Secrets

They can be so hard to keep.

Sonnet

I had to write a sonnet for English class, and I actually enjoyed doing so. I'm not particularly pleased with the outcome, but I may write more in the future.

As I do Gaze Upon the Princess Fair

As I do gaze upon the Princess fair,
I am overwhelmed by her great beauty,
I think I might could have her, if I dare.
I wonder if she could ever love me.
But I question if I should take the risk,
If the end does not justify the means,
Will I be praised or will at me the tisk
And is there more to her than first it seems?
If I fight for her, will I end this way?
A noble knight lying dead in the streets.
Will I be remembered beyond my day,
Or will no one sing of my many feats?
But should I fight to save her in this mode,
Or like the other Knights take a different road?

Also, I'm hoping to write 100 haiku in a single day sometime soon. Wish me luck!

Where knowledge must end

I came to the realization today that every generation adds about 30 years of history to be learned in class. Each time something new must be learned, time is taken from older subjects and redistributed to newer ones.

Eventually, I assume, we will simply have too much to learn. At that point I guess we will see a rise in the number of historians. We will require entire agencies of people simply to keep track of all the stuff we have done.

Sadness

I came to the sad realization today that what I'm writing is not what people want to read. Heroes nowadays are dark and morally ambiguous with a clear goal and a lot of ammunition; not a short, somewhat reclusive (and not in an angsty, mysterious way) teenager who kills things and then goes home to a house full of misfits.

People want to read about (or watch) dystopian futures with robots and a cruel (or non-existent) legal system; not a fantastic, slightly steam-punk place where the world is flat and people ride birds.

No, as things stand my stories will attract only the younger teens/nerds of the future. I'll likely end up like whoever wrote Eragon (though, I think that my story is better) with maybe a movie that doesn't follow the story and a small following of kids who like dragons.

So far I've been very conservative, trying to stay very realistic in my writing. Maybe that's the wrong route. Maybe I should add more fantastic elements. Maybe a greater divide between the peoples living in LeRoth. Work in things like crystal caverns or forgotten valleys. I've tried very hard not to have a gimmick; a single, attractive element on which the whole story rotates.

Maybe I'll think it over.

meh.

Don't feel like writing a full entry today, Here's a revision I did of Uruz' 'Ward' Spell. Its been made to fit the Kidou style better.

'Oh Ye, Keeper of the Lock'
'Remember thy Pact with Mankind'
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'The Beast does not suffer a broken heart'
'But by Conflagration does spread its Pox through the Waters.'
'The Iron Butterfly hangs in Limbo'
'And the pains of the Earth are Avenged by the Guard'
'Ruler of Men'
'Open thy Heart'
'And loose the Waters that do lie within!'
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'I call Upon'
'The Heaven's Ward!'

I'm considering removing that last part.

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People (even those who usually are rational) are stupid.