The Guardians: Nissa: Meeting Rylan

The Guardians: Nissa: Meeting Rylan: He was different. I could tell from the very first moment. He'd been a fun-loving kid, always laughing and joking around. I remember the fir...

The Creation of Segolia

To all those other writers out there, I wonder if you feel the same as I do.
When people learn that I wrote a novel and its getting published, I get many responses:
"What are you doing?" they ask, almost in horror at seeing an open notebook with page 150 on it.
"Is that for school?" This response just makes me laugh. What high school teacher would have a student write novel for homework?
"If they make a movie, I want in."
"Why?" This question is spoken with particular confusion and horror. Like I am some abnormal creature that enjoys books and writing. I do it because it is my PASSION.
Writing is intuitive to me. That is my strength. I know in my heart how something has to be in story. Things accidentally click together all the time because of thise fact. So, when the book comes out, think about the work it took. Each even and every character was created out of my intuition.

Hero

"I may not be a hero. I made some really stupid decisions, and I regret them. But you can fix my mistakes A hero does that, you know. They take the hit and save those who cannot save themselves. I cannot save the world but you can. The world needs a hero. So, I'm asking: will you take the hit for me and the rest of the world?" -Taya Champion, 2112

Life or Death

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to die?
Last night, I had dream where that was what I had to face. In it, I was poisoned and had mere hours left to live. Can you imagine what that would be like? Its not fun. The dream felt so real, and I was convinced that I was going to die. I cried, telling this guy in my dream that I was scared. I wasn't ready to die. My last thoughts in my dream was this: would it hurt? Would I feel excruciating pain or would I just fall into a deep sleep, never to awake again?
The point is how would you feel if death was on your doorstep? Would you feel ready?
I didn't, and I was in absolute relief when I realized it was just a dream. There are many things that we need to be grateful for in life. What about the right to live?

2112: Die Like a Man or Live Like an Animal

"I didn't have another choice!" he protested. growing angrier than before. "They would have killed them all any way. Nothing I could have done would have changed that."
"You could have died like a man," I told him coldly. "But you chose to live like an animal, living by instinct rather than love."
Excerpt from 2112