Mallory O'Bier

@That_Writer_Girl_99 I read through it! It was pretty interesting. *nods* Would you like me to critique/edit it for you?

@graciegirl Yep, it’s self paced.

Hehe! *peeks over a block of cheese as he munches on it* The mini course is just a small teaser. Feel thou teased.

@northerner Yes–it will be recorded. 🙂 We’ll be sending out a link sometime after the webinar Monday or Tuesday.

The normal price of Theme Mastery will /probably/ be $147 (we’re still ironing down the details), but we’ll be running a sale where it’s only $97 for the first week of its release.

@northerner Yes–it will be recorded. 🙂 We’ll be sending out a link sometime after the webinar Monday or Tuesday.

The normal price of Theme Mastery will be $147, but we’ll be running a sale where it’s only $97 for the first week of its release.

Hi @emily-d!

Rhythm (aka meter) is a great thing to use even if you also use rhyme. The first thing to do is to learn the basic patterns of meter. You can easily learn about those online. I also recommend the book The Roar On The Other Side to learn poetry.

Five rounds of confetti if you can pick it up in a heartbeat. For me, it was a more…[Read more]

I’ll second Woodland Quill and Helping Writers Become Authors. Storymonger is also good and is run by a guy who used to write for KP 4-5 years back, but the site is no longer being updated so you’ll need to read the archives: http://thestorymonger.com/ Similar thing with Bryan Davis’ website; he’s still posting critiques, but to get his writing…[Read more]

When Does Writing Get Easier? The 4 Steps to Mastery

@graciegirl Well that took longer than expected. Sorry. Here’s Nykkai. She didn’t exactly turn out how I intended. (It would seem that none of my drawings do… 😛 ) Her eye’s are a little too white.

@graciegirl Well that took longer than expected. Sorry. Here’s Nykkai. She didn’t exactly turn out how I intended. (It would seem that none of my drawings do… 😛 ) Here eye’s are a little too white.

Best. series. ever. *runs in circles flailing*

@jess @graciegirl @daeus @winter-rose @jenali @that_writer_girl_99 @northerner @ethryndal I’ll be editing.

@winter-rose I can’t actually figure out why I didn’t feel a connection. =P Her thoughts seemed to be a bit generic at times, but it also may just be that some characters don’t click for everyone, and this was just a case where the protagonist didn’t click for me. So I don’t know if it’s necessarily the fault of the book.

@winter-rose Yes, but losing a hand… Reading such book is not doing my own characters any favors. XD

One thing I found interesting about this series is that they are almost more biographical (which is kind of the point, I think). The plot didn’t seem as orderly and structured as most novels would be, rather it was a life; a string of events. I…[Read more]

@winter-rose I never felt emotionally invested in the protagonist, so the book didn’t move me as much as it did for other people here. :/ That being said, the book didn’t annoy me, and given that most dystopia books and most Christian fiction books annoy me, that caused this book to stand out. I also appreciated Brandes’ gutsiness in making Parvin…[Read more]

@winter-rose *is here for you* I’ve read them! Love the series. The first book… yes. Murderous would be a good way to describe it. I was stunned when Parvin actually lost her hand. And it didn’t surprise me when Jude died, but still… *sniffs* He was such a great character. One of my favorite things about this series was how human Parvin was. I…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper I love chapter titles; ones that grab my attention without telling me what will happen. Or funny ones. The chapter titles in Percy Jackson, for example… I love just looking thought the table of contents because they’re so hilarious.

@Northerner thanks for sharing your story. I started writing when I was thirteen, found KP when I was fourteen, and never looked back. That’s… WOW. O.o Is that four years ago? Yikes…
But yes. Anyway. KP is wonderful and amazing and fantastical and too good to be true and I would probably have quit writing by now if I’d never found them. Thank…[Read more]

@Cloudy I’d love to, but I think I’m going to follow @Daeus‘s example and restrain myself. Thanks for the invitation though. 😉

Ah, that makes sense.

@cloudy This basically a video chat thing?

I don’t think I’ll be on it. I need to discipline myself. Video’s too addicting. I might drop in on rare occasions though.