Greetings, Kapeefers! I’m going to peak my head out of my hiatus for a second to ask some questions:

In my children’s books, I have a school bully, and lately I have been considering giving him a bigger part of my books. So my questions are: What are the motives of a bully? What are the literary cliches of a bully? And…[Read more]

A confession I have is that I’m not very good at connecting to my characters and getting excited about them, and being able to develop even the side characters pretty well seems really daunting.

So how do you guys all get excited about your characters? Are there certain methods you use to do character development? And are you able…[Read more]

So I was wondering if there are other better, less…[Read more]

@jane-maree Ooh, thanks 😀 Your advice is really helpful. Although I have yet to decide whether this is plausible for me to pursue in the next few years, I have an idea of where to…[Read more]

Hey, anyone around? I’m…kind of writing.

@audrey-caylin When I was little, I did the same thing with my mom! I dictated the stories and she wrote them down for me.

Most of my stories when I was young were about giants, princesses, and mermaids. I found a cute short story I wrote when I was a bit older (8) that I might post here. 😉

Yeah, I did similar things to you. Stick people. Except there was no dialogue. So I had to narrate everything that they said or else it wouldn’t make sense XD

They’ve been going okay. Despite the fact that I’m on writer’s block in the middle of ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS!! *claws table furiously*

I’m wriiiiiiiitiiiiingg!

Here’s the link!

She’s an editor for our school’s journalism club and was head editor for a recently released literary magazine. (She’s also an incredibly hard-working and responsible friend, so I’d recommend her on that basis if not anything…[Read more]

@seekjustice  @rochellaine  @waterlily @kaya-young  @dragon-snapper  @aislinn-mollisong  @audrey-caylin  @anyone…

I’m doing some editing…

Part Five: The Cart at the Edge of the Forest

“Wild troll-things?” Jenna wondered to herself as she soared on Kai’s back through the night.

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Several minutes later, she was at the edge of the Vivid Green forest, the largest wood on the island. The ankle-high grass shone white under the radiant, full moon (whic…[Read more]

(And Audrey, I also redid my blog button, if you could update that too. 😀 Thanks! )

@dragon-snapper  *looks at un-melted chair* *looks at you* *looks back at chair* Whoa. Thanks, Snapper!

Also, when I read “He won’t let you go,” I almost cried. It’s so true. Have you heard that Switchfoot song, I Won’t Let you Go? That’s what came to mind. (Obviously HAHA)

@audrey-caylin  Woww, I LOVE that m…[Read more]

Over the past year or so, my story has changed drastically from what I originally intended—and I’m not even done writing it yet. I started out aiming for a specific end result, but as the story progressed, different plot threads would virtually appear on my page, helping fix certain issues, but also altering…[Read more]

I need some help… Lately I have been seriously self-doubting myself and my ability to write, and comparing myself to other writers.

I write because I love story-telling, not because I want to be published (although that would be kinda cool). I just want to write stories. And I don’t…[Read more]

There. 😛

@aratrea @audrey-caylin

Thanks for the advice. 😀

Or I guess the real question is, how do I use facebook as a writer…[Read more]

@introvert_girl Right. The emotions in my character should be strengthening them… I’ll try to keep that in mind…

@ethryndal This is for the third book in the trilogy, so I can understand why you’re not seeing it. I think one of the problems might be that I’m focusing too much on characters and not…[Read more]

I’m here! Formatting the KPA for *squeaky whisper* publishing tomorrow!

Question: Why do you blog? Besides, you know, to let your friends know what’s up with you

Yesssss, I can’t wait to read the next part!

*barely keeps from exploding in excitement* I know!!

@audrey-caylin  YES!! *explodes in excitement anyway* FINALLY! Unfortunately it’s not as diverse as I hoped it would b…[Read more]

Hi! How’s it going?

Greetings! I’m at the KPA again. Getting to a fun part… *rubs paws together deviously*

They definitely are! I’ve done some editing, and now I’m focussing on Daeus’ Show Don’t Tell Course, so I’ll be probably be off for a bit!

I’m come to join you and pull out my hair over first sentences and editing 🙂

@jane-maree, hope you can make it!

So, my blog is mostly writing related, though I do write a few inspirational/Christian posts. One thing I did, last December, was invite a whole lot of guest bloggers to come and talk about things God had taught them, and I found that really encouraging (and I hope my readers did too). So one thing you could do would be to invite other…[Read more]

Let’s see if I can get more writing done… Care to join me?

*still resisting*

*fails*

*sighhh…*

@aislinn-mollisong  @dragon-snapper  @seekjustice  @audrey-caylin  @rochellaine  @catwing  @anyone

*yawns again* I’m going to do some chores, and then sit down to write in a few minutes. See you then!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!

@dekreel @daeus @epicaddie2 @kate-flournoy @aratrea @audrey-caylin @anyone else

I mean really. I’ve been struggling with this stuck-ed-ness for months.

I took a five day break.

SO WHY DIDN’T A TAKE A BREAK SOONER!

I went back to writing today after missing it…for once XD… and wrote 1397 words that I actually like in one sitting.

So yeah. I LOVE WRITING AGAIN AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 I got that reference. 😉

Bleh.

Well… thanks for the info… I suppose I’ll have to work around that.

Oh! *faints* that quote makes so. much. sense. it’s beautiful 😊

Here’s a quote I found.

I don’t know who Charles de Lint is, but I really like this quote. We each have a unique voice and style, we just have to embrace it.

I’m gonna tag more people: @jane-maree @mariposa @dekreel @daeus @aratrea @radically-surren…[Read more]