyone left out, do we? You can visit (and follow!) HERE, or search for @hiddenhollowagdolls
I'm excited, and hopefully since Instagram posts are quicker to do, I'll post more! 😃 I love ya'll, have an amazing day! Bye,
Hey girls! long time no see, huh? *hides* I'm so sorry I haven't been posting, I don't even really have an excuse. (unless you count school as an excuse) Buuuuuut I'm back anyway! I have a few photography posts (none including dolls, unfortunately) but today I have some lego pics that I've posted on Instagram, but haven't shown on here. 🙂
Back in July, we went to the lego store for Wakko's birthday, and made custom minifigures. I made one to look like me, but they didn't have the right hair, so I picked the one she's wearing. For the sake of my sanity, I decided to call her Elena, which is my middle name. (Because its kind of confusing having a minifigure with your first name)
I took this photo on my birthday, and posted it with this caption:
What a great birthday! I'm having an allergy attack, but cupcakes, a new doll outfit, a Lego set and sweet cards from grandparents make it all better. also, mama said that she's shipping my new lego Lloyd and Elena, and I said "I know!" And all my siblings were like whaaaat? It was hilarious. 😁 I posted this photo before we went to South Carolina:
Elena: We're off to South Carolina!
Me: Elena, Lloyd, sorry, but you can't bring the car.
Lloyd; What??!!!
Me: I said you can't bring it. It's a long drive, and what if pieces break off? You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?
Elena: I'M a ninja to, and I'm not finding it easy!
Lloyd: You don't even like coke, so why do you want to get up here?
Elena: .....Just to say I can?
Lloyd: *laughs* tell you what, I'll help you get up if you get me a straw.
Elena: You got a deal! Sometime after we got home, I got the idea for this pic:
Elena: This one?
Lloyd: No, the other one.
Elena: What, this one?
Lloyd: I think it's the one on the left.
Elena: That one?
Lloyd: No, the one on MY left.
Snake goon: Can you hurry up? I wanna fight already!
Lloyd: Sorry, but not yet. I can't fight without some cool music.
Elena: It is universally acknowledged that a ninja can not fight without an amazing soundtrack.
And I recently posted this one:
And I haven't posted this one, so you're getting an exclusive peek. 😜
And I don't remember if I showed you these ones:
And the one that I'm using as a profile:
Aaaand we finished re-watching season 5 of ninjago, and I made a meme. (edit? idk)
And I think that's a good dose of legos, so we'll leave it at that. But don't worry! I won't disappear for a month again! until then,
How have you been? Have you done anything interesting? Which photo was your favorite? Do you watch ninjago? Do you have Instagram? Does it feel like fall yet where you live? We've had cool mornings but hot afternoons.
