Jenna Terese

@issawriter7

Hello!

Thank you:) and yes, I plan on publishing. First I have to write my second draft and then see how many rewrites it will need. But definitely. I love the cast of characters I have and know that in that mess on my shelf (first draft) there’s a great novel… somewhere.

I don’t really have a favorite genre, just whatever dust…[Read more]

I’m off now! I’ll chat to you all later. 😀

@catwing @alia @godlyfantasy12

@catwing

Not too bad at all. I’m recovering after the holidays 😛 How have you been?

@godlyfantasy12
I TOTALLY feel you, girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I always say that its easier to talk about writing than to actually do it. It’s NOT JUST YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think just about every single writer out there struggles with this! I think its more because even though we enjoy writing it takes a LOT of mental energy and we always…[Read more]

@catwing,

I’ll have to check it out

@seekjustice,

that’s a good idea

@godlyfantasy12,

I would say that there are different times when I definitely feel that way, and sometimes taking a short break to refocus is good. (with my procrastination it turns into months, but I would suggest maybe just taking a week away with no writing before…[Read more]

@alia

Yeah, that’s hard. I find when I’m in a stitch like that that going back to characters can be really helpful. For me, that’s where a lot of ideas for how to integrate subplots into the main plot comes from exploring various facets of the main and side characters.

@catwing

Hellloooo!! It has been so long my friend!

@catwing

pretty good, busy but mostly good.

ooh, what’s the channel?

I get the whole writing thing, I had planned on publishing my book this summer, but I have barely started the second draft (I wanted the 3rd draft done by the end of this year)

@seekjustice,

I just can’t figure out how to add them in without making it annoying to read, like its forced. I’m also trying to add more world building (because Tolkien is my favorite author and I want to slightly resemble that) so its being difficult

@catwing,

Hey! how’s it going? how’s your year been?

@alia

Ooh that’s tricky. Are you finding it hard to come up with subplots or just integrate them into the main plot?

@seekjustice,

I am trying to fill in holes and missing information and skipped scenes (my first draft is literally just the main plot and that’s it, nothing else), but I can’t seem to figure out how to do so

@alia

I definitely understand. Second drafts are so hard. What in particular are you struggling with?

@seekjustice

you won’t be disappointed 🙂

I am having the hardest time getting motivation for my second draft for Decisions

@alia

That’s really good to hear. I’m going to add them to my Goodreads right now 😀

Hopefully it will be intriguing. I pantsed the whole thing (which I do not do) so its not in great shape at the moment but at least the first draft is done and I’ve got something to work with. The half-elf is awesome. Definitely one of my favourite characters…[Read more]

@seekjustice

They are so well done. The author does so much research to make them historically and culturally accurate as well as biblically accurate.

Ooooooh, this has me intrigued. The half-elf is already my favorite character.

I love sibling duos! They are under utilized in stories

@alia

I’ll definitely look into her then! I enjoy books like that if they’re well written 😀

Thank you! The one I just finished is a dark(ish) fantasy thriller about two brothers, who may or may not hate each other, who have to uncover an ancient conspiracy with the help of an immortal half-elf. The one I’m working on plotting at the moment is a…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I highly recommend her. My favorite one (Bread of Angels) is about Lydia, the maker of purple in the book of Acts that Paul mentions. I’m currently read Daughter of Rome, which is about Aquila and Pricilla. Its really good too. She mostly writes about women in the Bible, but sometimes she takes a story of the Bible and creates a…[Read more]

@alia

Ooh, I’ve heard of Tessa Afshar but I’ve never read any of her books. What are some of her plots about?

I’ve read some really good books lately, mostly non-fiction and adult historical fiction! My writing’s been pretty good too. I finished another novel a couple of days ago which was really good and I’ve got plans to start another one very soon.

@seekjustice,

I’ve been doing alright. Been reading a lot of books by Tessa Afshar, a biblical fiction writer, but been painfully neglecting my writing. How about you?