I figure what better way to see if all my connections to Facebook, tumblr, twitter and Google were all working again by making a post on the next contest.
Yes, this is late, but you will find out later what is going on.
For now….
This is the next contest. The banner is also a link to the page for the rules.
Basically, this contest is to be inspired by either the name or the pictures. And I warn you, I did have fun hiding things in the banner. Not everything is what you see at first glance….
I hope to get some entries in this one. And yes, there is a Participation Banner, it is in the page listed.
The contest entries are to be in no later than August 31st, 2016. That should give everyone time to finish up their entries into the Bertie Bott’s Superhero Contest!
Seriously people, give some serious love to those who are brave souls and submitted stories. That first story or submitting one to a contest is hard! I know! I am working on a contest piece, and it ain’t easy to do!
So click on the banner above, and go give some love to these brave souls who sent their work in and vote!
Also, not to brag, but there are some new techniques I used for the banners, so go enjoy the work I put out for these amazing individuals. I hope they like them, and look forward to seeing in a few days what they have for us….
I will admit, that the next contest is set to kick off here shortly. I made the banner, and I may say it is also one of my favorites. I will give you a teaser of the new banner. And, don’t take the first impressions as the ones I had in mind. There are all types of hints in it that you may see only when it is larger.
Though, the banner is hidden in a conversation I had with someone in my group…..
So vote, and on the 15th, I will be publishing the new contest. Since I am working on an entry for the Bertie’s Botts Every Flavour Superhero Fest, I am pushing those due dates to the end of August. It should give you time to have fun with her contest. (for more information, please click on her banner, it will take you to the contest page!)
See ya later!!! (I’m in a writing haze, so I am not thinking of anything but getting this thing out. Once it is done, I will back to our normal schedule of me working to get you new chapters each week. Sorry, but I want to finish this!!!!)
I had trouble with a banner, then I realized Simple is not always wrong. The picture appeared and the banner was made to it.
I had a lot of fun with this contest. I loved the entries, as well as enjoyed playing with ideas in my head for the banners. The lessons I started helped a lot, and I am eager to back to them for more ideas on how I can keep improving my banner making. Centuries of Mirrors is one that used a lot of new techniques to me to show the different ‘Mirrors’.
So I am going to do what I said before, I am entering Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Superhero Fest. I am doing a superhero fic!!!!! I highly encourage you to enter she is an excellent writer and the entries into her contest are always interesting!!! I often find new people to read as well as new stories to entertain. I just hope my story entertains others and it fits the criteria!
The next writing contest for me with be ready on the fifteenth. I will give you a sneak peak, it is called Angels and Outlaws. I found the saying on IMDB for one of their lists, and the idea will not leave me alone.
I am working on ITE steadily. It is much harder to sit down and make myself work on one story, and my muse is being extremely mean and introducing new stories. I am being good, writing them out in journals (which by the way, I love the new Volants by Moleskine! They allow you to tear out pages. Before they were all bound together, but now they perforated then and it makes things much easier!).
I will be going back to work, encouraging you to read, comment and vote on the stories. The authors CANNOT reply until the contest ends on the 15th, but after midnight CST, the authors will be free to answer back.
Enjoy, and next week I will have another chapter to send you. This week has slayed me, and I rather not cheat you guys. Who knows, I am getting where I feel I can just maybe release a chapter of ITE….. Maybe.
Seriously, this stuff gotta end, but there is not much hope of that.
The good news? The title is the name of the new Revelations chapter. Not is the song that it came from one of my favorites, it also made imagery come alive, making this chapter one of my favorites.
Now the bad news? One, the pics I originally had for this are as lost as the bathroom one for Teashop. I looked, but nada. I can’t even remember how I found them, but they were of a balcony looking over the city, but you really didn’t see any city details. And it was a railing as if made out of wood, but stone. Think Rivendell for the interior of the Kingdom of Knights. Then add in some nice stonework to support everything, and you have it.
The other bad news is the insomnia, being sick and so on is hitting me and has been hitting hard. Part of it is the heat. According to the people who do the warranty, our AC is fine. To us? 80+ degrees in the house is too hot. But because it is under the 20 degrees under the heat index, it is fine. Yeah… No. Along with this is the fact I feel like crap, so I don’t want to get out of bed most days. The other is that I want to kill animals since they decide that 8 am (after I go to bed a 5am) is a great time to come meowing, or commence barking under the house. Right underneath my bedroom in fact.
But I did learn some stuff and found out new features on my Photoshop to help with pics. I am nowhere done, but I am working on it.
I did come up with a new idea for the writing challenge. Thank you IMDB for a name of a set of photos. It made it all work.
I received the files, and there are some really awesome stories. I will be working on them tonight, hopefully if my body agrees.
Though, I have found out I suck at first person shooter games. My hubby can tell you how I killed 5 people to his 25. In fact, I personally killed him 1 time. After the second time, he shot up my backup. Seems I cannot control the aiming thing very well.
Ok not at all.
I’ll stick to my RPG games thanks.
So here is the chapter, hope you enjoy it. I am going to try to eat, and see if I can take a nap or something so I can work tonight.
Description: The Source of Evil finally finds someone who accepts him as he is, and he will do everything to protect her.
I have had sooo many people ask for this story. It has been with the betas and I am getting the chapters back. Slowly. There are reasons behind this, but I can say that it will be worth it in the end. Remember how I said I don’t like tossing my betas in the deep end? Yeah, circumstances had it happening, but now we got it fixed. We have someone who is being a mentor and saved my ass. Thanks t6james6 and Miss Potter for your work on the chapter.
So this story is the first one I ever completely plotted out the idea. This means it is easier for me to pick up and write anytime. There are 5 chapters written out and waiting for the betas to look over. Due to the fact I am still posting the Chapters of Revelations and Clocks (1 left until I need to write more…I think.) And I am still working on ITE, be kind. We are still doing one post a week.
There are other stories I had ready for betas, and there are reasons why things are still in the holding pen. RL sucks for all of us, and can hit us all.
Good news? 1 completed chapter for ITE, yet another one in the works and getting close to being finished. Unfortunately, there will be another chapter of the current arc I am doing. It is lighthearted fun that our trio needed after the drama and angst from the other ones. It is also helping me get back into writing these three. I won’t be releasing chapters until I am ahead. Remember, I write basically a rough draft, then go back and edit it to add in the details. Then it goes off to the betas.
We had some latecomers to the contest saying they will be turning in their pieces Sunday. I receive all the pieces at one time, so there is no way I can figure out who is who. Once I get them all, I will work on getting them ready for you to read and vote, comment and etc.
Meanwhile, M bought me a present a few weeks ago on Photoshop. It is a book on classes for Photoshop. It has 14 chapters and is obviously self-paced. Since I have it, as well as a WordPress Bible to look over, I am going to work on the lessons, then fit in writing and making banners around it. I already found a technique that will help me in the future. It is outdated (he tried, but he has no idea what is current on Photoshop.) but it is the most updated until the Creative Cloud came out to replace the old PS. I figured that two chapters a day (or more) will be helpful. Some chapters will not do a lot of good, (editing film and so on, but who knows) but some of it I am eager to get my hands on.
So this week will be dedicated to getting through it, as I work on everything else. It will be one less thing sitting on my desk to do. Which will make me a happy little Kittyinaz.
I also only have two more movies to watch through my Marvel marathon. I have watched everything but Dark World and Guardians of the Galaxy. Maybe Iron Man 3. I have to check on that one. I have been watching it all on the 3D being amazed by the picture. And falling in love with Loki all over again. My favorite three so far? Hawkeye, Loki, and Bucky. Stark is another one, but nowhere close to the others. Will I be writing on the Avengers? Maybe. After I catch up on other things.
Ok Reminders:
Non-Canon Awards Review of the week:
I am still reading it. I am in the parts where I put it down and read something else to come back to it. But heck, I still come back to it! The fact that the story is turning towards Sookie more makes me thrilled for however long it goes on.
We are still working on the site. Just face it as I have, it’s always going to be ongoing. But 4Padfoot is freaking awesome. She improves it all the time. And it leaves me time to do what I like to do. Write and work on PS. I never can say thank you to her, as well as MissRissa81. These two ladies do more than you can ever imagine behind the scenes.
For those of you wondering, Stormy is back to normal, running through the house, bouncing off walls and so on. And then acting normal when I am around. WE had some laughs with her and her cone, but all in all, we are done with that episode in her life. Connor and Murphy are happy to be allowed back in the bedroom and they got their baths today. Exhausted but thrilled Connor. Murphy is just putting up with it since I pay attention to him more when he is clean.
Facebook Group.
They got this Sunday night when I released it in between lessons. Just saying.
I am off to work on my lesson now. Or go to bed halfway through it. We will see. It is late.
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