Camp NaNoWriMo is Coming!

It surprised me when my friend and I were talking and she asked if I would be doing a post on my NaNo project for my blog post this week. I thought it was in two or three months and o.o turns out it's next month. Soooo, change of plans for the post.

So, I'm going to be doing a tag about my story. Now, before I get started, I'm going to say that I'm not doing a novel. I'm going to do a short story, seeing as school is going to take up too much time to plan and write out a full novel. But I luuuurve my short story!

Okay, so the questions. Let's get started on this...

1. What is the genre\setting\world like?

    Well, when I started it out, I was like, "YAS, LET'S DO A CONTEMPORARY!" And then...It's a fantassssy. A fantasy with potions, and superpowers, and kingdoms, and palaces, and manipulation and betrayalll. Okay, more detailed...It's an city that had been burned and abandoned. But after war, many were driven into hiding in said city. It's at a neutral spot, so they were all safe there. It still remains in ruin, but now they wish to build the kingdom back up and start a new city. That's where Ross comes in...

(This is an idea what it looks like, but more darkened and scorched looking)

2. What is the plot about?

    So, as I said, it had superpowers. Ross Orman was ripped from his home and family and taken as a test subject by the *opposite side of the war peoples*. He acquired the power to manipulate emotions. With a snap of the finger he can send some one into paralysis by sending depression into their brain receptors, kill some on from Broken Heart Syndrome, or drive them into insanity by sending too many different emotions at once. (Okay, he doesn't kill anyone. He's not a good guy, but not a bad guy either.) 

   Then of course with every villain, there's a hero. Kaitlyn Layel. Her power is the ability to redirect and resist powers. If Ross sends a emotion to her, she can either resist it, or have it redirect and pierce him instead. 

   Whereas once they were best friends, they now are forced to rivalry. And dere mucho betrayal, hurt, and pain, and emotionsssssss. *cackles*

3. Who are the main characters?

    Yaaas, there is twoish! Mostly one, but kind of two...*coughs*  Firstly, we have Ross. As I said up there, he has the ability to manipulate emotions. He more enjoys having freedom, then being bad. More then anything though, he wants revenge on the people that gave him the powers, cause they...totally ruined his life.

 





Then there is Kaitlyn. Best friend of Ross, and ;) totally ;) not ;) the ;) love ;) interest ;). They are so precious. Also like I said, she can redirect or resist powers. She also may be secretly in love with him, and won't give up on him, and is determined to bring him back to the light side and get him to see what he's doing. She's my precious squishy. She also has fab, colour changing eyes. ^-^

4. What are you most excited about in this story?

     The characters!!!! I'm definitely a character driven person, and I literally jumped into this story with just knowing I had a character named Ross and Kaitlyn...Then came up with superpowers and kingdoms after. After planning the characters, I fell in love with them and they are now my precious squishies, and I shall treasure them forever and ever. 

5. Tell us about some of the food involved (because there has to be food)!

     #Hannah'sconfessiontime I never ever think of food in any of my stories...There will probably be potatoes and cookies...Probably not mentioned, but there will be cookies.

6. Tell us about your OTP\friendship in the story!

     Ross and Kaitlyn. Definitely. Rivals yet still besties at the same time. I find it hilarious cause like Ross is sitting there trying to use his powers against her, and she is just sitting there chill, resisting him, and all the while they are just holding up a strained, but casual conversation...xP

7. What's the theme or point to the story?

     Theme....Teaaamwooork. Betryaaaaal. Fwendshipppp. Courageeee. Honourrr. 

8. Post some pictures from your storyboard!

    Pictures! Pictures! Mucho pictures!

(Kaitlyn's eyes are golden, but sliiightly more galexy\sparkly looking. But in this manner that they are super evident.)




(Different clothes, but Ross, this be Ross. Especially if it was darker and still in the sunshine there)

9. Do you have a cover for your book, or a main picture? 

   Yes, yes, I does! My fab capybara friend made me a temporary cover!!

Anyways! That's the short story I'm doing for Camp NaNoWriMo! Thank you guys for reading and I hope you have a marvelous day and weekend! 

 Are you doing Camp NaNoWriMo? What's some of your thoughts for the short story? What's your word count for NaNo if you plan to do it? 

Current Writing Project- Nazi Book

  So, after going on an eight hour road trip, and seeing my sister in another state, I finally sit down to write the post. And it’s late...and I have no coffee...I know, I should have done this earlier when I had more brainpower but…*coughs and guilty scoots out of camera view* ANNNNYWAYS, we didn’t come here to talk about my procrastination superpower.

 The real topic is Nazi Book. (I know, right? You just can’t beat the originality of the title! Jk it’s a work in progress. ;)) This is a book I and my friends, Rachael Steele and Sierra Blasko are writing together! Also, THIS GONNA INCLUDE SNIPPETS PEOPLES! IT WILL BE FABULOUS! PREPARE TO SWOON AND BAWL. (Okay…no. No, you’re not going to swoon or bawl, but…much swooning, and muchly tears have been shed by all three of us during the writing process of this book)

Now. What Nazi Book is about…This, of course, since I can’t ever put into words, made me seek out da fabulous Rachael and Sierra to give me something to put.

Nazi Book, according to Rachael: “Um, girl goes to spy in a German town and meets a hottie and a cutie.” (Starring: Liza Grates as, girl who goes to spy. Stefan Engel as “hottie”, and

Wilhelm Adler as “cutie”.)

Nazi Book, according to Sierra: “Two soulmates on the opposite sides of the war. Betrayal, pain, patriotism, to the point of fanaticism, and forgiveness.”

  So…A girl working with the allies group who goes to spy on a German town and befriends two HY soldiers (Or becomes friends with one, and falls in love with the other) which proves to be both a good idea, but a terribly bad one at the same time…*hacking coughs* Sorry, I’m being to very vague. (This is what happens when deprived of coffee and sleep) It’s good in the sense that seeing as they are both respectable, they help protect her from the others. Though it’s bad in the sense, she knows she’ll hurt them when they find out the truth, and Stefan is still loyal to Hitler so…

Anyways, let’s go to the characters. Hopefully this will help clear it up. Here is the three mainish characters we have, and who writes who.

  Rachael- Rachael writes are mainish girl, Liza Grates. Liza is the Ally spy, and she’s a little sweet heart. She’s stubborn, and brave. I am drawing a blank on how exactly to explain her…She’s secretive... fearful yet incredibly strong. She’s a dear, though has the ability to tear your heart to pieces without a second thought...All in all, she’s a very complex charrie. *squishes her*

  Sierra- Sierra writes everyone’s little adorable angel, Stefan. He is seriously impossible not to love. Trust me, I tried to hate him. It didn’t work. He’s my precious. Yes, I have claimed him as my own. *coughs* Okay, Stefan’s a dedicated HY soldier who just so happens to fall for Liza…who is half Jew so…*pets his head* The little dear. His heart all befuddled.

I didn’t put a snippet of Liza, cause I’m giving you a bit of a Steza Scene. This is Stefan and Liza’s first meeting. *casually slide over a snippet* *whispers* Also, two of Steza’s songs is Sad Song by We The Kings, and A Thousand Years by Christina Perri.

 Yes. Yes, you may flail and pet their heads at any time. ^-^ *crickets* *casually pets their heads and gives them cookies* *whispers* Also, we haven’t put thought of what rank Liza’s “dad” is so that’s why it says (rank), and also this was going to be a historical retelling which is why German is in parenthesis.

Hannah (Me)- I write Wilhelm. (Will is what everyone calls him. Including me, though for this post, I basically called him Wilhelm throughout it all xP) He’s my angelic, darling precious, and seriously my favorite character I’ve everever written. Basically, he’s in the HY, but he hatttttesss it. He has the same personality type as me (INFP), and I feel really connected to his charrie and...have shed many a tears over Will cause seriously, this book is sososo feelsy.

 In the first scenes\draft, he was one forth Jewish, but we’re still trying to figure out how to keep him a fourth Jewish without him getting killed so…  He’s also besties with Lizzaaaa too. Oh, and did I mention he has really, really bad vision. *beams angelically*

(This snippet is from Book Two, but it’s one of my favorite scenes with Liza and Will so I’m doing it. This was after a failed counseling session with da preciouses, Stefan and Liza, because after the war in the first draft, Liza was a counselor human.)

So yes, this is my post. *coughs and nervously glances around* So...I guess this is goodbye? I hope you guys have a fabulous rest of the week! May you get straight As, write and read fabulous things, and always have much coffee. *beams and goes poof*

  So, yas! I’d love to hear you guys’ thoughts on the snippets and characters. What’s your currect WIP? Do you have any snippets you could share??? I’d love to read them!

I am Back and I Have Coffee!

  Hello beautiful peeps! Tis I, Hannah da Groundhog. In short, today,  I’m going to try and get back into blogging. I got a burst of inspiration...aka OYAN is staring at me and I’m ignoring the call and doing this…

  Okay, so I owe you all an explanation for my absence. I know I never was a very planned, or organized blogger, but I also haven’t been on my BookTube much. The reason? Number one… School. It killed me. I have taken on some new subjects and a new cicculem, OYAN (One Year Adventure Novel), and overall, I’m doing school really late and don’t really have enough time for some school, and if I would do YouTube...Yeaaaah.

        (WARNING: I’m also writing this while empowered only coffee. So, I just being like…)

                             (Yes. Yes, the picture should be this large. Don't question me.)

 Next thing was, for my YouTube, my sister moved to a different state and is now a school teacher. When she was living at home, I would use her camera to film. But after she moved, I was like, “Okay, this is chill. I gots dis.” And then...Yeah, I was using my mom’s camera until she said she’d rather not have me use it. Then I used my laptop, which...Nein. Didn’t go well. So...until I get a camera of my own, and have more time to actually read, I’m off YouTube. (Also, I am so sorry for not explaining this earlier. For my delayed ness, I have no excuse. *hides and piles cookies around me as a shield*)

 Anyyyyyywaaaays, I didn’t come here just to make excuses for my awful groundhogness. I came because, I am intending to pick up blogging again. Though this time, not just books. Don’t get me wrong, I love having my blog centered on books, and I lurve book blogs as well, but soon after I started blogging, I realized I didn’t want to do just books. There were many small things I wanted to blog about, but I didn’t want to take away from the main focus.I mean, I will still have a lot of bookish and writerly things, but I don’t want that to be just it…*coughs* okay, most likely, it’s a 99.999 percent chance this will be like a ton of writing stuff, but anyho. *cough coughs*

  Also, I’m still not going to assign myself dates to post, cause whenever I do that... I epicly fail. Soooo, hoping for two every month, on every other Saturday, but I am not sure how it’s all going to work out.

  So, yes! Welcome back to my blog, and if all goes as planned, I will have a new post on the eighteenth! Thank you guys so much for reading! Have a fabulous day!

~Hannah M. Rodes

 How has school been for you? (That is, if you are in school) Or what have you been up to? How are you? *gestures to comment box and beams*

Rainland by Sarah Allerding

                                                        

                                                

                                                Author: Sarah Allerding

                                                Title: Rainland

                                                Series: --

                                                Genre: Fantasy

                                                Audience: Childrens

  When Thomas gets caught in a summer storm, he is sucked into the world of raindrops through a tornado. He learns he will not be allowed to return until he can defeat the lightning, which has been hurling raindrops from the clouds. Many adventures await him in this strange land. Is everything just as the raindrops say it will be? Is it the lightning they need to defend themselves against, or is there a much greater foe behind the disturbing disappearances?

                                                                   My Review

                                                              Rating: Four Stars

Okay, this book was so cute. The characters, the story, it was super charming.  Especially Drip, he was adorable. I loved his vigor for preparing food for Thomas. xD  

  The writing was done very well too. Though you would think a world where raindrops walk and talk could get confusing, it wasn’t. It wasn’t expounded upon really, but it did explain a bit why they could. The lands we went to were seriously so cool too! Like, I especially liked the Flame’s land. *whispers* It is like seriously cool.

   My only problem was, how the little raindrops could cry if they themselves were water, and how they could have ice boxes when they would have had to froze some of their own to get one….. Anyways, those aren’t a big deal though so….

   Overall, it was fast paced, endearing, and a very enjoyable story. I recommend it for anyone looking for a fun, lighthearted read. I’m sure you’d enjoy this book.

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Sarah Allerding's Website

 Sarah is a homeschool graduate who enjoys using her imagination to write fiction. She is working on a degree in theology and hopes to eventually work in the church. She also enjoys umpiring baseball, writing devotions and Bible studies, reading fiction, and playing the guitar.

Song of the Sword by Hope Ann Schmidt Book Review

Author: Hope Ann
Title: Song of the Sword
Series: Legend of the Light
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: --



Evrard and Roinette, twins separated at birth, are caught in a battle beyond their own limited powers. With their ability to walk in the melody realm, catching glimpses of the light and darkness underlying Aslaria, comes even more danger.

Deadly mistbenders. Writhing walls of blankness. Hateful drumbeats. As a warrior in the Melody, Evrard has seen it all. But his own ability in the melody realm pales in comparison to the Prince’s melody, the legendary prowess of past Wingmasters, and even the depth of his sister’s song. 


                                                          My Review
                                                    Rating: Four point five stars

When I saw the blurb for this book on Hope Ann’s blog, I immediately wanted to read it. It's a re-telling of Repunzel, and Repuzel is like, my favorite fairy-tale. (#tangledisbetterthanfrozen) It sounded soooo awesome, and I was totally not let down in my expectations for this book!

  The characters, I very much liked. Especially the villain….. Okay, yes, I am aware you aren’t supposed to like villains, but seriously? A Mistbender! Even the title is cool, not to mention they are like, creepy and wear dark hoods and stuff……. *coughs* Okay, let’s just move past the villain, and move to the protagonists. Edvard and Roinette shared a dual point of view, and I just loved them. They were super lovable. *huggles them* I also thought it was super cool that the author spun off from the typical romantic relationship, to a very sweet, sibling relationship.

   The plot was very intriguing. It had many twists that were like totally awesome. And also, I was impressed by the writing. Hope Ann’s writing was very expressive, and flowing. And like, it was like, okay, I loved the thing with the transporting-ishness to the Melody, and GUYS THERE IS A SHAPESHIFTER IN THIS!!! *flails* Shapeshifting is like, one of my favorite superpowers! (Though, I mean, I don’t know if you would call it a superpower in here, but anyho) 

  My only problem is that I was a bit confuddled by the mist, and the melody. Such as, was it a different world or just like, an unveiling of the evil present in the world they were already in. (Edit- this may have been explained in book one, which I have not read yet)  But all in all, I immesnly enjoyed this book. Intriging, full of awesome twists, and totally cool characters.

  ~I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review~  

Sparrow by Mandy Fender Book Review

 

 

  Book: Sparrow

  Author: Mandy Fender

  Series: Defier Trilogy #2

  Genre: Dystopian

  Audience: Young Adult 

 

Lennox Winters is guilty. She stood in defiance against the Regime when no one else would. Now, she must train to become a Sparrow and fight for what she believes.
When the war breaks out in her hometown, she is forced to decide whether she will obey orders or rebel against the authority she respects. Either way, she must protect those she loves most, no matter the dangers.

 My Review

    My Rating: Five Stars

  Just to warn you, this is probably going to be a short, fangirly review. I’ve been putting off writing this review, because, this book is just….. LIKE AHHHHH! WHAT EVEN! MY EMOTIONS ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE! Excuse me, while I just like, cry…in my dark, soggy alone place. *cries*

  If you read my review for Defier, you will know that this characters, I just adored. Seriously, I just want to hug them.  But do you know that saying, “Him who your heart adores, dies?” Oh, wait. No. I just made that up, but it is so true. Actually in this book, my favorite character didn’t die. IT WAS WORSE THAT DEATH! *sobs* WHY WOULD MANDY FENDER DO THIS TO MY EMOTIONS!?  Seriously, though, I was like, near tears, and that’s the farthest I get to crying in books. I feel as though my heart shan’t repair. *dies*

    I read it in a day and a half while in a reading slump. And this is a like, three hundred and fifty-page book peoples (I think), and I am like the slowest reader alive. It just killed me sooooo much!

   And yes. That’s all I have. *hides* Guys, this was like one of my favorite reads of 2016. Please, just go read it. I know this was more of a time to cry over the precious charries, but if you read the book…..You will understand.

   As for who I would recommend them too…. Ages: 13+ and to anyone who wants a good, dystopian read. But bring chocolate, and blankets. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Now go read. Now. *hands you Sparrow and sits to wait till you finish so we can cry together*

I received this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Beautiful People~ July 2016!

Hey all! *waves* So, I realized I haven’t posted in forever, and it was awful of me. Anyways, I’m doing a post now. Hopefully soon, I’ll be able to write reviews for the books I read, because I have read books since my last review.

  Anyways, some of you may know I am doing Camp NaNoWriMo, and I was talking with my lovely cabin mate, Faith, and she told me her character, Bethany, was going to be doing a ‘guest post’ on her blog. I thought the idea was brilliant so, yes, I’m doing it. Well, Ryel is.

   So, I thought I should explain to y’all what my story is about. Basically, it’s about a Prince, who was kidnapped as a baby, and raised as a bandit. The story takes place when the Prince is eighteen, (his name being Shadow, but his Prince name is Torrent. (BTW, If you were wondering, nature names are common in my story. It’s kind of a culture thing)) So, yes, the Prince now, (Shadow’s younger brother, Storm) kind of went mad after realizing that Prince Torrent might still be alive. So, Quill sent Ryel undercover-ish to go try and find the Prince, and yeah, so…. yes. SHE FOUND HIM!!!! YAAAAAAASS!!!! Then more complications, bla, bla, bla, bla. *waves hand dismissively*

Anyway, over to Ryel! *quickly puts Ryel in the spotlight and hides behind laptop to watch*

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  *waves* Hello all! My name is Ryel Quinten. I am seventeen years old, and I am the servant to Lady Quill, you may have heard of her, *waves hand* Well, of course you have. She’s quite well known. I mean, she was to marry the Prince! If you hadn’t—

  Hannah- I think they get the picture, Ryel.

  Oh! Of course! Alright, so yes, I am Ryel. I’ll just start on the questions now before I start talking about something else. 

DO THEY WANT TO GET MARRIED AND\OR HAVE CHILDREN? WHY OR WHY NOT?

  Oh, this is a good one. *rubs hands together* I might need some time though. It’s rather tough…. I believe it would be nice to marry, but I don’t really know. Preferably, I would like to, and have a few children, but I would be fine with being happily, what do you call it? Single? Yes, happily single. 

WHAT IS THEIR WEAPON OF CHOICE? (IT DOESN’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL WEAPON)

  Well, I was never one for weapons. Maybe stealth? I tend to be very noisy, and I feel as if stealth would be very great to learn.

WHAT’S THE NICEST THING THEY’VE EVER DONE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, AND WHY DID THEY DO IT?

  Oh, this is kind of hard. Hmm, I would have to say…. Oh, my! Hannah, my mind totally went blank! Um, maybe helped Quill through the time when Storm kind of.... broke their engagement, and was acting a little….. irrational?   That’s the only thing that comes to mind at the moment. I’m not too great at spontaneous questions like this.

HAVE YOU EVER BECOME PHSICALLY VIOLENT WITH SOMEONE, AND WHAT INSTIGATED IT?

   Oh, well. There was this one time, when, Quill sneaked up behind me when we were six, and I didn’t know it was her, so I spun around, and slapped her hard in the face. But that was accidental. *grins*

ARE THEY A RULE-FOLLOWER OR A REBEL?

  I like to think of myself as a rebel. Quill and I have gone on many adventures where we might have slightly bent the rules. It’s great fun!

ARE THEY ORGANIZED OR MESSY?

  Definitely messy. Being a servant you would think organized, but cleaning is not my forte.

WHAT MAKES THEM FEEL LOVED, AND WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE THEM FEEL THAT WAY?

  Hmmm, well, I suppose when they will listen to my ramblings. I tend to rattle off lots of information, and when people will listen it makes me feel special. There are other smaller things, but I might be here all night, if I go into that. *winks* Anyway, the last person that made me feel like that? Um, probably, Quill? I would say Shadow, but Quill and I talked the whole night last night. It was, as you all say, awesome.  

WHAT DO THEY EAT FOR BREAKFAST?

  Coffee. I usually actually don’t eat breakfast. I’m not a morning person, and usually just drink coffee. Hannah says that’s like her.

HAVE THEY EVER LOST SOMEONE CLOSE TO THEM? WHAT HAPPENED?

  Well…my parents died when I was very young. I don’t remember them though. After, I was privileged to get a position at the Quill’s family manor. Thankfully, I still have my sister, who works in the village bakery. We met every week and just talk or maybe adventure somewhere.

WHAT’S THEIR TREAT OF CHOICE? (OR, IF NOT FOOD, HOW ELSE DO THEY REWARD THEMSELVES?)

  Oh my! So many! I looooove cookies! Hannah adores cookies as well, so she made them the Castle’s regular treat. (Though not many people know that, for it’s not mentioned in the story.)   

  Oh! Are there no more questions? *looks around for more* Oh, well that’s sad. I greatly enjoyed talking with you all! I think Hannah is going to let me take over the comments as well, so if there is anything you would like to ask me, go ahead and ask them! Any question, really! I’ve heard about you all, and I totally can’t wait to meet you! Anyway, I think Hannah wants to ‘wrap it up’ now. So, I’ll have to say goodbye. *hugs each one of you*

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   Yup! That’s it. Hope you all enjoyed. For the question thing, if you have questions for Ryel, I will let her comment back, but if it’s a normal comment, I will be commenting as myself. So, yup! Hopefully soon, I'll be back with Shadow. He refused to be in the post, so I'll have to Ryel to convince him to do it. Anyways, Hasta Luegio! I have to go inflict more pain on my charries....I mean, write. :P 

~Hannah M. Rodes