Writing Update!

HELLO!!!!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while!

Edit, A.C. Garbarino

I have a Pinterest if you would like to see the character boards under TCC:_______

Book Titles- Some used some forgotten, and many, many un-used

For Book one:

The Well and the world

(I switched back and forth with this one)

The World of Theigla

Theilga

The World Inside the Well

(Hmmm just came up with this one)

Amelia

Caldien

For Book Two

I actually never thought of any others exept

The City of Vividus

(It fits perfectly)

For book three:

Tempus Clavis

The Key Of Time

Fernious

For Book Three:

(Oh dear, this one will be loooonnnngg)

The Final Stand

The Last Encounter

Death Takes a Stand

The Beat Of The Drums

The Heart of Glass

Beloved

Glass

Before we move forward, I'd like to mention this story originally started without

Timothy, Amelia and Sophia.

It started in Theilga with a slightly different cast,

You will soon meet Alexandra who originally was the main character.

Names for the Whole series:

The Caldien Chronicles

The Chronicles of the worlds

Green Eyes

The Travelers

Timothy Caldien

Well thank you for coming by!

Comments are apreciated, and if you have'nt already Follow me so you can get updates on the blog!

Sincerely,

A.C. Garbarino

Progress!!

So the book in progress is making...well, progress

currently there are about 9,797 words and eight chapters

I'm hoping to finish it by the end of summer :D I'm so crazy thinking I can do it but will surely try!!

Every day from this day on foward I will try writing daily as long as I have (or do) the following:

1. My Favorite Teas, Peach Ginger (from Trader Joes) and some Blueberry tea 
2. Some form of dried fruit
3. Chocolate
4. Books to smell and to get Inspiration
5. Music!!!!!
6. fuzzy socks
7. warm sweaters
8. skype with friends (to take a break from writing)
9. Act out a bit from the book
10. and scour through magazines and blogs and old notes
11. NOTEBOOKS
12. PENCILS!!!

here are some songs I LOVE to write to

1. Atlas by, Coldplay
2. Silhouettes, Of Monsters And Men
3. "One Small Fact" , John Williams- from The Book Thief soundtrack
4. Dark Days, Punch Brothers- From The Hunger Games
5. Comforting Sounds, Bridy

Some of my favorite things

Hi, Here are some of my favorite things!

Old books

The Library

Typewriters

Books and Bookmarks

Reading (and sniffing) Books

Used bookstores (they just have that wondrous smell)

Hot tea+Quilt+A Book = happiness

 roses and Typewriters

Dressing vintage and reading with a friend

Edgar Allen Poe

(one of the cutest old men ever)

J.R.R. Tolkein 

Lewis Carol & Sweet little Alice

 The Beauty and The Beast Library!!!!

and William Shakespeare

Thanks for coming,

Don't forget to Follow me (Find it at the right sidebar)

Sincerely,

A.C. Garbarino

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Plus, The Red Door Part 2 (of four parts)

Hello! Hope you've had a good last year, and wish you all a wonderful one ahead!

To kick off the New Year, I decided to give you Part 2 for The Red Door

Short story!

The Red Door 

(Part 2)

I open the door, a simple room sits empty, the bleak walls and flooring grey, like an old pale moon. In the middle sits a large box, layers upon layers of dust sits atop it. I walk towards it hesitantly; my fingers graze the old cherry wood, engravings of forest scenes. “Gregory!” I shout pulling my hazel hair back nervously.

 I hear my brother’s feet approaching. He pokes his head in “What is it Winnie-The-Pooh?” he asks stepping inside glancing at the box. (I hate the pet name he gave me)

 “What is that?” he says mouth agape. “I don’t know genius” I reply standing up crossing my arms. Gregory carefully approaches it as if it was dangerous.
“Seriously, Gregory it’s a stupid box!”

“Winnie… do you have any clue what this is?”

“No, why should I…and why should you?”

“This is from my dream… a few nights ago…Winnie listen to me!” he yells

I snap out of a trance “What” I growl

“Open it”.

Thanks for reading and have a great rest of the day!

Sincerely,

A.C. Garbarino.

(Part three will be coming out next Tuesday the seventh)

My Book Writing Nook tour Part One

Hello! In this post you will see my wonderful-lovely-amazing-cozy bedroom!

Starting with my entryway/ side table

I have a picture of an illustrated owl, a clay owl I made, a pen and a pencil (for awakening ideas)

my clock/ipod charger. 

and a little lamp.

My mom made this painting for me, its supposed to be me holding books, 

and the quote is from The Book Thief.

Here is my Vintage Royal Typewriter from 1964, it has a lovely yellow color!

Over here is my desk, lets have a closer look!

A few journals, an adorable pencil-cup filled with (You got it!) pencils and pens

(Note the sonic screwdriver pen)

This is my electric typewriter, 

its blue and loud (I don't mind)

This is my little white board 

with word magnets!

Hello, Mr. Mark Twain!

My book plate packaging I got from

Anthropology

Typewriter paper weight.

My (Scratched up and dirty) Glasses 

this is my first pair from a couple years ago.

Inside drawer #1

Pencils, scissors, notebooks and journals, 

white board markers, highlighters, markers,

Sticky notes and a few lose papers.

Inside drawer #2

sticky notes, paper clips inside a Trader Joes green tea mint container,

different sized paper clips, clips, A cyberman head (his name is Handles)

pencil led, mockingjay pin, pencil sharpener, braclet, marble, spare earring, tack...

that was random, note thingy with crayon colors.

Inside drawer #3

Rough draft for last book in series, ink (from dad)

Mod Podge (Mom said she was looking for this)

Tape, pouch mom made for me, pencils and pens, a flower pen, loose papers and some bird creature (he is hiding under the mod podge)

In one of my cupboards lied organizing bins full of half full, empty or full notebooks,

files full of spare notes or stories I never finished or gave up on,

above lies a smash journal and a box full of things to put in it.

Thanks for coming!!!

Please click "Follow" and come back for some more pictures!

The Well & The World

So this is the first book I am currently working on,

The first two rough drafts where written on my vintage typewriter

I am now working on it in Microsoft Word.

It is about a boy who thinks he is an orphan and lives in a mansion

with his "Parents" one day while just arriving from school

he meets a girl who claims to be a daughter of proclaimed criminal mastermind

Regal Thort, she then "kidnaps" him and brings him to what would have been his real home and finds out that he has real parents and he was kidnapped as a child.

that's a sort of summary of it.

although there is much more too it than that, but you wouldn't want to

basically read the entire book

Now this lovely picture i think sparked the wishing well thing...

plus C.S. Lewis's whole "Another World" through something as simple as a wardrobe,

this is THE picture that began the story.

Thank you!

Sincerly,

A.C. Garbarino

A writing contest from Spilling Ink!

Spilling ink is one of my favorite writing books

so i looked at their site and saw they have contests

So i'm going to enter one.

a short story from the following prompt: Your family has moved into an old house. As you explore it, you find a door at the end of a hall that no one has entered in 100 years. You knock on the door. It slowly opens and... 

You can find rhe rules HERE

My short story is titled

The Red Door

Later I will post the story!