Questions with Quinton(Friday Special)

Konnichiwa!

     So today will be my last post before I take my break, so I'll answer as many questions as I can to keep you updated. I got tons of them this week, So here goes the most recurring ones:

Will you go in depth with all our stories like you did with Bengal Road?

     Good question. I will if you ask me to, I was asked to see if I could find the similarities with Bengal Road, so I did. If you'd like me to do the same with yours, I would be more then happy to.

Is Terra the same person as Stella from your book?

     Stella is based off her yes. She's an excellent writer herself and is constantly helping me out. :)

I know I may be pushing it, but is Lacrime somehow connected to The Rey Saga? I read that post you put up and I found multiple things that could connect the two series.

     Very smart readers we got here. But that's knowledge for only me to know for now. ;)

What was your inspiration for writing?

     This one's easy. My biggest inspiration are my friends I have everywhere across the country. They are what allowed this story to be made, and shaped me into who I am today.

Do the characters in your book have powers? If so, what are they?

     Yes, I guess you could call them powers. Eleven of the characters have powers: Rey, Chloe, Darcy, Tim, Harper, Drake, Stella, Lyssa, Azazel, Alexander, and Blake. I won't reveal all of them, but what I will say is most of these characters will have you fooled on what their power is with the exception of Harper(Mind Reading) and Alexander(Supercomputer-like Memory). Rey's has already been revealed, you just don't know it.

What do you think of the US so far?

     I have mixed thoughts on them, as the U.S. don't show up until the second half, but are extremely dominant at that point. I really rather not talk bout it after that terrible call by the ref that cost them a victory, but when the U.S. is playing woth some urgency, they are unstoppable. I stick by my thought that they will get out of their group, but any higher then the semi-finals is a reach for me.

Will there be another contest?

     Yes indeed there will be. While I'm on break I'll be working on a new one that will be as challenging as the first one, but different in it's own way. Hopfully when I return it will be done. :D

How would we know which animal goes with what aspect in the book?

     Very good question. Each character will be wearing a piece of jewelry to represent their animal. Like for example, Azazel animal is a lion, so he has a necklace of a lion head around his neck. The Jewelry Set will be called.... *Spoiler Alert*. Sorry can't say, but you actually already know it. ;) The Set contains four necklaces, two rings, two bracelets and two anklets. (Subject to change.)

When are you coming back from break?

     As soon as I take care of Pieces parts 1 and 2, editing Bleeding Truth, getting caught up on summer school, and finishing band camp. That won't be until late July at the soonest, but I plan on making a few posts on days that I have time before band camp. When I return however, I will have Pieces part 1 along with the current prologue finished and connected to a special page just for you blog readers, a release date for the book, hopfully a new contest and pictures of the ten piece animal jewelry set in Pieces. Maybe even the finished Cover Art. :D


Well that's it's it folks! The last post for awhile, so be good to my man Chris, as he'll be running the show with Terra for a bit. This is mostly likely the last of my world cup posts, so good luck USA and South Africa, and let me be the first to wish you all a wonderful INdependence Day and remember, to live your life as if it were fiction, and always put life into words. ;)

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!

Book Review: Airborn

Konnichiwa!

So it's time for the first ever book review for our blog!

Airborn

The book I will be reviewing is called Airborn. The first book in a series by Kenneth Oppel. This is the story of Matt Cruise, a sky-loving cabin boy aboard the luxury airship the Aurora. He lost his father at an early age, and therefore has to take this job in order to take care of his mother and sisters. However, He genuinely loves the ship and the being in the air, and even has a dream to attend the Airship Academy, a special airship school, in hopes of Captaining his own ship one day. Matt is one of those people who adventure flocks towards, so it's expected that one day when he's on crow nest duty, he spots a once thought to be lost hot-air balloon. Almost by himself, he manages to save the lost balloon and get onto the airship. On board he finds an injured old male pliot who is beyond saving. Before the man dies, he asks if Matt has seen "them". Confused, Matt lies, but is quickly called out for it by the injured pliot, and the man dies leaving Matt completely lost. But a year later, the granddaughter of this man arrives, attempting to pluck Matt knowledge of what "them" are, and takes them on the start of a wonderful adventure through beautiful lands, exotic animals, piracy and of course romance. Don't worry boys out there, this isn't anything like twilight. ;)

This book was very well done, and expertly written. Now I did feel like the story took awhile to pick up, but once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. Even after I finished it, I went back and reread the first few chapters. I love the amount of plot twists that he has placed in this series, catching you off guard and while also having saying, "OH! That makes sense now!". There is just one thing that have to say is the weakness in all of Kenneth Oppel's books, his characters. Now it's not so much he doesn't develop them, offer interesting background, or lack of diversity. With the exception of two of them(Mr. Vlad and Matt), they lack that "boom" factor. That indescribable factor that turns them from great to unforgettable. Despite this problem, the book is beyond worth reading and highly recommended. Chris will be handling the next book review, but it won't be for around a month. So I highly suggest you check this book out and give it a read, along with the other two books, Skybreaker and Starclimber. ;) My final post before break will be a Questions with Quinton post Friday evening. Send in any last second questions!

Plot: 9/10

Imagery: 10/10

Characters: 8/10

Climax: 9/10

Overall: 9.5/10 Great story and series

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!

Blog News

Konnichiwa!

Okay guys so I have some news for you guys. Due to my constant moving, I'm behind on my credits, and thus have to take summer school. This is majoring interfering with my freetime, that was originally used to write, so I will have to take a break following Thursday's post, meaning I will also have to do Questions with Quinton three days early. But to make up for it I will have a blog exclusive link to all Part 1 of my first book, Pieces with the current prologue attached. :) Until then, Terra and Chris will hold down fort. I will also take any stories, but you just will have to wait until I return to have them posted. Chances are Thursday will be the last of my World Cup posts, but good luck USA!!! See you guys Thursday!

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!!!!

Progress Report

Konnichiwa!

     Okay okay to update on my books, I have finished typing up chapter 16, and am currently working on my second prologue for Pieces. I have only finshed a portion of Lacrime, and won't continue until much later.

Now to update on the site, I have now made Questions with Quinton daily, as well as increase the number I asnwer. Also We have a new author writing posts now named Terra. :) Lastly, Chris and I will be doing a new section for reviewing books for you guys to read, that I think you may find a liking too. We will grade them based off our own individual systems. I will kick things off this Thursday, giving me time to prepare what my system will look like... Have a fabulous Tuesday!

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!

Bengal Road (cont.)

Konnichiwa!

     Like I promise, I will be explaining connections made in Bengal Road today! It took me all day yesterday to try and find the hidden messages but I think I may have found them. So get's started. First off, the each of the animals and the giant represent either the mascot or a player of one of the teams in the AFC North. Brownie rep. the dog on the Cleveland Browns logo, Poe rep. one of the three mascots for the Baltimore Ravens, Parker rep. Willie Parker, former running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Dey rep. of  course the mascot of the Cincinnati Bengals.

     Now each of them represents the skills of each team based off the past season. Brownie relates to the Browns special teams skills, mainly because of Joshua Cribbs, and above average talent in that spot. Poe aerial abilities are meant to be viewed as a defensive tactic, resembling the Ravens notably great defense, but lack of offense firepower. Parker is meant to show how the Steelers are great in both offense and defense, but losing one piece could cause them to quickly drop drastically in skill, like how Parker lost his sight and his armor, the steelers lost Troy Polamalu and the run game, and fell apart. Also he is a one trick pony, hinting at their lack of special teams skill and thus makes them heavily unbalanced.

     Now Dey represents the Bengals because he has amazing agility(to represent their stout defense), a good sense of smell and reflexes(to represent their balanced special teams), and sharp claws and teeth(To represent their powerful running game led by Cedric Benson). This is to show that he is the most balanced among the four, just like the Bengals were amongst the AFC North. Now to show that the Bengals offense wasn't complete(proven in the later half of the season after Chris "Slim" Henry died and the passing attack faltered, let his soul rest in peace), he made Dey a cub, to say that he still lacked the brute force of a grown bengal tiger. Well I thought this story was very well thought out and is definitely worth the look see. There links in this to different players or teams in case you don't know what I'm talking about! Don't forget to send in your stories and questions to drquinton@hotmail.com!

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Author, World Cup, Contest Winner, and some Sweet Snow

Konnichiwa!

  Okay so today will mark the arrival of our new author Terra Holmes! She will be blogging along side Chris and I, so be nice and give her a warm welcome! :)


  In other news, the US are in a tie for second in the FIFA World Cup. They are in Group C with Slovenia(Group Leader), England, and Algeria. They will play Slovenia next, where we will be heavy favorites. Cheer on your nation Americans!!!


Next, The Winner of our contest is Heather Baker!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

  Lastly, I want to talk about Lacrime, the name of a book in a series called Borë e Ëmbël(Sweet Snow in Albanian.) This book is about a 15 year old boy named Henry who is a genius who is fluent in nearly every language. This has made him coveted by nearly college, and his father being famous doesn't hurt either. The downside is he is overly confident, and also a major jerk. One day, he meets a girl named Zelda who is being bothered by two men. She hides behind him pretending to be his girlfriend, and the men leave them alone. She then follows Henry around most the day causing him trouble and even accidently causing him to miss a chance with a girl he has been trying to get with for weeks. Enraged, Henry takes her back to the men and tell them they can have her. Late that night, Zelda is found dead at in a hotel room, killed by the two mysterious men Henry gave her to. Henry began to sink into a guilt and goes to hide in his room. At midnight of that very same night, a purple and green wave of light showers on Henry's apartment, and when he opens his eyes, finds himself in the world of Terra, I duplicate of Earth, but the Sky is red instead of blue and moon Purple instead of white. The biggest difference though is that everyone posses the ability to use Magic, including Henry. He soon finds he is the only Lightning Cancellor(Mage) in this new world however, and is hunted down by for his talents. He is saved by a girl who looks exactly like Zelda named Eva, a Divine Cancellor, and begins to travel with her learning of the horrifying event that occurred in this World 21 years ago... an event similar to his home Earth, but with different results...

Well there's the description as of now, but that's all the revealing and actual work that'll go into it until Pieces is done. I will put up another fan story tomorrow so stay in tuned and Always put life into words. ;)

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!!!!

Great Read Of Week

Konnichiwa!

So the World Cup has kicked off with South Africa and Mexico battling to a tie! It's my dream to see South Africa play against USA in the World Cup finals... But that's not to likely.

Well let's forget that for now to talk about the revival of the Great Read Of the Week. Last time I did this I spoke of the book The Seventh Tower, so today I'm going to talk about my favorite book by my favorite author ever, Kenneth Oppel, Silverwing. this book is about a small silverwing bat named Shade. Shade has always been a runt, and for that reason has been exiled socially from his colony. One day, he decides to look at the sun, which is forbidden by law that any bat do that. He is thus caught by an owl and in respond gets his home of Tree Haven burned down, causing the silverwings to hate him even more. He and his colony soon head to hibernaculum, and during a huge storm, Shade is cut off from his colony. There he meets Marina, a brightwing who has a band similar to one of Shade's colony elders. She decides to travel with him in order to find out the truth of her band, but along the way they come across two cannibal bats capable of killing owls. Now Shade must prove to the owls that the colony bats aren't to blame and save not only his colony, but the whole animal kingdom from these cannibal bats and the secret of bands.

What I love about this book is how perfectly Kenneth Oppel has mastered seeing things from a bats point of view, from use, or in this case no use, of color but perfectly explaining how every animal looks and the environment around them. This book is supenseful, action-packed, and connects to the real-life problems we face today in our own society. Hopfully you'll take to find it!

~APLIW~

Quinton = GO USA!!!