Kaya Young

@kaya-young  It depends on what your dialogue looks like. If you post a piece here or something, I’d be more than happy to give you some pointers 🙂

Overall, my best piece of advice is to make sure that your characters’ vocab isn’t far-fetched. Especially if your story is contemporary or futuristic. For example, this sentence, “Can we progress…[Read more]

@kaya-young okay, thanks! happy writing to you! 🙂

I’m reading for school again. anyone wanna join me?

@sam-kowal @warrenluther04 @ingridrd @dekreel @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @pickupyourpenandwrite

@kaya-young of course! the more the merrier 😀

My inbox is exploding. Which a good thing!

@sam-kowal Good point, I was reading the Hobbit at about that age too. As for dramatic, I think I can achieve that. *cough*not saying I have the tendency to be overdramatic. not saying that at all*cough* 😉

@notawriter Thank you muchly!

@ingridrd Why thank you!

@introvert_girl *scribbling down notes*…[Read more]

@kaya-young I don’t have any suggestions for names.. But I was thinking about what makes a name sound futuristic.. And now I’m really curious. 😀 I do notice that futuristic names tend to be short? And often they are like normal names but spelled in an uncommon way.  I feel like there is more to it then that though. What makes a name sound…[Read more]

@kaya-young Here’s what I got:

Girls: Destiny, Flair, Trinity, Dyra, Krystal

Boys: Res, Penn, Axe, Gunn, Volt

Both Genders: Blue, Byrd, Nym, Rho, Digit

@kaya-young Here are a few I made up that could be futuristic:

Carill/Karill
Jurain(e)
Buddle (I think this would be a great kid or sidekick name 😀 )
Kirlas (My favorite on this list)
Jeale
Clomark
Mikra
Thrae
Rillor (This could also be a surname?)
Karby
Safiom (This one’s great for nicknames)

Umm, is that enough? 😀 😀 I hope you like some of these.

@kaya-young  My favorite futuristic/sci-fi name is Tyver (boy name). Yes, I made it up XD

There’s also Vekka, and Tara pronounced (Tah-ra)  (both girl names)

And Torren (boy) 🙂

@kaya-young  *hangs up certificate of super awesomeness by story*  Thanks!! 😉

The GIF-hiders: An Easter Story

Part Three: The Flight to the Castle

That afternoon, Jenna opened the door of her house to a whooshing noise just outside, and she gasped at the sight of a sleek, dark red dragon, peering at her silently with yellow eyes.

Jenna’s mouth couldn’t help but fall open, even after hours of mental preparation. But now…[Read more]

@kaya-young wonderful!

HC

@kaya-young Oh, oh…don’t ask!  I’m trying, but it’s not going as fast as I would like.

By the way, I haven’t even found out what happens to her yet! 😀  I’ve done a very little bit of outlining, but mostly I just write as I go and see what comes out. (Which is sometimes a good thing – and sometimes a very bad thing.)

Character Collage for my poor little heroine:

@kaya-young No snake this time! 😀

@notawriter This is what she looks like normally.  (No make-up.)

@mnvalentine @kaya-young Sweet! Send me an email (josiah@josiahdegraaf.com) and I’ll send you a link to the scripts. 🙂

@daeus Sending you the link, friend. Thanks muchly. 😀

@daeus

Yes, I do want to make a difference on the culture with my writing, not only on the secular publishing market, but on the Christian one as well, because I rarely enjoy anything I read in either of those (though there are novels I do love in both).

I feel my ultimate calling by God, is, like @kaya-young to become a missionary, however, I…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

Okay, let me put this a different way. Would you say you want to reach thousands of readers with your books or are you sold out on doing so?

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

Okay, second question: do you plan to become an established author?

@dekreel      How have you never watched Marvel!?!?  They are EVERYWHERE.  I… I just… *sigh* Wow.                           I sometimes like singing, yeah.  I’m also learning to play the piano and guitar.  I enjoy listening to all kinds of music (Christan, Christan, Christan, and Christan music, to be specific) but my favorite artists are…[Read more]