Showing posts with label Kalie Shorr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kalie Shorr. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Stories I am working on This May



Hello everyone,
I wanted to give you an update on The Silver Key (which I might make a blog post about soon), I reached my goal of 12,000 words:
(Image downloaded from Camp NaNoWrimo's winner page.) 
Every month I rotate which novel I am writing (going back and forth between The Silver Key and The Mystery of the Body Thief), so I thought I would share what I am working on this May: 



The Mystery of the Body Thief: Annabelle's Return  
Just like Charles Dickens labels the parts in his stories, I am labeling mine, and calling it 
Annabelle's Return because... 
I finally got to the point in my story where Annabelle is awake!
She has lost her memory unfortunately, and she converted back to what she was like in book one. She is not willing to take risks, and sadly is acting like a "damsel in distress." However, that doesn't mean when she regains her memories she won't start taking risks and solving mysteries again.

New songs that remind me of the novel:

The Beauteous Maiden by Derek and Brandon Fiechter (with vocals) 

You can also listen to it here
This song I could imagine playing in the background when Annabelle wakes up. 


All Our Yesterdays by Blackmore's Night 

You can also listen to it here
                                  I think this is a perfect celebration song.

Nothin' New - Kalie Shorr

You can also listen to it here
I can't exactly say what part of the story this reminds me of, because of spoilers, 
but it does have to deal with something rather large that is going to happen in the romance portion of the plot. 



Blue and Gold (I don't know if this is the real title or not yet) 

The inspiration for this story was Gulliver's Travels, which I am still reading. It had a huge impact on this novella, though it doesn't follow the exact same plot. My characters are travelling by boat, but instead of having islands represent dystopias, there is a sort of hidden dystopia that will be revealed in my novella.

All I can say at the moment is that these songs remind me of my novella:

                                           Fight Like a Girl - Kalie Shorr 

You can also listen to it here
**warning slightly strong language: usage of the word d*** *** 
I can't say what part of the story this reminds me of because of possible spoilers, 
but it reminds me of (I can say this without spoiling it) something the protagonists might like. 
Hero by Heather Dale 


You can also listen to it here
This song really reminds me of the protagonist's motive. 

Fight Like a Girl written and performed by Kalie Shorr, Hailey Steele, and Lena Stone
 
You can listen to it here
**warning slightly strong language: usage of the word d*** *** 
I love that this song has many singers singing it, 
and I could imagine the protagonists singing this as a group. 

Plotting The Silver Key
Even though I am not currently writing The Silver Key I have been plotting it out and working on the world building (which includes working on the mythology for it) and character development which so far has been successful. 
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What stories/novels/novellas are you working on this May?
Do you have any songs that remind you of your stories? 

-Quinley 

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Happy New Year's! (+ favorite posts and other things from 2017)


Happy New Year's everyone!:)
 Last year was amazing (and somewhat crazy!), and I am excited to see what will happen this year (2018).  To celebrate I made a post of all my favorite things from 2017...

             Some of my favorite posts from 2017: 

                   Character Karaoke tag 
           
                     Getting characters onto paper parts 1 & 2 

                 My Camp NaNoWrimo novel (2017): The Mystery of the Phantom of Dragonspire court 
  

       Movie reviews: Family Friendly The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Movies 


       Song Suffragettes 


      The Terrible Idea 

October Drawings (+ Drawing Requests) 



When did we get a fox?

The Mystery of The Stolen Crown (my novel so far) 


The Holiday Fairy 

           Some of my favorite movies from 2017: 

                                    Wonder Woman   

(Image from Amazon 
https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Woman-Blu-ray-DVD-Digital/dp/B0714QRG4Z/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1513353829&sr=1-2&keywords=wonder+woman ) 
Rated: PG-13 
Though I haven't watched many super hero movies, I like Wonder Woman because it mixes mythology into it, and it has a strong woman character. 

                           Beauty and the Beast (2017) 

(Image  from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)#/media/File:Beauty_and_the_Beast_2017_poster.jpg) 
                             Rated: PG
                     I have loved Disney's animated classic, and I was excited when they finally made it into a live action movie (I was also excited when Emma Watson was playing Belle). 


                                 The Man Who Invented Christmas 


(Image from Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Invented_Christmas_(film)#/media/File:The_Man_Who_Invented_Christmas.png)


                        Rated: PG
This was a really amazing movie to see, especially because it was about a writer, Charles Dickens.
 I can relate to the things he does while he is writing (also I am going to do a review of it next December). I loved that he was able to talk to his characters, and that his characters complained to him about things (My characters do that to me all the time). Also another neat aspect of this movie is that it showed how Charles Dickens changed the way we celebrated Christmas.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales 




(Picture from Wikipedia,
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_Dead_Men_Tell_No_Tales#/media/File:Pirates_of_the_Caribbean,_Dead_Men_Tell_No_Tales.jpg) 


Rated: PG-13 

This is actually a good movie despite what the critics say. Having seen the other Pirates of the Caribbean movies, I thought they did a good job with making new characters for the movie while still keeping Captain Jack Sparrow and Barbossa (along with some minor appearances of Elizabeth and Will Turner). 

Sherlock Holmes 


(Image from wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_(2009_film)#/media/File:Sherlock_holmes_ver5.jpg ) 

Rated: PG-13 
As you can probably tell already, I love mysteries and I have recently gotten interested in Sherlock Holmes. This movie was not released in 2017, but I watched it for the first time this year. I actually listened to the music before I saw the movie, and I was amazed with the special effects, the plot line, and the way they portrayed the story of Sherlock Holmes. 


Despicable Me 3 

(Image from Amazon,
https://www.amazon.com/Despicable-Me-Blu-ray-Steve-Carell/dp/B072Y3LDZB/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514151613&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=dicible+me+3 ) 

Rated: PG

This was a hilarious movie, and I am glad they made a third film (or fourth if you count Minions).
Despite the fact that the trailer was a little weird (and made it look like the movie would not be good), the movie itself turned out to be awesome.


Some of my favorite songs from 2017: 

I found many new songs and artists this year. Here are a few of my favorites,  



                                            Lament for Boromir performed by Karliene 

                                         You can also listen to it on YouTube Here

                                           I love this song because I, as a LOTR fan, love
                           The Two Towers, and I was excited when Karliene put the original
                           song written by Tolkien to music.  


                                               Disney Princess Medley by Georgia Merry

                                          You can also listen to it on YouTube here

                                       Georgia Merry is one of my new favorite artists!
                                        I like her covers of Disney songs. 
                                    Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Lindsey Stirling 

                                      You can also listen to it on YouTube here
                                 
                                       Whenever I listen to this song by Lindsey Stirling
                                          I picture detectives solving a mystery. 

                                             Will'o The Wisp by Jillain Aversa
                                              You can also listen to it on YouTube here 
                         
                        This is one of my new favorite songs, because the song is about Will'o the Wisps
                         (which are in Irish and Scottish Mythology).

                                           Two Hands by Kalie Shorr 

You can also listen to it on YouTube here 

                                      This is one of my favorite country/pop songs by Kalie Shorr
                                      (of course, besides Fight Like a Girl). I like this song because it talks about                                           how over dramatic writers, song writers, actors, etc. can be and how other                                             (non-writer) people react to them.


For the first time in forever (reprise) performed by Georgia Marie & Kayleigh Ann Strong 

                                      You can also listen to it on YouTube Here 

                             I thought they did a good job with singing this song (also with the acting, too!).
                            Even though they were not in full costume and the setting was different,
                I still felt like they made it feel like they were the characters from Frozen, which is one of                  the most important parts of acting and musical theatre!
                                     
         I would also like to give a special thank you to all my followers (on both my blogs). Thank you for giving me feedback on my writing and drawings... 
And I hope you all have a Happy New Year!:) 

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         What are some of your favorite things from 2017? Are you excited for the new year?

Love, 
Quinley 

Monday, May 1, 2017

Song Suffragettes



Hi everyone, so I recently went to Song Suffragettes in Nashville, and it was amazing!

as it turns out not as  many woman singers get on country radio anymore, though it seems like they should. Song Suffragettes was made for woman country singers so they can get heard.


While going to Song Suffragettes I got a few pictures with Kalie Shorr:


photos with Kalie 
I'm excited to see them again!

Love,

Quinley