Mallory O'Bier

@cloudy Those sound like some good thematic starting points! And you can certainly write strong themes without making your story explicitly-Christian. Our marketing director wrote a post earlier this year defining the basic principles of theme that you may find helpful on that front: https://kingdompen.org/a-new-focus-for-2017/ I’m right there with…[Read more]

You can definitely have good stories without a love interest. Now, I should probably mention that, from what I’ve heard, publishers tend to prefer stories with love interests for marketability purposes. As an author, if you get to that point where you’re negotiating with publishers, you may have to fight to keep love interests out of the story.…[Read more]

You can definitely have good stories without a love interest. Now, I should probably mention that, from what I’ve heard, publishers tend to prefer stories with love interests for marketability purposes. As an author, if you get to that point where you’re negotiating with publishers, you may have to fight to keep love interests out of the story.…[Read more]

@Alia well, here she is… I decided to break out the colored pencils after *cough* ten years and as a result the picture ended up looking a little scratchy… but here you are just the same. 😉

@cloudy Sounds like a fun premise! Have you thought at all about what themes you want to be tackling in the book?

@kate-flournoy *prepares pen and paper* You have my sword!

@Dragon-Snapper I may test you on that soon… 😉

@hope Yes, I will be creating a video of me going through and analyzing the results and Josiah has agreed to share that directly through KP.

@daeus I…umm, may have filled it out too. Sorry. I’m not sure how to go back and edit my response. Also, is there anywhere you’ll be sharing the results of the survey?

@cloudy Welcome! (from a very ‘not active member of the community) I keep telling myself I’m going to find time to get back on here more, and then I forget… But it is a grand place! You’ll enjoy it. 😀

@northerner @daeus @kate-flournoy @jess @graciegirl Thanks all! Now, if any of you are asking for beta-readers, I can offer my services with confidence. 😛

Welcome to the site, @cloudy! What’s the premise of the current story you’re working on?

@cloudy If I had to pick a favorite in the RA, then it either be Siege of Macindaw or the Burning Bridge. And don’t worry, I can’t give you too many spoilers, because I’ve only made it to 10, and I’m only halfway through it. 😀
I love Moonlight Sonata! I’ve tried to play it on guitar, but with all the sharps and flats, it’s very difficult. For…[Read more]

@hope 😀 Indeed. I can never remember whether it was an ‘o’ or an ‘a’, or two ‘r’s or one ‘r’. I printed my book (for editing purposes) and didn’t remember until afterward that the name still had two spellings in it.

@graciegirl Yessss. Sometimes because they are ‘weird names’ and sometimes because I can’t remember… Is it Allan or Allen? Nathan or Nathen?

@Overcomer alrighty! Thanks for joining us. 😀

@overcomer sure thing! *gives you ice cream also* Happy editing!

@that_writer_girl_99 I’m writing currently! *noms ice cream*

@theliterarycrusader goodness. XD This was a good laughing start to my day. *goes to start on some water-flinging*

@emma-flournoy You can do it now.