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@ellette-giselle

Ok….Werner looks like he’d be a favorite character of mine… 🤭 Lmk if you post any snippets of him!!

@savannah_grace2009

Oooh, I like it!! My only critique is the first half of the chapter…. It was great until I found out Sef was only 4 at this point. It just felt a little too complex to be coming from a 4 year old, ya know? Maybe simplify it somehow? Keep the same emotions that Sef is feeling, but see if you can bring it down to a 4 year o…[Read more]

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@freed_and_redeemed

Ooohhhh, interesting….👀

@the_lost-journal

This looks interesting! I can’t promise I’ll be able to keep up, but I might just stalk the topic. We’ll see!

@anyone-who-is-interested

Chapter 1

Strong hands grabbed at her shoulders, trying to rip her away.

But Sef wouldn’t let go.

Eyes scrunched shut, tears leaking from the corners, she clung to her father like he was the only thing keeping her life together.

In a way, he was.

And now he was leaving.

“Let go, Sef,” her mother said stern…

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@koshka it is helpful, actually.

I need help with Slavic culture😅 I know next to nothing, and Google is not helpful💀

but I’m glad you’re excited!! I am too and honestly can’t wait for everyone to read book 3 even tho book 2 isn’t even out yet😫

@ellette-giselle

AHH Werner looks amazing😍😍😍

also, it’s been in hardcover the whole time??? I think??? 😅 Amazon set it up to be all 3, so🤷🏻‍♀️ the cover is the same and everything, it’s just hardcover and more expensive

and if life allows, I’d love to beta read your book, Ellette! and yes, I can help look out for German culture for sure😉 I’m…[Read more]

totally not talking about a lovely side character that y’all are gonna love in my WW1 WIP and the one whose death begins Hans’ hatred against Jews

totally not🤠

that moment when you start writing a side character more, realize you love them so much, and then realize they have to d!e for the plot

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@the_lost-journal This sounds like a super cool idea! Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll participate this time—I’m already not really keeping up with the fantasy RP—but I may check in on it to watch what happens.

@grcr Praying as well!! *virtual hug* 🤗

@theducktator

I agree with what hybrid and highscribe said. Definitely consider the length and genre of your book first. If your novel is only going to be 60-70k, I would definitely hesitate adding more POV characters cuz then they each only get 10-15k each and that’s really not a lot in the big scheme of things.

Also consider if each c…[Read more]

@grcr

Oh no, my prayers will definitely be with you and your family. 🙏🏻 Sending virtual hugs your way! 🫂💕

“fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭41‬:‭10‬ ‭

“I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from…[Read more]

@Esther-c

*Gets hit in the face by a particularly cold snowball* *Sputters*

Gee thanks Esther 🙄😂😂

“Ty?” I shouted as I walked down the sandy boardwalk by the beach. No answer.

Continuing down the familiar path, I savor the taste of the salt in the air and the lovely sea breeze gently caressing my face, my wavy hair tossing in the win…[Read more]

the 20s really marked the beginning of people turning away from traditional values, something the USA tried to go back to in the 50s before all fell apart in the 60s…and we’ve just gone downhill from there🤷🏻‍♀️

Better in some ways, a whole lot worse in others.

@whalekeeper

Hiiii 👋🏻 So, I will first say that a lot of my research has been sporadic or else focused on a single specific topic, so I honestly don’t remember a lot of sources I used for a lot of research by this point XD

And most of my research is focused on WW2😅

But each of the decades were really marked by specific things:

The 1910s was…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle I love that idea too!! 🥰

@theducktator

It really depends. Does each MC have their own POV? How long is the series, and what genre is it? Typically a long, multi-book series will have plenty of characters, while a standalone may only have room for a few. (However, Gordon Korman is a big exception to this rule. He writes mostly standalone contemporary MG fiction, but he…[Read more]

@whalekeeper I love that!!! <3

@esther-c

ACK

HEY!!!

how dare you.

ok, fine.

another bit of a scene for Book #3 (almost 200 words😜)

A door slammed open.

“You are either insanely brave or hilariously stupid, Herr Wagner. But given your insolence, I suppose I can see what information I may yet gather out of you. Fisher, return L…

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