Ben Powell

@daeus  BTW I am sorry if that GIF made you feel uncomfortable in any way. I’ll restrain myself from now on XD

@rochellaine  I know! That was my reaction, too X/

@clairec  @notawriter  @graciegirl  @jenwriter17  @epicaddie2  Thank you all! 😀

Claire — Umm…. I’m going to see how comfortable Daeus is first… X)

@Jenwriter17 as Princess said, some of the elements are fairly generic with the dystopian genre. Evil government and Outcasts are common features, BUT that doesn’t mean you can’t use it. I definitely say you can still do this well if you have your own aspect and take on the situation and use your own style to make the story unique and different.

@daeus Norma Jean Lutz is a really good author (one of my favorites) who published her books in the 70s-00s.  Now most of them are out of print, but she recently put them on kindle.

She now runs a young authors coaching website, and has published several booklets with snippets of writing advice.  If you contacted her she would probably be able t…[Read more]

@clairec I get an email announcing that you mentioned me along with several loud, annoyed remarks, so, confused, I come over here and find a half page of you trying to spell my name.  😀  Sorry it caused you so much trouble! 🙂  I assume you were originally trying to comment about the Stolen Raspberries comic?

@dekreel That is really weird.  🙂 …[Read more]

@daeus Yeah….. no.

I don’t really know that many authors. Haven’t been to any conferences really–one local teen one–but otherwise… not yet. XD I’ll let you know if I can think of any.

@jenwriter17  It sounds really cool!

The only thing cliche I see about it (putting it next to the video on Dystopian novels) is the fact that the main character is a teenage girl

I’m no expert on the Dystopian genre, so I might be worng…

But still, I would read it 😉

@seekjustice I never saw a sparkly bear; I never hope to see one; but anyhow or anywhere; I’d rather see than be one! 😀

@notawriter It wasn’t very hard to find an illustrator.  I created a topic on the KP forum titled “Looking for an Illustrator” and got a few answers.  I think it took a couple weeks before I got a definite agreement from s…[Read more]

@notawriter

You know you’re a kapeefer when you spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to think of a kapeefery thing that you do (That hasn’t already been said!) and then feel bad because you couldn’t

Well, you invented the word “Kapeefery!” That’s something XD

You know you’re a Kapeefer when all of a sudden you start loving the name Josiah…[Read more]

You know you’re a bookworm when you try to find themes in everything, not just books

@daeus  I know — It’s creepy  *rubs head* X)

@notawriter  I did actually consider that! I’ll leave it to someone else to add the raspberries

@perfectfifths  Oh, my indeed 83

X’D  …… I can’t believe I did this

@daeus  @epicaddie2  @rochellaine  @jenwriter17  @KAPEEFERS

Well, because you you guys, I now have dozens (and rising) of screenshots of random faces from the videos (Mostly the DeGraafs, naturally)

@seekjustice Actually, I just found an online create-your-own-collage website, and am practicing by making random story prompts from the art I have saved on my computer.

I looked for a collage website so that I could make the stolen raspberries comic I posted in the “KP Captions” topic.  Have you seen it?

@seekjustice Shop Around the Corner from 1940 with James Stewart.  Cute and sweet story interlaced with hilarious one-liners.

@seekjustice I’m sorry, I was having a sort of “movie night” with my brother and parents.  Now I’m done, though – two hours after you posted. 😀  Are you still here?

@rochellaine Genius. Absolutely genius.

@introvert_girl

I usually like to start my sequels (I’ve only started one sequel…sooo….) by focusing on a scene that actually entails the villain. What he’s after. Especially if you’re villain has already been introduced in the first book.

I also like to have some sort of initiative on the villain’s part. There’s something needing to be…[Read more]

@mariposa Seriously. All these songs….

And that collage. O.O I wish to now read this book. Is it kinda like Jurassic Park/World, or something else. Was there time travel??

@daughteroftheking That quote. Is. So. Poetic.

@livgiordano Yeah. I appreciated that so much. Takes a lot of courage. And humility, especially after winning the superbowl against the Patriots.

@sam-kowal Let’s just go with the Eagles. 😉

@epicaddie2 Just remember that 85% of America was cheering with you. 😛