Oh, Trenches It Has Been So Long

April does this to Cil's shirt

Chapter 7
Chapter 7 was my favorite chapter. I had no idea what I was doing but when I heard the Keri Hilson song I got crunk (am I using that right ?) and I wanted my characters to be to. They are teenagers on summer vacation and while I orginally wanted this to have a Dirty Dancing feel (so yes, Cillian meeting a rich girl minus all the paranormal elements was an idea) it just turned out more modern than that.
 

Ring my Bellum
I have so many puns for this tiltle.
I had lost all hope for this mess of words but I found some great picspiations ! I see this story  as having 1 major storyline and two small side stories happening at once. No, Eric does not get a storyline but he gets what I think is a pretty big part.




A TDOLL BREAK ? MAYBE ??

So, after this chapter we'll be taking a slight T-DOLL break.. . . maybe. I'm still working on plotting and bridging a few chapters so I'll take some time to reflect. I'm going back in the trenches but I feel inspired about it thanks to my playlist. . . I think.

 PLAYLIST

+1+ Your Song by Elle Goulding (have I used this ?)
+2+ Lose Yourself - Eminem

Chapter 8 

After April puts an entire party to sleep, she and Ty have it out. Now without a place to stay April moves in with Cillian. Of course Cillian has made a bargain with Ty to learn April's real name. Now he is realizing there might be something else to this new friendship. . .

A Couple Of Questions

Chapter 6

April's Story was around the third thing I had written for this serial. It's the one thing that explains April's motivations-- her only motivation-- in life is to get back at her Mother.Originally the story was the story I thought I should write, but I wanted to take a different angle.

As Me A Question
To make this blogpost fun I went back to the Let's Give LiLe Something to blog about questions.April and Cillian are out of the question because their serial isn't complete.

Who is the hottest Lile guy and why ? (It can be more than looks)
So, all of my characters are hot. . . so I'm going to have to based this on other things. 

Tomas. I know I know it's obvious I would pick him. He is all broken, brooding and makes mistakes.  He is also higly creative, caring and persistant.

Who is the sexiest Lile girl and why (again, more than looks!)
I'll go with Clara. She's rich and talented and she doesn't try to hide it.

If she could break apart and repair a couple who would it be ?
I feel like I've said this but I am all over some Fierro/Sofia. I mean putting two reserved, reflective, and tentative characters together seems nice and healthy. Also Sera and Clara. . .but that's because that would be hot.

Playlist Chapter 7  (Yes, I gave a lot of stuff awy from this chapter in the comments. . .oops)

+1+ - The Edge of Glory VSQ
+2+ - Honky Tonk Bodonka Donk
+3+ - The Way You Love Me - Keri Hilson
+4+ - Cry  by Alexx Caisle (Dance Moms, yep that's right !)

So Cillian's realized that Cascade Falls has some resident who are less than human. April's told her story but does Cillian see himself in the next chapter ?

Chapter 7

Picture Horder

  I've had a secret image hoard for Nightmare for almost two years. I'm so glad I get to finally share them.



April Cottingley,  18-20  (I'm still not sure how old she is)

I saw the first image and I was like "I want to write her story" she seems young and earthy and ethereal.  I think this image of Demi Lovato also works because of the clothes. cheeky pose and slight gothicness. Like Lovato April has a mixed ethnic background (Irish, Chinese, Mexican). The white ink tattoos are April's leg tats. I'd love to get these.

April's attitude is based on . . .whatever it is Miley Cyrus is trying to fail at on purpose. She has that kind of "we can't stop and we won't stop" swagger. Just a bit. 


Thistle and Tirney

Thistle, 18 (Dianna Aragon)




Tirney Cottingley, 20 (Kylie Bunbury)


Ty, 44
Her accent is probably obvious now ( Jenny McCarthy)

Cillian O'Conner
We all know his picspiration but here are a few more photos. I'm not sure if I said this but Cillian is based on how Channing Tatum sounds and acts in StepUp. He's got that sort of deep, clipped quiet demeanor. Channing was originally Cillian's picpsiration but he just wasn't. . . hot enough. Yes, I ralized the ballet connection but that wasn't until later.

Chapter 6

Playlist

+1+  On Top Of The World- Imagine Dragons (The SH-LILE go to band was this a top 40 ? It's so catchy)
+2+ Full Circle - Half Moon Run (This was in the Assasian's Creed  trailer)










Somehow Tinery and Thistle being Ballerinas came in later and I realized the connection to the Step-Up film. This happens again with something else in the story.

So You Wanna Gif Post

So You Wanna Gif Post ?

Before I post picspirations I want to explore the characters more. In the mean time here is a GIF post.




What I do to my Muse daily

How the NAF Gap feels when I concentrate more on Bellum's Wall. Vice Versa

I mean  after 5 serials and T-DOLL

Fear not everyone

 

To help here is my Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Then when I get infront of a blank screen

Then when I find music that writes a scene

How I treat the relationships and friendships in Bellum (well all serials)

Also there will be  this

Um, except not Vampires. Oh, Ian Somehalder something about those blue eyes and dark hair.

Sometimes I'm all like

Them I'm like

Thank you for puttig up with the crazy

I used Megara gifs because of the comment left on the last post. . .but I realize that her character is actually the way I imagine Seraphina. . . and now that I think about it she reminds me more of her in Bellum for a lot of reasons I didn't realize until now.

I think April sounds more like Quinn from Glee. She has that self-important tone, but more on that . .

Playlist

Chapter 5

+1+ Good Intent - Kimbra
+2+ Too Close - Alex Clare
+3+If I Didn't Know You Better by Nashville

Dispatches From The Trenches

I'm at Bellum War

I don't know what kind of strange voodoo was at work that made Lux dig through the trenches so quickly, but for some reason Bellum just has this huge GIANT wall. I have all these mini scenes but not actual what's it called. . .plot.  I wonder if it's because I know after N:AF I may not have anything else up my sleeve. Also I have a lot of puns on the word Bellum so I'll bring it up sometimes.

N:AF . . . er part two

So I've gone on and on about this gap that NAF is going to have and I need to fill  (Don't, Erik) . I had an idea of what I wanted to do back when it first popped into my head, but I have this other idea. I think I may have to write gibberish and nonsense until something comes out of it.
.I may do another GIF post. Have I really just done one ?


N:AF The Beat Goes On (If this was sequel material that would make a great name)

Playlist 

Three

+1+ - Radioactive - VSQ
+2+ Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation

Four
+1+ - Clocks - Coldplay
+2+ - Leave My Body- Florence and The Machine


This will be the last double chapter post.

Everything I've Said About N:AF EVER !

After Finishing JNRR

I have to tell you though I am itching to write a Love Story. It's been so long. Any ideas ?

A Few Post Later . . .

I'm In Love

So this came out of nowhere but it seems that I have fallen in love with a new story idea. I have no idea where it came from, but I think it will be a fun mix of Litany Lane and Lost Angels and I'll get to incorporate a part of myself into it.  I don't have all the details but it will be a slight take on a fairytale, so it is tenivaly called  An American Fairytale.

It will have a male protagonist and I already have his picspiration, feel free to speculate.

*Wrote/Outline First Four Chapters*

Muse = Dead

 1 1/2 years later

So I think this could happen. I learned alot in the T-DOLL process about how to not *headdeask* , hit walls , create useless characters and cling on to Idiot Balls. American Fairytale is no where near the place it needs to be but give me 2-3 months. I wasn't going to post about this but it's in decent condition, better than I thought it was. It just needs more DEPTH

 It will be a short (2-3K word chapters) maybe 8 chapters. It is about a 19 year old boy named Cillian O'Conner who has just gotten out of a year in Juvie and a year in Jail. Stop me if you've heard this. Also it takes place in modern day California.

It's had a website for about  2 years, but nothing is on it.  The title has been tweaked to Nightmare : An American Fairytale. This story is so insular that I can't imagine expanding it.

Cause LiLe Keeps Tabs

Hi, Illia
More so, Hi to Princss A ! You are barley on to something.

- Disabled
- Dead Parent
- Singer/Songwriter parent (eh eh ?)
- Drunk Parent (averted)
- Be really academically successful (averted)
- Have weird friends (kind of )
- Be a doctor/nurse
- Be related to a doctor/nurse 

I will have two updates about American Fairytale  in the next few post. I have a few twist but I'll be less secretive but don't ask to much from me ! *is plotting* Hold on ! 

Other Details

Cillian O'Conner is a mix of my favorite Irish names. I know Cillian Murphy is well known but I like how unique it is.

You : I don't kow LiLe, I mean if Alex Meraz is your picspiration he doesn't look very Irish . . .

LiLe : I know . . .

*hides*

Later, In Comments

July

*cautiously brings up AF* You know, I was going to comment on the whole not looking Irish thing I thought...mmm, better not. I’m sure you have your reasons.

LindaLeigh
Yeah, I don't know what came first, Cillian didn't have a look but then I had this idea for how he sounded. And Alex looks how I imagine he sounds and he's very good looking, but I didn't want to change the name so Cillian O'Conner is half Native American.

Nightmare : An American Fairytale (As Told In GIFS)

 Commenter
So, I realize we may have to wait for the new thing, but I do have one question about it. Is the Nightmare part now back in 

LindaLeigh

Yes. It's called Nightmare : An American Fairytale BECAUSE I couldn't decide between Nightmare or American Fairytale. Not because they are in a series or anything. I suppose it could be Nightmare, An American Fairytale.

Commenter
I am addicted to these new thing bits ! What if we had some mini Q&A of Cillian. Like; Is he vegetarian ?, is he in college ?, does he have a girlfriend ? , does he read books ?, does he have a girlfriend 

LindaLeigh

Vegetarian - No
College - No
Does he have a girlfriend - an ex-girlfriend
Does he read - um, hmmm I don't know.

Commenter 

Okay, so one more comment on the new thing...is is Kill-e-in or Seal-e-in or Kill-an or Seal-an?

 Linda Leigh
Okay so the proper pronunciation is Chill-lian but I'm americanizing it to be Seal-E-IN

 

Picspirations

 Here we go . . .

Playlist

Chapter 1

I Caught Myself - Paramore

Chapter 2 

+1+  - Lordy May Boys & Bear (This may show up again)
+2+ - Telescope by Hayden Panetierre 

Someone Opened The Vault

still pulling from my inspiration Tumblr.

Up Next : Nightmare : An American Fairytale

So I've become SO much  more into this serial than I have been. I was a bit meh on it for a while but I see promise. I will be posting it next, so get ready ! I have up to chapter 6-8 all ready to go, keep in mind these are shorties and I have a lot of great songs but need more places to use them.


The Vault

So like I said (or hinted at)  I do have a mini vault where I write little scraps about certain characters. I am going to release two because one goes along with HOF. The other one I've had on the site for a while but I'm so nervious about postingit cause I did it just for me.

Stand In The Snow ( Remember Stand In The Rain . . . it's nothing like that.)

I Knew (This is seriously from the vault, no one was ever supposed to see this .)

T-DOLL

Backing away from The Vault here is some T-DOLL to keep you company. Hopefully this will last you till N:AF time !

TDOLL DSI 4, DSI 5