CathrynV

@IluvHim18

That sounds awesome! 😀

@kathleenramm

I haven’t gotten to that spot of the book yet, so I’m not sure yet. I’ll get back to you after I write the next chapter. XD

@kathleenramm

I’m actually struggling with my WIP at the moment, struggling to find what really excites me about it, but it will cross-over with a couple of other projects and I’m excited to see how those character interactions play out. One of the characters I usually write as a kid will be an adult, for instance, so that’s likely to be fun. 🙂

@kathleenramm

What encourages me generally differs depending on why I’m discouraged. God blessed me with an exceptionally easy project that I’ve been working on for the past two years or so, so it’s a little tricky to remember the last time I handled discouragement well, since the project before that… I did not handle well. XD But I remember…[Read more]

@gracie-j I’m so glad you found that post encouraging! ^-^

@nanisnook

I have a blog post that goes into the practical tips I use to write stronger description! And all of the advice you’ve gotten thus far is also excellent. 🙂

5 Tips for Writing Vivid Descriptions

@libby Excellent! Thank you very much. ^-^

@libby

Ohhhh. That’s going to take an adjustment. XD Interesting! So they work more like “Mom” and “Dad.”

Hm. Cool. What if a letter is addressed to someone by their full name (in the opening of the letter)?

I’m not quite sure if I’m following the terms of endearment. So most ToE are stand-alone, but “chan” is a suffix? Am I understanding that…[Read more]

@libby Cool. Thanks! 🙂

@libby One more and then I think I’m actually done. XD Are everyday titles (i.e. non-familial titles) attached when speaking in third-person as well as first-person?

@libby Terms of endearment! Those are another thing I asked about when my post didn’t work. Are Japanese terms of endearment standalone like the English “sweetheart”? Or do they attach to names?

@libby I had a whole response to this latest post shortly after you posted it and I just came back to find that the whole thing vanished. *headdesks* (And it’s still giving me issues now. Urg.)

First off, thank you again for all the information! It’s super helpful, and really interesting to learn about the different ways the language works.…[Read more]

@libby I had a whole response to this latest post shortly after you posted it and I just came back to find that the whole thing vanished. *headdesks*

First off, thank you again for all the information! It’s super helpful, and really interesting to learn about the different ways the language works. 🙂

Your last paragraph answered a question I’d…[Read more]

@e-k-seaver Oh, oops. XD

Mm… I’m not sure? My route was kind of unconventional–I knowingly put less effort into my short stories because I know they’re not what I’m focused on and I wanted to put out something decent but not necessarily stellar while I worked on novels–but… it worked for me? Those short stories were a great opportunity f…[Read more]

@joy-caroline Mine too! I should maybe clarify I don’t really listen to much opera opera? Phantom of the Opera is about as official as I get with my opera. I don’t listen to much of the super dramatic stage opera sort of stuff. I’m more using the term incorrectly to refer to anything that goes super ridiculously high. XD But yes! Phantom of the O…[Read more]

@e-k-seaver Since I only do line edits and copy edits, I tried to choose a reasonable price based on what I saw others doing while also bumping it up a little so I charge based on what I’m good at (sort of “making up for” the fact that I don’t do developmental edits, which are generally a little more expensive). But it looks like I got the balance…[Read more]

@e-k-seaver Ah. I think I was underestimating how many fewer pages a novella can be. XD And also working off of my own pricing, which I might need to adjust down a little bit. I haven’t worked with her yet, but she’s tops on my list for this next book. I’d be curious what she says on the line vs. content editing front, if you’d like to share…[Read more]

@e-k-seaver That looks really low for an editor. What type of edits are you looking at?

And your cover price looks high. Poole Publishing makes good-looking covers (depending to some degree on the genre, it looks like) for $150 at the most expensive. A $400-$600 cover might give you more of a quality guarantee, but you can go cheaper without…[Read more]

@libby I really only dabbled in the ocarina. My dad had one, along with a book of LotR songs for ocarina, so I played around with it for a little bit and then got distracted and haven’t really touched it since… I’m really bad with sticking to instruments. XD

@joy-caroline Everything? XD I actually have a lot of fun singing in a variety of…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I don’t have the discipline to grow callouses for a string instrument (I liked violin for a while, but then I decided the callouses would be too much work XD), I don’t have good enough breath support for wind instruments (except ocarina, for some reason; I’m okay-ish at ocarina), I don’t read music very well, and I like/am good at…[Read more]