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January 18, 2014
Pinkie Pie Gifs
Because she's my favorite pony I decided to have a blog post where all I do is share a bunch of Pinkie Pie gifs...because I can! :D LOL
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January 17, 2014
Fairy Tale Friday
I'm not all that familiar with Arabian Nights but I wanted to do something a little different today, so join me in the discussion of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. :)
Cliff Notes version I found on Wikipedia:
Ali Baba and his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father's business. Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter.
One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, and he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by magic. It opens on the words "open sesame", and seals itself on the words "close sesame". When the thieves are gone, Ali Baba enters the cave himself, and discreetly takes a single bag of gold coins home.
Ali Baba and his wife borrow his sister-in-law's scales to weigh their new wealth. Unbeknownst to them, Cassim's wife puts a blob of wax in the scales to find out what Ali Baba is using them for, as she is curious to know what kind of grain her impoverished brother-in-law needs to measure. To her shock, she finds a gold coin sticking to the scales and tells her husband. Under pressure from his brother, Ali Baba is forced to reveal the secret of the cave. Cassim goes to the cave, taking a donkey with him to take as much treasure as possible. He enters the cave with the magic words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasure, he forgets the words to get out again. The thieves find him there and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him and finds the body quartered and with each piece displayed just inside the entrance of the cave as a warning to anyone else who might try to enter.
Ali Baba brings the body home, where he entrusts Morgiana, a clever slave-girl in Cassim's household, with the task of making others believe that Cassim has died a natural death.[4] First, Morgiana purchases medicines from an apothecary, telling him that Cassim is gravely ill. Then, she finds an old tailor known as Baba Mustafa whom she pays, blindfolds, and leads to Cassim's house. There, overnight, the tailor stitches the pieces of Cassim's body back together, so that no one will be suspicious. Ali Baba and his family are able to give Cassim a proper burial without anyone asking awkward questions.
The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that yet another person must know their secret, and set out to track him down. One of the thieves goes down to the town and comes across Baba Mustafa, who mentions that he has just sewn a dead man's body back together. Realizing that the dead man must have been the thieves' victim, the thief asks Baba Mustafa to lead the way to the house where the deed was performed. The tailor is blindfolded again, and in this state he is able to retrace his steps and find the house. The thief marks the door with a symbol, for the other thieves to come back that night and kill everyone in the house. However, the thief has been seen by Morgiana, and she, loyal to her master, foils his plan by marking all the houses in the neighborhood with a similar marking. When the forty thieves return that night, they cannot identify the correct house and their leader, in a furious rage, kills the unsuccessful thief. The next day, another thief revisits Baba Mustafa and tries again, only this time, a chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba's front door. Again Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other doorsteps, and the second thief is killed for his failure as well. At last, the leader of the Thieves goes and looks for himself. This time, he memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba's house.
The chief of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with thirty-eight oil jars, one filled with oil, the other thirty-seven hiding the other remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the thirty-seven thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are all dead, and escapes. The next morning Morgiana tells Ali Baba about the thieves in the jars; they bury them, and Ali Baba shows his gratitude by giving Morgiana her freedom.
To exact revenge, after some time the chief of thieves establishes himself as a merchant, befriends Ali Baba's son (who is now in charge of the late Cassim's business), and is invited to dinner at Ali Baba's house. However the thief is recognized by Morgiana, who performs a dance with a dagger for the diners and plunges it into his heart when he is off his guard. Ali Baba is at first angry with Morgiana, but when he finds out the thief wanted to kill him, he is extremely grateful and rewards Morgiana by marrying her to his son. Ali Baba is then left as the only one knowing the secret of the treasure in the cave and how to access it.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by zinnia-oberski on deviantART
Open Sesame by Aguaplano on deviantART
...And the Forty Thieves by theintrovert on deviantART
Morgiana by Aguaplano on deviantART
Cliff Notes version I found on Wikipedia:
Ali Baba and his elder brother Cassim are the sons of a merchant. After the death of their father, the greedy Cassim marries a wealthy woman and becomes well-to-do, building on their father's business. Ali Baba marries a poor woman and settles into the trade of a woodcutter.
One day, Ali Baba is at work collecting and cutting firewood in the forest, and he happens to overhear a group of forty thieves visiting their treasure store. The treasure is in a cave, the mouth of which is sealed by magic. It opens on the words "open sesame", and seals itself on the words "close sesame". When the thieves are gone, Ali Baba enters the cave himself, and discreetly takes a single bag of gold coins home.
Ali Baba and his wife borrow his sister-in-law's scales to weigh their new wealth. Unbeknownst to them, Cassim's wife puts a blob of wax in the scales to find out what Ali Baba is using them for, as she is curious to know what kind of grain her impoverished brother-in-law needs to measure. To her shock, she finds a gold coin sticking to the scales and tells her husband. Under pressure from his brother, Ali Baba is forced to reveal the secret of the cave. Cassim goes to the cave, taking a donkey with him to take as much treasure as possible. He enters the cave with the magic words, but in his greed and excitement over the treasure, he forgets the words to get out again. The thieves find him there and kill him. When his brother does not come back, Ali Baba goes to the cave to look for him and finds the body quartered and with each piece displayed just inside the entrance of the cave as a warning to anyone else who might try to enter.
Ali Baba brings the body home, where he entrusts Morgiana, a clever slave-girl in Cassim's household, with the task of making others believe that Cassim has died a natural death.[4] First, Morgiana purchases medicines from an apothecary, telling him that Cassim is gravely ill. Then, she finds an old tailor known as Baba Mustafa whom she pays, blindfolds, and leads to Cassim's house. There, overnight, the tailor stitches the pieces of Cassim's body back together, so that no one will be suspicious. Ali Baba and his family are able to give Cassim a proper burial without anyone asking awkward questions.
The thieves, finding the body gone, realize that yet another person must know their secret, and set out to track him down. One of the thieves goes down to the town and comes across Baba Mustafa, who mentions that he has just sewn a dead man's body back together. Realizing that the dead man must have been the thieves' victim, the thief asks Baba Mustafa to lead the way to the house where the deed was performed. The tailor is blindfolded again, and in this state he is able to retrace his steps and find the house. The thief marks the door with a symbol, for the other thieves to come back that night and kill everyone in the house. However, the thief has been seen by Morgiana, and she, loyal to her master, foils his plan by marking all the houses in the neighborhood with a similar marking. When the forty thieves return that night, they cannot identify the correct house and their leader, in a furious rage, kills the unsuccessful thief. The next day, another thief revisits Baba Mustafa and tries again, only this time, a chunk is chipped out of the stone step at Ali Baba's front door. Again Morgiana foils the plan by making similar chips in all the other doorsteps, and the second thief is killed for his failure as well. At last, the leader of the Thieves goes and looks for himself. This time, he memorizes every detail he can of the exterior of Ali Baba's house.
The chief of the thieves pretends to be an oil merchant in need of Ali Baba's hospitality, bringing with him mules loaded with thirty-eight oil jars, one filled with oil, the other thirty-seven hiding the other remaining thieves. Once Ali Baba is asleep, the thieves plan to kill him. Again, Morgiana discovers and foils the plan, killing the thirty-seven thieves in their oil jars by pouring boiling oil on them. When their leader comes to rouse his men, he discovers that they are all dead, and escapes. The next morning Morgiana tells Ali Baba about the thieves in the jars; they bury them, and Ali Baba shows his gratitude by giving Morgiana her freedom.
To exact revenge, after some time the chief of thieves establishes himself as a merchant, befriends Ali Baba's son (who is now in charge of the late Cassim's business), and is invited to dinner at Ali Baba's house. However the thief is recognized by Morgiana, who performs a dance with a dagger for the diners and plunges it into his heart when he is off his guard. Ali Baba is at first angry with Morgiana, but when he finds out the thief wanted to kill him, he is extremely grateful and rewards Morgiana by marrying her to his son. Ali Baba is then left as the only one knowing the secret of the treasure in the cave and how to access it.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by zinnia-oberski on deviantART
Open Sesame by Aguaplano on deviantART
...And the Forty Thieves by theintrovert on deviantART
Morgiana by Aguaplano on deviantART
January 12, 2014
Happy Birthday, Mason!
My little boy…my angel is going to be five years old on Tuesday. It has been a whirlwind being his mother. Being a parent is a roller coaster. A series of highs and lows. Mason is a unique little boy and some of the challenges my husband and I have faced while raising him have brought us closer together in a way I never imagined possible.
The day Mason was born it snowed. I remember looking out the window, holding my brand new baby boy and together just he and I watched the snow fall.
I was terrified. I had read many books on parenting and how to take care of a baby but now I had to put all of that into practice. So far we’ve done okay. Mason loves to sing, dance, read, play video games and run around the mall until his cheeks are bright pink. He can read! Well…Mason’s been able to read since he was 2 ½ years old. What did you expect? His mother is a writer and obsessed with books. Don’t worry…Peter is on the same track. ;-) Mason can also count to 40 (impressive right?), he knows all his colors and shapes. He loves, LOVES music. He loves to sing. I wish you guys could hear him sing, his little voice trying to match what he hears. His voice cracking when he tries to hit the high notes. Sigh. I love it when he sings. It just makes my day so much better.
Anyway, I know it’s a little early (his birthday is on Tuesday) but I wanted to write a little something while I’m actually thinking about it. J
Sigh. Happy Birthday Mason. You are so loved. <3
Here are a few pictures of Mason.
Mason 1 month old.
Mason 4 years old.
Mason and Peter at the Disney Store while they sang him Happy Birthday yesterday. :)
January 10, 2014
Zombie Ever After Cosplayers needed!
Emerald Star Comics is looking for cosplayers for my new comic book Zombie Ever After. If interested let me know. :)
January 2, 2014
Fairy Tale Friday
Huzzah!! The first Fairy Tale Friday of the New Year! Hopefully 2014 is treating you well. My family and I had a wonderful Holiday Season, although for my family it's not really over because we still have Three King's Day (Jan 6th.) so the party continues for me. :) No complaints here, I get another week of partying and presents!
LOL anyway I figured this will be the perfect chance to talk about The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
I read this story the first time when I was very little, and of course I saw it on Faerie Tale Theater. I remember being fascinated by the soldier's magic cloak. I kept wondering how he could become invisible. :) And I also remember watching the anime version of the same fairy tale. Except that in the anime version the princesses went underground and while they thought they were dancing with handsome princes, they were in fact dancing with demons that were planning on eating their souls or something equally creepy. So it's safe to say that that's not my favorite version. LOL
Anyway without further ado, here's the cliff notes version I got from Wikipedia:
Twelve princesses, each more beautiful than the last, sleep in twelve beds in the same room. Every night, their doors are securely locked. But in the morning, their dancing shoes are found to be worn through as if they had been dancing all night. The king, perplexed, promises his kingdom and each daughter to any man who can discover the princesses' midnight secret within three days and three nights, but those who fail within the set time limit will be put to death.
An old soldier returned from war comes to the king's call after several princes have failed in the attempt. Whilst traveling through a wood he comes upon an old woman, who gives him an enchanted cloak that he can use to observe them unawares and tells him not to eat or drink anything given to him in the evening by any of the princesses and to pretend to be fast asleep until after they leave.
The soldier is well received at the palace just as the others had been and indeed, in the evening, the eldest princess comes to his chamber and offers him a cup of wine. The soldier, remembering the old woman's advice, throws it away secretly and begins to snore loudly as if asleep.
The twelve princesses, sure that the soldier is asleep, dress themselves in fine dancing gowns and escape from their room by a trap door in the floor. The soldier, seeing this, dons his magic cloak and follows them. He steps on the gown of the youngest princess, whose cry of alarm to her sisters is rebuffed by the eldest. The passageway leads them to three groves of trees; the first having leaves of silver, the second of gold, and the third of glittering diamonds. The soldier, wishing for a token, breaks off a twig of each as evidence. They walk on until they come upon a great clear lake. Twelve boats, with twelve princes, appear where the twelve princesses are waiting. Each princess gets into one, and the soldier steps into the same boat as the twelfth and youngest princess. The youngest princess complains that the prince is not rowing fast enough, not knowing the soldier is in the boat. On the other side of the lake stands a castle, into which all the princesses go and dance the night away.
The twelve princesses happily dance all night until their shoes are worn through and they are obliged to leave. The strange adventure continues on the second and third nights, and everything happens just as before, except that on the third night the soldier carries away a golden cup as a token of where he has been. When it comes time for him to declare the princesses' secret, he goes before the king with the three branches and the golden cup, and tells the king all he has seen. The princesses know that there is no use in denying the truth, and confess. The soldier chooses the first and eldest princess as his bride for he is not a very young man, and is made the King's heir.
The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes by ~Alicechan on deviantART
The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces by ~ejbeachy on deviantART
LOL anyway I figured this will be the perfect chance to talk about The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
I read this story the first time when I was very little, and of course I saw it on Faerie Tale Theater. I remember being fascinated by the soldier's magic cloak. I kept wondering how he could become invisible. :) And I also remember watching the anime version of the same fairy tale. Except that in the anime version the princesses went underground and while they thought they were dancing with handsome princes, they were in fact dancing with demons that were planning on eating their souls or something equally creepy. So it's safe to say that that's not my favorite version. LOL
Anyway without further ado, here's the cliff notes version I got from Wikipedia:
Twelve princesses, each more beautiful than the last, sleep in twelve beds in the same room. Every night, their doors are securely locked. But in the morning, their dancing shoes are found to be worn through as if they had been dancing all night. The king, perplexed, promises his kingdom and each daughter to any man who can discover the princesses' midnight secret within three days and three nights, but those who fail within the set time limit will be put to death.
An old soldier returned from war comes to the king's call after several princes have failed in the attempt. Whilst traveling through a wood he comes upon an old woman, who gives him an enchanted cloak that he can use to observe them unawares and tells him not to eat or drink anything given to him in the evening by any of the princesses and to pretend to be fast asleep until after they leave.
The soldier is well received at the palace just as the others had been and indeed, in the evening, the eldest princess comes to his chamber and offers him a cup of wine. The soldier, remembering the old woman's advice, throws it away secretly and begins to snore loudly as if asleep.
The twelve princesses, sure that the soldier is asleep, dress themselves in fine dancing gowns and escape from their room by a trap door in the floor. The soldier, seeing this, dons his magic cloak and follows them. He steps on the gown of the youngest princess, whose cry of alarm to her sisters is rebuffed by the eldest. The passageway leads them to three groves of trees; the first having leaves of silver, the second of gold, and the third of glittering diamonds. The soldier, wishing for a token, breaks off a twig of each as evidence. They walk on until they come upon a great clear lake. Twelve boats, with twelve princes, appear where the twelve princesses are waiting. Each princess gets into one, and the soldier steps into the same boat as the twelfth and youngest princess. The youngest princess complains that the prince is not rowing fast enough, not knowing the soldier is in the boat. On the other side of the lake stands a castle, into which all the princesses go and dance the night away.
The twelve princesses happily dance all night until their shoes are worn through and they are obliged to leave. The strange adventure continues on the second and third nights, and everything happens just as before, except that on the third night the soldier carries away a golden cup as a token of where he has been. When it comes time for him to declare the princesses' secret, he goes before the king with the three branches and the golden cup, and tells the king all he has seen. The princesses know that there is no use in denying the truth, and confess. The soldier chooses the first and eldest princess as his bride for he is not a very young man, and is made the King's heir.
The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes by ~Alicechan on deviantART
The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces by ~ejbeachy on deviantART
December 25, 2013
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!
Merry Christmas everyone. May this Holiday Season be filled with love, joy and many blessings.
Merry Christmas! - 2013 by *InuHoshi-to-DarkPen on deviantART
Merry Christmas and happy new year 2013! by ~Fany001 on deviantART
Merry Christmas! - 2013 by *InuHoshi-to-DarkPen on deviantART
Merry Christmas and happy new year 2013! by ~Fany001 on deviantART
December 20, 2013
Fairy Tale Friday
Welcome to another edition of Fairy Tale Friday! Today we're going to talk about Hans Christian Andersen's story The Nightingale. I remember reading The Nightingale when I was little but I didn't really get the meaning behind the story until I reread the story when I was much older. It's one of those things that makes you think, especially with everyone being so obsessed with technology (myself included) I love the latest gadgets and electronic devices. New buttons, bells and whistles? Sign me up. But then I'll read a story like The Nightingale and it really makes me stop and think. So yesterday I turned the TV off and it stayed off for most of the day. It was nice to see my kids actually play with their toys and listening to their sweet voices babbling and mimicking my voice while they played pretend. It was nice not to have the white noise of the TV playing behind me clouding my every thought.
I also remember watching The Nightingale on Faerie Tale Theater. Did you know that Mick Jagger played the part of the Emperor? Mind blowing isn't it? LOL Barbara Hershey was the Kitchen Maid and Edward James Olmos was the Prime Minister. You just have to watch that episode, it's awesome. :)
Anyway without further ado, here's the little cliff notes I got from wikipedia:
The Emperor of China learns that one of the most beautiful things in his empire is the song of the nightingale. When he orders the nightingale brought to him, a kitchen maid (the only one at court who knows of its whereabouts) leads the court to a nearby forest where the bird is found. The nightingale agrees to appear at court. The Emperor is so delighted with the bird's song that he keeps the nightingale in captivity. When the Emperor is given a bejeweled mechanical bird he loses interest in the real nightingale, who returns to the forest. The mechanical bird eventually breaks down due to overuse. The Emperor is taken deathly ill a few years later. The real nightingale learns of the Emperor's condition and returns to the palace. Death is so moved by the nightingale's song that he departs and the emperor recovers. The nightingale agrees to sing to the emperor of all the happenings in the empire, that he will be known as the wisest emperor ever to live.
The nightingale by ~TheLonelyMoon8 on deviantART
nightingale bird gouache study by ~barisgbo on deviantART
I also remember watching The Nightingale on Faerie Tale Theater. Did you know that Mick Jagger played the part of the Emperor? Mind blowing isn't it? LOL Barbara Hershey was the Kitchen Maid and Edward James Olmos was the Prime Minister. You just have to watch that episode, it's awesome. :)
Anyway without further ado, here's the little cliff notes I got from wikipedia:
The Emperor of China learns that one of the most beautiful things in his empire is the song of the nightingale. When he orders the nightingale brought to him, a kitchen maid (the only one at court who knows of its whereabouts) leads the court to a nearby forest where the bird is found. The nightingale agrees to appear at court. The Emperor is so delighted with the bird's song that he keeps the nightingale in captivity. When the Emperor is given a bejeweled mechanical bird he loses interest in the real nightingale, who returns to the forest. The mechanical bird eventually breaks down due to overuse. The Emperor is taken deathly ill a few years later. The real nightingale learns of the Emperor's condition and returns to the palace. Death is so moved by the nightingale's song that he departs and the emperor recovers. The nightingale agrees to sing to the emperor of all the happenings in the empire, that he will be known as the wisest emperor ever to live.
The nightingale by ~TheLonelyMoon8 on deviantART
nightingale bird gouache study by ~barisgbo on deviantART
December 17, 2013
Holiday Coffee
Last year I made Holiday Coffee for my father in law. I got it out of a Cosmopolitan magazine. So I figured if you're looking for an inexpensive gift for your favorite coffee drinker you might wanna give this a shot.
Holiday Coffee
1 pound medium-bodied coffee (like Colombian)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
In a large bowl, combine coffee with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Use the back of a knife to scrape vanilla beans from the pod into the coffee mixture. Mix well.
Place in a big jar or coffee bags that can be found at craft stores or kitchen supply stores.
This is what your supposed to end up with (I'm well aware that the tag says Hot Chocolate but it was all I could find. LOL)
While your delicious coffee's brewing (because you know you're gonna make a cup for yourself too) is a perfect time to read a short intro for my latest release.
When joined together, Cinderella's slippers grant the wearer her heart's desire. But whose wish will be granted?
When Cinderella’s glass slipper is stolen, Queen Felicia sends her faithful steward Terrance to the real world to retrieve his love and witch-in-training, Bianca Frost. The power of the glass slipper in the wrong hands could ruin peace in Everafter. Bianca must gather every bit of magic she has learned in the past few weeks to find the slipper and protect her new love. Together, Bianca, Ming, Prince Ferdinand, and Terrance venture deep into the heart of Everafter to seek clues as to who has stolen the slipper and why. Along the way, they uncover what happened to the Seven Dwarves after Snow White married the prince, but also learn the awful risk of tampering with black magic and the high price that must be paid for magical aid, even when used for good.
Bianca and Terrance’s relationship is put to the test. Through the pain of suffering and loss, Bianca must determine if following her gallant boyfriend into his faraway world is in fact her heart's desire.
To read an excerpt from Glass Frost, please click HERE .
Learn more about Liz DeJesus on her website .
Visit First Frost , the book that set this series in motion, on Facebook .
Holiday Coffee
1 pound medium-bodied coffee (like Colombian)
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
In a large bowl, combine coffee with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Use the back of a knife to scrape vanilla beans from the pod into the coffee mixture. Mix well.
Place in a big jar or coffee bags that can be found at craft stores or kitchen supply stores.
This is what your supposed to end up with (I'm well aware that the tag says Hot Chocolate but it was all I could find. LOL)
While your delicious coffee's brewing (because you know you're gonna make a cup for yourself too) is a perfect time to read a short intro for my latest release.
When joined together, Cinderella's slippers grant the wearer her heart's desire. But whose wish will be granted?When Cinderella’s glass slipper is stolen, Queen Felicia sends her faithful steward Terrance to the real world to retrieve his love and witch-in-training, Bianca Frost. The power of the glass slipper in the wrong hands could ruin peace in Everafter. Bianca must gather every bit of magic she has learned in the past few weeks to find the slipper and protect her new love. Together, Bianca, Ming, Prince Ferdinand, and Terrance venture deep into the heart of Everafter to seek clues as to who has stolen the slipper and why. Along the way, they uncover what happened to the Seven Dwarves after Snow White married the prince, but also learn the awful risk of tampering with black magic and the high price that must be paid for magical aid, even when used for good.
Bianca and Terrance’s relationship is put to the test. Through the pain of suffering and loss, Bianca must determine if following her gallant boyfriend into his faraway world is in fact her heart's desire.
To read an excerpt from Glass Frost, please click HERE .
Learn more about Liz DeJesus on her website .
Visit First Frost , the book that set this series in motion, on Facebook .
December 14, 2013
Always learning...
Okay so I haven't been able to blog as much as I would like over the past few weeks. Except of course Fairy Tale Friday and the announcements of all the random things going on in my life. LOL I've been busy with Zombie Ever After and learning everything I can about how to be a comic book writer. Good thing I'm a quick-study, otherwise I'd be so freakin' screwed. LOL
Thankfully Mik Jimenez (the incredible artist working with me on ZEA) and Lennit at Emerald Star Comics have been very patient with me and teaching me the ropes. I've been reading every book I can get my hands on that has the words 'comic book writing' anywhere on the cover. LOL I'll write another blog post about it and let you know books are the best ones. I just wanted to at least pop in here and let you all know that I'm alive and well.
Oh! And I wrote like 5 pages worth of Shattered Frost the other day. I'm pretty sure that I'm skipping towards carpul tunnel syndrome since my hands hurt all the time.
Sigh. Anyway I've been learning a lot, writing a lot, and sleeping very little. :D
What have you guys been up to? Talk to me! What are you reading? What projects are you currently working on?
Thankfully Mik Jimenez (the incredible artist working with me on ZEA) and Lennit at Emerald Star Comics have been very patient with me and teaching me the ropes. I've been reading every book I can get my hands on that has the words 'comic book writing' anywhere on the cover. LOL I'll write another blog post about it and let you know books are the best ones. I just wanted to at least pop in here and let you all know that I'm alive and well.
Oh! And I wrote like 5 pages worth of Shattered Frost the other day. I'm pretty sure that I'm skipping towards carpul tunnel syndrome since my hands hurt all the time.
Sigh. Anyway I've been learning a lot, writing a lot, and sleeping very little. :D
What have you guys been up to? Talk to me! What are you reading? What projects are you currently working on?
December 13, 2013
Fairy Tale Friday
Better late than never, am I right? Okay...so today we're going to talk a little bit about the story The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde. I don't know if this qualifies as a fairy tale per se, but it's a lovely yet sad story.
I remember reading it in Spanish when I was very young and it was only recently that I started wondering where I read it and if it was in fact a real story or if it was one of those things that I sort of conjured up out of nowhere. Thankfully my imagination isn't that good. LOL Anyway the one thing that always shocked me was the fact that the statue/prince had the little bird pluck his sapphire eyes out of its sockets so he could give them to the poor.
Anyway here's the cliff notes version that I found in wikipedia (if you have a chance to read the original story definitely go for it):
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds. The statue is then torn down and melted leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow which are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city by God, so they may live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.
The Happy Prince by ~yukkeKY on deviantART
I remember reading it in Spanish when I was very young and it was only recently that I started wondering where I read it and if it was in fact a real story or if it was one of those things that I sort of conjured up out of nowhere. Thankfully my imagination isn't that good. LOL Anyway the one thing that always shocked me was the fact that the statue/prince had the little bird pluck his sapphire eyes out of its sockets so he could give them to the poor.
Anyway here's the cliff notes version that I found in wikipedia (if you have a chance to read the original story definitely go for it):
In a town where a lot of poor people suffer, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who in reality has never experienced true happiness. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt, the sapphires from his eyes, and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty, his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds. The statue is then torn down and melted leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow which are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city by God, so they may live forever in his city of gold and garden of paradise.
The Happy Prince by ~yukkeKY on deviantART
