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11-08-2006, 09:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Dark Wolf's Introduction
1. What do you do? (Hobbies, job)
I work in a library.
I am also a writer (I just finished writing my first novel) and an artist.
2. Where are you from?
Originally, California...Currently, Arizona
3. Who is your favorite author?
Fantasy genre...Terry Brooks, Holly Black, J.K. Rowling (no gagging please), and Eoin Colfer.
4. What are your favorite films?
Fantasy here also...Labyrinth (any movie with Bowie and Muppets in it has to be at the top of the list), Neverending Story, Dark Crystal, Ever After, Princess Bride, etc.
5. What music do you want played at your wedding?
Been there, done that...twice. Just typical wedding crap, my parents paid for the DJ. I'm not planning on a third time.
6. At your funeral?
"Don't Whisper My Name in the Dark" by Audra
7. This IS a gothic website, so... how do you want to die?
In my sleep...or else in a fantastic explosion.
8. What kind of casket would you want?
There will be no need if there is a fantastic explosion...
9. What's your FAVORITE outfit?
My black jeans with the D-rings and my black T-shirt that says "I can't be good all the time"...by boss HATES it when I wear that shirt.
10. What's one thing you miss about being a little kid?
Not having to pay bills.
11. What's your favorite band?
(Not all goth here...) Metallica, Siouxsie and the Banshees, AC/DC, Audra, The Clash
12. What kind of education do you have? What is/was/will be your major?
I dropped out of college in my junior year...English Lit and Art
13. Why did you join?
Why not?
14. If the first 13 questions didn't give it away. What is your gender?
Female
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11-09-2006, 11:49 AM
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#2
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The World
Posts: 23
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Since you were kind enough to reply to my intro post, I'll do the same! And I'd like to add you have great taste when it comes to movies and music. "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you kill my father...prepare to die!" "Nothing? Nothing, nothing tra la la!" Anyways, welcome to this little dark corner of the web, and enjoy! People seem to be real friendly and don't bite unless asked. Heh. Later!
PS: Congrats on the novel, where can I get a copy? Reading is my biggerst hobby after sleeping.
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11-09-2006, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by AzrealZ
PS: Congrats on the novel, where can I get a copy? Reading is my biggerst hobby after sleeping.
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It's not published yet. It's "finished" as in it is finally on paper instead of swimming around in my head. I need to do a bit of editing, and hopefully by New Year's it will be ready to be sent to publishers. If anyone decides to actually publish it, I'll let ya know...cuz I will be announcing that to anyone and everyone that crosses my path!!!
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11-09-2006, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 225
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Welcome Dark Wolf, by your preferences, I assume your novel is a fantasy novel. Is it like a Harry Potter kind of fantasy? Or is a blend of fantasy and darker horror? By the way, I also like your tastes in literature , I also like Harry Potter, along with millions of preteens and adolescents. Harry Potter is crazy, I even heard they had a school in England based on Harry Potter.
Anyways looking forward to reading some of your literature, and again welcome
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11-09-2006, 01:27 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by knightmare
Welcome Dark Wolf, by your preferences, I assume your novel is a fantasy novel. Is it like a Harry Potter kind of fantasy? Or is a blend of fantasy and darker horror?
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It is more like a Holly Black type story with faerie creatures in a modern day setting. It is still fantasy, but with a modern-day twist. I liked her idea of putting imaginary creatures in the here-and-now and I just ran with it. A lot of is still in an area untouched (for the most part) by humans, but they venture out into our world and have to adjust to technology and such. It was actually very fun to write.
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11-09-2006, 01:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 225
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Nice, that kind of fantasy is usually the very fun to write, as you said.
How did you find a relatively reasonable way that humans can interact with the faeries, since drugs were already used in Holly Black's stories? Just curious.
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11-09-2006, 01:46 PM
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#7
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Clarkston
Posts: 108
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nice you should give me some pointers then on writing!
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11-09-2006, 02:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by knightmare
How did you find a relatively reasonable way that humans can interact with the faeries, since drugs were already used in Holly Black's stories? Just curious.
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Actually, there is very little human interaction. The main characters are all Fae creatures. The few humans they did interact with in the story the Fae chose to show themselves to while they were in glamored form. So there wasn't really any trick necessary to have them interact. The humans had no clue they were dealing with Fae. It was mostly the Fae using the humans for their own purposes and never needing to expose themselves for what they were.
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11-09-2006, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Originally Posted by xxkissxmexgoodbye
nice you should give me some pointers then on writing!
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Just keep writing...the best advice I can give you is to boot your inner-critic out the door and lock the door behind it so it can't get back in. Just write to finish what you have swimming around in your head and worry about the editing when you are finished.
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11-09-2006, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 225
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That's good advice, Dark Wolf.
The fae using humans for their own purposes. Interesting...
What audience are you aiming for?
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11-09-2006, 03:06 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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Probably young adult with a cross-over into adults who like a (hopefully) good fantasy story...
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11-09-2006, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 225
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Usually fantasy becomes intwined with action when you aim for the young adult/adult audience. I haven't read your story, even though I would like to since the premise is intriguing. But it sounds like there is no antagonist in the story, unless the humans are indirectly involved somehow.
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11-09-2006, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 17
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The antagonists are rogue Fae and members of the Unseelie Court. Humans would not be a problem or a challenge for them, therefore, they are irrelevant and dispensable.
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11-09-2006, 08:46 PM
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#14
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: With the Zombies
Posts: 2,208
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welcome!
the Clash is a really awesome band... 
__________________
It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And curse my fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name
*ANIMAL CRACKERS*
http://www.myspace.com/persephone_x
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11-12-2006, 10:29 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 1,688
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Originally Posted by Dark Wolf
It is more like a Holly Black type story with faerie creatures in a modern day setting. It is still fantasy, but with a modern-day twist. I liked her idea of putting imaginary creatures in the here-and-now and I just ran with it. A lot of is still in an area untouched (for the most part) by humans, but they venture out into our world and have to adjust to technology and such. It was actually very fun to write.
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That sounds amazing!!! I skipped school for most of 2nd and 3rd grade to go to the library... Reading is one of my greatest passions. Your book sounds like it's right up my alley. Please please please let us know when it's published.
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A SPIDER sewed at night
Without a light
Upon an arc of white.
If ruff it was of dame
Or shroud of gnome,
Himself, himself inform.
Of immortality
His strategy
Was physiognomy.
--Emily Dickinson
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11-13-2006, 09:03 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: With the Zombies
Posts: 2,208
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i agree. i'd like to sink my claws into it, too.
__________________
It's not so much the pain
It's more the actual knife
Pretending the picture is perfect
I cut myself to sleep
I close my eyes for a second
And curse my fragile soul
I scream to hide that I'm lonely
The echo calls my name
*ANIMAL CRACKERS*
http://www.myspace.com/persephone_x
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