New Header

I finally decided that it was time to change the header on this blog. . . . So I did. :) What do you think?? Do you like it?

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

Easter!!!!! :D

Happy Easter all!!! :D I hope that you have a special day sharing this day with family and friends, or having a just you and Jesus day. :) Whatever your doing, remember who, and what you're celebrating:

Matthew 26-28

HE IS RISEN INDEED!!!!! :D

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

Waiting For A Perfect Cue

It's been a week and a day since my amazing experience of being a movie extra. . . and I'm wondering what is next on God's "to do list" for me. I'm going to audition for a Tom Sawyer play next month, so I'm counting down the days until that. . . but I'm not exactly sure if that's what God wants me to do. Both of my parent's and I felt that I should audition for it, and ask God that if I was supposed to be in it that He would give me a decent sized part, one that I could learn in, and that would stretch my acting skills to a new level. And I'm also involved in a drama at our church. . . . But I wonder about that other opportunity that God started opening the door for me several months ago now. The one that I made Assr er Go∂r day because of. . . . I still haven't heard anything back since then, but the last I heard was that I would be contacted when they began preparations for another film. So who knows when that could be! But I'm praying, and trusting, that God will open the door completely, right at the perfect time; HIS perfect time. I just wonder when that is!!

Well. . . during this waiting time, I've been keeping busy with preparations for a short film that a friend and I are making. It's a film based around the song "He's a Pirate" from Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as a few other tunes from that movie. But that is all I will say. ;)

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

Quiet on Set! . . . Places!!

So, yesterday has got to have been one of the best days in my life!!! :D A friend of mine is making a film for the San Antonio Independent Christian Film Festival, so I was asked to be an extra in it.

I had never, ever done ANYTHING like being in a film unless home videos count, although I've dreamed of it since I was really little. And have recently started making plans to make several short films with my friend.

But, like I said, this has been a dream that I have had for a VERY long time! And you probably already know that I absolutely LOVE acting! So I was super excited for this opportunity that God had opened up.

And, well, to say it briefly, I wasn't disappointed. :) And now I fear that I am hooked on acting in, and/or making films for life. . . .

But anyways, I can't tell you any details of the shoot (I am under strict orders from the Director), but I can tell you that I have now gotten a whole new outlook on how do filming (like angles, etc.), and I have now had an "insider" look on how they do it. So my mind is just reeling with ideas and the thrill to get out on the field and practice what I've learned.

Basically, when I got home (and in the car on the way home), I was practically jumping off of the ceiling with excitement (plus the 3 and a half cups of coffee probably didn't help matters much. . . .). And even now I feel like despite the discomforts of a springy outfit on a cold wintry day and being in an unheated building for filming, I would be FAR MORE than willing to go back and do it all over again!!! :D

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

Amazing!!!!!!!!! :D

Wow! I wanted to draw your attention to the "Astronomy Photo of the Day" from my sidebar. (I have it posted belowˇˇˇ)

What an AWESOME God we serve!!!! Who created such a wondrous, and beautiful universe! :D

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

I Used To Like The Dentist. . . USED TO

When I was little and I had this thing about doctors. . . I loved them, and wished I could go there more often. You know the little smarty candies that came in the long clear plastic packages all rolled up? You don't see them very often any more, but they used to be the big thing. Those were my favorite candies BECAUSE they looked like medicine pills. . . . I was one strange kid!

But then I finally went to the doctors office. . . and they gave me four shots on my legs. . . at the same time. Let me tell you! No longer did I like going to the doctor's office! And the dentist. . . well. . . getting braces took care of that pretty quickly. Now I despise the mere thought of going to a doctor or dentist office! Well. . . after moving, I hadn't gotten my teeth cleaned or checked for quite some time, so just the other day we went. :} The x-rays weren't as bad as they usually are, and even though I was tense throughout the entire cleaning I could bare it! I could have lived to snatch up my little bag of tooth brush, tooth paste, little container of floss that lasts about a week, and even that little needly thingy to thread the floss under the metal bar that the other dentist put beneath my lower front teeth to keep them in place when the braces came off.

. . . . But no. . . the x-rays HAD to show that my wisdom teeth were coming in. . . and OF COURSE they're coming in crooked, and don't have enough room. :{ I had dearly hoped that I would follow my mom and sister in the way of there being enough room, or at least them stopping and not having to be removed! But I guess that was too much to hope. . . .

So. . . sometime (I don't know exactly when yet) I am going to get my wisdom teeth removed. :(

I had and have only ONE question after that appointment disappointment (ever notice how similar those 2 words are??): What in the world are wisdom teeth even for anyway? I mean, practically everyone gets them taken out, so obvious it's not some survival thing. . . otherwise we'd all be dead right now! :\

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

Yipppeeeeee!!!! :D

I have like 5 or 6 more chapters in TSOT to edit, then I'll have finished my first round of editing!!! :D I'm very excited!! Of course, I still have 2 more times of doing that, each coming from a different angle. This time was just a basic over all, make sure it flows well, work on grammar problems. . . etc. Next time will be focusing on the characters; are they consistent? Do I describe their personality, appearances, or things that make them special, singular people well enough or correctly? Then on the third time I will work on Alleria's history and the landscapes-also description. You know, all of the things that makes it more than just a story in a book, but gives it the feeling of it being someplace real. 3D instead of 2D if you will. . . .

After that, I'll pass the manuscript out to my parents and a few choice people for them to edit. And once that is done: publishing! :)

And The Wolves of Langoor is going pretty well I think. I'm probably about 3-4 chapters in, so it's not going incredibly fast, but that is because I am focusing more on editing TSOT, and getting that done. I won't tell you the story of TWOL. . . not yet! Further down the road I'll post the summary as I did for TSOT, but not just yet, you'll have to wait for that. :) Though I WILL say that TWOL is going to be a lot more epic of a story than even TSOT was. It's more of a constant battle raging on one side, while on the other is suspense and mystery. Ok, that's all I am going to say. ;) Hehe!

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

God is Good Day

Happy Assr er Gó∂r (God is Good) day everyone!!!!!! :D

Today God has scooped me up into His arms and taken me one big giant God step toward fulfilling my biggest dreams! So I decided, in honor of what He has done, and continues to do, to create a holiday; January 28th, Assr er Gó∂r day, a day to remember all of the wonderful things God does for us His children. :) It's not "official" or anything like that. I haven't bought the day January 28th, or whatever it is all that you have to do to make the kind of holiday that they put on the calendars. It's just a day for me, and any one who wishes to celebrate with me.

So, without further ado:

Sœll Assr er Gó∂r dagr!! :)

~ElizabethMarieKauffman

What Are You Doing?

Honestly, I don't really know what to write. . . . I just want to. To attempt to get all of the thoughts out before me in words, with the hope that maybe. . . just maybe, that will help untangle them so that then maybe I will be able to see them all clearly. So hang tight with me, 'cause the road might just get kind of bumpy.

God is doing so many things in my life right now. . . . So many, that the only question I can ask Him is "what are you doing? What are your plans for all of this?". This isn't the first time in my life that I've asked Him those questions–nor do I dare say that it will be the last! Never has the answer been a layout plan of the next few months, or the next years ahead, with little red arrows and pointers saying "at this point such and such a thing will happen, I know it will get pretty tough, but just hang on, and I will do this and this to get you out of it." Wouldn't that be nice! But nope, God does not will for us to see the future. He doesn't want our eyes to be so plastered on the layout plan that we forget to keep them on Him.

"And why would that be such a big problem?" You ask.

Well, if we're so busy looking at the map that we forget to look at the guide, we might get lost.

"Ha!" You say. "I would like to know how that would happen! We would have the map after all!"

But maps can be tricky, you may read it as one thing, when really it means another. Haven't you ever gotten lost on a car trip before? And I'm sure that you had a map didn't you. . . . Or maybe it was something like Map Quest, or some other online direction giver. I've even known people who got lost when they had a GPS in the car! So you see, it can, and does happen. But now, what if on those trips you had someone who knew the route by heart, without a map or any other device, sitting in the driver's seat. Now would you get lost? Most likely not.

So you see. If we had an outlay of the future, we could still get lost in it. But if you kept your eyes glued on Jesus instead–truly keeping them on Him–you will never lose your way. However, our eyes all slip now and again, our eyes move to the steering wheel, the gas peddle, and our eyes get big like a little kid's when he sees a fancy new toy that he wants. We point our fingers and say "I want that."

That's when we get in trouble and end up at all kinds of dead ends. But the good news is that Jesus is still in the passenger seat, just waiting for us to admit that this wasn't such a good idea and give the wheel back to Him.

So God. . . take the driver's seat in my life. And let whatever road I take lead to Your ultimate glory.

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~

And the final word count is. . . .

93,075 words total (counting chapter titles and such) in The Sword of Teneraz!! :) That's 3,075 words ABOVE my goal!! Woohoo! :D

I am working slowly but surely on editing, and are also beginning a serious search for publishers. I am seriously thinking about self publishing using a POD (publish on demand) feature. But I am currently open to practically any ideas or suggestions you may have. So please! Do you know of any publishing companies that you would particularly suggest, or do you have any hints that have helped you, I'm just a beginner here, so I am open to all the help I can get!! :)

And also if you could keep this whole process in your prayers, I would be very much appreciative!!! Pakka Pú! (Thank you!)

Assr vísa ykkarr or∂.

~ElizabethMarieKauffman~