Unlocking Olympus: Prologue

Unlocking Olympus

Prologue

“So unfortunate,” Clotho murmured, running her long, blood red nails at the length of the red thread, the pulsing life was waning. 

Atropos sighed, “Sister, it’s about time you get used to this.” She said without so much as blinking as she cut the thread with her golden shears.

Snap!

Atropos’ puffy lips stretched in a languid smile, her eyes which were slightly tilted at the edges were shining from glee. Clotho, the goddess of birth, turned to Lakhesis who was busy measuring a new thread.

“Sister, Atropos, this is not something you get used to.” Lakhesis said, in support to her older sister. She didn’t have to look at her Clotho’s sharp eyes to know that her sister was expecting those words. This has been going on for more millennia than she could count, just right when the earth was created. Clotho and Atropos always argued. She who held the spindle of thread and she who held the golden shears and then there was Lakhesis, the one who measures how long would be the life of the thread Clotho spun.

Atropos’ tawny eyes snapped to her, “Don’t you dare take her side!”

“I am not taking her side,” used to her sisters exploits, Lakhesis continued doing her job, unperturbed by the brewing fight.

Clotho nodded her approval and Atropos seethed, “You are, you just negated what I said!” The halo of silver hair adorned Atropos’ face.

Lakhesis could not withhold the sigh from escaping her painted lips, “I expressed my thoughts.”

Electricity crackled inside the spacious room which was full of tangled threads, glowing and pulsing. This too was not new. Lakhesis knew it would come sooner.

Clotho sounded patronizing, “Now, dear sister, calm down.”

“I am tired in being a part of this hackneyed trio!” Atropos raged, the static intensified but none of them cared. None of them were affected, they were Gods after all.

With that, Clotho’s non-existent patience ran out. “You can tell Zeus that and you can go on your own way.”

“You always think you are the leader of this group,”

“I am the guardian of the spindle of life.”

Lakhesis droned their argument but then something caught her attention. The threads of life floated in front of them and two of the threads caught her eyes, the first was a silver thread: a demigod. Beside it, a shimmering golden thread had weaved itself on the silver one, knotting it to a tight jumble.

“It’s starting,” Lakhesis told her two sisters which at that time were already zapping each other with shreds of electric whip.

Clotho and Atropos stopped and turned to where the two threads, which were glowing brighter than the rest of the threads, meshed into one long filament of fate.

“We shall not tell the Gods,” As if in daze, the moirai stared as the destiny of two unlikely goddesses had started to run its course.

“Olympus’ damnation has started,” Lakhesis continued.

“We shall not tell the Gods.” Atropos agreed.

Clotho smiled, “This would be fun,”

Lakhesis felt exhilarated, “Five centuries, it has been five centuries since we witnessed such an interesting fate.”

“We need to go back to Olympus,” Atropos reminded her sisters and both Clotho and Lakhesis smiled to her.

“And we’ll not tell the Gods.” They chorused.  

 I hope you enjoyed this guys! ♥

New Story Alert: Unlocking Olympus

New Story Alert!

Unlocking Olympus

A good friend of mine, Marigold, had collaborated with me to write this story and both agreed to post the story here in my blog and in wattpad under her account. We wrote this story for fun and we are sincerely hoping you will enjoy this as well. You will be following two POVs in this story, Adamaris (which was written by me) and Alectrona (written by Marigold).

I will be posting a new chapter of this story every Tuesday and Thursday, so make sure to check out my blog for updates! 

Cover created by Marigold Uy

Blurb:

The gates had been closed, the Gods are sealed inside, unable to come out.

And yet she did. Having have escaped before being crushed by a near-collapsing Mt. Olympus, Alectrona finds that even the human world is in mayhem. Without the Gods’ ruling, monsters run amok, chaos is unleashed and the balance of nature itself has been tipped. But what can she do besides running a rundown coffee shop with a bunch of dryads? And while she does resolve to regaining her depleted divine powers, what more can she do at the moment?

Adamaris on the other hand, is a demigod and a hunter, who hates the gods and anything out of the ordinary with a burning passion. Driven by revenge, he sets his goals towards meeting the family the gods had deprived him of.

And so the thread of life begins to spin. The Morae, who are simply observers, watch as the prophecy unfolds.

Adamaris, much to his chagrin, and Alectrona must find a way to open the gates once again, find the root cause of all the chaos and finally end a lifelong family feud.

In the midst of the adventures, misfortunes and everything in between, an unlikely friendship might just blossom. 

Tell me your thoughts on the comment section below. I would be more than happy to hear from you! ♥

Cluttered Mind

CLUTTERED MIND

I want to pound my head in the keyboard of my laptop for maybe a good hundred of times, hoping that something, or anything, might enter my maddeningly cluttered yet blank mind (See, that doesn't even make sense at all! But that's how I will describe my state of mind right now) so that I could finish my chapter or better yet, continue editing my book!

I don't even know how to start explaning what's on my mind and that is also frustrating.

So I made this post in order for me to try and sort out what's happening so that I can figure out how to overcome this annoying writer's block.

Things on my mind:

1.  I need to get a job. ASAP. Okay, so this has its own story but let me tell a little background about this one so that you'll understand why this contributes to my state of mind. I graduated a year ago with a degree in Nursing. Passing the Nursing Board Exam followed suit right after. Since then? I never had a job related to my course. When I finally had a job, it is in customer services. Now, that too has its own story that is equally frustrating but that would be for another time. After four months I quit the job and hadn't had anything else right until this moment where I am sitting in front of my laptop, fighting the urge to hurl the laptop across the room and never touch it again.

I am hoping I could find a job as a nurse, because that's what I studied for freaking four years. But then it is not easy (who the hell says otherwise?) and I am not in the position where I have all the time to patiently wait for my opportunity, and doing it jobless. Not me. So I have to find a job ASAP, and here in my country, which is Philippines, BPO is a booming industry which makes it the easiest target for job-seekers like me. Meaning, once again, I have to go back to freaking customer service. 

I have been researching for job opportunities in BPO industry so that I could start my job hunting (means, going around the city, attending interviews). It seems that this thought occupies a large part of my brain.

2. I have to continue editing If We're A Fairytale. This is the hardest feat. I gave myself a due date to get the book ready for self-publication. But  I am nowhere half-way through the story! 

I know what I need to do but everytime I look at the blinking cursor at the word file, the words are taunting me and that picture is basically what I look like. I have sent the first few parts of the novel to my editors and they are taking their time as well. I don't have any issue with that, I have a problem with myself.

3. If I can't edit, then at least I need to work on my other novels! I know how frustrating it is as a reader to wait months just for a chapter update. And I haven't updated any of my ongoing novels for four freaking months! I will be mad at myself too. 

I am really sorry guys (for those who read my unfinished novels). I swear, I am trying my best to write. Me, sititng in front of my laptop for more than six hours, trying to conjur the Gods of writing, is the proof. 

Don't worry I will never give up and hopefully will send out a chapter on your way!

4. It's so  hot in the Philippines! Why does it feel like the Sun is just above our roof? Seriously. I will be collapsing due to heat stroke any minute now. 

5. Jensen Ackles is life. I mean it, can't you see that? (Look at the photo above). He is just perfect. The love of my life. (Shush, don't tell my boyfriend that.)

6. I hadn't gone anywhere for Summer. Now, how lame is that? In my defense, it's not actually by choice. There are reasons... okay, maybe it's my choice. Oh well, it's so hot outside anyway.

7. GIFs are so cute. If it's not obvious yet how much I like GIFs then...

8. Oh my God! The chicken is burning! Because I am our house's designated cook and it's already six PM... you guessed it right! I am currently cooking as I list down the things that are occupying my little brain. And you guessed it right again, we are going to have charcoaled chicken (fried chicken). Sounds yummy. I might make a blog post how to cook charcoaled chicken if you guys like. It's pretty simple.

9. Is Doc McStuffin's name really just 'Doc'? Disney has weird way to name their characters. And because Disney Junior is up 24/7 (or our waking hours) in our television, that also makes my head ache. That poor girl was never called anything else other than Doc. I like their songs though.

10. I miss my hunniebunch. Boohoo. 

11. I should really end this because it's not making sense anymore after about number 3. And if you guys reached this point, wow, you're my hero! 

I love you all!

Now, enough of wasting my time with my ramblings and start TRYING to write again.

Ciao!

Carmela, xx

5 Books I Want to Read for Mother's Day

5 Books I Want to Read for Mother's Day

To start with, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all the great moms out there! I salute you for being the best human being in this planet! 

And since it's a special day, I would like to share to you the list of five books I would like to read in celebration of Mother's Day. You know it, that's how we roll. Going out to shop, watching movies or dining out is so overrated, or maybe it's just me.

 Alright chicas, here's the 'Five Books I would like to Read for Mother's Day'!

(There's no particular order)