Lérowen's Challenge - Day 9 (Current Project)

Yes, sorry, I skipped Day 8 because it was "a video about writing" and I knew of absolutely none.  (And since I didn't feel like searching for any, I guess I kind of failed the challenge... :))

Still fun.  Okay, ready for Day 9?

Day 9: What is your current writing project?

Good question.  With the help of some encouraging friends, I just finished fighting back a bout of writer's block.  This was full-blown writer's block, too, friends.

But now, I'm back to working on Seaspear.  I finished the first draft late May, but that is only the beginning.  I had to rewrite and condense most of the beginning, and now I'm working on the middle. Here's the elevator pitch (a description of my story in 30 words or less.)



When a sailor girl meets a nobleman masquerading as a pirate, she is forced into a search for a legendary magic spear that will determine the future of her country.

Hearts Unbroken, the team story Whisper and I are writing, is kind of at a standstill.  She just got a horse, and I'm too lazy to bug her to writer her chapter, so, um...so much for finishing that up this summer.  I don't have a pitch for that right now, but I'll tell you that it involves three boys, three girls, and one quest.

You can check the current status of all my writing projects on my sidebar.  I do update it.

  

- Ellyn

Lérowen's Challenge - Day 1 (And Pinterest)

Lérowen from Eat...Sleep...Write is hosting a fifteen day writer's challenge, and I've decided to join in for hopefully most of it!

Day 1: Who is your favorite character you've written?

Hmm...
I've written many characters and I think I will have to give you two - a boy and a girl.

The favorite boy is definitely Grailyn.  He's so analytical and exacting, and in the new rewrite of Seaspear, he's going to be so much more mysterious.  You met him here, as well as the other Seaspear characters.

The favorite girl is a little harder to choose, but after some dithering, I choose Haiven from Hearts Unbroken.  I've been told I write her really well, and I find her fun because she's just so sweet.  Sweet, naive, and organized, yet smarter than what everyone takes her for.  Haiven is sixteen years old, and small for her age, which results in everyone treating her like a kid.

via - no, her hair is not this red.

Any strange questions about my characters? Ask away, please!

P.S.  This is random, but does anyone else have a Pinterest account? It was raining today and I spent oodles of time on my new account.  Let me know so I can follow!


 - Ellyn