Merie Shen

@gracie-j (Last one’s not just you haha)

@gracie-j Nah, I don’t think that’s weird. In the same way, having a beautiful blue sky that stretches out for forever also seems to call out to my soul. Unfortunately, I guess I can only write about such places XD.

@kathleenramm Honestly I’m not really picky about where I write, as I’ve written in places from my bed to closed airports to the side of the highway. But I think I would really like to write at a desk in a little room by a window that looks out to the sea. I live near the ocean, but here I’m talking about that romanticized type of beach/ocean…[Read more]

signing off now…

@seekjustice @rochellaine @alia @dekreel @valtmy

I’ll be on for a bit tonight. 🙂 Anyone around?

@rochellaine

Thanks!

I should probably go now too. Bye! Thanks for chatting! 😀

@rochellaine

Lol it definitely does get crazy XD

Awesome, thanks! Don’t feel bad if you end up not being able to get to it tho. 🙂 It’s only about 12k words long. I guess you could say it’s kinda futuristic/pre-apocalyptic??? Here’s a short blurb I am literally making up on the spot 😛

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14 days until the meteor hits Earth.

336 hours until…[Read more]

@alia

Thanks. 🙂 I’ll be looking for beta readers at some point soon; would either of you be interested?

@rochellaine

Bye, Alia! Nice chatting with you.

@alia

That sounds so cool! I’m retelling Red Riding Hood.

@rochellaine

Ooh, researching is so fun! Especially about lifestyles. 😀

😀 No, I don’t think I’ve really made it well-known that I’m working on a retelling. It kind of came unexpectedly and I’m writing it by the seat of my pants (both freeing and terrifying, let me tell you). It’s a Red Riding Hood retelling.

@alia

Yup. 🙂 What fairytale are you using for your retelling?

@alia

So cool that we both have fairytale retellings we’re working on. 😉

@rochellaine

Hi! 😀 I’ve been great. How are you? I heard about your engagement; I’m so happy for you! <3

@rochellaine @alia

Hellooo! You both still on?

signing off for now…

@rochellaine @seekjustice @alia @catwing @dekreel @valtmy

Hi. 🙂 I’ll be here for a little while.

@leon-fleming Oh boy. Those are perfectly acceptable reasons. Hope you found other books to read that you liked. (Which, probably, you did XD)

@kathleenramm Aww thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed! I’m hoping to finish my next one in a few days but unfortunately I feel like I don’t have the same control over longer works than I do shorter works. You know?

@lewilliams Hello!

-I love language as well. And I find it a pity that when I’m translating things, I can’t bring over the exact feeling that words convey in one language to another language.

-I want to see your cat now. The Most Excellent Theophilus…love the name.

-What instruments do you play?

-I wish I lived in the South.

-Blimey Cow is…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I’ve never really thought about this, but I guess just the fact that I can create something, and this thing that I’ve created is my own. In the end, it’s just a bumble of incoherent thoughts in my mind, but it’s mine, to enjoy or to destroy or to do whatever I want in it. As I’m reminded by J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay on fairy tales, we…[Read more]