Randomland's adventures continue!
Words were provided by: Jorge, Juan, Angelli, Kiara, Juan A, Jonellys, Christie.
Written by Leira Carola
Fulan and the Nets
Randomland was a very close place. It was home to many species and its color had once been drained by an evil force. Thankfully, it had been restored by some very brave midgets. A year passed and Randomland had a new and improved princess, Princess Nakiromatsu.
Her way of governing had her socializing with the midgets and every other species in Randomland. Before she was a midget, Princess Nakiromatsu was a mere savage, the second lowest kind of midgets. Having lived a life as lacking as the one of a savage, Princess Nakiromatsu tried to changed that in a day-to-day basis. She had only escaped that life because she was a rare Midphoex—a creature so beautiful and rare, only seen once every five hundred years. Being a Midphoex proclaimed her the true princess of Randomland.
Fulan, the best friend of her sister's neighbor's kid's teacher's wife, had also been born a savage. Fulan was also different; she had too evolved from a savage. Except, Fulan evolved into a the most disgraceful evolution to walk Randomland. She evolved into a unicorn.
Unicorns are the most fabulous, styled and envied species. But, they too, had an underdog: the evolved unicorn. Unicorns were only praised if the were natural born unicorns. Evolved unicorns were ugly and tasted horrible.
Fulan wanted to take revange of her fate by getting rid of Princess Nakiromatsu. She befriended her. They would have sleepovers at the cheese-made castle, skip along the Beer River and even fondle each other's tingly parts from time to time.
The day that the Princess' husband-to-be walked in on them and saw Fulan's hand up the Princess' skirt she thought her master plan was ruined. Instead, she gained a new set of body parts to fondle. Now, they did everything in threesomes.
After one of their sessions, Princess Nakiromatsu fell asleep and Fulan seized the opportunity. She put a paralyzing spell on the husband-to-be. "Boomshakalaka," and he was paralyzed...for ever!
With a watagatapitusberry spell, Fulan conjured a net and hung it off the window frame of the tallest tower in the cheese-made castle. She farted a big smelly peo and "booooooooh," the princess fell in the net. Fulan turned on th lightbulb and bellowed to the whole land, "Bwahahahaha! I am now the sole princess and ruler of Randomland which will now be named FulanSan!"
"You dumbass," said a voice from the nets. Oh no! It was the princess; she was awake! "This net is made of chocolate, I'll be out of here in no time." She started chewing and chewing. Boy, she was fast! Well, that explained her fat ass.
When the princess chewed her way out, Fulan apologized and they got married since the husband-to-be turned in good-for-nothing-except-eating-and-pooping statue. Fulan got what she wanted and the Princess Nakiromatsu was dumb forevermore.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Self-Published Author: Patricia Williams
Self-Published author Patricia Williams, writer of Wasteland visits Plane Watcher and answers some questions about her recent adventure!
1. Tell us something about yourself. Where did you grow up? How old are you? How did literature play a part of your life?
Hi! I'm 24 and have my B.A. in Sociology from Meredith College. I currently sling coffee, watch an unhealthy amount of Supernatural and write sci-fi/fantasy. I grew up in eastern North Carolina, in a small town that you'd miss if you blinked your eye. I can still smell the collard greens and taste the yummy cheese biscuits I gobbled up on my way to school. I live in Sacramento now, and California's amazing but sometimes I miss living in the country and being away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Literature has always played a big role in my life. When I was younger I spent most of my time with my nose stuck in a book, reading everything from Reader's Digest anthologies that I secreted away from my mother's office to The Babysitter's Club. I've read more "mature" reading, but I've always been drawn to young adult literature.
2. Since when do you write? What authors inspired you? What are some of your favorite books?
I've written, well, all of my life. From poems and letters to short stories and my first published novel, Wasteland, I've always had something to say. I've always expressed myself best in writing. When I speak in front of a group of people I get really nervous, but words come naturally to me when I have a piece of paper (or a keyboard). I feel relaxed and in my element.
Some of my favorite books are The Bell Jar, 1984, The Graveyard Book, A Series of Unfortunate Events novellas, The Twilight Saga, Interview With the Vampire, and Cell. Authors that inspire me are Anne Rice and Stephen King. They both have an incredible talent for creating suspense and an environment that you can picture as you read. I can pick up Interview with the Vampire and Cell and it feels like the first time. I'm still enraptured and on the edge of my seat.
3. How and when did you decide to publish?
I was always the weirdo that secretly loved it when the professor assigned papers. Combined with my love of reading, it was always my dream to write for a living and go on a book tour and have readers that really connected with my stories. After a networking event when I touched base with a Meredith alum who was a published author, I decided to finally do something with my writing and finish up one of the writing projects I was working on. That writing project became my first novel, Wasteland.
4. Did you try the traditional publishing way? How did that work out for you? For how long did you try?
My senior year of college (2009), after finishing up Wasteland, I decided I couldn't let it gather dust in my desk. At that point I had shared it with family and friends and they all loved it, so after another edit or two, I polished it up and started doing my research and gathering everything together to start shopping it around to literary agents. I started querying various lit. agents around the country in early 2010.
5. What made you consider self-publishing? When and how did you decide your work was ready for self-publishing?
I decided to self publish a few months ago after trying the traditional route for a little over a year. I sent out dozens of email and written queries and received form letter rejections in return. Every rejection was a punch in the gut, but I knew that I had a really solid story and that someone, somewhere would want to read it. A month ago I joined Inkpop and posted my story and after a few days I hit the 1100 mark. There I was, reaching out to my target audience and they loved it. I decided to stop waiting for a literary agent to take a chance on my novel and go it alone and put out my story myself. Wasteland went live on Smashwords a few weeks ago and is still going strong!
6. What self-publishing methods did you explore? Which did you end up using? Why?
I heard about Lulu from a friend, so originally I was going to publish through them. But through my research, I found out some of their terms were kind of restrictive and I wanted to have the ability to publish on a variety of platforms (print, Amazon, B&N etc.) without any binding legal requirements or regulations regarding who and where I could post. I found Smashwords and began there and they've been generally awesome. The only issue is the "Meat Grinder" they use to format your book is kind of wonky. Luckily they allow you to select what you want to post, so the formats that are crisp and clean are what's available. I got my boyfriend in all of his tech saviness to format my work in .epub and .mobi format so I could directly submit those on Kindle Direct Publishing and Pubit. Having my book look as professional as possible is very important to me.
Currently Wasteland is available on Amazon and Smashwords (soon on B&N) and I'm still looking at my options for print.
7. What have you self-published? Where can we buy your work?
I am self published on Smashwords and Amazon. You can find Wasteland at the following links:
Smashwords
Amazon
My author website
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Wasteland sounds like a great read! If you guys want to know more about Wasteland or its writer head on over to her blog: http://www.triciatypes.blogspot.com/
After reading her book let her know what you think through GoodReads!
Hi! I'm 24 and have my B.A. in Sociology from Meredith College. I currently sling coffee, watch an unhealthy amount of Supernatural and write sci-fi/fantasy. I grew up in eastern North Carolina, in a small town that you'd miss if you blinked your eye. I can still smell the collard greens and taste the yummy cheese biscuits I gobbled up on my way to school. I live in Sacramento now, and California's amazing but sometimes I miss living in the country and being away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Literature has always played a big role in my life. When I was younger I spent most of my time with my nose stuck in a book, reading everything from Reader's Digest anthologies that I secreted away from my mother's office to The Babysitter's Club. I've read more "mature" reading, but I've always been drawn to young adult literature.
2. Since when do you write? What authors inspired you? What are some of your favorite books?
I've written, well, all of my life. From poems and letters to short stories and my first published novel, Wasteland, I've always had something to say. I've always expressed myself best in writing. When I speak in front of a group of people I get really nervous, but words come naturally to me when I have a piece of paper (or a keyboard). I feel relaxed and in my element.
Some of my favorite books are The Bell Jar, 1984, The Graveyard Book, A Series of Unfortunate Events novellas, The Twilight Saga, Interview With the Vampire, and Cell. Authors that inspire me are Anne Rice and Stephen King. They both have an incredible talent for creating suspense and an environment that you can picture as you read. I can pick up Interview with the Vampire and Cell and it feels like the first time. I'm still enraptured and on the edge of my seat.
3. How and when did you decide to publish?
I was always the weirdo that secretly loved it when the professor assigned papers. Combined with my love of reading, it was always my dream to write for a living and go on a book tour and have readers that really connected with my stories. After a networking event when I touched base with a Meredith alum who was a published author, I decided to finally do something with my writing and finish up one of the writing projects I was working on. That writing project became my first novel, Wasteland. 4. Did you try the traditional publishing way? How did that work out for you? For how long did you try?
My senior year of college (2009), after finishing up Wasteland, I decided I couldn't let it gather dust in my desk. At that point I had shared it with family and friends and they all loved it, so after another edit or two, I polished it up and started doing my research and gathering everything together to start shopping it around to literary agents. I started querying various lit. agents around the country in early 2010.
5. What made you consider self-publishing? When and how did you decide your work was ready for self-publishing?
I decided to self publish a few months ago after trying the traditional route for a little over a year. I sent out dozens of email and written queries and received form letter rejections in return. Every rejection was a punch in the gut, but I knew that I had a really solid story and that someone, somewhere would want to read it. A month ago I joined Inkpop and posted my story and after a few days I hit the 1100 mark. There I was, reaching out to my target audience and they loved it. I decided to stop waiting for a literary agent to take a chance on my novel and go it alone and put out my story myself. Wasteland went live on Smashwords a few weeks ago and is still going strong!
6. What self-publishing methods did you explore? Which did you end up using? Why?
I heard about Lulu from a friend, so originally I was going to publish through them. But through my research, I found out some of their terms were kind of restrictive and I wanted to have the ability to publish on a variety of platforms (print, Amazon, B&N etc.) without any binding legal requirements or regulations regarding who and where I could post. I found Smashwords and began there and they've been generally awesome. The only issue is the "Meat Grinder" they use to format your book is kind of wonky. Luckily they allow you to select what you want to post, so the formats that are crisp and clean are what's available. I got my boyfriend in all of his tech saviness to format my work in .epub and .mobi format so I could directly submit those on Kindle Direct Publishing and Pubit. Having my book look as professional as possible is very important to me.
Currently Wasteland is available on Amazon and Smashwords (soon on B&N) and I'm still looking at my options for print.
7. What have you self-published? Where can we buy your work?
I am self published on Smashwords and Amazon. You can find Wasteland at the following links:
Smashwords
Amazon
My author website
Thanks so much for sharing your experience! Wasteland sounds like a great read! If you guys want to know more about Wasteland or its writer head on over to her blog: http://www.triciatypes.blogspot.com/
After reading her book let her know what you think through GoodReads!
Friday, January 7, 2011
Price: E-book vs. Hardcover
Will the day come when it is the norm to pay more for an e-book than for its physical copy?
I sure as hell hope not. A a physical copy—from here on referred to as a book—an be touched, felt, smelled, owned and resold. An e-book is an abstract form of a book. You can’t touch it, feel it, smell it and much less sell it after you’re done with it.
Why buy an e-book and not a book?
1. Books take space. If you’re like me, you love to read like crazy and like to keep the copy. If you keep buying books and keeping them there will come a time where every inch of your walls are covered in bookcases. Pretty soon you’ll be eating on a table made of a pile of books. Whereas you can have hundreds of e-books stored in one small space. For example:
a. Your laptop.
b. iPad
c. Kindle: the smallest one can store about 3,500 e-books.
There are many e-readers and you should pick one that best meets your needs. I have an iPad but most of the e-books I buy are from the Kindle App which I have on my iPad, my laptop, my other laptop and my Android phone. Everywhere I go I have my books with me.
2. Books are heavy. Even if the book is a Mass Market Paperback edition it will still weigh a lot more than its e-book twin.
3. E-books are cheaper than books. Usually. Hardcovers are about $20. An e-book averages between $9.99 and $12.99 when it launches. However, I do note that that isn’t always the case. I for one, I’m not willing to pay more for an e-book than its hardcover twin. I’m willing to pay the same for its MMP edition though. And I never pay more than $9.99 for an e-book regardless of the price of its book twin.
How much are you willing to pay for an e-book?
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Randomland
This is the outcome of taking a break while staying up all night to write an essay.
Words: Skittles, energy, yuk by Ana
There was once a land were there lived midgets that came in different colors. There was Lavander, the purple colored maiden; Poison, the green colored jerk; Charming, the blue colored prince; and Johnny, who was often called Lady Gaga.
As you walked through the beef jerky trees you’d see the rainbow of midgets.
Lavander awoke with a start when she heard a chanting coming from the woods.
“Tiru, Tiru, Tiru!”
She took out her blackberry and texted Charming so he’d protect her as they ventured into the forest. She sat on a lemon drop rock and waited. And waited. Since Charming never came she decided to be brave and hopped on a cotton candy unicorn. As she went over the Monster flavored river and entered the woods she saw Charming and Johnny getting jiggy with it.
Gasp! “Yuk.”
She confronted them as Poison came out from behind a beef jerky tree wearing only whipped cream. She then ran, screaming hysterically until she ran into Bigfaggot, also known as Camiela Santiago.
Bigfaggot sucked the color of Midget Land and ran like a whore full of energy.
It was Lavander’s mission to restore the color but she couldn’t do it alone. Poison, Charming and Lady Gaga had to help. They found a riddle left by Bigfaggot that insisted that Johnny had to cut off her dick in order for the color to be restored. So Poison bit it off, put it in a box, wrapped it and sent it to BIgfaggot through UPS.
It then rained Skittles and they ate them which brought back the color to the land except for Charming who tried to catch them with his mouth and choked to a slow, painful death.
¡Qué putazo!
Words: Skittles, energy, yuk by Ana
There was once a land were there lived midgets that came in different colors. There was Lavander, the purple colored maiden; Poison, the green colored jerk; Charming, the blue colored prince; and Johnny, who was often called Lady Gaga.
As you walked through the beef jerky trees you’d see the rainbow of midgets.
Lavander awoke with a start when she heard a chanting coming from the woods.
“Tiru, Tiru, Tiru!”
She took out her blackberry and texted Charming so he’d protect her as they ventured into the forest. She sat on a lemon drop rock and waited. And waited. Since Charming never came she decided to be brave and hopped on a cotton candy unicorn. As she went over the Monster flavored river and entered the woods she saw Charming and Johnny getting jiggy with it.
Gasp! “Yuk.”
She confronted them as Poison came out from behind a beef jerky tree wearing only whipped cream. She then ran, screaming hysterically until she ran into Bigfaggot, also known as Camiela Santiago.
Bigfaggot sucked the color of Midget Land and ran like a whore full of energy.
It was Lavander’s mission to restore the color but she couldn’t do it alone. Poison, Charming and Lady Gaga had to help. They found a riddle left by Bigfaggot that insisted that Johnny had to cut off her dick in order for the color to be restored. So Poison bit it off, put it in a box, wrapped it and sent it to BIgfaggot through UPS.
It then rained Skittles and they ate them which brought back the color to the land except for Charming who tried to catch them with his mouth and choked to a slow, painful death.
¡Qué putazo!
Friday, November 26, 2010
Black Friday 1$ Panties Chaos
Complete chaos.
Here is a video of what went on at a Wal-Mart in Isabela, Puerto Rico when the panties were put at 1$ each.
Have you ever gone to a Black Friday sale? How was it?
I went this year but late at night, after the craziness was over. I got some clothes, DVDs and glasses.
Here is a video of what went on at a Wal-Mart in Isabela, Puerto Rico when the panties were put at 1$ each.
Have you ever gone to a Black Friday sale? How was it?
I went this year but late at night, after the craziness was over. I got some clothes, DVDs and glasses.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
It's October! Let's procrastinate!
It's October again.
I know this not because I looked at my calendar. Walking into Walgreens to satisfy my addiction to chocolate all I see is Halloween decorations and treats. It's October! It's Halloween! Most importantly, it's my birthday!!! In a couple of weeks I'll start my last year as a teenager, I'm turning 19.
After getting a grip and my chocolate and my cotton candy tub I check Facebook on my phone. Almost every status says something along the lines of: "Studying!", "Help me, God, with my three exams next week!" and so on and so forth. This only serves as a reminder: it's October and I have three exams this upcoming week.
I settle down in front of my computer and start studying for Calculus for Engineers. Not ten minutes into it I forget I haven't done my French homework. Seeing as French is easier and more interesting than Calculus I log into my Tell Me More account. I spend more than the fifteen minutes I needed to in there and come back to Calculus.
Hm...I haven't been on Twitter in the longest time. I check the timeline and lot of the tweets are NaNoWriMo related. It's October. I'm taking a 6 course load (19) credits this semester and yet I sign up for NaNoWriMo. What am I thinking?
I know this not because I looked at my calendar. Walking into Walgreens to satisfy my addiction to chocolate all I see is Halloween decorations and treats. It's October! It's Halloween! Most importantly, it's my birthday!!! In a couple of weeks I'll start my last year as a teenager, I'm turning 19.
After getting a grip and my chocolate and my cotton candy tub I check Facebook on my phone. Almost every status says something along the lines of: "Studying!", "Help me, God, with my three exams next week!" and so on and so forth. This only serves as a reminder: it's October and I have three exams this upcoming week.
I settle down in front of my computer and start studying for Calculus for Engineers. Not ten minutes into it I forget I haven't done my French homework. Seeing as French is easier and more interesting than Calculus I log into my Tell Me More account. I spend more than the fifteen minutes I needed to in there and come back to Calculus.
Hm...I haven't been on Twitter in the longest time. I check the timeline and lot of the tweets are NaNoWriMo related. It's October. I'm taking a 6 course load (19) credits this semester and yet I sign up for NaNoWriMo. What am I thinking?
Friday, August 27, 2010
Three Word Story: Violet, Foot and Butterfly
Leira C. Sanchez Quinones
August 26, 2010
Violet walked around her father's garden in an attempt to get away from her stepmother and half-siblings who were completely annoying. Only seven more weeks since could go back home.
She went around the house until she found herself standing on the driveway, staring at a bike. Clunking noises came from its other side. She walked closer to get a look when here foot caught on something sending her flying forward.
"Fuck!"
Now sitting on the cement driveway she saw she had tripped over a black toolbox. She held her foot trying to ease her pain and see how deep was the cut when she heard a young, male voice over her.
"Oh, I'm sorry," the guy said.
She looked up to see a tall, dark hottie standing over her.
He knelt down to look at her cut. "Is it bad?"
His eyes were green and he had a mole on the right side of his neck.
"Hello?" the guy said.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Violet said while trying not to blush. "What did you say?"
He smiled. "Your cut? Is it bad?"
Violet shook her head no.
"Either way, I'm going to run inside a second and get you a band-aid and something to clean it up with." He nodded his head towards her father's house.
"In-inside?"
"Yeah, I live here." He stood up and left. He wore skinny jeans which fitted him nice even though he didn't have a butt to fill it with.
As soon as he walked through the door Violet's mind started racing. He lived here?! How could he? She was sure the house he had just gone into was here father's. The same house where she'd been staying for the past week. Surely, she would've noticed a sixth person at the dinning table. Before she had a chance to look around and make sure there weren't two identical houses like her father's around, in case she had confused the homes, the guy was back.
He took her foot in his lap and, with a gauze, cleaned her cut.
"I'm Violet, by the way," she said, trying to ignore how weird she felt with her foot on s stranger's lap. On a hot stranger's hand.
"I'm Rodrigo," he said, rolling his r's and everything, "and I think your tattoo is rubbing off."
I waved him off. "It's okay."
"Why a butterfly?"
August 26, 2010
Violet walked around her father's garden in an attempt to get away from her stepmother and half-siblings who were completely annoying. Only seven more weeks since could go back home.
She went around the house until she found herself standing on the driveway, staring at a bike. Clunking noises came from its other side. She walked closer to get a look when here foot caught on something sending her flying forward.
"Fuck!"
Now sitting on the cement driveway she saw she had tripped over a black toolbox. She held her foot trying to ease her pain and see how deep was the cut when she heard a young, male voice over her.
"Oh, I'm sorry," the guy said.
She looked up to see a tall, dark hottie standing over her.
He knelt down to look at her cut. "Is it bad?"
His eyes were green and he had a mole on the right side of his neck.
"Hello?" the guy said.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Violet said while trying not to blush. "What did you say?"
He smiled. "Your cut? Is it bad?"
Violet shook her head no.
"Either way, I'm going to run inside a second and get you a band-aid and something to clean it up with." He nodded his head towards her father's house.
"In-inside?"
"Yeah, I live here." He stood up and left. He wore skinny jeans which fitted him nice even though he didn't have a butt to fill it with.
As soon as he walked through the door Violet's mind started racing. He lived here?! How could he? She was sure the house he had just gone into was here father's. The same house where she'd been staying for the past week. Surely, she would've noticed a sixth person at the dinning table. Before she had a chance to look around and make sure there weren't two identical houses like her father's around, in case she had confused the homes, the guy was back.
He took her foot in his lap and, with a gauze, cleaned her cut.
"I'm Violet, by the way," she said, trying to ignore how weird she felt with her foot on s stranger's lap. On a hot stranger's hand.
"I'm Rodrigo," he said, rolling his r's and everything, "and I think your tattoo is rubbing off."
I waved him off. "It's okay."
"Why a butterfly?"
