just wanted to say....Hi

[FireFox]

Ummm...not sure what to say other than Hi and glad to be apart of a christian writers forum. I have just finished my final rough draft on a fantasy/allegorical novel titled Northstone. It's a little long, just a tad, o.k. to tell the truth its four hundred pages. Whew I feel better now that the truth is out. (LOL)

I have worked on it for 3 1/2 years and I am in the resting periond. Don't worry I have taken up painting and playing guitar during this time. Yeah, God's telling me to finnally rest which is rather hard to do considering you know, I'm a writer, creativity spilling of my fingertips. I'm sure you all understand. Anyway, I do have a writer's cat named Madison.

[whitehawke]

Hi there, nice to meet you.
I haven't been here long, but this is a great site with lots of friendly, helpful people. Come in, move around, get the feel of the place. Check out all the forums. :)

[wgjones3]

You realize your user name will bring a lot of confused people here... they get on Google, search for this FireFox thing everyone's talking about, and BAM--here they are. :D

I love it.

Welcome to the club. I'm sure you'll meet a fellow cat lover or two here. :cool:

[whitehawke]

You realize your user name will bring a lot of confused people here... they get on Google, search for this FireFox thing everyone's talking about, and BAM--here they are. :D

I love it.

Welcome to the club. I'm sure you'll meet a fellow cat lover or two here. :cool:

lol, Mr Jones,
I have a pet Firefox in my browser. I couldn't resist telling you. :D !thumbsup!

[whitehawke]

Firefox,
I like the name. :)
You sound like you have a good sense of humor. :) Is that book the first one you've written or do you have more? Tell us something about it, please? What kind of painting do you do?

[FireFox]

Wow! Thanks for all the great reply's. I have had some company for a few days and have not been able to post.

Whitehawke,

You have some great questions and I am not quite sure how to answer what my book is about without writing an entire essay, but I will try. It is my first book. Usually, I wrote just poetry because I was going to college working towards a double major in English and Journalism. I went for 4 years full time and did not graduate because I had to move. I then strarted working full time and writing this book. I kept having these four scenes run through my mind with four different characters. These scenes stuck with me for 2 years before I even began writing. The first was of a dark haired boy walking through a forest with a tiger, the second was of a blonde winged boy hanging from a cliff, the third, a pegasus, the fourth was of a girl interacting with both boys having a conversation with them in the woods. Well, of course it got me to wondering what were they talking about? Who was this tiger that the boy was not afraid of? Why if the blonde boy could fly? Why was he hanging from a cliff? Good questions huh.. I was praying about writing for some time too and wrestling with this gifting for a very long time because I had the passion but not a vision. A few conversations with God later and I'm writing the book.

Anyway, the book is about a boy named Elohi Elerin and his brother who is a Pegaus named Gidean. In the midst of a great disaster were the boy lives on the plains of Hi an Tuk (Took) a messenger from King Teshoowa's throne seeks out the boy to have Elohi help him rescue a prophet. Now the prophet is the golden winged boy named Zacheus and is Key to winning the war. What war you ask just keep reading.

Here is the over arching theme- The planet Abir Lynn is perfect with no influence of sin until Leviathon starts gathering his armies to fight King Teshoowa at Northstone. Many of the tribes on the planet are falling into sin while others are remaining sinless. The book mainly focuses on Elohi Elerin's transformation from sinless to sinful,and how he is redeemed and is able to arrive with the prophet at Northstone.

So I did manage to write that essay. There are other themes in this book but it is hard to break it down into a few paragraphs hope you got the main jist. Yeah, yeah there is always a war, with an elf, an evil godlike master and a dragon. Ok, but at least I have more than one dragon, a pegaus, a talking tiger, minotaurs, bears that wear armour and wouldn't you know a whitehawke that can walk with fire.

I started painting a few months ago I have used oils and acrylics. Right now I am painting a cat. Go figure. I am quite happy with it though.

[DrRita]

Welcome Foxfire! I'm blessed to make your cyber aquaintance. I hope you enjoy your association here at CW.

Sounds like an absolutely fascinating novel. I will be looking for it. Does it have a name? It sounds a bit like one I'm working on but of course only a basic theme is similar. I'm impressed that you stayed with it and finished it.

Painting is wonderful and so is the guitar. Both can be great outlets for those creative juices when one isn't writing. Looking forward to hearing more from you.

god Bless.

[rodojeki]

Welcome Kerry...You will love it here

Donna

[whitehawke]

LOL, you mean to say you have a character in your book who wears my whitehawke name? hee hee :D Goodie or bady?
Your book, like DrRita said, sounds fasinating.
When I'm moved to do a picture, I mostly use coloured penicls and I wish I could play the guitar. !thumbsup!

[FireFox]

Whitehawke,

Well, good to know of another artist around here already. I just started playing the guitar about a month ago so I am really rather pluncking along on it... but it is fun. The whitehawke in my novel is actually a white hawk a rather peculiar and intersting character and no need to worry he is good, although he has no name Elohi calls him "Juhanna" wich means... well I leave that for you to read about eh?

What type of writing do you do? What are you working on now?

[whitehawke]

Firefox,
seeing as you asked, I shall tell something of how I started on my novel.
I hope that I'm allowed to do this here, seeing as it's only an explanation.

My novel came from a dream I had.
In the dream, a young man followed some others over the hills and down to the ocean. They came to a wharf and there they all waited for the only boat to arrive that could take them to the new land (heaven) The young man didn't mix with the others, but sat alone some distance from them. The boat took a long
time in coming and the young man grew tired and fell asleep. When the boat arrived, the others climbed on board and the young man was left behind.

When I awake after the dream, I had these words going through my head...
"Don't be caught sleeping, don't get left behind."

In my novel, the dream is the opener. The young man in the dream is also the one who has the dream and a few more besides. His parents are strong Christians, but he is running from God.
I asked the Lord to lead me the way He wanted me to go...to write what He wanted me to. He gave me dreams to add to it. He woke me at night with scenes to describe. There are so many things He has told me, shown me, it would take me a long time to tell you them all.
This one book leads to a series, both forward and back in time.

Hee hee.... you will need to read my book to find that out. ;) :cool:

Oh, and I'm glad the white hawk is a goodie. :D !thumbsup!

[FireFox]

Whitehawke,

Your book also sounds fascinating. Time travel is involved! Well, thats it I've got to hear more. So your writing sceince fiction? I happen to have a friend of mine who is also working on a science fiction novel. We meet for dinner about once a week and encourage eachother in this long process. We are also involved in a writers group at our church that meets once a month. Although, their book does not involve time travel.

Interesting, about you having a dream and then beggining to write. I actually had a dream about the Lord talking to me about writing. Nothing about the characters or the book or anything. Just the Lord and I having a conversation. I have never had another dream like it.

[whitehawke]

Hi firefox,
sorry, I didn't write that correctly. It's not about time travel. What I was meaning is that I know so much about my characters that I want to write a series. Also, I want to write some books about them that lead up to this book. Prequils or whatever it's called.
Sorry again for the confusion, but I hope you will want to read it when it comes out anyway. :)

[FireFox]

Whitehawke,

Don't worry I am still intrigued by your work. Is it set in this time period? Is it fantasy? Mystery? O.k. you got my wheels spinning. That dream of yours could lead into any of these scenario. I have'nt seen any of your work posted in the fiction section. Are you waiting like me to take the plunge with this group here and have them critique your work? I am not quite sure how that is going to happen really, as my novel is well, a novel. It's going to be hard to post 4-5 pages a week. I thought I would just throw out some samples of my favorite scenes and see what happens.

[whitehawke]

Firefox,
Glad to hear I've got your wheels spinning. !thumbsup!
This book is leading up to the final trumpet blast when our Lord shall return in the clouds. I haven't posted anything for critique because, to the best of my knowledge, I haven't had time to earn enough points to do so. If I had enough points here, I would post the dream that opens my book. :D :cool:

[JCsAngelPen]

Hi there! Glad to have you here!

[chipmunk]

Hiya! I made it. Whew!

[firstacts]

I do have a writer's cat named Madison.

Yikes, a cat? Uh, you don't let it come on the forum do you? I have about as much use for a cat as I do for a third nostril. :p

Glad to see a new name and an honest writer (eventually). :D

My name is Glenn - I string words together like pop corn and cranberry garland. May not always be pretty but they look good on a tree.

Welcome aboard. !thumbsup!

[Allie Webster]

Well we're glad the truth is out. Four hundred pages isn't bad. I just sent off my novel to my publisher and it is four hundred twenty three pages. :D So four hundred isn't too long. Keep up the good work. The second draft will either get shorter or longer. thumbsup! Mine got shorter then longer. Welcome aboard. :o

[FireFox]

Allie,

Thanks, I am sure you understand the importance of just finishing. I think I am beggining to anyway. I have a piece of it out there to read if you all wouldn't mind providing some input. I am getting well a little nervous as there has not been any responses to it yet. Hopefully, someone will say something about it. :0)

[ProfessorAlan]

Hi, fox! Thanks for letting me know about this place -- just got around to introducing myself, and will get a feel for the way this works over the new few days/weeks. Look forward to it. Thanks again!