Lydia S.

@freedomwriter76

Why hello and good morning! I’m sorry I didn’t see this last night.

It has been a while, but then I haven’t exactly been on here much this summer (summer=chaos).

Life. We moved in July (for the first time in my life, which makes it huge even though it’s just to the other side of town) which was not bad, but not fun. Still have…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76 i know… 😭

@whalekeeper also, I understand a bit better now 😊

but to add a bit of perspective, if I may, I believe a lot of it is because of the old adage “Write what you know” and many people struggle with insecurity, in many forms.

In fact, I believe if you’re a writer, you probably struggle with insecurity (not always but yea). Writers often do, t…[Read more]

@whalekeeper well I’m no theologian so…not sure I can get into that topic accurately lol.

But if you’re going to ask that question, you’d also have to ask- If we are ALL born into sin, and you have already placed he label that anyone who sins or is under the influence of sin is evil, then that means we all are/were evil at one time.…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12

You’re fine! 😉 I don’t think you went too far, it just gave me a…new perspective.

@koshka oof! I’m sorry 😅 I didn’t mean to go too far or anything… heh…

Also as for being born evil…

No I don’t believe anyone is born evil.

we are ALL born sinful. But I don’t believe you’re born evil. That depends on what you allow into your life, your heart, soul, etc.

Unless God has divined otherwise of course (God always has last word in everything so whatever He says goes lol!)

At least I don’t consider them sin in this instance, it depends on if your flaw is causing you to fall/sin. Then yes, it is a sin.

But things like characters flaws, unless that character flaw is a sin (such as unforgiveness, hate, etc) but insecurity is also a character flaw.

And ACTUALLY…if you go to far with insecurity, it can turn int…[Read more]

@whalekeeper I was just about to come on here and say…

A flaw is not a sin 😅

Sin- an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.

Flaw- a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object.

@godlyfantasy12

It is very like her, which is fitting just…0_o Definitely Dark and surreal. Just a little gruesome… definitely makes it YA.

Cause totally something I couldn’t do in a Middle-grade book, lol.

Also…I don’t know if I’ll ever see tarts the same. XD

@koshka…heh…yea 😅

so it is kinda…surreal and dark and mad?? But I actually really really like it 😂

it has a Tim burton Alice in wonderland feel to it lol, and just…I like it a lot.

Plus it really just speaks to me about Lyn and how she views things…I’m happy with it (needs editing obviously but yea!) really one of those HUZZAH! Moments!

&…

@whalekeeper

So you mean that an Active arc is when a character is overcoming their flaws and a passive one is when a character describes their own worth/I-can’t-think-of-a-better-word?

In that case I might only have one Passive character.

Flaws, flaws…how much they riddle life. Well, here’s a spiel. I used to be scared to write a flaw such…[Read more]

@whalekeeper AHHHH I LOVE THAT TIDBIT ABOUT ZOLTEN RELATING TO ARA’S INNER LEADERSHIP STRUGGLE!!! AHHHH!!!

@whalekeeper also…if what you’re saying is Active arcs are characters who basically say “I need to change everything about myself” (and they do that) IMO that would be a very negative arc/story.

Yes I understand people need to change…but that is through growth, not technically changing everything about themselves. Villains even have to grow t…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

Hm…I’m afraid I’d have to disagree with you there.

You say that this in-between character would at first appear to be active, but in reality be passive, because they have “No flaws” in the end they are just influenced by others, etc.

And I can see what you mean…but as a REAL human being who has been INFLUENCED by others (bec…[Read more]

@grcr

*Nods sagely* Mine would be brown also, if Google is correct and Jennifer Trafton doesn’t dye her hair.

Ah, yes, the dragon. I am not sure myself…but there’s only ever be once chance for a dragon no matter how many horses there may be.

I actually do not like them (anymore), which is sad to me (because of the “anymore”).

*Pops a…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon NO!!! NOT J****!!! NOT THE BABE 😭

ALSO EVERYONE!! I was lying down and got hit with a small excerpt (not gonna share the exact excerpt cuz it needs editing and such lol)

but ya know how u get hit with bits and pieces of dialogue, etc? This was kinda like that, so I wrote it down.

Basically, I was thinking about this advice…[Read more]

@rattie

Why hello there…Rat? Welcome to the Kingdom! I’m Koshka, a middle-grade animal fantasy writer, dabbler in many other genres, with a faint spark of a poet. Somewhere.

Oh, and I’m a history-loving homeschooled-nerd who likes staring at ancient armor and ice cream, but not necessarily together.

Here’s a few ask-the-newbie-questions:

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@grcr

Why hello there and welcome to the Kingdom! I’m called Koshka around here. I’m a middle-grade animal fantasy writer with random spurts into a bunch of other genres, who also dabbles in poetry and ice cream. A lot of ice cream.

Now for the ASK-THE-NEWBIE-QUESTIONS!!

1. What’s your favorite author’s natural hair color?
2. If you could own a…

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Oh btw, to anyone who is interested I am thinking about starting a RP for animal characters. I have the forum typed up, just not submitted. If there’s enough interest to start it going I will. =)