The Unusual Isles Inspired Stories

So, on Figment I am an admin of a group called Capital Contests where we run fun contests and other writing related fun activities. The creator of the group Mimi allowed me to run a contest in the group in order to promote The Unusual Isles. The challenge basically to create a story based off the title The Unusual Isles. They could interpret it any way they wanted to.

            I only ended up getting two entries for the contest, which was disappointing, but it was a close call for me on who I ended up picking as the winner and I wanted to share their stories with you guys!

            I ended up picking Figment user Kindle as the winner of the challenge for her piece Mysterious “the Isles”. It was about a girl who went to a mysterious island against her uncle’s wishes and ultimately gets trapped there forever. When I read it for the first time it automatically intrigued me and the whole story kept me interested. It was written very well with basically no grammar errors I could immediately see. Just by her one piece I could tell that she was a very talented writer and has a lot of writing potential. It’s a very good and quick read and I highly recommend you check it out along with her other works!

Here is a link to Kindle’s story and Figment profile if you want to know more about her:

Mysterious "the Isles" - http://figment.com/books/805755-Mysterious-the-Isles-

Kindle's Figment profile -  http://figment.com/users/350824-Kindle

            The other entry in the contest was by Figment used Jennie F. Lee with her piece The Northern Trident. She took on a spin on the title I never expected to see, but loved at the same time. She wrote about a group of mermaids who had to retrieve a trident from the Shadow Boys who had stolen it from them. The only reason it didn’t win because it lacked the direction that Kindle’s story had and also the development of the main character. Overall I still really enjoyed the piece (I love mermaid stories) and it’s another enjoyable read.

Here’s the links to Jennie’s story and Figment profile to get to know more about her:

The Northern Trident - http://figment.com/books/807949-The-Northern-Trident

Jennie's Figment profile -  http://figment.com/users/378225-Jennie-F-Lee

Thank you to Kindle and Jennie for their entries and I really did enjoy reading their pieces!

~K.M.D.

The Unusual Isles: Meet the Main Characters!

In honor of me finishing the fourth round of editing, I thought I might introduce the main characters of my novel The Unusual Isles. So, here they are: 

Josh Allen

Age: 19

School: Monroe High School

Appearance: average height (5’6”), slender build, black spiky hair, eyes so dark brown they’re almost black

Personality: intimidating, manipulative, powerful, street smart not book smart, wants to be in charge, spontaneous, acts without thinking

Fun Facts: captain of his school’s football team

Biggest Fear: water

Tyler Giles

Age: 17

School: Monroe High School

Appearance: skinny, has short to medium length dark brown hair, wears glasses, about 5’6” in height, non muscular

Personality: book smart but not street smart, won’t stand up for himself, easily manipulated, has an irritating attitude, non athletic,

Fun Facts: Josh hired him to be his personal assistant

Favorite subject: mechanics and computer science

Cole Wilder

Age: 16

School: Jackson High school

Appearance: fairly tall, about 6’1” in height, red hair, white skin, freckles

Personality: very smart, quiet, trusting, fun-loving, friendly when talked to but not extremely outgoing, clumsy

Fun Facts: he used to live in Michigan, but his family moved to LA right before he entered high school

Biggest Accomplishment: offered to skip a grade when he was younger

Ellary Johnson

Age: 17

School: Monroe High School

Appearance: skinny, long light brown hair, hazel eyes, about 5’5” in height,

Personality: smart, quiet, follows the rules, doesn’t speak out of turn, acts older than her age, goes through periodic phases of depression, seemed to have knowledge and insight about important world issues

Fun Facts: her dad is an investigative detective, she’s the president of the environmental club at her school

Relationship status/background: complicated

Bryce Randall

Age: 18

School: Jackson High School

Appearance: lean build, shaggy blonde hair, blue eyes, 5’11” in height,

Personality: strong, has leadership qualities, athletic, level headed (thinks before he acts), can think under pressure well, on the aggressive side, dominant

Fun Facts: Got his arm broken during a wrestling match, doesn’t know how to surf

Family: has a twin brother named Luke

Note: these are just the main characters for the story lines. There are many more important and supporting characters, but there are just the main ones for now.  

~K.M.D.