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[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216

Yeah, Anton’s reactions to things are some of my favorites among the cast:)
Hmm, interesting question. I’ve only read one book so far, (and this is a first for me, but I went out of chronological order and read the seventh book, The Kings Of Clonmel), so I can’t really speak for the others yet. I probably should have read 1# first. John Flanagan, (the author) has a great writing style that I admire and his book helped me some with scene building. I love the way he pours detail and depth into descriptions without losing the reader and the humor peppered throughout the pages. I enjoyed it and am actually starting the sixth book, (it is so unlike me to be so terribly out of chronological order, but oh well) because his writing helps my writing style so much and I really love the three main characters Halt, Will, and Horace.
The only things I didn’t care for in the seventh book was the fact that one of the farmers was shot in the throat with an arrow in the bandit raid, in the beginning, a couple of other happenings like that, (the bandits are pretty much heartless), and the fact that most of the novel, the Rangers were trying to stop a cult. But it really wasn’t a cult at all, just a group of bandits disguised as one to steal the villages’ gold.
But either than that, I enjoyed the novel, the Rangers and all of Flanagan’s characters feel extraordinarily like they could be real living people and I also loved the whole Medieval setting, the character dynamics, and the adventures. Halt is definitely my favorite character:)
… So yes, that pretty much wraps up my book review here XD

And yes! I’m an entirely devoted fan of Fortitude! If I was given the choice of only one novel in the entire world to be a fan of, it’d be Fortitude hands down:) Ikr? I can’t wait until that day! It will be so AMAZING to be published and looking back at these posts:D

THANK YOU SO MUCH! 😀
Really? Oh cool! Same here, when you described your characters that was already how I had pictured them for the most part:) Thank you:) Yeah, Artur makes me shudder at times as well even though I’m the one making him do what he does. Although the one thing I haven’t decided about him for certain is his name, I’ll probably keep it for the rest of drafting, but afterward, I might change it since the name Anton looks sort of similar to Artur, (yeah, I know I’m kind of crazy XD ), so I may give him his father’s name which is Adrik, but who knows, I may end up keeping the name Artur in the end anyway:)
Yep, there is a lot of conflict between Mejia and Artur, (although somehow I find writing about that easier than Filip/Mejia XD ). But yeah, as much as he hates Birch Woods, it was his father that despised it to great extents. So yeah, I do have sympathy for Artur because of that, but on the other hand, he can be a pretty evil villain sometimes.

But anyhow, thank you so amazingly much!!!:D

 

 

 

[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216 @nova21

Y’all are doing incredible on your word counts!!!:D

[Alexa Autorski]

@abigail-m

So my post disappeared… *sigh* Would you mind telling me if you got it in your notifications? I can always re-send it if you didn’t. I went to make some edits and it was gone 🙁

[Alexa Autorski]

@abigail-m

Thank you SO MUCH for writing that review for me!! It’s definitely swayed me into wanting to read the series now–it’s been forever since I’ve read for enjoyment, so thank you for the recommendation!! Oh, I understand the chronological order thing, so don’t worry XD It sounds like a book I would be interested in, so I’ll probably read it, and then we can have discussions about it afterward XD Ooh, I see. I may skim over the violence parts then if they’re a little gruesome to read, so thank you for the warning. Anyways, thank you for that review!!! And if it’s medieval, I know I already love the style of it!:)

Awww, thank you!!! *sniffles* *pulls out tissues* That makes me thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis happy to know that you love my story so much!! I honestly never imagined somebody would be so interested in it, so just a hundred million thousand thank yous for all of your encouraging and motivating posts!! 😀 😀 And I hope you know that I feel the exact same way about TSW. I’m completely honest when I say I haven’t fangirled over a story SO MUCH in FOREVER!!!! I mean, I could name every word in the dictionary and none of them would ever describe how much I’M IN LOVE WITH YOUR STORY!!! I hardly EVER say this, but TSW is seriously one of the rare books that I just want to fangirl over/read a thousand times/probably cry over/talk about non-stop! Speaking of non-stop, I’d better stop screaming about TSW before I run off and never come back… *sigh* IT’S AMAZING, trust me!!! 😉

Aww, that’s so cool! I love writing about what characters look like, and I think Artur’s appearance fits him perfectly!! And *gasps*… well, you’re the author and it’s ultimately your decision, but… I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HIS NAME AND THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP IT. I mean, don’t get me wrong–I adore the name Adrik, but the name Artur sounds so cunning and mischievous and I don’t think it looks too similar to Anton. Oh, that’s relatable–sometimes I can better write Caira and Pirion’s scenes better than hers and Newton’s XD Aw, Artur is such an incredible villain! On one hand, yes, he’s evil (which I love villains), but on the other hand, I have so much sympathy for him! So well done for crafting such an intriguing villain!! I CAN’T WAIT to read this story!!! 😀 😀 All right, I’d better leave before I turn this post into a full ramble about how much I love your story:)

 

[Alexa Autorski]

@nova21

Aw, I’m sorry, girl! I can definitely understand being stressed over school. But I promise it’ll be okay and you’ll hit a break eventually:) But don’t push yourself too hard–even if you don’t make your word count, you still made progress, and that’s all that NaNo is about:) So don’t feel bad if you don’t hit your goal–just do what you can and give yourself breaks 🙂

(By the way, it never hurts to eat chocolate or drink a smoothie when you’re feeling stressed, so… maybe try that 😉 )

[Alexa Autorski]

I thought I’d share my first and last lines I’ve written today 🙂 :

First

He pointed to the fleck of white on the map in the middle of the Aldovian kingdom, where the imperial palace was at the heart of the corners of the four Meridians.

Last

Caira didn’t hear what more was said, because she had already begun to drown in her thoughts of everything Newton had told her of the palace and of the king.

Yup, those probably made no sense without context XD

[Abigail.M.]

@nova21

Exactly what Lexi said. No worries, I know all about having a lot of projects sometimes, so I definitely get how time-consuming that gets. And NaNoWriMo is all about getting further into your novel than you were before, and you’ve been doing awesome:D

(Oh yes, definitely try chocolate;)

[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216

NP, I got it in my notifications:) Ikr? Sometimes I try to edit and after I hit ‘submit’ it disappears and I’m not sure whether it ever went through or not… *sigh* oh well I suppose though:)

Totally relatable there XD But yeah, I’d miss the characters of TSW too much also if I stopped. So, *pulls out the TSW doc* I’m here for the writing duration 🙂
Oh, you’re not the only one, I normally don’t play video games, but a while back there was one with horses and worldbuilding or something like that and honestly ‘Mejia’ was one of the names. So I saved it along with a whole list of other names that I got from it, (because tbh I love writing names down from everything, from street signs to name sites to skimming through bookshelves and mixing up the author names XD ). But yes, that’s where Mejia’s name came from even though I created her long before she was ever given a name, (and actually, I was originally just going to call her ‘Snow’ XD Thank goodness I found an alternative *inserts serious-faced emoji*) XD

Yeah writing about characters bickering when you know how it will end can be SO difficult sometimes.
OH MY GOODNESS THAT JUST GETS MORE ADORABLE BY THE SECOND!!!:D 😀 😀
I mean that is so heartbreaking and heartwarming at the very same time! And just the thought of Newton leaving and writing an apology letter for his failed confession…… *sniff* NEWTON COME BACK!!! Oh my goodness, I love this scene the more I hear about it:) I can just picture so clearly in my mind, Caira flipping through his journal, mad Newton, and herself. Then coming across that page and crying over it… I just love the whole scene idea so much!:) Did she read his other entries or no? AW! That’s so sweet that 90% of his entries are about Caira!! I just love the image of poor Newton with him being gruff, writing about Caira… *like if ‘fangirl-worthy’ was in the dictionary, a picture of Newton doing that belongs right next to it:D *
… Okay, wait, wait a second, they walked in the woods together?!?!?!?! And WHAT?!?!?! He takes her to dinner!?!?!?!? *Screams… okay, okay, it was internal screaming, but same difference!* 😀 Oh, my word those have got to be the cutest scene concepts EVER!!!:D And when he teaches her to ride a horse?!? I’m still not over how incredible that is!!!:D That, and I’m probably never going to get over how utterly adorable Newton’s penmanship is!!!:D

Thank you!:D No, that’s not weird, I mean I love the characters in stories that aren’t really characters at all, like journals (Caira’s, Newton’s, and Mejia’s), swords, (Deek’s and Mejia’s), and books (the one Caira carries with her from the first chapter:)

*1 million ‘whew’s* I am SO glad you kept it, because, like, IT”S THE AWESOME-EST THING IN THE HISTORY OF AWESOME, LIKE THE WORD AWESOME WAS RESERVED JUST FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 : D And *internally screams to the point it nearly turns into an actual scream* that sounds SO AMAZING!!! As in, oh my word, that is like the cutest thing EVER to even think of!!!!!!!! I can just picture it!!:D I mean whether or not you decide to add it at the end of the last book, it is still so adorable!!!:D *Thinks back to when Caira made the condition that if Newton was to join her and Deek, they would part ways permanently afterward* Yes Caira, we’ll see about that XD I can so see how it’d be difficult to write them fighting when you already know how they’ll end up XD 🙂

Thank you!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 I mean, honestly, I almost scrapped the romance in TSW too at one point. So I’m so incredibly glad that you love Mejia/Filip so much!:D
Awesome!! Same here, I’m also super glad to have a writing friend to share them with and that loves my story as well!! This’ll be awesome! Hmm, I’m not sure how I’ll compile them though. Maybe I’ll put them in one doc with header titles to separate them? I’m not sure XD What do you think? 🙂

 

[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216

No trouble at all:) Oh! That would be such an awesome idea!! I’d love to have a book discussion about The Ranger’s Apprentice! That’d be so awesome!:D
Oh yes, it’s definitely medieval:)

It’s all true! I mean everything I say about Fortitude just comes naturally from the fact of how awesome it is!!!:D The words practically write themselves about it:D 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
*And now I’ll need a box of tissues too* I mean I couldn’t put enough o’s in the word ‘so’ to write how SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY I AM THAT YOU LOVE TSW SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! Like I so utterly, completely, absolutely ECSTATIC that you love it so much and I’m am NOT exaggerating in the least. 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 I don’t think the KP website could even download all :D’s I want to type here!!!:D

I’m so glad you like his name! I wasn’t sure if it sounded villain-y enough or if it was odd to pronounce, (I mean it’s Russian, so obviously it’s different XD ), but sounds a lot like Arthur, so I wasn’t too sure about it. But I’ll hang on to it for a while, (there’s a good chance that he’ll keep it permanently:)
And yes writing MC/villain can be so much easier than writing MC/love interest sometimes XD Sometimes it’s like I’m writing two MC/Villain plots instead of one of each XD
Aw, thank you!!! 😀 😀 😀

And btw, have I ever said how much I LOVE the name Pirion for your villain? Like that is such a perfect name for him!!:D

 

 

[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216

Ooh, I LOVE THOSE!! Those are such awesome first and last lines!!!:D

[Abigail.M.]

Here is my first line today:)

Mejia raised her sword to the thicket, pushing it aside as she cocked her head to see beyond it and an amused look piqued her face at what she saw.

And my last line today, (it probably doesn’t make much sense because there is a lot of building up in the scene that it comes from).

She stared a moment longer and finally by her own conviction, she released her grip on it and it slid downwards into the great depths of the Ice Well.

[Alexa Autorski]

@abigail-m

Thanks for confirming that XD I usually edit my posts and am never sure whether or not it’s going to disappear… *sigh* And yes, I don’t know how I’m going to start a new story with new characters *sniffles* I’ll feel like I betrayed Caira and her crew. But I think our first-ever characters will always hold special places in our hearts:) Ooh, that’s so interesting how you got inspired that way for Mejia’s name!! And I agree so much–finding names is so much fun. I used to carry around a little notebook for that purpose 😀 Aww, I actually like the name ‘Snow’!! But I just *glares at all-caps button* I LOVE THE NAME MEJIA MORE THAN ANYTHING, really. It just fits her so well, sounds so heroic, and sounds so bold all at the same time!!:D *serious-faced emoji* XD

Yup, that’s me XD And thank you so much!!!! I honestly was nervous that the confession wasn’t good enough, so THANK YOU!!! It breaks my heart every time I read his apology letter because he wonders if they’ll ever see each other again *sniffles* And thank you a million times over!!! Yes, I think she does read some of his other entries and realizes that he’s had feelings for her for a long time and was too terrified to say it. Aww, I’m SO HAPPY you love those ideas!!! 😀 😀 😀 I can’t say enough how much it means!!!

And YES!! He tries to confess in the woods, but then *a plot twist happens and they get interrupted* so that fails. The dinner scene takes place a little after another scene where Caira gives Newton a haircut (yes, she actually cuts his hair XD) and he offers to take her to dinner to repay the favor. It’s a cute scene, but Caira ends up getting a letter from Alana and she has to leave, so that confession attempt fails. And thank you SO MUCH for saying that!!! I would write this whole post in all-caps but even that wouldn’t express how happy I am over your fangirling of my story!!!

Aww, me too:) Characters like that are so meaningful:) And THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I NEVER thought someone would love the romance so much!!! 😀 😀 😀 Yayayayayayayayay!!! And I’m glad you like the idea of that scene–of course Caira and Newton would be older by the end of the last book, so I thought it might be adorable to add the proposal (poor Newton, he’s so awkward trying to propose XD) 😉

Wait. WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?! You almost scrapped the romance?!?! NO, that’s the most cutest, adorable-est, can’t-find-a-word-in-the-dictionary-because-it’s-so-amazing-est, most AMAZING thing EVER and is 10000% fangirl-worthy!!!!! 😀 😀 And yes, I’m glad too! I didn’t have writing friends before (or really any friends at all) until I met KP, so it feels so special to have a group of friends I can talk about my writing with:) Seriously, I’m so grateful to be here and to have made so many friends 😀 Hmm… I think that’s a good idea! Then they could all be compiled together:)

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Alexa Autorski.

[Alexa Autorski]

@abigail-m

Yes, that would be awesome!! I love the medieval aesthetic in books, so it sounds like one I would particularly enjoy!! 😀 😀 Aww, thank you!! And ditto!! 😉 It just makes me smile that another person wants to fangirl over my story, like WHAT? That means so much to me, I can’t put it into words (or exclamation points)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Of course, girl!!! I could seriously write a full-length lecture about how much I’m in love with your story!!! The title, the character names, the setting, your writing style, the romance, the characters… *THERE IS NOTHING I DON’T LIKE ABOUT THIS STORY BECAUSE IT’S PERFECT*!!! *claps* I just CAN’T WAIT until I can find it in bookstores!!!!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 It sounds like one of those books I just want to take with me to my favorite coffee shop and read while drinking a cappucino. Like one of those books I could get lost in and before I know it, it’s dark outside. I’ve never said that about a book and published books don’t even get me this excited so YOU’RE DOING FANTASTIC!!! And I think it sounds villain-y for sure!! *quiet chanting* Keep it, keep it, keep it… No, I’m kidding. You’re the authoress, and any name you choose will be perfect. But I do love Artur 🙂 Aw, that’s so relatable XD And thank you so much!! Honestly, it just came to me one day and I thought it would be interesting to use:) I’m so glad you think so!!! 😀 ;D 😀 *also wow I’m putting a lot of :D’s in this post XD*

[Alexa Autorski]

@abigail-m

Thank you so much!! I LOVE yours as well!! 😀 Your writing style is phenomenal!!

[Abigail.M.]

@writerlexi1216

Exactly! I’ll feel like I’m abandoning them:,( Thank goodness for the concept of sequels and prequels, but after that, I have no idea what I’ll do… Well, obviously I’ll work on other novels, but yeah, a writer’s first characters will always have a reserved place in their heart:)
Name finding is so much fun, I usually keep a few journals in different locations in case inspiration strikes, so yep, total journal fan here:) I’ll probably keep the name ‘Snow’ for another character someday, but Mejia needed a more (inserts adjective that I can’t think of XD) name, something bolder. I think ‘Mejia works pretty well:) Thank you!! That means so much that you think her name is all of that!!:D

There’s no need to be worried about that because that confession scene is JUST SO SPECTACULAR!! I mean I could picture it so clearly, Caira and Newton walking out to the bridge and sitting there. Then Newton just blurting everything out before kissing her, then Caira getting upset and yelling at him.. and the apology letter? Don’t even get me started about how heartwrenching, (and beautiful) that is!!!:D I mean just the thought of him wondering if they’ll ever see each other again nearly breaks my heart. Awww, Newton is just way too adorable:) What was the most heartbreaking thing he said in his letter? (I’ll have to apologize for all my questions, but AH! So curious!:D I hope you don’t mind).

OH MY GOODNESS, I seriously cannot get over the thought of them walking in the woods together!!!:D That must have been so cute to write:) AND WAIT JUST A SECOND!!! Caira gives Newton a haircut!?!??! Okay, 1# is it weird that that sounds utterly adorable? #2 is his hair shaggy anymore or no? (I love him either way though:) and 3# I can just picture it!! Does Newton not mind getting his hair cut? Or does he feel awkward or does he appreciate it? Does he fuss much or is he pretty still the whole time? I always love hearing about his reactions, (they are always either extremely adorable or something I fangirl about forever:) AND HE OFFERS TO TAKE HER TO DINNER AFTERWARD TO REPAY HER!?!?!? OH MY WORD, THERE IS NO WORD TO DESCRIBE THAT LEVEL OF ADORABLE-NESS!!! 😀 😀 😀 I mean that sounds so cute, I could nearly scream, *internally screams* I LOVE it!!! Aw, Newton, he’s just too amazing!:D

Aww, yeah I figured they’d probably be older by then, and that just sounds too cute for words! The thought of Newton being awkward while trying to propose to Caira just makes me melt. That is just so adorable!!!:D

Yes, sadly I almost did, but now I will be keeping it for good:) Thank you!! I’m so glad you love it so much!!!:D

Same here, outside of KP, I don’t know any writers or others who are interested in noveling and reading draft excerpts and talking about WIPs, (and that’s true for me too if you don’t count cats and horses:) They are great to read to, but they don’t give a lot of feedback XD ). So yes, KP is the awesome-est place ever where we all can talk about our WIPs and writing:) I never thought I’d find a group like this one and I’m so grateful I did:D KP rules!

I’m glad you think so:) AH! This is so awesome!! We can post links this weekend, how about Sunday? Or whenever you want:) I’m totally good with whenever 🙂 *still grinning a mile long* 😀 😀 😀

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