tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post264852686756969452..comments2024-03-23T02:45:17.058-04:00Comments on Tales of Goldstone Wood: VEILED ROSE Read-Along: PrologueAnne Elisabeth Stenglhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-19602534070529487742013-12-07T17:27:32.991-05:002013-12-07T17:27:32.991-05:001. The dealine for this years fan fiction scared m...1. The dealine for this years fan fiction scared me. By the time I had found a story and the time to write it, it was a long story, I had only a week left to complete it. I was really happy I did make it though. Not nearly as impressive as a novel in two months!<br /><br />2. "It wouldn't be much of a hunt. He had a fair notion where his monster was to be found. This was by no means the first time he had pursued this quarry."<br />These lines gave me excited chills when I read this book the first time!Therru Ghiblihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04098040947163940991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-15829968479183788762013-12-05T17:57:39.798-05:002013-12-05T17:57:39.798-05:00I like how you start it out making us think its go...I like how you start it out making us think its going to be a traditional boy-hunts-monster-saves-girl type thing ... and then you turn our assumption on its head!<br /><br />You wrote this in two months?... If I didn't admire you before, I do now. I'm having enough trouble with the 'Five Glass Slippers' deadline. <br />@Hannah: Congrats on finishing!Rebekahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-85957692150334814102013-12-02T16:37:02.307-05:002013-12-02T16:37:02.307-05:00Hoorah for all of the creative writing deadlines! ...Hoorah for all of the creative writing deadlines! It's amazing what the pressure of a deadline can force us to produce. Perhaps not the most ENJOYABLE of creative time . . . but we do get the stories written!<br /><br />I'll be getting to all of the questions soon, I promise . . . :)Anne Elisabeth Stenglhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09462605949792523331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-521855077557848252013-12-02T15:16:06.019-05:002013-12-02T15:16:06.019-05:00Oh, wow. Two months? You never cease to amaze me.
...Oh, wow. Two months? You never cease to amaze me.<br /><br />1. I've done NaNoWriMo three years in a row now, which I have managed every time. I love the complete closeness that a crazy deadline gives, and the story is completely in your head constantly. <br /><br />2. I loved the line "The first time, he had been no more than eleven years old." It certainly kept me reading. <br />Kira Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068911623966107135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-3786316991976066262013-12-02T06:07:17.285-05:002013-12-02T06:07:17.285-05:00I so badly want to read Veiled Rose - not only doe...I so badly want to read Veiled Rose - not only does it help explain Leonard's story after Heartless, but also gives me a better understanding of Goddess Tithe. I am going to put Veiled Rose on my birthday/Christmas wish-list to be sure :)). <br /><br />My goodness! You had to write it in 2 months? And during a courtship and wedding season too? Wow! That's sooooo tough! Bravo, Ann-Elisabeth :). <br /><br />1. One of the most vivid 'deadline' memories I have that I was actually able to accomplish was back in 2012; it was in May, and Mum found a flyer for a short-story competition for teens at our local library. Out of all the contests, the best ten stories would be shortlisted for publication in an anthology. It was quite appealing to me and I decided to join, though I had never written short-stories before, not to mention that the deadline for submitting a story was only four/five days away and we were going on a vacation to a holiday island by ferry that week!! Somehow, with God's help, I just wrote and wrote - I finished the story before we went on the holiday, and spent the first day of the trip once we arrived on the island sitting in the bedroom facing the ocean and with my sister's help kept editing and editing till it was close to midnight and sent it just in time... it actually got shortlisted and published, which was exciting :).<br /><br />I hope I never have to be forced into such a tight deadline for writing a novel though! I can't imagine how you ever did it.<br /><br />2. Having not read Veiled Rose yet, I can't choose a favourite line. But I do very much love that first introducing line. Hill House sounds lovely - it has such a pleasant cadence to it.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392427700183064027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-71622821998841747052013-12-02T01:01:26.545-05:002013-12-02T01:01:26.545-05:00I've been reading making my way through Veiled...I've been reading making my way through Veiled Rose, and I saw this read-along. Interesting concept and neat to see a sort of "behind the scenes" look at the book as I'm going through it. Two months to rewrite the whole book? Yikes! <br /><br />1. A 20 page paper that had to have at least 10 references to different scientific journals/articles. I waited until the night before it was due because I was studying for other classes - that was a very unpleasant allnighter.<br /><br />2. I think my favorite line was: "Hill House’s empty windows, like mourning eyes, gazed down on him." Really nice description,<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13684809766255483648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-21563491533959240382013-12-01T22:43:58.581-05:002013-12-01T22:43:58.581-05:00The young man did not enter the house, though a pa...The young man did not enter the house, though a part of him longed to walk those corridors again, to feel a comfort that he had not yet since returning to his native land. VR)<br /><br />I love this line...to go home again, to relive fond memories, to feel safe- there is nothing better!<br /><br />Love the background info on VR <3 this is going to be fun!JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946626767993872328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-9422585031585522122013-12-01T18:54:46.407-05:002013-12-01T18:54:46.407-05:002. He sought only on thing: the weapon of a warrio...2. He sought only on thing: the weapon of a warrior. Which he found in the form of a beanpole. -pg. 8<br /><br />CaitlynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-53692974765246564232013-12-01T14:17:13.681-05:002013-12-01T14:17:13.681-05:001. I tend to procrastinate, so I put off writing a...1. I tend to procrastinate, so I put off writing a 10-page research report until two days before it was due. I finished it, but that is one mistake I swore never to make again. :P<br /><br />2. "This was the beanpole of all beanpoles, mighty in purpose and fell with use."<br />I love the idea that a beanpole can be powerful/awesome. As a gardener, I find it rather funny and cool. ;)<br /><br />Did your publishers give any specific reasons for not liking the first version of "Veiled Rose"? I couldn't imagine the series without it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-25724515345861708802013-12-01T14:15:53.067-05:002013-12-01T14:15:53.067-05:00First off, thank goodness for free Amazon samples,...First off, thank goodness for free Amazon samples, since my real copy hasn't come in yet.<br /><br />Second, you rewrote Veiled Rose? In two months? While planning for your wedding? You just got even more incredible.<br /><br />My answers to the questions:<br />1. For my creative writing class, every week, I had to write and edit a story between my Tuesday and Thursday classes- so in about 36 hours. And about 50% of the time, my first idea didn't work out. It was kind of crazy trying to get it done. >.<<br />2. My favorite line is: "Some traditions must be maintained if one hoped to hunt a monster successfully." Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-38214123550218386612013-12-01T14:11:52.353-05:002013-12-01T14:11:52.353-05:00
Posted about the read-along: http://dreams-dragon...<br />Posted about the read-along: http://dreams-dragons.blogspot.com/2013/12/veiled-rose-read-along.html<br /><br />Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-78780077617388372752013-12-01T13:38:14.344-05:002013-12-01T13:38:14.344-05:00You wrote this second draft in just two months? Am...You wrote this second draft in just two months? Amazing and wonderful! What a beautiful book it is. So, so excited about this read-along!<br /><br />2. Lines: Lately, he felt far lonelier in a crowd than when left to himself, (7).<br />Hill House's empty windows, like mourning eyes, gazed down on him (8).<br /><br />I love how Hill house itself is a character in the book, an in-between place that was not touched by the Dragon, but which vicareously experienced the pain of the land. So, the mountains are lofty and cannot be harmed by the Dragon, but the low country is definitely vulnerable. Can someone say beautiful imagery?<br /><br />God bless you.Meredithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-77974715944899156272013-12-01T12:30:36.802-05:002013-12-01T12:30:36.802-05:00I cannot even imagine writing a novel in two month...I cannot even imagine writing a novel in two months. Especially one that got rejected. That had to be so discouraging! But it turned out beautifully. :)<br /><br />Hmm, so far I haven't had too many very stressful writing deadlines. I'm still plugging towards finishing Moonscript by the end of December. And I told myself I would finish my last Cinderella story before the end of November and I finished it yesterday. :D<br /><br />Unfortunately, I don't have the book on hand (someone's borrowing it), so I don't know what my favorite line is. I do know that a mother of my friend picked up the book, intending only to read the prologue, and read the entire book. =)Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15674350834544871474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102067376746188002.post-8892269920163848312013-12-01T10:19:35.361-05:002013-12-01T10:19:35.361-05:00Wow I didn't know that you RE-wrote VEILED ROS...Wow I didn't know that you RE-wrote VEILED ROSE! Yikes how crazy!<br /><br />1. Ugh when I has my first NaNoWriMo, it was really crazy for me because I'd never written anything in a specific timeframe with a specific word count. I just wrote as hard and as fast as I could every day. To be honest I never finished the word count. <br /><br />2. I love the first line in this. It's the sort that grabs my interest in a book. <br /><br />I'm excited about the read-a-long!! Merry Christmas! Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14814840750991556084noreply@blogger.com