Michelle Black

signing off for now…

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

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

Hi  @lady-pendragon! (I really like your username btw)

I’m one of the Stewards of Pen, and it’s great to have you back on the forum and I am glad to hear that you are interested in getting involved. The community aspect is one of the main things we wish to emphasize here at Kingdom Pen.

Here are some of things you can do to get involved:

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@leon-fleming

Why didn’t I think of Agatha Christie?! I’m sure that there are tons of writing lessons I could learn from her. Writing mystery novels are not what you would call my strong suit. Not by a long shot.

I am ashamed to say that I have not read the Silmarillion yet. Though I intend on reading it as soon as possible. My brother as been…[Read more]

@michelle Sorry for the delay, But here are my thoughts!

I like how each of the friends, Freddy, Eddy, Al, and Hilda all have unique personalities. I love it when kid’s books have good friendships. I also liked how each chapter had its own little theme, and I also liked the humor!

My biggest critique would be that the stories are much more K…[Read more]

@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?

@devastate-lasting

Love the way you put that. One of the most unique things about being human is the ability to create, and to glorify God through art.

Oh, and I never got to tell you my thoughts on your web novel! It was awesome! It wasn’t like anything I have read before, and although it was short, the friendships and emotions hit. The…[Read more]

@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]

@leon-fleming XD As a person who finds herself hating well-liked books from time to time, I am quite interested in hearing why you hate it. Do I sense a story hear?

I totally see what you mean:) the rats need to have a mention in one of the other stories, Because like you said we never hear of them again *gives you a gold medal* that is a great piece of feedback. Let me tell you the story of how this book started, I always wanted to write a children’s book since I was little but when I tried, nothing worked n…[Read more]

@leon-fleming

Thanks

Just hopping in real quick to say a hUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO @rochellaine ! 😀 That is so exciting and I wish you all the best and all the brightest blessings on this new season of your life! <3

@r-m-archer

I also enjoyed the LotR much more. I liked the Hobbit, but it was definitely geared more towards children. Not a bad thing, I just prefer more serious books. So I do like the LotR more than the Narnia series as well, but if I had to only choose one author to be a student of, it would still be C.S. Lewis for the reasons I said in my…[Read more]

@michelle

Just about finished reading it! I will give you my feedback soon.

@charisetter I’m terrible with audiobooks! While I enjoy them, it’s hard for me to commit to them. I’m usually better with reading because my mind wanders like crazy when I’m listening.

I have a copy in English and another in Chinese. I’ve read like 3 pages in Chinese so far and am more than halfway through in English, lol.