Julia R.

@clairec  Was Frances Hodgson Burnett the one who wrote Little Women? The name sounds familiar…

Are you Australian?

@dragon-snapper  Heheh I’m like that!

@sam-kowal  Gotta write it somewhere XD

You know you’re a writer when you want to write about the back-stories of inanimate objects.

@clairec!!!! Hi!!!! I’m so glad to see you!!!!!

No, we haven’t met yet. I’m Dekreel! Nice to meet you! *tries not to dig claws into your hands as I shake it*

Sometimes I look through the archives and think, “What ever happened to those guys? I really miss them!” Even though I had never met them. So yeah, that’s why I’m so excited to see you  XD…[Read more]

You know you’re a Kapeefer when you go to the library and see a book called Keeper and you think to yourself, “They spelled Kapeefer wrong.”

@the-real-kapeefer (thanks for that. XD) @catwing @perfectfifths @dekreel

Hmm…it is a fantasy story, for one. I’m not sure how that could be incorporated, but I’m definitely open to the possibility of God actually being there.

This is all really good to think through though. Would it help to read the story? Idk. Only if you want to.

@livgiordano Well, I may be wrong, but I don’t know if you can do it completely. You probably don’t have to mention God very much to make that type of message, <span style=”background-color: #ffd9de;”>but I think you’d have to just at least some. </span>

<span style=”background-color: #ffd9de;”>The question I want to ask is why God can’t be m…[Read more]

Oh wow, thank you so much! This is actually really encouraging.

If you never mention God, you could take this whole redemption idea and put it into the life of some people. Maybe Person A struggles with a lot of self-worth issues, but then Person B does this amazing, almost irrational self-sacrifice for them, which gets Person A to thinking about…

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@waterlily Cool! I’m definitely going to have to check them out now.

@SeekJustice for the most part, the things that were kind of mature in the book weren’t really in the TV series, so that was nice. If you’re wanting to watch it. 🙂

@jenwriter17 Ohh yay, another Chuck Black fan! YES, I love Wars of the Realm! They’re all so awesome, and really…[Read more]

@waterlily  Check out these two articles on @jane-maree‘s blog! They are SO helpful!

What is Theme?

Focusing your Theme

@waterlily Definitely what Elizabeth said.

Also, on another note, things like love conquers all” and “revenge leads to destruction” aren’t actually themes, they’re messages. I don’t know if you’ve ever looked into KP’s Theme Mastery course, but one of the things we teach in there is that a theme should never be controversial like “revenge leads…[Read more]

@seekjustice Thank you! Yeah, I actually thought it was pretty cool. *nods* Yeah, the book was a little heavy for me too, but not overly so. If it was just a tad more, I probably would’ve quit. 😉 I’m also not a fan of Christie’s rebellious character, and how she acts very familiar with both David and Neil. But at the same time, we watched these…[Read more]

Okay…*takes a deep breath* *thinks hard* There should be something I can share.

Let everything inspire you:

As a writer, I observe things. Like everything. Whether it be how the the streetlight catches the glimmer of the puddles, or what it feels like to be literally freezing, longing for a warm house to step inside of. It’s amazing how much…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Thank you!

@supermonkey42 Thank you! I’m glad it sounds original, and I really hope it is. 😉

@jenwriter17 Thanks for the welcome! I can  tell that I’m really going to love it here. 🙂 I love all of Chuck Black’s books, the Ilyon Chronicles, and Lord of the Rings. My favorite genre is fantasy, though I also really enjoy…[Read more]

That was for compiling the ebook. Publishing it to Amazon is also very easy.

@photobloggergal Yes, it’s very easy. Do you have Scrivener? That’s what I used so I could help you the most with that, but it’s also easy to do with Word and some other programs.

@radically-surrendered, yes, I think he does become a Christian, or close to it in the book. And his wife actually died a long time before Christie came in childbirth. So that whole element isn’t there.

@mariposa Nice to meet both of you! I love making earrings, and I make cards…sometimes. I love to read, and play the piano. And I love doing…[Read more]

*nods* Yeah, those episodes I would count as some of the older, better ones. We’ve watched the whole series. 😉 Both Adam and Albert are pretty cool. But in the final episodes, it isn’t even about the Ingalls anymore. Sadly. It’s mostly about Laura and Almanzo.

Oh, have you gotten to when Nellie gets married? Those ones were pretty funny, with…[Read more]

Oh sheesh. That’s hard. I would have to say team David. But they’re both awesome. *whispers* I read the book, just because after that final episode, I NEEDED to know who she ended up with. That was the most horrible ending every. *sobs* Anyway…have you read the book? It’s actually pretty similar. And she didn’t end up with who I expected her to.

@emma-flournoy Thank you! I’m feeling at home here already. Y’all are great at welcoming people. Yeah, practically the only reason I said Little House on the Prairie is because I couldn’t really think of many TV shows. XD. I like Mary, I think. She’s pretty cool. Yeah, the episodes seemed to progressively get more strange  though. I liked the…[Read more]