"You Need to Come Back Right Now! NaNoWriMo Has Started Again!"

 OK, so I've been gone for a while, but it's time to get back to this blog. (I admit that I've almost forgotten about it until now, but it's good to be back.)

Of course I'll tell you about my other stories while I'm at it. Just be patient, OK?

Anyway, the blog feels a bit dated and (save for a few posts here and there) I'm going to have to start all over again! But not to worry, as I can backdate a ton of the blog entries to fit what I've written so far so you won't get lost in this inane rambling. 

Plus, this blog should only be used during the month of November, so I have a ton of editing to do. 

Sorry!

Anyway, I'm going to talk about my latest writing project within a few hours, so watch for it!

The Bloodstone Key vs. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone

While almost everyone knows about "Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone", here's what "The Bloodstone Key" is about:

14-year-old Cyrus Nicholson, a shy nerd, is suddenly whisked away from his home and sent to Atarerra Institute of Magics, which is in the city of Yarlford in the magical land of Erthana. While he struggles to understand why he was taken away from his family and sent to a magical school, he meets Jesse Barham, David Harrison, and April Weinstein, three children who were taken away from their broken and abusive families and sent to Atarerra Institute.

But when Cyrus meet the famous mage Dylan Drake (who survived an attack from the wicked mage Estazius Bloodworth when he was 2 years old), he gets more than what he bargained for when Dylan ends up taking him and his unexpected new friends on a magical adventure.

In spite of the book being well-received by critics and Publishers alike, Scholastic Books accused Theresa Beckett of plagiarizing J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone. Yet, many people who read The Bloodstone Key believed that J.K. Rowling had stolen the plot from Beckett. Unfortunately, many bookstores and Britain and the United States refused to sell copies of The Bloodstone Key because they wanted children to read Harry Potter. Ironically, The Bloodstone Key became more popular than Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone among the high school and college students.

And to make things even more ironic, Dylan Drake became more popular than not just Cyrus Nicholson, people who read the Harry Potter books appear to like Bill and drink more than they like to Harry Potter, as Dylan ( who is seen as sassy and arrogant) is more confident and smarter than Harry Potter.

So what's the debate over The Bloodstone Key and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? I will let you know that in a later blog post.

What were Noelle's other fandoms?

It's safe to say that before she became obsessed with “The Silver Stones” , Noelle was obsessed with The following TV shows:

• Magical Monkey Girls (derivative of "My Little Pony)
• Tiny Petting Zoo (derivative of Littlest Pet Shop)
• Megabears (derivative of Care Bears and Gummy Bears)

Yet, when a group of people decided that kids were watching too much television and not reading mind-numbing books, they tried to shut down TV shows for children. (It's safe to say that they failed on a number of occasions.) “The Silver Stones” book was promoted by the anti-TV group, yet children were reading other books, books that advocated being kind to one another, telling the truth, and taking care of the Earth, three things “The Silver Stones” did not advocate.

Yet, the biggest blow to "The Silver Stones" was the much-maligned Harry Potter series. In fact, many fans of “The Silver Stones” who read the Harry Potter books believe that J.K. Rowling had stolen most of the Harry Potter story from “The Silver Stones”. The eventual success of the Harry Potter movies left many people feeling very bitter.

Not to worry though, as Logan Dara's "Frostfall" movie took down "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" at the movie theaters, which angered many Harry Potter fans. I will give you Noelle's opinion about that later.

In spite of everything, Noelle was a normal child until she turned 11, which was when she picked up a copy of "The Bloodstone Key" and begin reading it.

And the rest, they say, is history.