Time to introduce you to another character from my nano novel The PianoMan. Meet Tommy Philips. He's easy going, fun to be with, always making jokes, and all around good guy. He's done some acting before, but mostly he just hangs around with Stephan and helps his friend write scripts.
Then Jamie comes, and he sees that she can use some extra help. He becomes someone whom Jamie can talk to, someone whom she feels she can be normal around.
At first I didn't really like him as much as Stephan and Jamie, but in the last few days he's really been a help to me. I'm getting in a lot of scenes with him and Jamie, and then him and Stephan. He's a perfect middle man. Which is unfortunate since he's in love with Jamie. I feel sorry for him, but it can't be helped.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age."
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Snippets of Nano
Hey peoples! Yes nano has made me disappear for awhile, sorry about that. But here I am, here to tell you that my writing is going...okay. I won't say great because I've been stuck a lot. I knew Historical Fiction was going to be harder, because when you're stuck in Fantasy all you have to do to get ''un-stuck'' is through in monsters, or ninjas or something like that. :) So it's been going okay, I'm to 13k and I should be at 15k. At least its only day 9. ;) And I love my characters, Jamie is amazing and I need to do more scenes with her acting. Stephan is...well he's a bit of a jerk but that's only because he can only think about himself and his movies. Tommy is a darling, his heart is going to be broken, I'm sorry Tommy.
Before I leave again here is a snippet of chapter 1.
Chapter 1
He sat morosely playing the piano, his black suit spotless and without wrinkle, his beautifully sculptured hands moving along the black and white keys with perfect grace. The scene was a pleasant one, on top of the black piano was a lamp, under the man’s feet was a Persian rug. The cottage house was quite, the keeper of the house; an old woman in her early sixties rocked in her chair with cat on her lap and knitting in her hands, she smiled at the sounds coming out of the piano.
The man had a dreamy look in his honey brown eyes; he had a touch of a smile on his face. He was a handsome man, with a dark melancholy face, high eyebrows, chiseled nose, and a mouth that endeared one to it; he was in his early thirties but he looked not older than twenty.
The music stopped abruptly, the man pulled out a cigarette and lit it, then began where he left off.
“That’s a nice tune dear, what is it?” The woman asked, her voice pure British English.
He sighed and said, “Oh just a jingle I made up.” He was clearly American.
“Well it’s still nice.”
The man glanced over at her with a smile, she was a silly old thing, but he didn’t mind her, she was after all his great aunt. He didn’t know her very well, only seen her once or twice at family gatherings, but he was a busy man so he paid little attention to old Aunt Jemina who knitted and talked in a high pitched voice and lived in the English country side of Dalwood.
Why had he left America? For the last twenty years of his life he had been working, first as an actor and now mostly as a director, he composed music, wrote plays and scripts, and was even working on a novel. The fact was he was tired. He was tired of the people, he was tired of the movies, he was tired of the paparazzi, he was just tired. One day in his office when every page of his novel was wrong, and all his actors idiots, he decided to leave. And leave he did, the next morning he bought a ticket to Dalwood, Devonshire England. He arrived on the door step of his aunt’s cottage with no warning and even less baggage. But she was happy to have him, and he soon bought more clothes. He had been in England for three days.
Before I leave again here is a snippet of chapter 1.
Chapter 1
He sat morosely playing the piano, his black suit spotless and without wrinkle, his beautifully sculptured hands moving along the black and white keys with perfect grace. The scene was a pleasant one, on top of the black piano was a lamp, under the man’s feet was a Persian rug. The cottage house was quite, the keeper of the house; an old woman in her early sixties rocked in her chair with cat on her lap and knitting in her hands, she smiled at the sounds coming out of the piano.
The man had a dreamy look in his honey brown eyes; he had a touch of a smile on his face. He was a handsome man, with a dark melancholy face, high eyebrows, chiseled nose, and a mouth that endeared one to it; he was in his early thirties but he looked not older than twenty.
The music stopped abruptly, the man pulled out a cigarette and lit it, then began where he left off.
“That’s a nice tune dear, what is it?” The woman asked, her voice pure British English.
He sighed and said, “Oh just a jingle I made up.” He was clearly American.
“Well it’s still nice.”
The man glanced over at her with a smile, she was a silly old thing, but he didn’t mind her, she was after all his great aunt. He didn’t know her very well, only seen her once or twice at family gatherings, but he was a busy man so he paid little attention to old Aunt Jemina who knitted and talked in a high pitched voice and lived in the English country side of Dalwood.
Why had he left America? For the last twenty years of his life he had been working, first as an actor and now mostly as a director, he composed music, wrote plays and scripts, and was even working on a novel. The fact was he was tired. He was tired of the people, he was tired of the movies, he was tired of the paparazzi, he was just tired. One day in his office when every page of his novel was wrong, and all his actors idiots, he decided to leave. And leave he did, the next morning he bought a ticket to Dalwood, Devonshire England. He arrived on the door step of his aunt’s cottage with no warning and even less baggage. But she was happy to have him, and he soon bought more clothes. He had been in England for three days.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Man Himself
Actor, song writer, director, fame and money he has it all. This is my main character in The PianoMan.
His name is Stephan Lewis.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Idea change
So...I kinda changed my idea for Nano. Today I was thinking of a number of things, the movie "Holiday" among them, and a new plot invited itself into my head.
My novel is going to be called, The PianoMan. It seems like I've heard that title before, but it won't leave and the novel won't name itself anything else. I have no character names, save Aunt Jemina who is a minor character, only characters.
The man: He's been acting since he was 10, now he's 30 and famous and tired. He goes to visit his aunt in the English country side and meets a girl.
His nickname for her is Gypsy, and he knows she can be one the greatest actress if only she wanted to be. He also knows she can make him a lot of money.
She will agree to play in his newest movie, she will become famous. She will also be desperately unhappy. And although he doesn't know it yet, he is too.
Riches = Happiness. Not always.
And that's what my novel is about.
My novel is going to be called, The PianoMan. It seems like I've heard that title before, but it won't leave and the novel won't name itself anything else. I have no character names, save Aunt Jemina who is a minor character, only characters.
The man: He's been acting since he was 10, now he's 30 and famous and tired. He goes to visit his aunt in the English country side and meets a girl.
His nickname for her is Gypsy, and he knows she can be one the greatest actress if only she wanted to be. He also knows she can make him a lot of money.
She will agree to play in his newest movie, she will become famous. She will also be desperately unhappy. And although he doesn't know it yet, he is too.
Riches = Happiness. Not always.
And that's what my novel is about.
Monday, October 22, 2012
Back to Missions we Go!
Today we bought our tickets to fly to the Philippines! Everyone is dancing with joy. God has blessed with cheap tickets, both to our home state of Oregon and to the Philippines.
It seems almost unreal, we really are flying out into missions again. We fly to Oregon on Oct 30 and we will be there until Nov 11th.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Abi
It seems almost unreal, we really are flying out into missions again. We fly to Oregon on Oct 30 and we will be there until Nov 11th.
Please keep us in your prayers.
Abi
Monday, October 15, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
November is almost here
Now for those of you who don't know about the madness of Nanowrimo, or are not evolved in it would probably say to that title,
"No it's not! October just got here."
Well yes that's strictly true, technically there is 26 days till November 1st.
But for us Nanowrimo people, it's preparation time for the 31 days of noveling ahead of us.
http://nanowrimo.org/
Nanowrimo is a contest were you are challenged to write 50,000 words of a novel in 31 days. I first did this when I was 13 and loved it, I've done it every year since. Last year I won at 50848, and I hope to win again this year. Although I will probably be overseas at the time.
My novel this year is not planned out at all (but then again I never plan) and I'm kinda nervous.
It's working title is The Art of Tattoo because the main character is covered in tattoos, and they tell a story about her life. Her name is River, she's a fighter, she has dreadlocks.
The other day I came across this quote: Pain is stronger than life, stronger than death, love, loyalty, duty. ~Essad Bey And I think that's what River's life is like now.
In the nano land we have two types of writers, the planners and the pansters. The planners outline, do character sheets, and have a lot of the plot worked out. Pansters maybe have some plot maybe none, maybe have some characters maybe not. I am a panster. :D I go in with a couple of characters, a bit of a plot and I go from there. This year I hope I have more than I have right now, I just don't know how I'm going to get there. River and I will probably have some talks. ;)
Nanowrimo is amazing fun and if you're a writer looking to write a novel, check this out!
Abi
"No it's not! October just got here."
Well yes that's strictly true, technically there is 26 days till November 1st.
But for us Nanowrimo people, it's preparation time for the 31 days of noveling ahead of us.
http://nanowrimo.org/
Nanowrimo is a contest were you are challenged to write 50,000 words of a novel in 31 days. I first did this when I was 13 and loved it, I've done it every year since. Last year I won at 50848, and I hope to win again this year. Although I will probably be overseas at the time.
My novel this year is not planned out at all (but then again I never plan) and I'm kinda nervous.
It's working title is The Art of Tattoo because the main character is covered in tattoos, and they tell a story about her life. Her name is River, she's a fighter, she has dreadlocks.
The other day I came across this quote: Pain is stronger than life, stronger than death, love, loyalty, duty. ~Essad Bey And I think that's what River's life is like now.
In the nano land we have two types of writers, the planners and the pansters. The planners outline, do character sheets, and have a lot of the plot worked out. Pansters maybe have some plot maybe none, maybe have some characters maybe not. I am a panster. :D I go in with a couple of characters, a bit of a plot and I go from there. This year I hope I have more than I have right now, I just don't know how I'm going to get there. River and I will probably have some talks. ;)
Nanowrimo is amazing fun and if you're a writer looking to write a novel, check this out!
Abi
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