Time Flies As They Say #MyFirstPostRevisited
Have you ever wondered why I started blogging? Most likely, you haven’t. That’s perfectly okay with me. But Sarah Brentyn at Lemon Shark created a blog hop called My First Post Revisited. She tagged me, and—with much cringing—I jumped back in time to six years ago to a blog that’s been hidden from public view (for good reasons). And it would seem it covers why I started blogging quite well.
11/26/2010 – I should be sleeping
I’ve decided to take up blogging since it’s almost midnight on Thanksgiving/Black Friday, I’m tired as all heck, and I can’t fall asleep because I can’t stop thinking. So here it is, Loni’s blog, and I’m not really expecting anyone to read it. Alright, maybe I might clue in my mom (Hi Mom!) about it since she’s one of the people who really seems to enjoy knowing what is going on with me.
I’ll start off with what is keeping me up and awake, lying in bed with my eyes closed in the dark. I like to write. I’ve had a book stuck in my head since my pre-Sailor Moon days which I think was before I even hit tween. This book has morphed over the years (and years) so that there’s actually more substance and less “magical conveniences”, but the basis behind the story is the same. Here’s the rundown of the differences.
I've hidden the rundown due to excessive, eye-glazing rambling. Click here if you really want to read it. I don't suggest it.
It started out with Derek, a biology student living a mediocre life in his parents’ downstairs who has a shallow girlfriend named Britney whose friends dig Derek and a brilliant younger sister named Melanie, who gets magically sucked into another world where he meets a mysterious woman with teal hair who has amnesia. Derek instantly falls for Tika (odd looking woman from another world) and he tags along on her journey to this tower she is being lured to by an evil fairy named Iresu who has control over a prince named Akito and wreaks all kinds of havoc just because she wants to rule the world. During this journey, Derek comes across Jebaliah, a young woman who is in love with him to an obsessive point, hates the Princess MaTisha (who is Tika’s true identity), and accidentally kills Han (Derek’s former self) in a mishap battle. Jebaliah is also the leader of a rebel group and her right hand man is Kieser, a dashing man who is ever faithful to his leader. Also there are the guardians, Komiko, Senu, Yone, and Nicky. Derek finds out that he was actually a prince who rejected the evil fairy’s offer of power and as a result, his family was killed and he was forced into hiding as a child. Eventually you find out that MaTisha loved Han and when he died, used her power to send him to another world and another life. I also have a bit about taking the entire gang to our world to explore the joys of traffic and the mall. Overall, Derek is a nice guy and MaTisha is an innocent little princess.
Well, then I got to thinking. It’s a bad habit really. I, for some reason, no longer liked the concept of princes and princesses. So I threw that out the window and created my own social structure revolving around my created race, Drethamir, Teymir, Thanmir, and the rest are just commoners so to speak. And then I didn’t like the thought of fairies. So I decided to create a race of elementals, humanoid beings smaller than humans and divided into five clans, each with their own branch of elemental power. They now have distinctive hair, eye, and skin color which lets me pass off MaTisha’s once teal hair now as silver-blue, since she’s of the water clan. And then I moved into deeper thought. Why would a powerful fairy want to rule the world? It didn’t really make sense to me. What would be the point? Iresu the power hungry fairy turned into Ira, a Teymir (clan leader) who lost her power and now seeks to restore it by taking the Thanmir’s (half-elemental, half-human offspring born for the purpose of being vessels for corrupt power) power. She convinced one of her sons, Thanmir Aito instead of Akito, that she has his best intentions in mind and uses him to try to draw Thanmir MaTisha to her with intent to kill her. In this version, Han steps in to save her when Aito tries to capture her, and is maimed to near death. His Teymir grandmother intervenes to save his life, sending him to be reborn on another world (our world) and in the process, messes up MaTisha’s attempt to save Han and scatters her and the guardians, inflicting her amnesia to all of them. Jebaliah in this version is Han’s foster daughter and she ends up in the care of a military commander, Kieser who is less of the suave and dashing figure and more of the neat and tidy sort. And the guardians got different names: Naomi, Jack, Liz, and Nicholas. The story plays out with much the same plot but far more meat. Derek’s life took a turn for the worse. I’d tell you all about it, but hey, you’ll just have to read the book(s) when it(they) come out.
One of the things that worried me about writing my books (I have about six with Derek as the main character and more with his children taking the lead) was the theological side. I’m a Christian, but my books are not. In my books I created my own religion with its own powerful deities, and that’s on top of the Drethamir being gods to the elementals since they created the elements and elementals. I’ve always been concerned that someone who knows me personally would read my writing and shun me for the un-Christianly theology of my mythological fantasy world. I want to reassure you all that my books are works of fiction and no way represent my actual beliefs. There. I’m glad that’s off my chest.
Alright! Now that I finally got the part about my books written down in my blog and it’s now about an hour later than when I started, I’m moving on to other topics I wanted to write about.
I’m lazy and lack self-discipline. I would like to do something about it, but when I attempt to, I find that I’m lazy and lack self-discipline to do so. Go figure. I’m horrible at starting something and not finishing it. Or wanting to do something and not getting around to it. I’ve decided to put down my list. Maybe, just maybe, it’ll help me accomplish some of my goals (listed as I thought them up, not in order of importance).
Oh look, I'm rambling again. Want to know my goals? Click here.
Goal #1: Get my weight down to 135 lbs by working out regularly and using our weight set for at least 1 hour a day. I bought it. I should use it.
Goal #2: Finish my blanket. I’ve got numerous crochet squares that I’ve got to make and I really should be doing that instead of playing “PocketFrogs” on my iPod Touch.
Goal #3: Return to pole dancing. For those of you who don’t know me, it’s not what it seems. Ophidia studios teaches pole dancing and it’s great fun and helps boost sexy self-confidence.
Goal #4: Write my books. With the history I gave earlier, this goal should be self-explanatory.
My ultimate goal though is The Girl. She is the most adorably beautiful child in the world. She’s also my 3 month old daughter. I’m going to be getting up in about 3-4 hours to go buy her a jumperoo from Babies ‘R Us. I want to exercise her constantly kicking legs. I’m also endeavoring to potty train her. Being lazy and lacking self-discipline makes this a daunting task. I need to recognize her signs that tell me when she needs to go. This means I need to look at her instead of my computer. Hrmmm. Things I plan on buying while I’m at Babies ‘R Us: jumperoo, waterproof pads, and child potty. But I’d also like to get her some leg warmers and this nifty elastic belt that I can just tuck cloth diapers into so that taking them off is really easy. I figure I could probably make both. But that’d take putting forth the effort and putting down the PocketFrogs.
Note from 2017: I discovered I don’t like crocheting and never finished that darn blanket. My current exercise/weight goal is 120 lbs. I’ll take 125, if I can get to it in 8 weeks. I never did return to pole dancing, mostly due to lack of time and scheduling conflicts. My ultimate goal has expanded to include Babyzilla, The Girl’s younger brother. Thankfully, potty training isn’t something I need to worry about anymore.
Ah, 1:04 AM. I think I’m going to bed now.
03/08/2017
Though it’s been six years, writing still keeps me up at night. I’ve accepted this as the way things are. It’s also the reason why I imbibe a glass of wine before bed, otherwise, I’d never get sleep, and I need sleep to be functional at work.
Sadly, my writing hasn’t progressed much. Oh, I’ve improved in the craft. It’s not all telling and long-winded descriptions anymore. But six years ago, I had dreams of finishing my first book.
That’s about all I’ve finished. (Alright, I did add a novella to my completed works.)
On a positive note, I might be able to finish a novella this month if I work really, really hard. But my schedule is working really, really hard to thwart me. 
