Um, I know we were chatting a while back about my new WIP and I didn’t know if you’d be interested to see a collage I made for the MC 🙂 You totally inspired me with that other one you did, so I thought I’d tag you!! 😀 😀

I finished Mejia!! So I know I’m still a beginner, but I still really wanted to try to illustrate Mejia for you because she’s one of the greatest characters I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting!! I’m going to do the others, but wanted your opinion on my art style/if this looks like Mejia. PLEASE tell me if it doesn’t look like her or…[Read more]

I’m not sure if this belongs in the ‘book aesthetics’ category, but I’ve been trying my hand at using Artbreeder lately and wanted to create Birch Woods for you!! Unfortunately, Artbreeder didn’t have any birch trees, but I just thought I’d try creating a winter forest (I hope you don’t mind! If you don’t like it, please tell me.) If…[Read more]

Yes, bickering is such an amusing thing to write because I glance at the doc with future scenes and shake my head at them:) XD
Aw, thank you! That makes me so happy to hear!!:D
YES! I am definitely a hardcore, 100% devoted Fortitude fan! 😀 And yep, incredibly relatable. Sometimes, I believe fantasy is even harder to write than…[Read more]

Thank you for taking the time through that… lengthy post XD And thank you very much! It makes me sooooo happy (and made me grin) to know you find my beloved characters interesting! I think a lot about backstory in characters and use that to sculpt who they are now. And thank you—I heavily emphasize Caira and Deek’s relationship and h…[Read more]

Great!! Warning: this may end up being a looong post, so sorry 🙂 As far as deepest fears…

Caira’s deepest fear is being alone. After she loses her entire family (other than Deek), she feels like she’s blindly beginning this new life completely on her own, without her parents or family to help her, and she feels bound by fear. Eve…[Read more]

Aw, thanks!! And *looks around* *whispers* no, I won’t tell him, though I think that about him all the time! 😀 Thank you! I thought those names fitted them well, and I think your characters’ names fit them well, too! (I still adore the name Mejia so much!!) I love nicknaming my characters, too. Sometimes I’ll refer to Newton as ‘Newt’…[Read more]

Phew! That’s good to know that I haven’t been boring everyone with them! XD Yeah, I think those characters are the most adorable ones (like Deek)! I’m glad you decided to include the romance in TSW, because I already adore your characters and definitely ship Mejia/Filip 100% 😉 Ooh, those are some great names! Though I have to admit I…[Read more]

RAISED BY SQUIRRELS??! Is it bad that, from that one thing, I IMMEDIATELY ADORE THIS CHARACTER XD!!! Bruh…..(That and the fact that I like boy charries for obvious reason XD)

I’m not sure if my reply duplicated, so I’m sorry if it did, but I just thought I’d re-post my response:)

Eeeeeeek!! Your charries (I love calling them ‘charries’ ) sound SO AMAZING!!! Oh, I know, right? I’m pretty sure all of my characters would want to imprison me for making them suffer so much… *cough Newton cough* so I can rela…[Read more]

Thank you so much!! I’m so glad that you liked Mejia:) That makes me grin like *holds hands up* this huge! She is definitely something else, (in fact TSW’s cast is something else if I come to think about it. Mainly because they’re my only WIP cast that doesn’t want to imprison me for being their author. Which is strange because I…[Read more]

Oh, WOW!! Mejia seriously sounds like an AMAZING character!! Oh, I totally agree on the age thing–my characters used to be younger until I decided to make them around fifteen so that they could be more mature/responsible (plus the whole love interest thing, too). Oooh, your romance sounds interesting!! And I like the name Filip, too!!…[Read more]

That would be so amazing… *also sighs*

I don’t mind at all. Actually, I’m extremely happy that other people are curious about my characters! 😀 And thank you! Yep, her name is Mejia, (for now that is because I have to invent a Russian version of this name). She was originally fifteen, but it upped it to sixteen after a bit of…[Read more]

Wait, seriously?? That’s so neat you got inspired that way!! Oh, same! Newton is the only character who hasn’t went through a thousand name swaps lol And no problem!

Yay, I’m so happy you are!! Oh, me too!! Hmm… let me see…

Caira has long, wavy blond hair (if you want, it can be braided at the back, like a waterfall braid). She has p…[Read more]

So I draw illustrations every day in order to get better at it and I hope y’all don’t mind, but I now and them like using your guys’ characters as inspiration:) Anyhow, @gracie-j here is a fanart illustration for Rina:)

So just to let you know, I re-read these posts and you just gave me an absolutely fabulous idea for my characters that I never thought of before *rubs hands together with a mischievous laugh that my poor characters can’t hear*. Thanks so much!

Ooooooh, girl that is SOOOO COOL!!!!!! AND YOU’RE GONNA GET KP BETA READERS????!!!! YES!!!! I’m totally gonna keep my eye open for that!! This story sounds soooo EPIC!!!! <33 Plus, I’m a sucker for stories set in Ireland, I have no idea why. XD (Also, can’t we just ALL adore this title? AMAZING!)

Abigail, those words literally spoke to my heart (I don’t care if that sounds weird, but it’s the absolute truth). That was such an encouragement to me!! I guess I just got so wrapped up in thinking that I was the only writer who ever struggled this badly, so I started doubting myself/my writing. But to hear that other people (and…[Read more]

In 

In the blizzard,

In the night,

In the lone warrior’s desperate flight,

In snow,

In the ice,

In the payment of a price,

In the hating,

In the living,

In the painful forgiving,

In the forest,

In the dark,

In the new known spark,

In the hurting,

In the healing,

In the mi…[Read more]

This is an awesome topic!

And an interesting one at that…

I suppose I’ll use Mejia (still working on a name) for this topic.
(Warning: I’m the queen of spoilers, so yes, just a warning:)

In the prologue, Mejia is wandering blindly through a blizzard, due to the fact that she was recently abandoned twice for her fighting spirit.…[Read more]

I hope you don’t mind, but I went ahead and drew Newton. I originally started out with the intentions of drawing Deek, but Newton is one of my favorites. Anyhow, here he is!

He’d come stridin…[Read more]

Oh my flying flapjacks! We have some talented writers over here! *applaudes* Everyone’s writing is totally incredible! Very well done to all of you! First drafts can be both freedom and constriction at the same time. You’re free to write and make a mess because that’s what second drafts are for, bu…[Read more]

The forest. The mountain.
In this world and in this place, they were the same thing.

Especially in the wintertime when the treetops looked like thick, cold clouds with tall brown sticks leading up and disappearing into them. The wind, though it didn’t blow often there, was bitterly cold. The air tasted… oh yes, you could…[Read more]

This next round I’m doing is specifically sensitivity readers so I can get feedback on the chronic illness representation and make sure I…[Read more]

I think the trophy for ‘Best Character’ would have to go to the heroine of my current fantasy WIP, Caira. I like Caira for many different reasons, but m…[Read more]

This is Caira, my heroine/main character

#1. For your first struggle, this is what I would recommend: let your plot come from your protago…[Read more]

Newton Rowne (third main character?) : Newton is a vil…[Read more]