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Is this good enough?

It looks great! Thanks! I may change it if I get bored, but it can stay this way for a while. I get bored easily. =D I appreciate it, Sophie! <3

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Sigh, I can't even dance properly ;-; (I saw your nook request hehe)"

Really? I've been a self-taught dancer since 2016. I was on Youtube, found some dance videos and began teaching myself XD I used to do ballet in my free time when I was a child (self-taught as well), so I've always pretty much been a dancer

Origami? Cool! My sister used to love doing origami in high school. I've never been able to do that very well. To be honest, I'm not even a fan of how I look when I'm dancing, not to mention I don't intend to do anything with dance. I'm kind of old to start a career in it. I mainly just draw =D

Drawing is difficult for me as well, but since I've been drawing since I was about 2, I've gotten better and more used to it. The hardest part is practicing consistently, figuring out what to draw, and applying the techniques. I tend to prefer drawing realistic things, like people and animals. Design is cool. I've never fully been interested in that aspect. I like doing the main thing. I hate doing rough sketches. My finished drawings are always easier than the rough sketch XD

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Oof, I also just saw your blog. Is it really that hard? And has someone even ever been kind to you? The exact opposite of the stuff you said in your blog?"

I don't honestly get out much. I'm a homebody, and I have been since I was a child. Since I used to get sick a lot, very easily, and since I was on pretty severe medications, I wasn't really in crowds of people. My family is nice to me. All of them. Extended family on both my mother's and father's side. My sister's boyfriend is nice to me, but sometimes he doubts the severity when talking to my sister, thinking my family just shelters and coddles me. In public, no one has really ever been kind to me, just because I don't talk to people much, and when my family and I park in a parking spot, most people are just too focused on their day to notice us. So technically, no. Most people just ignore me, but it is difficult still, because greater society believes that invisible disability doesn't really exist, so you're overlooked because you look normal, but you look normal so when you need stuff, it's seen as abnormal and disrespectful, even though it's not.

To my face, people are more likely to pity and feel sorry for me, or be rude. Doctors are nice to me, but that's a special case. I also don't just tell a stranger that I have a condition because it's not usually relevant, and if it's not brought up by me or another person, it's not gonna be mentioned at all.

I'd honestly be very interested in what your brother would say about difficulties and challenges. I'm genuinely very curious.

Sorry for the long reply.

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Oof, I also just saw your blog. Is it really that hard? And has someone even ever been kind to you? The exact opposite of the stuff you said in your blog?"

Online, people have been kind to me. You've been kind to me. Scoooooooodles has been kind to me, as have some people who have commented on my blog. In public, not really.

hey i'm ravenclaw too ! heheheh

Milica wrote: "hey i'm ravenclaw too ! heheheh"

Cool! =D

Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Oof, I also just saw your blog. Is it really that hard? And has someone even ever been kind to you? The exact opposite of the stuff you said in your blog?"

Online, people have been..."

I commented on you ‘Six of Crows�� review on the blog.😊

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Drawing is so freaking hard for me 😭 That’s why I stick with folding paper instead of drawing on it instead 😭 😂 I’m more on design than drawing the main landscape or something hehe"

For me, drawing is easy (kinda) and origami is HARD.😂

Sophie wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Drawing is so freaking hard for me 😭 That’s why I stick with folding paper instead of drawing on it instead 😭 😂 I’m more on design than drawing the main landscape or something hehe"..."

Same XD

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Oof, I also just saw your blog. Is it really that hard? And has someone even ever been kind to you? The exact opposite of the stuff you said in your blog?"

I don..."

Thanks! You as well! =D I appreciate that <3

So there are pros and cons to me being homeschooled

Pros:
I can spend more time bonding with my family
I can learn at my own pace
I can learn more in 8 hours than standard students can

Cons:
I hate these occasional 10-12 hour school days that sometimes don't end until 8-11 pm at night because my mom and I can be a bit extreme........

Lexi did you see the animal crossing direct?

Scooooooodles wrote: "Lexi did you see the animal crossing direct?"

Yes! It was super cool and I'm excited for the update =)

Right! It’s such a huge update! I was really surprised

Scooooooodles wrote: "Right! It’s such a huge update! I was really surprised"

Yeah. There's a lot of new stuff coming lol XD A lot of stuff I'm familiar with from the old 3DS and DS games

Ahh yeah!!

Scooooooodles wrote: "Ahh yeah!!"

Yep! Like the stuff about Brewster and the coffee shop and Kapp'n, along with a few other things.

First Travel Rant

I hate when you travel to Phoenix and go to a hotel in a bad area where your disabled uncle can’t fit a wheelchair into a room that’s supposed to be able to fit a wheelchair��.. I love being out of town, but we’ve never had to deal with a situation like this. My parents had to cancel that reservation and make a new reservation at a different hotel that seems a lot more comfortable and safer. What’s worse is that they advertise wheelchair accessible parking spots at their entrance. They also didn’t have an automated door button. All they had was a sticker on the window that said something about waiting for assistance. Like what? A wheelchair user is just supposed to wait outside until someone opens the door for them? Are employees watching that door 24/7 because I seriously doubt it 😒😠😑

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "First Travel Rant

I hate when you travel to Phoenix and go to a hotel in a bad area where your disabled uncle can’t fit a wheelchair into a room that’s supposed to be able to fi..."

Yes. It's quite frustrating and annoying. My dad had gone in with my grandparents to check in and the comment the clerk made was such a common sense comment. She said something like "it'll be on the first floor." Well, duh. This is a motel-type two-story hotel, meaning it's got stairs to the second floor. Of course the room will have to be on the first floor *facepalm*

Like seriously. We were driving around the hotel because my grandpa wanted to see the room before he gave the clerk his information. We parked near the room and I looked at my sister and I was like, "This does not look like a wheelchair accessible room." I know what wheelchair accessible rooms look like and that was not it. I've stayed in enough hotels to know that the front door is a little bit wider and that the bathroom is bigger. According to my dad and grandma, my uncle wouldn't have fit in the bathroom. So we left. We were driving around the hotel afterward and I was looking at the rooms. None of them had a wheelchair accessible plaque beside the door. It wasn't good. I've never had to deal with that before, but only because I don't have a wheelchair.

that's crazy! I can't believe they advertised wheelchair accessible and then didn't have anything!!! that's lame.

have they ever heard of a thing called HONESTY???

Kacie wrote: "have they ever heard of a thing called HONESTY???"

Kacie wrote: "that's crazy! I can't believe they advertised wheelchair accessible and then didn't have anything!!! that's lame."

Apparently not. It's quite sad honestly. If you don't accommodate disabled people then don't act like you do when you don't.

I'm just going to use this for writing idea purposes right now lol XD

Little Red Wolf Hunter

-Serum is lifelong werewolf vaccine
-mRNA vaccines trigger immune response
-reversal of cells/werewolf DNA/werewolf infection
-only works on newly bitten werewolves (once 3 cycles have passed it is impossible to change completely back to human)
-epigenetic change?
-T cells
-White blood cells
-Cytokine Storm perhaps?
-Cell-mediated immunity?
-The werewolf transformation occurs due to immune system response? Cell mutation? Maybe it causes cytokine storm?
-Blood cells become deformed after being bitten by a rabid wolf/werewolf
-For the first 3 cycles/full moons, "werewolf cells" and human cells coexist? After 3 cycles/full moons they merge together, and the person is cursed to turn into a werewolf for the rest of their life?
-Lymphocytes
-Werewolf cells are spiky?
-White blood cells become deformed because they can't fight of the pathogen that is the "werewolf cells"
-A werewolf's saliva causes the transformation instead of the bite itself

-DNA vaccine
-Innate immune system
-Adaptive immune system

Blood Types

A, B, AB, and O
Type O (negative) is universal blood donor

There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and how they are created (especially compared to vampires)

Con:
There's very little known in folktales about werewolves so writing about them requires a lot of research and thinking

(Yes, the pro is pretty much the same as the con 😑)

Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and how they are created (especially c..."

That's fine! It just depends on how you perceive it, like a glass of water - half empty or half full :)

M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and how they are cr..."

The way I perceive it depends on the day 😆

Alexandria wrote: "M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolve..."

Makes sense lol - sometimes it just all depends on your mood...

M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folkl..."

Yep 🙂

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and how they are cr..."

Thanks! This is a story I started a couple years ago. I didn't fully start with the worldbuilding. I tend to start with characters first. But for this novel, the way werewolves work started soon after the character creation seeing as one of the main characters is a werewolf. I needed to know how werewolves worked in my world.

It's supposed to be a romantic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood about a teenage girl named Alize who is a werewolf hunter. She ends up meeting a boy named Lukas who happens to be a werewolf. And no, Lukas isn't inspired by the Big Bad Wolf. The villain is the Big Bad Wolf stand-in. Alize actually has a serum/vaccine in her body that makes her immune to werewolf bites, though no one knows how long it lasts (her parents were werewolf hunters and her father was a scientist). Alize knows science like her father and wants to recreate the serum/vaccine her father made.

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and how they are cr..."

It's an old-ish story idea (like 2018), but it's one I haven't developed as much. I'm really interested in science right now, so I thought now would be the perfect time to figure out the science of werewolf transformations and 'anti-werewolf' vaccines, since this story has a lot of scientific/medical related things in it.

Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore about werewolves and..."

That’s so cool!! I’d love to know more about it, if you decide to add to it :)

M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore a..."

🥰🥰🥰

M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedom because there isn't as much folklore a..."

Here's what I know so far:

Alize is a seventeen year old werewolf hunter whose goal is to eliminate werewolves and recreate the serum her father made so that it works for pretty much everyone. Her parents were killed by a werewolf when she was younger and was raised by her grandmother, who is a retired werewolf hunter.

Lukas is a seventeen year old boy who was bitten by a werewolf when he was nine years old and transformed into a werewolf thereafter. The first time he transformed into a werewolf, he nearly bit his younger brother, Zachary. His father was able to prevent this, but Lukas successfully scratched his six year old brother, scarring him.
Lukas's mother, overwhelmed and angry, decides to abandon her son in the forest nearby, citing that she loves him but that he's too dangerous to stay with them. Lukas has survived alone in the forest for eight years because while wolves are pack animals, in my worldbuilding and my story, werewolves are loners due to the fact that they are still part human.

The villain is named Conri Badulf. He's a shapeshifter who can transform into a wolf at will, owns a lab, and wishes to create more werewolves.

Everything else after all this is pretty much spoilers.

These things are subject to change:
Color of werewolf coat reflects personality
White wolves are pure, kind, and solely good. As a human, they would never intentionally kill a person. (this may change to black)
Cream wolves are independent, confident, and commanding. They are capable of being the Alpha. As a human, they could kill in extraneous circumstances. (ex. Lukas)
Gray wolves (maybe this is Badulf's color)
Red wolves
Brown wolves
Black wolves are cruel, abusive, manipulative, and generally evil. They lurk in the shadows and are normally the first to challenge a pack's Alpha. As a human, they can kill without feeling remorse. (ex. Badulf; this may change to white)

W.O.L.F.C.A.P is the lab name, though I don't know what it stands for yet. The lab name could change.

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedo..."

you're right. Whenever I write a new story, I'm like, "I’m gonna try to publish this" but then after a few chapters, I got bored and wrote another one.

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolves

Pro:
There's a lot of creative freedo..."

Sure 😁 I have a few chapters done on a separate story if you want to read it?

I have a short story that I published onto my blog back in June. I don't know if you've read it yet.

To preface the other story:

In a world divided by six kingdoms, our setting is on one. Elyria, a kingdom with islands, deserts, and forests.

Four 1st-person POVs narrate this tale.

In order of first appearance:

Izara Soreno: A village girl with chronic pain who has the ability to heal others

Amira Yorin: A girl who lives in the palace who enjoys sneaking out at night to protect the villagers

Kadiri Hylris: A boy who wishes to be a member of the King's Guard

Kalil: Amira's older brother who is hated by the king (for some mysterious reason XD)


TW: this story includes chronic pain (obviously), childhood abuse, brief mentions of assault, violence (not gore), fantasy illnesses that mimic mental illness (I can't use the term c-PTSD in a fantasy novel), and torture

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Sophie (hiatus) wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "M~ (SEE BIO) wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "There are both pros and cons to writing a novel about werewolve..."

I do that too. I think I have about 45+ stories combined on my Google account and computer lol XD

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Omgomg yayyayayayayayyyy!! I’ll check it out in just a sec :D"

Cool 😁 Which one? Or are you going to look at both

•JMCDC�� wrote: "I just finished the blog story first!! Honestly, that explanation which explained the story was just ~perfect~. How could you come up with such an idea?? I love how every character had a special ba..."


The idea to explain it, or the story idea? The story idea came from a Philadelphian urban legend, as I mentioned in the blog intro. The idea to explain it came from me feeling as if the story had more to tell. I wanted to kind of explain the mysterious ending. As for explaining their stories in the story? I don't know. I don't plot out what I write. I just let my heart, brain, and hands do the work. So I don't really know where a lot of these ideas came from. Most of them just unfolded naturally. Thomas was really that interesting? Interesting. Thank you so much, Lia! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🥰😊

•JMCDC�� wrote: "I just finished the blog story first!! Honestly, that explanation which explained the story was just ~perfect~. How could you come up with such an idea?? I love how every character had a special ba..."

It's interesting because I wasn't trying to fully set a specific tone. That just happened naturally. So did the 'representation' you mentioned. I just loved the way those things flowed, and I wanted to tell a summarized story about the passengers.

•JMCDC�� wrote: "I just finished the blog story first!! Honestly, that explanation which explained the story was just ~perfect~. How could you come up with such an idea?? I love how every character had a special ba..."

I'm wondering if there's a 'part 2' story possible with this. I honestly love this bus and the stories it can tell =)

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "I just finished the blog story first!! Honestly, that explanation which explained the story was just ~perfect~. How could you come up with such an idea?? I love h..."

I might consider doing Thomas's now that you mention it 😏

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "To preface the other story:

In a world divided by six kingdoms, our setting is on one. Elyria, a kingdom with islands, deserts, and forests.

Four 1st-person POVs narrate this ..."

Oh, I'm definitely continuing this. This is the primary novel I'm working on. It currently has about 73,000 words. Morrow is actually the Castesian word for day, so it's a bit complicated, but I'll try =)

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "To preface the other story:

In a world divided by six kingdoms, our setting is on one. Elyria, a kingdom with islands, deserts, and forests.
..."

I do. The Elyrians have three languages: Friji (spoken by the villagers ex. Izara and her family), Simit (spoken by the royals and nobles or other people who live in the palace ex. Amira, Kadiri, and Kalil), and Crisai (a commerce language that both peasants and nobility know ex. Izara and her family, Amira, Kalil, and Kadiri). Sylana calls Kalil 'Xatil' in Chapter 2. Xatil is actually the Simit word for worthless. Poor Kalil lol XD

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alexandria wrote: "To preface the other story:

In a world divided by six kingdoms, our setting is on one. Elyria, a kingdom with islands, deserts, and forests.

Four 1st-person POVs narrate this ..."

So I have a couple questions for you, Lia. Regarding Phoenix. Based on these first five chapters:

Which character(s) do you like most?
Whose POV was your least favorite?
Whose POV was your favorite?
Do any of the character voices sound the same? If so, which ones?
Why do you think the king wants Iza?
Who do you think Amira and Kalil are based on the information given? (I want to make sure it isn't too obvious by the first five chapters. If it is, I want to change that)

•JMCDC�� wrote: "Alrightt I'll answer this now :)"

Thanks! =) I want as much feedback/criticism as possible