Mallory O'Bier

@Daeus I KNOW. I’m just… trying to play it cool here.

Trying.

Tryyyyinnnnggggg…

*deep breath* If I get too excited I’ll be let down. So. I shall not get excited.

*faints from excitement*

Okay, so the one big takeaway from this trailer… I think… NO PROMISES, BUT I THINK—! I could see a relationship between them working.
My biggest…[Read more]

Sorry, I was being dramatic there.

Let me put this in cool, rational terms. This is the best thing since The Count of Monte Cristo. 🙂

Ooooohh…

OOOHHH. OOOOOOOOH. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes! Yes! Yes! I could almost weep now. Let it be so!

Guys!!! *flails*
I just found something awesome!
Have you ever heard of 4thewords?
It’s an awesome online writing video game! So basically, it gets you going on this ‘rpg’ game, where you fight monsters and go on quests and do cool stuff. To fight the monsters, you are timed and have to write a certain amount of words within that time. Usually,…[Read more]

@Daeus Congratulations. The world could use more of those. 😉

@allison-grace Have you heard the song Journey into the Star Cluster?

@kate-flournoy Haha! I’m a mind reader too now. 😀

@bethanysinkyroses First, I think the Yellowstone setting could work. As far as the plot goes, my suggestion would be to make it a “back and forth” plot. What I mean is, have two distinct spheres for your story: one, the sphere of the MC’s interaction with her mother; the other, the sphere of…[Read more]

@Dragon-snapper good job! See you in the future! 😀

@jane-maree @seekjustice I’m headed out now. I finished editing a chapter, and sent off a whole lot of story-related emails that needed to be sent. Bye!

@jane-maree PIZZAAA!!! Sweet. Thanks!
@seekjustice You are wise. I should have done the same. *nods sagely*

@Dragon-Snapper @SeekJustice I am hereeee. *settles down with pizza* Critiquing stuff.

@seekjustice Ah…wish I’d done that. XD Some of the silly mistakes–I had three names for one character.

She can be a stereotype on the outside without being one on the inside. If she isn’t a POV character, maybe she could have someone she can confide in.

@bethanysinkyroses I’d agree with what Mark and Kate said. You’ve got a setting, but you don’t have any sort of plot. Predicaments alone are very boring. The predicaments need to build on each other. The outcome of one should lead to another, gradually making things worse and worse.

I also agree that clashing fantasy and slice of life isn’t a…[Read more]

@seekjustice I’m editing my novel, Sector One: Insurrection. You?

@seekjustice I’ll join you if you’re on, and to anyone else, I’m editing.

@radically-surrendered I estimate you’re about 14 hours behind us then. 😀 Absolutely pointless to know, unless you’re me, with several friends in the U.S.

@bethanysinkyroses that would be @sierra-r and I have forgotten Cindy’s as well. 😛

The first thing that strikes me as I read your summary here is that you’ve focused a lot on symbolism.
That’s a good thing. But it can also be a hindrance. In my experience, when I focus too much on the symbolism of a thing, it comes out one-dimensional as only…[Read more]