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Ava Murbarger (Solfyre) replied to the topic How many stories/books have you written? in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 months ago
Lol, writing was my main hobby for years, and now that I’m hoping to make it my career (or at least part of it) I’m doing it just as much but more seriously. Definitely took me a while to write that much lol.
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Keilah H. replied to the topic Let's Laugh! Writing Memes in the forum Art 10 months ago
@acancello ah yes, the horrible truth lol
My very profile picture is a possibly dead character…..
@grcr lol your signature
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Sara replied to the topic The Ildin Saga in the forum Novel Critique Requests 10 months ago
Wow. You (and your sister) are amazing at building worlds! I feel like mine is so cliche! I really can’t help you much on worldbuilding, because I’m really new to that and it would be like trying to teach a professional artist how to draw, XD
But I will gladly try to help you with characters!!!
@grcr gave some great pointers on character…[Read more]
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RAE replied to the topic The Chat Chat in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 months ago
@grcr @highscribeofaetheruim @jonas @savannah_grace2009 @whalekeeper @anyone
I drafted the song again, not sure if i really like it yet, but it’s a step closer than yesterday.
Life is a waking nightmare,
Day after day, I roll along without you
Night is a dagger of pain because you are there
Haunting my dreams like some old ghost,
Calling my…
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Trailblazer started the topic Revolutionary War story idea in the forum Historical 10 months ago
Ok, I know I already have too many WIP’s, but I had another idea I’ve been working on this week. I’ve been doing a crazy amount of research for this one and haven’t started any writing yet, which is a bit unusual for me because usually I start writing and research what I need to know as I go. (Probably not the best method, but that’s how I roll…[Read more]
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Cloaked Mystery replied to the topic The Ildin Saga in the forum Novel Critique Requests 10 months ago
Thanks, that’s all helpful! A dark red, like burgundy, might be good actually. And I could also try a reddish violet color, because the two purple colors I’m using so far are both more cool purples. (I don’t really like warm purples, so that’s why, but I can’t afford to be picky!)
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Cloaked Mystery started the topic The Ildin Saga in the forum Novel Critique Requests 10 months ago
This is a new topic for my Celestiar series set on Ildin. I don’t know how many books this will be, because I’ve only been working on the first one. Again, as with the Adonial Saga, “the Ildin Saga” is a working name, but not the final one.
I’m switching my attention from the Adonial Saga to this one. I have a couple reasons why. First of all,…[Read more]
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RAE posted an update 10 months ago
@highscribeofaetherium @freedomwriter76 @esther-c @jonas @calyhuge @beth-torres @grcr @smiley @whalekeeper @loopylin @thearcaneaxiom @savannah_grace2009 @trailblazer @acancello @keilah-h @princesachronicle22 @idk
I just got a great idea, but I’m not sure if it is so great.
For once, I am going to mandate you to reply in some form, I have…[Read more] -
RAE replied to the topic The Chat Chat in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 months, 1 week ago
@freedomwriter76 @highscribeofaetherium @grcr @jonas @esther-c @smily @whalekeeper @hybridlore @idk
Ignore me if you wish, I literally just typed in tags since i didn’t know what else to do (If you can tell)
I’m trying to write a song for Alpha Grath. This is for after he looses Emmie (if you don’t know who she is, she was the love of his…[Read more]
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Sara replied to the topic Back Stories, the thing that shapes life in the forum Characters 10 months, 1 week ago
@rae @freedomwriter76 @jonas @acancello @grcr @anyone-else
Sooooo you guys remember Jraldath right?? The evil Pythonos that terrorizes everyone…
And you also remember his wife Selena?
Well…they’re evil for a reason…because they have a TRAGIC BACKSTORY!! bwahaha!
Anyways…when Jraldath and Selena were newly married, they had a son.
And…[Read more]
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RAE replied to the topic Prayer Requests for Anyone in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 10 months, 1 week ago
@freedomwriter76 @trailblazer @acancello @esther-c @highscribeofaetherium @jonas @savannah_grace2009 @grcr @anyone-else
Update: We talked to a doctor who said that I was definitely somewhat diabetic, so he upped the amount of a pill I was already taking and gave us some other instructions about what to avoid and what I need to do daily. He’s…[Read more]
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Sara replied to the topic Mood Boards/Aesthetics in the forum Characters 10 months, 1 week ago
Thank you!!! (:
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Sara replied to the topic Mood Boards/Aesthetics in the forum Characters 10 months, 1 week ago
@freedomwriter76 @rae @acancello @grcr @esther-c
I made another board for Ottoline!!!
PICS AREN’T WORKING?!?!?
UGH! here’s the link then…haha
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hybridlore replied to the topic Read through the Bible??? in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 10 months, 1 week ago
Sounds good! Yeah, let’s just try to stay updated and maybe someone can post the number of chapters we’ll read to each week? I would say 3 chapters per day will work in general, but you’re right, it definitely depends on the book.
@grcr @beth @mineralizedwritings @esther-c @walkbyfaith
So this week, read until Genesis 22, I think?…[Read more]
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RAE replied to the topic Prayer Requests for Anyone in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 10 months, 1 week ago
@jonas @grcr @highscribeofaetherium
Thanks, guys.
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Sara replied to the topic My Work In Progress in the forum Novel Critique Requests 10 months, 1 week ago
Marcurious is between 16 and 18. I haven’t really figured that out yet haha!
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Sara replied to the topic My Work In Progress in the forum Novel Critique Requests 10 months, 1 week ago
@esther-c @acancello @grcr @vinagirl @hybridlore
Introducing….Marcurious!!!
Here’s the newest chapter I wrote in my WIP:
Marcurious deftly snatched a ripe apple from the market stall, and sauntered away, holding his head high as if without a care in the world.
He pasted a look of innocence on his face.
I didn’t steal this apple. Nope. I p…
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hybridlore replied to the topic Read through the Bible??? in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 10 months, 1 week ago
Alright, I guess we’ll see what beth says, but I’m fine with trying three chapters a day!
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hybridlore replied to the topic The Chat Chat in the forum General Writing Discussions 10 months, 1 week ago
@esther-c @savannah_grace2009 @grcr @whalekeeper @trailblazer @smiley @hanako @walkbyfaith @ellie-wingfeather @mcmuffin @mineralizedwritings @freedomwriter76 @kyronthearcanin
Does anyone on here have Kindle Unlimited? If so, do you have any good, clean book recs that are on there?
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hybridlore replied to the topic Read through the Bible??? in the forum Mission, Calling & Ethics 10 months, 1 week ago
@beth-torres @grcr @walkbyfaith @hanako @esther-c (maybe?)
So what are you guys thinking? Should we go by week, or day? A certain amount each week might be easier cause then it’s not a big deal if you skip a day, but we can always do, like, 1-2 chapters each day… Also, we can always just decide to go at our own paces, so whatever works!
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I think that is awesome! I don’t have any theological problems with that. I tend to avoid doing robots and stuff, because I don’t believe that such a creation would have a soul, and I would usually rather avoid writing about those topics. I haven’t thought about how that would extend to a human created in a lab. There’s nothing biological about a…[Read more]
*either not dither
I don’t like to play with sentient and rational robots, honestly those creep me out. The idea of Alpha being originally a a robot made out of flesh came from me just thinking about him. It was really weird, I was talking as Alpha to his best friend Terry and it just spilled out. I was making it up as I went, but it sounded like it was a set piece…[Read more]
That makes sense to me. I think we’re pretty much on the same page.
I haven’t thought about it in depth, but from first glance, I don’t have a problem with it either. I guess it would depend also on how he was created. Did they take human DNA to create him? If that’s the case, then I think he would have a soul just like any other person, because the rest of us are created with human DNA, even though the process of…[Read more]
He was made from mixed DNA, to give him the traits Grathmere wanted. I believe most likely, he was made the weird 3D printer way at first, and developed from there.
He was actually interestingly enough, not made to have any moral compass. He was supposed to be a heartless assassin that did what Grathmere wished. He’d have limited free will, but…[Read more]
I think that’s a really good idea. I don’t find any theological issues with it. Er, I don’t really have any other comments ATM 😅
@rae
I like the idea! I think it makes sense that he would be without breath at first, and I think that God could definitely give him a soul if He chose
Ooh, ok. So I see where your doubts are coming from. Here’s my opinion…
I believe that as soon as a baby is conceived in the womb, he (referring to either gender in this case) is a human being with a soul that is loved by God. Obviously he cannot physically breathe yet because he’s only a few cells. But when he is born, God is ultimately the O…[Read more]
@rae
I really like this idea!!!
I think this is a fun idea. I don’t think there’s any theological problems. Is this your fantasy, or something else? If the first, then I wouldn’t think theological and scientific problems should be your primary concern, because what you say goes. Even if your more into hard worldbuilding, you can build up a distinct theological system that is…[Read more]
@thearcaneaxiom Yeah, this is in my sci-fi/fantasy Galaxy. Alpha is one of my main charries.
I don’t think this is too weird an idea for a sci-fi universe. It’s basically like God put literal, actual life in a body which was built, not born. Like a machine built out of flesh and bone, it was working, but it wasn’t alive quite yet. I think the way he explains it is a little strange, but that’s an explanation and can be modified a bit.
My only issue is that if his heart was going but not his breathing, he would die pretty quickly, so maybe he was effectively “dead” with neither organ working, and when they tried to “jump-start” him, his heart started but not his lungs, and then when they were confusedly trying to figure it out he started breathing.
That was a weird explanation, sorry….
It makes sense…in fact that was the way I pictured it in my mind, just Alpha sometimes says things weirdly, and leaves out parts.
I believe the term for during but still coming back to life by revival is called “clinically dead”. Not sure if Alpha falls under this or not, though…
Ok, good, it made sense…lol