@emma-flournoy
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
Totally OK, I just wanted to make sure the notification went through. 😉
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic PRAYER REQUESTS #2 in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
@theacornman Whoa. I’ll definitely be praying. It is an amazing opportunity.
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
I KNOW. It’s so painful. *ascends soapbox and yells at the world* COMMUNISM IS HORRID FOR EVERYONE!
What’s ironic is, George Orwell was something of a socialist himself, though not Communist level. Maybe he didn’t realize the hypocrisy in writing something like that, or just didn’t see it the same way. But it’s quite sad. -
Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
No…I don’t know if she’s ever considered it seriously, but I don’t think it’d fit very well with our schedule anyway. We have a cabin rental business which we handle as a family, so I don’t know if the busyness of NaNo would work out quite right. 😛 I dunno though, maybe she’ll try it out sometime.
Ah yes, sprints and accountability are very good. 😀
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Scott Gustafson in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
@dekreel You’re right, innocent is a good way to describe them. It’s great.
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
@Winter-Rose Which is a good thing, btw. ;P Poor Sam.
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
Yup, that’s me. So no, instead I get to sit around and congratulate myself that I’m just a bibliophile and not a writer, and so need not go through the pain of NaNo. XD
*shudder* Seriously, it sounds like a ton o’ work. Are you doing it? Have you done it before? -
Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
Great.
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Scott Gustafson in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
@daughteroftheking @jane-maree @perfectfifths Yeah, he’s got a serious gift. 😀
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
P.S. ZIKERS.
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
@graciegirl Aahhhh! That is really sad. :”( You’ll be missed, and we’ll all be excited for your return. Your eventual return. :/ And I’m sure things’ll eventually clear up. 😀 God knows how to take care of any and all stuff.
Seriously though, it’s good you can do this to yourself when needed. Tough thing. :/ *high-five*
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P.S. ZIKERS.
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@graciegirl We will miss you, friend! 🙂
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
Well two books away ain’t bad at all. Especially if one of them is Animal Farm, of course. 😀
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Yep. And I’m finding it interesting, if not enjoying it. Definitely worth the read though.
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Great.
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I just finished Animal Farm last night. It was depressing, and disgusting, but still worth the read. I could tell exactly what was going on the whole time, but the animals were painfully unaware. And in the end, they were no better off than when they started, if not worse!
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I KNOW. It’s so painful. *ascends soapbox and yells at the world* COMMUNISM IS HORRID FOR EVERYONE!
What’s ironic is, George Orwell was something of a socialist himself, though not Communist level. Maybe he didn’t realize the hypocrisy in writing something like that, or just didn’t see it the same way. But it’s quite sad. -
Maybe he believed in the ideals, but only saw the corruption, so was sending a message to fellow socialists? I don’t know much about all the isms. 😛
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Suffice it to say, all the isms are mucho flawed.
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I figured that much. 😛
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Are you participating in NaNo, or are you the one that doesn’t write? (I keep forgetting 😛 ).
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Yup, that’s me. So no, instead I get to sit around and congratulate myself that I’m just a bibliophile and not a writer, and so need not go through the pain of NaNo. XD
*shudder* Seriously, it sounds like a ton o’ work. Are you doing it? Have you done it before? -
All right, is Kate participating in NaNo? 😛
Yes I am, yes I have, and yes it is a lot of work, but this year I’m using it as the way to start writing consistently again.One of my good friends is helping me by doing word sprints with me every day and keeping me on track. 😛 -
No…I don’t know if she’s ever considered it seriously, but I don’t think it’d fit very well with our schedule anyway. We have a cabin rental business which we handle as a family, so I don’t know if the busyness of NaNo would work out quite right. 😛 I dunno though, maybe she’ll try it out sometime.
Ah yes, sprints and accountability are very good. 😀
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Ah, fair enough. It is busy. But at the rate I’m going at the moment, I have a week’s wiggle-room up my sleeve, which is nice. 😀
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Sweeeeet. I love wiggle-room. And I hate pressure. Naturally.
What genre is your story? -
Um, I don’t know what’d you call it. Speculative fiction, but that’s a very wide genre. It’s about some kid superheros (about 11-14 in ages at the beginning) who were implanted with technology in their brains to give them superhuman abilities (super-speed, flying, breathing underwater, things like that) and their fight against villains, great and…[Read more]
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Definitely within the genre of speculative fiction. 😀 I don’t know what it would be called specifically either, but it sounds cool.
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Yeah, it’s fun to write. It’s actually a rewrite of a previous series I did about 4-5 years ago called the Crimson Angel. It has the same characters, but I’ve added a few more as well.
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Ah, rewrites. I know a little about those. From semi-personal experience, ya know. Amazing revamped second drafts and that sorta thing, at least, by the author my sister. 😛 They’re kinda fun. (Aside from all the old stuff that ends up getting cut that I loved. :'( At least it’s semi-made up for with awesome new material.)
And I bet the addition…[Read more] -
Very fun. I’m taking several elements from the originals, and just making them better in the rewrites. It was mostly the plots that needed help. 😛
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Those stodgy old plots. XD
I just finished the third book of the Mistborn trilogy, and if I wasn’t convinced enough before, it’s now undoubtedly proven: that guy’s strength is SO the plot. Good GRIEF. It’s very, very insane. I don’t know how anyone can think up such twists and un-cliche things. Amazing. -
Sounds amazing. And inspiring, at least to a writer. There are only so many plots you can write when you’re rearranging the same 26 letters, and finding a way to twist the cliché is hard.
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Yupper dupper.
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Have you ever tried writing, or is it definitely 100% not your thing? 😀
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Su cuy'gar! (Translation: Hello!) in the forum Start HERE 8 years, 5 months ago
@supermonkey42 Welcome to KP!
Good taste. Rogue One is my favorite Star Wars movie. 😉
One must-read book recommendation not on your list? HAPPY YOU ASKED. Les Miserables, of course. Since you love TCoMC, I’m pretty confident you’d like Les Mis too. Same-ish sort of historical fiction classic thingy, but I like it better (and I liked CoMC a lot).…[Read more] -
Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Cover Feedback in the forum Publishing & Platform 8 years, 5 months ago
@daeus What everyone else said. 😀 Maybe just a sliiigghtly textured or darker background, but it already looks good.
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Lady Iliara greets thee! in the forum Start HERE 8 years, 5 months ago
@Lady-iliara WELCOME! I’m an ENFJ too, dominantly at least. With some strong ISFJ tendencies. Have fun reading through all the old topics. I’m sure you won’t get bored. 😀
@Shannon @daeus @kate-flournoy I know we have at least one more ENTP, @bethanysinkyroses. 😉
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Emma Flournoy started the topic Scott Gustafson in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
Hey people.
Have any of you ever heard of or seen the work of artist Scott Gustafson? He does a lot of fairy-tale/fantasy/fables art, and it is AMAZING. His art looks so real, but at the same time has an extremely cute, bookish quality to it. Considering we have a few artists, and fantasy and fairy-tale lovers here, I thought you might want to…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy posted an update 8 years, 5 months ago
@Winter-Rose Just so you know, almost every time I do the ‘I am a funny bunny yes I am, I am a funny bunny my name is Sam’ ditty to my baby sister with one of her toys, I think of your unfortunate hero.
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@Winter-Rose Which is a good thing, btw. ;P Poor Sam.
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Totally OK, I just wanted to make sure the notification went through. 😉
Funny what crazy associations our brains make. XD
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Emma Flournoy replied to the topic Fairytale Expectations in the forum General Writing Discussions 8 years, 5 months ago
@Ethryndal They already said it all. 😛 Most of the stuff I think of are the fairy-things/kind old-wise-sage-wizard-godmother people that always help out, and the amazing wonderfulness that always happens to the poor abused heroine eventually, just because she’s so wonderful, not because she worked for it or anything, and talking animals and…[Read more]
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Emma Flournoy posted a new activity comment 8 years, 5 months ago
@PerfectFifths I’m on the third book of Sanderson’s Mistborn trilogy now. They’re pretty good books (talk about insane plot twists—huge page-turners). The prose has a ton of telling instead of showing and uses the same body language tags WAY too much, and generally drives me nuts; and I also don’t like the books as well as I might because there…[Read more]
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@emma-flournoy I think Mistborn is in my to-read shelf on Goodreads…
Yes, I kinda had an idea that it’s not a warm-and-fuzzy animal book, and, to be honest, I’m only reading it because it is short, and I’m trying to finish my Goodreads reading challenge I set for myself – not that I don’t have enough breathing room as it is. XD But I’m only two…[Read more]
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Well two books away ain’t bad at all. Especially if one of them is Animal Farm, of course. 😀
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Yep. And I’m finding it interesting, if not enjoying it. Definitely worth the read though.
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Great.
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I just finished Animal Farm last night. It was depressing, and disgusting, but still worth the read. I could tell exactly what was going on the whole time, but the animals were painfully unaware. And in the end, they were no better off than when they started, if not worse!
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I KNOW. It’s so painful. *ascends soapbox and yells at the world* COMMUNISM IS HORRID FOR EVERYONE!
What’s ironic is, George Orwell was something of a socialist himself, though not Communist level. Maybe he didn’t realize the hypocrisy in writing something like that, or just didn’t see it the same way. But it’s quite sad. -
Maybe he believed in the ideals, but only saw the corruption, so was sending a message to fellow socialists? I don’t know much about all the isms. 😛
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Suffice it to say, all the isms are mucho flawed.
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I figured that much. 😛
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Are you participating in NaNo, or are you the one that doesn’t write? (I keep forgetting 😛 ).
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Yup, that’s me. So no, instead I get to sit around and congratulate myself that I’m just a bibliophile and not a writer, and so need not go through the pain of NaNo. XD
*shudder* Seriously, it sounds like a ton o’ work. Are you doing it? Have you done it before? -
All right, is Kate participating in NaNo? 😛
Yes I am, yes I have, and yes it is a lot of work, but this year I’m using it as the way to start writing consistently again.One of my good friends is helping me by doing word sprints with me every day and keeping me on track. 😛 -
No…I don’t know if she’s ever considered it seriously, but I don’t think it’d fit very well with our schedule anyway. We have a cabin rental business which we handle as a family, so I don’t know if the busyness of NaNo would work out quite right. 😛 I dunno though, maybe she’ll try it out sometime.
Ah yes, sprints and accountability are very good. 😀
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Ah, fair enough. It is busy. But at the rate I’m going at the moment, I have a week’s wiggle-room up my sleeve, which is nice. 😀
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Sweeeeet. I love wiggle-room. And I hate pressure. Naturally.
What genre is your story? -
Um, I don’t know what’d you call it. Speculative fiction, but that’s a very wide genre. It’s about some kid superheros (about 11-14 in ages at the beginning) who were implanted with technology in their brains to give them superhuman abilities (super-speed, flying, breathing underwater, things like that) and their fight against villains, great and…[Read more]
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Definitely within the genre of speculative fiction. 😀 I don’t know what it would be called specifically either, but it sounds cool.
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Yeah, it’s fun to write. It’s actually a rewrite of a previous series I did about 4-5 years ago called the Crimson Angel. It has the same characters, but I’ve added a few more as well.
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Ah, rewrites. I know a little about those. From semi-personal experience, ya know. Amazing revamped second drafts and that sorta thing, at least, by the author my sister. 😛 They’re kinda fun. (Aside from all the old stuff that ends up getting cut that I loved. :'( At least it’s semi-made up for with awesome new material.)
And I bet the addition…[Read more] -
Very fun. I’m taking several elements from the originals, and just making them better in the rewrites. It was mostly the plots that needed help. 😛
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Those stodgy old plots. XD
I just finished the third book of the Mistborn trilogy, and if I wasn’t convinced enough before, it’s now undoubtedly proven: that guy’s strength is SO the plot. Good GRIEF. It’s very, very insane. I don’t know how anyone can think up such twists and un-cliche things. Amazing. -
Sounds amazing. And inspiring, at least to a writer. There are only so many plots you can write when you’re rearranging the same 26 letters, and finding a way to twist the cliché is hard.
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Yupper dupper.
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XD
Have you ever tried writing, or is it definitely 100% not your thing? 😀
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@graciegirl We will miss you, friend! 🙂