C.L. Speck

@koshka

FUN!!!! I’ll take a listen!

@theducktator

I would say keep any gender issues out of MG. I was reading MG at 7ish, and my parents never told me about any of that stuff until I was a teen. Finding out about it, even from a Biblical perspective, would have traumatized tiny me.

That’s a valid point! What I meant is illustrated anyway in a decent book. Have your characters behave…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon @koshka

I LOVE THIS!!!

Now go write more! Now!

🤣

I must know what happens!!!! *sob*

@esther-c

Sorry, I don’t read Middle-grade fiction, so I won’t be much help

@loopylin

Chase

Chase hesitated. “I-I…” he fell silent, shaking his head. “N-no i-dea. W-who’s Lo-Lo-is?”

Also, there’s a difference between the Chosen One trope and a For Such a Time mentality. I would love to see the true value of humanity, of the reader, addressed. That we are made with purpose and by intention. There is hope. God doesn’t waste His time making and loving children just to destroy them in Hell. This is why we cannot decide to be a…[Read more]

-What did/do you enjoy about your favorite MG novels?

Humor. Slapstick sparingly and good wit whenever it’s needed.

I liked characters I could connect to (although considering my personality, I could empathize easily) I liked it when the suffering was real. Kids can be done of the most melodramatic people on the planet, but like Koshka said,…[Read more]

@koshka

That’s perfect! I love it.

In Which Trees are Dangerous, and Aenwest Considers Doubles

Chapter 7

The closer we got to the Dell, the more tangled the trees became. It should have been much like the woods around Multnomah Falls, WA, but years ago, as I told Dwogin when he tripped over an exposed root, the Rangers had planted saplings between the older trees and woven them…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @koshka @keilah-h @hybridlore @theducktator @anyoneinterested

Some days we kinda forget,

Some WIPS will never go on.

Gotta get the rest of it done,

All the way to the Silver Star.

(Far away, through writer’s block so bold.)

*cough cough*

Although it’s been neglected, it has not been abandoned. We have another chapter!

@theducktator

Like the others said, that depends on your characters. (They had some great advice.)

I think it would also depend on how expected/tragic the death was. While doesn’t necessarily lessen grief, it makes a lot of difference in how one processes it. (I think. Not an expert.) In some ways it would be worse, especially if they were…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

Yippy!!!

*Considers playing The Game on brothers*

Nah, way too risky.

@linus-smallprint

Hmmm.

So basically I made you lose by asking what the game is?

@loopylin

Aw cute!!!!

@keilah-h

My friends and I did Henna together! Her brother is a missonary and had just gotten back from the wedding of a girl from India. The girls of the village knew that he had sisters, and they gifted him a whole bunch of henna. We put on a girly movie and did the art from the inside of the first finger all the way up to the bend in the…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

I am still confused about this.

What is the game, and how have I lost it?

@loopylin

Chase

Chase got up, leaving his soda can beside where he was sitting. He retrieved Felicity’s can, planning to throw it away in the proper place later. He sat back down again.

“L-like s-sun…sat?” Chase was quiet and still for a moment, before turning to look at Felicity. He had formed his eyes into a reflection of a bright sunset.…[Read more]

@theducktator

First off, funny forum signature.

Second, what are the ages of your characters? because in my experience, different ages respond differently to death. Children (under 10 maybe?) usually know that death exists, but aren’t very afraid of it because they don’t understand. Adults, especially people in their 20s, and 40s, for whatever…[Read more]

@freed_and_redeemed

Well I’m really, really excited about it! I already have money set aside for when it comes out. 🙃

But yeah, certainly trust God on the timing.

aw yay! I’m glad you saw it. Not many people replied so I wasn’t sure. The tags are also being super wonky.

@freed_and_redeemed

Ahhh! So sweet!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!

btw, when is the last book going to be out?!?!

Also, have you seen the announcement I had?!?!