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@smiley Aww, sounds like a lot of fun!!! 💖 Yeahhh, WIPs are always harder than fanfics for some reason 😂😂
@thearcaneaxiom OOOH, cool!!! Sounds like a lot of fun! 😀I’ve been writing my main WIP, Freedom’s Fire, a bit, it’s now at 275 pages and 44k+ words, which makes me really happy 😁 Also been plotting out my fanfics and drawing a bit. :3
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Hey girl! I’m actually texting from a coffee shop while I wait for my food 😂 so it might have typos. We’re close to home (so glad, I don’t like staying in hotels) I think I’ve found the college lol! It’s about a day trip away from home but I like it. It’s kinda simple, but not too simple if you know what I mean? Anyways, I’m relieved and stressed at the same time. Reading the marvel fanfics of KP seemed to be my comfort thing while I was gone lol. I did some actual paper pen writing lol, didn’t bring my laptop. It was a scene of Layson meeting Liv, his girlfriend before Everly.
So yeah! How are you and how is your writing?
Hopefully I don’t run out of phone data, if I don’t respond you know why lol
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That’s awesome! Your far better than me in that regard, I haven’t been writing too much lately😅
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@thearcaneaxiom Hey, writer’s block and life in general happens. 😊 You’ll get back to writing soon 💖
@mineralizedwritings Hi Min!!! Ooh, food, delicious! ☕😋 Haha, I hate hotels too XD Ahh, Min, I’m so excited for you!!!! I’m so glad you found a college that will work for you! Haha, I get that mixed feeling. I’ll pray for you ❤️ Yesss, the fanfics are pretty relaxing. Glad all the fanfics could help you out <3 Aww, does poor Layson get his heart broken again? 🥺I’m doing well, tysm for asking ❤️ Writing isn’t going the best, but it’s gone worse before too, lol 😆 Like I told Arcane, my WIP is pretty far along tho, so that’s made me pretty happy and satisfied 😊
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Yep! I had gluten free avocado toast and tomatoes soup, it was amazing!!
Thanks for the prayers! 💕
Oh yes, he’s always getting his heart broken
XDXD
Sorry writing isn’t going the best, but that’s so great that your wip is moving along!! 💖
I hope I get to read them one day!
I’ve been considering posting the rest of my wip because I can tell I’m starting over from the begining, I have about 10k or so I haven’t shared and won’t be working on further…
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@mineralizedwritings Ooh, yummy!!! 😋 You’re very welcome!!! 💖💖 Poor baby boiiiii 😭😭
Thx. yeah, idk…I just haven’t really had any inspiration or even much motivation for it lately, y’know? idk, kinda felt unmotivated about a lot of things lately…idk why😅
Aww, that means so much to me, knowing you want to read my books one day ❤️❤️❤️
Hmmm, well, it’d be up to you!! I’m sure everyone would love to read it tho if you did post it. 😊
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I’m back!!! Tired but glad to be home XD
Ooh, yummy!!! 😋 You’re very welcome!!! 💖💖 Poor baby boiiiii 😭😭
Ikr? ;(
Thx. yeah, idk…I just haven’t really had any inspiration or even much motivation for it lately, y’know? idk, kinda felt unmotivated about a lot of things lately…idk why😅
Yeah, I get that. sometimes I get into a slump like that too, I get stuck… and spend a lot of time scrolling youtube instead of writing/drawing XD
Aww, that means so much to me, knowing you want to read my books one day ❤️❤️❤️
I really do! I’ll absolutely freak out if one day I see freedom’s fire on a bookshelf one day, I’ll be like I KNOW HER!! AND WHERE IS MY REUBEN!!!
Hmmm, well, it’d be up to you!! I’m sure everyone would love to read it tho if you did post it. 😊
Hm we’ll see… it’s not the greatest writing lol!
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That’s good 🙂 Yes, I totally get that lol. I just saw the drawing!! Kaine looks like he was meant to be a prince XD 😍 I was thinking about putting in my boi who is most likely to be a good prince/royal, but I’m not too sure if I could keep up with another RP XD lol. Maybe sometime this week!
XD Thanks! I kinda want to write a book with royalty now…
AHHHH YOU HAVE?!?! 😍😍😍😍😍😍 YAYY!!!! OH MY GOODNESS I CAN’T WAITTTTT!!!! UGHHH I LOVE THEM SOOOO MUCH 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Tysm girl!! Yeah, I’m trying to be careful with it because so much of the series they are just friends, I don’t want it to seem forced. I’m so glad you like them! <3
Writing is very slow rn 😭😅😝 I haven’t really written in days…maybe weeks? Oof. I’m wanting to re-write the first 2-3 chapters because they are not quite how I want them to be and I’ve changed a bunch of stuff so…Yeahhh…it’s not the best right now lol.
XD we’ve all been there
But I have started to create a very important charrie in my book who I’m superrrr excited about!! So there’s that 😅😍
OooHHh! Who is this?
"And so I left this world just as I had entered it. Confused."
XD Thanks! I kinda want to write a book with royalty now…
Yw!! And oh you totally should one day!! 😍😍 I really want to too 😅😝
Tysm girl!! Yeah, I’m trying to be careful with it because so much of the series they are just friends, I don’t want it to seem forced. I’m so glad you like them! <3
You’re so welcome!! 🥰🥰 And oh yessss!!! I totally get it 🙂 I love that about them, that they’ve just been best friends for so long that it takes them a bit to think of each other as…something else 😍😍😅😝 I know you’ll do great 🥰 Yess!! They’re precious 😭❤
XD we’ve all been there
Yes for sure XD
OooHHh! Who is this?
Wellll….I’m still figuring out exactly their personality and motivation, but for now all I can say is….
She’s Dylan’s love interest 😍😍😍😍😍😍
#HugRikerSquad
XD you and me both
You’re so welcome!! 🥰🥰 And oh yessss!!! I totally get it 🙂 I love that about them, that they’ve just been best friends for so long that it takes them a bit to think of each other as…something else 😍😍😅😝 I know you’ll do great 🥰 Yess!! They’re precious 😭❤
Aw thanks! Ikr? I’ll actually tell you a bit about it because I have quite a lot of it figured out. Yeah so Tauren kinda falls first, but doesn’t want to tell Lesli…
But eventually he realizes that the entire lesson he’s learned throughout the past years (or the past 3 books) is that sometimes risks are worth it, and sometimes you just need to go for it. Obviously this is Lesli’s life mentality, and she’s the one he learned from…
So yeah, he decides it’s worth a risk and tells her he’s falling in love with her 😭
She’s like ok… I need to think about it. So Lesli is having the problem of coming to the realization that for the past 4 or so years Tauren has been a lot more grown up than she has been allowing herself to percieve him as, because she wouldn’t want to lose her adorable lil brother lol. So yeah, eventually she comes around to it. But in between time they are both kinda sad, because it’s just a strange transition, and they aren’t around eachother a lot while they are waiting for Lesli to make a decision. But Kaine (The sweetheart) goes and visits them both seperately every day so they don’t get lonely 😭 Also Tauren’;s nickname for Lesli is sugerbean, I still need to come up with the origin story for that because it’s so random lol
She’s Dylan’s love interest 😍😍😍😍😍😍
OoooHHh my!!! How interesting…
WELL
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So, you don’t have to read this even if I tagged you 😉 but I wanted to share this with y’all.
Yesterday, I was writing a scene where Ami is really starting to overcome what she struggles with throughout the whole book, which is anxiety and trusting God. Well, it is definitely not the best prose I’ve ever written, the most poetic, or the greatest part of my writing ever, but it really impacted me because I wrote from my heart.
Ami struggles with anxiety more than I do, but lately, my family and I have been learning to trust God with the unknowns. In this season of our life, there’s been a lot of change. A lot. And it’s not always easy to trust God when we can’t see the big picture. But He does. So over the past few months, I’ve been learning to trust God when I don’t know the future, because He does.
In life, what we deem “bad things” happen. But if I hadn’t been going through what I am now, I don’t think I would’ve really been able to relate even more to how Ami felt. Throughout the story she struggles with worry. Yes, her life is threatened multiple times, more than mine has ever been (as far as I know), but having unknowns is something that we both have.
Trusting God with the future is not easy. When I wrote that scene, it was very personal, because I’ve struggled with trusting God before. It really encouraged me to see Ami have that breakthrough. So it’s kind of choppy and not the most beautiful prose (because that’s how my thought process is XD) and probably a little cheesy, but I’ll share it if y’all want to read it. Hopefully it will encourage you in your walk with the Lord. 😊
(Oh and the first paragraph may not make very much sense, but I don’t want to go into the detailed explanation of that right now. XD)
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All of a sudden, the light in the box started to get brighter… and brighter… It grew so bright that Ami closed her eyes but was still able to see its brightness. She got an odd feeling and squirmed in her seat. It felt like something was invading her thoughts… her mind… Different memories flashed before her mind’s eye and she didn’t have any control over it.
Some memories she saw lasted longer than others. Like the times when they were in danger… trying to survive just a little longer… trying to avoid being captured like they were now…
In addition to those thoughts, a familiar feeling returned… one that she had felt in every single one of those memories…
Worry.
So many times she had felt anxious about the future, not sure what was going to happen next. Worry plagued her. It was always there. All she did was push it out of the way and ignore it. Anxiety felt like a giant she couldn’t conquer. All her life she had dealt with feelings of worry. But over the past few weeks, it felt like her anxiety had been pushing her farther and farther down. Something she would never overcome.
How hard would she have to try to just finally live a life without worry? Without fear? She felt like her anxiety was a darkness that she would never escape. She’d only hold a candle in the darkness… a candle that would soon burn out.
But suddenly, words came to her mind, making that candle burn brighter…
“Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
How many times, during her bouts of worry, did she bring it before the Lord? The small number made a tear slip down her cheek.
“Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. But even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.”
More tears started to fall from her eyes. Not one sparrow fell without God knowing and letting it happen. She didn’t have to worry about anything. He cared for her so much that he knew the number of hairs on her head. She could have confidence knowing that nothing happens without the Lord’s consent.
“For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
God had a plan. Even if Ami didn’t think it was good, it always was. Sometimes, the hardest roads lead to the most beautiful destinations. Ami just had to let go and let God work. She didn’t need to worry about the future, because God already held it in His hand. Sometimes He would let bad things happen, but they were there to grow her faith in the Lord, her Heavenly Father, the Creator of the universe.
Tears spilled down her cheeks. The candle in darkness grew dim in the light of God’s presence. God was there. He always was. He orchestrated the events in her life for her good and His glory. She had no reason to doubt His goodness. He was always and only good. He was helping her along life’s roads, during the good and bad seasons. He went before her and behind her, guiding her way.
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
He was there and He always would be. He upheld her with His hand. Ami tilted her head back and smiled through her tears.
“Thank You, Father,” she said, renewed joy filling her heart. “You are good, always good. I was wrong to doubt You. To doubt Your goodness. You have a plan and I just need to trust you. God, I let go. I surrender to You. Let me trust You with my whole heart and follow Your leading. Wherever You lead is where I want to be.
“May I hold Your outstretched hand during the good times and the bad. You are always there for me. Forgive me of my doubt. Lord, You have not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and sound judgment. God… You are my God. May I never forget to trust You, for You are always in control, even when things are out of my control.”
Ami smiled and let her tears spill down her face. They were no longer tears of regret, but tears of joy. A great burden felt like it had been lifted off her heart. And that burden had been there for too long. Now her heart felt light and free! She felt like she could just get up and dance, basking in the presence of her Father.
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Here are the references for the passages of Scripture I quoted in order:
Philippians 4:6 (CSB)
Matthew 10:29-31 (CSB)
Jeremiah 29:11 (MEV)
Isaiah 41:10 (NIV)
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Aww that was so good girl!! A great reminder ♥️♥️ And I totally get it, lately I’ve been struggling a lot with worry and anxiety too. This was really cool to read!!
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Thanks!!
I’m glad it was able to encourage you! 🥰
Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
I loveeeee it
yeah I know the feeling, and I’ve been struggling with stress currently, this was a great reminder of how God is there no matter what
which sounds simple to remember
but it isn’t XD
Do me a favor…. Tell Cress I meant it
-ThorneThanks, girl!!
Yep, not always easy, but so worth it in the end. 😉
Write what should not be forgotten. — Isabel Allende
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