Tumblr!

So I got a Tumblr because I figured it would get more attention for my novel. And so far, it has! Even if it's a little bit. I've decided this to be my personal blog, and my Tumblr more of my main blog. That doesn't mean I won't be posting on here, though. Just not as often, I think. Here's the link: http://klmosstheillusion.tumblr.com/ Please go follow me if you haven't or at least like and reblog stuff :3 It would make my day!
Also, I'll be posting more of my art on there as well, besides my deviantART. 

My Novel- Among Other Things

Thought I'd blog again because I can't just leave this blog sitting here. So, some updates.
I have officially finished chapter one of The Illusion! Awesome, right? Now I just need to add some sketches onto the pages and I'm done! Though that may take awhile :| I'm going to start up this drawing of a mysterious figure in the parking lot staring at Gwen and her dad in the restaurant. Creepy indeed xD
Second, I will be posting it onto my deviantART, KyraLynMoss, as a pdf file so it's like an online book. I'm planning to get it all up by December with YouTube videos. Wait, am I repeating myself? I have no idea. I keep saying it in my head, anyway.
Third, I'm officially 14! Woo hoo :D It's great so far! I like it better than 13, anywho. I got a sketchbook, graphite art pencils, an art kit, The Blood of Olympus (I love it a lot!!), The Steampunk Bible, The Books of Elsewhere: Still Life, NYS Wildlife Guide, bookmarks, a chirping wooden cricket, and the epic comic Bone in one volume. I'm going to post a review on Bone pretty soon just because ;)
Four, it's Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you guys have a good one! I'm having a good time so far even though no one's here yet. There's at least five inches of snow where I am so I went sledding down the driveway (it's a great hill to go down). It's still snowing now, so there may even be half a foot. Weird.
So have an awesome Thanksgiving break, peeps! Go sledding if you have snow, eat that turkey or whatever you eat, and have fun with family and friends! Bye all :) 

Gwen and Lyra Sketches

Thought I'd post some updated drawings of my characters. The other ones below are getting a bit old and their designs have changed so... update! Here they are now:

Gwen Blackwell :D Love her newer design! She's wearing my shirt too ha ha.

I like how I added the leather jacket on Lyra. And the boots. It just fits, somehow.

I love how they turned out, and they didn't even take me that long, when they usually take me awhile. I need to figure out how to draw shoes from the front, however. It looks a bit weird that they're standing like that... Ah well. They're supposed to be cartoony anyway. The hands turned out decent too, mostly because of guidelines. (I drew guidelines for the face, hands, and body, just not arms or legs.) Tell me what you peeps think! (And plus I didn't go over them with Procreate because I just felt it would ruin the cartoony feel. I don't know.)

NaNoWriMo And Give The Gift of Art Challenge

So, I'm one of the hundred something million or more participating in NaNoWriMo this year. Though I'm doing the YWP, Young Writers Program, version as to only write a couple thousand words. Mostly because I don't want to stress myself out like last year... and I'm working on the same novel. It's been a year- happy anniversary :D At this point I know where my novel is taking me so that's good. (I promise I'll post more often, I've just been forgetting to) I am also going to participate in this Give The Gift Of Art Challenge where you have to mix in some precious possession into your artwork. Well, I definitely know what I'm going to be doing. Just not going to tell yet ;) I can see it in my head, and with this how-to anatomy book at Barnes & Noble, that should help me draw what I see in my head even more. It's due sometime next month, so I have plenty of time. I don't think it'll take me toooo long to make. I'm not going to be one of those people that puts it off until last minute, anyhow.
Well, I got to school now. I'm going to the Metropolitan Opera for band to see the Barber of Seville! Can't wait :) Fi-ga-rooooooo

Illusion Character Designs

Whoa, I haven't posted in like 3 weeks o.o Sorry about that guys! I've been working on my novel art a ton, plus fan art, and doing lots of cross country races. I have a championship tomorrow, by the way, so wish me luck!

So, I thought I'd share some art of Gwen and Lyra, my two MCs, that I actually drew :D On my iPad with the help of an app called Procreate! I highly recommend it to those who want to draw digitally and Photoshop makes no sense to you. And I've improved yay friends:

Lyra actually didn't take me that long, probably half an hour tops tracing over my sketch done on paper onto my iPad.

Gwen took me longer because of school, about two school nights.
Would have been done in a day if school didn't interfere

I loved how they turned out! I'm getting better at anatomy every day :3 Now I have to conquer the body... much more challenging than just a face and neck. (I'm thinking about changing Gwen's eye color to blue, tell me what you think)

If you like my art, please oh please check out my deviantART, http://kyralynmoss.deviantart.com/. I would really appreciate if you commented and such if you have an account. I know my older art from three weeks back is a bit sucky, but it's getting better! And soon I'll be posting my novel chapters on there as well! *is very excited eeee* I'm also going to do commissions, or art where you tell me what you want drawn, and you pay with points or with real money. Pretty coolio.


I'm in a pretty artistic mood right now so that's why I'm drawing a ton and yeah.
...In a summary I'm doing my own art for The Illusion and posting it on deviantART at the moment, as well as YouTube videos sometime soon. That's all peeps!

DeviantART and The Illusion

I know I haven't posted in a week, sorry about that guys! I've been getting really addicted to art lately and got a deviantART last Sunday! I'm KyraLynMoss if you want to look me up :3 That's where I'll be posting my art for now on, I think. And if you want to see it but keep forgetting the link, here it is: http://kyralynmoss.deviantart.com/ I'm going to be mostly posting fan art of Legend of Korra and Doctor Who, though I plan on doing a comic with my novel. Or maybe a motion book. That looks cool :)

Anywho, I know I've been ranting about art lately. "You said you would post a sneak peak tomorrow, and that was last week!" Yeah, well, I have been busy. I had my first cross country race last Wednesday, running 1.5 miles. I can't believe it but I got 3rd :D Last year, I got 8th. Big improvement. And then I have a race Monday and Friday of this week. And besides cross country and art, I've had stuff for Spanish, English and Earth Science. Earth Science, like I predicted, is great! I love learning about volcanic rocks like obsidian :) Just my style.

So. Back to my novel. I have definitely not abandoned it. Still doing that 100 words for 100 days challenge and more after. I draw during the day and write during the night for the most part. It's weird that it's almost been a year since I started The Illusion. Huh. It's come a long way, and I'm proud of that. Now to finish it up ;)

You guys deserve to see at least a little bit more, so here it is. Another sneak peak :D

Oblivious to either of them, a humanoid figure stood in the darkened parking lot in front of the restaurant. It observed them silently, as if waiting. A low hiss emitted out of the creature.

"Soon," The figure said. "Soon you will regret all you have done, Dennis Blackwell. No one crosses the Reptilians. Not once, not ever." Its claws scraped the dim lamp post besides it.

"You've been hiding too many secrets from us. That's our job. It is a shame, really, that you won't be able to stay with us any longer." The figure tilted its head slightly towards the lamp post's light, revealing glinting, cat-like eyes.

"Soon." The creature repeated. It shrunk away into the shadows, not letting another stream of light hit it. Nobody noticed the figure standing near the lamp post. The world seemed to move on. Seemed to.

Eeeeeee I love how this turned out! Did a little tweaks here and there as I typed this up from my journal but other than that, nothing! I might even draw the scene if you guys are lucky ;) Keep commenting on here and my deviantART :D It would mean a lot to me!

Legend of Korra :D

So I was bored yesterday and decided to sketch up Korra and Mako from Legend of Korra, one of my favorite shows ever. I added color today, though I still need to add the skin tone for Mako... don't have a good colored pencil for that yet. Lighting and shadows will be added soon (and firebending), but for now it's just pencil and colored pencil. Very happy with them so far though :)

(I know it may have come out a bit blurry but it's almost midnight and agh I don't feel like taking another picture and uploading it onto here) More fan art to come too peeps! I may even get a deviant art account... it looks so fancy to me at the moment...

And oh my God guys... I just saw Book Four's trailer O_O I like Korra with short hair, and I can't believe it takes place three years later! It looks amazing!! Here it is if you haven't seen it already:

I knew it!! I predicted it!! "...Toph?" YESSSSS SHE'S COMING BACK I KNEW IT OH MY GOSH MAJOR FANGIRLING RIGHT NOW!!!! And Meelo has hair now and Jinora looks exactly as I thought she would with her tattoo and hair and Ikki looks great!! And the new airbending suits are just whoa awesomeeeee. *calms down* I'm super excited as you can tell :D I know it's the last season, but I should enjoy it while it lasts.

Anywho, tomorrow I plan on posting more of The Illusion, my novel. I've been writing a ton of it lately, committing at least 100 to 200 words a day to it and am currently on chapter two. About 17 or so pages in my journal, by the way :D *dances around strangely*

See you soon peeps! I need to get my rest... badly. Night night... yawn.

Frosty Kitty Sketch

Since it's Sunday and I promised there would be a drawing, I'll post one. And hey, it's a three day week for me! Though my teachers are cramming in every possible test for some reason. Ugh. Anywho, here it is:

I based this off a cute photo of my cat, Frosty, that I took. Not completely done since there's coloring for the slipper she's lying on and the eyes, but pretty close to done. I can't help but want to hug the drawing because she's so darn cute! :D

Sometime this week I'll add another sneak peak, though it won't be like the normal sneak peaks I add with excerpts. I really shouldn't reveal too much (though you guys probably don't know what's exactly happening in them). Oh the suspense of waiting ;-)

I better go and finish up those 100 words since I was lazy today and then go to bed. I hope those tests are easy... bye all!

Doctor Who Season Eight: Listen

Ok, I just saw this last night. And let me tell you, I was not expecting this to be a good episode. The synopsis even says, "When ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, the Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe." It sounded to me like Utopia with the end of the universe deal; cliché. How very wrong I was.

Season eight has gotten better and better. Into the Dalek was rising up, but still not that great of an episode. I was almost impressed. The Robot of Sherwood nearly won me over, but there was still something missing. Listen filled in that gap.

The episode starts out a bit eerily with the Doctor talking to himself in the TARDIS. While he is talking, he comes up with a theory: What if when we're talking to ourselves we really aren't and we're not alone? What if there was a creature that was so good at hiding you couldn't even sense it? The one word 'Listen' appears on one of his chalkboards while he turns around. Ahhhhh what is this?! (By the way, I'm starting to like the intro. The music is a bit off but it's growing on me.)

The next scene is Clara with Danny Pink on their first date. I have to admit, I like the two together. Especially as the episode progresses. Though the date does not go well and Clara walks out. She finds the Doctor in her bedroom, who is making fun of her having three mirrors xD He needs her so he can find out what the invisible creature looks like. I think everyone at this point was like, "Doctor... uh, what creature...?" But he persists. He uses her to pilot the TARDIS via the telepathic thing without getting distracted. However, she does when her phone rings saying it's Danny. And then they end up at a children's home. The Doctor assumes it's still her, when it's obviously not because she had never been to a children's home. .___. Oh Doctor. It ends up being where Danny lived as Rupert Pink in the 90s. Clara goes up to him and talks about why he is the only one up. He says he had a dream about someone grabbing him. To prove there is nothing to be afraid of, Clara goes under the bed, Danny joining her. My heart was beating, oh, probably 15 times faster than normal. And then someone was on the bed o_o They both shimmy out and see there is something sitting on the bed covered with the red bed spread. One thing I am dying to know that the episode did not reveal is what exactly that thing was. It disappeared once they promised not to look at it and whaaat? I am more confused and freaked out than critical of this scene. I need to know!!

Then Clara goes back to Danny, apologizing for walking out. But then they have a fight D: (Oh, and the reason Danny doesn't remember her is because the Doctor used his sonic and he only remembers himself in the "dream".) Danny walks out this time instead of her. The TARDIS is in site outside the restaurant and supposedly the Doctor is in an orange space suit, motioning her to come. Annoyed, she follows, ranting at him about various things and then... it's not the Doctor, but Danny. But it's not Danny, it's this guy Orson Pink. Apparently a great-grandkid of her's in the future that ended up at the end of the universe in an experiment. I was thinking exactly what Clara was like: whatnothiscan'tbehappeningrightImarryDannyorsomethingorwhatisgoingonrightnow??!!

*takes deep breath* Phew. Besides that, apparently there's something out there on the end of the universe planet that is locked away. Like that creature.... Basically everything goes by in a blur when the Doctor stupidly opens the locked door and Orson saves him and he passes out. And after that, Clara uses the telepathic thing in the TARDIS to pilot them home... and ends up somewhere very unexpected. A boy is crying in a barn under the covers. Clara goes up the ladder to comfort him, but then hides under the bed when two people come. They mention that "he's been through a lot" and "he can't stop crying." And then the last line is something like "He'll never make a good Time Lord." The realization hit me that this was Gallifrey or somewhere near there. The boy gets up out of bed when he hears Clara and asks who's there. She grabs his ankle, ironically and tells him to go back up on the bed. He does, with hesitation and Clara joins him. Then she makes an awesome quote (I should make an art piece of it or something): "So listen. If you listen to nothing else, listen to this. You're always gonna be afraid even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like a companion. A constant companion, always there. But that's ok. Because fear can bring us together. Fear can bring you home. Fear makes companions of us all." And she also mentions he'll return to the barn one day and have to make a difficult choice. And oh my freaking God. It's the Doctor. When he was in his first incarnation but still a kid. I must know more gosh darn it!!

And then the episode ends with that, all suspenseful. Now I'm actually excited for the next episode :D I'm definitely liking Peter Capaldi! It took me until this episode to fully like him and for that I'm really happy. 8/10 to an 8.5/10 for this episode. I totally recommend watching it fellow Whovians!

Oh, and stay tuned for my next drawing and novelly thing~

Sneak Peak Number Five ((And 3D Printing))

It's that novel related time again! It's about time for me to post another sneak peak. So here it be:

Beep! Beep! The maroon minivan's car horn got Gwen's attention immediately. She swiveled her head until she spotted her dad's car behind some other cars passing by.

"Hey, you know what day it is?" Mr. Blackwell said. He cupped one ear with his hand, the other on the wheel as the engine rumbled.

"I don't know, what day is it?" Gwen replied back. It was practically impossible for her to hide her smile.

"Hump day! Which just so happens to also be the day when my presentation starts!" He winked and shot his free hand into the air, pumping a fist.

"Hump daaaay!" She shouted, opening the sliding door. Just when her thoughts had moved long away from the subject, she caught a glimpse of the same girl in the corner of her eye. She turned around, only to see a few fallen leaves scuttle across the now empty sidewalk.

Gwen blinked, confused at the matter. She decided to shrug it off. The girl probably left when she wasn't looking, that was the only explanation that came to mind. She could not have just vanished. She wished, for an instant, that that could be possible. But as far as she knew and what her dad told her, stuff like that only happened in stories.

I wish my life was a story worth telling. Gwen thought. She ducked into the minivan, the door locking silently behind her.

This is a draft for my first chapter as I'm still rewriting it for the seventh time :P Ok, slight exaggeration but you get my drift. I really like how this is going so far and the 100 words for 100 days challenge it helping a ton! Tell me what you peeps think in the comments!

And, like the title says, I shall add a 3D printing thing I got made at my school. For those who don't know, you can 3D print with the help of a 3D printer (like from the company MakerBot that my school has). There's this website called Thingiverse where people design things for just that, and I picked out an Ood from the show Doctor Who. Here it be:

I was originally going to do it in blue, but it was out. Still looks pretty rad.

Pretty cool, right? Big and mini Ood. Planning to print a baby Groot next since I am such a Guardians of the Galaxy geek and maybe paint it to look more tree like. Anywho, that's all I can think of for now, peeps! See you next time!

Pixelmator Drawings!

So, I got the free trial of Pixelmator and I love it :D Definitely getting it soon! It's really fun to mess around with and figure out how to use. Thought I'd share some of the drawings on here!

...I know, I haven't exactly been novelling for the past few days. Agh. Today I'm getting back into that, and the 100 words for 100 days challenge on Go Teen Writers should help some more. I'm aiming for 500 words a day (or less), no excuses. And one or two drawings a week on Pixelmator to help that artistic flow.

Without further ado, here's the improved Toph, my first ever computer drawing!

I used mostly airbrushes for coloring, the lasso tool to get everything neat and some smudging here and there in case you're wondering :3

Do you think she looks good? I like it, though I think I can maybe improve it some more with blurring shades or something. But hey, it's my first, so I can always get better!

And, as an extra, here is a pixelated Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy:

I did this with the pixel brush tool. Excited for my first pixel drawing!

Came out a bit blurry, and clicking on it just shows that it was small and I had to resize it. Ah well. (And I'm sorry if it didn't show up for some of you, as I tried to access it at school with our Windows 7 and it didn't come up. To view, probably use a Mac.)

I think I'll be able to take requests for drawings, possibly, if I have a picture for reference. That would be nice. For now, I really should study those volume formulas, and afterwards, write! The Kyra Lyn Moss is out :-)

Toph Beifong Drawing

Yes! It is done! My Toph Beifong drawing is finally here! I finally got the right colors for the skin and eyes! Here it be peeps:

Very excited since this is my first decent person I've drawn, even if it's a cartoon. I used mostly colored pencil, but then used crayon for the skin color and a bit for the eyes. The eyes need to be a bit more blind looking, but that's all right since I plan on getting this cool tool called Pixelmator soon. (Hopefully this month.) It's going to help a lot in editing drawings and such. I'm going to make a more enhanced version that looks more digital pretty soon!

Maybe, if I keep practicing, I can make some illustrations of my characters in my novel :D That. Would. Be. Coolio. For now, keep practicing until it looks like da bomb dot com.

Anywho, that's it! Short blog post, I know. You'll get longer ones soon enough and more drawings! Bye for now fellow peeps, for my bed is calling me... and stick around!

Sneak Peak Number Four

Hey guys! I've been so busy with cross country and school I haven't exactly been posting so much. Darn. I'm working on two reviews for the second and third Doctor Who season eight episodes that came out, but for now, novelling!

I really should get back into my word count goals and such to move it along faster. But hey! I'm done with the prologue, that's good news! And sometime this week, for the fun of it, I shall also post a drawing of Toph for Avatar that I drew :3 I just have the eyes and shadows to do, that's all! Anyway, since you guys are probably eager to read some more of my novel, here's a tiny bit of it.

Get rid of her. A deep, gravelly voice said in her mind. It was intruding, it wasn’t supposed to be there, she thought in her weak state. She attempted to push it away but the being was too strong and stubborn. Panic flooded Gwen to the top. There was no way out of this that she could see.

Listen to me, Gwen Blackwell. If you do not kill your friend in fifteen minutes, more than just Illusions, Inc. will be taken over. The ink blot on the map is already spreading.

Maybe she would just have to play along with the entity. Maybe it would go away then. And hopefully that wasn’t her friend down there. As soon as she thought that, the entity laughed.

Playing along will suit fine. Pricks crawled on her skin as if someone was right behind her. Can’t have you trying to kick me out, however. Tut tut. Play along and be silent. Don’t fight it. What’s the point in that? It will only hurt.

The pricks creeping up her skin turned as frigid as being dipped into an ice covered pond. Gwen realized could not feel herself breath. There was no need to breath anymore.

“You remember me, Gwen, I know you remember! For once, just this time, listen to me. Snap out of it!”

So how was that peeps? The sneak peaks will probably get shorter and more mysterious as to not give any big spoilers away or the whole story. I'll be starting up my YouTube channel sometime this month, like I said, so look out for Kyra Lyn Moss on there! And I'll be posting more thoughts about life and other things besides my novel, so stay tuned! Like Porky Pig says, "That's All Folks!" (with much more stuttering)

Summer Days Past

My vacation house's front lawn. Sigh. I want to go back up there and read in the big 300 year old tree just thinking about it.

How the summer has gone by! I could've sworn it was the end of July or the middle of August. Now, September 3rd?! Gah! And I start school tomorrow, already?!

This summer was great and I really wish I could slow down time some more to make summer stay. I loved the remainder of June that I had and Camp NaNoWriMo during July. Seeing cool movies in my family's new basement at the vacation house was awesome too and felt like we were in a theater. The Jimmy Buffett concert at Bethel Woods was a thrill, seeing all those crazy parrotheads and going to the exclusive Beatles Experience. Even took a picture of an old cutout of the Beatles with it :D And even just quiet afternoons were nice, with nothing to worry about really. Just getting up and writing each day...Then August came and I got to go to Long Beach Island and enjoy the waves and at night playing Headsup competitively and watching the 70s movie Scavenger Hunt. When it was finally time to go, we soon had friends come over to the vacation house and that was tons of fun. We all did archery, played games like Catchphrase and Headsup (both very addicting games) and explored our property. My brother, my two friends and I discovered quite a few frogs and even a salamander! And mapped out the property for hiding places and paths for a man hunt that may or may not come soon with all of our friends. We also went to the Delaware County Fair and went on cool rides like the swings, Enterprise where you stick to the walls while it's spinning, Tornado while you spin the four seater while it spins, and lots of others. The animals there were neat as well, and my dad took a video of goat "talking" towards us xD Then we all went to our first Demolition Derby. Wow. It was incredible! The car art was nice, but the smashing cars was intense. There was even a huge fire for a few minutes from a punctured gas tank. Yeah. It was pretty long though so we had to leave at around 9:30 otherwise it would go until midnight.

After they left the next day, I realized how quite it was without visitors. Much less... excitement. That soon ended when my family and I went to a friend's lake house and went night swimming! Well, me, my brother and my friend Kayleigh anyway. The water was warm and going underwater was a favorite as well as the strange jumps into the lake we came up with. The day after we went to see the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie since it was rainy. Pretty good actually.

Everything has gone by in a blur. Me getting into Avatar: The Last Airbender, the rave party at the vacation house that we thought was going to turn out horribly, watching I Love Lucy, exploring the forest, going to sleepovers and reading tons of books... I'm sad to see it go.

Maybe I'm wrong about this year in school. 8th grade shouldn't be that hard. I hope. Earth Science sounds and looks interesting. I don't know what to expect this year, really.

But I do know I'm going to be working on my novel no matter what stands in the way. In a few weeks or so I'm going to start posting videos on my YouTube for The Illusion. Maybe, soon enough, I can get it out there and published in bookstores! That is my dream this year or the next. ...First, to finish it.

Well, peeps, it's been a spectacular summer! Don't worry, I'll keep posting my thoughts and sneak peaks, just not as much. I think I can post at least once a week now due to schoolwork and cross country. See ya soon on here and YouTube :D

Designing A Logo

So, I thought I'd do a logo of some sort. I tried it on Sumo Paint. Unfortunately they didn't have the Blogger fonts on there, so I made do with what I had.

So, what do you think? I used a similiar picture I used for my wallpaper in the background, and got to the closest possible color for the lettering by looking at the coding and all. And even though Sumo doesn't have the Blogger fonts, I was pretty happy with these.

And hey, I may have a logo when my book gets published. Who knows? That would be pretty darn cool! I always wanted to have something with "All rights reserved" and stuff like that. Anywho, I'm thinking aloud here. What do you peeps think? Is the color hard to see or something of the other? Hope you like it! :-)

The Illusion Concepts

As the school year comes closer, I thought I'd post more things about my novel. I'm going to be doing cross country and school projects and all, and that's going to sound boring if I post all about that. Only if it was an interesting school day since I'm not expecting much to happen this year. (I hope I'm wrong) And there'll be a Doctor Who episode review or book review here and there as well ;-)

Anyway, I'll be posting once or twice a week, maybe more, about my novel and how it's going. Before you know it it'll be out there and published! :D After tons of editing though. So here's a concept of my novel that I drew:

I'll have to explain some things since this makes sense only to me at the moment. Kyra Lyn Moss is pretty much my pen name if you didn't catch on, and the bird there is supposed to be a phoenix, a symbol for a company Phoenix Co. in my novel. The watch says 'Ultra Silver' and the shuttle below it says 'Phoenix 003'. There's also a sketchbook above the pyramid and a concept of a Reptillian, the main villains in my book above the title The Illusion. And then there's a doodle of Earth and "You can call me Uncle" which is what my main antagonist says.

I may scrap some things since this was from a few months ago, but there's an early concept of it! Tell me what you think peeps :-)

Sneak Peak Number Three

I'll add another teaser for you guys on my novel, just since I'm in the mood ;-) I need to get back onto my writing schedule after being so busy and all. But anyway, here's an excerpt of the villain's bio, Uncle, or Mr. Lacerta. Uncle is not the name of a relative as you expect him to be...

"The Reptilians cowered in fear at the unexpected wrath. It was not like them to be fearful, but the firstborn had so much control anyone would be a coward. He forced the scientists to create more of his kind, and the original Reptilians knew it was time for them to leave. Most of them were killed by the new generation, though some fled in search of other planets. By now, the Reptilians had a bad name because of the newer generation. Nearly everyone forgot about how kind the old ones had been, and after awhile, that they had been kind in the first place. Civilizations stayed out of the Reptilians way as best as they could. They had done nothing wrong so far to other planets, so what could the Galactic Council do? Galaxies would just have to put up with them for now. Many planets suspected they would do something soon. (They did not know they had pretty much murdered the original Reptilians, thinking they had gone evil.) In truth, they were planning something big. Well, the firstborn was. He was no longer himself as he broke the galactic laws. The firstborn did not care for much anymore. No one had treated him the way he wanted to be, so this would be his payback.

The plan was to slowly take over as many galaxies as he could, planet by planet. The catch was it wouldn’t look like he had done it. He and the other Reptilians would be behind the scenes, letting civilizations destroy each other. All he had to do was add in spite and hybrids and he was set. Oh, and let the foolishness of others take over. It seemed to always work.

The Galactic Council did the best they could to stop the sudden madness, banishing them from galaxies and planets, even sometimes universes. They banished them from Earth, but the Reptilians went under their noses and snuck into the newly civilized Earth. The people there worshipped them as gods, like Quetzalcoatl from the Aztecs and Sobek from Egyptian mythology. The poor humans were oblivious to question their gods and technology. This time, the Galactic Council could do nothing but watch, and only able to help the people when they asked. It was painful to do so, but the laws of their culture were binded. Some attempted to intervene, though by then it was a hair too late. Humans were controlled by that time and their busy lives, and they began to live in the illusion of life."

That was just a little bit of Uncle's bio there! If you're hooked, don't worry! My novel should be out sometime this year, and if not, 2015! Ah the wait. Well, I have school and such. It would be done much faster if I didn't. Things to do, however. And like I've been saying, I've been busy, but I will write more often!

Doctor Who Season Eight Episode One: Deep Breath

Hey guys! I haven't been posting much lately since I've been so busy with visitors! I'll post about my adventures soon after. But for now... since my Whovian is showing, a review.

The intro was, once again, changed for a new season. I didn't mind the seventh season one too much, and I loved the season five and six how the TARDIS got struck by lightning. Now there's clockwork gears...? I have a hard time adjusting to new intros :P

The story started out as Victorian London with Vastra, Jenny and Strax with a dinosaur rampaging the streets. It doesn't exactly explain why, though. (I think the TARDIS in it's mouth traveled with it?) Vastra comments that it looks like it's chocking on something, and it spits out the TARDIS. They all go to investigate and Strax demands it be opened. The Doctor, now Peter Capaldi, opens it and everyone is shocked. The Doctor then gets confused with everyone and who they are, calling Strax Clara and it's very strange. He's still trying to figure out who he is.

The episode there after was slower than usual, finding out who had killed the dinosaur and the Doctor out in the streets talking to a poor old tramp crazily. Clara and the Doctor go to a restaurant, both thinking it to be them who invited them there with the 'Impossible Girl' ad. It was neither, and they both find out they are not in a restaurant, it's just disguised that way. It is filled with robots that make themselves look human and they have to take a 'deep breath' so they can pass by as them since they don't breath. A bit scarier than Blink. Ok, maybe not. Clara soon gets captured with the Doctor, but they break free with the sonic screwdriver and then the Doctor gets out of the room, accidentally leaving Clara in the room with the leader of the robots that look like humans. She has to hold her breath for a long time, which I feel bad for. I mean, the Doctor sorta abandoned her for the time being! She then gets knocked out and the leader questions her about where the Doctor is. Suddenly remembering how her class treated her, she does the same as a student did "I won't tell you unless you tell me first." or something like that. Good thinking, Clara.

Thankfully the Doctor shows up disguised as one of the robots when she says he'll show up if he's still him. Then Vastra, Jenny and Strax all show up :D Vastra and Jenny all ninja-like and Strax like a potato falling from the ceiling xD Pretty funny. They get overwhelmed by the robots as the Doctor is talking with the leader about the Promised Land or something, which doesn't exist. Stupid robots. Going on for centuries about it, which basically turns out to be a paradise or heaven, something like that. Anyway, to get away from the robots, they all hold their breath for as long as they can. I even held my breath with them. Sort of. Then apparently Jenny and Vastra have a telepathic link as they can speak to each other in their minds. "I can't do it, I can't hold my breath for this long!" Vastra replies something like, "Don't worry, my love. I have much air to give." And she kisses Jenny on screen for air. First, don't get me wrong. I'm good with gays. It was just... a little too much. I would've said the same thing if it was heterosexual. Really. So I'm not against lesbians or anything of that matter. The scene, in my opinion, was just a little unnecessary. Plus I'm not one for romance, so please don't get offended. And after that, the Doctor talks with the leader of the skin robots in their skin ship which they used from the dinosaur, which they killed. Yeah. Bit gruesome. And the Madame de Pompadour ship made a slight cameo for some reason, sort of forgot why. But in the end, the leader falls off the ship and the Doctor saves the day. Yay.

The scene with Clara talking on the phone with Matt however was a tears moment. He knew he was going to regenerate soon, and he asked Clara if he'd look old and gray. He was disappointed a bit, as I was. But he said that it was still him and she shouldn't worry. He'd always be there. Excuse me while I weep in the corner :,( When Clara finally and unfortunately has to hang up, they both share a hug, though he's not quite the hugging type... yet. And they go out to have a snack or two.

There's an extra scene with the leader of the robot humans, who had apparently died, with a black haired woman explaining he's in the Promised Land and that her 'boyfriend' pushed him off the ship rather harshly. She may be the lady from the shop that gave Clara the Doctor's number... but what about River Song?! Though she's sort of dead but not really and gah!

~Now, some random scenes and what I thought about them.
The scene with Vastra and her veil made me as angry as Clara when she ranted. She wasn't the Doctor's girlfriend and never had a romantic relationship with him, unless you count her Victorian self. I liked how Jenny clapped, since I would too. Vastra then proceeds to going back to normal without her veil, since it was a test to see if she was worthy of being a companion, not just for his good looks as she is a Silurian and related her scaly face to other humans as to the Doctor. Pretty good scene, I guess.

The one scene I didn't get, however, was when Vastra was talking to Jenny while she dressed up for her. I was just as confused as Jenny was. A bit pointless that she dressed up while Vastra talked and explained things.

Ok, I'm stopping my review/rant for now! Overall, I'd give it a 6/10 or 7/10, when I usually give them 8/10s or 9/10s. Sigh. I hope this season gets better!! I have faith in Peter Capaldi, I know he can get better!

(UPDATE: I edited this from last night because the first part of the episode I wrote about got deleted!)

Bouckville Antique Week

So, today I went to the Bouckville Antique Week. It wasn't just any antique sale, however. It covered fields upon fields! Like this photo above shows in bird's eye view. The biggest antique sale apparently. And I loved it! Though at first I couldn't find anything I liked at a reasonable price. I was aiming for finding cool wooden carvings. I did, for $75 and higher. Darn. I kept searching for a cool book or wood carving, something at a reasonable price. Then I stumbled upon this:

I absolutely love birds, and I live in New York so I thought this was perfect. And it was in great condition! I looked for the publication date. 1912. It's 102 years old this year, and it looks much younger! Amazing. Now I got to search for Wild Flowers of New York, as I instantly searched this up on the Internet when my family and I got back home. It's interesting, especially for the bird watcher and appreciator of the old fashioned.

Then there was that wood carving I was searching for. I thought I'd find something cool, but useful. And I did! There was a tent with all wooden sculptures and carvings of animals, all for around a few dollars. They had frogs that held sticks in their mouths so you could skim it across their backs, which made it sound exactly like a frog! And there were pigs and crickets that did the same thing. I was tempted to get a cricket (I may get one later, who knows) but I especially liked one of the owl whistles. Here's a picture of it:

It was one where you could blow into it and it sounded like its animal it appeared to be. (There were ducks and elephants as well) $9. Awesome! Though it isn't completely an antique, I still love it. You can do all sorts of owl calls with it, like the Barred Owl or Great Horned. Sorry, I think my bird nerd is showing. Yep, it definitely is.

Lyra Phoenix Sketch

Finally updating my blog again! Once again, my friend drew a character of mine. Lyra Phoenix this time! And I even made a version with her in a sweatshirt, like she is in the scene I wrote on Sneak Peak Number Two. So here it is:

Purple shirt version

Sweatshirt version

How do you peeps like them? :D Very happy with them. I can't believe I actually added the sweatshirt on. In which I previously thought I couldn't do these things! Thank you digital art for the the eraser and undo button xD Next up will be other versions of Lyra (most likely) or Uncle the main antagonist! Say who you want to see first in the comments below!

YouTube And Sketches

To promote my book further, I'm going to do some videos on a YouTube channel! Can't wait to start! (It'll most likely start around September) Basically I'm going to say some highlights of my life like here on my blog, and connect some things to my novel. It's not all worked out yet, but I'm really excited about it! Maybe I'll even have the camera on me :D My user is Kyra Lyn Moss, though I have not uploaded videos yet. Don't worry, they'll come soon enough! There will be sneak peaks and how I make my novel and cover art, all that jazz. Speaking about art, here are some drawings a friend of mine drew of my main character, Gwen Blackwell:

First version, slightly longer neck

Second version, slightly shorter neck

How do you guys like these sketches? I think they're pretty accurate according to my mind. Gwen agrees with the drawings ^-^

Hopefully I can get of Lyra soon as well, that would be neat! Feel free to comment!

Sneak Peak Number Two

I thought I'd share some more of my novel. This time, only a little bit. I don't want to reveal too much!

"Going to stick around all day won't do us any good," The figure said, dragging Gwen by her sweatshirt hood.

"But I wasn't-"

"My point is, is that we have to get out of here. Fast. The alarms are going to go off at any given moment!" Just as the words got out of her mouth, a chain of alarms went off in the lair. "See? We got to get moving."

"Hold on just a second." Gwen said, skidding her converse shoes onto the floor to force her to slow down. The figure stopped.

"Yes?" It asked with a clear state of annoyance.

"I don't even know you," She said, narrowing her eyes. "Why should I even trust you?"

"I don't know you either," The figure replied back. Its hood was still concealing its face. "But I do know that you have to trust me on this. No questions please," It started to grab for Gwen's sweatshirt hood again.

"Wait!" She flung out her arm and yanked the figure's hood away. Staring back at her was the same girl at the bus stop. Her dark brown hair seemed to be almost blown back and strands of it flecked in front of her pale face. What she hadn’t seen before were the color of her eyes- a bright sea green.

Not giving away much, as I said. To keep you guys suspenseful ;-) This scene was with my main character Gwen Blackwell meeting Lyra Phoenix. As you can see they get along nicely. What do guys think? It's still a work in progress, but I'm getting there! Oh, and I finished for Camp NaNo with over 20k! Very happy with the results. Word wars and races really help a ton.

One more update: I'm allowing anyone to comment on my posts, since I previously had it so only users with Google accounts could comment. One thing I ask, please no rude or unnecessary comments. You don't gain anything from it, and I don't either.

Another Adventure :P

So, my family and I finally got this thing sorted out after a day or two. Thing, you're asking? Oh. Forgot to mention. My vacation house was rented out for two days. We said only up to six people could come. Well. My dad checks the camera we have installed up there the day after, like he sometimes does, just to make sure everything's all right. Most of the time it is. Some snow or rain is nice to know. This time it was entirely different. Instead of one or two cars like we expected from the renters, nine or ten were on the camera screen. Twelve, actually, since we couldn't see all of the cars. Solo cups, beer caps and napkins littered the driveway. College kids went in and out casually. I later found out there were seventy-three of them. Insane. (There were originally six but word got out real fast overnight and it became a party house.) So my dad called our friends upstate since we weren't there and he went up himself to clean some stuff up. Thanks to our friends, the college kids cleaned up all the messes they had made, beer stains and cigarettes and all. Great. We even forgot to put away the Nerf guns in the baskets where we usually keep sports stuff so they were shooting each other with darts, some found on the property. Ugh. It's all gone now thankfully, though the one thing they damaged was the door knob lock of my bedroom and tore it off the wall. What an adventure my life is, hurrah.

The good news was that instead of worrying about it all day like I had been, staring at the camera screen, I got to go out to lunch with my aunt, uncle and brother where of course I had a Belgian waffle with whipped cream. Why not? Then we all went to a nearby farmer's market and had snickerdoodles and Italian ice with live music by a talented eleven-year-old singing Lean On Me. Soon after we hung out at their place and talked and then went to a really big Barnes & Noble, the kind with a café and two floors. Not like the kind in NY, at least as far as I know of! I got The Promise graphic novel for Avatar The Last Airbender which I am rereading for the third time :D My brother got Avatar: The Lost Adventures with cute, funny comics of the gang. And soon (eh probably not soon) I'll be getting the next book after The Promise- The Search! Fangirling so much right now. Though Amazon says I won't get it until the 1st-18th .___. Really, Amazon? You've sent much faster deliveries than that. Oh well.

As for my novel, I'll be surpassing my 20k goal tomorrow, that is, if I write 2k. Soon I'll have to be advertising and stuff... wow. Pretty exciting after working with this novel for almost ten months! More sneak peaks may be posted... ;-) Stay tuned my friends!

Updates~

So, yeah. Forgot to mention, though you probably noticed already. I sorta updated the site! New background, sorta different theme, different colored links and fonts, all that jazz. I noticed some of my other fellow bloggers were updating their's and I thought heck why not? It needed some little spice added onto it. So what do you guys think? :D

UPDATE: I added a pages thingy on top since I finally figured it out! I like the turquoise/tealish color I added. I might change it at some point, but not now. And I added a little badge for my NaNoWriMo participation last year and a Weapons of Mass Creation picture. Blogger is mostly making sense to me now...

Days in The Life of Kyra Lyn Moss

The "Mystery Machine" I was talking about and more at Bethel Woods!

I've been so absorbed in Camp NaNo that I haven't used my blog! I'm thinking of updating the About Me since I did that in a rush. So anyway, things in life that have happened recently:

My family and I have renters for our vacation house!! That means more moola and such :D And I'll be in downstate NY for a week, which is nice after staying there for awhile. I'm really happy what we've done with the vacation house, how we added onto the
basement and now that's a good movie room and dining room. 

Annnnd I saw Jimmy Buffett on the 17th at Bethel Woods!!! It was absolutely amazing! My mom and I went to the museum to see some of its history, how Woodstock was there and all. I loved how there was an old, painted peace punch buggy and van like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo. And the old albums were so vintage and nice... they even had The Four Season's Sherry! I fangirled a lot, I'll admit it. I was also one of the people who got to see The Beatles Experience, limited time only, for exclusive Beatles photos never-before-seen and an Ed Sullivan show on a vintage TV. Though Bethel Woods didn't have the rights to show The Beatles performing in '64 on the show boo hoo :( Just Ed Sullivan talking. Ah well. But the concert, woo! People smoking weed and cigarettes, wearing coconut bras, shark fins and parrotheads... o_o It was awesome! Jimmy even did an encore for us, which was even more coolio. Though we didn't get home until around 1:00 in the morning, which was a downside. But hey. It's a good life.

((I'm almost done early with NaNo too and will be editing it throughout August- think I said that already))

Sneak Peak Number One

I thought I'd share a bit more of The Illusion, this time with chapter one. In the first chapter following the prologue, Gwen meets a strange girl who looks like she's hiding something. Here it is:

Gwen waited impatiently on the side of the curb, tapping her foot as she paced. She had been waiting near the city bus stop for half an hour. There was still no maroon minivan in sight. For what seemed the 153rd time, she checked her watch. The silvery hands pointed closer to the six.

“You have got to be kidding me,” She said as she bit the inside of her lip in frustration. Where is he?

Another ten minutes passed and not a maroon minivan drove by. Gwen finally sat down a nearby bench. Her father was supposed to pick her up a little under and hour ago and yet there wasn’t a trace of him. She had even tried calling him on one of the public phones, twice, though it was no use. He simply wasn’t answering.
Dad’s never this late, She thought. Maybe something happened on the throughway?
"Hey, excuse me! Gwen, do you know where to find the Illusions Inc. building?” A demanding voice asked from behind her. She was about to turn around when she saw that the source of the voice was right in front of her. A girl with dark brown hair down to her elbows stared at her with piercing green eyes. Her denim jacket seemed to drape over her arms, and strangely, they appeared scorched at the sleeves.
“Yeah, it’s a couple of hours from here, in Connecticut,” Gwen paused. “How do you know my name?”

“Did I say your name? I said that absentmindedly. I was thinking about, um, my friend across the street.” The girl pointed to a deli.

“No one lives in the deli.” Gwen said.

“I wasn’t pointing at the deli! I was pointing at the apartment next to it!”

“That’s an unused apartment.”

“Well, she just moved in.” The girl said confidently.

“Sure, whatever you say,” Gwen avoided her gaze from falling on the girl.

“I can’t believe it’s in Connecticut. After all this time I’ve been looking for it and it’s in Connecticut.” She muttered what must have been a cuss word under her breath, but it sounded more like gibberish to Gwen.

“What, you didn’t ask anyone else but me?”

“Why wouldn’t I ask you? I don’t trust anyone else around here.” The girl’s face went white. “Uh, sorry, I meant you seemed like a trustworthy sort of person.” Her green eyes darted around anxiously.

Something in the back of her mind was tugging at Gwen. She knew the girl from somewhere, right? But from where? No names or memories came to her. Wait, she remembered! The girl’s name was something like-

“Gwen!” Mr. Blackwell honked the car horn loudly, knocking her out of her thoughts.

She took another look over the strange, but familiar girl. “Well, nice meeting you.” She held up a hand as she opened the mini van’s back seat doors. The girl seemed to be practically dancing with the fake smile hung up on her mouth.

So, how do you think that is peeps? :-) Not a completely done chapter one, but almost done. Camp NaNo helps a lot with my writing, thankfully. August will be the month I look it over and organize it. But for now- write as much as I can!

Camp NaNoWriMo

Gosh! I've been busy writing. And plus Google was being a bit difficult with me signing in and all... anyways, since I've been talking about my novel and all, I should introduce it. Novel, you. You, novel. There. Ok, ok, a synopsis.

The Illusion, my book, is about a girl named Gwen Blackwell who creates a fake world to preserve the Earth. In the process, she forgets who she is, and during the novel she remembers must decide if she should preserve Earth more while the old Illusion fails, or let the people see the destruction they have caused. Phew. I think I explained it right ;)

I'm trying to get down more than 20,000 words this month, and so far I have 4k. The 4th was busy, so don't blame me. My work is unfortunately scattered around the computer and my iPad, but hey, at least I get some more words down. I'll give you guys a sneak peak on my new character, Dennis Nix, a 18 year old that works with the rivals in my story, Illusion Inc. Here it is:

Dennis sighed as he flipped over one of the business cards. On it was a picture of a woman with long, strawberry blonde hair with rows of books behind her. Next to the photo were words that read 'Alyssa's Book Shop' and under, 'Everyone's welcome to sit back and read once in awhile'.

“I wish.” He muttered under his breath. He folded it in half, then in half again and stuffed it into the cup holder besides him. Thinking better of it, Dennis stuffed it to the very bottom instead.

“Problem?” A man sitting next to him asked, his grayed bushy eyebrows raised.

“It's nothing.” Dennis replied. The old man rubbed his chin.

“Are you sure about that? It doesn't seem like it. Perhaps... a girl problem?”

“I told you, it's no big deal,” He said, slumping into the cushioned seat.

“All right, if you say so,” The man shrugged and sipped his cup of latte. Dennis reached for crumpled business card while he thought the man wasn't looking.

“Ah ha!” The old man snatched the card from him and flattened it out on his lap. “So it is a girl problem.”

“Ok, yes, it's a girl problem,” He said, his teeth clenched.

Ah, Dennis. So socially awkward. I'm sure you guys will like him, once this gets out there in the big ocean of book stores.

X-Men Days of Future Past

The X-Men :D And the younger Xavier is here eee!

Since I am bored and will be writing my novel (just not yet) I shall post another post. Because, why not? This will be a movie review of... eenie meenie minie- X-Men Days of Future Past.

I absolutely loved this movie, and have to say it was the best out of all the X-Men. In case you have no idea what X-Men are, they are people born with extraordinary powers, mostly known as mutants. In this particular one, the future is in disarray and mutants are being hunted down by Sentinels, machines that can shift to adapt to their opponents. Wolverine, a.k.a. Hugh Jackman, is sent into the past by Professor Charles Xavier to '73 to stop what has already happened for them, all because Mystique killed Trask, the creator of the Sentinels. Now, it can be slightly inappropriate, like cursing and the mention of sex, but is still an overall spectacular movie. While Wolverine is sent back to the past, he meets the younger Beast/Hank and Xavier, who is not the man he is presently. The young Xavier is a drunken man still getting over that Mystique left him and he has truly no family. He inserts a medicine into his blood each day that will allow him to walk, but to give up his telepathic powers. Wolverine convinces him otherwise and he, Hank and Xavier set off to stop Mystique's dark path. By first, of course, gaining the alliance of Quicksilver, an amazingly fast mutant, to help free Erik, or Magneto, from the Pentagon. He was accused that he killed President Kennedy since he could control the metal in the bullets so easily. 

So anyway, after that epic scene of Quicksilver helping with the song "Time In A Bottle", tensions rise and trying to get Mystique to stray from her murdering path gets harder. Will the mutants prevent the horrible future that is destined to happen? Maybe, but go watch the movie. Trust me, if you love Marvel and Doctor Who and such, spending your money will be worth it. I mean, I couldn't stop fangirling over it for the entire night xD

Cat Drawings

I thought I'd share my cat drawings so far, just for the heck of it. I might even draw the cover of my book, though the cover is far from now. I find animals easier to draw than people so that's going to be a bit challenging if I'm going to have my main character on the cover. Ah well.

Drew this one early this year. Can't see the neck too well...

Done early this year too. Didn't get to the fur texture.

Drew this one in 6th grade, probably my best cat to be honest!

Summer Vacation: Rides Galore

The Delaware County Fair with just some of the rides I've been on

Officially, finally, summer has arrived!! Though I counted the last few days as no school because I just had to go in for two hours or so. New York is crazy, oh well :P Now that it's summer, I can however get to writing my novel, which I will post sneak peaks of occasionally. And get to that huge book pile in my room and go to the library a lot. Let's see, I'm also running each day to get ready for cross country, climbing trees, drawing cats and seeing a Jimmy Buffet concert. That should be fun :) And in August, I'm going to the annual Delaware County Fair and seeing the Demolition Derby where cars crush each other, and seeing the cute animals and going on tons of rides. The best last year was the Enterprise or UFO, something like that, with some of its letters chipped off. You got to go inside and it would spin around and around so fast until you could climb the walls. Amazing. The slides with the bags you go down on are cool too, and then there's the Claw. It goes back and forth as you spin in a claw shaped seating area and goes super fast. I was just tall enough last year yesss! I'm a huge roller coaster fanatic haha. I might even go to Six Flags or Bush Gardens. The last time I went to Six Flags, I was too short to go on the Superman. An inch too short. Gosh. But El Toro was great, the fastest ride I've ever been on! It's like in cartoons: your skin gets pulled back and you can barely move. Plus I scream at the top of my lungs, what fun for the people around me. To add on to my roller coaster rant with one more ride, The Griffin at Bush Gardens was terrifying. It was a ten seater, from what I remember, and the ride would go up to the very top and just creak there as we the riders dangled. Then it shot down and water would go flying from down below in the pond since it went by so quickly. Good times...