Ariel Ashira

@skredder

A futeristic tavern/pub sort of place. Probably pretty dirty, quite crowded, I can imagine the walls being metal for some reason, but very grubby. She usually sits behind the bar and paints at an easel.

@christi-eaton Jim Weiss does some very enjoyable versions of G. A. Henty’s books.  However, he does edit them to ensure they can be heard by children, which some might think is a good thing, and others a bad thing. 🙂 (I usually prefer the unabridged versions.)

I don’t listen to audiobooks much, but when I do I go to librivox.org for free…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 lol, that thought did cross my mind, but I checked everywhere. ???????

Which is to say I have no suggestions, unfortunately.

@christi-eaton Sorry. I like audiobooks, but prefer reading in paper or kindle.

@gh24682468999, do you still need people to read this? I’m an MK going through this

@seekjustice Could you also briefly describe the surroundings she is usually found in?

@dekreel I don’t know that one, but I think I do know the one Louise Fowler posted over a month ago which no one answered…

@perfectfifths, is it Fezzik from The Princess Bride when he and Inigo are trying to find the “Man in Black?”

Anyone know this one?  (We can do books, too, right?)

“He calls me a crow, because my hair is black…”

@emily-d I’ve actually had the same problem before. I get really attached to my babies….

Anyway, is she not able to save any parts of the story at all? Maybe brainstorm some more to make it where she’ll like it? If not, then I think putting them in another story should be okay, though I think it should probably be in the same genre as they were…[Read more]

@valtmy

@kaya-young

@gh24682468999

@mariposa

I love all of your quotes!❤👍

@mariposa I like Charles Spurgeon too. Have you read his morning and evening devotional book?

@valtmy Wow, Rochellaine covered it pretty well, lol.

Some babies might be deep sleepers, but they frequently wake up in the middle of the night and cry for attention (I have two younger siblings), so I don’t know if saying the baby was a deep sleeper is enough (it’s also been a while since my siblings were babies). I like the idea of a false…[Read more]

@supermonkey42  @perfectfifths  @whoever

Bonus points and my undying respect to those of you who can guess these:

Two characters on the telephone:

Character 1: “I’ll be there in an AAAAAAAAAA…!”

Character 2: “In an ‘hour?’ I can’t wait an hour!”

Second quote:

“Dynamic deduction!”

@catwing This will sound like a totally ridiculous question unless you are the person I’m thinking of…

Something you said here about a book you are writing made me want to ask: When you were about twelve years old did you write a book about a detective animal – I think a rabbit?

And illustrate it yourself?

Have you ever been to the HEAV…[Read more]

@mariposa  Ohh, no…… X’D

@emily-d  Tell me about the characters! I love hearing about them. What kind of world do they live in? What are their personalities like? How old are they? That way I can give you a story idea based on the characters and the world they live in 🙂

@rochellaine

Haha sorry about coming across as wanting to give stress to poor Chara. I have a habit of stressing out my own characters, especially at the beginning of my stories where I need to kickstart the plot so that was just where my mind went. 🙂

The problem I had as a reader was that I don’t particularly feel a need for Chara to change,…[Read more]

@valtmy Thanks for commenting!  You make some very good points.

Giving Chara a bad experience at home so that she flees to her aunt and uncle’s house to mature and then go back to face the problems at home is a reasonable idea, and I’ve read several books with that premise.  My problem with it is if something like that happened to me, I don’t t…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 No idea. 🙂  Good quote, though.

@ingridrd Oh, I LOVE the Julie Wright quote!  Most people think this is weird, but my form of optimism is often not “Things could be worse,” but “Now that I’ve experienced this horrible thing, I can write about it more correctly.” 😀

@valtmy I think time loops are really cool, though they do kind of give me a headache. 🙂  I don’t really have anything to add, but I’m wondering where you got the idea?

There’s a hilarious episode of Stargate SG-1 that deals with time loops and their quirks called Window of Opportunity.  If you’re writing about time loops you might enjoy it, and…[Read more]