Ariel Ashira

@ariella-newheart

How many characters is needed really depends on your story. If your series is supposed to be a sprawling epic, having 30 recurring characters might be appropriate or even expected. Just a few tips that might be helpful:

1. Do not introduce too many characters all at once. This will just get confusing for readers.
2. Be clear on…

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@seekjustice Ummm, which Joseph?  There were two important ones.  I’m assuming you mean the one from Genesis, not the one from Matthew and Luke?

Yeah, I would never think of crushing on most of the characters in the Bible, no matter how much I admire them.  But for some reason Jonathan really appeals to me as a man, not just a hi…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Quillon is one of my favourites 🙂

@clairec uhh….*starts to sweat furiously* Not sure. It was a long time ago. But I am definitely now going to go and reread A Little Bush Maid and see if I can track down a hardcopy of the others.

@rochellaine

Ha, I’ve always liked Joseph a lot, but I’m not sure if I would say I had a crush on him, just that I really like him and look up to…[Read more]

Getting back to the original topic…Has anyone read The Courtship of Miles Standish?  I really loved John Alden in that because the poor guy had to fight it out with himself about whether to help his best friend court the girl that he was actually in love with himself.

I also adore Peter in Not Regina.

And I’ve always wondered: Is it sa…[Read more]

@Ariella-newheart Oh cool! You’re exactly right I’m from Middle-Earth (or from Australia, take your pick ;P)

@dekreel OOoohh! Shakespeare!

@radically-surrendered  Oliver Twist is great! I’m not sure if I’ve read Christy or it just sounds familiar. I’ll have to find it!

@ariella-newheart Oh, I had this same problem with one of my books… 🙂

Since this is a series you are writing, the easiest way to do it without confusing the readers might be to make only a few characters the important ones in each book.  If the others are background characters in one book, and then they become important characters in another…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart  Good question! I have struggled with the exact same thing in my KPA (that’s Kapeefer Adventure, sort of like the LOKD). I guess it depends on the series: How long it is, and when and where your MC(s) are traveling. If you have to put in all your recurring characters, you could either alter the characters so they fit each scene,…[Read more]

@clairec Haha!  No, I was speaking figuratively.  There’s no specific “marriageable age.”  😀

However, my dad is from the Middle Eastern culture, and marriage and grandchildren are very important to him, and to all of us.  After all, “children are a blessing.” 🙂  The way we figure it is a guy is “ready” to get married when he has a good job with…[Read more]

@jenwriter17  Probably not tomorrow, but I should be available on the weekend

@dekreel aw, sorry I can’t join you this time (seems like we keep missing each other huh?) do you think you’re gonna be on tomorrow or the weekend?

@rochellaine  @seekjustice  @clairec  @dragon-snapper  @jenwriter17  @aislinn-mollisong

*peeks in*  Anyone still here?

@kaya-young  Good topic idea! Let’s see…. The most recent thing I can think of is Shakespeare’s play, Richard III. I haven’t read Act 5, though, so no spoilers X)

@jenwriter17  Yes! read Dawn of Wonder ASAP! 😉

A Time to Die sounds really interesting! I’ll have to find it. Thanks for answering!

@rochellaine okay, I like that name 🙂

I really like the title Ticket to Blueberria.

I really like your first lines. Maybe you could do it like this: once there was a boy who loved blueberries. At least, he thought he did. Oliver had never tasted one in his life. That way the MC’s name is established early, and you get to keep that awesome f…[Read more]

@rochellaine  Personally, I really like your beginning of “Once there was a boy who loved blueberries.  At least he thought he did.” It’s really fun and perfect for reading aloud to a sleepy 4 year old. 😉

Maybe you could do “Oliver’s parents knew that he loved blueberries,” instead of “His parents knew that he loved blueberries,” at the begi…[Read more]

@kaya-young wow, this books sounds cool! *goes to check it out on Goodreads*

most of my reading lately has been for school, but…..

I just finished A Time to Die, by Nadine Brandes. (warning: mild spoilers!!!) Everyone (in the USE-United States of the East) has a clock that tells them exactly when they’re going to die. It’s not like I was…[Read more]

@rochellaine Thanks! I play around with Sindarin from LOTR and Norwegian to come up with random stuff. 😀

Ualair is pronounced *looks at Google Doc where pronunciation guide is* *looks back at KP* (Yew-AH-lair Fehn-CAR-yin)