Not Okay Humor

I have been a furry for awhile, though I don't bring this up, but if you are going to read some of the Dragon's Library material, there are some furry characters in there. There are just some things from my fandom I'm not OK with and usually when people bring it up, even when I'm working on my books, I get rather bothered by it.

I might as well say it:
No, Furries are not pedophiles, though in the past we have had a few that come into our fandom and use us as cover, which is NOT OK! I'm not okay with that because it means we're treated like the cause of a problem that has predated our entire fandom. I'm not okay with even the thought about it, it is sickening to me and most cases repels me from speaking ot people who think I'm into that, when I'm 100% not.

No Furries do not have sex with animals, that's something completely different and to me that is just not cool. I'm kind of like eeewww when I think about it, sorry, but there are just some things about it that make me want to run away from you if you even mention it. At one time, I had a person on FB do that to me and I was like okay, I don't feel comfortable at all, and I just said, "Sorry to bother you then," and this person just got mad that I ignored them for half a convention after their online vent that furries were gross and bad. He was not happy that I showed up as Romania from Hetalia and did the photoshoot, but honestly, I was not sure how to respond to this person.

So now that is out of the way, I was hoping to say that even though I hope to one day be at Anthrocon supporting my book to all people, I was surprised to hear about 2 The Ranting Griffon. I'm not a fan, though I have heard his earlier stuff and found it funny. I was just a little bit disappointed with him as a person, the decision of Anthrocon to not have is their decision and I understand their decision from their perspective, some of the material that 2 does is a little out of base and not really nice. So I do agree that even as a guest, he is not really a good person to have for a panel or even a show. That's just how I think about it. It was the decision of the convention.

I have been in agreement with a convention before in Colorado for the ban of a certain person based on their own response to things. The reason I don't say anything on the matter is that the fur fandom really doesn't have much to say on her really, it wasn't a furry convention, it was just a con. The truth was that the Anime convention made a decision based on what some friends of hers did in the hotel, at first when I realized it, yeah, I was against it, but as I got to know the individual, I was soon saying, "Yes, it was a good decision, she is not a really nice person," the truth is, it wasn't personal, but when I actually realized how she responded with deciding to sue the convention and the hotel, that was the final say in my book of, Con vs her, the convention wins because they are not at fault for her decisions. There that's my thoughts on the matter of it.

If a convention were to ask me to come to represent my book and also my publisher, yes, I would do it, and I have to make a good face for the publisher, that's why I would do it. I would not make a poor decision as 2 The Ranting Griffon or the person who was banned. I am representing only my book, but the people that are publishing.

A WOW moment again

I returned home from work and wondered what I have to say on the matter of inspiration and it comes from a very simple source, a book series I read long ago called "The Worst Witch," it was actually the funniest little thing, predating Harry Potter.

The Worst Witch

I have always been a huge fan of the series and thought it was funny that I could watch a show that had a lot to do with magical worlds and giving a female a role that is not only hero, but also a klutz. I have always thought it was funny that Belinda strives for perfection.

When I was writing her, I was at first thinking of a character similar to Ethel Hallow, but it kind of turned the other way around, it was my desire to be prefect. Then I realized that in all the cases that Belinda is everything that is not prefect and that's about all I can say when I was designing characters.

Truthfully, when I was thinking about all the stuff I'm working on with the book, I keep forgetting to list the books that seem to bring me some great joy into writing.

Let's get started:
Eragon Series or Inheritance
The Magicians Trilogy
Harry Potter Series
Star Wars Expanded Universe
Magic Knights Rayearth Manga
Vampire Princess Miyu Manga (if you can find it, is out of print sadly)

Pretty much that's been a bit of what I like to talk about when it comes to what I'm using to inspire my writing some books are always the same to people. Usually you could see me at a library picking away through it trying to find Sci-Fi Fantasy and more. Most people don't seem to realize how connected I am to books.

What inspires me to write

Music! That's right I have a few links to music I have listened to while I have been writing...and some of it might shock you.

One is from the Anime Spirited Away: One Summer's Day

I have always been a fan of Joe Hisaishi and a fan of John Williams, but when I was writing my first opening to the Dragon's Library, I was mostly listening to this song because when I was a thinking about all the things it was just so easy to turn on a sound track on youtube and go from there.

Another favorite is from various piano sets, this is a combination of different songs, this is called: Best Relaxing Piano Studio Ghibli Collection 2016

If you ever ask me to post more music, I will considering I'm a huge fan of piano music and also love relaxing type of music.

Another favorite is Stunning Studio Ghibli Soundtracks (No Vocals) and it has always been inspiring to me as a writer. I don't know why I get so inspired with music from pieces from Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and many more because they are just so beautiful.

I have always wished I could have continued to play piano, I was playing that as a child and went onto play the flute, I don't know why I never continued, I still have my flute down in my basement in hiding because I always felt scared of what people would say if I continued.

As I continue to write these pages of the journal, I think of all the music I have listened to while producing my own works. I would say the best is The Wind Forest from My Neighbor Totoro, it is one of the most amazing. It makes me think of Dreselia's mansion deep in Brook End's Forest.

I have yet to think of a soundtrack of the world outside of Dreselia's or even his home world because I have not come up with that so far. All of which have been the world of which Belinda and Dreselia are in presently, some of it isn't so normal yet so mundane.

As I write now, I'm always thinking of all the great musicals I have listened to and other great pieces that could be used to inspire my world.

Another great sound track that i have never really considered while I was writing actually is quite old, it is called Night on the Galactic Railroad, the piece is called Temo Finale. One of the writers that inspired me was Kenji Miyazawa, who was a writer in Japan back before World War II who actually wanted to come to the US even when his father did not like that idea.

While I was writing the interaction between Belsom and Dreselia this was always playing in my mind considering how the high elf acts, he reminds me of being a big like Giovanni from the story Night on the Galactic Railroad, but not so much. I was always going back and forth in my mind what would the two be discussing into the night and this is what I came up with while listening to this sound track.

The fact that music has a great deal to do with what I like to write about does help me sort out my issues with some writing. The fact I can go from Studio Ghibli to Night on the Galactic Railroad, then onto some other soundtracks such as Enya and so forth for the story I'm building.

The ever accidental...never mind, it was no accident

Gods, has anyone had one of those friends who cannot think to leave you alone for I don't know an entire day without calling and whining about their problems? Yeah, I have one and boy do I not like having a needy person for attention attempting to get my attention when I'm editing my book. I decided that I'm not taking my phone with me on vacation so I don't have to deal with him.

I'm kind of done with this whole I'm trying to work and then this annoying beep on my FB with him asking me, "How are you? Do you want to hang out now?" like I have nothing better to do than leave my work...never mind, yes, I could leave editing and revision for later, but still...I'm on a roll and I'm not going to be dealing with this.

Needy, needy...yeesh, get me out of the state faster please...this is worse than getting a phone call from an editor asking me the same questions I answered the last time they called. Ugh...at least this person isn't my editor.

Okay, I'm tired and need some rest, after dealing with a stomach bug for 72 plus hours and having to deal with this person whining at me to hang out all day yesterday without realizing that I am sick. Honestly, I posted it on FB several times I was not feeling well and needed to not be bothered.

My vacation is coming up and yes, while I'm working on the second half of the book, I'm going to have the exact same needy nancy asking me when I get back, "Are we going to hang out?" honestly, I want to keep this person a friend, but can I work on my book without distraction or without his neediness for attention and friendship consistently.

When you have a character in mind

All right near the end of the chapters of my book, I cast a mysterious new character, I don't really talk about this character and I have good reasons, you're going to have to read it for yourself when I come up with his name.

New characters have come into the story and yup, I'm pretty happy with my first Anthro character, a fox mage and of course we have a mouseling, which isn't exactly new, he's been in there since the first few chapters. LOL...I love putting a background character into a main role for a change, and I'm hoping I can do two spin off chapters with just these two wild characters.

Honestly, what inspired me to put in the mysterious elf, well...for one, my favorite character of all time since I was four years old. Luke Skywalker was the inspiration for my mystery elf, he's going to be kind of hard to name, so I'm leaving it at that, he's not exactly good or bad, he's just there to move the story. I might even have a name for him, if he actually shows up.

I just started writing into the second the book, so I can't wait to see where this takes me! YAY I'm getting ready for a trip and starting on the second half the book series!

Almost ready to start typing

After considering the fact that I have not finished part of my own editing practice, there are parts of the book ready to be typed up and edited on the computer. Yeah, I have the process of being slow as hell, but what can I do, I have been taught this process since I was I don't know a kid on how to write certain works of fiction and most of the time I just want to slam my fist into something and yell, "WHY IS THIS NOT DONE YET (insert my name here)!"

I'm kind of glad I don't have an editor looking at me wondering why the hell I'm such a stickler for perfection, well...blame it on the fact I had peer edited my childhood. There said it, I want to stick every peer editor of my childhood with a needle and yell, "HA!" And see what happens then again, i was sort of thinking they just edited me to death to get me to stop writing.

So anyway, here I am working on it while I was at lunch yesterday, yeah, I didn't quite eat, but that was fine, I had something waiting for me at home....boyfriend decided to cheat and we had Wendy's.

Anyway, while I was editing, I was thinking about something kind of funny, a threat of sorts that someone made me. It was a former friend of mine, one of which thinks because her mommy is a lawyer or something she can be all threatening. I'm actually not afraid of her, she can sue me if she wants over a work of fiction for slander, because honestly, I was working on this book long before I ever met her, and she knows that. I never told her much about "The Dragon's Library" but I didn't trust her enough to bounce ideas off of.

It is a funny though and I'm sure she doesn't read these things, but I would just shake off her law suit and tell her and her mother this, "Its a work of fiction, find me one thing in there that has anything to do with you and then we will talk," so truthfully, I doubt there will be a reason to sue me over a book. I'm sure that no one in the community that I left from. I could see whole group of these people who have a burr up their ass yelping about it.