Faith Kindred

Hi there, Ivy! Thanks for asking this question. 🙂 I like the second group of titles the best. I think that they’ll be easier to remember, for one thing, and they sound a little cooler and mysterious than your first group. I’m also always a fan of one word titles 😉 but that’s just personal preference. I don’t think it’s a bad thing that your…[Read more]

This is really the very universal question of what makes a good title for any book. I don’t pretend to have all the answers there, but what I do know I’m going to share (and I expect all the rest of you to do so too).

I’ll start off with this. I once heard this publisher guy say that the best title is one that is between 1-5 words and makes you…[Read more]

Hi, Kate! I love this poem! It was very raw and descriptive, which I love! Keep it up! I agree with @Daeus; most of my “best” poems happen in the spur of the moment. 😀

I analyzed some of the poem, and I don’t think it follows any meter, but I do think if you changed the meter on some of the lines I pointed out that would help a lot. I don’t exactly know how to explain it. I get this sense which I’m not going to spend hours trying to prove that there is a sort of rhythm to your rhythm throughout most of the poem.…[Read more]

Wow. Great job, Kate! You had a great rhythm going throughout the whole thing that was really awesome.
I noticed the same part Daeus did, and I think I know what was my problem there.
You kind of have the beat going like “bum BUM bum BUM bum BUM”. Accentuating every other syllable at a pace you can nod your head to.
It sorta broke at the part:…[Read more]

Okay Daeus, thanks! Would you mind pointing out exactly where the lines were wrong?

No, I’ve not heard of a sestina. How does it work?
And I certainly know what you mean about working too hard on the rhyme. I used to think the only good poems were ones that rhymed properly, but now I know better. 😀

By the way, how are you liking all the poetry…[Read more]

Hm… you might try using a more visually appealing font for the text. Also you might consider designing yourself a logo (maybe just a cute little curly quill pen) that goes with the title.

Another thing that might be good is maybe you could make a light border on the left hand side of the page— very understated, not flashy or even really…[Read more]

Yeah it is a plain design, but what is there is pleasant. It feels comfortable. Of course, I want to do all I can to make it better. So does anyone have any suggestion for making it more eye grabbing? Pictures would work, but like I said, I’m picky about my pictures and I’m also concerned about copyright. Is there a way I can get around this? Are…[Read more]

I like it.

Honestly, I never take much time to think about my poems when I’m writing them myself. Some of my best ones are the ones that only took me a couple minutes.

I’d just pick pick out a couple lines that don’t flow quite right:
The bow is not bent,
And the sword has lost
All it’s sharpness.
Be the battle ever so grim.
Though the d…[Read more]

That’s good— I like that. Hm… shall we polish it now? 😛

And as the sun deserts the sky, I sigh a sigh of peace

‘Upon the things that I have seen; things of beauty, joy, and wonder’

That’s super neat! I liked what I read so far. Can’t wait to see more!

@Emma. That’s certainly a valid concern. I don’t like unrealistic, unhealthy, just peachy love stories either. However— keep in mind that you don’t have to have a ton of personal experience to write about something. Remember, Jane Austen wrote some of the most beautiful and popular love stories ever written, and she never married.
In reading…[Read more]

Like Kate, I prefer reading and writing in 3rd person. For me, I feel more connected to the character when reading in 3rd person (though that really doesn’t make much sense…). I love the “big picture” sensation that 3rd person brings. 1st person, to me, feels slightly jumpy and unnatural, but that is purely my personal opinion. 🙂

That said,…[Read more]

Hmm, first kiss before the wedding day. I don’t think it’s a sin, but at the same time I really like the idea of a first kiss on the wedding day, both in real life and in books I write. In one of my books, I have an engagement and the end and the MC kisses the girl’s hand. 🙂 Perhaps, after I’m married myself, I’ll go further in my own books. 😉