Hello Everyone,
Tomorrow I'm starting school and I thought I should let you know because I may blog less often. But I'll try to post once a week,we'll see if I have time to post more:)

I looked at all the votes for which banner I should use and finally we got a winner, the last one, the fourth got the most votes!

New picture of the week sorry I haven't updated it in a while!
Go down a couple posts to vote on what Banner I should use for my title!

Award Give-away!

Here are some awards if any of these apply to any of you followers be sure to take them as a gift!

I would award specific people but I'm afraid that maybe some of those people wouldn't want the award, so this is a give-away! Oh and look to the earlier post to vote on which Banner I should use for my title!

Click to enlarge!

sorry about all the posts, but I just have one more

Which Banner should I use for my title, please vote!

GIMP

I just got GIMP!
This is my series, the Series of Anvildain
Now I can make buttons and banners!

Thank you Joraiem for the banner!

What is your favorite male fictional character and what book is he in?
oh gosh, Aragorn from LOTR

What is your favorite female character and what book is she in?
Anne from Isle of Swords

Who is your favorite Author and what book do you like by him/her?
Tolkien, LOTR

If you are writing a book answer this question! Who is your favorite character in the book your writing?
Merth, Olaren, Rolet, and Agren

If you are not writing a book answer this question, what is your favorite character from a book someone else is writing?

Any other favorites?
Cat, Jules, and Red Eye from Isle of Swords(or Griffin Thorne)
Joraiem, and Algeron from Binding of the Blade
Gandalf, Frodo, Boromir, Faramir, Eowyn, etc from LOTR
Eragon and Roran from Inheratince series
etc etc etc

Tagged!

30 things people don't know about me...

gosh that's a lot...

1. I love to run

2.I broke my leg when I was I think 3

3. I scratched my eye and I had to have an eye patch

4. The way I would least want to die is by drowning

5. I have a cat named Tiny Treasure

6. I just returned from a conference in Poland

7. I'm going into 7th grade...did you already know that?

8. I'm not scared of heights

9. I love climbing

10. I've been pushed into an electric fence, by my brother

11. My favorite scenery is mountains with fortresses nestled between the trees

12. Lasagne is my favorite food

13. Though I'm scared of drowning I love to swim

14. I've been to North Americe, Europe, and Asia

15. One of my favorite paintings is Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio

16. I saw the original of this painting for the first time yesterday!

17. I've wanted to shoot a dog before(I love dogs, it was a sudden impulse)

18. My favorite countries are Ireland and New Zealand(however you spell it)

19. I've set off an alarm in the airport in the waiting room(on accident) and it was really loud and some policeman had to shut it off

20. I've never tried to hit my brother in the face, even when I was really mad

21. I used to always look behind the shower curtain when I went to the bathroom, cause I was afraid someone was behind it waiting to kill me

22. My brother was the one that broke my leg

23. I'm having trouble thinking of 30 things...

24. I've been on a ropes course 40 feet in the air

25. I've repelled off a sorta small cliff and at first I got scared and refused to do it but then my dad got me to and it was fun.

26. I love the sond We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel(check it out!)

27. I've been punched by a boy outside of my family

28. I don't think many people will be interested enough to get this far:)

29. I don't have a pet peeve cause I can't think of a specific one

30. I don't play an instrument but I want to play piano.

done!
I tag,
Hannah, Evergreena, and Joraiem if he hasn't done this tag already!

What do you want me to Post about?

a. life
b. tags
c. books
d. random stuff
e. ideas
f. my book
g. myself
h. Romania(the place where I live)
i. music
j. other(tell me what in the comments)
say what letters in the comments!!!
choose two please!

Book!

I have thought of a name for my series!!! ok this is what it will look like;

The Series of Anvildain

Sword of the Fathers; Gaurdian of Uldor

Also I ordered a book and it got here a couple days ago, it's called the Lord of the Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee(one of my favorite artists, aside from Van Gogh) actually Alan Lee is my favorite Illustrater well anyway here is a picture of the cover. Pretty much it's about Alan Lee's point of view as he was helping make the movie and every page has sketches by him. The drawing are inspiring, the writing catches intrest(I've caught my mom and my oldest brother Jon reading it:) I reccomend it! I added some pictures from the inside(click for bigger picture)

Hey, I didn't put the links here for decoration, check them out sometimes, and by the way, new picture of the week! And there is my mail if you have questions or if you want to ask for some of Shadow of Blackfire Mountain!

Official Background

I was going to keep trying different backgrounds but I think this one won! I agree with the people who commented(thanks for commenting) this one is absoloutly perfect, it matches my banner for the title, and it just fits. Thank you everyone who shared their opinion through this!=D

Do you like this new background?

I don't think that people like my new background so I would change it back to my previous one but I think that I will experiment. I will start go through a couple backgrounds and you can comments yes or no, yes if you like no if you don't like it. You can just come out and say it, you won't hurt my feelings. Ok what do you think of this one?

do you like the new look?

Isle of Swords

Yesterday I discovered a book on my shelf and I looked at the title. It was called The Isle of Swords. As most of you should know I'm reading the Lord of the Rings(Fellowship) but I paused in my reading of that because I've already read it and this was a new interesting looking book. I started reading. I didn't have much time to read yesterday but I did read enough to start enjoying it. I've read few, actually none very seafaring related, and I've read none about pirates but this book has captured my attention but who says there's never time to start something new? I'll start posting what's happening if you'd like that. What do you say? Should I post about it or not?

I'm back from a wonderful trip to Croatia and I'm happy to stretch my legs and relax. Believe it or not vacations are hard work and I'm sure that if you'd asked any member of my family if that is true they would agree. Not that vacations aren't fun, but after swimming every day, walking everywhere, and not really ever taking the time to sit down you get worn out.
On the two day drive back from Croatia my family listened to an audio book about a man named Brother Andrew. It's a true story about a missionary during communism and it is amazing. I think it is all the more fascinating to my family being missionaries ourselves. The book really has a lot about faith and trust, which I think are two key words being Christians. There are so many miracles that this man really took part of that it just makes you really stop and remember God's faithfulness and love towards us. I recomend the book it's called
God's Smuggler because the man smuggles bibles where they are illegal.

Croatia

I'm going to be gone on a family vacation to Croatia so I probably won't be able to post for nine or ten days... I'll tell you about the trip when I get back! Oh and this is a picture of Croatia that I got off of Google Images...

Sisters Grimm

I'm reading the first Sisters Grimm book, called The Fairy Tale Detectives. I must say that I've never exactly gotten into faeries and pixies, more so Dragons and griffins. But this book has surprised me. It is well written and the plot is great. When I first read the name I thought, this might not be my book, actually I thought there would be buckets about fairies and all that stuff, actually so far they play a small part. I would tell you all that happens if I didn't want to spoil it. It's a very clever book:) I'm still reading Lord of the Rings, but I have lots I want to read and I've already read Lord of the Rings. But I'm still reading it...
Which do you like better? stuff like faeries or stuff like dragons? I'd like to know!

I won the Sword of Six!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you Flaming Pen!

Sword of Six

The http://flamingpen.blogspot.com/ is giving away two Sword of Six books, one hardcover, and one paper back, you just have to reply to the post that you are entering to get the book free!

Tagged by ME!!!!!!!

What is your favorite book?
hard one... I like lots but I think Lord of the Rings and Binding of the Blade
If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?
I think I would go to Ireland
If you could go to any fictional place where would you go?
The Shire and Rivendell
Do you love to write or do you just like writing? or do you write at all?
I love to Write!
What do you want to be when your a grown up?
I want to be an author and a missionary
Favorite animal?
Snow Tiger
Favorite song?
I like a lot but Bohemian Rhapsody is good.
Do you like school?
Yes I like it because of my friends, I do not like homeschool though, it's to lonely...
Are you people person because I'm getting the idea that you are?
Yes you are right!
Do you like to talk?
mmmmhhhmm:)
Favorite food?
Lasagna!
Hobbies?
Writing, drawing, reading, playing sports, etc.
Favorite Author?
Tolkien!
Favorite weapon?
Sword, rapier
Is this a fun tag or are you getting bored?
Well I wrote it,, soooo I guess it's ok
Do you like Hannah Montana and all those girly people and movies like High School Musical?
YOu Know I DONT!!!!
What are you scared of?
nothing except for water
Favorite flower?
Irises, Tiger lilies, and Morning Glories
Do you always use the same password or do you use different ones?
I use one, bad memory
almost over...
yes I guess it is, is that a question?
Do you like blogs?
I wouldn't have one if I didn't
What is the expression on your face?
Passive
Are you going to tag anyone?
yup
Color of your eyes?
blue green gray
ok finished the quiz...did you just sigh?
yes I admit I sighed, what does it matter

I tag... Eruanna, Joraiem, Earwen, and Hannah!

Tagged by Aljeron/Elthorn

Gimli vs. Trumpkin?
Gimli
Gandalf vs. Professor Cornelius?
Gandalf
The White Witch vs. Saruman?
I hate both but I think Saruman
Gandalf vs. Aslan?
I like both so much...Aslan
Aragorn vs. Aslan?
Argh! Aragorn, that was hard
Narnia vs. Middle Earth?
Middle-Earth
Prince Caspian vs. Frodo?
Frodo, I don't like Prince Caspian
Susan vs. Arwen?
I don't like either very much...Arwen
Edmund vs. Merry?
Merry!
Lucy vs. Pippin?
Pippin! Lucy is really cute though, favorite Pevensy(don't know how to spell it)
Peter vs. Haldir?
Hard, don't know Haldir that well but I think I like him better, Peter thinks he's always righ which bugs me...
The Dancing Lawn vs. Lothlorien?
Lothlorian, I have no idea what the other thing is...
Centaurs vs. elves?
Elves!
Peter's sword vs. Anduril?
Anduril, such a cool sword
Susan's magic bow and arrows vs. Legolas's bow of Galadrim?
Legolas' bow deffinatly
Wargs vs. Werewolves?
Bleh, I guess Wargs
The Witch's castle vs. The Tower of Barad-dur?
Barad-dur
Gryphons vs. Eagles?
I don't know, that's tooo hard!
Uruk-hai vs. Telemarines?
Uruk-hai...
Catapults vs. Oliphaunts?
Oliphaunts, I like them, I know they have evil masters but I like them, if I could own a catapult or a Oliphaunt I'm positive I would get an Oliphaunt.
Cair Paravel vs. Rivendell?
Rivendell! positive!

Next tag

Who is your favorite artist?
I dunno
Who is your favorite classical composer?
I like the person who wrote Suite for Cello no.1 I love that song! I think it was Bach...
Who is your favorite singer?
hmmmm too hard...
Do you like to write?
OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What genre?
FANTASY!!!!!!! you can probably tell I like writing...
What is your favorite picture book?
stuff by Chris Van Allsburg!
Favorite book?
Lord of the Rings! Binding of the blade! etc. I could go on forever but I'll stop there, go to my shelf on Shelfari.com my name is Elmandir Irn on it...
Favorite painting?
Everything by Van Gogh! I like Starry Night, Irises, and Cafe Terrace at Night, and many many more by him. I also like one my Brother showed me called Girl with the Pearl earring it's not by Van Gogh but it's a really nice painting.
Do you compose music?
no. I used to want to be a composer but I don't have the talent.
Do you write songs?
nope...
Do you like poetry?
yes
Do you write poetry?
at school, but I'm not the best at it.
Favorite poet?
Robert Frost!

I tag... I dunno, Hannah and J.R. Parker, has he already been tagged? oh well I tag you two!

I got my favorite person on the Inkheart quiz on Earwen's blog. I took a quiz before and I posted the results earlier in my blog and I got the same result.

I am...

Thank you Araken!

If you would like to read my book write to my email and I'll send you an attatchment.
elmandir@gmail.com
you can also send private comments, complaints, etc.

What do you want in my blog?

What would you like to see most in my blog?
1. my book
2. just life
3. random stuff that comes to my head
4. Stuff about books and movies
5.spiritual things
6. more pictures
7. something else that you will tell me in comments=D
8. votes
9. thoughts
You can say more then one thing
sorry Eruanna about copying you:/

Anything is Possible through Faith

I just finished Hebrews in my bible and it was mostly about the priest, but I kept with it even though it was sorta complicated and I came to chapter 11. That is an amazing chapter that I recommend reading. It was just really beautiful. It talks about the importance of faith, and gives you many examples of people from the Bible accomplishing things through faith. It reminded me that anything is possible through Christ and that we should never fail to believe that he can do anything. I just wanted to share that with you all and again 'go read Hebrews 11 it is amazing!
Above Picture: Faith is being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see.
Hebrews 11:1

The Sword of Six

go to J.R.Parker's blog and you will see a post about the book called the Sword of Six. If you comment on the post about the book you will have a chance of getting the book signed! http://yodelingdwarf.blogspot.com/

Eledain

In my book there is someone who represents God and his name is Eledain. I'm wanting there to be more about him, because I plan Merth(the main character) to come to know him. My purpose for writing this is to ask for opinions. I was thinking about having the remaking of Endriel where all things are made new(the New Jerusalem), but I find that is the same as in many books, and yet I love that idea I think it ties the book together well. Or I could just leave out my last book The Supremacy of Eledain and have the ending in Light on the Battlefield at the end and make it more short. What do you think?