CathrynV

Hi, Elizabeth! We seem to have a lot in common!

• Words are, indeed, amazing. I wish I was better with using them, but I do love admiring others’ better skill with them, lol.
• I can’t play any instruments (I leave that to my dad and my sister; my dad can play I-don’t-even-know-how-many instruments, lol), but I’ve been singing my whole life. What…

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@leon-fleming I’m… not sure whether to be flattered, amused, or just very confused at this title. XD

I really enjoyed The Hobbit the first time I read it. I was younger at the time. And I certainly don’t dislike it now, it’s just not tops on my list, lol. And I definitely agree that The Silmarillion is a legend, even if it can be difficult to…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Definitely! Maybe you could just be a student of the Inklings and learn from all of them. ;D

@kathleenramm I’ve been rereading The Lord of the Rings and I love it. I’m not so big a fan of The Hobbit or The Silmarillion (I found the former a little boring and the latter just complex and long, though I still appreciate them for their craftsmanship and stories), and I haven’t read much of his other work yet. But I love The Lord of the Rings. ^-^

@devastate-lasting Yes! Bradbury’s prose is amazing! I remember reading the first paragraph of Fahrenheit 451 and immediately pausing in awe because the fire motif was so strong already.

I’d choose Tolkien, though. His worldbuilding, his language-building, his characters and character relationships and focus on ordinary people… I would just…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I haven’t read a whole lot, but the short story Chronicles of Steele: Raven: Episode 1 by Pauline Creeden is good; I imagine the rest of the series is also. I also read Hoffmann’s Assistant by Renee Lauter (another short story), which wasn’t as deep or polished as it maybe could have been but was still enjoyable to read. I’ve also…[Read more]

The only one I’d like to try that I’ve never written before would be steampunk. Steampunk seems like it would be so much fun, and I love the style and tone! But I haven’t really had any steampunk-style ideas yet, so I haven’t tried it out.

There are other genres, though, that I’ve written in and just would like to do more and… don’t. Like…[Read more]

I have a music Instagram account @singwhenwordsfail. There are only a handful of songs up (most of them under saved stories), but I’ve been meaning to start posting again.

@reaganramm That’s a really cool song! It has a very Owl City-ish style, and your voice seems well-suited to the sound. I’ll have to check out more of your work!

*waves* Hi. I sing! 🙂 I was in choir for twelve years (it’s so weird putting that in the past tense…), so I have some training. Nothing super formal, but enough that I know how to sing pretty well. And I love experimenting with different sounds on my own, imitating different styles and whatnot. 🙂 My range is roughly E3 to E6 on a good day? The…[Read more]