The fledgling Artist

@valtmy I can’t promise I’ll have the time to read the entire manuscript but I’d love to beta what I can! I sent a request to get into the doc. I’m excited to dive in. 😀

@valtmy I just happened to pop back into the forums and saw this. I remember when you requested prayer for a job interview. That’s so great you’ve found a job! God answers prayers in His perfect timing. Just wanted to bless you as you go on this new adventure. 🙂

@alia I’m sorry!  I’ll pray for her family.

@seekjustice @valtmy Haha, I have been thinking about Nes so much I thought he had a longer scene.  I see I was wrong. 😛  But thanks for the input.  In answer,

No, she’s not going on a long journey, she’ll be coming home pretty soon, so living in the same town with Nes, (at least during the beginning of the book,) she’ll probably see him ag…[Read more]

@seekjustice Contemporary is very fun!  You should definitely try it sometime.  Mh, that would be cool.  I’m not much into ancient history, which I find quite depressing as a general rule, but I got so excited about this story I decided to write it anyway. 😉

Haha, I suppose I’ve become desensitized.  I’ve had a brothers/male cousins for all of…[Read more]

@valtmy Actually, I am continuing with the story right now.  That’s the one I’m working on for camp nano this July. 😉  Dunno whether I’m disciplined enough to get a lot done, but it’s going pretty well.  Or pretty badly, if you consider that she’s in a much worse situation now than she was at the end of the part you read. 😛

Yes, I’m not su…[Read more]

@seekjustice I love research!  But since I think it will take an extremely long time to research for this project and I really want to write it now, I’m going to do the research later.  I know the culture very well, since it’s very similar to my dad’s culture, and I’ve compared and contrasted the cultures a lot, and that’s what I need most for t…[Read more]

@valtmy I’m glad you like it!  Ohhh…much more trouble! 😛  You won’t believe what happens in the next couple of paragraphs.  I mean, for a normal author, yeah, but for a character-coddler like me, my poor little girl is breaking my heart!

Bathshua is a mouthful to say, but not as much for me…as you say your heroine’s name is from your cu…[Read more]

@valtmy Yeah, totally fine.  😛 Different cultures.  Anyway, the word people usually would use in polite company here would be the milder form with the same meaning which starts with “c”.  As you can see, I don’t even use that one, but I have a few friends who do, and it’s totally not considered bad, like the other one is. 😉

@seekjustice Si…[Read more]

@valtmy Sure, you can read it.  I’ll give you the link to the opening, which is what I showed SeekJustice.  It’s purely unedited, and I don’t want comments right now, other than stuff like “that sounds interesting” or “that’s a kinda weird idea.” 😛  An…[Read more]

@seekjustice Hi!  I’m falling asleep, so I probably won’t be on much longer.  Terrible for my poor heroine, though, since she’s stuck in a horrible situation, and since I’m not used to writing horrible situations I can’t get her out of it… 😮 😛

Ah yes, I remember.  The musical that’s in German.

I have a pen from China with an origami crane on…[Read more]

@valtmy Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.  I’m talking about Bathshua from Daughter of Judas, so she’s nearly the same age as your MC, perhaps a little older, but I think she would definitely look down on your character as stupid and annoying. 😛  However, right now she’s in a tough place where she’d be thankful for any kindness, and your c…[Read more]

@valtmy My MC is in a pit of despair as well. 🙁  Guess they can be in a pit of despair together.  Do you think they would commiserate well?

@valtmy Hey, how’s it going?

Hey, I’m back.

@seekjustice What musical is that?

@valtmy You still around?

@seekjustice Cool, let me know if you do. 😀  Oh, you’ve probably heard of Russ Tamblyn because he plays the absolutely adorable youngest brother, Gideon, in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which is the movie nearly everyone here has seen but you, and everyone loves to talk about, but which you probably wouldn’t like because no one dies in it.…[Read more]

@seekjustice It’s “Gee Officer Krupke” from West Side Story.  West Side Story is a Romeo and Juliet retelling set among the New York street gangs during the 60s.  So the boys in the song have New York accents, like the Newsies, and the song is complaining about the adult authority figures, like Newsies.  It’s a bit different though.  Hope you lik…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh my goodness!  I was just watching a song clip (that we’ve seen before) with my sister and laughing over it with her, but it really reminded me of Newsies!  Since you love Newsies so much, I think there’s a chance you might like it. 😉  Are you able to watch YouTube today?

@seekjustice @valtmy I have returned! 😀

@seekjustice Ok, tag me. 🙂