Kingdom Pen | Joy | Friends Activity https://kingdompen.org/members/dekreel/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Joy's friends. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:47:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5313aec30eb26a41d68e9bf40c705548 Lin's profile was updated https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/204482/ Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:10:30 -0400 0 107b6bbebcb08898e4c573ff46e76190 Lin replied to the topic The Chat Chat in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-chat-chat/page/323/#post-172855 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:11:50 -0500 @mineralizedwritings I see I see, cool cool ^^

]]> d18ed639ec126efb34d341a96d98ff9b Lin replied to the topic The Chat Chat in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-chat-chat/page/323/#post-172811 Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:33:07 -0500 @mineralizedwritings Aw thanks haha! Are you planning on reading it?

]]> cce124494ce1cf64cc41b4670ccff5ab Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic An aggravation over Stained Glass in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/an-aggravation-over-stained-glass/#post-170925 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 03:08:43 -0500 I love the imagery the words create! Your style is very different from mine so I don’t know how helpful I can be, but I’ll try! 🙂

What meter are you using? (I’m not very familiar with meter so I have to ask.)

The rhymes are slant rhymes I think? They’re not exact. But it’s pretty consistent until it gets to the last stanza. I don’t think that…[Read more]

]]> 18d7dcb3a7ae2f53afca5cd240ff2550 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-169293 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:50:55 -0500 I love the freeverse (that isn’t freeverse) poem! 🙂 Absolutely! Tag me when you post that poem that’s giving you grief. @koshka

]]> 2414177a14d6a33afcff327b416779aa Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-169264 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 03:54:05 -0500 Goodness me, I thought I replied to you ages ago, @koshka! Sorry! Now that I think about it, I went down a rabbit hole of web searching and trying to figure out what sort of poem it was, and I think I started to write a reply but must’ve never posted it.

Essentially, it’s a rhyming poem, but not a metered one. Some sources consider it free verse,…[Read more]

]]> 7e93c73f2d9023169295ef25dbf91a07 Lin posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/164855/#acomment-164894 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 22:19:52 -0500 Existing…how bout you

In reply to - RAE posted an update @devastate-lasting How ya been? ]]> 2a1436dc639d024f78f8412fb7625298 Mallory O'Bier posted an update: Lately, I've been brainstorming a very important question to […] https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/161387/ Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:59:52 -0500 Lately, I’ve been brainstorming a very important question to my WIP: Why do the aliens attack? While I’d been kinda hoping to leave it as simply random and kinda comical, lately I’ve been wondering if I’m not just being lazy. Shouldn’t the aliens have a reason or purpose? I have some ideas of my own already, but I’m curious. What do y’all think?…[Read more]

]]> 1 9406f144f6336dfe7e6ba1e3d0c5129a Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-165014 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:46:35 -0500 Now that I think about it, I’m really stuck on the edits so I might as well share what I’ve got here and see if you guys can’t help me get unstuck. I’ve made a few small changes that you may notice, but the main thing that I’m struggling with is settling on an ending.

I’ve written several endings that all have slight variations in words and…[Read more]

]]> 4c6fcf5c2063a7a809fe84332b2629c3 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/page/2/#post-165009 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:13:01 -0500 Thanks, @karissa-chmil! This is definitely one of my poems that I find myself going back to a lot and rereading. The atmosphere and imagery of it really draw me in, and I like pondering the meaning of it. 🙂

One of the edits I’m considering is possibly connecting some of the shorter, broken lines in the part of the poem you mention. It’s supposed…[Read more]

]]> a9439c0d8fb9a4c43552143f119553ce Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-165008 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:03:46 -0500 Thanks, @koshka! I love the layered meanings of words too. It was funny because I drafted it so hastily and impulsively that I didn’t even realize the full depth of meaning I had woven into the poem–until I was reading and rereading while editing. It was intentional and yet much of it was subconsciously done.

I just let all of the mixed-up…[Read more]

]]> 64b241eb3cd12891f856b1c3dcad4fb0 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Shabby Guitar Poem in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-shabby-guitar-poem/#post-165007 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 02:31:37 -0500 Thanks, @koshka! That would be great. 🙂

I wrote this poem after my uncle’s passing. He was self-taught on guitar and left a few of the instruments behind (as well as many people who loved him).

]]> a10b6fdd5dce3f45c3cf3ae3493bbd48 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/why-was-my-post-marked-as-spam/#post-164225 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:06:10 -0500 Okay, I just deleted the old post from my feed, redid the post and reposted it. It worked. 🙂 @kathleenramm

I think it must’ve marked it as spam before because I edited it a few times? Not really sure. Weird.

]]> cedc9e17ad2ddb0e81dff3160b1a3630 Mallory O'Bier started the topic The Shabby Guitar Poem in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-shabby-guitar-poem/ Sun, 12 Nov 2023 05:03:48 -0500 I’d appreciate any and all feedback on this one! It’s an older poem of mine that I really want to polish and improve. Thanks! 😀

The Shabby Guitar

—-

Silent is the shabby guitar 

Locked and put away

Faded are the songs it made 

Folded are the hands that played

—-

Silent is the shabby guitar 

Slowly losing its tune

While people come a…[Read more]

]]> b8a4924788d90a19cfdec9daa2c20c36 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/why-was-my-post-marked-as-spam/#post-164223 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 04:57:07 -0500 Thanks, @whalekeeper ! 🙂

Hi, @kathleenramm ! I haven’t tried reposting it yet. It’s still hidden so far as I can make out. I see on my profile that I made the post, but it’s still marked as spam in the thread section.

]]> e33ad38a7cd65ba8705eb26c4b3087b9 Mallory O'Bier started the topic Why was my post marked as spam? in the forum Questions and Support https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/why-was-my-post-marked-as-spam/ Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:06:11 -0500 So I posted a new post in the poetry critiques, but I had to edit a couple of times to make the formatting right. Suddenly, it was marked as spam and hidden? I’m confused.

]]> 9ec03905f6a389ab0234fc57f478de51 Lin replied to the topic hi (again) in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hi-again/page/2/#post-161321 Sat, 28 Oct 2023 19:24:50 -0400 @scripter-of-kingdoms already at 2 pages aye?

]]> 2bfcbf230b77b462957c02b90730b3ad Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/8/#post-161320 Sat, 28 Oct 2023 19:24:00 -0400 @rae Interesting, is this like a sci-fi?

]]> 0dad4666c2b8cc36dd6a15ab30d0a43e Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/7/#post-161029 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 23:44:27 -0400 @rae thank youuuu

]]> 0aa7f19372870a7622600193f5f52aef Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/7/#post-160777 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 03:12:14 -0400 @rae Lol, no worries!

]]> 5132340001423d84bdeaf254f16728b4 Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/7/#post-160768 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:47:45 -0400 @rae Also, I guess my favorite color is blue. Haha. Yeah.

]]> 3b14cac5940b7d17316ad6a8a0fc48e7 Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-160764 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:43:18 -0400 @rae Hmm, I mean, my drafting title for this book was Past the Waves and the Firefly Lights, I don’t know if that’s any better, but I changed it to Jacobson’s once I established the name for the shop since I thought it might fit a bit better… Not sure though, heh.

I have a lot of writing posted on my website, actually. Which, not gonna lie, n…[Read more]

]]> a4bc6fa5114ee8333f34daad08e4d7d2 Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-160757 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:30:23 -0400 @rae Oop sorry a lot of things happened between when I last replied and now, haha. Let me find it…

Outside there was a guy on a skateboard riding around the half-deserted lot in front of the store. He had blonde hair that was getting in need of a hair cut, and wire glasses perched dangerously on the end of his nose as he attempted a flip.…[Read more]

]]> f6779538b15c6360e163524252bf0864 Lin posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/105173/#acomment-156714 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:29:22 -0400 Wow this really was from 2 years ago 🙃 I feel old and lost

In reply to - Lin posted an update “I’m just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe.” – Jango Fett ]]> 1c1ba8d1474a247ed87b9f7430044715 Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-160579 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:06:13 -0400 @rae Interesting, interesting. I’ll give you a quick rundown of the couple of works from the past few years which I would more seriously consider publishing, in order that I wrote them.

Jacobson’s – Joey Garcia, working at a small seaside shop called Jacobson’s, is ready for yet another listless summer in his stagnant life. But after a customer…[Read more]

]]> c0f0a5cabf57a7ad7618a771cb39cd3b Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-160574 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:17:45 -0400 @rae Wow, that’s kinda embarassing for me, I was kinda hoping all my posts from those times would be buried, hahaha.

Well, I’m still ploughing through college, trying to think about what I’m gonna do after graduation. I want to write, but I don’t know how realistic that is. I’ve completed a couple novels that I feel are decent quality at this…[Read more]

]]> 60551b4c684e4a1eedde11b8b229a198 Lin posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/151345/#acomment-152130 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:39:05 -0400 Eyyy, happy for you!

In reply to - Lydia S. posted an update *plops down* Well, friends, it’s been a while. I haven’t been particularly active on here for like… *blinks* a year or so, so I figured it’s about time I updated everyone on my existen […] ]]> 576b283fd4ebc358e6f9ade0e50f9fa6 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156267 Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:05:54 -0400 Awesome, @acancello! I prefer that one too! 🙂

I’ll think about it for sure, @light-warrior-pen. 🙂

]]> d63404ed32c890abb84256ca84e598ea Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156135 Tue, 12 Sep 2023 02:33:36 -0400 @avancello, your comments made my day! I’m so glad you like my poem! 🙂 It really makes sharing it worthwhile! I was seriously thinking about just burying this poem after editing it, but maybe I’ll publish it somewhere after all.

I’m actually considering altering one of those lines slightly, so I’m curious about what you think.

It would be…[Read more]

]]> 59011fc1bf4f8e9775c1ff96b1a55d07 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156070 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:10:54 -0400 Endings are tricky, aren’t they? @light-warrior-pen ? Sometimes they come naturally and effortlessly, but most of the time they take a lot of staring at the WIP, then staring off at nothing, then staring at the WIP again, then writing gibberish, then…

]]> 223e65fa9bfaf8c529a608fc4b339b2e Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-156069 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 17:07:26 -0400 Thanks, @elanor ! 😀

You grasped the concept of my poem perfectly! I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it relatable. 🙂 Because it’s very personal, I really wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested in it. I’m glad I decided to share it!

I’m still working on those last lines. I’m torn between fleshing them out and changing them a bit to better…[Read more]

]]> 4924250875c221f20fd070b7a6b4439c Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/#post-155287 Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:28:49 -0400 Thanks, @light-warrior-pen ! I’m glad you liked my imagery. 😊

The subject is me, the author, and the boat and sea is a fictional, metaphorical dream I used to describe the feeling of living in myself, I suppose. (Although I was next to the sea and I have been in wooden boats many times. My da is a fisherman, so.)

I’m glad you pointed that out…[Read more]

]]> 95e8a2e534c74e61a3089b662318bcc7 Mallory O'Bier started the topic The Moonlit Sea and Me in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-moonlit-sea-and-me/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 02:28:34 -0400 Hey, everyone! This is my most recent, completed poem. Please critique it and let me know what you think! I’m looking for feedback an all aspects of the poem (including the name, and consistency of imagery), so don’t be shy if you have any thoughts to share. (I’m working on sharing my poetry more often and seeking regular feedback.)

Thanks!
The…[Read more]

]]> 8b89c5def307aba1c488387f08c067ee Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-153098 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 23:04:45 -0400 @lydia-s Thanks… I’m out of work now for like a week and a half, so things are brighter already. Probably lol.

]]> fcf4674b53bedc8db68485181c9f7a04 Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-152408 Fri, 28 Jul 2023 21:13:23 -0400 @loopylin Aww, thank you! It’s mainly just. A lot of stresses and anxieties adding up together, especially since I’ve been basically under solitary confinement for the majority of this summer, but I only have a week left, so I’m just praying it gets better then, because at least I’ll have more to distract myself with. Thank you for your prayers…[Read more]

]]> c8ba68d5b0f2258d1035b166893574cd Lin replied to the topic What is going on anymore in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-going-on-anymore/page/6/#post-152262 Wed, 26 Jul 2023 01:43:02 -0400 @lydia-s Extreme lack of sunlight. Making me question life and myself and everything else. Losing my mind daily. No writing to be seen or heard. I wish I had made different choices for this summer, but it is too late for regret.

]]> fd49e05650b57d1a634beca43925a5ae SeekJustice replied to the topic Writing Physical DisabilitiesAbnormalitiesHandicaps of Characters in the forum Characters https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-physical-disabilitiesabnormalitieshandicaps-of-characters/#post-149725 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:37:06 -0400 @whalekeeper

love the idea! I also have physical disabilities and a lot (read pretty much all lol) of my friends do too!

 

because it’s such a huge part of my life it shows up in my writing all the time as well!

]]> a53af3862f50b2c7a525be795d3d827d SeekJustice replied to the topic Writing Neurodivergent/The Psychological Issues of Characters in the forum Characters https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-neurodivergent-the-psychological-issues-of-characters/#post-149708 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 12:54:16 -0400 I think its also important to remember there’s a difference between mental illness and neurodivergence. Neurodivergence is just part of the wonderful diversity of humanity, it’s not good or bad, just as any other physical aspect isn’t good or bad. Mental illness is obviously an illness. There can be a lot of overlap of course though!

 

]]> d062b332087ace78484bcfa1cb56c6d8 SeekJustice replied to the topic Writing Neurodivergent/The Psychological Issues of Characters in the forum Characters https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-neurodivergent-the-psychological-issues-of-characters/#post-149695 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:16:52 -0400 @godlyfantasy12

This is a topic super close to my heart too!

I have anxiety, depression, and 99.99% sure I have ADHD too (I’ve had a preassessment which was “concerning” but not a full assessment yet). I also have really awful intrusive thoughts as a lovely side effect to anxiety/depression, so I completely get you there. They used to bother me…[Read more]

]]> 666958c1d263b681dcf0abe72f1d06e1 Bella B. and Snapper are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/145073/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 02:15:12 -0400 0 585ab902f0a4db8dbee8441713227f2d Selah CJW and Snapper are now friends https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/145070/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 02:15:10 -0400 0 44003bcccf2b5c1881948fc3ec341b3b Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Does anyone here write poetry or haiku's ? in the forum Poetry https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-here-write-poetry-or-haikus/page/6/#post-148479 Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:00:41 -0400 Nice poem, @acancello! And I like yours, @mineralizedwritings, and the Masked and Victory poems, @elanor. 🙂

I haven’t written any lately, I’ve been so busy with work. Maybe I’ll write one this weekend.

]]> a3bb127207f241fdaaf512d2a43a03aa SeekJustice replied to the topic Apologetics in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/apologetics/page/8/#post-148215 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 02:47:57 -0400 @whalekeeper

I’m rudely butting in because now we’re talking about science and that’s one of my Topics of Passion. I’m more on the side of old earth creationism though, fair warning 😆.

The problem with the argument that nothing can be added to dna is that both YEC and evolutionists rely on rapid additions to dna. If we accept that all our cur…[Read more]

]]> 6ac6c8bade56a2ec44629dc76c75daad SeekJustice replied to the topic Writers' Corner #1 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writers-corner-1/page/6/#post-147827 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:02:25 -0400 @dekreel

HEELLLLOOOO! I’ve missed you too! I’ve been hanging around here a lot lately but not commenting on anything, because everyone seems to be so young talking about things I do not understand (#OldLady).

How are you doing? Working on anything lately?

]]> b61286076fd51f7b4900528111834d4e Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic Does anyone here write poetry or haiku's ? in the forum Poetry https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/does-anyone-here-write-poetry-or-haikus/page/5/#post-146896 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:56:52 -0400 That’s fun, @elanor! 🙂

This is my most recent poem. Most of my poetry is brief in length. Usually, I get out an idea or a feeling and then stop.

 

Forgottenings

Sediments of nostalgia shape a place:

Like icing on a cake, wrinkles in a face

Aging, changing, but ever the same feelings,

Nameless emotions, memories stirring

Like ghosts,…[Read more]

]]> a55ba1e5c2380010890542c550640b6b Mallory O'Bier posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/129678/#acomment-142332 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 14:28:17 -0400 Sure! 🙂

In reply to - Mallory O'Bier posted an update Wow. It’s been a while! How’s the forum these days? 😀 ]]> fe4a3eb85fd8242bf7ac333c253ead42 Mallory O'Bier posted a new activity comment https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/129678/#acomment-141811 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:10:04 -0400 I’m doing good! I’m working a lot between my jobs as a photographer’s assistant and a clerk at the library, and writing in between. I’m working on finishing a draft of my WIP within the next three months and getting my blog up. I’ve been writing some poetry and song lyrics too. I’m also trying to do and learn as many new things as possible because…[Read more]

In reply to - Mallory O'Bier posted an update Wow. It’s been a while! How’s the forum these days? 😀 ]]> aa06fba829386fd365e3557ca4a27125 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic A Place to share/write whatever we’re working on: Worldbuilding, plot, etc in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/a-place-to-share-write-whatever-were-working-on-worldbuilding-plot-etc/page/68/#post-146375 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:59:14 -0400 Thanks, @freedom. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it’s not like I’m slaying a dragon, I’m just writing a book. How dangerous can it be?

]]> c8b28d06b9c87e3c57edc52a7e8e0d9f Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic A Place to share/write whatever we’re working on: Worldbuilding, plot, etc in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/a-place-to-share-write-whatever-were-working-on-worldbuilding-plot-etc/page/65/#post-145937 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 02:51:13 -0400 Thanks, @esther-c and @lightoverdarkness6. 😁👍

]]> f4ed35474e0764a754be6421de939e41 Mallory O'Bier replied to the topic A Place to share/write whatever we’re working on: Worldbuilding, plot, etc in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/a-place-to-share-write-whatever-were-working-on-worldbuilding-plot-etc/page/65/#post-145872 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:01:19 -0400 I’m working on convincing my writing to become a book and not just random scribbles. I’ll let y’all know how it goes. 🙂

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