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Hello, Emily!
I feel like the KP forum has been winding down a lot since Story Embers started. I know I haven’t been very active on it for some time.
Hey Louise! Thanks for understanding 🙂
Also, do you know if the other Emily is still here? I wanted to tag her before but couldn’t work out which one she was…there are certainly a lot of Emily’s here now! 🙂
I actually haven’t been on Story Embers very much though. I don’t quite understand why this site was put on hiatus while another, very similar site was started up.
Also, I’m not sure which other Emily you mean?
@perfectfifths Not quite sure what her real surname is…I don’t think that she has an account anymore.
How are you, anyway? 🙂
I can’t think of any other Emilys, so unless you mean Emma? I don’t know who you’re looking for, sorry.
I’m good. Just going about my life. 🙂 Writing, music, things like that. How are you?
@emily-d Hi! That’s totally fine 😉 I’m on the SE forums but not that much; mostly I’m staying on KP. 🙂
Hi Jen! Thanks…glad to be getting back into my writing groove haha. 😉
@perfectfifths That’s fine. I’m great, thanks… me too. What instrument do you play? I play piano and I’m learning ukelele 🙂
@emily-d
I play violin, am teaching myself recorder and I kind of play viola and cello. But violin is the only instrument I’ve learned “properly” (had lessons and stuff).
@perfectfifths Hi Louise, so sorry I didn’t reply sooner, I haven’t been on here for forever! Sounds like fun. 🙂 I want to learn harp and violin 🙂
@emily-d
Genuinely surprised to get a KP notification XD
Violin is great. Harp is really nice too (though I’ve never touched one, so I don’t know how difficult it is 😉 ).
@perfectfifths Yay! (sorry this is so late)
@jenwriter17
Are either of you on SE now?
@emily-d I am, under the same name 🙂
@emily-d
No, not really. I get their emails and stuff but I don’t really use the forums.