Stephaniej

@alia It’s setting the chapter/book up to dramatic and mysterious, so I think as long as you follow through on the promise very quickly, it’s all good!

@kathleenramm

First of all, I completely agree about MacGuffins. They’re not bad, after all, I would argue that LOTR is a reverse-MacGuffin-quest-thing, but they’re often lazy.

Secondly! My worst mistake? I don’t know exactly, but a lot of my early stories and novels suffered from far too many main characters and subplots connected to those…[Read more]

@r-m-archer

Can I just say that I absolutely love the name Tora! It’s actually my dog’s name and I think it’s so cool. Sorry, just had to get that in there 😀 😀 😀

@kathleenramm

I honestly think my biggest struggle with writing is balancing it with the rest of my life. I have a very all-or-nothing personality and I can go for months without…[Read more]

Anyone around? I’m just working on some blog posts 😀

@gracie-j @jenwriter17 @rochellaine @valtmy @alia

This looks like so much fun, unfortunately I’ve temporarily misplaced the USB with my first novel on it. I’m actually quite proud of my first novel, cringey and cliche though it may be. I’ll look for my USB and see if I can find it though!

@kathleenramm

I have a sort of recurring quirk that in any book where its appropriate (ie, historically or culturally accurate) I have a character that drinks black coffee. I know absolutely no one who drinks black coffee in real life, but I just noticed one day that I did it heaps and now it’s an inside joke for me.

Also a have a lot of…[Read more]

@catwing

Are you still around, my friend? And if so, what is the Catwing writing at the moment?

Hey, so I wanted to kickstart the conversation here again, so….where did the first spark of inspiration for your story come from?

Just tagging a few people who’ve already commented, but anyone is more than welcome to join in!

@e-k-seaver @gracie-j @rochellaine @jenwriter17 @r-m-archer @lewilliams @valtmy

@e-k-seaver @jenwriter17

Ah fair. Thanks for letting me know. I’m glad you guys are being willing to stand up and make your convictions known. I think that’s something we as younger Christians don’t really do as much and it makes me happy to know that you guys are still willing to go against the flow 🙂

Hey, just wanted to ask what’s the thing with dropping NaNoWriMo at the moment? I’m not really active on there through most of the year so if anything wild went down, I definitely haven’t heard of it???

@e-k-seaver

Nice ideas! I definitely approve of so much angst.

Also your last idea some absolutely fascinating.

@jenwriter17 @rochellaine

Sorry, I sort of disappeared 😀 I’m back now, getting some work done (hopefully).

@rochellaine

Hey!

@kathleenramm

The last scene I completed I wrote last night while I was watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. the movie just gave me a burst of inspiration and I wrote a whole scene of a new novel in about 30 minutes.

It was a prologue and it involved the main character finding an evil something in the forest and it introduces all t…[Read more]

@r-m-archer @gracie-j

Of course! I know all about Kindle Direct Publishing, I just can be very thick and didn’t realise that’s what KDP stood for 😛

I know, the quotes are really bugging me too.

@gracie-j

Haha, no worries! I like talking about my books. My main characters are called Mere and Roe and they are based on Jeanne Baret and William…[Read more]

@gracie-j @r-m-archer

I’m loving all this publishing chatter. Can I ask what KDP is? I’ve been tossing up whether to pursue the self-publishing or trad publishing route and I really haven’t decided yet, so I’m keen to hear about more options.

Also, I would say, I (and a bunch of other trad published authors) wouldn’t recommend going with a…[Read more]

@lewilliams I love your blurb, especially the structure of it. Very nice. I also feel sorry for all of them, especially Arvi, poor boy!

And oh my goodness, A Beginner’s Guide to Villainy sounds exactly like my cup of tea. Also 100% realistic. I know a lot of tertiary students who would become villains just to get their scores up a little. And b…[Read more]

Wow! I’m glad people have been really enjoying this thread 🙂 Makes me happy!

@r-m-archer I’ve read about your Calligraphy Guild novel on your website, it honestly looks so awesome and I’m intrigued by the whole “magic ink rewriting the past” concept. I hope it goes well! And I’m sure there’s heaps you can do to revitalise your old novel, best of…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I completely missed the last bit of your question. I have actually! My first finished novel was about otters. It was sort of Redwall inspired, if you’ve heard of that series. Basically anthropomorphic otters.

@rochellaine

Now I’m watching a BBC murder mystery, still in the blanket, eating lunch, and still pretending to work on my articles, which I am not 😀

Yes, puppies are very cute! At least to look at, I’m not a huge fan of puppies in real life (gasp). I think baby elephants are extraordinarily cute.