NC Stokes

@daeus Norma Jean Lutz is a really good author (one of my favorites) who published her books in the 70s-00s.  Now most of them are out of print, but she recently put them on kindle.

She now runs a young authors coaching website, and has published several booklets with snippets of writing advice.  If you contacted her she would probably be able t…[Read more]

@clairec I get an email announcing that you mentioned me along with several loud, annoyed remarks, so, confused, I come over here and find a half page of you trying to spell my name.  😀  Sorry it caused you so much trouble! 🙂  I assume you were originally trying to comment about the Stolen Raspberries comic?

@dekreel That is really weird.  🙂 …[Read more]

@notawriter  I still got a notification when you tagged me.  It just didn’t go green for some reason.  🙂

@daeus Yeah….. no.

I don’t really know that many authors. Haven’t been to any conferences really–one local teen one–but otherwise… not yet. XD I’ll let you know if I can think of any.

@notawriter *squeals* it looks so good! I like how you did the hair too, it’s flowy and soft looking. I think the expression suits her. It’s not a full out smile, which she doesn’t do often. Thank youuuuu! ❤

ooh, cat! He/she is sooo cute!!!

@dekreel @notawriter Cool! thanks!

@princessfoo Thanks so much for your input! No, Rin doesn’t fall in love with the soldier guy (his name is Jax). I’d rather not include romance in my novels. They become friends though. Just friends 😊

Oooh  I just looked more closely at the second picture.  Kiiiitttttyyyy!  What’s his/her name?

@notawriter  I totally feel you on drawing the mouth ten times…except it’s usually noses with me.  🙂

Awww you’re so sweet!  But you are too modest.  You’re drawing is brilliant!  I love the sprigs of greenery.  🙂 🙂 🙂

@jenwriter17 I’m not an expert on dystopia, but it does seem like a fairly classic dystopian story.

An oppressive government (but bonus points for the MC starts off already in rebellion.) A teenage girl MC who is “different” (by virtue of being an Outcast, she is “different”). Parent’s with a Peculiar Past. And I am not sure, but if I had to…[Read more]

@jenwriter17  It sounds really cool!

The only thing cliche I see about it (putting it next to the video on Dystopian novels) is the fact that the main character is a teenage girl

I’m no expert on the Dystopian genre, so I might be worng…

But still, I would read it 😉

@dekreel Oh goodness… *cracks up*

@sam-kowal Okay, cool!

oh, here’s a collage too…

@jenwriter17  She was super fun to do!  🙂

@jane-maree @dragon-snapper @dekreel @mariposa @aratrea @sam-kowal @daeus @anyone else

Okay, y’all…..

I’ve gotten together a rough blurb of my dystopian novel. very. rough. Lemme know what you think:

Independent teen Rin Adachi lives with the Outcasts. Those tossed aside by the government and society as unfit for city life. The diseased, the…[Read more]

@dekreel oh my goodness! 🤣

@notawriter lol, for sure

@ingridrd that’s okay, I would have said yes anyway. 😉

*gasps* so. good. I love the way you did her hair! thanks so much! and I really like how you wrote her name too 😊

@seekjustice I never saw a sparkly bear; I never hope to see one; but anyhow or anywhere; I’d rather see than be one! 😀

@notawriter It wasn’t very hard to find an illustrator.  I created a topic on the KP forum titled “Looking for an Illustrator” and got a few answers.  I think it took a couple weeks before I got a definite agreement from s…[Read more]