Damaris Tutor

Greetings to the realm of Kingdom Pen!
Dost thou have a name other than Lightening Mouse that we can call you?

Oh, hey, how long have you been an OYANer? I was/am an OYANer, but due to my decrepit-ness they kicked me off the forum. 😛

@belegteleri
I’m excited to see other young writers doing NaNo!! I try to recruit at least one or two writers into doing this. 😛
This is my fourth year of doing it and successfully completing NaNo so I might have a few tips. Daeus had a good one about exercising. Word wars are great. Setting a word count to write each day is also another good…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy NaNo is pretty much like a writing exercise in so many words. It is a contest in its own right and if you do complete the 50k in one month you do get an award and a print out and it keeps a record of it.
It is not a curriculum, though you could use it as a writing tool/challenge.

It got started when a small group of guys came up…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy I enjoyed reading this!
One thing though; the beginning ‘ands’ of each line in this are distracting and kind of…make it bland. Some of them are necessary, but not quite that many. What I suggest is taking it through another round of revision and taking out the ‘ands’ one sentence at a time. Read it out loud and see how it sounds.…[Read more]

Well you’ve been heralded with the honor of being a KPR liaison. 😛

Well not to be heartless or anything, but I didn’t spend that much time with you at the SW and I don’t know you all that well…so…I don’t really miss you…not to sound heartless…

Oh nice!!!

What do you mean, with all due lack of honors?

Ha! Ha!

Oh really? What’s he roped you into doing?

@Rachel, The darker the coffee, the better!!! Do you drink coffee?

@Ezra, of COURSE I remember you!! You are not one easily forgotten. 😛

Oh wow! Sounds like a farm. 🙂

I have not heard of that contest. Who is hosting it?

Ah! Yes! That is one of my biggest pet peeves with some of those fairytales. They KISS a guy, that they JUST MET!!! Anyway. 😛
That really sounds intriguing! I’d love to read that! 🙂

Hello Mallory!!!

So delighted to have you on the forum! Actually it’s wonderful to have all of you!

Yes, starting the very first topic can be daunting, but you’re breaking the ice. 🙂

And if you don’t know your way around the forum it can be confusing. So don’t be shy about asking questions. 🙂