Hannah R.

@gideon-sowdon I personally don’t like multiple first person POVs, mainly because I’ve never read one that was done well. Even when an author clarifies which character is narrating, the voice for both is generally exactly the same. You have to make sure and create a unique voice for each narrator, so that the characters don’t seem identical and…[Read more]

@his-instrument. I would love to beta-read that! I can do things in word or google docs, but I prefer word docs. It will probably take me a few weeks to do because life. Do you have a time frame?

@gideon-sowdon First person in multiple POVs can be hard to do, but I love it. (I write in first person most of the time.) Like @his-instrument said, you need to make it really clear who is speaking. Names before chapters and references to the other narrator can really help the reader track. I personally find it difficult to have more than two…[Read more]

I have found what everyone has said here very useful. but I was wondering what every one thought about multiple POVs all in first person?

@daeus @bluejay @kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy @leumeister @perfectfifths @winter-rose @overcomer @jess @writefury @corissa-maiden-of-praise @anne-of-lothlorien @alia @the-bean @mark-kamibaya @warrioroftherealm…[Read more]

@his-instrument, that. . . can I call it mythology? That system seems to work pretty well, except for what Daeus pointed out. The reason given for the existence of ghosts is convincing. How much of a part will ghosts and the ideas behind them have in the story as a whole, or don’t you know yet?

@his-instrument Ok, I’m back to give you my rant on self-publishing and marketing.

So, I love the self-publishing. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I’ve tried it, but I don’t think so. You have full control and full rights. Check. You get way more royalties. Check (publishers keep the vast majority of the profit, and in many cases, they don’t even…[Read more]

@his-instrument

I think that could work. I especially like how you’d get to see the ghost’s view of the spiritual realm. Could make for some nice subtlety and suspense. As far as the story idea goes, two elements jumped out to me: The Accusor and the blood. Both of these, I think, could be deepened through developing their background mythologies.…[Read more]

@His-Instrument actually that does sound like it could be a powerful allegory, handled well. It’d need a lot of prayer and study of scripture of course, but that’s not difficult.

And that verse has always puzzled me as well. For me, it’s one of those mysteries that doesn’t really need explaining. Something God knows, but didn’t spell out for me,…[Read more]

@His-Instrument yeah. What he said.

@his-instrument It’s not really expensive. You basically just pay for a cover unless you can really design a good one yourself and then you can do a couple easy things yourself without paying for them and it doesn’t cost anything to list your books online. Print books don’t have to cost anything either with print on demand. Marketing is a broad…[Read more]

@his-instrument Well, I see what you mean. Of course, elves and ghosts are different, since elves are basically just a different looking human, whereas ghosts are spirits.

The basic principle here is that the truer something is, the better. Truth, though, isn’t always simple. There are levels of truth. For instance, if you wanted to show a…[Read more]

Well @His-Instrument, it depends on how you define ghost I guess. And sorry Tolkien, whatever you say about no allegory, I’m not buying it. 😛 There is no way he was blind to the symbolism in his work. Even if it wasn’t supposed to be a specific allegory, it was allegorical in so many ways it’s impossible he did that on accident. Sauron of course…[Read more]

@his-instrument I am planning to self-publish soon. I’m hoping in about two weeks, but we’ll see if I can manage everything in that time.

I’m not actually doing my own cover design. I hired PerryElizabethDesigns, which is a company that advertised on KP before. I’d recommend them. They’re pretty affordable and I like what they’ve done.

Actually, wait…I just looked at the email you sent again @his-instrument. For some reason, I was thinking the Writer’s Gathering was on January 7. However, if it’s on the 21st, I might (just might) be able to make it. It’s about 1 hour and 30 minutes from where I live. Let me ask my mom and I’ll let you know. 😀

I’m SO sorry I haven’t responded to this until now @his-instrument! Ahh, I feel so bad. This past semester has been so crazy school-wise…It’s been insane. But that’s no excuse for not responding! I’m really sorry! Anyway, about the writing gathering…unfortunately, I don’t think I can make it. So sorry, and thanks so much for trying to…[Read more]

@mark-kamibaya Ahgh! That’s just what I don’t want!

@kate-flournoy Vampires. Ugh. That’s why I didn’t like the girl’s affect. You’re right. *grimaces*

So I’m gonna try to reimagine this cover. I like the guy, but maybe something else needs to change. Maybe even forget the guy? Who knows?

Now if any of you have any ideas, I’d gladly take them,…[Read more]

Ok, @kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy @dragon-snapper @ingrid @hope @jess @mark-kamibaya @his-instrument @anyone-else

Here’s take three. Tell me what you think.

Matthew is sworn to avenge a murder. His dedication to his wronged family is powerful enough to bring him through any trial, but his youth and inexperience hold him back. Setting out to find…[Read more]

@his-instrument What Kate said. That’s what I meant to say, except I would have put it better of course.

I tend to agree with @Daeus, @His-Instrument. Literature doesn’t always HAVE to be literal and exact to the real world— especially when it comes to symbolism, there are definite lines you can cross— but unless you feel that it will help illustrate a truth (maybe you wanna explore guilt and how it keeps you from moving on?) probably best not to…[Read more]