@clairec
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BlueJay posted an update 8 years, 2 months ago
I have got BIG news. (No I didn’t just get engaged.) I entered a writing competition a few months ago and the presentation for the prizes was last night. I had just moved out of the 14-18yrs, so I was against adults. *nervous gulp* But here are the results.
Adult short story – Anna’s Savanna – 1st place
Adult poetry – I’m proud to be Australian -…[Read more] -
BlueJay started the topic The Hobbit in the forum 8 years, 2 months ago
@graciekry @his-instrument @jess @clairec @the-happy-bookaholic @dragon-snapper @timothy-young @warrioroftherealm @winter-rose @ingridrd @aysia-serene @adry_grace @daeus @belegteleri @hope @overcomer @vanna @faithdk @kate-flournoy @jadamae @hislittlerose @hannah-krynicki @writefury @hannah-olsen @dbhgodreigns @wordfitlyspoken @hannah-c @spradlin @i…[Read more]
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BlueJay replied to the topic Bible Challenge in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@sarah-h Thanks and good night. 🙂
@clairec Have you ever read a book about someone paralyzed in the legs and then you feel like you can’t move them? Thank you also for the feed back on it. 🙂 I’ll watch it one day.
I’m off to bed too. See you tomorrow. (Well actually I won’t probably as I’ll be out and about, but I might make it on early in the…[Read more] -
BlueJay replied to the topic The Next Book Choosing in the forum Book Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@graciekry @his-instrument @jess @clairec @the-happy-bookaholic @dragon-snapper @timothy-young @warrioroftherealm @emma-flournoy @winter-rose @ingridrd @aysia-serene @adry_grace @daeus @belegteleri @hope @overcomer @vanna @faithdk @gretald @kate-flournoy @jadamae @hislittlerose @hannah-krynicki @writefury @hannah-olsen @zoe-wingfeather @dbhgodreign…[Read more]
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BlueJay posted an update 8 years, 2 months ago
Correct me if this doesn’t make sense, but this was a quote that I made up myself.
“Everything in life is fair. It’s just not always what we want.” ~ Tessa 🙂
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Sarah Hoven replied to the topic Bible Challenge in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@bluejay @claireC @anna-brie How are you all doing? Has it been harder/ easier than you thought? Are you glad you’re doing it? I’m not sure what I was expecting, but so far it hasn’t been hard at all, although there have been a few moments of temptation. I’m glad I’m doing it. Especially since we just moved, so my 2 1/2 hour routine has been…[Read more]
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BlueJay started the topic The Idea – Poem in the forum Poetry Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
Here’s another poem for critiquing.
@faithdk; @spardlin; @daeus; @kate-flournoy; @dragon-snapper; @clairec; @overcomer; @gretald; @ingridrd; @winter-rose; @everyone
(I’ve had to do it with a photo, so that it’s the right shape.) 🙂
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Jess replied to the topic Writers' Corner 2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Hi everyone, is anyone still writing? A little late to the party, I know. @clairec, @bluejay, @overcomer, @anyone-else I forgot?
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BlueJay replied to the topic The Next Book Choosing in the forum Book Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@graciekry @his-instrument @jess @clairec @the-happy-bookaholic @dragon-snapper @timothy-young @warrioroftherealm @emma-flournoy @winter-rose @ingridrd @christi-eaton @aysia-serene @adry_grace @daeus @belegteleri @hope @overcomer @vanna @faithdk @anna-brie @gretald @kate-flournoy @jadamae @hislittlerose @hannah-krynicki @writefury @hannah-olsen @zo…[Read more]
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BlueJay replied to the topic The Next Book Choosing in the forum Book Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@graciekry @his-instrument @jess @clairec @the-happy-bookaholic @dragon-snapper @timothy-young @warrioroftherealm @emma-flournoy @winter-rose @ingridrd @christi-eaton @aysia-serene @adry_grace @daeus @belegteleri @hope @overcomer @vanna @faithdk @anna-brie @gretald @kate-flournoy @jadamae @hislittlerose @hannah-krynicki @writefury @hannah-olsen @zo…[Read more]
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Sarah Hoven replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
@ClaireC I would read it because I like war fiction, especially WWII fiction, and I like Australia. If this is your actual book synopsis, you might want to focus more on Evelyn’s character arc, like Josiah said. But if this is just your basic story idea, I like it. 🙂
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BlueJay replied to the topic The Next Book Choosing in the forum Book Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
@graciekry @clairec @the-happy-bookaholic @timothy-young @warrioroftherealm @winter-rose @aysia-serene @adry_grace @daeus @belegteleri @overcomer @vanna @faithdk @gretald @kate-flournoy @hislittlerose @writefury @hannah-olsen @zoe-wingfeather @dbhgodreigns @wordfitlyspoken @ivy-rose
Voting ends soon, so get your vote in, if you want it to count.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
@clairec: Tbh, that premise probably isn’t enticing enough to make me really want to read a story. I’m a bit confused about what the main plot is and how her service as a nurse connects to destroying the contents of a secret safe. Is this a spy thriller, action adventure, gritty war story, [insert-other-genres-here]? A good premise should be…[Read more]
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BlueJay replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
@clairec *nods head hard* Yes I would read this. Sounds exciting. *goes away nodding heading.*
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Anna Brie replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
@ClaireC I’d read it. @emma-flournoy The Japanese did bomb Darwin.
It doesn’t sound like alternative history to me though. Alternative history is “a genre of fiction in which the author speculates on how the course of history might have been altered if a particular historical event had had a different outcome.”
So if your premise included a…[Read more]
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BlueJay replied to the topic Movies in the forum Film 8 years, 2 months ago
@clairec It was made a year ago. And no, the maiden was a friend of ours. Yes, Toby Jay is my brother and technically my user name as nothing to do with him. But it’s a bit of a long story. 😉 My sister made all of the costumes for the movie. She’s in the middle of editing another movie this year and I play the maiden in that one. (I’ll post the…[Read more]
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Snapper started the topic Why We Do This in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Hey, everyone!
I was just thinking about writing (granted, I’m always thinking about writing, but that’s beside the point). Why do we do it? Why do we want to put a bunch of words onto a page; make remixes of the Dictionary? What motivates us?
Writer’s Block, in my opinion, is just lack of motivation, so, I was thinking that each of us writers…[Read more] -
Snapper started the topic Why We Do This in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 2 months ago
Hey, everyone!
I was just thinking about writing (granted, I’m always thinking about writing, but that’s beside the point). Why do we do it? Why do we want to put a bunch of words onto a page; make remixes of the Dictionary? What motivates us?
Writer’s Block, in my opinion, is just lack of motivation, so, I was thinking that each of us writers…[Read more] -
Snapper replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
This sounds like a great book, @clairec! My suggestions, if you will accept, are these.
When the Japanese bomb Darwin, she is finally allowed to become an army nurse.
I had to read this at least ten times, thinking that the Japanese bomb was named Darwin. You might want to put, ‘When the Japanese bomb Darwin, Australia, she is finally allowed…[Read more]
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Greta replied to the topic Alternative Historical Fiction Book Premise in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 2 months ago
@clairec I would definitely read your novel! It sounds very interesting. 🙂
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Wow!! Way to go, @Bluejay! Great work! Congratulations! So proud of you. 😀
@kate-flournoy Oh, thanks. 🙂 I was so shocked when it happened. 😀
Wow, @bluejay , that’s awesome! 😀
I hope we get to read some of this stuff …
@overcomer *taps side of nose* You might… *mysterious grin* 😀
And thanks. 🙂
That’s fantastic and super exciting! Congratulations! I love the fact that we have amazing KeePers who are sharing their stories. Great work! 🙂 🙂 🙂
From stories shared, we learn. 🙂 @christi-eaton I should go in for quote making. 😛
You totally should @bluejay 🙂 Who knows I may have to use some of your stuff. I love quotes, and accidentally stumbling across good ones 🙂
Sweet @bluejay! 🙂
😉 @daeus Totally (please tell me that you’ve seen Finding Nemo.)
@bluejay I have. What does that have to do with this?
@daeus How can you have watched it and still not know? *faints* Think, man, think. @julia-r Do you know?
Uum, I really don’t know. It’s been several years.
Oh okay. I’ll tell you. Actually, I’ll give you a hint. Think turtles. 🙂
Yup. Welcome to the EAC! Loved the little cameo in Finding Dory.
I got it! 😀
@christi-eaton & @julia-r Yay! You got it. 🙂
@bluejay– Awesome! That’s so cool! Writing competitions scare me. Way to be brave!
@julia-r Writing competitions can be scary. I felt sick as we were driving over. But it is a great reward for all the hard work put into story writing.
Congratulations! That’s really exciting. You keep writing those stories, and someday you’ll make a difference in the world.
@anna-brie I hope to make a difference one day. My younger sister wants to publish a set of stories about a cat called Chaos, that I’ve written, so maybe one day….
Woo Hoo! Way to go, @bluejay
@clairec Thank you. 🙂
Congratulations, @bluejay!!!!!! That is so exciting!
@hope I still can’t believe that it’s happened!!!!!!! Thanks.
@dragon-snapper Finding writing competitions is definitely hard. I only know one or two.
*grins* No worries. *takes one of the ice creams and sits licking it happily*
@dragon-snapper For some reason your comment has disappeared. 🙁 Did you want to write a new one? 😉
*sniffs pitifully* It doesn’t like me!!! Wahhh!
Anyways, I said something about finding KP in my search for writing competitions, and Congratulations!
@dragon-snapper I think it was partly my fault. Did you “reply” to the comment I sent to Hope. Cause I found a spelling error in my message, after you had posted, and so I deleted it and made a new message and it probably took yours too. You can go to you history if you wanted to find out what you said.
DUDETTE!!!! THIS IS SO AWESOME!!!! *high fives all around* SERIOUSLY AWESOME JOB! I am so proud of you! 😀 😀 😀
*returns high five* Ah, thanks Sarah. 😀 😀 😀
Oh, wow @bluejay! That’s awesome! Much applause! 😀
🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 Thank you. 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂
Yay!!! That’s so exciting! I would’ve been so nervous to go up against adults. Good for you! 🙂 Would you mind posting Chaos and The Drummer Boy? I’d sure like to read them. 🙂
@sarah-h I was nervous. Extremely nervous. I only expected a highly commended. I will definitely let you read Chaos and The Drummer Boy. I shall send them to @spradlin for publishing. (Only with Chaos, it’s a series of stories which if you read number 3. (which this one is) it won’t make much sense. I shall have to send in 1 & 2.
@bluejay Great! I can’t wait to read them! 🙂
Hey, hey! @bluejay That’s awesome! 😀 😀 😀 😀 CONGRATULATIONS. <3
Thanks @gretald
So happy for you, @bluejay! Congratulations!
@ingridrd 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 Thanks.
You rock, dude! (How’s that for a Finding Nemo reference. 😛 )
You won ALL the categories??!!
@BlueJay
Sweet…..Totally! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 There were more categories, but those four were the ones I entered. 🙂
So you won all four of the ones you entered!!
That is just…wow.
@emma-flournoy I only got an encouragement award for one of the categories. 🙂
Oh whoops…it says that. 😛
But still!
Wow–that’s awesome @bluejay! Congrats!!!
Thanks @aratrea 🙂
@jadamae Thank you. Well, I thought people might get a bit confused as we had just been told BIG news and then I said I had BIG news. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Aw @winter-rose Thank you.
You guys are all so awesome. 🙂