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@Rochellaine, that’s good to hear. Like Kate, I was getting worried too.

And, @kate-flournoy, I was in a writing group before, on Ravelry (Hope might remember it), and a lot of the older writers left for another group, leaving just us less experienced ones, and so through all this I’ve been remembering the downturn that group took in terms of quality.

I came here intending to make an on-topic post, but I think I’ll just back slowly out now. . .

@kate-flournoy a series about the importance of the past? We don’t see that often enough anymore. I mean, we all know it’s good not to be sentimental and dwell on some (made-up) version of a part era which was perfect, because there wasn’t one except for a very little while before snakes got the power of speech, but it seems like the vast majority…[Read more]

I’ll second @emma-flournoy for being a very good beta reader (and I’m sorry I shoved that story into hibernation before you guys got to finish it), and her presence as (how shall I say this?) an interested and educated reader to constantly remind us writers what we’re doing this for.

@Dekreel

(Coming a bit late to this, sorry — hurrah for Spring Break and a chance to catch up on the forum! — but I sympathize with this a lot. So I thought I’d add my two cents.)

When I first started writing, I didn’t quite get that other living writers existed. I mean, if you’d asked me were new books getting published every year, I’d…[Read more]

@anne-of-lothlorien

Let us join the throng!

Oh, the gangly youth. . . *dies laughing* “He. . . amuses me.”

I’d love it if we could all get together sometime like this! Though considering our average age and budgets, it would be rather difficult.

*Peeks in* You rang?

Oh, hi, @Alia. For as rare as INTJs supposedly are, there’s a lot of them here, so you’d think the INTPs would be more represented too. But apparently not. Here I am, though. And contrary to the stereotypes, math and computer science have never held any charm for me.

@that_writer_girl_99 that’s my major too! It’s not so bad, I guess. I’m learning more about good stories from my History and Philosophy classes, though, and even the Literature ones are good for that kind of thing as long as it’s not on anything modern (except perhaps as examples of what not to do). And I’m a senior and have had some proper…[Read more]

@lady-iliara Thank you!

I think that should be enough, unless anyone else really wants to do it. Thanks, guys!

@that_writer_girl_99 I understand. What year are you? What’s your major?

@Shannon, little sisters have a way of reading over people’s shoulders anyway. . . ask me how I know.

@Aislinn-mollisong thank you!

@Ethryndal, much appreciated!

If you ladies would like to get me your e-mail addresses without waiting for someone at KP to be a go-between, you can use the Contact form on my blog…[Read more]

@Shannon, hopefully you won’t be my only beta, so don’t worry too much :). And practice is a good way to get better at these things.

@Shannon:

Alyona inherited her black hair, pale skin, and red lips from her mother, who died giving birth to her. Her father remarried to give his daughter a mother, but when he dies, her stepmother, Akilina, indentures her to her (Akilina’s) brother, who keeps a curiosity shop. Alyona has only her mother’s portrait, painted by her father, lef…[Read more]

Daniel’s rank is Bumbling Henchman? Am I the only one who finds this laughable?

@daughteroftheking “Anything with step in front of it is evil” — Okay, now I want a fairy tale with a) an evil set of stairs, or b) a set of stairs which grumbles about everyone assuming it’s evil (it’s not) because it’s made of steps.

@princessfoo I have a story-in-waiting where the princess goes ahead with the arranged marriage to the prince…[Read more]