Hi from Alabama...

[DianthasProphecy]

Hi Everyone!

I'm Jessica, and I'm 22, married with 1 little one. Who's one year old. I have more books that I know what to do with, and even more on my nook. I love to write, and am just starting my first novel, even if I never try to publish it, I just love to write.

I just wanted to introduce myself!
So Hi! I look forward to talking with all of you!


Jess

 

[The Realm Wanderer]

Heya, I only joined like 4 days ago, but I'm no longer the new guy...that position falls to you, well new girl
Nice to meet you Jess. I think you'll like it here. It seems to be a decent place. It deserves more members though.
Someone should spread the word.
Anyway, care to tell a little about the novel you're writing??

 

[DianthasProphecy]

Sure,
My novel is based around a sorceress who was imprisoned in a statue after stealing witches souls to convert to power for herself. A group of witches got together and combined their magic to imprison her. Her lover, a sorcerer himself, cannot free her on his own, and has searched for years for a way to free her. Enter the Seer Diantha, she prophesized about the birth of a Seer from a witch's bloodline, with the power to free her.

When he finds the girl, she is 16, and her full power cannot be tapped until the ever of her 18th birthday. He takes her from her village, and keeps her prisoner, waiting for her 18th birthday. He sister (A witch with an affinity to Water) is already 18, and leaves to retrieve her sister. Raul, one of the village guards, and a shapeshifter, accompanies her, because he feels responsible for the girl being taken. From there it's a quest to reach the other side of the country they live in, where the sorcerer's castle is.
They'll have other's join them on the way, people who have a vested interest in keeping the sorceress imprisoned. There will be things that the sorcerer has left behind to slow anyone following down, etc.

I'm thinking it may be a trilogy at least, I'm not sure yet though.
I'm not sure about the reason the Sorceress is imprisoned either, I don't know if I like that reason or not. I'm not in the actual first draft phase yet. I'm hashing out the details and making a rough outline. Not to mention World Building. Good lord...We won't go there...

 

[The Realm Wanderer]

Well, so far it sounds pretty good. Curious though, is this going to be a book with POV characters? Whose perspective is it told from, the sorcerer's, the sister's, whose?
If you don't like the current imprisonment story, maybe the sorceress stole the witches' souls because she was dying from a magic-based disease and required their souls to stay alive. Just a thought
And trust me, I know what you mean about world building. I'm currently trying to design the governments in mine, like Kingdoms and Dukedoms etc. It's er...not going well haha.

 

[DianthasProphecy]

I am thinking of having POV characters. I'm pretty sure it will be from the sister's POV, whose name is Calypso by the way, she is a water witch after all. The kidnapped sister, Cecilia, will be a total mystery, at least for a while. The reader won't know what has happened to her, where she is, etc. Nothing will be told from her POV or the sorcerer's for at least the first book.

Though I am debating a little sneak peek through her eyes here and there.

 

[The Realm Wanderer]

I assumed it would be told from the sisters' but it's always best to ask
I've always loved the name Calypso, don't know why? It just sounds...well cool.
You could even use her as the prologue. Just write it as even you don't know who she is.
Something like:
The girl looked around the shadowed room and shiverered, her ankles secured by chain to the pole that extended up and through the ceiling of the dungeon-like dwelling.
She remembered a figure grabbing her, babbling that he was sorry, but, but she had to go with him. What could a man want with her, though she was already sure she knew. What do all men desire? She shuddered and thought of her sister. How she longed to be caught in the embrace of her one last time. She cried in silence, not wanting to give her abductor the satisfaction, but the door swung open nonetheless. She looked up and saw the tall, cloaked figure standing in the doorway, watching, just watching.

 

[DianthasProphecy]

hmmm. That is a good idea. It's a "hook" like was suggested in the other thread, and mysterious. Good thinking. I'll deffo have to give something like that some real thought.

 

[At Dusk I Reign]

Welcome to Mythic Scribes, Jessica!

 

[DianthasProphecy]

Thanks! I'm glad to be here! So far all I've seen are good things. The members all get along, no flaming or spamming! Since I've run a forum before, I know that's a GREAT thing!

 

[At Dusk I Reign]

Thanks! I'm glad to be here! So far all I've seen are good things. The members all get along, no flaming or spamming! Since I've run a forum before, I know that's a GREAT thing!

The lack of flaming is certainly one of the best things about the forum, along with the innate friendliness. I'm sure spamming will become an issue as the forum grows in size, but that's probably a hazard of the job. Good to know you're having a ball here, Jessica - it's a great place to be.

 

[Black Dragon]

Welcome Jessica!

How old is your little one? Mine is 9 months old, and she's the light of my life.