Ivy Rose

USA fact: Washington is the only state named after a president.

I’m in Eastern Washington state. Contrary to popular belief, it DOES NOT RAIN ALL THE TIME here. Go to the west side of the state; yep, it absolutely does. Here in eastern WA, we’re in a high desert area. We have four lovely, very distinct seasons. We have temps ranging from (fahrenheit) 105 to -10. It’s the perfect place to live (in my very…[Read more]

@writefury I feel silly but I didn’t know there was a difference. 🙂 I think I’m doing 3rd person limited…I’m writing in Deep Point Of View if you are familiar with that.
(Totally off subject….I wanted to let you know that I will be at the Christian Heritage conference and I’d love to meet you! If you want to send me an email through my…[Read more]

@Daeus, when I first saw the title of this topic, the first thing that came into my mind was, “Not fast enough.” 🙂

In reality, I read pretty fast. My mom taught me to read at 3 and at age 5 I was reading Little House on the Prairie by myself. Though I’m not proud of this, I have a terribly short attention span and can’t sit still for long. I…[Read more]

@jadamae I started playing in the fall of 2005. I was seven years old. 🙂 My brother (then 5) and I started at the same time! After seven years of classical violin, we switched to bluegrass/country/old-time fiddle. We both find fiddling SO much more fun than classical. 🙂

Welcome, Faith! Happy to have you here!

I’m a violin player as well! Good for you picking up violin…it is not an easy instrument. Keep at it though! The ability to play an instrument is such a gift. I’ve been playing violin/fiddle for almost 11 years now (piano for 14), and though I wasn’t always excited or cooperative when it came to lessons,…[Read more]

That was an interesting article. My two cents on the skin color/ethnicity part of it:

In my family, we are about as diverse as you can get when it comes to skin color. I have two biological brothers, both extremely caucasian with blonde hair and blue eyes. As for myself, I have olive skin and brown hair and eyes. My sister is Chinese. My 3…[Read more]

@Sarah-h Yeah, Daeus explained it very well there. I like to think about plugins as apps. You can get ‘apps’ for WordPress just like you get apps for a cell phone. The WordPress “apps” make your website do something that it isn’t already programmed for …just like a cell phone app.

Ohhhh yes, I forgot to mention that the most awesomest part of WordPress is the plugins!!!! There are thousands of them available. I use several and haven’t paid for one yet!!!

Ohhhh yes, I forgot to mention that the most awesomest part of WordPress is the widgets!!!! There are thousands of them available. I use several and haven’t paid for one yet!!!

@hope yes you can buy a domain name before setting up your web hosting site. Or buy a domain separately from the site that will be hosting your website. Generally, the hosting sites have ‘package deals’ when you buy a domain and so many years of service.

WordPress is amazingly versatile, and yes, there is a lot of information available on the web…[Read more]

@hope I use Hostgator. They were a little more expensive than some others (by a dollar or two a year) but I paid for 3 years upfront, as well as paying for my domain name, and it was around $60.

A fair word of warning…setting up a WordPress.org site is a ton of work. The only reason I did it is that my folks wanted me to take a class and learn…[Read more]

@Hope, are you asking about WordPress.com or WordPress.org? There is a difference…and it can be big or little depending.

Thanks for the info @Daeus.

I’ll have to check out ywriter. Thanks Anna!

@Sarah-margaret “Tabs” of documents?!?! Now that’s what I need! I had 7 word docs open last night. Thanks!

I read the Hidden Hand so long ago that I don’t remember too many characters, but as long as I’m thinking of the correct book, I liked Travis. (he was the doctor, right?) In Ishmael, Bee and Nora were my favorites. Who were yours?

Yes, EDEN Southworth’s tenancies towards melodrama gets tiring after a few books, but when spaced sporadically among…[Read more]

Welcome Anna! So happy to have you here! The first drafts of first novels are pretty much destined to be terrible (Mine sure was!!!) but that’s what editing is for! 🙂

@Kate-flournoy…Congratulations— you have joined the ranks of the most impressive army of nut-cases on the internet…you make me laugh. I guess it’s true though, huh? 😉

@Sarah-h Lamplighter Publishing carries the “real” version of The Hidden Hand. They compiled both books into one (and kept it unabridged). Well worth the money and time!