Ben Powell

@gabbyj In my first novel I had a character who was for the first few chapters really sweet and good-natured, and always thinking of others before herself.  Later, as bad things started happening, she started having trouble keeping up her good-naturedness, but she hid it pretty well so that her brother didn’t notice she was much upset.  Finally, s…[Read more]

@daughterofhteking I’m glad you like it, yay! 😀
Funny you should mention the colors.. I was excited to chose a color scheme for this one. I wasn’t sure if they were victorian ish enough, but I’m glad you like them!

@dekreel She sounds like a cutie! I’ll do it. I dont have very many OC’s XD. My first OC though, Ara, is an alien with pale blue skin and purple hair. She is a princess but she comes from a long line of ninjas. She is the last of her people. She can turn into a mermaid at will and has black cat ears. I don’t have much description or ideas about…[Read more]

@perfectfifths and @kballen Thanks!  I think my favorite is actually the giant one because the story is more unusual (can I use that as a synonym for “totally weird”?), but I do like a couple of lines from the dragon poem a lot, such as “I faltered for a moment but/began to argue with the nut,” because it’s so crazy.

@itisastarrynight I’m glad…[Read more]

@itisastarrynight  That’s fine 🙂

Her name is…. I haven’t decided. Let’s call her “Peri.” She has pale blue eyes, very short straight blond hair, and large round glasses. She has a steampunk outfit, but not as frilly as Amelia’s outfit 🙂

And if you want I’ll draw one of your characters in return 😉

@dekreel Yes, however it may take awhile as I will be going on a weekend trip in two days and won’t be back until Sunday evening or something like that.

@itisastarrynight  Yes, you did a great job! Wow, that’s impressive. I wouldn’t have had the patience to study cloth folds XD

……. Can you draw my character?! XD

That sounds so cool! I may just have to read it.

@dekreel Thank you! I had a lot of fun with shading the fabric folds and such. Drawing fabric is hard so I recently have given it more attention(unlike the thousands of other things haha) I can tell it improves the dimension in my artwork 🙂

@graciegirl Cool! I mostly paint pictures of random people I made up XD.
Typography is cool, I am mildly interested in it. But I have poor handwriting so ;-;
I’ve been wanting to try out acrylics more, I love how painterly it can look!

@itisastarrynight  I’m sorry, I butted in, but OMW that is AMAZING!!!!

@daughteroftheking  You are in for a treat!!

@rochellaine Yes, that makes sense! I will keep these in mind, thanks so much!

@gabbyj Like some other people mentioned, I think it would be important to understand why your character is the way s/he is. And as the story intensifies, this would affect your character. the question is, how does it affect your character? Tension often equals growth as the character is trying to cope or handle the situation. How they handle it d…[Read more]

@daughteroftheking Thanks for being patient! Here is the art I promised. I’m not 100% happy with it, but when is any artist? I drew the colored one first and had a lot of fun with it, getting maybe a little carried away with the steampunk esc. The grayscale sketch is a little more victorian and I know the features aren’t consistent, but I did try…[Read more]

@Jenwriter17 ahhh I completely missed this before, sorry. D:

I really like everyone else’s suggestions for twists. Having the ultimate reveal of her family and mentor and all the secrets in the past being an unexpected shock really heightens things. *nodnod*

As for the blurb, it’s a good base to start off from but it’s long and gives a little…[Read more]

@medomfo  Greetings and welcome to the bestest place in cyberspace!!

We’re glad you’re here! What county do you live in?

What are your favorite books and TV shows?

@skredder I love Janette Oke!  I don’t like T. Davis Bunn as much, but the summary of that book sounds interesting, so I will definitely look it up.

@skredder I don’t have any thoughts on how you could continue your story.
But I think the ending/climax is one of the most important parts of your story. it isn’t just about trying to find a way to make everything wrap up. It communicates a point to the reader. Here are a few ideas that hopefully could help you at all.
What are the results of your…[Read more]

@itisastarrynight I know in fantasy literature it is common to have creatures which are half human, half animal, but I think about where that mythology started.  The origin of those stories (and I believe most myths to be based in truth) was from old heathen mythology.  The idea that there is a half human, half animal seems to indicate that the c…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 My thoughts on the topic
I personally see it as do-able. Because it is a book, you aren’t literally giving them visuals. Like you could mention a low cut top, and everyone knows what that means. But the nice thing is,in doing that you tell them about the shirt, not their body. And covering the body is what I think is one of the main…[Read more]