Kathleen

@kathleenramm Hmm… I haven’t really gotten a lot of critiques on my writing. But sometimes people tell me that my themes are heavy, and I’m like “wait, really?” I mean, my series has a rather lighthearted tone to it, in my opinion (lots of funny things sprinkled in and lots of action) but is it really that heavy? So I guess I’m just working with…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Yoooo wait that’s actually really epic tho–

@sparrowhawke Ah yes, it seems it was eaten by the Forum Balrog. 🙁 But I was able to see it on your profile, so fear not! 😉

Heyy, thanks! Haha. Oh, actually, it’s short for Kadotake, which was one of my former aliases! But my close friends on here nicknamed me Kads. XD It fits me better, imo!

Ooooh, all of those sound super interesting!! The…[Read more]

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Sorry I’m late in replying! Been very busy lol

Romance was and er, still is a least favorite.  Don’t think me morbid when I admit a well done death scene means more than any romance.

But I’ve softened and now I don’t mind romantic reading or writing

And I totally get what you mean about poetry!  Whoever wrote the poems in s…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Mhm, exactly. I agree 100% with that. When it comes to expressing emotions, poetry is FAR superior to ordinary writing, imo. So much better because you don’t necessarily have to follow any particular format like you do a sentence.

LOL, that’s funny. XDDD People change as time goes by! I think poetry’s kinda just one of those things…[Read more]

@kathleenramm RIGHT???? XDDD oh man… that was the only scene I’ve seen of the movie so far. I am considering watching it for entirely satirical reasons.

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I think Percy Jackson, as well as some modern setting/historical fiction books by James Scott Bell, really helped tip the scales for my appreciation of books set in those time periods. I also started taking history classes at my college, because I thought learning about history would give me more ideas for stories. Because of that…[Read more]

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I was so particular about the things I read. I would only ever read fantasy, comic books, and I loved little stories like Aesop’s Fables. But it was only until I was like, twelve when I gave other books a chance.

I strongly disliked historical fiction, poetry, classics(with the exception of Laura Ingalls Wilder), especially…[Read more]

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This is a small thing, but I use to hate present tense first person. It really bothered me and it was hard to read for a while. But after reading it several times, plus enjoying most of the stories with this, it grew on me. Now I quite like it. Not my favourite type for POV, but I could see myself writing in that style one day…

@kathleenramm Yes, tons! All my faves at this point are classics, haha. Probably East of Eden by Steinbeck and The Brothers Karamazov most though.

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I used to dislike reading anything set in the modern world and/or historical settings if it didn’t have some magical element in it (so, I totally understand the old not-liking-historical-fiction thing, @nova21!) Now, I love historical fictional as well as contemporary legal thrillers and a few other genres set in the real world 🙂

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Before I answer this question, I need @gracie-j to promise she won’t banish me to the far ends of the Kingdom…. I take that as a yes…??? XD  I used to hate hate hate historical fiction because it didn’t have as much freedom as fantasy, which i was obsessed with.  I thought it was too restrictive and just not that i…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I used to also HATE poetry. I hated reading it, LOATHED writing it, you couldn’t find me dead having to do with poetry.

Well, now, here I am, and I write poetry nearly every day now. I have a rapidly expanding doc on my computer just filled with my poetry. I only write it on there because I don’t want to run the risk of writing it…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I used to not like classics, I think. Because thick and big and full of words and language I wasn’t used to and boring..haha.. I guess kids can’t appreciate old books. Because now I only read classics.

We need to keep this thread alive, guys!! What’s going on?? XDD

How are y’all doing? What’s been going on in your writing and non-writing lives? Fill me in! I’ve not been doing much, I’ve started writing my second book in my present day trilogy (some of you already know :P) Outside of my writing life, I recently had an anaphylactic attack, which…[Read more]

@kathleenramm my first novel was cringy and I never finished it because I didn’t have a strong enough plot line, but I enjoyed writing it and it taught me I could do anything in writing.

<3 Exactly. I’ve most recently realized just how much of me I’ve written into the lives of my characters. Lol it seems narcistic, but it’s coping.

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IKR? ATLA IS GREAT! I will never turn down the opportunity to fangirl over something as valuable as ATLA! XD

My fav character is gonna have to be, Iroh, or…[Read more]