Jane Maree

*double facepalm* And I used the wrong form of ‘your’. My apologies, grammar fairies.

Why do I always forget about my own topics? *facepalm*

So first off @daeus You’re point about the lessons to be learned does open up a lot. I planned the second book by plotting out the theme first…I guess I should do that again, just for a national scale. And indeed it works very well. And usually, I would plot it out from beginning to end, I…[Read more]

@catwing @dragon-snapper @jane-maree @anyone-else

I am now writing! Hopefully I can finish the first chapter today! (I hate you, fourth rewrite….)

@ethryndal @dragon-snapper @daughteroftheking Those are all so awesome! I love them!

@Ethryndal OH that makes sense too…yeah. Whenever I see fancy dresses in non-fantasy looking collages, I automatically think steam-punk because where else would dresses be worn? 😛 But no, that fits too.

Come to think of it, she’s only that evil 60% of the time.

I’m glad to hear it. 😂

She sounds seriously intriguing though.

@xonos-darkgrate You sneaky-sneak. Now I really want to read it because you sound like Lemony Snickets….

@Emma-Flournoy Actually… no, no it’s not. More like fairytale. She’s a stepsister. (Whether it gave that impression or not… I kinda forgot about creating a proper atmosphere.)

Come to think of it, she’s only that evil 60% of the time. I suppose the collage caught her at a bad moment.

@allison-grace I follow the system taught by K.M.Wieland. It’s excellent as many others on here will testify. She has written several books on the subject and she has a series of articles on her blog covering the subject as well.

In her system, there are 18 major plot points. I like to have all of these down before I start writing. On top of…[Read more]

@Ethryndal Ohh. Whoa. She looks to be a character all right. Vena LaVere? Right? The name FITS.
Is the genre steam-punk-y? That’s sorta what it feels like, with that dress and the bottle (be it filled with caustic wit or anything else).

This is the thing about Kingdom Pen: You go forever thinking someone is 18, but it turns out, they’re actually twelve or something. This has happened to me on multiple occasions.

@xonos-darkgrate I think the youngest person we have is 13–that’s how old I was when I joined but then time happened so now I’m older…. XD

@xonos-darkgrate As far as the magic goes, I think it probably needs a bit more fleshing out with details, but as long as the power isn’t actually God’s power, but merely a separate power he created, I think you’re on the right track.

As for romance, it’s really up to you. It could be hard to write it without any experience and you do want to…[Read more]

…you’re younger than 15? @xonos-darkgrate I did not see that coming.

@xonos-darkgrate

Wow, it sounds like you’ve put a lot of thought into all this. I like how it sounds sort of darker and edgier, but still good (as in good is good and will triumph).

Hi @xonos-darkgrate

Solid story idea. I think this could be really cool. Like @daeus and @kate-flournoy said, though, I think articulating exactly how the magic thing works could be tricky. But from what I’ve seen, it looks like you’re well on your way to solving it.

Everything that needs to be said has pretty much already been said here,…[Read more]

@ethryndal I don’t think I want to meet your…er…other very cool personage. 😉
@dragon-snapper Cool!
@daughteroftheking I love all the photos in your collage. It reminds me of beauty and the beast.

@xonos-darkgrate @daeus Maybe it’s that, the power is used by everyone, but depending on who you use it through and for if it’s light or dark or grey. It could be like praying, if you pray to God (the only one you’re supposed to pray to), or to idols or other things.

@xonos-darkgrate Good ideas. The one thing that confuses me is point 1. It sounds strange that Satan could manipulate God’s power. Maybe there’s there’s an outside force of power that God created and controls as a testing ground? I’m sure you’ll figure it all out.

*throws up hands* Now it’s only showing me Caroline’s. Oh well. Hers is probably better anyway.

Because my love/hate relation with Caroline veers ever so slightly to the “love” side, I’ll try to post her collage again.