Kareena Liess

@Joy-Schmidt hm… I have never actually encountered this exact problem, but I may have an idea of why it’s happening to you.
Based on my *coughs* psychoanalysis, 😛 (yeah, please don’t kill me) you may be killing your creativity by shoving the story over to the logical part of your brain. In my experience, writing is an emotional/intuitive…[Read more]

@ingridrd really cool!

@livylynn *gawks* if that is indeed your word count, I salute you for being crazier than I am! 😛 I thought my books were ridiculously long. My current WIP, at its ‘final’ second draft stage, was 500,000+ words.

I love beta-reading but unfortunately I can’t take any extra projects right now. I’d not be able to be as thorough as I’d want to.…[Read more]

@daughteroftheking *explodes because of happiness that she helped someone think of something differently*

*drops from ceiling in a cloud of plaster-dust and lands with a crash in the middle of the floor*
I HAVE ARRIVED.

I not only adore political intrigue in fantasy, I believe it can be absolutely essential for developing your world and characters.
Disclaimer before I explain that— a fair chunk of my characters are inherently political by very…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm oh my heavens. This question. Just— I have a rant, okay? And I don’t have time to rant it right now.
But just you wait.
Just.
You.
Wait.
*drools*

@jane-maree I’m afraid my characters do tend that way… 😛 😉

Well, you guys inspired me. I actually went and made a collage for a character I haven’t even written yet. His name is Kaine.

Oh, and did I mention he’s a villain?
@Dragon-snapper @Daeus @Hope @Mariposa @aislinn-mollisong

@Dragon-snapper he does look really annoying. XD

@joy-schmidt welcome back! I thought you had been frightened away by the lunacy of several of our more… eh… eccentric members *cough* @hope *cough**cough* but am glad to find myself mistaken. XD
Have you written anything more lately?

@warrioroftherealm ooh boy. Her only chance is to be quicker and lighter and wear him out, if one can wear an angel out… 😛

Gorgeous work, guys!
@Dragon-Snapper Theron looks like somebody I’d want to meet. 😀

@joy you’re not being silly for feeling hurt. But you are being silly if you let it stop you.
I don’t think any of us will ever entirely escape that kind of hurt, and if we all stopped because where we are right now isn’t where we wish we were, no one would ever write anything.
So. Don’t stop. Criticism always hurts, but you can learn from it…[Read more]

Yes my brother is rather poor, but aren’t all writers?

@the-real-kapeefer *is shocked* I object to that remark very strongly.

@Daeus that… would be unnerving. 😛

@the-real-kapeefer hi! I think you should be an evil bumbling henchman for what you did with your poor brother’s books, but hi just the same. Chosen Ones are nothing if not polite, and I think we can afford to be to a henchman as bumbling as you are.

XD In all seriousness, welcome. Can’t wait to see what craziness ensues with you around here now… 😛

@Dragon-Snapper really cool!

@Dragon-Snapper I LOVE NAMES. I NAME EVERYTHING.

*coughs*
With that crucial bit of random information out of the way, I’d tend to agree with you. The best fantasy names are those that don’t look so absolutely foreign they’re impossible to relate to. The name should describe your character, not overshadow him. Personally I love old Norse, Saxon,…[Read more]

@Daeus eeeeeh… no pressure. 😛

@That_writer_Girl_99 good question though. I think… it seems to me that you’re asking not just about the Warden, but about the moral balance of justice and mercy. How do you show the necessity of justice (bad actions have painful consequences) while balancing it with understanding and forgiveness (we’re all…[Read more]

@gh24682468999 what they said. 😉