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Did some brain churning today. Not sure what to make of it really, been too busy with my science.
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I finally updated my blog with a post that covers, WotF, how only one editor likes my writing, steampunk Sp Ops, Ethnic MCs, and miscellaneous stuff.
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I haven't been here for some time. Busy with just about everything, including writing and translating. I did some blog posts (here and here), mostly about my NaNoWriMo experience. Been fighting autumn blues lately so still quite a productive time.
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A new writing update which includes what's happening with my Indie book, what I am working on now, Indie story sets I want to do, and a couple of other details with my writing.
I can't believe I forgot about Pocahontas and Mulan.
I haven't seen Pocahontas in ages so I can't remember if she has a character arc or just guides John Smith through his, but she definitely was an active princess. So I'd put her in either stage 2 or stage 3 (depending on if she shows any character growth).
Mulan is different. I think she may be an outlier. All the other princess movies are very relationship based whether the relationship is romantic, mother-daughter, or sister-sister, but Mulan's story doesn't revolve around any relationship.
The romance with Shang is so minor that it could easily be removed completely. Her relationship with her father is important, but I don't think it is at the center of the story. Mulan isn't trying to mend any relationship, but is trying to find a place in her society where she can fit in and bring honor to her family. I think the story is hers and hers alone. I don't think that is the case with any of the other princess movies.
But I guess Mulan could fit in Stage 4. She certainly is active and goes through an amazing character arc and the story doesn't rely heavily on romance, but I kind of want to keep her in category on her own.
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Thanks, MAP. I don't think Pocahontas had much of a character arc, either, unless you count her falling in love with John Smith (nah).
Mulan had a bit of a relationship with her fellow soldiers, and with the eddie-murphy dragon, but I agree with you about her being in a category of her own.
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New blog post about a new book about to come out. Great writer so this book should be well written and an exciting tale. Buy her old series if you even just like Fantasy but look out for this one.
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A PS on my last Writing update. This one deals mostly on a UF themed story set I want to e-publish but deals with a couple of other items too. And advice also.
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My website became hacked, so I had to destroy it. (Think taking a flamethrower to my HTML). I've now built it up again from scratch and added a couple of posts on IndieReCon and the progress on my four volume story.
quote:Originally posted by Owasm: My website became hacked, so I had to destroy it. (Think taking a flamethrower to my HTML). I've now built it up again from scratch and added a couple of posts on IndieReCon and the progress on my four volume story.
quote: Nice website design, Guy. All with Wordpress? Similarly, I like your book cover designs. How did you create them?
Thanks. This is a Wordpress template called Blogotron. I created the header graphic using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
The covers are done in Illustrator because it's easier to move text around for me (personal preference, since it could all have been done in Photoshop) and it's easier for me to create the two-page print cover. I did the illustrations in Photoshop mostly by manipulating existing photographs from various sources. Some turn out better than others. I'm still learning. I did the stick figures in Illustrator Posts: 1608 | Registered: Feb 2009
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I agree with Dr. Bob. Niiice looking website and the covers are good too.
Oh I have the Sword novel. I was suppose to do a review on it but got side tracked so I didn't read it enough to do one. My fault there.
And I will be getting back to your web site later. I am doing correcting after my novel was editing. And I am aiming to have everything-cover, formatting, etc.-ready to go by June. The cover will be not so easy for me even though I have know what I want.
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Not quite everything but still it's what I am doing and includes a reminder of my two story sets at smashwords.
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Not a blog update (I don't have one), but I did put up two more oft-rejected stories on my website, www.robertnowall.com ---all my finished-and-submitted-and-rejected work for the past two years that's not circulating.
Not much, but a few people have asked when I'd be putting more stuff up---one right at work.
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