Rea Lidde's Blog: The. Rant., page 3

The real one who does all the works

So, this is pretty much how my laptop looks like everytime I'm starting to work on my writing.



I'm using Sony VAIO Fit 15 SVF1521P2EB 15.6" Touchscreen, and it's white so it takes extra time to keep it clean. It's really a Windows 8, actually, with Yosemite Transformation Pack. I am using Scrivener for novel, and Wordbook for references. And I have iTunes with playlists for writing and Opera Browser, in case I get sudden WB.

Astrarium Playlist

So... Since the book is coming out....soon... Here's a little sneak peak of the playlists. Obviously I have one for each character, but we'll get to that part later.

Astrarium Mix : Part 0.5

1. Rock 'N Roll Train [Orion's Character Theme Song] - AC/DC
2. Babel - Mumford & Sons
3. Heartless [Crux's Character Theme Song] - The Fray
4. Welcome Home [Cancer's Character Theme Song] - Radical Face
5. People Like Us - Kelly Clarkson
6. Hall of Fame [Pisces's Character Theme Song] - The Script
7. Demons [Phoenix's Character Theme Song] - Imagine Dragons
8. Safe and Sound (Dzeko & Torres's Digital Dreamin Remix) - Capital Cities
9. Midnight [Hercules's Character Theme Song] - Coldplay
10. Silent [Gemini's Character Theme Song] - Tori Kelly
11. Lock Me Up - The Cab
12. Ordinary (Rock Version) [Leo's Character Theme Song] - Train
13. The Writer - Ellie Goulding
14. Zero Gravity [Virgo's Character Theme Song] - of Verona
15. Time (feat. Katie Gray) [Aries's Character Theme Song] - The Burned

Hangin out

When we said we wanna hang out, it's actually ended up like a book club meeting.

And we discussed about Haven and the ending possibilities.

And some other book related chit chat.

Then I left my laptop's adapter at the Cafe. So uncool of me.

UPDATE

The second arc of Haven is available NOW!

Which probably also the last part of Haven. Which means, we're halfway there to the end.

The complete story will be available next year. ;)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY MENTAL TWIN SESTRA

I love you so much! I really am! In sisterly way.

Now that you're no longer a TEENager, please stop tackling me, that's a weird thing to show your love towards me.

Something wicked happened to me last week

First of first, HAPPY EID MUBARAK!!!

Okay, so last week when I was breakfasting with my friends, I got this phone call from my friend, telling me to call my professor in campus. So the next day, I did.

Turned out, he offered me a scholarship for a year in Japan.

You know how rare it is to get a scholarship offered to you without you even asking for it? I was freaking out, because that's like a dream comes true for me.

But I don't know if I'll take it, since I have a job now, and I can't just go hiatus for a year.

The Eye

So, yesterday I was drawing these eyes.

Blue eyes is kind of a key element to Clockwork series, and no it doesn't mean every main character in this series is going to have blue eyes.

Jemma Garner is... Blue with a little bit of green, narrowed eyes with long eyelashes.

While Thaddea Wright has bigger and deeper colored blue eyes. I was planning to make her eyes gray-er than darker blue, but I am horrible at colouring.

And I can't tell you whose eyes is the bottom one. Yet. :P

Ramble at 2 in the morning

I re-write Astrarium. Again. For like, the 4th time. I am such a fail. But the little otaku inside of me demands to take over my head and my writing, I can't help it.

So, Astrarium might be a little more violent than it originally planned to be.

Just finished a scene in Haven where little Thaddea met Jemma and Perry and they're so cute together, it makes me want to yell at Jemma and Perry and tell them to adopt her, because if they don't, her life is going to be suck in 10 years.

Oh yes, story in Haven happened 10 years before Astrarium.

Playlist

Music is my number one booster, and I won't be able to write anything without weird annoying yet addicting sounds all around me. So, I'll share some of playlists I use for a book, or even a specific character.

This is a playlist I made for Haven's anti-hero and Sanctuary's narrator, Perry Irving.

1. A Sky Full Of Star - Coldplay

2. Fresh Start Fever - You Me At Six

3. American Idiot - Green Day

4. Still Waiting - Sum 41

5. How To Save A Life - The Fray

6. Ready To Go - Panic! At The Disco

7. Love Like Winter - AFI

8. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

9. First Date - Blink-182

Not exactly an excerpt...

Astrarium has an excerpt, that you can find in here

Not exactly an exceprt, that's a 1/3 rough draft of the first chapter. Where's the final draft of the book? It's still a top secret. Unless you stole my laptop and my computer, you won't get that now.

The book started with a dungeon scene. Why are they in dungeon? Well, it's a long journey to day 77, so... *smirking devilishly*