@mark-kamibaya
Active 7 years, 7 months ago- Rank: Knight in Shining Armor
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Daeus replied to the topic What to do with a blog/website ? in the forum Publishing & Platform 8 years, 3 months ago
@itisastarrynight Blogs, like social media, serve two potential purposes. 1, To promote yourself/get people on your email list. 2, To interact with readers. Actually, they also serve a third purpose of helping you get used to writing regularly.
If you really want your blog to be a major way you promote yourself, you need to blog about something…[Read more]
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Daeus replied to the topic The Elements of Elemental Cliche… in the forum Fantasy 8 years, 3 months ago
What Kate and MNValentine said.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic The Elements of Elemental Cliche… in the forum Fantasy 8 years, 3 months ago
@warrioroftherealm ehehe… well they better not be, because I’m using them. 😛
No, honestly, I think they are. But then, so is a lot of other stuff. I’m confident using ‘elementals’ in my work because the system, while it does incorporate elements, isn’t just about elements. In fact the element part is probably one of the least important bits.…[Read more]
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Jackson Graham started the topic The Elements of Elemental Cliche… in the forum Fantasy 8 years, 3 months ago
@gretald, @bluejay, @writefury, @daeus, @hannah-olsen, @mark-kamibaya, @Sarah-H, @kate-flournoy, @emma-flournoy, @dragon-snapper, @michael-stanton, @aratrea
Do you guys think elemental powers (i.e. fire and ice powers) are cliche? And if they are, what are some reasonable alternatives?
Jackson E. Graham
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Emma Flournoy posted an update 8 years, 3 months ago
@Northerner Was that poem published on here recently called The Human Mind by your sister, or by a totally unrelated Olivia White?
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Snapper replied to the topic Featured Pictures for Posts in the forum Publishing & Platform 8 years, 3 months ago
@gh24682468999 I use Pexels.
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Kate Flournoy replied to the topic Featured Pictures for Posts in the forum Publishing & Platform 8 years, 3 months ago
@gh24682468999 this is my favorite image site: https://pixabay.com/
Like all image sites, it has some questionable content if you poke in the wrong corners, but overall it’s pretty good.
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Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Featured Pictures for Posts in the forum Publishing & Platform 8 years, 3 months ago
@gh24682468999 Good question. There are a number of copyright-free photo sources out there. We mostly use Unsplash and Pexel. If you’re looking for others, Teachable has a great list here:Â http://blog.teachable.com/post/120193329843/the-13-ultimate-free-stock-photo-sites As long as you use a site with copyright-free photos, it’s legal to use or…[Read more]
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@daeus Right-o. I’ll look at it tomorrow. 🙂
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Daeus replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@perfectfifths Well, anything, but I think particularly descriptions/sentence structure. I want to make sure it flows just right and is easy to envision.
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@daeus Thanks. I don’t know why I didn’t receive it. 🙂
What kind of feedback are you looking for?
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Daeus replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@perfectfifths Yes, I sent it via email. If you haven’t got the invitation, here’s a link to it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ZY5PcSrhX1LdSb69sP_tD4MnPqYZxuCyz6Zwr4i7W8/edit?usp=sharing
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@daeus That was half an hour ago, and I still haven’t gotten on. : Would it be via email?
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Daeus replied to the topic Story Idea Help!!! in the forum Novel Idea Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
Ha! I’m writing a story actually with music based magic, so, yes, it can be done.
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Daeus replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@perfectfifths Thanks. Just sent you an invitation to a google doc.
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Louise Fowler replied to the topic The Diary Of Nameless in the forum Short Story Critiques 8 years, 3 months ago
@daeus Sure, I’ll have a read-through. I think I remember reading that chapter. 😀
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Daeus replied to the topic Hi in the forum Start HERE 8 years, 3 months ago
Hi, @medomfo. Glad you joined us!
Does the symbol in your profile picture come from anywhere? It just feels like it must belong to some sort of organization.
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Snapper's profile was updated 8 years, 3 months ago
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Snapper posted an update 8 years, 3 months ago
Hee hee. I has 100 friends. I WIN!
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*immediately withdraws her friendship* NOW YOU DON’T. 😀
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(I love our use of smiley faces… Like, we could be saying the meanest, most insulting things, but if we put a smiley face at the end, it’s all good. XD)
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*gasp* NOOO!!!!
XD Yes. Smiley face means all good things.
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And every time I see your new profile pic, I get confused. 😂
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Who is that weird dragon acting as Dragon Snapper?
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Exactly. It’s terrifying.
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Well, I’ll probably end up changing it back soon. I love my old Dragon Snapper picture more than any other profile photo I’ve been able to come up with.
Wait. It’s terrifying? Hee hee. I WIN!
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@dragon-snapper That new profile pic is so un-intimidating that Stan is laughing at you
I mean, HE could beat that… monkey-dragon thingy.
😀 😀 (smiley faces at the end so that it’s all good)-
What monkey-dragon?
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*melts all the chairs in the world* *particularly Stan’s chair*
😀 (smiling faces so it’s all good) XD
@sam-kowal-
*sniff*
The monkey-dragon that was so damaging to your image you had to dismiss it from your service*glare*
That wasn’t even Stan’s leather couch! That was our landlord’s! Oh well, Stan had already shredded it anyway
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Heyyyy…. What happened to your 100 friends? O-O
Yeah, that monkey dragon… Um, what on Taranar WAS that?! Why!
Yes, I love your ol’ dragon pic, too! 😉-
@dekreel You have to actually click on my friends thing to see them all. For some reason, it’s a few friends off on that little circle thing.
That was…my attempt at a more -professional profile pic. It seems to have failed. XD At least I know your all’s opinions on it. HAHAHAHA! Both you and @sam-kowal and @ethryndal.
Monkey-Dragon
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Snapper changed their profile picture 8 years, 3 months ago
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Completely unrelated. Other Olivia Whites do seem to follow us around, though.
Funny.
We’ve bumped into other Sophia Whites, too — one of them, when we lived in the Cities, went to the same hospital and our records got mixed up once. It’s weird how often that happens.
Oh, and then when people who know us personally call each of us by the other’s name, things get even more complicated in no time.
Uh, yikes. That’s freaky.
What, you and your sister? Do you look similar? That I’m used to. People think my oldest sister Elizabeth and I look incredibly similar (supposedly, we really do, but I don’t think the resemblance is THAT close), and we get called each other ALL the time. People confuse us for twins even. She’s four years older than me.…[Read more]