Notice to readers

Hello, and good day to you all! I know that I have not been posting as often as I have most recently promised, but as of now my classes have required more of my attention than previously noted. I will continue to post when I am able to make time, and I hope that everyone who has been with me thus far will continue to check up on my progress every so often!

Thank you in advance and for all who support my future in writing!

C. Olson

The Girls And Their Home

Though I last spoke on my story's prologue, I feel it best to continue on with other chapters. So for the third chapter, the girls are on their way to the Castle/Estate and are busy getting ready before hand. Anyone reading this chapter will see how poor these two are and to what lengths they are willing to go in order to survive.

At first I was planning on having the two sleep in a single bed to help emphasize their poverty, but then I thought about a note I had made earlier. The girls are staying in another character's previous house from long ago. With this in mind, two beds are already in the bedroom. The condition of the beds are much less than perfect though.

Some walls inside the home look as if they were once repaired, but have aged with time. The kitchen looks neglected and practically unused, showing that the house had not been occupied for quite some time. (Who doesn't use their kitchen?) The exterior of the home is scorched in places while others seem covered up or redone. The type of wood used for the framing and its color is different than most other houses surrounding it. The positioning is also different, as it sticks out from the town, disrupting what would have been like a single wall shared by the back of the neighboring homes.

(If I go into too much more, then those who have read my prologue might realize who once lived where the girls start out. And that would spoil the fun!)

Anyone who wishes to see my most current revisions of my story's chapters need only ask. Please feel free to look at my work and give me your input! All comments are welcome as well!

C. Olson

Exams are over and I am back!

Hello all! Sorry for my absence for the past while, but a number of events took place and then I got lazy. Now I am aiming to have many more posts and things to say to my viewers, so please continue to support me in my writing goals/career!

Over the past few weeks, I have been slacking on my writing as well as other tasks that required my attention. Seeing how I much I have been neglecting my writing is rather embarrassing, since it was I who started this blog and spread the message to all I could for support. Despite my lack of posts, I have been gathering my ideas little-by-little and am almost done placing them together. At this moment I am working on my Prologue, which I have put off on completing for these past weeks. I will continue with my story's updates within the week and will be looking forward to any and all who support me!

C. Olson

Follow-Thru

This last week is going to be like a gauntlet for me, seeing as I still have some work to complete before I can say "It is finished." Otherwise, I have some information to give to my faithful readers and supporters. My Prologue is structured differently than my main story. 'Why', you might ask? Well, my Prologue is actually following a supporting character who has had a worse life than any other in the story. Known as 'The Henchman' in my writer's group, he had his family taken from him at an early age in the midst of a battle that involved the entire town at the foot of the Castle. For those of my readers who might not be able to make the connection, as a child he was traumatized after seeing his family slaughtered before him. His present-day state, where he is referred to be one without a name, is him with suppressed memories.

Though I have yet to research the matter specifically, I do know that one with suppressed memories will unconsciously store away his thoughts following the said traumatic event and act as if the event had almost never happened. With this in mind, the Prologue covers the majority of the memories he is slowly recovering as he continues to act on the Head Maid's behalf.

Remember, if anyone wishes to read my work's current revisions, please contact me and I will send them to you! (include email along with request; I will soon place reminder of this on my main page for anyone who has not read this message)

C. Olson

Been a while, but back on track now!

For a few weeks, as I have noted in my previous blog posts, I have been rather busy and preoccupied with finishing up whats left for this semester of college. In turn this has kept me from working consistently on my novel. But the other day I had a sudden burst of inspiration, if you will. I had been working on organizing my personal files, and then for some unknown reason I had an entire scenario plotted out in my mind! Of course I was excited, seeing how it has been some time since my last stroke of brilliance! Furiously I wrote out the main details of the scenario in my notebook and after half an hour I saw how perfectly everything would fit together.

With the completion of my story's Prologue, I saw which of my end scenarios would fit best! As far as one character's role goes, it will be a tragedy (though I might try my best to avoid that, depending on how well it will fit together). For now I am just going to wait for when I finish up this semester (next week for me!) and then push forward with the little momentum I have seemed to catch. Until then!

C. Olson

The Long Haul

As the last few weeks of my second semester concludes, I am having to tie up some loose ends.
With each week I become gradually less anxious, as I am nearing my summer semester. Though I have little to write today, I at least want to reassure anyone who has been supporting me thus far that I am still continuing on with my writing. My school schedule has been interfering with my writing consistency. With the new semester, I will restart my writing and my chapter revisions as well.

C. Olson

Weekly Woes

For the past four to five days, I have been in a slump. Not because of my writing, but because of my schedule. I have needed to write much more often, and I'm facing a sort of post-modern depression from not doing so (slight exaggeration). Luckily my ideas have still been coming to me regularly, so I am not too concerned with the efficiency of my imagination.

Soon after arriving home Sunday from a family gathering, I wrote down some ideas that came to me. Not that I had many notes to write, but I think that every detail should be considered important since all of the notes are a means to an end (my novel).