WYHOW (chickens)

Today's topic for WYHOW hosted by Laurea at Center Stage is CHICKENS. I'm going to have fun with this ;)


bella skye felt odd. there was no other way to put it, just...odd. somehow, for some reason, she felt like she was in a strange and different world, even though she was in the coop where she had been born and raised, had lived her whole life. she ruffled her black and white feathers to see if that would get the feeling out. it didn't. she sniffed the air- smelled the same. all the other chickens seemed normal and unbothered, content to simply strut around pecking food off the ground. was it only her that could feel the rush of suspense, like a surprise just waiting to happen? she decided to ask casablanca, the lead hen, about this. casablanca always knew what to do.


bella skye walked through all the other chickens, past the little puffy chicks that had hatched only a week previously to where casablanca stood. 'hello.' clucked bella skye. 


casablanca seemed to have not heard the young hen, and stared off into the space behind her.


'hello?' the smaller chicken asken nervously.


the lead hen seemed to go into a sort of trance, her eyes glazed, and when she spoke it was in a robotic monotone. "there will be ones, who come from other lands, they will come, and it will be either great triumph for our race, or doom, obliviation. they are coming."


in horror, bella skye watched as a great cloud seemed to cover the sun and she her loud engines whirring above her. the strangers had arrived...

'Tis The Season!

Ahhh. Thanksgiving is over, November 2010 is soon to be history, and the holiday season is approaching fast! Why do I love this time of year? Let me spell it out....

1. It's Advent!

Hope, Peace, Love & Joy

and of course, the Christ candle.

I love seeing the Advent candles lit and their stories told every year.

My favorite part of the Christmas season though, is the Christmas Eve services. They are always so pretty with all the candles and quiet readings and songs. Me love.

2. Secrets and Surprises

Yeah...I live opening presents as much as the next person, but really, I enjoy planning for what I'm going to give others a lot more. I really like doing gifts for my family and friends and I love to watch them being opened. Surprises are so much fun!!!

3. Cookie Day

One of the great traditions in my Dad's side of the family is to get together one Saturday and simply bake cookies all day! It's great fun and I can't wait for it on Saturday!

4. Holiday Party

One of the other things my family has done each year (Except last year because of my mom being in school and stuff and having no time...) is host a holiday party. We invite a bunch of people over, cook some yummy snacks and...PARTY!!!!!!! Who doesn't like the sound of that?

5. Christmas Pageant

Another church tradition is the kid's Christmas pageant. I've assistant directed for the past two years after many many many years in the actual pageant. We've used the same pageant for many years though and it was getting old so last year my associate pastor and I sat down and, well, wrote a new one which I will be directing. :)

I'm very pleased with it. It's called 'So You Think You Know The Christmas Story'.

It's funny, and will be great.

Here's a snapshot of part of one scene...enjoy!

Scene Four: Angel Conference 

Narrator 2: So what happens next?

Narrator 1: Take a guess, I bet you can figure it out!

Narrator 2: Um....Mary and Joseph go to Bethlehem?

Donkey: Don't forget me! I went too!

Narrator 1: Hang on donkey. The reason we left you out is that Luke says nothing about a donkey. But, I guess you can come along if you want. 

All participants (Excluding littlest angels) sing 'O Little Town Of Bethlehem'
Narrator 2: Well, it says that this scene is about an angel conference. Does that mean that Gabriel is going to tell everybody that they are going to have a baby?

Narrator 1: No, it's more like a meeting. Would you like to call it to order?

Narrator 2: Yes please. ALL ANGELS REPORT TO THE HEAVENLY REALM! ALL ANGELS TO THE HEAVENLY REALM!

Angels all file in to the center of the chancel except for Gabriel
Angel 1: Well, since it seems that Gabriel is running late from one of his important errands, 

Angel 2: Let's have some entertainment while we wait.

Littlest Angels file up and sing 'Go Tell It On The Mountain'

Angel 3: That was really great. And Gabriel still isn't back!

Angel 4: Well, let's discuss. Why is it always Gabriel who gets to deliver all of the good news?

Angel 5: Yesterday, I was sent to deliver bad news. 

Angel 1:  I had to deliver bad news too. A few days ago, I had to go tell a town that someone poisoned all of their avocados!

Angel 2: I think it's because we're girls.

Angel 3: The Angel Office is completely prejudiced! 

Angel 4: We should go on strike!

Angel 5: Gabriel will just have to give in to us.

All angels: YEAH!

Angels grab signs from side that say 'No more bad news!' and 'We want good news!' and begin to chant the same.

Gabriel enters
Gabriel: What is going on in here?

Angels: No more bad news, we want good news!

Gabriel: Oh. You're on strike again. Holy cow! What is it this time?

Cow: Moo.

Angel 1: We're tired of always sending the bad news to people.

Angel 2: Yeah, you get to send all the good news because you're a boy!

Gabriel: OK....calm down. I have a message to deliver tonight to some shepherds. You can all come if you want.

 

What is YOUR favorite part(s) of the holidays? Comment with your answer!

saying goodbye

Hey guys :)

As many of you know, NaNoWriMo started yesterday and my novel is coming along well, and I'm going to ((hopefully)) by cranking out a couple thousand more words tonight and get caught up (I'm a bit behind due to my homework situation last night) But this is the thing. Because I'm a public-schooler I don't have the luxury of a flexible schedule so most of the time I'm grasping for moments to type out a few words at a time and I'm given lots of homework pretty much every night.

Which brings me to my conclusion. If I'm to do well in NaNoWriMo- I can't be blogging. Pretty much all my time on the computer is going to have to have to be homework and writing. I might do a post tomorrow that's basically stats on how the writing process is going and I'll update THAT daily, but I just won't have the time for a regular post like this one.

So with that, I say goodbye to all of you until December (this also means the awesome contest ends on DECEMBER 1 now) when I will judge the contest and Treble Clef will get it's winter look. To other people doing NaNo, good luck to you all!

((hugs))
Cornet Crazie

Random Post {by a rather random girl}

Sometimes I feel as if there are just so many things going on in my life that it's hard to make a separate post for each of them! So I've condensed it to this one, longer, much more random one.

What I'm Reading:

A few days ago I started reading this great book called Deadline by Chris Crutcher.

I'm not done with it yet, (even though I'm dying to find out what ends up happening) but I already love it! Highly recommended.

Next I'm starting Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (which is kind of an oxymoron...) which is by the same author as the book Elsewhere, so it should be a good read.

What I'm Writing:

Well, I'm gearing up for NaNoWriMo, which amazingly, starts in only nine days! Eeeep!

I have the basic ideas down for Troubled Waters, and pretty much have the characters figured out, so as long as I'm not loaded down with homework every night, I should be fine. I think. I hope.

I did attempt some cover art though and I'm pleased to show you the result:

So How's School?

School is....ehh. The past couple of days I've had (no joke) 3(+) hours of bio homework. Each day, and that's not even mentioning all of my other classes. AHHHH! Band's been fun, except for the fact that our teacher has only worked on this one (really boring) song for the past five rehearsals. In English we're reading A Midsummer's Night Dream (and Elránia is envious), In French it's pretty boring because we're re-learning everything we know, and in World History we're studying Neanderthals and the Stone Age. The worst parts? Gym class we're playing football. (Yes, FOOTBALL) and in math we are working on geometric proofs. Really, my life would be a whole lot better if geometric proofs just left.

Other Activities:

Well, there are only a few days left of marching band! *sob* last years the season seemed to go on forever and then this year the time simply flew by. *sniff* We still have two shows left though, one tomorrow, and then the following Saturday is finals. Really exciting! Because marching band takes up so much time I haven't been able to hang out with my non-marching band friends much, so I'm really happy that I'm able to go hang out with Elránia tonight :)

My Plans Regarding The Next Few Days:

Today: School, math test *cue scary music*, and hanging out at Elránia's

Tomorrow: Marching band show!!!! (Plus we're playing at the home football game!)

Sunday: Church, and the big pile of...h...o.....m....e...w....o....r....k I'm going to be handed today and not have time to do until Sunday. Yay.

Thoughts on NaNoWriMo...

 

{Click to view my NaNo profile}

Last year, around this time, I heard so many bloggers talking about NaNoWriMo. I had no idea at the time, and unfortunately I found out too late. But by the time NaNo 2009 was over, I just KNEW that I wanted to join this year!

 

But maybe you don't know what NaNoWriMo is? It's

National Novel Writing Month,

And the challenge is this:

Write a 50,000 word (+) novel, within only 30 days.

Do that, and you're a winner.

Anyway, I've started forming ideas and plots in my head, and I've settled (at least for now) on the title 'Troubled Waters'. I'm not going give away much right now, because my ideas are all works in progress, but I'll be sure to post some later.

Writing a novel in only 30 days though, will be a challenge. I love being public schooled, but during the month of November, I'd think it a luxury to be homeschooled! 

I'm really going to have to manage my time, but needless to say, I am really exciting to be doing NaNo this year.

So click the button at the top to view my profile and become my writing buddy if you are doing it too!

Who else is doing NaNo? Who else is up to the challenge?

Deep Clean (and happier topics)

Today we did some deep cleaning of the house. This means cleaning the basement (*dies*) and dragging everything not-too-heavy out of mine and XanFan's rooms to deep wash the carpet. That's actually probably a good thing since my carpet is supposed to be a nice light aqua and XanFan's a bright yellow and they were both looking rather gray...gross. Plus straightening and cleaning every other room. My mom wanted the house clean (with three out of four people in the family in school this past year, the house was not always up to it's...cleanliness) and XanFan is having his birthday party tomorrow. His actual birthday is on Monday, but the party is tomorrow and it's a sleepover. With eight other boys. Tell me. Does being in the same house as nine ten and eleven year old boys from 4pm to 10am sound like a bundle of fun? Oh please, please, help me.....

But as I mentioned in the title, I have time for happier topics too. :) Such as.....105 followers! Awesome! And the great enthusiasm for the writing contest. The entries that I have read so far are excellent, I can't want to read more. Keep 'em coming! Also, I decided to have a little fun with my profile. First I did change my name to just Cornet Crazie. I mean, why have the 'the' when even I don't use it? And I updated fave books/movies and stuff and wrote a funny little about me. So check out my new profile! Also I'm on the hunt for a new profile pic. Sound good? Haha. (I'm in a good, laughing my head off, mood- can you tell?)

Huge Contest and Celebration!

This is slightly (Only slightly) belated as I was away at camp, wanted to post pics and stuff but here we are! 

Celebrating 100 Followers of Treble Clef

I know that we have 102 right now, but this specifically celebrates reaching 100- A big feat. So what am I doing to celebrate? A writing contest with lots of great prizes!

I know that many of you out there are writers, we all are really because look! We're posting stories and things on our blogs every day. So what are the rules for this awesome contest? I'll tell you.

-It must be a story of some sort. Sorry- no poems please!-

-It must be within 500 and 2000 words to achieve maximum points-

-It should show good character development and a variety of characters-

-Spelling and grammar! 1/2 a point off for each spelling/grammar mistake. Have someone else check your work!-

-Plot and theme. Your character should have to overcome an adversity or have an epiphany during the story-

Those are the rules, now lets see how everything will be judged:

This contest begins today, June 8th and will end at midnight on June 16. Judging will take place on the 17th and results will be posted on the 18th.

There will be 4 judges- each being able to award the maximum of 100 points. The judges are myself and the 3 other members of my immediate family. (me, XanFan, bwk, and my dad)

Breakdown of points:

(Each judge will use this scale)

Length (500-2000 words) - 10 points

Spelling and grammar (1/2 point off for every mistake) - 15 points

Character development and variety - 20 points

Plot and theme (Main character overcomes adversity or has epiphany) - 25 points

Now you may notice that that only adds up to 70. You'll want to do these 4 other things to be able to get full marks!

Follow Treble Clef - 5 points

Put Treble Clef's button on your blog - 5 points

Put the contest button on your blog - 10 points

Do a post about the contest - 10 points

(For the above, please leave a comment on THIS post saying that you have done these things with a direct link to the post about the contest)
(If you do not have a blog, please specify that in a comment and these 30 points will automatically be awarded)

Four judges, 100 points each equals a total of 400 points. 

How to enter:

It's easy! Write your story (or find one that you've already written) and post it on your blog. Then comment back on THIS post with the direct link to the post with your story.

Prizes:

1st, 2nd, and 3rd places will be awarded. They will be the people with the most out of the 400 points.

 3rd place wins:

A special award and their story featured on Anecdote.

2nd place wins:

A special award, their story featured on Anecdote and a blog makeover done by Amanda over at Chicken Scratch Designs!

1st place wins:

A special award, their story featured on Anecdote AND a custom blog look from Awel Prince at Inspired Designs and Shilah!

I think that I've covered everything, please enter!

anecdote-- please read

Good day at school...blah, blah, blah.

Anyway. Here's what I wrote at the top of Anecdote:

"For those of you who have sent in submissions already- THANKS! I've had 4 so far and they have been scheduled to post one at a time every other day with the first on May 1 and the last on May 7. Now here's the new part: Anyone who wants to can become an official author of Anecdote!!! Email me with the address that you want me to use to add you as a contributor, and you will have admin privileges! I'm going to do a new background/header and this blog is going *3 column!* The right one will basically what it has been and the left will be bios of the authors. ADVERTISE THIS ON YOUR BLOG AND EMAIL ME!"

My other blog, Anecdote is changing! As you probably know it used to be the place where Olive Tree and I shared our short stories and poems. But now, it's a lot for one person to handle. So I'm changing! First I asked for submissions, but now, I'm asking for you to become a contributor to this awesome blog! You don't have to post every day- maybe once a week or so, especially if we've got lots of people interested! So just email me at trebleclefblog@gmail.com and tell me. It's extremely easy. Also, I got the new look up there, and it's really cool :)

Writing, Writing, Writing!

Yes! Writing. Re-writing. Editing. The 5th, and final copy, of Trumpet's Secret. The original copy was finished over April break of last year. It was 34 normal book-sized pages. Final copy: 34 pages, less than a 3rd done. I think. Certainly no more. It's not intended to be 500 pages. Rather, a nice roughly 150-200 page book that I'll be really happy about. Wanna know some more?

Kasta Shepsheir has always knew she would do something great.

She's lived her whole life in a small Maine city with her family, her cornet, and her passion for music. But the beginning of 7th grade turns her life upside down, and a mysterious trumpet is only the tip of the iceberg. With a year filled with tragedy, love, friendship and power, Kasta's life will never be the same again.

That's just the little blurb.  Here are the 9 main characters.

Mrs. Rose Ochono:  The band director at Kasta's school. Kasta's favorite teacher and finder of the mysterious trumpet.

Kasta Shepsheir: Main character. Young girl with a huge dream. Music is her whole life, plays cornet until she stumbles upon a great discovery.

Other Main Characters: {the above are the most main, the 7 below are Kasta's friends that play a large part in the story}

Kristy Nobberham

Alex(andra) Greene

Jasmine Bybank

Sara Kallaca

Carl, Jason, and Conner

Hope this might have gotten you interested! If ypu want to read some lines just tell me and I'll find some good ones.