by kingdompen | May 31, 2017 | Poetry
By KayleighAnne Stanton “What is faith?” my teacher asked, his brow furrowed in wonder. He didn’t know how I stayed strong while the world was pulled asunder. I could have given him a simple answer, but instead I did not. For Christ is king and died...
by kingdompen | May 29, 2017 | Articles, Characters, Theme
The core of story is conflict. If your story contains no struggle, it’s just a tale about nobody important who never overcame anything. Conflict takes many forms; physical, mental, and spiritual conflicts are all crucial, and even necessary. Ideological conflict,...
by Emily Kopf | May 26, 2017 | Book Recommendations, Fiction
From birth, Lady Sabine’s arm has been blotched by a bizarre birthmark. In a culture where beauty is regarded as symbolizing the state of a person’s soul, a slip of her glove could have her branded as a witch and killed. But despite all the pressure,...
by kingdompen | May 24, 2017 | Poetry
By Joy Peklenk The ground I stand on shrinks below my feet As does my soul and my great worlds inside As I gaze up to majesty complete To glowing specks of fire that melt my pride How distant are those hypnotizing dots How radiant those terrible ghosts of light And...
by kingdompen | May 22, 2017 | Articles, Characters, Theme
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a hero in possession of reasonable talents and good looks must be in want of an arch nemesis.” Although the above statement is nothing more than a bad Jane Austen paraphrase, every writer knows that a story is vapid without...
