I changed some things around my blog. I want it to evolve with me and I recently leveled up soooo obviously it has to too. I really like the new header, it's simple and pretty. The quote on it is from Peter Pan and it is one of my favorites. I think it defines my journey well. Also, I reverted the unknown back to draft because it was doing more harm than good for me at the moment. Sometimes goals inspire and sometimes they feel restrictive. I may reaffirm my intentions and repost it, who knows?
Today, I stumbled upon THIS:
This is from Jameson Smith's blog, lovely whatsoevers. It consists of a series of questions about your current wip and writing journey. This is the 3rd year of About the Author August and you can participate on instagram or your blog. I have been searching for tags or blog parties to participate in, so I'm very excited for this one! Each week there are five prompts which can be done in any order or all at once. If you write, consider participating in her event!
Now, on with the show...
I'm Miranda. I've been writing stories since I was about 9 years old. The earliest tale I can remember starting was about an elf prince who was searching for a MaGiCAl necklace. Then I ditched that one to hand-write a book about a semi-celtic island infested with strange grey beasts. There was a lot of blood and these old people who sat on mushrooms. But don't worry, I think my writing has improved over the years.
I hope to start working as a freelance writer within the next two years, that would be a little dream of mine come true. I've also had a goal to blog more often in order to improve my writing skill to prepare for that and to help me with my creative writing as well.
I like writing because it helps me to get my point across as well as humanly possibly as I can edit and edit and edit and edit until my thoughts make sense. I like creative writing because I can express myself with no limits, expectations, or guidelines and I have the opportunity to create a story with the messages and storyline I would like to read. In short, writing helps me express myself and to keep dreaming.
Most of my writing projects are in the genre of fantasy or historical fiction but I have started writing a sci-fi short story before as well. I have three main stories I go back and forth between currently, though if I'm being HONEST, I haven't written in a hot minute. Like a really hot minute, super spicy.
First, Before I Go Mad, my pirate story about a girl who is taken in (adopted by? did that exist back then?) a family with a history of pirate-hunting. She finds herself tangled in a war for the fabled Florin's fan, a map to a treasure with severe consequences. You can read a snippet here.
Second, an unnamed story. In the ages after the djinn are extinct, The Sandman rules over the desert. He subdues and controls the population by imprisoning them in his palace where he puts them to sleep. They lay safely on the thousands of beds until their family can petition for their awakening. Seen as a bringer of mercy and peace to the people, The Sandman also offers to put to sleep those who are nearing death from illness or old age. They are preserved, forever living only in dreams. Saskia's brother Taj was taken to The Sandman's palace when he was a child so that he could be saved from a deadly fever. When her family's petitions for his awakening go ignored, she sets out on a journey to find the last djinni to save her brother's life.
Annnd finally, my sleepy hollow retelling which is also currently unnamed. I won't describe this one here because it will be the subject of the next few weeks worth of posts!
Tomorrow, I'll share three facts about my work in progress 🎉
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