Kingdom Pen | Larchness | Activity https://kingdompen.org/members/larchness/activity/ Activity feed for Larchness. Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:47:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b770b05abe36606bcbbe0ee9a42d6e3f Larchness replied to the topic Subgenres--Helpful or a Hindrance? in the forum Fantasy https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/subgenres-helpful-or-a-hindrance/#post-89445 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 03:15:06 -0500 @devastate-lasting Wow that’s amazing! Kudos to you for keeping at such a huge project like that!

]]> 7ee8b151f5ac1358a90a20e65dc08848 Larchness replied to the topic Subgenres--Helpful or a Hindrance? in the forum Fantasy https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/subgenres-helpful-or-a-hindrance/#post-89438 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:55:19 -0500 @devastate-lasting That’s interesting about series fantasy, because just from reading the description I wouldn’t really call it a “genre,” more like a…structure? Like any genre can have the same structure as a series fantasy, right? What about your story makes it so?

I’m the same way for coming up with the ideas. I remember at one point years…[Read more]

]]> debf84bfc60d08b4accd64de4eedc259 Larchness replied to the topic Subgenres--Helpful or a Hindrance? in the forum Fantasy https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/subgenres-helpful-or-a-hindrance/#post-89433 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 02:45:08 -0500 @epicaddie2 You know I can’t say I’ve ever read any historical fantasy, at least not that I remember. But that’s really cool, especially because at the moment the medieval aesthetic is so heavily drawn upon. I’d love to read something that’s based more on a victorian-era style. What specifically makes your setting victorian, like is it the…[Read more]

]]> 27345ff8f00ef02d5078c55e94630251 Larchness started the topic Subgenres--Helpful or a Hindrance? in the forum Fantasy https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/subgenres-helpful-or-a-hindrance/ Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:28:20 -0500 Hey all! I want your opinion on subgenres.

I recently found an article that lists a ton of subgenres for fantasy. Some are obvious, like the difference between portal fantasy vs fairytale is pretty clear. But when it comes to the smaller niches, I’m not so sure I either understand the difference between them, or the use of labelling stories under…[Read more]

]]> 5895d9a51529140fab189af626fdf4c6 Larchness replied to the topic What Makes a Mystery? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-makes-a-mystery/page/2/#post-89025 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 01:20:47 -0500 @lewilliams Oh yeah the mind palace, that was something else I thought was a little far-fetched, even though it does have roots in actual memory processes some people use. I’ve seen the whole thing, I definitely think the first season was the best, and then it kind of devolved into a larger, crazier plot. I was pretty happy with how they adapted…[Read more]

]]> 6fad1a6ee220574aa1bb832231c411e7 Larchness replied to the topic What Makes a Mystery? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-makes-a-mystery/#post-88939 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:35:03 -0500 @lewilliams You’re right about Sherlock. I did love it but as the show went on, it’s like the writers got tired of explaining his thought process. Episode one, he’s making deductions and it’s clever because he explains why he came to that conclusion, but then later episodes it’s just “I know this and this and this because I’m smart, trust me.” A…[Read more]

]]> a5f04f4c23a3579407a647fe8212ebed Larchness replied to the topic What Makes a Mystery? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-makes-a-mystery/#post-88900 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:42:52 -0500 @gracie-j Absolutely on the red herrings. I love reading them and I love writing them. The way I see it, especially with the Nancy Drew books, mysteries are like a staircase of rising tension. With a lot of mysteries, each chapter climaxes at some sort of cliffhanger (“Bess turned the corner and screamed!” End Chapter 1.) What can annoy me is when…[Read more]

]]> c80dcd33c6ca31f5b1d92a54cf89330f Larchness replied to the topic Favorite Character in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/favorite-character/#post-88899 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:32:43 -0500 @ugroza Ooh one of my favourite things is talking about characters. There’s no way I can limit it to one, mostly because each character is influenced so much by the others. So the top two at the moment (though I love them all) is the protagonist of my WIP and his twin brother, Camrien. Camrien’s always been the funnier of the two in the sense that…[Read more]

]]> ea4102537929a9d13717f34a15d669da Larchness replied to the topic Playlists in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/playlists/page/2/#post-88842 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:04:06 -0500 There we go! I was trying to post a reply but it wouldn’t go through. It looks like I work if I don’t activate the link, so I have to do the two playlists separately:

 

]]> deb9cf1f6fc4efd95d2d711904ec72cb Larchness replied to the topic Playlists in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/playlists/page/2/#post-88841 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:03:02 -0500

]]> 0a6c270b144d78d9d1517be4fac905e8 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/3/#post-88769 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:01:26 -0500 @writerlexi1216 I grew up with the Chronicles of Narnia, those books are the best 😀 If you love dragons, you’ve probably already read Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle (if not, definitely check it out!) Otherwise, you might also like Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett. It’s like a fantasy cop thriller, if you could put it in a genre. It’s been a few…[Read more]

]]> f573000f57a1fb1149d2d68d74ae5851 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/3/#post-88750 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:08:15 -0500 @writerlexi1216 Ah yes coffee fuels my soul 🙂 Thanks for the welcome! I’ll probably echo a lot of people here if I say my favourite fantasy book is the Silmarillion by Tolkien. Definitely no other book has touched me in the way that one has. Oh yes, I have always loved dragons, still do. My old sketchbooks are filled with drawings of different…[Read more]

]]> 075c3425a162dd45beb07f361f40cd35 Larchness replied to the topic Playlists in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/playlists/page/2/#post-88749 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:04:00 -0500 Hey, I love this idea! I love making playlists and finding new music. I have tons of different playlists based on different scenarios/aesthetics within my WIP, so I’m trying to find a one-size-fits-all playlist that’s good to share. If anyone’s looking for a type of music in particular I might also be able to give you recommendations!

]]> d6eb739ae103da043f73cdcab3c7d8e6 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/2/#post-88745 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:32:57 -0500 @lewilliams Hey Elizabeth, thank you for the welcome and the recs! I haven’t heard of ND Wilson so I’ll be sure to check him out. It’s a shame my local bookstore is closed for browsing otherwise I’d love to go in with a huge list and come out with a stack of new books.

Kudos to you for taking English! I’ve always been amazed by the amount of…[Read more]

]]> 89c653d1832485ca0b1435a544958738 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/2/#post-88743 Sun, 10 Jan 2021 21:24:43 -0500 @seekjustice Wow thank you for all the recommendations!! I definitely love Harry Potter and the Night Circus, and I’ve heard of a couple others on your list but I’d love to read them! You’re right, that era is so fantastic and diverse, no wonder so much fantasy is influenced by it.

]]> 20af86eecbe6826d1ea2bca8b82b44f7 Larchness replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/wip-chat/page/10/#post-88560 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:05:26 -0500 @gracie-j Thanks! I can’t wait to finish up the script and start on the art 😀

]]> 843c0839319d73dbd67a4801c90a2f21 Larchness replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/wip-chat/page/10/#post-88528 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 21:20:00 -0500 @gracie-j Thanks! I plan on doing the illustrations if I can, it will be a lot of work but there’s others who have been able to do it! Right now for me that means practicing and getting better at my art and learning all the ins and outs of comic designing (there’s so much involved it’s crazy.)

@joy-caroline thank you! Haha it seems more polished…[Read more]

]]> baf0106ef9012ca9534b1a128678aa71 Larchness replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/wip-chat/page/9/#post-88523 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:14:03 -0500 @gracie-j I’ll do my best!

My WIP is a script for a graphic novel. I’m working through Act 2 and have done several re-writes of Act 1:

Title: The Harvestman’s Wake

In the March, the written word can have power to shape the present, and people cling to relics of the past to ensure they will be remembered after death. However, since the Dark…[Read more]

]]> e9cf46ce8c84df121e3287d3484da3ac Larchness changed their profile picture https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/91405/ Wed, 06 Jan 2021 03:22:16 -0500 0 81765d72f9ddfe80cc87aaf044562383 Larchness replied to the topic WIP Chat! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/wip-chat/page/9/#post-88505 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 03:12:52 -0500 Hi @millennium! Thank you to @gracie-j for the invite to post here. I just joined KP, but I’d love to offer some perspective on your questions, though the others have already pretty much covered everything important.

I’m exactly in your shoes right now. I’ve got some ideas for things that *need* to happen at certain points, like the hook, turning…[Read more]

]]> 06e7c0f51cbf6f6860d7207f5a154335 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/2/#post-88452 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:30:18 -0500 @abigail-m Thanks for the welcome! I’ve actually never heard of any of those titles so I’ll be sure to check them out!

]]> 040d90eb6857a2c0b3e1f7b4bc929366 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/2/#post-88451 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 02:29:17 -0500 @devastate-lasting Thank you for the recommendation! Yeah the Happy Prince is the exact one I was thinking, that one was always my favourite.

]]> 2f4e2e1e67d4580a10632b5794cf8da2 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/#post-88437 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 20:08:16 -0500 @devastate-lasting Me too! The banter is honestly the funnest thing to write, there’s nothing better than two brothers who take every opportunity to drag each other’s reputation through the mud but would simultaneously sacrifice everything for each other in a moments’ notice.

I love Terry Pratchett. His stuff never fails to make me laugh. I also…[Read more]

]]> f72bdce0be5f919b073151b9d3a7f995 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/#post-88435 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:59:07 -0500 @gracie-j Now that sounds fantastic! So many of those old pirates seem larger than life, it’s pretty incredible to read about the things they got up to.

I know! As soon as I heard about it I had to buy it. It’s just so dramatic and flowery too, which is really unexpected.

]]> 2f96568fcc5941bf50f7fd577007fe44 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/#post-88414 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 04:25:11 -0500 @gracie-j Oh man, you hit all of my favourite eras with those recommendations, I’m definitely checking those out. And I’m fascinated, what do you write about?

TBH I just went through my bookshelves and realized most of my history books are nonfiction, and that’s no good! But one that I’ve always loved is Michael Morpurgo’s The Elephant in the…[Read more]

]]> b7bdec68bfcd90ce4ea67c10ebd9e937 Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/#post-88412 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 04:09:48 -0500 @seekjustice Hey Chelsea, nice to meet you! Sounds like you found a really cool and rewarding career path! If you were to study history which area would you choose? I wrote on early American politics but I’m also a sucker for Regency England (Austen made me fall for Mr. Darcy and Captain Wentworth and there’s no return from that). I also love…[Read more]

]]> 48ee57ee7ad700d82fa5d89be3d4fcfb Larchness replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/#post-88406 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 01:06:03 -0500 @devastate-lasting Thank you! To sum it up in a sentence, my WIP’s about two brothers, retainers to an exiled ruler, who have to save the nation from evil creatures while also dealing with a civil war. It’s been great creating different character dynamics and relationships that comes out in the dialogue, but I’ve got my work cut out for me when it…[Read more]

]]> d9f2a339d635f3ebaf79396908c5c9ca Larchness started the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:18:48 -0500 Hi all, my name is Chloe. I’d come across Kingdom Pen articles in the past, but this Christmas I had the chance to sit down and relax, so I took the opportunity to read through as many of your articles as I could. All of them are fantastic, and I love the Christian perspective your website offers. It’s really challenged me to represent my faith in…[Read more]

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