Livin' on the Edge: The Door Within....Re-Released!

Livin' on the Edge: The Door Within....Re-Released!: Wayne Thomas Batson is re-releasing his book series The Door Within. Here's some more info.

If you read the original release, you're probably in your twenties now. But a new generation of young readers is ready and waiting. Here's what you can do:

1. Purchase a copy of a Door Within book during the May 7th Amazon Blitz; give the book to a young reader you know.
2. Blog / Facebook / Tweet/ etc. about The Door Within books whenever you can and as much as you can. Talk about any impact the books have had on you, favorite scenes, characters, quotes, etc. Please mention the Amazon Blitz date: May 7th!
3. Word of mouth. Talk it up. Text it up. Let friends and family know about the Door Within books.
4. Use The Door Within books as seed-planting. While not a perfect allegory by any means, The Door Within books do contain a lot of Jesus Truth. Use the books as a bridge to talk about eternity with friends and family who might not yet believe.

If you do any of the above, email me at: batguy21784(at)yahoo(dot)com. Put the following in the Subject Line of the email: Door Within ReRelease Promotion. I will put your name in the Acknowledgments Section of my newest book (Soon to be announced!). I will also provide you with lots of cool Door Within freebies here on my blog!

If you purchase a book, email me at: batguy21784(at)yahoo(dot)com. Put the following in the Subject Line of the email: Door Within ReRelease PATRON. I will put your name in a special Patron Section of the Acknowledgments Page of my newest book. THEN, email Thomas Nelson Publishing at: info(at)tommynelson(dot)com and they will send you an all new Epilogue to The Door Within Trilogy.

In the name of The One True King, I thank you.

-Wayne Thomas Batson, 2013

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*Rubs beard*  I think I'm a little late.  Anyway, I've already read the Door Within.   They're GREAT books!

~The WordWeaver

LOOK LOOK!!! MY NEW BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*GASP* IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait... I didn't get anyone to look!?!?!?!?!?!??!  *GASP*  Well, it's true!  Check it out.
http://landofcharactoria.blogspot.com/

Basically, it's all my characters from my stories brought together to share their life experiences - and also what they do.  Whether they are showing off their weapon collection (that's the post at the moment), or just sharing a poem they wrote, YOU'll want to see it.  And I'll prove it to ya'.  But ya' need to go over there fustest. :D

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~The WordWeaver

When Life Gets Depressing...

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The Writer's Way:  When life has a lot of lemons - make Orange Juice." ~ Anonymous

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"You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!"  ~(good old) Vizzini

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Very respectable, ain't he?

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Ooh, that dog is gonna be in for it once the little girl sees... O.O Lol! :P

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I bet he's gonna be trouble... though he's cute. :D

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Haha, reminds me of my brother and I.

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Poor baby...

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LOL!  That's what everyone says. :D  Dogs must be catchin' on. :D

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If they could...

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One more...

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When life gets depressing, remember...
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That it isn't Narnia, but it could be.

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That was a pathetic try at a good quote, anyway...

~The WordWeaver

Character Picture 1: Tira

Character Picture #1. (This may or may not continue, depending on whether it does, :P)

This is a hand drawn (computer refined) picture of Tira, a princess from my Camp NaNoWriMo novel.

While this picture might not be too accurate, at least it gives you an idea of what she (sort of) looks like.  Tell me what you think of it - even though it's a pretty bad drawing.  Oh well, I tried at least a half dozen times before to get it to look like this.  (The eyes were the hardest part...)

~The WordWeaver

Tales By A Teen

What do you think of the new title and header-picture?

(Yes, this post is really that short.)

Plus, just to see if you are reading my blog, comment if you read this post. :P

Separation of Plot and Character Part 1

It is often believed that plot is - basically - what happens in the story.

That assumption is entirely not true.  In fact, character is actually more of what happens in the story.

Why?

Well, for you answer, you'll have to know that roughly, there's about three different plot types.

Romance.

The Man Who Learned Better (Ebeneezer Scrooge for example).

And, The Heroic Quest.

(This is the same as what you'd learn in OYAN, by the way).

Each modern day plot has elements of each of those basic plot types.  And those are plots, what actually happens is plot as well, but here's what isn't plot.

The book circles around the Main Character, and he (or she) learns throughout the book.  That isn't the plot.  And often times, that's the most important thing about the book.

We respect changes in the character.

Hard changes.

Ones that leave the Main Character changed dramatically.

The plot is just to further along what's happening inside the Main Character.

The Character travels from point A to point B (and this isn't traveling physically, though it could be that as well).

In between point A and B, the plot occurs, and that's the only reason the character changes.

(sorry for this rather unhelpful post, I was writing it quickly).

~The WordWeaver

Klauvius Fangheart

More pictures of Klauvius Fangheart.

Klauvius stands before his grandfather's castle, Castle Vetre.

Now... the colors are inverted and the picture is reversed.

And here he is in front of the castle again, no longer reversed, but still inverted.

I hoped you liked those pictures of Klauvius standing by his castle - because the camera-man would be quite mad (if he was still with us) to learn you didn't enjoy them....

~The WordWeaver

Characters In Costume

Hosted by Gillian Adams (http://ofbattlesdragonsandswordsofadamant.blogspot.com/), I joined a sort of contest (not exactly a contest) of dressing up as my main character.

I did so, only I dressed up as my antagonist instead.

So here are the pictures (and for some reason I look like a little kid in them, be forewarned.  I think it was because the clothes were a bit big for me).

 Klauvius isn't a chicken thief - he's the general of a bandit army - but apparently the fleeing chicken behind looked tasty...

More chickens dash behind the one-eyed brigand.

Klauvius was kind enough to pose with his bow after devouring those unfortunate chickens.

And here's Klauvius taking a swipe.  That poor, poor camera-man... he was only doing his job.

~The WordWeaver

Minecraft Keep. Update #2

Here's another few pictures of my keep.  Upon entering, you can see only several of the things I have changed.

Above, the water fall from the roof cascades down, and a small fireplace (that gave me some TROUBLE with all the wood nearby) in front of the throne.

Here's what it looks like from the throne now.

This is what it now looks like from the outside.  As you can see, I have now put up the roof and the two towers.

Here's an aerial view of what is now looks like, taken from a tower of the Dwarven fortress. 

A top down view with the surrounding landscape.

This is Aror Keep (yes, it's named!) from a side shot.  On top of the nearby mountain you can see one of the unfinished Dwarven towers.

And lastly for today, is a shot of the roof, which I thought was the best and funnest part of the entire thing - and I usually hate doing roofs.   But, I really like the design in this one. :D

Anyway, I guess that's it.  Nope, no more 'Herobrines' to show you. :(

~The WordWeaver

Warg Scouts.

This tag was originally made by HyperLinkzer, who tagged Andy, who tagged DrummerGuy, who tagged Taisia, who tagged me, who will tag... I don't want to spoil that yet though.

RULES:

1.  Put a music playlist on shuffle.

2.  The first song is the answer to the first question, the second to the second question and so forth.

3.  Um... I forget.  But you probably know it unless you haven't seen any of the blogs above.

Lastly, (before we get to the goodness) in honor of the Hobbit, I have done this shuffle in ALL The Hobbit:  An Unexpected Journey songs, which actually made it a lot more interesting. :)

If someone says, "Is this okay?" What do you say?

An Ancient Enemy.

What would best describe your personality?

Moon Runes.  (Aha).

How do you feel today?

The Trollshaws.

What is your life's purpose?

Over Hill.

What is your life's motto?

Misty Mountains.

What do your friends think of you?

 A Very Respectable Hobbit (Uh, LOL?)

What do your parents think of you?

Out of the Frying-Pan.

What do you think about very often?

Roast Mutton (Uh… no I don’t. ~ YES WE DO! ~  *looks around*  Gollum?)

What is 2 + 2?

Dreaming of Bag End.

What is your life story?

The World Is Ahead.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Radagast the Brown (No, we don’t precious, we wants to be GOLLUM and SMEAGOL!)

What will they play at your funeral?

Song of the Lonely Mountain.  (OOH!! THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA! :D :D :D)

What is your hobby/interest?

A Troll Hoard.  (Yesss precious, yessssss…)

What is the worst thing that could happen?

The Adventure Begins.

How will you die?

Old Friends (uh oh).

What will you put as the title of this blog post?

Warg Scouts.

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Minecraft Keep

I play Minecraft some - usually while I should be writing - anyway, here's a small keep I've been building.  It will be the center of a large city and neighbor to a dwarven fortress - once I get it all finished.

So far, it's only about half done, with only a small amount of furnishing.

See and enjoy my WIP Keep.

Above is the Keep, the first floor of which is largely finished.  As you can see, it was snowing as I took these pictures.

The top picture, entering the gate, shows the front of the Keep.  The lower screen shot is the throne and a slanted roof above it.  It was meant to look cool, once the Keep's roof goes on, not sure if it will.

A view from the throne itself.

An aerial view of the Keep and the surrounding mountains in which the Dwarf Udrin and his kin live (isn't it so awesome to make up your own back story as you build??? :D)

The Keep from the view of a nearby mountain.  In the background you can see The West Tower, built by Terris the Old in 445.  Now, almost five hundred years later, the Keep has been built.  I plan to make a bridge from the keep to the West Tower in time.

Two beautiful sunrises.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, grip you seats hard.

There is something crazy scary about to be revealed.

It's Minecraft's most feared and hated subject, yet I have seen it.

Yes, you guess it.

HEROBRINE.

Looky at this Picture if you doubt me.

EYES.

HEROBRINE'S EYES.

I was Tnting the place out for the Dwarven fortress... when I found the eyes.

The eyes of Herobrine.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just kidding, it was two nicely placed pieces of XP that looked like eyes.  It gave me a scare though. :P

~The WordWeaver~

Dwarven-ish song

"Yo ho ho ho
Onward we go,
Forward we go!
Under mountain, under leaf,
Over hill, over brook,
Through plain, through storm.
Yo ho ho ho,
Onward we go,
Forward we go!"

"Through waters we speed,
Through golden fields we lead,
Under mountains, past it's fountains,
towards the land of gold!"


"Yo ho ho ho
Onward we go,
Forward we go!
Under mountain, under leaf,
Over hill, over brook,
Through plain, through storm.
Yo ho ho ho,
Onward we go,
Forward we go!"

So... I got the idea of that from climbing up and down a large hill near our house.  It was snowing a lot, which made it better.  Not a great song, not at all.

But considering that's the first one I have ever made up... I think I can give myself a bit of slack. :P

(It was also inspired from the Hobbit. :)

~Inksplattered and Sputtering,

The WordWeaver

Here is my review on The War Horn, an amazing novella by J. Tobias Buller.  If you haven't already got it, I suggest you do, it's very good.

John - the son of Lord Cayson - wakes late in the morning.  While a certain man visits his mother and father, he skips morning prayers and meets a welsh friend of his own age.  However, when news comes to the castle later and a note is found, John's world seems to be broken in half... and indeed it was cracking - cracking into war.  But after a few suspenseful days, John's only hope is to find the Holy Grail and... give it to his enemy.  But why would a tyrant, ungodly man like Lord Gair want a holy relic?

The War Horn places you in John's mind, every decision he makes, it feels as though you make.  I gasped at numerous twists and turns, with each page I was led inward, I felt myself wanting to scan the pages ahead to find out what would happen.

This Historical Fiction was well thought out, developed, and clear to understand.

I can see J. Tobias Buller, or Jake, weaves his tale incredibly, amazing debut novella.  However, this is his first published work and in several parts - especially near the beginning - it shows through.  And being self-published there are several grammatical mistakes.  The ending, too, while satisfying, lacks some of the 'epicness' it could have.

Still, The War Horn is one of the tidiest self-published novella's I've read, and what experience was lacking in the beginning, was soon made up for.

I cannot explain how much this book engrossed me.  I literally was on the edge of my seat.  If you are looking for a book to read, to intrigue you and bring you in, or even just to relax after a hard day, then The War Horn is your book.

I shall wait (not so patiently) for more books by Jake as this has left me (almost) bleeding for more.  But first, join John on his journey, whether or not you like Historical Fiction, I'm sure you'll love The War Horn.

I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Ramblings Of Mine

Rambling is a good profession.

Unfortunately, it doesn't very well.  In fact, it doesn't pay at all, too bad. :P

But I'm going to jabber (or type) on anyway.

For years my church youth group has won 1st or 2nd medals in Volleyball tournaments.  And the second Volleyball team that we have does likewise each time, last year the two of our teams were actually competing for 1st place.

That's cool.

Unfortunately, this year, I doubt we'll get higher than 3rd place.

Why?

Because... I'm on their team.

Last week was the first time I ever played Volleyball before (I've hit the ball... but never played before).  And tonight is the second practice.

I'm terrible at it.

You don't know how many times I failed last week... neither do I, there was too many times to count.

Yeah, and the tournament is in seven weeks.

I'm dead.

REVOLUTION!!!

I am revolutionizing this blog.

Yeah.

I'm excited.

I never really like the older template and design anyway.

I'm ecstatic.

The good thing for you (yes, all you seven followers), is that now I'm actually paying attention to the blog. :)

My blood is steaming.

Oh, and by the by, I just noticed I have seven followers now.  YAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!... did Yahoo! already copyright that expression?  If so, my greatest apologies.  LOL.

And now I finally get around to Tag.  Sorry 'bout that peoples, I hate delaying.
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1. What time was it 13 minutes ago?

Uh... 2:43 PM.

2. Boromir or Faramir?

Faramir!  That is, if you are asking who I like better.  But I do not know... you could be asking which would I would prefer lop my head off.  O.O

3. You are the pilot of a Tie Fighter.  It's about 2:30, earth time, and you are under the command of Darth Vader.  Vader has commanded you to follow the Millennium Falcon into an asteroid field.  A couple of Tie Fighters have already not made it, getting smashed to bits on asteroids.  What is the name of the pilot?

Uuuuuuuh................................ Star-dude? Lol.  I was never much of a fan of Star Wars.

4. If you ask someone, "What's up?", and they answer, "The sky," how do you react?

Roll my eyes - then continue the conversation. :P

5. Does it bug you when people start a question and never

Quite. Lol.

6. Why do you think the chicken crossed the road?

Lol.  Well, of course it always depends on what the Chicken's original motives were.  Say he was seeking a lost prince, or, say, he was heading off for revenge.  Or, possibly he was going to save the world.

In the second case, I would say he would be off for revenge.  In the first case, I would say he's off to find some damsel in distress.

The third case, it grows more the more likely as I think about it, he would be off to save the world.  Which he would most likely utterly fail in.

If, however, he was not in any of these three questioned motives, I suspect he was just wandering aimlessly.

But, I am opposed to people interrogating chickens for their motives, it's animal abuse!  I'm going to call the Animal Association!

(just kidding... :P)

7. How many times have you been tagged so far?

Thrice.

8. Make up a word, and give a definition for it.

Eneputicly; a word sarcastically spit out, to mock another behind his back with words of indescration, terridation, and scrutination.  (Yeah, now you got me started.  You say 1, I say 4. :P)

9. Have you ever used a staple gun?

Um... probably.

10. How many pancakes does it take to get to the moon?

1,267,200,000.  No, really.  Because if each pancake was a square foot, it really would be that many.

Okay, I'm going to tag...

*drumroll*

Actually, I gotta give the 10 things first. :D

1.  What is your least favorite book of all time?

2.  If you could choose between a piece of cheese, or a glass of orange juice, which would it be?

3.  A sword or Fingernail polish (LOLOLOLOL)

4.  How many times does it take you to say Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (a real word that means the fear of long words), without messing up a single letter?

5.  How many words have you written in the past four minutes?

6.  Are cats evil?

7.  Are dogs evil?

8.  Or are they both evil?

9.  If a scheming, plotting man told you to jump off a cliff, and that there was a mattress at the bottom, would you do so?

10.  Say Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia three times fast.

Okay, now I shall tag...

You.

Yes, you.

I tag everyone and anyone that ever sees this.  (Lol, I'm so original, not.)

~From a Splattering Quill,
The WordWeaver