Hannah C

Haha maybe someday! Lets see their names are Morty, Obie, Myrtle, Maude, Misty, Tootsie, Chloe, Pip, Pop, Clover, and Blossom. And the babies are called Lindi, Turtle, Nettles, Oreo, Ben, and Moose. 😀

Dachshunds are real cute and those names are just perfect! 😀

What’s your favorite animal?

HC

Goodness, you have some good points, Kate, and you’ve got me thinking. I want to read an arranged marriage from a political stand point now. And that arranged marriage from the cradle. I’ve only read one of those and it was a western so the romance wasn’t a big part. The guy ended up marrying the girl as he had always planned to and the lived…[Read more]

Hello, Rachel! Its a pleasure to meet you. 😀

That’s wonderful! Yes, my family has a small farm so we have some animals like chickens, ducks, pigs, goats, etc. The goats are my personal favorite though. What about you?

HC

Yes I love books like that! Some romance books (like mail-order bride historical romances) have the characters get married in the beginning and show the growth process afterward. I have to say those are some of my favorites. Plus I have read one or two books where the characters were already married when the story starts and they have to work…[Read more]

My word that’s quite the accomplishment! Have you published any yet?

HC

Thanks!

That whole “write what you know” thing isn’t all the way true though. I mean, how many of us have been in the middle of a gunfight or gone on an adventure all the way around the world in order to save somebody etc. There are some things we just don’t know or haven’t experienced. The trick is taking what you do know (past experiences,…[Read more]

Exactly, Daniel! The book industry has used those same old boring plotlines until it’s become monotonous. Its time for writers to step out of their literary comfort zone and write something new with purpose and meaning.

Who cares what the character looks like. Probably most of us are concerned with the character of the–well–character and the…[Read more]

That sounds like a very exciting and interesting book! Don’t worry, I totally know the feeling of getting sidetracked. Have you completed any yet?
Well thank you very much! That’s quite an encouragement. 😀

HC

Nope, I think we’ve pretty much dissected the life out of this one. 😀
Thanks for a great discussion!

HC

I’m not sure this helps but here’s a link that explains writing in meter pretty good.
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/poetry-meter.html

I like to write poetry too but I can’t say I’ve actually set out to write I meter. It seems incredibly difficult and I applaud you for doing so. 🙂

HC

Dystopian is the exact opposite — it describes an imaginary society that is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible. That’s the dictionary definition but I think basically it’s anything that can go wrong does.

I really wouldn’t take a “perfect” character too far because then how is your reader supposed to relate? If your characters become t…[Read more]

Wow! You certainly have a well rounded argument, Kate. While I have only ever read one book that is probably considered fantasy I can see where you are coming from (especially if the fantasy is also vaguely dystopian). It is necessary then and I think we tend to lable someone like you described as the stereotypical villain, which makes it all the…[Read more]

Hello, Rolena!

Thank you for the warm welcome; it is, indeed, nice to meet a fellow country girl. 😀

I finished the first draft of one novel back in May about a girl and her family who travel west on a wagon train. I am also currently working on two other stories. One is a murder mystery and the other is about a girl growing up on a farm in a…[Read more]