Crimson Promises

Crimson Promises is complete at 107,000 words. I am going to do some quick revisions and tighten up some languages. Then the draft is going to some trusted friends for a second edit before I send this bad boy out.

Anywhere

Today, as I was thinking about my blessed friends, I thought about the improbability of so much love I see everyday. A short prose dedicated to love (intimate and not) that comes to us:

Two sisters are separated by fate to opposite sides of the world. One is born on the East Coast of the United States. The other is born in China. They have forgotten the other exists during birth. Both are brilliant, have excellent memory, love at first sight, are hard-working bums, and trust their closest friends whole-heartedly. The Chinese sister goes to an American University, and the two meet at dinner. They are instantly best friends and sisters again.

David has drifted from bars to nightclubs and even to Zumba dancing trying to find the right girl. He is rumored to be a serial dater, though he just can't find his click. As the rumors spread, the "wrong kind" of people vie for his heart. He has a great job and a big house, so all those fish in the sea seem to be full of sunnies. His great job sends him to Tanzania and Kenya for research, where he falls instantly in love with a villager. She does not have internet or phone and has no idea what kind of house he owns. These lovers, thousands of miles apart, are together again.

Jarrod's lover is not nearly as far as China or Kenya. In fact, Ryan lives in his county. Jarrod is a loner and a quiet man, though, preferring online chatrooms to venturing out finding his soul mate. Unfortunately, this lifestyle draws the attention of police as they try to hunt down a credit card thief. Jarrod's suspicious online activities land him in jail for three days until the police find the actual suspect. Ryan is in jail for drug possession. He and Jarrod meet, and they stay in touch. Fate is met again.

Cynthia has been having trouble conceiving. This makes her irritable, and she has grown distant from her wealthy family. People avoid her until she is no longer invited to the more minor family gatherings, though she watches the social networks once in a while to see what she's missing. She notices her 14-year old is pregnant and scared. Cynthia's sister is furious. Cynthia takes her niece in and takes the child as her own. They relocate to a nice, quiet suburbia, and her niece can goes on to nursing school while Cynthia raises her own little boy.

Progress so far

I think if I keep track of my progress, I will be inspired to get everything done faster and finish this draft. The sooner I finish that, the sooner I get to editing and then submitting.

- I am currently at page 190
- There are eleven chapters so far with about nineteen pages to a chapter
-So far, twenty bandits, one elf, sixteen fish, one hare, one horse, and eight orcs are dead.
- Our adventurers have traveled through two Towns and one city since leaving home
- They have taken three detours on the road. Dominick protested all three.

After a dragon fight, a showdown with a grand witch, the final battle, and epilogue, I will be needing some honest critics. Or I can just let this book sit around my hard drive with all the others. Whatevs

On Updates

I am terribly sorry that things run so slowly. I don't write a lot of poetry in general, and I have a collection of short stories that I have tried working on, get to the last bit, and move on. I tend to finish those stories, but much later!

I am writing, but I am writing a novel that I hope to publish someday. A group of my friends recommended I keep it off of the Internet, so most of my writing is barred from this blog. When I have shorter works, I will post them here, but this project is demanding all of my attention.

I am a Cornell student, too, and taking organic chemistry. My time for writing is quite limited, especially as preliminary exams approach. During the long breaks, I have more time (in between Post-Test Stress Disorder nightmares) and will post more often.

In the meantime, I apologize for the sporadic writing! I am working on something!

For those curious as to what this behemoth is, I will provide the premise. It's not at all formal or well-written for an agent, but just in case you ARE curious:

A twelve-year war rages in the west over an empty throne. Justin DeBlazz, son of a legendary war hero and an adventurer at heart, enjoys the little peace in the grand city of Rubenville - that is, until his orphaned cousin Tara arrives. Within months, a band of elite mercenaries come to take the girl in the night. He must travel into the cursed land of Deeagor and find out who sent the mercenaries and what their intentions are.

Essentially, Justin is a champion swordsman and a beloved personality in the  Catsnian court. His best friend Mark is always at his side to make trouble with him. One morning, Justin finds his cousin Tara in his home, newly orphaned and lost. They take her in, but mercenaries follow to take her as well. Justin and Mark defeat the first two, but the third is the legendary killer, Astarte. Without killing a single guard, Astarte steals Tara away, and Justin, Mark, and Dominick set out to save the girl. A great journey ensues that holds the fate of the war in its balance.

Lemuria

If I were in the abyss

Far beneath the roaring waves

and looked up at the moon

How would it change my world?