Thursday, 17 October 2013
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
I'm home ~ this is what we did on Monday.
On Monday a group of us all went to Taronga Zoo (my legs are still killing me) but it was so worth it for all he amazing animals we saw. Especially the wild cats, and monkeys. Here are some pictures of some of the animals we stopped and saw along the way.
And the scariest part for me...
Tuesday, 15 October 2013
Sunday, 13 October 2013
OZ MM Meet
Well we arrived in Sydney on Friday and met up with a heap of wonderful authors and readers... I got to fan girl with Serena Yates & Toni Griffin... here I was ready to squee and I did... then I realised that they are just normal people. I have made so many friends here, Shaz, Allison Todd, Barry Lowe, Toni Griffin, Penny Brandon, Pelaam, E.E. Montgomery, Jess Buffet, Bec, Matthew Lang, A. B. Gayle, Isabelle Rowan, Mary, Serena Yates, Nicstar, Meredith Shayne, N.R. Walker, Byron, Sue M, and a few more that I will have to fill in later when I remember who they are... There was so much to take in but so far I'm loving it.
Tomorrow we are all heading to the Zoo... I am freaking out as we have to catch the sky rail - I so do not work well with heights... If you hear someone screaming than it's probably me.
Next year Oz MM Meet is scheduled to be in Melbourne so I' looking forward to that. It will be great to meet up with everyone again.
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Words of advice: Why is writing so confusing?
There are so many rules on words that sometimes I think people are just trying to screw with my head. Here are some examples I've learnt in the last few months.
RULES:
- Toward = American Vs Towards = English.
- Fiancé = Male Vs Fiancée = Female.
- Blond = Male Vs Blonde = Female.
- That = Introduces an essential clause (no comma) Vs Which = Introduces a non-essential clause (comma).
- Farther = Physical distance Vs Further = To pursue a topic; addition.
- Lay = To place Vs Lie = To recline; tell a lie.
- Discrete = Separate Vs Discreet = Secretive.
- Loath = Reluctant Vs Loathe = Detest.
- There was also one about Dialogue Tags Vs Action Tags that had to do with Comma Vs Period/full stop. I just know it's fricken important... I always manage to get it wrong.
Dialogue
tags are when the speaker is saying something and the tag clarifies who. For
example… "Johnny, come away from the window," his mother said. Other
words used in an action tag might be cried out, replied, screamed, whispered,
etc. Dialogue tags are separated from the dialogue with a comma and the tag is
not capitalized.
Action
tags are those that more delineate the action of the speaker. For instance…
"Johnny, come away from the window." Johnny's mother sighed. Other
words commonly used and confused with dialogue tags are laughed, snorted,
hiccuped, etc. An action tag is separated from the quote by the fact that the
quote ends with a period and the action tag is capitalized and its own
sentence.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
Just in case these don't make it into the book.
The Gaean World is a parallel universe to ours. Yet, as you can see there are differences.
This is where the story in book one: Admetus Gaea takes place.
Major Townships:
- Alverdine
- Carew - Home of Centaurains horse shifters
- Channing Glenn - Home of the Deepwoods Faerie
- Gustave - Home of the Elven-kind
- Eldrid Stronghold - School where magical beings study
- Anthelstan
- Port Baruch
- Kenelm
- Dunmore - Home of more Centaurian horse shifters
- Arilpa's Keep
- Kazimir Falls
Rivers & Lakes
- A: Lowell
- B: Niald
- C: Tam-Gen
- D: Tam-Ni
- E: Aldren
- F: Lake Lewellen
- G: Lake Kazimir
- H: Kaldreth
- I: Lake Dracona
- J: Dercy
- K: Calder
- L: Lower Calder
- M: Lake Gaea
This will be the next book I start edits on with Silver publishing... I will show you the cover art as soon as I get it... I can't wait to see what it looks like.
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