New Story, New Characters

So, just yesterday in my creative writing class, we were taking notes about this thing called "a writer's notebook". Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, the notes not as much, except I doodled a bunch of ants on it, but the aspect of a notebook specifically for, well, notes is something I kind of enjoy. I take a bunch of notes and I put them anywhere that's quickly available. And what was quickly available in class that day was my writer's notebook that I was taking notes in on how to use a writer's notebook. And in the middle of that and some random recollection of my trip to Catalina just this past June, I got a whole new story in my head. I had already been thinking about a character earlier in the day and then I just seemed to have a story right there for her... And it all started with what was almost like a movie in my head of her death scene. Anyways, she and her buddy have given and family names. I chose these names for a reason. Especially the given ones. And this will be my first ever frame story. The way I'm framing it is kind of modeled after Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (anyone remember that from sophomore year? Or what about the sophomores about to read it? Sophomores, don't lose hope when people tell you how hard and boring it is to read--it's not hard and it's slightly interesting. I just don't like Vincent. *ahem* Anyways...), but it's a little different. And that thing I said about a death scene earlier? Don't mind that. A lot of my characters seem as if they have death scenes. There's nothing to worry your pretty little head about, my dear reader. Well, the title is still being decided, but the main characters have their names, and the first frame has been created. Also, the way my boyfriend's hair just happened to fall while I was messing with it yesterday seemed just perfect for one of the characters, so thank you, boyfriend, for allowing me to take a picture for reference so I can better draw it out. The main characters, by the way, are Aidan Allaway and Gwyneira MacEnchroe. I chose Aidan so as not to recycle the name Aedh, which is actually where Aidan comes from. Now, I am going to end this post, which is good for my god awful computer typing skills, and talk more of names some other time. I will also introduce you, my "beloved" readers, to characters some other time. Until then, farewell.

How I Started Blogging

Hello, there, Crow here. You know what I hate about this website? You have to have gmail; you can't just have your own separate account for this. And since I started this blog on a shared computer, guess what? I have to log my grandmother out of her gmail, which happens to have a lot of stuff for her job. She's an interpreter. But nevermind that. This is a little note about how I decided to start this blog. I'm a senior in high school and my fourth hour is a creative writing class. So few kids signed up for it, can you believe that? Anyways, today we looked at blogs and the teacher, Mrs. Brown, said a lot of writers have blogs and that having one is a really good way to put yourself out there. So, until I can make my own website (which I will), I will be posting on this. Hopefully, I can get a laptop in the near future and will not have to worry about shared computers. I will most likely make notes to myself with specific times and dates, so if there's a post with several times and dates, then that will just tell you when that was originally written, not posted. This blog is to just give people a little bit of insight on my life and to showoff my works. So every now and then there will be photos I've taken either of cool things or of my own artwork. And there will also be posts and previews about books and comics I'm writing and stuff like that. You can see some of my art on twitter. You can follow me @knightofthecrow. Please don't try clicking that, though, because it's not a URL link or anything, just my user tag. My full name should show up as Crow. Also, I'm MaidenCrow on spellsofmagic.com, so if any of you would like to see my profile or forum posts, it's there. You can also email me at nothisenemy@gmail.com. That's the account hooked up to this blog, by the way. I also have Pinterest and Tumblr, but I have kind of stopped using them. Anyways, any readers who would like me to continue with my posts, thank you.

About Me

My name is Crow. Yes, that's my actual birth name. Well, it's really my family name, but I've had it since birth. I became Wiccan in November of 2013. For me it seems that I turned to Wicca almost naturally after a very troubling time of my life. That troubling time is a little personal, but I may or may not share it on occasion or under certain circumstances. My best friend is also Wiccan and, even though it is hard to keep in touch after my second uprooting, we try and I still consider her to be a very good friend. She helped me through my troubling time and I hold great love and respect for her. I've been in a heterosexual relationship since February of this year (2014). My boyfriend is agnostic, but he respects my personal beliefs and religious choices and has supported me while I was still "broken", if you will. I believe myself to have fully recovered from that troubling time in my life, but, even though it's in the past, I know that as I look to the future it will always be with me. It still comes back to me and I know that even though I'm letting go, and have been letting go, there will always be times where it all comes back. You cannot escape the past. All you can do is look ahead to the future and live in your present. I am currently studying Wicca and magick, even though, as mentioned before, I am Wiccan and, though I haven't mentioned this, I've grown up having some knowledge of it. I will most likely continue to study Wicca and its philosophies throughout my life. I would also like to study all other religions, philosophies, and theologies, because I am a curious person, have a great interest in other cultures, and like to compare and contrast and find links and similarities between my religion/beliefs and others'. Though I forget the name of the man who said it, there is a quote I read a while ago that I really like that is kind of old: "he who has studied one religion knows none". It is an interesting perspective that I believe to be quite true; how can you understand yourself, your culture, your religion/beliefs, your world, if you do not know anything of others' cultures, beliefs, and worlds? It is part of the motivation for why I would like to study all religions, philosophies, and theologies; they can give me a better understanding of my own religion, beliefs, and perspective of the world. I also love mythology and as a child read books on Greek mythology on my own. I happen to like to read a lot and have written my own prayers. I tend to be very open minded and do my best not to judge others for who they are. I also like to think of myself as a bit of a rebel, liking things that are different, wanting things no one else has, trying to be unique, but I am probably just overestimating the rebelliousness of my nature. I can be rather strange at times, but, like my Marilyn Monroe tank top says, "Being Normal is Boring". And, yes, I know Marilyn Monroe is awfully popular, but she was quite gorgeous. And I love me some gorgeous women, as do most people, yes? I'm kind of pro-sex/sex-positive feminist, among other things. I identify as bisexual and I have some pansexual tendencies. And, though I still identify as completely bisexual, I'm closer to being a heterosexual who is homoromantic than I am to being a pure bisexual. I also realize that human sexuality, especially female/woman sexuality, is quite fluid and, therefore, have no qualms with my sexuality and all its facets and tendencies. Also, before I knew I was bisexual, but after I found I wasn't straight, I used to joke about my sexuality, saying that "I was so straight, I curved". I plan on going through the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps and being a part of the linguistics department. I have actually taken about two and a half years' worth of a Japanese language class and one of my three Japanese language teachers was from Oosaka, Japan and was a native speaker, English being her second language. I'm an artist and hope to get my own books, plays, movie scripts, and graphic novels published one day. I would also like to draw for Marvel publishers and maybe even submit some stories to them for publishing. I want some tattoos and will even be designing some of them. I like edgey stuff and listen to a lot of music, mostly rock, though I enjoy most music. I love theatre and have been on the crews for three plays. I think I might have mentioned this about myself before, but I love to read, write, and draw. My current relationship is my third... Most other things about me you'll just have to find out.