Photostory: You're never too old.

Kat: Hey Nowell?
Nowell: Hmm? *turns around*

Kat: What are you up to?
Nowell: Just playing with some blocks.

Kat: Those are neat, where did you get them?
Nowell: *puts horse down* Renato gave them to me when I was little.

Kat:Renato...you mean your dad?

Nowell: Yeah, Nur and I call him Renato though. He was never around very often so he sort of became Renato instead of dad.

Nowell: He gave these to me when I was five I think. Aren't they cool?

Nowell: See, there's the station and the buildings. And of course the train, that's my favorite part! I'm not sure why there's a horse..but I used to make up stories to explain why a horse would be at a train station.


Nowell: *laying down talking to himself* Yeah, the horse was bought by a family far away. It's too far for the horse to walk all by himself, so he has to take a train instead...

*playing happily*

Candid time with Nowell

I took some shots of Nowell for a photostory to a DoA member who owns some of my most favorite dolls. I'm a bit too lazy to post the photostory here right now, but here's the pictures.

30-Day Writing Meme

13. What's your favorite culture to write, fictional or not?

Hands down Sailor Moon (the Lunar and planetary cultures). It was the first story where I went beyond just saying what was going on, and developed an actual culture for the characters. Each planet has its own culture, morals, and even trends. Definitely one of the most fun worlds to write in.

That being said, Nowell's world of the OZ is quickly becoming my second favorite. I suppose it's similar in some ways to the SM universe given the myths and magic that pervade it. I've really been enjoying creating the back stories for the culture and the society. Where the "present day" stories came from, or why the characters have the names they do. What would be normal for a 14 year-old OZian boy be doing? What would his grandmother prefer he be doing. :P

It's finally happened...

I just came across a *great* deal on a slightly damaged doll in the DoA marketplace, and it is one I've been looking at for a while. The I looked to Nowell and well...I realized I don't need another doll. Whoa, when did this happen?! Apparently this boy has really taken over my life. ;p

This has never happened before. It's not as if my other dolls aren't special to me, but I have continued to feel that...questing. Searching for that one doll that just fits. Apparently it's Nowell. Maybe it's just that he wants more clothes and a new doll would take away from those funds!

I'm still sort of considering making an offer, but then Nowell gives me this deathly cute glare and...

Eeep!

30-Day Writing Meme

12. In what story did you feel you did the best job of world building? Any side-notes on it you'd like to share?

That's actually a tough question. For my original worlds, Daemon's is probably the most developed around him. I had ideas of not only who he was, but who everyone around him was and their stories. For example he frequents a bar, and I wrote a back story for the bartender who was a female vampire with a penchant for changing her image. For my own use I wrote up little bios about her and all the others he came in contact with, including places.

However, I'd say that of my writing as a whole my best world building happened in my fan fiction stories. Granted in those you start with a baseline, but I've gone above and beyond in those stories. For example my Sailor Moon fan fiction spans several generations. The main story deals with Princess Serenity/Usagi/Neo Queen Serenity (three different lives right there!), but there is also a separate story for her mother when she was young. I created mythology to explain what is present in the canon as well as my own story, and even wrote shorts on the original founders discussed in the mythology. Every planet is fully defined, and every character specified down to their favorite color and shoe size. :P

As promised!

Finally I retrieved my camera cable from the car and uploaded these. The first set is of Uri and Nowell, I love my boys so much!

These next photos are of the bookcase I talked about in a previous post, the dolls' new home. It will need some decorating, but for now this works. :)

Third floor hobbits!

Second floor Pullips! Maggie and Kaleb have different wigs,
though Kaleb's is probably just temporary. I do like Maggie's though.

First floor bjds!

Little Azkadellia.

My two fallen angels.

And finally my Delilah Noir in a kimono.

30-Day Writing Meme

11. Who is your favorite character to write? Least favorite?

Daemon and Nowell are my top two favorites, with Uriel trailing just slightly behind. Daemon is the character I think I know the best, and his stories almost unfold on their own. Nowell is quite similar, although it's taken some time to learn how to write a 14 year-old boy when I am a 22 year-old woman. :P However, both are interesting and make me want to write more each time I finish a story.

My least favorite is probably Paks, despite how much I love the character. I have a very hard time writing him, and especially writing the surrounding story. Some of it is related to the science and tricky time-line aspects, but I guess I don't have a great idea of who Paks is either. Without knowing why he would do one thing or another, or even what he would do in a given situation, it's very difficult to write his story.