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@euodia-vision what do you think of Kaius?
My association with “Kalos” is a region in one of the Pokemon games, but it’s certainly a good name!
I’m a fan of the name Killian, personally (it’s German, if I recall), but that might seem like you were attempting a play on words, if he’s a bad guy, and it might not be quite as mysterious and “face of the power behind it all”-y.
Does he have a title? Because if he has “Lord” or “President” in front of his name, that’ll change how many syllables you want.
Ooh, fascinating!
I definitely like the Septrum better as a universe name.
As for the individual planets, the first thing that came to mind for me was just “a Septre” (could be pronounced “Septra” or “Septer”, whichever!), if the universe name and the planet name should be connected like that.
I love the Hebrew language, and to make something plural in Hebrew you usually just add an “im” (eem) sound to the end, so if you prefer, the universe could be called the “Septr’im”, instead, or that could just be the plural of “Septre”.
Just spitballing, here, don’t think I’ll be offended if you’re like, “Yeah, not feeling it.” lol
Here’s a weird one…
My co-author ( @landric )and I are big on vivid descriptions of meals, and we’ve just realized that because our WIP takes place in a fake world, Brussels’s sprouts can’t be called “Brussels’s sprouts”, because that would imply that they’re from Brussels, and Brussels doesn’t exist in this world.
So, uh, anybody have a name for Brussels sprouts?
I’m late to the party, but I read your bizarre anecdote on Life, today. Your prose is remarkably distinct! It’s something akin to a P.G. Wodehouse in training, if you’re familiar with him, only more rhythmic and poetic. Excellent wordsmithing.
@esther-c, Should we write it here, or start a new thread? You might want to write the first post, to restate the premise you suggested in the beginning and get the ball rolling!
Well, we could (potentially) have a crew that writes on Mondays and a crew that writes on Fridays, so there’s always something new that the other crew hasn’t seen, and will make sure we stay interactive instead of anyone trying to control the direction of the story! I only suggested times to make it more community-oriented, so we could be on at roughly the same times, I apologize if I made it seem daunting and overly complicated!
I think it depends on what the ruins are of! If it was really elegant and majestic before it was ruined, I’d think Vieridelle, but if it was more of a simple but lovable village, I’d say Vieridale. If you’re leaning more mysterious, I think stick with delle.
No, I have not heard of that band, but thank you so much for the reccomendation! All Google would give me was סולו (Solu) and Joshua Aaron, so I’m excited to hear about a new one!
Hey, cool idea, Esther!
Maybe if we did it at a specific time it would be easier for people to fit it, and feel more connected? So we could give it an hour or half an hour, say, (for example) Fridays from 4-4:30, and anyone who wants to play would know that they’re all on at the same time, and we could get some fun dialogues going!
So it would just be like the entire KP community writing a book together! If that worked, it would be really special!
I’m down if we get details like that hammered out!
I finally found the thread, @landric! XD I feel like I should ask you questions now, too!
1. What is your favorite part of the writing process?
2. When did you first read Redwall?
3. What is your favorite writing related memory?
@booksandbeakers,
1. I really enjoy learning about the Revolutionary War period, in American History!
2. Ooh… Probably Monster in the Hollows, even though it’s so tragic I can barely stand to read it.
3. I have!! It’s amazing, so far!!
Yes, I cried myself to sleep the night I finished WS…
*sigh*
1. Can I meet Jesus in this hypothetical?! I’m not sure what I’d ask him, I think I would suddenly forget whatever I wanted to ask. I’d like to meet Tom Hanks and ask for acting advice, he has more range than any actor I can think of, though I have no idea if he’d be the least bit inclined to answer such a question, I’m sure he gets it all the time. And I’d like to meet C.S. Lewis and ask what exactly makes his writing so good… It’s like he knows something I don’t, and I want to know what!
2. Not many of my characters are very much like me, actually, but there is a girl in my wip named Ruthie that we Myers-Briggs typed the same as me.
3. My favorite character to write is easily a character my cowriter game me the idea for, named Gaspard Badeux, who is a kooky Galian (our version of French) artist, but he’s full of weird wisdom. I love him.
Thank you for the welcome!
@ester-c
Thank you for your welcome!
Hebrew is a little hard, but mostly just for the first week or so, while you’re learning a new alphabet and learning to read from right to left. After that, it’s not much different from any other language!
I’m learning via Duolingo, by the way, which makes everything easier. I also love their French lessons. I’m probably the only person on earth who will accidentally stick a random Hebrew word into a French sentence, though!
1. The only vacation spot I’ve ever spent a significant amount of time in would be Perdido Key, Florida. It’s lovely, and right near the state park!
2. I prefer chocolate to fruit flavored candy, but if I had to choose, probably Starbursts. But only the red ones!
3. There are many aspects of many time periods I love, especially the 1700’s, but I am very grateful to live in the time and place that I live. I can’t really imagine living else-when!
I, too, have longed to write a ya dystopian, but I couldn’t get my first act together, so I never made it to the dystopian part! May you have better luck and firmer perseverance!
Hello, @gwyndalf-the-wise !
I said “melodramatic” because I have a hard time writing serious scenes without making them painfully over-the-top, so I was using it in a self-derogatory way, but frankly I do kind of like melodramatic stories!
