Faith Q.

@f5a8c3e92 cool. What’s your novel currently about?

@salome01w4g don’t worry, I hardly ever do either! We need to make it more of a priority, don’t we?

@salome01w4g pray about it! Seriously, its one of the best things you can do. I don’t pray nearly enough before writing, but I find that when I do it really helps. Remember that you’re writing for God! ask him for help and tell him everything about this story. That’s the best advice I can offer.

@f5a8c3e92 @jane-maree, @clairec, @any other aussie writers or Americans who happen to be awake. I’ll be writing for the next two hours or so, if anyone would like to join me!

@that_writer_girl_99 my favourite hobby is obviously writing, but since that seems to be a given, I’ll say that my favourite hobby is Scottish highland dancing
a fun fact about me would be…well, this morning I had certain tracks from The Phantom of the Opera and certain tracks from the new Beauty and the Beast soundtrack playing at the same time…[Read more]

@josiahdeboer, again what @daeus said. Just leave them there for people to enjoy. Concentrate your new stories (which are likely to have improved anyway!) on competitions. It’s very hard to find magazines/competitions which will take pieces which have already been published (though some of them might be more lenient when it comes to a personal…[Read more]

@Shannon, thank you! it didn’t give this story a whole lot of thought when I was writing it, it just came out and I really, really liked it.
@Emily, the competition deadline is the 31st August. And thank you, 😀
@that_writer_girl_99 and thank you! I wasn’t expecting to be so moved by writing it either!

@Emily, @dragon-snapper @that_writer_girl_99 @Shannon . try this one? it might work.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m4ByW8oXVRAPeb_Xykz0CyuJ805spV8epzmVyARyTkY/edit?usp=sharing

@JosiahDeboer, Personally, I publish only the occasional short story on my blog and I concentrate on submitting them to magazines and/or competitions. That’s just my opinion, but its what I would recommend.

@Emily @dragon-snapper @that_writer_girl_99
@Shannon I’ve given you access. This is the first time I’ve actually tried to use a google doc, does anyone know if I can make it available for you to simply click on the link and see it? Rather than requesting and allowing access to all of you?

@josiahdeboer another homeschooler yay!!!! According to my highly scientific study of this kingdom 99.9% of us are/were homeschoolers. I believe that non-homeschoolers are a very rare creature here…*coughs and clears throat* anyway, I’ll stop rambling now. Welcome!

@Emily @Shannon @dragon-snapper @that_writer_girl_99 Here’s the link, please let me know if it works. its currently 2,665 words long but the competition requires it to be no more than 2,500 words long, so if you have some ideas on what parts I could cut out to shorten it, please tell me. Other than that, I’m happy for any sort of critique,…[Read more]

I’d love your help, thanks @Emily!

@Shannon, @dragon-snapper, @that_writer_girl_99, thank you! I’m just trying to create a Google doc to share with you all and I should have a link posted here soon. thanks!

@Shannon, being Aussie, and only just having woken up, I have extremely stereotyped views of Texas. I`m thinking deserts, cacti, bow-legged cowboys in black ten-galleon hats and stations (ranches?). Kind of like a smaller version of Australia?

@Salome01w4g lots of people use Ancestry for researching family history and I’ve heard its very good, though I haven’t actually used it myself. Other than that, @Northerner has some really good tips which I completely agree with. I’m not really up there in American history, is the Revolutionary War the war for independence from England? I have an…[Read more]

@alia, I love names with meanings too! Here are a couple that I found using Behind the Name (a really great site to use for finding names)
Azar–Persian–Fiery
Keahi–Hawaiian–the fire
Rue–English–rue is a type of bitter herb
Merari–Hebrew–bitter (its actually a male name, but I like the sound of it)
Min–Chinese/Korean–quick, clever,…[Read more]

@Destiny, welcome! *gapes in awe* you have my great respect. You write video games? I didn’t even know that was a thing, and I have trouble working out how to set up an outlook account on a computer. You also compose music? That’s pretty cool! I’m also a superhero fan, though I don’t read comic books, I prefer movies. Are you a DC or Marvel fan?

@Salome01W4G Welcome! I love historical fiction too and most of what I write is historical fantasy, though I write a lot of short just historical stories. What time period are you writing about now/do you like the best? I’m also homeschooled! its the best, 😀