Koshka

@esther-c

Sorry, I don’t read Middle-grade fiction, so I won’t be much help

@loopylin

Chase

Chase hesitated. “I-I…” he fell silent, shaking his head. “N-no i-dea. W-who’s Lo-Lo-is?”

Also, there’s a difference between the Chosen One trope and a For Such a Time mentality. I would love to see the true value of humanity, of the reader, addressed. That we are made with purpose and by intention. There is hope. God doesn’t waste His time making and loving children just to destroy them in Hell. This is why we cannot decide to be a…[Read more]

-What did/do you enjoy about your favorite MG novels?

Humor. Slapstick sparingly and good wit whenever it’s needed.

I liked characters I could connect to (although considering my personality, I could empathize easily) I liked it when the suffering was real. Kids can be done of the most melodramatic people on the planet, but like Koshka said,…[Read more]

@freed_and_redeemed

Thank you! This story needs to lot of work still…and I won’t be getting to writing it just yet since there are other things I have to do first, but I’m currently outlining it and working on character development!

I’m sorry guys, Mateo might kill someone soon… or blow something up

@theducktator @whalekeeper

Mateo

Mateo suddenly stopped playing. “How about I end yours?” His voice became lower, his eyes pierced Celarent’s, striking fear into him in Mateo’s unnatural way.

@esther-c

– What did/do you enjoy about your favorite MG novels?

Mm, probably the general sense of wholesomeness. The stories weren’t deep by YA standards, as YA tends to be emotional and brooding. But the MG novels I enjoyed had, rather, a sense of appreciation for the good things in a kid’s life. And even if bad things were happening to the p…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

I don’t know. XD Maybe because I’m KP’s friendly neighborhood psychic.

No other metroidvania will be able to compete except the og Hollow Knight

SILKSONG!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤡💀✨❤️

@koshka

That’s perfect! I love it.

In Which Trees are Dangerous, and Aenwest Considers Doubles

Chapter 7

The closer we got to the Dell, the more tangled the trees became. It should have been much like the woods around Multnomah Falls, WA, but years ago, as I told Dwogin when he tripped over an exposed root, the Rangers had planted saplings between the older trees and woven them…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle @koshka @keilah-h @hybridlore @theducktator @anyoneinterested

Some days we kinda forget,

Some WIPS will never go on.

Gotta get the rest of it done,

All the way to the Silver Star.

(Far away, through writer’s block so bold.)

*cough cough*

Although it’s been neglected, it has not been abandoned. We have another chapter!

@theducktator

Like the others said, that depends on your characters. (They had some great advice.)

I think it would also depend on how expected/tragic the death was. While doesn’t necessarily lessen grief, it makes a lot of difference in how one processes it. (I think. Not an expert.) In some ways it would be worse, especially if they were…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

Yippy!!!

*Considers playing The Game on brothers*

Nah, way too risky.

@linus-smallprint

Hmmm.

So basically I made you lose by asking what the game is?

@loopylin

Cute wrinkly noses. 🙃

I think Ellie is the right kind of person to have around when I’m cooking, loll. I make great food, but always leave the stove on.

@rae

Children (under 10 maybe?) usually know that death exists, but aren’t very afraid of it because they don’t understand.

I’d move that down to 7 or 8 – when it comes to not understanding death at all.

My 9-year-old sister has responded to death with some solid understanding of its impact. Last Sunday, she was being difficult about som…[Read more]