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Presently, I'm approaching completion of the second draft of my upcoming book, BEYOND THE CASTLE ON THE HILL. I've always found that it helps the flow of my writing to create drawings of characters that I'm trying to breathe life into. One of these characters, Dora, not only goes through an emotional evolution and but a physical one as well. I was curious to see if I could catch these fleeting images outside of my imagination and make them come alive. The following is the result of that exploration, which I call Drawing Dora.
Drawing Dora
I asked a few artists from Fiverr.com to do renditions of my character to get a fresh outlook of what they believe the character might look like. After giving a detailed description of my vision of Dora, I was sent the following examples:
I was most impressed by the #4 rendition of the Dora character. With the help of Photoshop, I first added grey tones but that seemed too plain and just not real enough. I then played with different color combinations until I came up with something I was happy with for Dora's skin tone and uniform.
Finally, I found a background that suited the mood of the finished drawing.
Besides providing more ideas for my story, I plan to use the drawings to advertise the upcoming book, BEYOND THE CASTLE ON THE HILL. Who knows, it might even be the final book cover.
Watch out for the next journal entry.
Check out the previous journal entries for more info on Beyond the Castle on the Hill. 
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It's the night of 12/21/19 and all through the house, the ONE UGLY CHRISTMAS party is starting, so don't be a louse.
So come and be merry, partake of the games and if you get drunk and stupid, you only have yourself to blame. Check out the shorter and the extended versions of the party. Merry Christmas!!
The ONE UGLY CHRISTMAS video, the short version. About 7 minutes 49 secs.
The Extended Version, 16 minutes, 17 secs.
Ugly
Beyond The Castle On The Hill will be completed by March 2020 but why did it take me so long? I'm pretty certain that my experience as a writer isn't as just isolated situation and will sound familiar to many others.
Fast forward to late 2016 - I had a great many ideas for the sequel to my Castle on the Hill: Secrets. For example: Adding new twists to the evolving relationships of Phillip, Dora, Ethan and Grace and their new connections with the Castle. Also, what's a marauding group of teenagers who feel they are indestructible have to do with an ominous space station orbiting overhead? After many variations, the working title became Beyond The Castle On The Hill. I began running advertisements for the upcoming book and even picked out potential book covers.
Back on Track
I got more than halfway through my first draft when suddenly I found myself obligated to catching up on other writing projects. I made the difficult decision to shelve Beyond for just a short while. A few months passed and I felt more comfortable with resuming my sci-fi sequel. Unfortunately, every time I sat down to get started, I experienced a severe case of writer's block. I had many ideas but they just weren't jibing with the existing material. The same thing happened every month or so that I attempted to return to this project.
Watch out for the next journal entry.
Check out the previous journal entries for more info on Beyond the Castle on the Hill.
As the ship weathers the busy New Orleans port, Judy schemes to use her psychic abilities to become a powerful spiritual figure. Her plan is to coldly bend others to her will, but everything changes when she unexpectedly falls for and is rejected by a member of the Green family. Dark clouds gather as Judy seeks revenge for her broken heart.
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Imagine a website where you could easily find photographs and other memories from the long history of Stephen Foster Houses/MLK Towers. The flood of possible pleasant memories is boundless and they can be shared by friends and family or leisurely viewed as you would a precious photo album. This is my goal in constructing the new website: Foster Projects/MLK Towers Memories.
Exiting 70 Lenox. Photo taken June 2019. Photographer - Lloyd A. Green.
Requesting
Presently, I'm requesting photos that were taken from the 1950s - 2000s. The photos that you contribute would only appear on the site after you have given your permission for them to be used. Only send photos that you have the rights to, meaning a photograph that belongs to you or you have taken. Pictures would be used in conjunction with other historical information as I have done with my previous blog entries at Remembering Stephen Foster Projects (https://endlessperceptions.com/remembering-the-towers.html). Under each photo will always appear your name as the owner or photographer. Only positive outlooks will be presented, which all of us will be proud to share and endlessly reminisce about.
Below is an example of a photo very dear to me. It was taken in 1973, by my late brother, from the living room of apartment 2J. The southern side of 70 Lenox is facing 112th Street in the distance. It's impossible not to see the extensive reconstruction that has taken place in the "Little Park" from then to now. And BTW, that's me with my afro with my foot proudly placed on the bench. For Foster
Photo taken in 1973. Photographer - Louis Green.
You can place your photographs on Facebook (with your permission to use them) or you can forward them to me directly at [email protected]. If you have any questions, please contact me at this same address. With your help, we will make a special place for our memories. Hope to hear from you soon.
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