Michelle Black

@joy-caroline

I always do a lot of brainstorming with a new idea (a.k.a. brain dumping into a journal). I basically just kinda write down whatever little ideas come to mind for the book idea, and when I feel like I have a good amount, I might try to arrange the ideas into plot points. At the same time I work on the characters too, figuring out…[Read more]

@joy-caroline Lemme run through a slightly embarrassing way of how I developed Under That Dusky Sky so far…

1. Cue me watching Monsters Inc. Seeing Randall, I think, “Well. I could do with some sort of character who can turn invisible who is super annoying and also a snitch.

2. Riding in a car a few weeks later, I’m thinking back to this one…[Read more]

@kathleenramm I guess usually I just tell myself I’m too tired, and I go on and work on one of my other hobbies for a few months. Or I switch it up. Variety helps a lot.

@scripter-of-kingdoms Ah thank you! I’m looking forward to seeing what it’s about haha

@gracie-j

That’s really interesting how you thought Xavier was awful, but everyone liked him! You must be a better writer than you think.

@nova21

That was one of my favorite books when I was nine! I haven’t read it recently, but I still have fond memories of it and of course Sage.

@buildsbygideon

Interesting thought! I guess there might be…[Read more]

@godlyfantasy12 @e-k-seaver How did our challenge go, guys? I managed to finish the project I set for myself by midnight last night, haha…

@gracie-j @mkfairygirl Thanks!~

@gracie-j Thank you! I haven’t exactly tried writing a blurb for any one thing of my series, but I think now’s a good time to try.

When Kenneth Ouyang receives a cry for help to rid the lands of the demon Jael, he takes it upon himself to assemble a team to fight against evil, including Adonis Domini, fresh from Jael; Leif Fukuda, dark and silent;…

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Ok, here are two for the main cast for a thing I’m starting soon…

@daisy-torres Ahhh might I suggest you a thing called DeepL Translate? It works so much better than Google Translate for Chinese-English translations…

@daisy-torres Dang, girl… That is a lot! While, I, too, have several books planned to write in Chinese,  I have not attempted that yet… If you need me to check anything, feel free to ask!

Take a break! That is a lot!

@kathleenramm No, I haven’t tried. The time that I did try writing a story for a kid it ended up being kinda dark…thank goodness she couldn’t read…

My sister did write a kid’s book when she was a kid though! We’re probably all used to writing books for our age groups, haha…

@devastate-lasting

Yes, I definitely agree about not having to read heavy material all the time. Sometimes, if I read too much heavy stuff it weighs on me and even gives me insomnia. Not that heavier books are bad, (they can teach you a lot of things), but too much of anything isn’t good.

So yeah, I too like to read a good children’s book here…[Read more]

@kathleenramm Well, I’m in the middle of The Brothers Karamazov, and I haven’t quite finished it yet, so… Other than that, excluding all the manga and books I’ve read for school, the last book I read was… The Summer of the Swans, by Betsy Byars. It won a Newberry Medal. My favorite thing was how nostalgic I felt reading it. The copy I have i…[Read more]

@abigail-m Ah thank you! Shuangzhou means “frost day” in Chinese. And it’s so cool that you have a character named Adrian too!

@gracie-j

Oh, yes! A Pirate movie/Tv show would be so fun to write a screen play to. To see your swashbuckling story come to life on screen would be truly amazing.

I Think I watched Beyond the Mask a while back. What are some of your favorite things about the movie?

@lewilliams

Mafia and Fairies? I’ve loved both for a long time, but it never…[Read more]

@issawriter7 AHHH thank you so much for reading! I’m so happy you liked it!