Penny Ambertheson

@quietgirl

Hi! I’m Abigail and welcome to Kingdom Pen!

I love The Hobbit and all of Tolkien’s work. And me too, I often like to kidnap  adopt other people’s characters and write out stories for them (I most often do that with characters from Spirit Riding Free).

What is your favorite setting to write in? Contemporary? Jungle? Tundra? (I usuall…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

If your have any difficulties on names (which is something I agonize over with my characters), the Wikipedia has a great page called:

Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character Names

They have the option to choose different origins, nativities and time eras for boys or girls names. Like say you wanted a Greek name for a boy, all…[Read more]

That’s awesome @gracie-j ! Congratulations:) The only time I was able to do that was during NaNoWriMo. Sigh, I gotta get back to doing that.

@joy-caroline

Your welcome:)  I do the same thing in writing. I had put TSW aside for a little while at one point to write my short story EverHappens. But now that that finished, I’m back with writing my WIP. Sometimes working on another project will even generate more ideas for your main novel:)

@issawriter7

Hi! It went pretty well, (I guess I’m no Davy Crockett), but it was fun. I read a lot of survival books, thence me and my brother built a fortalice in the woods, made fires and made ourselves walking sticks. We only got semi lost without a map once, which was good:)

But the no wi-fi part was a little difficult, I survived though (…[Read more]

@joy-caroline

Ahem!

That is incredibly true and you put it magnificently. It’s true that I’m not a type or category of believer. I’m a Christian:)

@godlyfantasy12

I’d love to do this, but I won’t be able to do it until next week at the latest. If you want to start before that, depending on how many days you guys do it, maybe I could jump in a bit later? If not, that’s fine.
Usually, I’m a Night Writer, but I think this would be extremely fun.

@jenwriter17

This is SO amazing!

@godlyfantasy12

Those bookmarks are simply beautiful! I love how you were able to format their original collages into bookmarks and still be equally as stunning.

@joy-caroline

I love this topic:) Many years ago, I  used to think that I couldn’t serve God by writing unless I only wrote  sermons (Narnia helped me with that one), but there is a great article on KP called: Three Ways to Write Christian Fiction For a Secular Audience.
I agree, how as writers, our stories can alter lives.

@libby

Hi! You can call me Abigail and I may be a little late saying ‘welcome!’… but anyway, welcome!

My favorite books are: The Bible, Dark Horse, Narnia and a huge assortment of others. I could go on for a while, but I should get to work on my ‘to read’ list:)

Would your character rather choose freedom but no home or home, but no freedom?

@nova21

My MC would live off the grid (she already does)-

@urgoza

Never say anything remotely funny-

@devastate-lasting

And call every by their first name.

@joy-caroline

So first off, I completely understand your dilemma. In fact, it has been one of my top (if not my number one) problem that I face a writer.

I had a novel that I’d been working on for six months. It was a fantasy and I had had my pen pal and a few relatives beta reading it for awhile. I was getting a little winded in writing it, w…[Read more]

“Bottom line: Don’t forget humans aren’t the only creatures in the world who can impact a story. There are literally trillions of other life-forms ready to twist your stories in new directions.”   -Robert Lee Brewer.

Tagging: @issawriter7 @KeePers

I hate having to say this because I just began the daily writing quotes, but I most likely won’t be able be able to post the daily quote for about three days. (Turns out, when you go into the wilderness, you don’t get internet connection;)

But for anyone who reads the daily quote, I’m posting three here and hopefully I’ll be able to get on trac…[Read more]

@issawriter7

Thanks:)

(It’s one of my favorites).

@nova21

Oh and btw, I completely understand about writing a first chapter that seems awful. I’m rewriting my novel and I’m basically starting from the second chapter, because every time I attempt chapter #1, it always comes out terrible.

@nova21

Your first chapter outline is extremely interesting!
Kingdom Pen has a really great article that has helped me a lot and covers just about everything on first chapters that I can think of:

Write The Perfect First Chapter | The Ultimate First Chapter Checklist, by Kathleen and Erin Ramm.

@epicaddie2

Yes, Norway and Russia is a fantastic places for settings, (I haven’t done Norway yet myself). I’m no professor, but if you ever have any questions about ancient Russia, I might be able to help.