E. K. Seaver

The Reflections:

I flip my book upside down on the kitchen table. The book, A History Of the Alliance of Leviathan, fails to hold much use but that of a procrastinating tactic. Still, if Lilli returns from doing laundry in the basement to find me on the same page as I was last time, she’ll kill me.

Mine’s… kinda boring, to be honest. But it’s…[Read more]

@scripter-of-kingdoms wait, you’re twelve? I thought you were 13 or 14.

I think 12 should be fine. I don’t see a problem with it.

Fanfic… Hm.

Okay, so as a child I hated coloring books. Like, with a passion. I could never get other people’s drawings to look the way I wanted them to look. Not to mention, it wasn’t fully my art. I had not drawn the picture, I had just added color.

I feel the same way about writing fanfic. (Personally. A couple people have already written f…[Read more]

@nova21, honestly, it really depends on how old you think it’s okay to be in a relationship. I’m not going to have 14-year-old characters declare their love for each other (Because, honestly, how many fourteen-year-olds do you know that really love anyone more than themselves? No hating on the fourteen-year-olds– it’s just a little young to be…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

I think my biggest suggestion is to know how it ends. And if you get to the ending and it feels wrong, don’t stick with that ending.

@kayleigh-idea, I’d love to alpha for you! I haven’t alpha’d a project in several months and I would love to get back into it again!

Also, Gracie is a great beta reader.

@gracie-j it took me like 2 hours.

@gracie-j 😂tysm

I have like 3 main WIPs right now.

Em, The Reflections— Learning to trust people, learning to cling to her faith and that God will be her foundation even when the world is falling apart.

Celeste, Wings– Learning that she has value, learning that God is her comfort and strength when she is weak.

Ly, The House That Didn’t End— Literally just w…[Read more]

Also here’s one I’m working on for a story I’m writing. It’s sort of like a prophecy but also clues for a scavenger hunt.

In castles old once stood the crown

though creeped and crumbled underground.

Lay wait in dark for fairies old

a midnight house with hor’rs untold.

Wait not for mysteries you first sought

for what you think is fully…[Read more]

Uh… I wrote this one a couple of days ago. I keep documents on my computer titled “Poems 2019/2020/2021” and this is the first one of 2021.

Two Kinds Of Hurt

I wish I were hurting like you were

It sounds stupid, I hear you, I know

But when you’re hurting people feel bad for you

When I’m hurting they say “Get up, you’ll grow.” 

Those…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12, thank you! That’s incredibly helpful!

From what I’ve researched, yeah. Especially if you’re writing a full novel, which will cost more to edit and stuff.

@r-m-archer, ohhh yeah that makes sense.

Yeah, they look really good.

I meant buying ISBNs, but yes, that too. XD

Any tips? What have you learned that you wish you’d have k…[Read more]

I have a couple of editing suggestions:

– “fourteen-year-old” rather than “14 year old”

– Arabelle’s last two sentences are similar in structure. maybe mix it up?

– November’s last sentence is awkwardly phrased.

– What terrible deed?

@r-m-archer Ohh yeah that makes sense. That’s probably a good idea. She has an English degree and a ton of experience… so like… yeah.  Yeah! I’ll let you know when she gets back to me.

I really like Seedling Design’s covers, so that’s the one I’m thinking about going with.

Yeah, everything I’ve read said “please buy one.” Even some of the c…[Read more]

@r-m-archer, yeah, I probably underestimated the cost for that a little bit, but my book is a novella and on the shorter end of that spectrum. It’s not going to be over 20k, and I’m friends with a woman who’s a freelance editor and author and I was going to use her. (It’s Rachelle Ray Cobb, if you guys have used her before.) She charges $1 for…[Read more]

@not-so-secret-secret-assassin, okay but you have really good proportion for “concept art.” I actually like it a lot.

@not-so-secret-secret-assassin
*shrug*