Soon, my friends...

No big long post today. You see, I'm almost at a thousand views, and I'm working on something special for that. So stay tuned. :)

Ah, Love (story)

Rynn looked at the floor. She was only grateful that the extra color in her cheeks wasn't visible under the costume illusion she had wrapped around herself. There was no way she could speak the truth. She couldn't tell the whole class about her crush on Lahden. Her mind scrambled for an excuse.

(Read all previous parts of chapter two here: http://propheciesofshadow.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html)

Ideas, anyone?

So I've been thinking lately. I get about twenty views per day on my blog, give or take some depending on when I post and what I'm writing about. This is wonderful, and I'm very grateful to everyone who reads my blog, even my mom who probably makes up half my views. :) But there's one problem. Publishers are not going to be impressed with twenty potential readers.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset about it. I got over being worried about how many views I got after the first couple weeks. I decided that it's no fun to write a blog if I'm going to be stressing over how many people actually read it. But I would like to increase my audience. So, does anyone have any ideas on how to do it? The way I see it, there are three things that could make my audience less likely to grow.

The first are the things I write about. If I write about boring topics, even half the time, no one's going to be regularly checking my posts. So if everyone would be willing to share one or two topics you're interested in reading about, that would be very helpful.

Another thing that could potentially be bad is the length of my posts. No one wants to read a super long post every day, no matter how interesting it might be. Most people don't have time for that, and others simply don't have the attention span. But if it's too short, it will be hard to provide enough helpful or interesting information (depending on the topic). So what length of blog post do you think is perfect? How much can you read before you start to get bored? And how little leaves you unsatisfied or thinking I'm lazy?

And of course the final thing is publicity. If no one ever learns about my blog, no one will ever read it. I refuse to be the sort of person who goes around begging for people to read it, or like my Facebook page, or share it with their friends. I'm not going to do that. I find that behavior annoying and I refuse to take part in it, except perhaps in a joking manner from time to time. But maybe there are things I can do to my posts to make them more easily found in search engines and such? Or perhaps there are places where I can share a link to my blog for others to see? If any of you have any ideas, they'd be much appreciated.

Well that's it for today. I just wanted to bring this matter to everyone's attention and see if I can get some help. Thank you all for being so great. :)

Control (story)

Mrs. Bee took a deep breath, visibly gaining control of herself. "Rynn, you're one of the best actresses here. You've done wonderfully on every line but this one. What's wrong?"

(Read all previous parts of chapter two here: http://propheciesofshadow.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html)

Very Important

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And there is the most important lesson you will ever be taught. You're welcome.

Scolding (story)

The drama instructor strode onto the stage, obviously displeased. "Again, Rynn?" Mrs. Bee snapped. "The show goes up in a week! I've been lenient so far because you told me you would get it, but this is ridiculous. The line is easy. 'Yes, Sahv, I do.' That's all you have to say!"

(Read all previous parts of chapter two here: http://propheciesofshadow.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html)

Middle Earth University

My college classes just got out for the quarter. Spring Break! Yay! As I was thinking about school this morning, an interesting thought came to me. What if there was a Middle Earth University. My mom and I started brainstorming classes that would be offered, so I decided to make a list of instructors and what they would teach. Each one gets three different classes. Keep in mind this is based mostly off the movies. I can't really remember the books, though I plan to reread them soon.

·         Aragorn-

1.       How to Get Women

2.       Herb lore

3.       Being Extraordinarily Gorgeous

·         Arwen-

1.       How to Get Men

2.       Speaking Elven

3.       First Aid (specializing in stab wounds)

·         Bilbo-

1.       Cartography

2.       Smoke Rings 101

3.       Story-telling

·         Boromir-

1.       Scaring Hobbits (It’s fun!)

2.       Resisting Pain (specializing in multiple arrow wounds)

3.       Nationalism

·         Eowyn-

1.       Female Rights

2.       Horseback Riding

3.       Cooking

·         Frodo-

1.       Grooming (specializing in foot hair)

2.       Anger Management

3.       Object Disposal (specializing in rings)

·         Galadriel-

1.       Mind Reading and Other Tricks

2.       Beauty & Fashion

3.       How to Sound Wise

·         Gandalf-

1.       Self-defense (specializing against Balrogs)

2.       Fireworks

3.       Smoke Rings 102

·         Gimli-

1.       Smithing

2.       Elves Are Your Friends! (Why Not to be Racist)

3.       Bragging

·         Gollum-

1.       Riddles

2.       Psychology (specializing in Dissociative Identity Disorder)

3.       Real Estate (specializing in caves)

·         King of the Dead(classes for the recently deceased)-

1.       Intimidating Mortals 101

2.       Intimidating Mortals 102

3.       Oaths and Curses

·         Legolas-

1.       Outdoing Your Friends

2.       Extreme Sports (specializing in stair surfing and elephant jumping)

3.       Martial Arts

·         Merry & Pippin-

1.       Pilfering From Sam’s Garden

2.       Pilfering Gandalf’s Fireworks

3.       Talking to Trees

·         Sam-

1.       Gardening

2.       Ethics- Loyalty (Honor Course)

3.       Gollum Name Calling

·         Saruman-

1.       Army Management

2.       Speech

3.       Trapping People and Keeping Them Trapped (specializing in killing giant eagles)

·         Sauron-

1.       Jewelry Making (specializing in rings)

2.       You Are Special (Regaining Self Confidence After a Massive Defeat)

3.       Working in Extreme Conditions (specializing in volcanoes)

·         Theoden-

1.       Dealing With Grief

2.       Regaining Youth

3.       Seeing Through Deceit

·         Wormtongue-

1.       How to Not Get Women

2.       Being a Creep

3.       Backstabbing