Train traveling shenanigans

If you follow my instagram you know I will be writing a series of train traveling and what might help you when writing one.

But I want to set the mood for it first.

A few years ago I was traveling every weekend. Take a train immediately after school every Friday and the last train on Sunday. 

We moved in the city where my school was so in order to meet with friends I had to travel back to town. 

I'm not complaning though. I love the little city. I grew up there.

From time to time me and my best friend will be traveling together. Nothing unusual about this. 

But. Three stops before ours the train literally stoped. I don't know what'd happened but it wasn't going to move until an emergency team had come to fix it. And we were stuck on the station. Three stops is a lot of time to be walking. 

Me and my best friend were sitting with this adult man. And you will not guess what we started talking about to kill time. 

Wounds, of all things. We discussed everything you could think of. Seriousness, what hurts more, what injures more, types of bleeding. We basicly practiced a biology presentation.

We forgot there was someone sitting with us and then we turned. If there is a "Oh shit" face we defenetly had it. 

And the man was visibly uncomfortable! He probably went home and rambled about what happened to his wife.

We would've been there probably more than an hour, sitting awkwardly but the earlier train returned to drag us from the small station. 

To my knoledge they fixed the problem in our city since it's the closest with more than two rail options. 

But I will never forget this, it's too precious! 

Feel free to tell me your stories! 

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Gushing about my VIPs

I was wondering if I should say betas but it would've been disrespectful.

The people I'll be talking about today are legends and real mvps. They deserve a post just for them. 

I call them VIPs because every beta reader after them will stay just a beta reader. If I ever publish I'll give them a copy as a gift. With special wishes. 

I'll start with how we got to this point.

My story with Wattpad is on and off and I'll probably leave the site permanently knowing what they are like. 

But... 

The last time I uploaded there I had gone quite far in the story and there were a lot of chapters that won't be uploaded soon. So I asked if people want to see those chapters. 

I set a limit to three people, and mark that my bff was already reading because of reasons I'll talk about a little later.

I didn't think three people would show interest but it happened in a day.

One was Venom/Malice/OB that's the nicknames you'll see me refer to him. Mostly Venom.

Another one was a person that later left and I didn't want to add him ever again.

And the third person never reached out again so it's all cool. 

Both Venom and my bff have been a great support. If they haven't been such cheerleaders I would still be writing book one. 

Venom is one of the most positive and pure people I've ever met. And I really mean it.

He read what I had in less than two days. And has been asking questions randomly ever since.

Recently he asked for the document of the first book because Google docs hides your documents sometimes. This is probably the third time he rereads this draft and this is one of the few reasons I believe that the story is worth putting the time in.

It’s been an insecurity of mine for so long and knowing that someone is going back to read what I've worked on is more than enough to lift my spirit up.

Venom remembers my characters better than me at this point. I forgot one of the secondary characters had a little brother!

There is only one character he's not invested in and it's because I'm the one guarding him from bad things. He says that the character is not suffering like the other ones. 

Which is true. 

He started noticing subtle details that I left just for fun and I'm a little spooked now.

Okey the second person I wanna talk about is my best friend. 

She has been around since I started. She's read the first ever version of my WIP. 

Except me and her I don't think anyone knows how it went. People started coming after I edited it and started uploading again.

She has seen the worst of me. Both writing and personality.

She stuck around when I was hyped and wanted to be better. She helped me revise and develope the magic system.

If I was alone writing would've been yet another hobby. 

I worked to be better because she was there to watch. And here I am today.

Working on the English version to hopefully publish it and have it reach more people.

This girl wasn't there only for the good, no no. She was the only person to see through my stupidity and warn me that taking up on so many projects ain't a good idea. And didn't even came to say "told you" when I admitted my defeat. 

When I told her that I've been trying to figure a way to write more she turned a ear to listen and help when I get stuck.

She's been keeping my back for every person that's dragged me down in one way or another. 

She is also my bridge to reality cause you gotta come back from time to time.

For those two I'll do everything I can to keep in touch. They are ones in a lifetime friendship and a ones that last on top of that.

If you stuck through all of this, thank you. I hope you find beta readers that you want to call VIPs. 

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The troops in my WIP explaned (The first mages)

I see all kinds of challenges on instagram but because of the way I creat content on there I rarely join them.

So I though why not do them here? 

I've seen "How similar is your wip to mine". This post is inspired by it.

Let's get this started! 

I am writing a high fantasy thrilogy. And by that I mean I am writing a magical three book series about saving the world. 

Low magig system, which means the usage of magic is significantly little. The people in my world aren't using magic in their everyday life. 

Disaster kids group. You probably know this one. People with mutual tragic backstory. Sad kids becoming friends and fighting together. Helping each other, letting other help them both emotionaly and physically. 

The ghosts of the past. A past even which a character has not overcome. 

Semi-heavy world building. I have a little island-country and a few boundaries set. A faint idea of the country's place in the world and a number of cities and their places on the map and society. 

This is about as much as I can give you without spoiling. I very much hate ruining the experiance for people so I think I'll cut it short. 

A little something to wrap it up.

I've been working on this wip for four years now. To be correct different versions of the book. I don't have any of the original writing. It got lost in editing.

I hold it very close to my heart. It's like second home. I do plan on finishing it at last. If not this year then the next one.

It’s the only thing I'm working on at the moment. I have the second book in the original language I started it and the English version to switch to. 

I can not wait to have more of it translated so I can finally talk about it freely! 

Next post will be "My characters as writers". Stay tuned!

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Let's talk about the bro/sis conflict

As of today a stranger on the Internet thinks they can argue with me.

There was a post with the most cliche quotes and the person mention that siblings calling each other bro/sis is unrealistic and cringe.

For most it is but not for everyone. And I said that in the comments. Usually siblings come and even though they don't agree they understand that there is no right way to be siblings. 

But today was different.

This person's argument was that neighter they nor anyone around them who have siblings do that. 

And so I explaned that me and my sister do. Just the translation of what we use is incorrect. Because there's no such word in English. 

This person was like: "But we're talking bout English so you proved the point". 

Feel the facepalm please. 

Honey, just because in our language it's different doesn't eliminate what I said.

What me and my sister are saying to each other is variation of sister. We have words for older and younger sister. And if you translate our conversations to English we are still calling each other "sister".

Use that head on your shoulders to think. You can not tell me, a sibling who is calling their sibling with variation of sister that still means sister, that she is wrong.

I stopped it there. The person kept on going and even said that they never said it's wrong. But again "we're talking about English you proved the point". 

For me there's no point on going with the conversation after this. If you have anything to add I'm completely fine with this but don't say that siblings don't do that. 

Again, there's no ultimate way to be a sibling.

I'm not saying it's common. I'm not saying you should use it all the damn time.

I just want you to understand that "no siblings do that" is wrong. And if your characters do it, that's fine. 

My advice is write based on your experiance. And if you don't have that experiance ask someone that does. Go on forums and ask people with that experiance. Don't build your characters over one person's opinion. 

I don't wanna go too deep on this topic. 

I've experianced a lot of different sibling relationships with my family so I may write a post on that.

Bby bbies

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Me as a reader

I just finish Falling for Rachel, had a cup of water and a thought.

Before I give you a review I thought that I should explane my connection with reading as a whole.

After I was thought to read I really enjoyed it. I loved it and I read a lot. I even made my parents stop the car on vacation because I saw a book about wolves. Long story short they got me the book and I made myself sick by reading it in the car. 

After this happy childhood moments the presure begin. You know how everyone always tell you that you have to read? Get good grades? Yeah, that's what took the joy away.

I stopped reading.

I was a child who already liked reading. Why was it needed to tell me that it's important? Honestly that pisses me off. And I can see history repeat itself with my cousin. She loves reading and I can feel this being ruined for her by the same person who ruined it for me. 

I was not enjoying books for years. I didn't want to read. I honestly didn't.

I went trough most of school reading only what was needed for me to learn and go forward in the system. 

What came next? I was introduced to Wattpad. I started writing. It was match made in heaven. Finally enjoying something again. 

It didn't last for too long though. I was going through articles and can you guess what they all said? You should be reading if you want to call yourself a writer. This makes me sick, I can't stress this enough.

It’s toxic at this point. 

I started hating it at this point because everyone repeated the same thing. It's important. You need to read, you need to study, you need good grades.

Here ypu have it, I have hard time sitting to write.

I'm not saying the community is bad. It just repeats itself to a point where it gets annoying and the exact opposite of helpful.

And maybe I am at fault for ever going that deep. Maybe I shouldn't have read so many articles. I probably would've finished with The first mages now.

The turning post came when Bethany Meyer asked for beta readers. You should know her very well. I've mentioned her in so many posts. 

I was wondering if I should volunteer or not and if Bethany hadn't tagged me I honestly would've missed out on so much. 

Accident or not it was the little push I needed.

I read Robbin Centaurs and other bad ideas in the last days of my deadline. I sprinted through the book from both the presure and the engagement in the story. 

Not only is it a great book but it send me back to my childhood. To that fun times where I was reading about the wolves and imagining having a little baby wolf as a pet. And I repeat. Fun times. Tell this to kids. How fun it is to get a book and basicly teleport in someone else's world. Learn something new. 

I will admit I didn't read a ton of books after that but I now have one more book behind my back. And I plan on readkng a lot more cause damn was that fun. 

Read because you want to and because you enjoy it. 

See you in the Falling for Rachel review. Spoiler free <3

Tell me what's your story with reading?

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Talking about my horror addiction

Another post where I'll do anything but admit that I have a problem. Next time I'm gonna talk about how fucked up my sleep schedule is!

So. Horror. Getting scared, and spooked out of your mind.

I've noticed this for a while but I'm gonna tell you how it progressed and why I think it is what it is.

So for a very long time I was obsessed with the idea of horror but dared not commit it myself. I had a list of movies. Both clasics and new gems that I wouldn't dare even think to start.

Ones I did start it though... I just kept on going. I still have a few that I haven't watched. Mainly because I have too much assignments to complete.

It happened on new year's eve a few years back. Me and my bff were gonna celebrate together so we decided to watch horror movies.

And because I didn't want to look like a weakling I put up with the horror.

Now my admiration for the genre has reached a new level.

The story repeated with The Texas chainsaw massacre. For the longest time I would not watch it. I was afraid. It is famous for as one of the best horror movies and I dare say of all time too. And all that "being banned in some countries". The reputation the movie has is much scarier than the movie itself but I still loved it and hold it as a favourite.

If you, like me, are scared of watching it, just do it. Believe me, it's worth it.

Now that I'm done advertising let's get real.

What both stories have in common is overcoming an obsticle. It gives me a feeling of victory. I believe this is one of the things that makes me come back to horror movies.

Another thing that I believe has more presure is the pure feeling of horror.

In a way it's relaxing. You get scared, you might scream a little. That's fine. Now you've expressed what you felt, and probably released some tention that was building up.

Being the person I am there's a lot of shit stacking constantly.

Horror movies help me to release that.

This is also why I like to watch horror by myself. With a company it's always less scary.

If I were to reccomend anything The Texas chainsaw massacre is on the top of the list. After that I'm not sure what to put. Maybe The girl from the photograph? It's more of psychological horror. As my sister said it's not a fantasy. This can legit happen. And that's what makes it scary.

Of course these are just what I could think of at the moment. With some more time ai can put together a great list. Call it "Sal's nightmares" and put it out there for people to enjoy.

Now let's wrap it up.

This is why I think I'm watching horror. Of course I'm not pushing against my will. I do enjoy tve movies. Maybe a little too much.

Get scared and see ya in the next one. Bby <3

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How I got my pen name

Writing this exclusivly because I got asked about it on instagram.

If you were wondering about it you can thank Bethany Meyer (a.k.a Scribbledfiction) for that. 

Saline Necrowood Stone is a pen name. If you thought it's my real name I'd be flattered.

I got Saline from a name generator. It connected it with water in some way. I don't remember. I just like the name. It gives me fantasy vibes. 

I do love horror but there's something about the fantasy genre that makes me feel free. It's the opportunity to creat anything and everything and still be right about it in your own world. You can't say I'm wrong it's my own rules. 

I made a short research though. Turns out Saline is more common as last name.

Now Necrowood connects to my slasher side. It gives me spooky vibes. I have no idea what it means. I saw it, my brain went "ooooh spoooooky" so I put it there in the mix as well. 

And Stone? It just flows nicely. 

I really didn't put that much thought into it as you can see. I didn't want to put too much into. 

I think I've been with this name for two years now and it's growing on me nicely. 

It feels like home when I think about it. At this point I believe that if you shout Saline I'll turn around even though no one has ever referred to me like that in person.

This is the story behind my nickname. And since I mentioned it I'll have to talk about my horror addiction soon.

Thank you for sticking till the end. I do apriciate it. 

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