How to Place a Music Player in Your Blog

Hum, hum... Oh, don't mind me, I was just humming a new song I learned at my band earlier! Oh! What was I thinking... I actually need your attention right now. In this post, I am going to write about how to make your blog more audible.
It was simple, actually. Well, who wouldn't like a lovely song playing, accompanying you while you read a fun blog?
Ok. Let's get to the point.



To get a music player, visit scmplayer.net.

Now, look at the image below.

Here's the details:

1. First, choose the skin. It represents of what will show on the real thing at your blog. Be sure to pick it right! But don't worry too much about it, you can always go back and rechoose it by clicking the 'SCM Music Player' button.

2. Next, Edit your playlist! The playlist consists of the links of the music videos which you want to insert in. Well, first, you should find a good music video from Youtube, Dailymotion, etc. Just paste the link of the video into A, and then, you could insert the CORRECT title of the music/song into B. It will display as the title of the song, don't write the incorrect title, it's gonna be misleading.

3. Moving forward! Configure those settings! Actually... There's nothing much to be done here, but if you want to change a bit of those settings, look at the picture and I'll tell you.

Sorry if the image's a bit too large... Cause' the letters were small so I just had too.

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How to Change Your Cursor (for your blog :D)

Yup, you saw it on the title. On this post, I'm telling you the easiest way to change your blogger cursor. To think that it was so simple after all this time searching for it! Now, now. To help you (so you wouldn't have to end like me), I will tell the details below. Short, and easy.






First!
Decide your cursor. Well, I picked mine from http://www.cursors-4u.com. Go ahead and copy the 'Universal' HTML code of the cursor you choose.

Next!
Login to to your Blogger Account and head straight to your blog.

Two!

Open your Blogger Dashboard. Go and click 'Layout'. Afterwards, click 'add a gadget'.

Three!

After clicking 'Add a Gadget', another tab will open (look at the picture below). Go and click on 'HTML/Javascript'.

Four!

Go ahead and paste your cursors' HTML code on the available space! Oh yeah, friendly reminder; just leave the 'Title' space blank, if you type anything on it, it'll be shown on your blog, giving the readers spoilers of it.

And... you're done! Go ahead and review your blog, you will find your cursor looking cool!

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Phantom Seeds Walkthrough

Namue Village has always been a peaceful village. However... A strange disease has been starting since the beginning of this year. Even the doctor from the town didn't know any way to treat it. The ammount of villagers who were infected and died increased every day.
Yun is my little brother. The villagers suspected him of being a bad omen towards the crops and of course, the cause of that disease.
Phantom Seeds is a well-done, short visual novel. (Speed-mode: 10 minutes)

Genre: Fantasy, Tragedy.

Heroine: Une, a village girl who lived with his father and step-brother.

Good Ending guide:

<Even so, Yun is a part of our family!>
<No, you are not. You have not done anything.>

Sad Ending Guide:

<Maybe you're right...>
<I-I don't know...>

Shots of the game:
(So that you guys could know how the game looks. :P)

(This is the 'front' of the game. Starring Une.)

Cafe Rouge Walkthrough

Cafe Rouge. It's an interesting place with a big secret. During the day, it's your normal quaint cafe and bakery. When the night takes over, it transformed into a five star restaurant theater cafe, with first class customers coming in the middle of the night.


Cafe Rouge is an otome visual novel and a cooking game. It's free, the artworks are tidy, and have a good storyline. Presented by Faraway Studio. Story Written by Sonya X.

Genre: Romance, Vampire, Tragedy

Heroine: Isis Black. Sixteen years in high school, pretty much your average American teen. ...With a few exceptions.

Antoine's Guide (Happy Ending)
The heroine's boss. The owner of Cafe Rouge.
Full name: Antoine LeRouge

*I recommend this ending ^^





Chapter 1:
Get! Password--> key2834
(Whatever options you make, it won't effect the story yet.)

Chapter 2:
Use: key2834
Cooking cake:  181+169=350
*Text back*
*Don't go*
*Take the bucket* or *Leave the kitchen*
*Napkin*
Get! Password--> locket008

Chapter 3:
Use: locket008
*Help Aldo*
*Ask about Demian*
 Get! Password--> harp2001

Chapter 4:
Use: harp2001
*Night Bar* or *Patisserie*
*Ask about Demian*
Get! Password--> dream13

Chapter 5:
Use: dream13
Cannoli Time: 223+117=400
*Ask about Antoine's background*
*Clean up*
*Give cold shoulder*
*Get butter*
*Look for Chris*
(Investigate randomly)
*Ask later*
Get! Password--> giselle001

Chapter 6:
Use: giselle001
Muffin Time: 2x10^2+50=250
*Ask what's wrong*
*Inspect oven*
*Snoop around* or *Take a nap*
*Who is she?*
Get! Password: immortal007

Chapter 7:
Use: immortal007
*Run for the door*
*Run out the door*
(go to the bar) -->don't go towards the stage
*Don't move*
(head towards the kitchen) --> don't go outside the cafe

~THE END~

Ron's Guide (Happy Ending)

The heroine's teacher. A substitute for the History teacher.

Full name: Ron Davidson

Chapter 1:

Get! Password--> key2834

(Whatever options you make, it won't effect the story yet.) 

Chapter 2:

Use: key2834

Cooking cake:  181+169=350
*Don't answer*

*Skip class*

*Take bucket* or *Leave the kitchen*

*Sink*
Get! Password--> blood723

Chapter 3:
Use: blood723
(Help others randomly)
*Ask about school*
Get! Password--> venom0229

Chapter 4:
Use: venom0229
*Ask why he's leaving*
*Thanks*
Get! Password--> death132

Chapter 5:
Use: death132
 Cannoli Time: 223+117=400
(go home instantly) right-down-right-down-left-down
*Get a glass of juice*
*Clean up*
*Give cold shoulder*
*Get butter*
*Look for Antoine*
(Investigate randomly)
*Help Demian on stage*
Get! Password --> Massacre049

Chapter 6:
Use:  Massacre049
*Tell a lie*
*Play along with him*
*Inspect oven*
(Go towards the bar)
*White lie*
*Ron doesn't hate you*
Get! Password--> resurrection2

Chapter 7:
Use:  resurrection2
*Embrace him*
*Keep running*
*Head into the kitchen*
*Ask him why*
*Run upstairs*

~THE END~

Valen's Guide (Happy Ending)

The heroine's childhood friend. The one who gave Isis her harp pendant.

Full name: Valentino Michaels

Chapter 1:
Get! Password--> key2834
(Whatever options you make, it won't effect the story yet.)

Chapter 2:
Use: key2834
Cooking cake:  181+169=350
*Text back*
*Hang out*
*Take the bucket* or *Leave the kitchen*
*Sink*
Get! Password--> tea9800

Chapter 3:
Use: tea9800
*Talk about the dream*
(Help randomly)
*Have tea and chat*
Get! Password--> pawn7032

Chapter 4:
Use: pawn7032
*Night Bar* or *Patisserie*
*Decline*
Get! Password--> naive007

Chapter 5:
Use: naive007
Cannoli Time: 223+117=400
*Stay overnight*
*Clean up*
*Talk back and reproach*
*Look for Chris*
*Go home*
*Not really...*
(Investigate randomly)
Get! Password--> blueblood28

Chapter 6:
Use: blueblood28
*Hide Valen! Fast!*
*Inspect floor*
(Go to the stage)
*Untangle yourself*
*Call Valen*
*Call and leave voicemail*
Get! Password--> scheme91

Chapter 7:
Use: scheme91
*Tell him to run!*
*Bite Chris*
*Run into the kitchen*
*Leave the knife*

~THE END~

That's it folks! Hope it's useful for ya' all! Oh, yeah, I'm too lazy to write the bad ending guide. (Well, most of us want to have the good endings, right?)

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How to Start A Story

This is the basics of the basics. Step one of a story.

There’s a trick to start a story that I can share with you and I got it from Ernest Hemingway.

How to Start a Story like Hemingway

Hemingway! But Hemingway was a genius! This is what Hemingway said he did:

Sometimes when I was started on a new story and I could not get going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch the sputter of blue that they made. I would stand and look out over the roofs of Paris and think, “Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now. All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know.”

Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

How to Start a Story with One True Sentence

The idea that to start writing you first need to write One True Sentence.What they’re talking about it is:

What you are trying to say.

We want to change their mind.

That’s the question, you see: what do you passionately believe? What makes you want to grab people by the shoulders and shake them until they agree with you? That’s One True Sentence.

 

Don’t worry about characters yet, don’t worry about setting, don’t even worry about plot. Think about something that you think is true. Write it down. Make it the truest thing in the world

 

 See also--> Choosing the Right Name for Your Story

Choosing the Right Name for Your Story

Since I'm a story-writer, titles are important for a story. In this post I'll share a tip to choose the right title.

So what's in a title? Is it really that important?
You bet it is.

 

A Few Rules of Thumb:

>Titles should not be dull. 
>Titles should be easy to remember.
>Titles should be appropriate. It shouldn't be misleading.

A Few Sources to Jog the Imagination:

1. A title can be a popular expression. Gone for Good, Something's Gotta Give, The Horse's Mouth, The Usual Suspects, Good As Gold, The Whole Nine Yards.
   
   
2. A title can be a play on words. (Sometimes a "twist" of an existing expression.) Burglars Can Be Choosers, The Cancelled Czech, You Only Live Twice, Live and Let Die, The War Between the Tates, A Hearse of a Different Color.
   
   
3. A title can have a hidden meaning, later revealed in the story. The Green Mile, Rain Man, Dances with Wolves, Catch-22, Hearts in Atlantis, Cool Hand Luke, The Shipping News.
   
   
4. A title can come from an existing work. (The Bible, Shakespeare, etc.) The Grapes of Wrath, The Sound and the Fury, The Sun Also Rises, Absalom, Absalom, All That Glitters, Something Wicked This Way Comes.
   
   
5. A title can be a person's name. Hannibal, Goldfinger, Carrie, Hondo, Rebecca, Doctor Zhivago, Shane, Forrest Gump.
   
   
6. A title can be a place name. Cold Mountain, Cimarron, Peyton Place, Jurassic Park, Lonesome Dove, Mystic River.
   
   
7. A title can be a possessive. Portnoy's Complaint, Angela's Ashes, The Optimist's Daughter, Charlotte's Web.
   
   
8. A title can be an association of ideas. Often these are words that have a "double meaning," and refer to more than one thing in a story. The Eye of the Needle, The Dead Zone, Misery, Silver Bullet, Lie Down with Lions.
   
   
9. A title can be an "event" or "activity." (Use "ing" in the first word.) Pleading Guilty, Romancing the Stone, Waiting to Exhale, "Riding the Bullet," Raising Helen, Finding Nemo.
   
   
10. A title can be a memorable line from the story itself. To Kill a Mockingbird, Tell No One, Sleepless in Seattle, The Eagle Has Landed, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
    
    
11. A title (if long) can have a "rhythm." Another kind of "play on words," this makes a longer title more pleasing to the ear--and easier to remember. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, The Sins of Rachel Cade, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
    
    
12. A title (if it fits the story) can be simple. Jaws, Shogun, Cathedral, The Exorcist, Ragtime, Lolita, Deliverance, Airport, "The Swimmer," Roots, Centennial, It, The Godfather.

In fact, it has been said that most titles on bestseller lists are no more than three words long. (But they have to be the right words.)

Originality

Titles are not copyrightable. Whatever the source for your inspiration and whatever title you choose, remember that it needs to be a perfect fit for your story. If it isn't (and even, sometimes, if it is), it can get changed.

Alternate Titles

Since changes are known to occur, should you submit several alternate titles along with your novel or story? No. Select the best title you can, and leave it at that.

See also--> How to Start a Story