So sorry!

I know I haven't been on in a forever, but there was a *cough* series of unfortunate events that led to my innability to acces the internet recently...

First my computer got a super virus and died.

Then I had, like, 3 AP European projects due in a row (Yeah-thanks SO much Mrs. Earnst).

I then had two exams to study for (both in my worst/least favorite subjects)

On top of that I also had to keep trying to make the end-of-the-month deadline for my illustrations for my, er...employer...

See why I couldn't put new posts up? I was totally swamped XC But now I have the rest of the week off and I intend to party-hardy! WOO!

OH- I ALSO made a Facebook account *jumps for joy* today, so huzzah, and go look me up and say hi <3>

Well, it's about 2 am right now, so I should go hit the sack. See you all tomorrow!

Who again? What the characters LOOK like...

Well, as my good friend Amanda-Lyn made me remember, I haven't actually told you what the cast of The Paper King look like...(so sorry, lol!) Once again, from top to bottom: most important to least important characters. I hope this clears things up for you...! Oh, and since they're mostly all English, they're all Caucasians (I don't mean to offend, that's just the way it worked out!)

Julius Pembrooke- Age: 15. Hair: long blond hair tied back and wrapped in a white silk ribbon wound around the ponytail. The only time he lets his hair down would be at night. Eyes: Light hazel. Defining features: He has kind eyes... He's also pretty muscular from sword-fighting...If you went to the dictionary and looked up "gentleman" Julius would probably be in it's definition. Apparel: Julius wears a red satin tunic with gold embroidery, and a forest green cape always hangs around his neck; pinned together with a brooch bearing the Pembrooke royal family insignia. He has khaki trousers and black leather riding boots that go up to his calves; they too are embroidered with golden thread around the front and gold buttons up the side. He also always carries his twin swords in their sheaths, attached to his belt and hidden under his cape so as to not arouse suspicion. Julius also wears one of those white neck ruffles that the English court so commonly wore.

Allen Collins- Age: 15. Hair: Light brown, short. Eyes: Light blue (aquamarine). Defining features: He almost always wears his lucky jersey, number 48...He also bears a striking resemble to Artemis, save for being a bit younger looking- So much so, in fact, that Julius mistakes him for Artemis when they meet for the first time. Apparel: He always wear bluejeans, sneakers, his teal-blue lucky jersey, and, sometimes, a red Bearcats cap.

Artemis Valentene- Age: 25, however at age 25 he curses himself with immortality, and is now about 600 years old, but he still looks 25. Hair: Dark brown, short and windswept; he always has a small beard no longer than has chin is. Eyes: Dark Grey. Defining features: Before his 600 years worth of escapades there isn't really anything interesting about him except for his piercing grey eyes and the act that he's extremely handsome...after 600 years; however, he has upwards of 30 major scars... mostly on his torso though, so they are unnoticeable with a shirt on (save for the scars on his wrists)...Artemis always seems out of place, but he has this odd aura, like nothing ever affects him the way it used to...people have a tendency to pass right by him without even noticing he's there...it very strange, honestly... Apparel: Artemis wears a forest green shirt with gold around the neckline, a long flowing purple cape fastened around his shoulders in the military fashion, and a large purple gem hangs around his neck. He also has sea blue pants, and boots quite similar to Julius'.

Tybalt Valencian- Age: 42. Hair: Dark Brown, crew cut with widows peak; he has a neatly trimmed beard as well. Eyes: Dark Brown, almost black. Defining features: His left eye is gone, so he wears a tan eye-patch over it; his right eye has a long scar running over it, earning him the nickname "Scar"...He has a very commanding presence, and he's probably the strongest person among the cast... I've never seen him cry, and he never shows his sadness, instead turning it to vengeful anger...Possibly the strangest thing about Tybalt is when he becomes "The Demon": when his anger overtakes him such that nothing can get in his way, he can't even feel pain when he gets like that...He just all of a sudden snaps, and this is characterised by him "crying" blood, as he did when he first got his scar and lost his eye. He's a very dynamic character indeed...Apparel: Apart from his attention drawing eye patch, he always wears his dark green generals military uniform; it has a billion and one little medals and pins stuck to it. He too wears a neck ruffle, and a cape that a bit darker of a green tint than his uniform. His pants are dark brown, and he wears a bigger brown version of Julius' boots.

Emily Collins- Age: 6. Hair: Dark Brown, short (about an inch above her shoulders) in French braided pigtails. Eyes: Dark Blue with hints of green. Defining features: She's innocent, and that carefree happiness emanates from her; she can be obsessive over random things, like how she draws certain things over and over again, without having a reason for doing so...She doesn't understand people that well, but somehow connects with them in strange ways all the same...She views Julius as her "knight in shining armor". Apparel: Emily always wears her denim jumper over a t-shirt, although the color of the shirt changes with her mood. It's usually a shade of green, pink or yellow though. She pretty much wears sneakers too.

Xavier Xzailius-

Hair: Short, black, usually untidy.Eyes: Dark Brown. Defining features: He's quite clumsy, and always seems to have an embarrassed tone to his voice...He's a comedian, and makes light of whatever situation he's in no matter how bad it may be. Xavier is pretty strong, and, yes, he's rather hot too; he acts just like Allen, actually...Apparel: When he's not in his shining silver armor, he usually just wears a simple white undershirt, a cross around his neck, and muddy trousers (he works with horses a lot). He can be dressy if he wants to be, though. His dress uniform is a light sky blue, with a white neck ruffle, matching blue pants, and polished black dress shoes.

Cloe Demitria- Age: 16. Hair: Light orange (strawberry blond) Worn in different styles, but usually in curled pigtails. Eyes: Dark Green. Defining features: She's pretty innocent as well, and very compassionate-which I suppose is why she wanted to be a nurse...she's clumsy and easily embarrassed just like Xavier, which is why they make such a good match... Apparel: She always wears her clean white nurses uniform with one of those silly little paper hats with a red cross on it. Even though it was highly inappropriate then, her skirt ends just above her knees.

Theodore Pembrooke- Age: 54 Hair: Dark Brown, about the same as Tybalts; he has a neatly trimmed beard like Tybalt as well. Eyes: Hazel. Defining features: Theo is and looks extremely strong, and not just physically. He was a revolutionary when it came to the way he treated his subjects, and it anybody has ever read To Kill a Mockingbird he is almost exactly like Atticus... He loved his children dearly, and was always a very rough yet gentle person. Apparel: Theo always wore a white neck ruffle, a maroon tunic similar to Julius', matching pants and cape, and boots like Tybalts'.

Victoria Pembrooke- Age: 7 Hair: Blond (almost white), worn in a long braid. Eyes: Aquamarine. Defining features: Victoria is the most intriguing character in the whole series... She has this odd quality of understanding everything about the world, and is quite possibly the wisest person out of everybody, which is so amazingly strange considering her age. She connects with everybody no matter who they are or what they've done, and never apologizes for her actions-there's never any need to... She comes up with revolutionary ideas just like her father; however, she comes up with things no one else could have thought of...she seems like some being from another plane, like she doesn't quite exist on the earth, and if you met her on the right day you'd think she was some sort of ghost... Everything she says has meaning...and she has this odd way of falling in love with anybody...the only thing that seems to ever take her out of her element is pity-she gets fascinated with the sad things of the world, amazed at them and always curious. I adore her character the most out of the cast of girls, and she just amazes me some times with the things she says... Apparel: Victoria wore a pastel pink coat and ruffled skirt, along with a fur-trimmed pink shawl that attached to the coat. She also wore little pink doe-skin boots that went up to her calves.

Myra Angelus- Age: 16. Hair: Dark orange. Eyes: Hazel. Defining features: With the face of an angel and a golden heart, it's easy to see why Artemis falls so completely in love with her...she always has a knowing look in her eyes, and is easygoing with just about everything. Apparel: Myra always changed her look, but was always in a simple dress or skirt; although they were usually bright colored. What I can tell you is her favorite color was orange.

Well, that's it for the first book of TPK, but there are others you'll meet later in the series...

Some other themes...

There are also some parts in my book that contain glimpses of the afterlife. Just glimpses though, not full-fledged "Oh look at this, this is what happens when you die!" type stuff. For example, In one of the scenes in the second book of the series, Julius comes very close to death when he gets caught in a winter storm. When he falls unconscious in a snow bank, he sees his father (who has been dead for many years). However, with all of the strange things like this that happen in the book, I leave them open to interpretation. One could say Julius was just dreaming, or one could say that he was in between life and death and saw something real. I want to make sure that nobody is going to yell at me for saying something that may be against their beliefs...

Another theme in T.P.K. is death. Sweet and simple. I guess my books constantly have death in them, and at the end of the series I think the message is not to fear death, that it comes for everyone, and is more of a blessing than a curse at times. I mean, Artemis cursed himself to live forever so that he would never have to die and possibly find out that Myra was unfaithful to him, and also because he did not want to have to face the verdict for all his sins, however good his intentions were... but the thing was, he regretted it. Nobody should live that long. Things begin to blur, everything blends together until nothing is new ad you grow tired of the world. He tried to commit suicide on multiple occasions, but he couldn't bring himself to follow through with it because he knew that somewhere out there Julius was still alive. The only thing that kept him going through those 600 years was finding Julius, and making things right no matter what the outcome, which he realized was probably his own death.

There are other, more *ahem* pleasant themes in my books as well, such as how in the second book Julius falls in love, and also in the fourth book when the theme of forgiveness is ever-present.

I think; however, that the most important, overall theme of the whole series is the celebration of life.

Themes of The Paper King

My books have a lot different underlying topics in them, although you may have to read between the lines to get some of them, but I think that's what good books are made of! My books can have a lot of silliness in them when it comes to the way a few of my characters interact. Some of the themes are a little mature for some rreaders tastes though, and (sorry!) I'm one of those authors that likes to touch lightly upon the subjects of religion at times. For example, at one point in the first book Artemis starts ranting about the injustices of the witch-trails in Salem, and although this may seem tolerable, he actually starts to point fingers at Christianity in and of itself, which may get on some peoples bad side, but I think that's the point, really: to show people the hard and cruel facts of injustices so that they will strive to change it. I mean, Artemis is a witch, but what most people don't know is that a 'witch' is another name for someone who is a folower of the religion of Wicca. Most people would just say that the witch trials were a bunch of people trying people for being something that doesn't exist. "Witches aren't real" one might say. Really? Then...what is your definition of a "witch"? And what is a witch's definition of a Christian? Had anyone even TRIED to see things from the witches point of view?

This is the type of material that my books will touch upon from time to time. I truly hope that people will be able to take away much more than an engaging plot from my books... I'll talk more about some other scenes later, but for now-- chao!

The Characters of T.P.K.

Here is a neat little list of all the main characters of the first book (in order of most important):

• Julius Pembrooke- King of the province of Veronia, England... Gets cursed into... (*points at book title*)I doubt you'll understand exactly what Artemis does to him just by that, but it's hard to explain. It like this, from the outside it looks as if he's a 3d drawing, but in the indside of the peice of paper there is a tiny extra-dimension, where Julius is trapped. Age: 19
• Allen Collins- An ordinary kid from Virginia who gets more than he bargained for when he opens a dusty old book... Age: 15
• Artemis Valentene- Former friend and backstabber to Julius, a powerful witch... He was a prisoner of war for many years, and was forced away from his true love, Myra. Hails from the kingdom at war with Valencia- the province of Averleigh. Age: 25, however at age 25 he curses himself with immortality, and is now about 600 years old, but still looks 25.
• Tybalt Valencian- Military advisor to Julius, also best friend and Father figure to him as well. Gets cursed into the form of a dog by Artemis. Age: 42
• Emily Collins- Allens little sister, she gets mixed up in the events of the book the same as Allen, but she doesn't really understand what's going on. Age: 6
• Xavier Xzailius- a Knight in the Royal gaurd. Gets cursed into the form of a horse by Artemis. Secretly likes Cloe. Age: 17
• Cloe Demitria- A nurse in the service of the King. Gets cursed into the from of a cat by Artemis. Also shares a striking simalarity to Artemis' true love. Secretly likes Xavier. Age: 15
• Jacob Betrillian- A page for Julius and Tybalt; an orphan. Gets cursed into a doll by Artemis. Age: 6
• Myra Angelus- Artemis' true love; she died a year after Artemis was imprisoned; however, in the long run she was the person who set the books events in motion. Age: 16
• Theodore Pembrooke- Julius' Father, late King of Valencia. He interrogated Artemis for information after he had him secretly imprisoned. He died of tuburculosis a long time ago, but Artemis remains haunted by his memory. Age: 54
• Victoria Pembrooke- Julius little sister, died of the tuburculosis soon after her father. Julius is reminded of her by Emily.

*all the Characters who have been cursed are all about 600 years old, but they do not remember anything that happened in that time, and have not aged since being cursed

Get on with It!

(^The future cover for my first book^)

About my books...

The Paper King is a story of romance, betrayl, forgiveness, comedy, action, and the meaning of life. It takes place in both Medeival England and Present day Virginia. The plot of the first book? Well...let me just put the summary I made on here...*posts back cover info*

Once upon a time…you know how the story goes. Well, in case you’re wondering- this isn’t that story. This story takes place in the here and now. Ancient curses renewed in a world that has forgotten the ways of old. A young king stripped of his power- imprisoned by his own best friend for centuries- until Allen Collins opens a dusty old book…containing a mysterious Latin spell and the remorseful leader of a forgotten kingdom…

I do so hope that has hooked you into it :3 Anyways, a little bit more info here...

The book has a multitude of characters, from young to old (Sorry Tybalt!) and I all love them to death! Also, I like the fact that in my books you never really have a clear antagonist- Like much of Shakespeares work, the characters really do have legit reasons for everything they do, and you can even get behind them all. The way they interract is just amazing sometimes!

I will be posting snippits of the book as I write it here- not all of it though, because of course there are always those that will try to steal it. But be warned- If you do copy what little work I will put on here and put it somewhere claiming it is yours I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND DESTROY YOU. :D I'm such a friendly person aren't I ? Haha... Anyways, I hope will enjoy the bits I do post- and positive feedback is always appreciated!

Let's do This!

In the Beginning...

There was Sarah Webb.

Then she turned into Enoki-chan.

Then she became Autumn Gracy.



Hello and welcome!

When I made this blog I was using it to vent about all the stupid injustices that were going on in my life, but now things are better. I decided to erase all the aforementioned posts and turn this blog into a log of my progress as a writer. You see, I am an aspiring author and I am currently typing up a series of four books (or as I would like to call it-if it were a real word- a "Quadrilogy"). Entitled The Paper King; I hope to make it as popular as the series Eragon, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter.


Now, you may be asking yourself who the frick I am. Well, this is a blog, it's only natural O_o
To explain that bit at the top there; My name is Sarah Webb. I used to be rather an outcast many years ago, but when I got to high school I changed. I guess you could say I pretty much pulled a total 180'. I cut my hair short and got new clothes, I started making friends like crazy and I joined the Theater clubs and the art programs. I got really into all sorts of music, anime, and manga (which, for those of you who don't know, are forms of Japanese animation, one in book form). I decided to really put my all into making these books, and I'm pumped up about it more than ever now that I've got all the plots figured out. Now, back to me for a little (sorry!) A few years ago I got the nickname Enoki for myself. It means Chinese nettle tree, in Japanese. The suffix at the end is what one would place at the end of a friends name (also in Japanese) So, please call me Enoki-chan! I also devised a pen name for myself: Autumn Gracy. Autumn because that's what I would've like to be named and also my favorite season; Gracy because I love the song Amazing Grace and also because I loved the story Saving Gracy. For all writing intensive purposes, that is what you can call me. When my books are published,that will be the author name.


I am also hoping to potentially create a small buzz around the Internet before my books come out, so that people can anticipate its coming and hopefully spread the word. Now I'm sure you're saying something along the lines of "Oh c'mon this is BLOGSPOT how're you going to get famous on here!?" Well my friends, ask yourself this-


How were internet fads created? That's right. Through completely random sites that practically nobody visited. Somebody found something they thought was amusing and spread the word- now we have things like the O'rly owl and All Your Base just floating around on the web. All because one single person found it somewhere. My point is, if something is good enough somebody will find it, and it will become known throughout the world. My hopes are that my books will become similarly popular. If you find this intriguing, please follow my blog.