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The GIF-Hiders: An Easter Story

Part Five: The Cart at the Edge of the Forest

“Wild troll-things?” Jenna wondered to herself as she soared on Kai’s back through the night.

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Several minutes later, she was at the edge of the Vivid Green forest, the largest wood on the island. The ankle-high grass shone white under the radiant, full moon (whic…[Read more]

My inbox is exploding. Which a good thing!

@sam-kowal Good point, I was reading the Hobbit at about that age too. As for dramatic, I think I can achieve that. *cough*not saying I have the tendency to be overdramatic. not saying that at all*cough* 😉

@notawriter Thank you muchly!

@ingridrd Why thank you!

@introvert_girl *scribbling down notes*…[Read more]

@princessfoo  Brilliant XD

Just brilliant

@kate-flournoy  @skredder  @gh24682468999  @inkling-for-christ  @sam-kowal  @rochellaine  @daeus  @dragon-snapper  @princessfoo  @mnvalentine  @everyone-else-who-commented

Thank you all!! I had fun

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

Okay, let me put this a different way. Would you say you want to reach thousands of readers with your books or are you sold out on doing so?

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

Okay, second question: do you plan to become an established author?

@mnvalentine I completely agree with you! I love the Harry Potter series, and I think it has a lot of positive themes. I’ve no problems with the HP books, and simply mentioned them because @princessfoo had. Really great thoughts there!

The Twilight books, however, are completely empty of any positive themes. I mentioned that they’re for…[Read more]

@daeus Definitely.

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo Actually that’s not entirely true. I can’t speak for Twilight since I read only one book and hated it, but Harry Potter has very strong messages about love and self sacrifice. The movies almost completely erase these messages, but in the books they’re still there, and I think underneath the…[Read more]

You’re right. When I think culture, I think of it on a grander scale, and with an emphasis on the mental/spiritual ways books challenge us to think and act. On that note, you’re right–the Twilight and Hunger Games books present a number of smaller issues that were only escalated due to their popularity. @princessfoo

@princessfoo As far as cultural impact goes, I’m not sure Twilight or the Hunger Games series had much to give. They were popular, but empty. More for entertainment purposes than to present food for thought.

@princessfoo Haha! 😀  I have gotten some strange looks from my sister upon saying things like that…

Thanks for answering!  This is a fun topic. 😀

@princessfoo It was Patty Bride from the Carolyn Wells Patty Fairfield series.  The Patty series is one of my absolute favorite book series. 🙂  If you’re interested in reading the series you can get them free or for a couple of dollars on Kindle, or find most of them online at gutenberg.org and Google Books, because they’re now in the public domain.

@princessfoo  That’s one of the absolute worst things for me: when there’s this huge fight and if they had just let each other explain, there would be nothing wrong.  I actually saw another Hallmark movie where the same thing happened.  So far I’ve read one book where they did it right.  When the guy was out of town and got an accidental let…[Read more]

@princessfoo That dude had trust issues. He must have been flat as Tony Stark’s new phone. 😛

@valtmy I never read specifically romance books, and I don’t usually like romance subplots in any genre, so yeah, I have a lot of pet peeves. 😛

I don’t know it anyone has said this already, but really, it drives me bonkers when they don’t respect each other. Like, they see their partner talking with someone else, and IMMEDIATELY they think…[Read more]

@princessfoo Cool! *high fives*

@devastate-lasting THANK YOUUUUUUU!!
@princessfoo *excited meeping* (yup, meeping is a word now…) xD

Thanks guys for all your inputs! I have quite a few “bad romance” ideas now though I think I will need to write multiple books if I want to cover everything here.

But now I’m also thinking of presenting a “good example” of a romantic relationship in my story… This is weird to ask considering the title of this thread but are there any specific…[Read more]