Sunday, February 23, 2014
A link up that was supposed to happen last Monday... and announcement
I know, I stink, and somehow I totally missed this at the end of Anne-girl's post. (?!?) But I'm doing it now! =D Also, next month you probably won't see too much of me because I'll be trying to get 50 hours of edits in on keep moving forward for DOOM. Your probably won't see me too much in April either because then we'll be rushing around packing and farwell-ing people etc. etc.! =) So now, onto the questions!
1. Do you think it's more important to listen to your characters or to follow the idea of the book as originally conceived?
I think that it is so very important to listen to your character's crazy ideas than to go with your normal one =)
2. If you could pick a fictional man to become alive and marry you who would you pick? {note: this is not asking whom you consider the greatest hero but whom you would be the most comfortable spending the rest of your life with}
Uhhhhh. Maybe maybe Nate Upchurch from a maid in fairbourne hall?
3. What is your favorite protagonist and antagonist pair?
I have to think about that one... wow, I sure am not fantastic at this. Um, it probably has to be... Anya and Spencer from the new recruit by Jill Williamson
4. If you had to do without one of the following in your story which would it be?
A. The Dark Moment when the hero is at rock bottom and can't do anything
B. The Moment of Decision when the hero makes an actual goal and starts following it{leading thereby to the story itself}
C. The Resolution the reconciliation of the hero with his or her inner struggles and outer struggles
C.!!! I like doing A. and B.!!!
5. In modern fiction which genre do you think shows the most tendency toward good character development?
Maybe contemporary? I've read several books recently in that genre, they all did a fantastic job! =)
6. Have you ever "fallen for" the villain? {Note I do not mean thought he was a good gut but rather WISHED he was the good guy and rooted for him}
Maybe a time or two. =)
7. Do you prefer writing about your protagonist or side characters?
Protagonist!! =)
8. What do you think is the most cliched and overdone character in fiction?
the three musketeers, I've read so many versions of this book... and for sure there are so many more!
9. Which do you think is more important, making your reader feel or making him think?
making the read feel is what i try to do =)
10. And lastly what do you think are three most important elements to being a hero?
1. Do you think it's more important to listen to your characters or to follow the idea of the book as originally conceived?
I think that it is so very important to listen to your character's crazy ideas than to go with your normal one =)
2. If you could pick a fictional man to become alive and marry you who would you pick? {note: this is not asking whom you consider the greatest hero but whom you would be the most comfortable spending the rest of your life with}
Uhhhhh. Maybe maybe Nate Upchurch from a maid in fairbourne hall?
3. What is your favorite protagonist and antagonist pair?
I have to think about that one... wow, I sure am not fantastic at this. Um, it probably has to be... Anya and Spencer from the new recruit by Jill Williamson
4. If you had to do without one of the following in your story which would it be?
A. The Dark Moment when the hero is at rock bottom and can't do anything
B. The Moment of Decision when the hero makes an actual goal and starts following it{leading thereby to the story itself}
C. The Resolution the reconciliation of the hero with his or her inner struggles and outer struggles
C.!!! I like doing A. and B.!!!
5. In modern fiction which genre do you think shows the most tendency toward good character development?
Maybe contemporary? I've read several books recently in that genre, they all did a fantastic job! =)
6. Have you ever "fallen for" the villain? {Note I do not mean thought he was a good gut but rather WISHED he was the good guy and rooted for him}
Maybe a time or two. =)
7. Do you prefer writing about your protagonist or side characters?
Protagonist!! =)
8. What do you think is the most cliched and overdone character in fiction?
the three musketeers, I've read so many versions of this book... and for sure there are so many more!
9. Which do you think is more important, making your reader feel or making him think?
making the read feel is what i try to do =)
10. And lastly what do you think are three most important elements to being a hero?
- Strong will
- Love
- Courage
This was fun! =) Thanks Anne-girl! =D
Now. Today I am going to do something. =) And I will put the pictures up my tomorrow morning. If you don't see them, you have to think that the power went off, or that I couldn't get my mom to download them *winks* Gotta a deal?
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Lay Me Down by Chris Tomlin
Verse 1:
With this heart open wide
From the depths from the heights
I will bring a sacrifice
With these hands lifted high
Hear my song hear my cry
I will bring a sacrifice
I will bring a sacrifice
Chorus:
I lay me down
Im not my own
I belong to you alone
Lay me down
Lay me down
Hand on my heart
This much is true
There's no life apart from you
Lay me down
Lay me down
Oh oh oh
Lay me down
Lay me down
Verse 2:
Letting go of my pride
Giving up all my rights
Take this life and let it shine
Take this life and let it shine
Chorus
Bridge:
It will be my joy to say
Your will
Your way
It will be my joy to say
Your will
Your way
It will be my joy to say
Your will
Your way
always
(x3)
Chorus
(x2)
Friends Award
*RULES*
1. Let your tagger know that you received notification.
2. Post the award picture and rules to your blog,
and answer your tagger's five questions.
3. Tag five blogger-friends, but at least one of them
has to be a friend you made via blogger.
4. Give them five questions and notify them that you
have tagged them.
5. (Optional Rule: Give your readers a freindship quote at the
end of your tag post : )
[P.S. You may tag group-bloggers]
*MY ANSWERS*
1. What is your favourite colour?
Aquamarine =)
2. What food would you never eat and why?
Horse and dog *though both are available in Indonesia*
3. Do you have a favourite place to meet with your friends?
Probably the Internet. =) Or the gym, not really
4. What do you and your friends like doing together?
With my friends I know in person, talk or play soccer (or both). With my blogger and Internet friends it's writing and blogging =) And talking
5. What are some qualities you admire in your friends?
Love and loyalty =)
Aquamarine =)
2. What food would you never eat and why?
Horse and dog *though both are available in Indonesia*
3. Do you have a favourite place to meet with your friends?
Probably the Internet. =) Or the gym, not really
4. What do you and your friends like doing together?
With my friends I know in person, talk or play soccer (or both). With my blogger and Internet friends it's writing and blogging =) And talking
5. What are some qualities you admire in your friends?
Love and loyalty =)
*MY QUESTIONS*
- What's your favorite friendship quote?
- Do you blog about your friends very often?
- Do you and your friend share some of the same qualities?
- How often do you and your friends meet?
- What color is the majority of your friends' hair? *random question, I know*
*WHO I NOMINATE*
- Britt
- Elisabeth
- Hannah Harper
- Bekah Joan
- Bekah
thanks again for the award, WildHorse!!! =D
abrielle linday
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Panther
Papua is beautiful, lovely, and wonderful. But it isn't always. And dogs never seem to last too long around here.
Panther is my black dog. My beautiful black dog that would be 10 months this month if February contained the 29th.
My beautiful dog had distemper. We think it started exactly five weeks ago from yesterday. At first it seemed to just be a hack, hack thing. And I wasn't too concerned. But when she seemed to get worse and worse, of course I got worried.
Then, a big knot formed on the side of her neck. It was very hard. A couple days later, I felt the knot and it was very soft, and throughout the day, it only got softer, I thought it was going down.
The next day, I went outside to feed them and couldn't find Panther. I called and searched. And searched some more. Nearly in tears, I looked around some more. Soon my dad came out, he started looking for her too.
But all of a sudden, there she was. Right there. I was very happy that she wasn't gone and wasn't dead. I raced over to her and started to pet her and coo over her. Then, a thought came to my mind: "Feel the knot,"
I reached over and my hand went straight into the wound. The two holes and the side of her neck. I was crying then. I raced inside and washed my hands while my mom and dad looked Panther over. My mom came back inside and said that she thought it was a good thing.
Days later, after washing it watching her, praying for her, squeezing the ooze out, my mom said that Margret's mom said that people get these things all over their bodies all the time in the village that they work in.
I asked them later if that was really true. Margret pointed out that often babies are covered in them. But they survive.
That put me in better moods than before. I was very happy. And then when I showed Panther to Margret, Panther actually started barking at my friend! Instead of telling her no, that they were our friends like I had always had to do before, I was petting her and telling Panther, "Good girl,".
For a couple more weeks she seemed to be getting better and better. I thought she was nearly better when she started to fight for her food again.
But then about a week ago she started to twitch. And not just some twitch every couple hours or whatever, it was two seconds between each twitch.
That's when I started to get scared for her life again.
And now, she can't walk straight. She doesn't move a ton. She doesn't bark. She doesn't even eat right. She can't even open her mouth right.
And yesterday morning, if I slid either hand under her stomach she moaned. I'm scared. She's not doing well. At. All.
Since moving to Papua I have had a total of five dogs, three are no longer with us (one died; the other two disappeared), and we only have two.
As I remember it, they were all so painful. Honestly, I didn't want to love the two dogs I have now. But who can refuse two adorable puppies that you've known since they were a day old? I'm the one that fed them and gave them water and raced with them. And it's most painful for me.
Now Panther doesn't even move when we come near. She can't drink or eat. Her muzzle just lays in her food.
So, my parents decided they would rather have her out to sleep than to watch her slowly slip away, suffering. Of course I think that this is better, but they're having it done today.
This afternoon, someone will come and take her away. Then, it'll be how we started, Brownie will be a loner. I'll only have to feed one dog at night. I'll only have one dog to tie up. I won't have to stay out there with them and make sure they don't kill each other over food. It's just going to be Brownie...
So, I was wondering if ya'll could pray for me--and my family. This already is very tough, and it's only going to get tougher when they take her away.
abrielle lindsay
Panther is my black dog. My beautiful black dog that would be 10 months this month if February contained the 29th.
My beautiful dog had distemper. We think it started exactly five weeks ago from yesterday. At first it seemed to just be a hack, hack thing. And I wasn't too concerned. But when she seemed to get worse and worse, of course I got worried.
The next day, I went outside to feed them and couldn't find Panther. I called and searched. And searched some more. Nearly in tears, I looked around some more. Soon my dad came out, he started looking for her too.
But all of a sudden, there she was. Right there. I was very happy that she wasn't gone and wasn't dead. I raced over to her and started to pet her and coo over her. Then, a thought came to my mind: "Feel the knot,"
I reached over and my hand went straight into the wound. The two holes and the side of her neck. I was crying then. I raced inside and washed my hands while my mom and dad looked Panther over. My mom came back inside and said that she thought it was a good thing.
I asked them later if that was really true. Margret pointed out that often babies are covered in them. But they survive.
That put me in better moods than before. I was very happy. And then when I showed Panther to Margret, Panther actually started barking at my friend! Instead of telling her no, that they were our friends like I had always had to do before, I was petting her and telling Panther, "Good girl,".
For a couple more weeks she seemed to be getting better and better. I thought she was nearly better when she started to fight for her food again.
But then about a week ago she started to twitch. And not just some twitch every couple hours or whatever, it was two seconds between each twitch.
That's when I started to get scared for her life again.
And now, she can't walk straight. She doesn't move a ton. She doesn't bark. She doesn't even eat right. She can't even open her mouth right.
And yesterday morning, if I slid either hand under her stomach she moaned. I'm scared. She's not doing well. At. All.
Since moving to Papua I have had a total of five dogs, three are no longer with us (one died; the other two disappeared), and we only have two.
As I remember it, they were all so painful. Honestly, I didn't want to love the two dogs I have now. But who can refuse two adorable puppies that you've known since they were a day old? I'm the one that fed them and gave them water and raced with them. And it's most painful for me.
Now Panther doesn't even move when we come near. She can't drink or eat. Her muzzle just lays in her food.
So, my parents decided they would rather have her out to sleep than to watch her slowly slip away, suffering. Of course I think that this is better, but they're having it done today.
This afternoon, someone will come and take her away. Then, it'll be how we started, Brownie will be a loner. I'll only have to feed one dog at night. I'll only have one dog to tie up. I won't have to stay out there with them and make sure they don't kill each other over food. It's just going to be Brownie...
So, I was wondering if ya'll could pray for me--and my family. This already is very tough, and it's only going to get tougher when they take her away.
abrielle lindsay
i was awarded
TWICE =) Thank you so much Natalie! =D
The rules:
1. link the blog that nominated you for the award.
2. choose eleven bloggers to nominate that have less than 200 followers.
3. answer the questions given to you.
4. let the people who you've nominated know when you've done so.
5. you can't nominate the person that has nominated you.
6. create eleven questions for the bloggers you've nominated to answer.
7. you must follow the blog that nominated you.
*I'll nominate all eleven bloggers at the end for both awards*
Natalie's Questions:
What genre of music do you like? ( for example, rock,techno,pop, dance/club, hip-hop, rap, rock n roll, jazz)
Christian rock/pop
Do you listen to Pandora?
No
What is your favorite band?
Hmm. Um, Casting Crowns.
Are you a fangirl?
YES
What style house do you prefer?
Log cabin =)
Do you watch tv every night?
No, not every night
Do you drink coffee?
I WISH
Are you organized?
No; not. at. all.
How many hours a day do you spend on your school work?
Hmm =\ *shrugs* Sometimes three, other times nine
How old are you?
12
What color is your refrigerator? (random question)
*grins* My family has two. One is gray the other is very old and is mixed between brown and white *winks*
~ The Rules ~
1. Share 11 facts about yourself
2. Answer the 11 questions set by your nomination blogger- Nominate 11 bloggers
3. Set questions for the nominated bloggers.
2. Answer the 11 questions set by your nomination blogger- Nominate 11 bloggers
3. Set questions for the nominated bloggers.
11 Facts About Myself:
- i'm a writer determined to be published
- i have glasses
- i read way too much, but love it =)
- soccer is an amazing sport that i absolutely adore and LOVE to play =)
- i currently have two mutts, but love them to death =)
- i love to wear big, overly large shirts
- i'm more of a tomboy than a girly girl
- frozen is my main obsession right now *you didn't know that, right??*
- i am very unorganized
- i wake up at five am every morning
- i am reading through the bible
Natalie's Questions:
What is your nationality?
Uhhhh, I don't know. American? Heh...
What color is your hair?
Brown with red highlights (natural ones)
Favorite super hero movie?
Haven't seen any YET
Do you listen to music everyday?
No, but hope to once i have control of the ipod again =)
What time do you go to bed?
I usually get into bed at eight, but don't go to sleep until somewhere between eight thirty and nine
Do you ever schedule your blog posts with the schedule setting on your posts?
Not often, and never on this blog. But on some other blogs i might
What is your favorite TV show?
Austen and Ally =)
Winter or Summer?
SUMMER
Chick flicks or action movies?
ACTION =)
Do you like the snow?
Um, I think so... *quoted Olaf* but i haven't seen any for a little over three years now and have adjusted well to the heat. So, i think i will like it...
Is your bedroom on the first or second floor?
first, there's only one floor in our house =)
My Questions for the Liebster Award:
do you read your bible every single day?
how long have you been blogging?
what's your favorite subject in school?
if you have to give up one, would you give up your sight or your hearing?
do you check your email whenever you have the chance?
do you eat healthy?
are you on pinterest?
how many books are scattered about your bedroom?
homeschooled or to-school-ed?
which continent do you live on?
which continent do you WISHED you lived on?
how long have you been blogging?
what's your favorite subject in school?
if you have to give up one, would you give up your sight or your hearing?
do you check your email whenever you have the chance?
do you eat healthy?
are you on pinterest?
how many books are scattered about your bedroom?
homeschooled or to-school-ed?
which continent do you live on?
which continent do you WISHED you lived on?
My Questions for the Sunflower Blogger Award:
have you seen frozen?
what about tangled?
are you some kind of disney freak? or not so much?
if you are a writer, how often do you write?
how often do you read?
what grade are you in?
what is the color of your eyes?
do you live near the atlantic ocean *grins*
do you use google search? or not so much?
do you "label" your posts?
do you talk a lot like me? =)
what about tangled?
are you some kind of disney freak? or not so much?
if you are a writer, how often do you write?
how often do you read?
what grade are you in?
what is the color of your eyes?
do you live near the atlantic ocean *grins*
do you use google search? or not so much?
do you "label" your posts?
do you talk a lot like me? =)
who i nominate:
Hannah Harper
If anyone is wondering what "liebster" means: Liebster means "dearest" in German.
And on another note, Anne-girl is having a giveaway HERE!! =D
thank you so much Natalie! =D
abrielle lindsay
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Monday's Minutes
*Click the photo to go to Tessa's post* =)
*BTW, I have some stinkin' Internet problem so i am not going to be posting a ton. =P Perhaps you'll be happy. ;) I am currently at a restraunt doing this and checking my email *grins* Now onto the point of this post =)*
I am doing 1-3 paragraphs starting with the sentance: When she called my name, I knew my life would never be the same again.
When she called my name, I knew my life would never be the same again. Her voice had that control over me, pulling me closer and closer. With each syllable, her words tightened around me, pulling me closer to my life that was about to change forever. But still I kept moving, one foot in front of the other.
"Baliey," she whispered my name, I lurched forward towards her, bowing instantly. What was I doing?
She repeated my name several times, other words--commands--coming after them. What was she telling me to do? All I could hear was her voice saying my name. Her voice capturing my mind in such a way, I heard nothing...
I really enjoyed doing that one! =D Thanks Tessa! =D
abrielle lindsay
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Sue's *Surprise* Birthday Party
So. Sue had herself a surprise b-day party! =D it was absolutely fantastic. I'm so happy everyone that was there (well, the boys we're actually supposed to be there...)! It was absolutely awesome! =D
First are the pictures of her b-day party, and then the others are of her actual b-day (which was the next day)
First are the pictures of her b-day party, and then the others are of her actual b-day (which was the next day)
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| Ok, i just had to put this. =) Jeremy s so messy! |
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| Waiting for Sue to come down (I was up at the dorm making sure that she didn't come down) |
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| Pulling a very surprised Sue to her par-ty |
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| Everyone =) |
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| Fun pix |
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| Getting ready... |
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| TRICK CANDLES =D |
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| It took Sue 71 times to get them all out. =) |
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| This was an attempt at a picture, you'll see below what she was trying to do (this was actually on her birthday which was spent at the pool) |
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| She bounced forward =) |
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| We *tried* to hold her, great success we had, no? |
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| A good picture of us three |
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| And then of course Sue had to have a funny picture =) |
It was pretty awesome! =) The other girl with us was a friend that just so happened to be at the pool. It was tons of fun =D
abrielle lindsay
Saturday, February 15, 2014
From Recently (but forever ago)
Ok, so i finally decided to share some pix about things that have happened that are IN OR ABOUT INDONESIA. :P I totes stink, i'm just putting off uploading pictures, that's all. ;)
This is January 1st to which we celebrated with Buzz's best friend's family. It was a ton of fun. :)
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| On January 2nd my friend, Margret, and her family arrived back from the village where they had been for almost 3 months! This is her pet turtle. :) |
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| And here we are |
Ok, i'll get more of these to ya'll soon. right now i have to go eat and then get ready for church! :)
abrielle lindsay
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Scribblers' Conference 2014
Anne-girl over at Scribblings of My Pen and Tappings of My Keyboard is having a conference! :D I'll be posting three writing posts about story line/structure during this conference. :D I'm so excited! I mean, c'mon, who shouldn't be??
So if you're a writer, go check out THIS POST NOW because (sorry for the, um, "warning") sign-ups end tomorrow (February 14th) which actually is my today. :) (Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!)
Hope you all have a great day (signing-up, haha :)! Tonight my two friends, Sue and Ruth, are coming to spend the night! :D Ahh, I'm so excited! :D I have to finish Sue's birthday present this morning! :P
abrielle lindsay
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