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Nanowrimo: Day #1.

Ok, so I recently joined a role play website called Oneworldroleplay.  A lot of people are moving over there because they do not like the changes being made on myspace.  So, I created a Vampire Academy role playing group, and am in the search of a co-mod (someone to help me with approving writing auditions etc etc.).  So, I had this one girl audition for the role of one of the main characters, Princess Lissa Dragomir.  Ok, so she sends it in, and honestly, I felt my brain melt when I read it. I have absolutely no idea what she was trying to say.  So, after reading her audition, I politely declined it, and she got all huffy because she can’t take criticism.  Now, anyone who knows me, knows that I am more than fair.  This is a dog eat dog world, and I did specifically say that this was an 18+, mature, mutli para/novella role play group.  Well, take a look at her sample:

Vasilisa Dragomir is a the last of the Dragomir line which made her princess and she’s been trying to be normal as possible but it isn’t easy when something happens and it tells you that your not normal but the only person that has been treating her like a normal person is her best friend Rose. Lissa and Rose met when Rose and her parents were in a car accident and Rose was standing at deaths door and Lissa healed her. So Rose lived and her parents didn’t but Lissa had a friend for life now. And they wouldn’t wanna have it any other way because Rose and Lissa are like sisters. And if she didn’t have Rose she’d probably feel alone because Rose is the only true friend Lissa has.

And that’s how it’s been since that day they were inseparable ever since that day. Everywhere Lissa was Rose was right there with her the good girl and the rebel just the way it should have been and they put a new meaning to best friends forever. Back to Lissa now Lissa has beautiful long platinum blond hair and jade green eyes. And is the most caring person in the world if she were to find a hurt animal laying somewhere and she would just walk over to it and heal it. And even if she saw a dead animal she’d wanna heal it to make it better.

But one day at the start of the year Lissa was walking the halls looking for Rose not knowing that Rose too was looking for her and as she was looking down all the different halls she finally finds her and walks over to her and said”hey where have you been I’ve been looking all over for you”Lissa says looking a Rose. And rose let out a small laugh and said”I’ve been looking for you so where have you been”she says as they both bursts out laughing as they walked together down the hall.”so what’s on the agenda for tonight Lissa asks looking at Rose then Rose said”I don’t know yet but whatever it is it’ll be a blast.

They talk and laugh as they walk to Lissa’s room and they sit down and they talk about their day and how boring it to have to come back to it .And how much they wished they were still running. Then suddenly there’s a knock on the door it was one of Lissa’s other friends her and rose told one another that they’d talk later then after rose left.Lissa and her other  friend talked for alittle bit then soon after that  Lissa went to get a bite to eat. But didn’t go right back to her room as she had planned on doing she walked around for a bit before going to her room and turning in for the night.

And this is my response to that.  Please tell me if I am out of line.

While I appreciate your efforts, I am afraid that isn’t exactly what I am looking for in our Lissa.  I had trouble understanding what exactly it is you were trying to say, as there were some significant grammar errors and a lot of run on sentences.

I do however, welcome you to audition for an original character when I open roles. I apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your writing sample.

Her response to that is this:

I take it I won’t be moderator either?

My response:

Unless you can drastically improve the grammar, I am afraid not.  I need a co-mod who has a deeper understanding of the English language.  I am a bit of a grammar nut, as I am about to be a published author, so I have some very high standards.  Poor grammar and spelling reflects badly on the group.

Her response:

fine then I tried and obviously its not good enough so now you need 7 friends till roles open up and I will find a role play group to go for that isn’t like getting into college

(wow she obviously isn’t even in high school with that kind of an attitude!)

So, my response to that, hoping this would be the last part of the conversation:

In all fairness, it does say in our headline that this is an 18+, mutli para/novella rpg.  Good luck on your quest.

Her response to that (this was what pissed me off after I was polite. she got way out of line here.)

i’m sure i’ll find something where there isn’t high mighty people thinking their better then everyone else because they can do perfect english well guess what i’d like to see you do perfect english when the you use doesn’t have spell check oh what your gonna be a publsihed author about what how to ruin an role play group by being a stuck up bitch

My response (harsh, but polite):

Look, I do not have time for this. I do not think that I am “high and mighty,” I just have high standards.  I have been role playing online since 2005.  You never said you did not have spell check, so do not fault me there.  You should  have proof read your work before sending it to me, which you obviously did not do.  I am not a bitch, and do not appreciate being called such.  I was nice enough and offered you the chance to audition as an original character.  I am sorry you can not take constructive criticism well.

Good luck in finding another rpg.  There aren’t many on here.

Her response:

Maybe your right but theres always myspace where people aren’t as stuck up and snobby as you

My response:

I hope to god you aren’t planning on becoming an author one day. If you can’t take the little bit of criticism I just gave you, a literary agent or publisher will tear you a part.  I am just saying.

Good luck with your role play and have a nice day.

Now, Please tell me if I was the slightest bit out of line in any of my responses? I feel that I was more than polite and do not deserve to be called a bitch.

I honestly am sick and tired of my job.  I am sick & tired of my coworkers talking about me behind my back.  I know they do.  I see the looks on their faces when I approach them.  Because of them, and some of my mistakes, my job is now on the line.  Come Friday, I will either be in a different department, or out of a job once again.

My boss tells me that I am not working “fast enough” for them.  I know I’m a little slow, but there is another person who is just as slow, if not slower.  She should have honestly just let me go yesterday.  I’m just sooo ugh pissed off.  So now, I have to wait out the week for a “final verdict.”  Honestly, I feel like I am on trial here, and I do not like it.  Granted, yes, I work in a law firm, but still.  This is just complete and total bullshit.  If you don’t want me, don’t feel sorry for me. I’ll be ok. Unemployment benefits are back, I’m still 26, and can possibly be put back on my moms health insurance.  So, I’ll be ok. I can take up temping for a while or something.  Don’t do me any favors and make me have to suffer the torment from my coworkers who are “nice” to my face, but are backstabbers in the office.

FUCK YOU!

The World Among Us

Angels of Fire

Written by Beth Ann Masarik

©2010

Love Story

(click on the word Love Story to hear the song by Taylor Swift. It’s the theme song to my novel)

Selene and Hades from The World Among Us

Author’s Notes: The following is a synopsis to my series The World Among Us.  Angels of Fire is the first book in the series, and the following describes in depth detail on what my story is about.  I hope you enjoy it, and please any advice on how to make my synopsis better is greatly appreciated 🙂  Enjoy 🙂 OH and the photo above was edited by a very good friend of mine who is the story’s biggest fan.  She is my Hades 🙂

Not a sound was heard from Hades for the last three thousand years. Although every now and then one of his demons would cause a muck, and Gaia would have to put things back to order. In the year 1989, things were not so quiet anymore. Damien, Hades son, had fallen in love with the moon goddess, Selene.

Hating that his son was in love with his sworn enemy’s granddaughter, Hades ordered his niece, DuVessa, to kill Endymion, Selene’s husband, and then came up with a new mission. He ordered Damien to murder Selene, his one and only love. If Damien did not complete his mission, he would be sent to live the rest of his eternal life in the in-between world, otherwise known as Limbo.

Not wanting to spend his life there, Damien reluctantly completed the task. He was tired of being a disgrace to his father, and wanted to impress him. Hades had disowned him 3,000 years ago when Damien was turned into a vampire, therefore taking away Damien’s demi-god status.  When Hades handed Damien the poison, he did what he had to do.

It was the most difficult task that Damien has ever had to do.  He had to earn Selene’s trust while using her, something Damien did not think he was capable of doing.  He used Endymion’s death as an excuse to speak to her, and offered her a shoulder to cry on.  Selene foolishly took the bait, and let Damien into her home.  She revealed to him her plan to bury Endymion on the moon, and confessed to needing help with brewing a potion to allow people to breath and bring gravity to the moon.  That was Damien’s in, and he offered to help her with the potion making.  Toasting with a glass of wine, Damien poisoned her glass when Selene wasn’t looking.  The second she took a sip of her wine, Selene curled over and died, leaving an empty void in the pit of Damien’s stomach.

When Damien murdered Selene, the world went into chaos. The moon was a source of light and guidance, and without the moon’s light, mortals and creatures alike, went crazy. Damien felt so guilty for the trouble he had caused, that he went back to the scene of the crime, and let himself get arrested.  When he was brought to Mount Olympus, he stood before Gaia and she passed judgment on him.  Since Selene’s parents had decided on reincarnating the young goddess, Gaia decided to assign Damien guard duty.  He was to guard Theia, Selene’s mother during her pregnancy, and keep her from harms way.

During Theia’s pregnancy, Gaia had to put her into hiding.  Fortunately, a well-known and respected wizard by the name of Jason Aysel was willing to house Theia and the unborn baby.  Gaia gave the OK, and Damien, Theia and Selene went to live with Jason Aysel.

Seriously, my head is spinning with so many dang ideas that I want to write out, but there just isn’t enough time in the day!  I want to write a vampire academy/house of night fanfic, plus 9 million other fanfics.  gah so so many ideas! Not that I am complaining about them, no of course not! I am quite grateful for them actually, I just don’t know which one to start with.  Perhaps I will start with the vampire academy/house of night cross over! Yeah….That’s what I’ll do 🙂

ok time to stop yacking and start writing!

Go back to chapter 1 by clicking here

Chapter 2: Final Goodbyes

Hermione wrapped her cloak around her as she walked up the stairs to her room.  She was exhausted, and trying to convince herself that Jasper had been a figment of imagination as she walked to the Astronomy Tower.  The hallways were silent, as it was after curfew.  Yawning, she reached the Gryffindor dormitories, and gave the password.

“Foxwood,” she said in a whisper that was so low that the moving portrait in front of her doorway had to ask her for it again.  “Foxwood,” she said louder, and the picture frame swung to the side, granting Hermione passage into her room.

“It’s about time you showed up,” a red-haired man said while sitting on her bed.

While untying her cloak, Hermione jumped at the unexpected sound of Ronald Wealsey’s voice.  It had been a very long day, and she was still in a state of shock after meeting Jasper, that Hermione completely forgot that she and Ron were finalizing their divorce tonight.

“What are you doing here Ronald,” Hermione snapped at him while she hung up her cloak in closet.  “Do you have any idea what time it is?”

“I have been waiting here for hours for you Hermione,” Ron said while looking away from her with flushed cheeks.  “We were supposed to meet at Honey Dukes, remember?”

“You could have just left the papers with McGonagall,” Hermione said with a yawn.  “You didn’t have to wait for me; is everything taken care of,” she asked as she took the divorce papers from him.

“Yes, everything is set.  You now have full custody over Rose and Hugo, and I will be visiting them every other weekend,” he said while his cheeks turned as red as his hair.

“Brilliant,” she said while putting the papers on her nightstand.  “Now if you will please leave Ronald, I would appreciate it.  I am exhausted, and have an 8 A.M. class.”

“As you wish; good-bye Hermione,” Ron said as he slumped out of her room.

“Bye Ronald,” she said as the picture frame closed behind him and fell lightly with a sigh onto her bed.

*~*~*~*~*

Hermione’s scent had gotten on Jasper’s clothes, and taunted and teased him as he headed back to his hotel.  Something about her set off alarms inside of Jasper, and it honestly bothered him, though he wasn’t sure why.  After all, he and Alice were over, weren’t they?  Still, a part of Jasper longed for the psychic vampire, but it was a vision that took her away from him.  Alice had had a vision of Hermione coming and taking Jasper from her, and she thought it best to get out of Jasper’s life earlier rather than later; less pain for everyone right?  Of course, Alice never told him what the vision was, all she told Jasper was that she did not love him anymore, which was a big, fat lie.

“You alright bro,” a soft and velvety voice said as Jasper closed the door behind him.

The room they were in was small compared to what they were used to.  Two double beds took up most of the space, while a small table and two chairs were placed in the corner of the room.  Jasper looked up to see a tall and lean male with bronze colored hair sitting in front of the hotel’s television.  Tossing his keys on the counter, Jasper joined his brother Edward Cullen on the floor and shook his head.  There was no point in lying to Edward, seeing as how he could read minds.

“I met someone tonight while hunting,” Jasper confessed.

“You did,” Edward, the bronze haired vampire asked while breaking his gaze from the television to look at Jasper.  “You didn’t hurt them did you Jaz?”

“No, no, of course not,” Jasper said while waving a hand in front of him dismissively.  “Edward, have you ever met a witch?”

“Aside from the vampire one who helped with Nessie, no; why do you ask?”

“The girl I met tonight said she was one.  She called me a muggle.”

“A muggle,” Edward asked with obvious confusion on his face.

“That’s exactly what I said when she called me that.  It must be some British term or something.  She said it meant non magical creature.”

“So, I guess we’re muggles then,” Edward said with a shrug.  “I mean, technically, we are muggles, right?”

“Hermione seems to think differently.”

“Hermione’s the girl you met?”

“Yes!  Will you keep up?”

“Sorry; continue.”

“I sensed she was nervous, so I used my emotion manipulation ability to make her, well, not nervous.  She caught on to what I was doing, and is convinced I am not a muggle.”

“You didn’t tell her you were a vampire, did you?”

“No, I left before she could figure it out.”

“Maybe its best if you stay away from her Jasper; this sounds like it could lead to trouble.”

“Maybe you’re right,” Jasper said with a sigh.  “I need to think,” Jasper added while standing up and walking over to the bed.

Flashback

People dressed in long, flowing red robes approached the Cullen’s, as they entered a beautiful, Italian Castle.  The Cullen’s had escorted Alice to Volterra, as she had confided in Edward and Carlisle a vision that she had recently about Hermione.  The smallest in the crowd of red robes also appeared to be about ten years old, with bright, scarlet red eyes, approached the Cullen’s, as they said their goodbyes to Alice.

“Please don’t do this Alice,” Jasper begged.  “I need you.”

“I am sorry Jasper; I just…I don’t love you anymore,” the short, pixie like vampire named Alice said as she gave him one last hug and kiss goodbye.

That was obviously a lie; she did love him, but Alice wasn’t going to sit around and watch Jasper leave her for a witch.  She was only trying to protect herself, and Alice knew that if she stayed with the Cullen’s while this was happening, she would lose her mind.

Jasper looked at Alice as if his heart had just been broken, which, it had.  He felt his un-beating heart fall to pieces, as she said those hateful words.  For so many years, Alice had been his rock, his support, and his strength, and he just didn’t understand what he did wrong.

“I just, I just don’t understand Alice,” Jasper choked out while he placed a gentle hand on her cheek.  “Did I do something wrong?”

“It’s best you leave now Cullen’s,” the smallest vampire with red eyes who had approached them snapped.  “Don’t make this any harder than it has to be.”

“I’m staying with you Alice.  I can’t let you leave me,” Jasper said while ignoring Jane Volturi’s command.

“You can’t stay with me Jasper; you don’t belong here,” Alice said quietly and not meeting his eyes.

“You’re hiding something from me,” he finally accused.

“Jasper, I know this is difficult, but you will understand in time; please, just, just leave,” Alice said as she ran into the depths of the Volturi Castle, leaving Jasper feeling empty inside.

End Flashback

It only took me a few months, but I seem to be out of writer’s block! I am back to writing my fanfictions, and it feels great! I really missed writing, and I couldn’t be happier right now!  With the exception of my arthritis acting up, life seems to be pretty good 🙂  I have Otakon and one possible other anime convention to look forward to over the summer.

Hmmm.  What else can I blog about?  Oh publicity for The World Among Us is going slow, but pretty well.  It’s facebook fanpage has over 170 fans!  I’m so grateful for everyone’s support and dedication to my original writing!  anyway, I’m going to start plotting my next fanfiction. I am going to write the very first Stevie Rae Johnson/Dimitri Belikov fanfiction on fanfiction.net it’ll be a House of Night/Vampire Academy cross over for those who have no idea who those characters are.

Anywho, time to get ready for rehearsal! I’m just really excited right now LOL