Month: February 2016

Editing

  
This weekend I’m busy editing Entertaining the Sombrevilles, the novel I wrote for NaNoWriMo. Having so much fun with this story!

I also got around to watching the recent TV adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And then there were none. An excellent mini-series altogether and the casting is insanely good – I mean, Douglas Booth, Aidan Turner, Toby Stephens, Miranda Richardson and Sam Neill in the same production? I would have watched no matter what the story was. My friend had told me earlier that Douglas Booth’s character had a lot in common with the main character of Entertaining the Sombrevilles and she was more than right, oh my God. He’s such a great actor and I can’t wait to watch the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies movie, which has both Booth and Matt Smith in it. ^______^ 

I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend! ❤

Top 3s meme

I found a meme and thought it seemed fun and fangirly, so here we go! Source: http://actualpirateking.tumblr.com/post/107158477228/ask-my-top-3s

Ask My Top 3s

  • 1: Top 3 heroes/protagonists

Bilbo (The Hobbit), The Doctor (Dr Who), Sherlock (Sherlock)

  • 2: Top 3 villains/antagonists

Jareth (Labyrinth), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), Scar (The Lion King)

  • 3: Top 3 supporting characters

Donna Noble (Dr Who), Rose Tyler (Dr Who), John Watson (Sherlock)

  • 4: Top 3 background characters or side characters

Captain Jack Harkness (Dr Who), Wilfred Mott (Dr Who), Chuck Bass (Gossip Girl)

  • 5: Top 3 romantic relationships between characters

Seregil/Alec (Nightrunner), Chuck/Blair (Gossip Girl), Tim/Dawn (The Office)

  • 6: Top 3 friendships between characters

The Doctor & Donna Noble (Dr Who), Sherlock & John (Sherlock), Sirius & Remus (HP)

  • 7: Top 3 fictional families

The Nobles (Doctor Who), The Malfoys (HP), The Macahans (How the West Was Won)

  • 8: Top 3 fictional parents

Lucius & Narcissa Malfoy (HP), Lord & Lady Grantham (Downton Abbey), Lily & Rufus (Gossip Girl)

  • 9: Top 3 fictional siblings

Anna & Elsa (Frozen), Riff Raff & Magenta (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Fred & George (HP)

  • 10: Top 3 child characters

Wednesday Addams (Addams Family), Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz), Matilda (Matilda)

  • 11: Top 3 elderly characters

Sophie (Howl’s Moving Castle), Wilfred Mott (Dr Who), Albus Dumbledore (HP)

  • 12: Top 3 fictional animals/pets

K9 (Dr Who), Hedwig (HP), Luna (Sailor Moon)

  • 13: Top 3 fictional locations

Fantasia (The Never-ending Story), Moomin Valley, Narnia

  • 14: Top 3 fictional gadgets/devices

The TARDIS (Dr Who), the Time-Turner (HP), the Invisibility Cloak (HP)

  • 15: Top 3 character backstories

Sasuke (Naruto), Gaara (Naruto), Haku (Naruto)

  • 16: Top 3 characters who die

Sirius Black (HP), Albus Dumbledore (HP), Haku & Zabuza (Naruto)

  • 17: Top 3 non-human characters

The Daleks (Dr Who), Gollum (LOTR), Aslan (Narnia)

  • 18: Top 3 fictional worlds/universes

Doctor Who, Naruto, LOTR

  • 19: Top 3 animated series

Naruto, Sailor Moon, Gummi Bears

  • 20: Top 3 live-action series

Doctor Who, Sherlock, Lost

  • 21: Top 3 animated movies

Spirited Away, The Little Mermaid, Gake no ue no Ponyo

  • 22: Top 3 live-action movies

Gone With The Wind, Battle Royale, Black Swan

  • 23: Top 3 books

The Never-ending story by Michael Ende, Wool by Hugh Howey, The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

  • 24: Top 3 comics/webcomics

Thorgal by Rosinski & Van Hamme, God Child by Kaori Yuki, Maran by Lina Neidestam

  • 25: Top 3 series/movies/books from my childhood

Jurassic Park, Duck Tales, the Narnia books

  • 26: Top 3 obscure series/movies/books I recommend

Movies: J’ai tué ma mère, Formula 17, series: 1 Litre of Tears

  • 27: Top 3 musicals or plays

Jesus Christ Superstar, Rocky Horror Show, Cabaret

  • 28: Top 3 songs from musicals

Gethsemane (Jesus Christ Superstar), You Can’t Stop The Beat (Hairspray), The Time Warp (Rocky Horror Show)

  • 29: Top 3 funny moments in fiction

I can’t think of any specific ones but I’m sure they all involve the Doctor somehow 😉

  • 30: Top 3 tearjerking moments in fiction

When Sirius died, when Dumbledore died (HP), when Sam helped Frodo up the mountain :’(

  • 31: Top 3 heartwarming moments in fiction

When the Doctor celebrated Christmas together with Rose’s family (Dr Who), the ending of “Vincent and the Doctor” (Dr Who), Sherlock being John’s best man (Sherlock)

  • 32: Top 3 scary moments in fiction

There are far too many 😦

  • 33: Top 3 awesome moments in fiction

The lighting of the beacons (LOTR), the battle of the Pelennor Fields (LOTR), the ending of Jurassic World

Another beginning

I know, I’m really bad at updating. It’s really hard to find the time and I haven’t had anything to blog about either, since I haven’t worked on Wavesongs for a long time. But now I’m finally in the process of plotting the story, which has taken a lot of time since I felt the need to write short stories for a while and sort of write freely, without a deadline, without any plans or character limits. It’s been really good for me and I’ve had a lot of fun – I’ll keep writing short stories, of course, but not all the time because I do need to focus on my novel projects.

Wavesongs plotting is mostly difficult and frustrating right now, but it’s getting there, no matter how slowly. I didn’t think I’d need to change that much, but it will be a completely different story – and I’m happy about that. I’ll be able to make my otp happen for real, after all, and that makes me very happy. My hopes are also that I’ve learnt from my mistakes and will write a much better and more exciting story this time. We’ll see, but from the ideas I’ve had already I think it will be a really fun trilogy to write. Much more than before because it will be a lot less angsty.

I can’t make any promises about updating more often but I’ll try to come up with ideas for  the blog as well, in between thinking about those pirates 😉