RaeMarie

Welcome, and plan to have lots of fun during your stay here 😉 What type of stories do you like to write? Allegorical fantasy and futuristic suspense are my favorites (how do those two even go together?)

A logo is a good idea. Currently I’m thinking about changing the header of my e-mails to plain text…or maybe not. I looked up Fiverr and that could work. Though you have to pay extra for colors most of the time and if you want to have full rights, you pay more too. Maybe I’ll see if I can get my brother to help me. He’s good at art stuff when he…[Read more]

@Daeus Thanks. This is the first time I’ve tried something like this, so any and all kinds of feedback and suggestions are appreciated. 😉

Well, what is Christmas break for if not catching up on writing and putting things I’ve been learning into practice? 🙂

In case anyone is interested, I’m starting a newsletter which I’ll currently be e-mailing out every month. It will have humorous writing incidences, exclusive contests, news about WIPs and fun stuff like that. 🙂 You can sign up for it here. 🙂

@Daeus (and everyone else), have you checked out this free book of Nick Stephenson’s about marketing? It’s really good, and nice and short as well. 🙂

The romance doesn’t have to be an overt story plot either; it can just be a quiet subplot that filters in though the story itself (if that made any sense).

@ivy-rose oops, sorry. I had a fleeting thought that you’d probably see this thread and get some spoilers about the next book (though only a few since I don’t know all that happens yet myself). As for Sean…shall I tell you or make you wait in suspense? 😉 Except it won’t be for nearly a year, so I suppose I’ll tell if you wish…

A pepper bomb…and with everyone used to high tech weapons they’ve no defense against such an old-fashion burning hindrance. 😉

Enigma will be changing, kind of like what you suggested. Well, it has several layers and each one keeps getting worse as they figure it out. Except the government doesn’t know about all of it…But if her father died…[Read more]

A pepper bomb…and with everyone used to high tech weapons they’ve no defense against such a burning hindrance. 😉

Enigma will be changing, kind of like what you suggested. Well, it has several layers and each one keeps getting worse as they figure it out. Except the government doesn’t know about all of it…But if her father died in…[Read more]

Basically, in the middle of the book, Anna needs to discover more about Enigma, and she’s also involved in intelligence work with the Christians and to help the rebels. I just need to figure how she does these various things. And how/why her father should die.

The theme of the story is trusting in God; that God is enough even if you lose everything. As for the climax…still working on it. Though I think it has to do with her father dying (it’s at this point, probably, that part of her internal conflict is resolved). Then the climax will probably be with Anna and a small group having to hold off the…[Read more]

Giving characters contrasting qualities can be humorous. A bad guy who corrects everyone’s grammar. Or a hero who is terrified of mice. Or a judge who likes puns but can’t laugh at them in public because he needs to keep a dignified picture of himself.

Protagonists:
Ethaniel
Anna West

Secondary Characters:
Levi Hawthorne
Nathan Flint Key
Sean Lindstrom
Jether
Jagger
Silvara

Villians:
Jasper Cornelius Wyss
Kagan Trent

I attended the webinar; I learned a lot and thought it was really good. Thanks for bringing it up, @Daeus.

@kate-flournoy Wonderful dramatic end. It made me laugh. 😉

Anna West, definitely. Mainly because I’ve based her (in part) of imaginings of myself in various situations. She’s an 18 year old girl in America 200 years in the future, and she is a Christian who works in the underground and, later on, in the rebellion.

As I’ve told my sister, I’ve not come to a final decision about the cloak…I’ll talk to Mom about it first. But it’s as much fun to scandalize Joy about things I’d like to do as it is to actually do them. 🙂

Except…I really liked that book. Well, as much as I knew of it anyway. 🙁 Write another story using the same theme and characters.

And why am I writing this to you when you’re sitting across from me talking to me and distracting me from writing this to you?