Mark Kamibaya

@Daeus Congratulations. The world could use more of those. 😉

@allison-grace Have you heard the song Journey into the Star Cluster?

@kate-flournoy Haha! I’m a mind reader too now. 😀

@bethanysinkyroses First, I think the Yellowstone setting could work. As far as the plot goes, my suggestion would be to make it a “back and forth” plot. What I mean is, have two distinct spheres for your story: one, the sphere of the MC’s interaction with her mother; the other, the sphere of…[Read more]

@jane-maree @seekjustice I’m headed out now. I finished editing a chapter, and sent off a whole lot of story-related emails that needed to be sent. Bye!

@jane-maree PIZZAAA!!! Sweet. Thanks!
@seekjustice You are wise. I should have done the same. *nods sagely*

@seekjustice Ah…wish I’d done that. XD Some of the silly mistakes–I had three names for one character.

She can be a stereotype on the outside without being one on the inside. If she isn’t a POV character, maybe she could have someone she can confide in.

@bethanysinkyroses I’d agree with what Mark and Kate said. You’ve got a setting, but you don’t have any sort of plot. Predicaments alone are very boring. The predicaments need to build on each other. The outcome of one should lead to another, gradually making things worse and worse.

I also agree that clashing fantasy and slice of life isn’t a…[Read more]

@seekjustice I’m editing my novel, Sector One: Insurrection. You?

@seekjustice I’ll join you if you’re on, and to anyone else, I’m editing.

@radically-surrendered I estimate you’re about 14 hours behind us then. 😀 Absolutely pointless to know, unless you’re me, with several friends in the U.S.

@bethanysinkyroses that would be @sierra-r and I have forgotten Cindy’s as well. 😛

The first thing that strikes me as I read your summary here is that you’ve focused a lot on symbolism.
That’s a good thing. But it can also be a hindrance. In my experience, when I focus too much on the symbolism of a thing, it comes out one-dimensional as only…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm no character is ever cliche if they are approached as a person with a logical reason for being who and where they are in life. It sounds like this woman has a very good reason for being ‘strong’.

At the same time, I think ‘strong woman’ is frequently misunderstood or misinterpreted. A strong woman is not a masculine woman. A…[Read more]

@kballen Hi! Are you joining me? 😀
I’m working on my WIP, on a very slow and very annoying sequence on scenes. It’ll pick up eventually, but these humps are…hard to get over. 😛

@salome01w4g @jessi-rae @epicaddie2 @anyoneelse I’m on.

@radically-surrendered As of right now, it’s 2pm. Is it Tuesday for you? 😀

@radically-surrendered Oh, very interesting! 😀 Video games are great to get ideas from, especially if they have a bit of a story that you could be inspired from and develop further. 🙂

A random question, but I like to know these things: What’s the time there? 😉

@seekjustice Did I hear my name? 😛

@radically-surrendered Welcome to Kingdom Pen! 😀 Your books sounds so interesting!

Anyways her parents were cast into exile on an island where the Kingdom sends all its criminals, ‘undesirables’, and rebels, and she was born there, but longs to see the outside world, for freedom.

This part reminds me of the…[Read more]