Josiah DeGraaf

@sleepwalkingmk Huh. I’m not seeing anything in spam, so I’m not sure what happened on that front. :/

Either way, I like the tension between the character’s plot and thematic goals there. I’m a bit unsure, however, from what you’ve said if your plot goal is really the plot goal of your story. It seems like the protagonist stops trying to achieve…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum, @pickupyourpenandwrite! Glad you joined us. 🙂 Great work in passing the 50,000 word mark with your latest novel! Do you have a revision plan in place yet for the work?

@dekreel @jadamae Hmm… So I can see in the “Character Name Exchange” thread that the edited post was marked as spam. What happens if you try to edit the first post of the thread? Does the whole thread disappear?

@dekreel That sounds frustrating–sorry you’ve been running into that! Is there a recent forum thread you can point us to where you’ve had this issue? I’m wondering if for some reason the forum software thinks your comments are spam and is trying to remove them from public view.

@livgiordano I second what some other people said that I don’t think you can fully do this without mentioning Christ. That being said, I don’t think you need to fully explore a theme or provide a full message within a short story. As long as you explore several true aspects of the theme & message and are pointing readers in the right direction, I…[Read more]

What initially attracts you to subscribe to an email list?

I either know the person or am really interested in the free resource they’re giving out. Or they have a cool giveaway.

What kind of things should I write about?

I’d say it all depends on what kind of audience you’re trying to cultivate. Think about what your ideal audience would like…[Read more]

@hope and @daeus both have. Hope even created the Kindle version of the Best of 2016 KP eBook we created last year. 🙂

@jenwriter17 Yess… I’ve been on a bit of a sci-fi kick lately, so here’s what I got in addition to those mentioned.

-Ender’s Game & Speaker for the Dead (the sequel) are my two favorite speculative fiction books of all time. There’s some language in both books, so if that concerns you, you probably want to stay clear of it, but the themes are…[Read more]

Welcome to the site @bella-d! Glad you joined us. 🙂 Are you more of a novel, novella, or short story writer?

@gh24682468999 Good question. There are a number of copyright-free photo sources out there. We mostly use Unsplash and Pexel. If you’re looking for others, Teachable has a great list here: http://blog.teachable.com/post/120193329843/the-13-ultimate-free-stock-photo-sites As long as you use a site with copyright-free photos, it’s legal to use or…[Read more]

@rochellaine Late to the party, but welcome to the forum! 🙂

@mnvalentine That does sound helpful to be able to switch from one to the other if you run into writer’s block or plot holes with one particular story. I may have to try that out for myself some day.

Thanks–I’m glad you enjoyed reading those. 🙂 They’re a lot of fun to write. And thanks for the well-wishes as well (both you and @jenwriter17)!…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Cool–kudos to you for being able to handle two novels at once! I’ve never tried that myself, and it sounds difficult to juggle two different stories at once over the long term like that. 😛

Haha; not top-secret at all! I’m actually sending book proposals for one of my fantasy novels this week to some different literary agencies to…[Read more]

@mnvalentine Welcome to the site! That’s an amazing rank idea. xD I’d be tempted to add it except no one would ever see it if I did… or maybe I <i>have</i> already added that rank and nobody else knows… *grins mysteriously*

Anyways, great to see another Austen fan and fantasy novelist on the site. How far are you with your current novel? Are…[Read more]

@skredder Neat. I was more of a Hardy Boy than a Nancy Drew reader during elementary/middle school, but I definitely read a lot of those books back then. 🙂

Welcome to the site @skredder! Glad you found us. 🙂 What authors have influenced you most as a writer?

@sleepwalkingmk Good thoughts–the records of the biblical kings in Kings and Chronicles form some really interesting case studies of Experiments in Living & Poetic Justice. You can certainly use dramatic irony like that to create catharsis; in recent storytelling, Rogue One also uses a similar narrative technique in similar fashion (albeit with…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 I’m strongly considering attending. 🙂 They’ve got a great line-up of speakers!

Hey @abby1; welcome to the site! Glad you’ve found us and joined our community here. 🙂 What first inspired you to be a writer?