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@melancholic-writer

Cool! I agree; it can be really cool to step back in time with fantasy. 🙂

That’s an interesting take on the story!

Hi there! I’m Ariel (or Archer), and I also hang out around Story Embers!

I’ll add a couple of questions to Kathleen’s:

1. What’s your favorite element of your fantasy world?

2. What’s the defining feature of your Cinderella retelling, as opposed to other retellings (if you can share without spoilers)?

Welcome to KP!

@ribbonash

I’m glad the conversation was a blessing!

Thank you! I really appreciate that. ^-^

Exactly.

I think I would agree with that. It can definitely be helpful to consider age when deciding what to include or not, what tone to go with or avoid, etc. as you’re thinking through a new idea.

I can see younger teens avoiding the YA section.…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

Awesome! I’m glad it was helpful. 🙂

@daisy-torres

Wow, I love that!  The dancing was really good!!  I’m super impressed, there’s no way I could do that XDDD

@joy-caroline

I think that can still work as YA. Based on my personal experience, though, you might have an easier time getting older teens to read about characters in a variety of ages than getting younger teens to read it. When I was a younger teen, I was much more into reading about teenagers, and it was only as I got older and more mature…[Read more]

@ribbonash

It sounds like you have a good understanding of where lines need to be drawn in your own fiction! That’s an important understanding to have, and I’m glad you’re holding to that. 🙂

I was actually thinking about Calligraphy Guild (among other things) for parts of this conversation. XD The primary main character and her love interest…[Read more]

@ribbonash

No, I actually completely agree with you on content levels. That’s something I’m quite passionate about; explicit adult content (of any level of description; I do think such topics can be alluded to for edifying ends) should not be put in the YA section. It’s a stumbling block and it’s inappropriate. But I don’t think that more mature…[Read more]

I’m going to disagree with this point, actually. I think that 1) if your characters carry through a series that begins with them at a certain age, your readers will follow them through that and may even go through that growth with the characters. Take Harry Potter, for example. I’m not a fan of HP, personally, but plenty of kids “grew up with”…[Read more]

Basically what @elfwing said. If there’s more story to be told than can reasonably be done in one book, it ought to be a series. I had one planned standalone that ended up turning into a duology because a whole additional plot showed up, as a background thing in the first book but begging to be the focal point of a sequel

I’ve had other series…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Thanks for the heads-up! Could I get a link to your post? ^-^

Hey @madelyn !  I’m Ella, and I’m an ENFP-T too! XD  I know, KP was like finding a diamond, it’s so amazing. <33

I LOVE art!  Especially drawing flowers.  I do a lot of concept art for my books too.

What’s your favorite genre of music? I like r&b and hip/hop.

What’s your WIP about?  Mine is about a spy, and that’s pretty much all I know rn X…[Read more]

@sparrowhawke

Hey Bethany!!!  (I’m on SE too, but KP is def more active.)  Nice to meet you, I see you’re a lover of Latin!  I’m taking Latin 4 this year which should be fun.  A little about me:  I write dystopian, spy, thriller/suspense books.  I’m an ENFP and my favorite music is r&b and hip/hop.   I go to a classical Christian school, which s…[Read more]

@deavstate-lasting

Gawgeous gawgeous, girl!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks for reminding me to make collages again… XDDD

@daisy-torres

I’d LOVE to!!  The title is amazing, (plus I actually have time XD) and the book trailer made me very curious!!!!!! =)

@scripter-of-kindgoms

Ohmygosh, I’m so sorry!  That sounds super painful!  I’m glad y’all still figured it out though.  I’ll be praying that nothing major happens!!! <33

@issawriter7

*sighs long and loud* *puppy eyes* Fine.  You get Alexei, I get Spaniard. *grumbles to self* XDDD  Jamie is preeeettttyyy awesome too, though 😏

Actually, you were the person who put me onto those books =)  They legit might be the best series I’ve read. 😲😲😲  And that’s sayin alot 😉

So thank you thank you Issa!!!! <33

Now that…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

You are a brilliant person, Lin XD (And OMAM is SOOOOO SAD)

Uummm, ya that makes sense.  (Although they are historical and fiction but that’s besides the point, I know what you mean lol)  Let’s see, yeah Chains is prolly my actual favorite, and the Girl in the Blue Coat is good too.  Jennifer A. Nielsen’s his-fic books are good too.