Jodi Maile

@kathleenramm

Ooh, fun! Uhh, let’s see…

I needed to find a way to get my revenge.

Yeah…not that exciting. It looks pretty bland without the paragraph leading up to it XD

@kathleenramm

I’ve only written one short story so far, since I started last month, but I was really proud of it and I want to keep going! And yes–even a sentence can be counted as progress! Given my random and busy schedule, allowing myself to feel happy about writing smaller amounts has been really necessary and helpful. 🙂

@ariel-f Hi! Welcome to Kingdom Pen! I’m Jodi. I was homeschooled too, and I also love wolves! I went to a White Wolf Sanctuary once on the Oregon Coast, a few hours away from where I live in Central Oregon. They were so beautiful!

Your story sounds so interesting (and like something I’d love to start reading right now)! I love the contrast…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Oh that’s so cool! I’m doing short stories too! I just recently decided to do one short story a month, and I got my sister to join me as a sort of “one short story a month” challenge. We hold each other accountable by reading each other’s finished stories at the end of each month, too. The one short story a month thing has been super…[Read more]

@joelle-stone I’m pretty new to the forums, so I’m not sure, but you could just put it here I guess? Or in the critique forum. And then we can just read it and give you our thoughts! 🙂

@lewilliams Thank you so much!! It’s set in a dystopian future with gangs representing the power struggles instead of kingdoms, so I’m pretty much completely reimagining it XD. It’s a super short story, but I keep getting told that everyone wants it to keep going. Maybe I should do that…

And your writing from your WIP sounds so interes…[Read more]

@joelle-stone Your excerpt is so mysterious! I want to know what happens next!
@gracie-j Thank you! I remember this part from Held Captive—I feel like Rina’s growing up on the ocean developed her into someone who expects inconsistency, and I love how being on the land exposes her to the truth that God is steadfast.
@lydia-s I love how you dev…[Read more]

@writerlexi1216 Ooh I love your excerpt! And thank you so much!

@daisy-torres I love the way your excerpt creates such a suspenseful mood.

@devastate-lasting Thank you! I’m excited to read the full story 🙂

@nova21 Thanks for tagging me!! This sounds super fun (and like a great way for me to finally get involved in the forums).

@joelle-stone Hi! I’d love to help out with your blurb.

@devastate-lasting Your excerpt sounds amazing! I’d love to read the full short story.

@abigail-m GIRL I love the beautiful (and frightening) wintry description in…[Read more]

@lewilliams Thank you for the book suggestions! I have a very long reading list to add them to…😄

I enjoyed taking a British lit class! We studied stories like Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein in that class. And Shakespeare has been fun as well! My favorite class in all of college so far has been a Pre-Modern (Samurai) Japan class, but that’s…[Read more]

@lewilliams Hello! It’s nice to meet you, too! I’m so happy to meet another Prydain reader. 🙂 I’ve only read the Prydain books, but I know he has many other books that I have not read yet. Would you recommend any in particular?

Another English major! Yay! I’ve been doing school online since second grade, so it’s been easy-ish for me to move my…[Read more]

@joy-caroline Yay, another Faouzia fan! *high fives* My favorite song of Faouzia’s is “Tears of Gold” right now, but I also really love “You Don’t Even Know Me”!

@hallie-jean

Hi! A pleasure to make your acquaintance, as well. My favorite punctuation mark would probably be either this , or ?. I like the way commas look but I also enjoy question marks!

My upcoming WIP is about a girl whose homeland gets invaded, so she has to get involved with a long war in order to win it back.

My favorite fictional…[Read more]

@joy-caroline Hello! It’s nice to meet you too! Your stories sound intriguing. I haven’t read To Kill a Mockingbird yet, but I’ll definitely put it on my reading list. 🙂

@devastate-lasting Thank you so much! 🙂 I’ll go check out the WIP chat, it sounds like fun.

@issawriter7 My favorite color is pink! But I also love a bunch of other colors: light green, sky blue, etc.

@gracie-j Ooh, I’d love to read your first novel! And I would totally do a critique, if you wanted.

My favorite band is Joseph! They’re from Portland, OR, and theirs was the first concert I ever went to and the last one I went to before the lockdowns started last year. As for singers, I’ve been enjoying Faouzia’s music lately!

@nova21

I totally get preferring to plan! My sister writes and does more detailed outlines of her stories than I do, and that seems to work well for her.

And thank you so much about my pfp! Yours is pretty, too!

@issawriter7

Thanks for the welcome! My favorite character in Lord of the Rings would probably be Gandalf, but I also really like Gimli and the hobbits. Your stories sound so interesting!

The most epic pen name?? That’s a tough question. There’s an author I met on Twitter who goes by Waverly Black, which I thought was cool-sounding.

If I could…[Read more]