@rochellaine @seekjustice @ariel-ashira @dekreel @warrenluther04 @sarah-anson
@princessfoo @filewriterbase13x Any of y’all on? Want to word war?

Now for the screaming… *ahem*

*CONFETTI AND WHITE CHOCOLATE AND ALL THE OTHER CELEBRATORY THINGS THERE ARE* You did it!!!! This is so exciting!!!!! WOOOHOOO…. *distributes glitter*

Yes, that’s because my sibling *glares and breathes fire at said sibling* took my computer and DELETED PART OF THE CHAPTER. So I had to re-upload it after I already posted everything. Sorry about that. 🙁 And if you see part of chapter four on there as well, know that it is not all the way finished. I uploaded it and then saw a huge plot…[Read more]

*throws confetti and cake* *high five*

Congrats, me amigo! You are now officially 100/100 steps ahead of moi. 😉 Best of luck and have some hot chocolate.

*hands hot chocolate melted by smaug’s own fire*

Awesome work! I wish you the best of luck with editing 🙂

*showers confetti and paper cranes*

What is your WIP about? I don’t think I know much about it.

At the suggestion of @rochellaine, I downloaded and started reading She by H. Rider Haggard. It’s too early on to tell if it’s good or bad, but I’ll let you know what I think!

I’m reading Bell Mountain, by Lee Duigon. here are some thoughts on it so far: the author uses omniscient POV, which I never liked. It feels a little distant. Also, I think the story could benefit from more description and worldbuilding.

So how about we just begin discussing?

@seekjustice @jenwriter17 I’ve got a historical I need to read too. I’m not sure how good it’ll be, but hey, at least I’ll probably learn something about writing. 😀 It was self-published, I think.

And guess what? I’m currently reading The Return of the King! I’m fine for fantasy (but please, please can we do historical next month????)

Also, just a  suggestion. What if we were to read for the whole month and share what we learn as we go, but we don’t necessarily have to read t…[Read more]

tagging also @princessfoo @kate-flournoy @northerner

(also if this post shows up twice, don’t blame me. Blame the angry computer gnomes in my laptop.)

I vote fantasy (and it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m reading a fantasy right now and I hate stopping books in the middle to read a different one 😛 ) My second option would be historical.

We’ll probably close the voting on…[Read more]

@rochellaine, there are so many possibilities for that idea…*squeals* *grabs story notebook and jots them down* *squeals again*

@princessfoo, I’ll have to look up that series, maybe grab an idea of two

@seekjustice, I just finished the Sisters Grimm series. I love Lunar Chronicles! Especially Thorne and Kai. (And Iko of course) One idea I had was to make the the MC meet 7 sisters who have to…[Read more]

Literally the best YA series ever! (Not that I’ve read much YA…)

I forgot to mention that I will be going to the Realm Makers writing conference in July. Anyone going to that? Here’s a link if you want to check out the conference: http://realmmakers.net

@daughteroftheking Thank you! The B&tB retelling is my favorite one at the moment. I don’t have a particular favorite kind of music, but I like classical, Lindsey Stirling and…[Read more]

True, that’s the main reason I wanted to keep Haylie who’s PoV I write from, though after I wrote a little of Macx’s I found I liked it more than Haylie’s.  I do think that it would still be losing some of what would be there if I did Macx’s PoV instead of Haylie’s though, so I’ll just try to do as much of Haylie’s as I can to try…[Read more]

Greetings, Kapeefers! I’m going to peak my head out of my hiatus for a second to ask some questions:

In my children’s books, I have a school bully, and lately I have been considering giving him a bigger part of my books. So my questions are: What are the motives of a bully? What are the literary cliches of a bully? And…[Read more]

I feel the same way about names for the Beast! In my first retelling, I named him Tasmarin Jennings and called him Arin for…[Read more]

Ooh, yes, please! 😀

@ariel-ashira The only books I’ve written that are even set in our world are The Darkness Within and The Shadows Never Lie, an…[Read more]

@princessfoo @kaya- young @ingridrd @dekreel @dragon- snapper

What do you think of the titles “The Last Tomorrow” and ” Where the Vultures Gather”?  They ate two titles I thought of for some present day stories I want to write.

( Dont take those ideas!) 🙂

Well, you won’t be in this one, but I am hoping to write other holiday-themed stories, so I shall fit you in  there somewhere 😉

*peers at giant list of characters* Whew, I have a lot to do…

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]

@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]

Just brilliant

Thank you all!! I had fun

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?

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

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

@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]