Merie Shen

@godlyfantasy12 You’re looking at someone who, a) doesn’t write Christian fantasy, b) doesn’t think about themes.

Back in the day I thought I had to write a ton of Christian stuff into my stories, like a direct allegory, preaching, the Gospel, etc. I’ve since learned.

Y’know, when he started Narnia, Lewis actually didn’t intend to have it be…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 Ay, it looks awesome!

@maryg3 Ay, welcome to the forum! I’m Linyang, though most here call me Lin! Glad to have you here!

Yes, short stories are very fun! I’ve been writing more of them lately myself, they really do wonders for exercises.

What is the premise of your current work in progress?

Also, do you like pineapple on pizza?

Lovely to have you here! Hope to see…[Read more]

@precious-y Hi, welcome! Nice to meet you!

@joy-caroline I got Temira! 😀

@joy-caroline I got Paul, heh. Awesome quiz!

@e-k-seaver Ah, I only have Instagram, but I’ll see what I can do with it!

@hrothgar42 Oh, nice! I was homeschooled as well. And I understand about the emotes, ahh…

No pineapples on pizza? Such blasphemy! But let’s not fight over this now…

Your story sounds super interesting! I’d love to hear more about it!

@elfwing Here’s mine:

Here, he could deal with. Here, he could find people on his level.

@hrothgar42 Hey there and welcome! Do tell us a bit about yourself, if you want.

@godlyfantasy12 I just sprinted for six hours today I think I’ll pass… Good luck though!

@power Heya! Welcome to the Kingdom!

Wow, your hobbies all sound quite interesting! As well as your projects! And you answered my question about pineapples and pizza before I could ask it. What are you, psychic?

Anyways, hope you find some encouragement here to start writing your books, because they sound absolutely epic!

@hallie-jean Ah, it’s been a long time since I’ve read Percy Jackson… It is by that new Riordan press, though, right? The one with all the mythology YA retellings?

To be honest, if I were to redo mythology, I’d do Chinese mythology, because that’s my personal favorite, heh.

@hallie-jean Ah, no, actually! That sounds very fun, though! XD

@elfwing Mm yes ducks would make such cute spies. My guards would definitely let down their guard for them. If I had guards.

And yes, eat the chickens. Better than eating the horse, heheh.

And geese are absolutely terrifying they would definitely make very good watchdogs. Or turkeys. Forget peacocks turkeys would do more than just be decoration.

@elfwing How about…chickens? There seems to be an underwhelming amount of chickens in fantasy except in cooking.

And ducks. And geese.

@alia I’m going to be sprinting all day, so I may or may not be on here. Have fun writing!

@kathleenramm Secret identities —- your works sound lowkey like Durarara!, which has quite a bit of that around the climax.

Hmm…for me I find myself pulling more light novel tropes, usually, such as getting hit by a truck, white curtains blowing in a classroom, fireworks festivals, etc…. I watch too much anime…

Um…I use “the quest” a…[Read more]

@joy-caroline That sounds awesome! I’m all for parallels! Sounds like it would be hard to pull off but if you could do it, that’d be really good!

@keilah-h Of course! One of my favorite books, East of Eden, is a retelling of Cain and Abel, and I love it to pieces. Your methods sound so cool! What stories do you usually choose?