Elizabeth

@christianna-hellwig A word about tags–to let someone know you’ve responded to their post, simply put @ and then their username, like I did with your tag above. You can find a persons’ tag just below their username. My username, for example, is Elizabeth, but my tag is @that_writer_girl_99. Make sense?

@that_writer_girl_99    I’m sorry, I think yesterday when I sent this reply to you my computer malfunctioned or something…

Gryffindor is AWESOME.  [if you haven’t read Cursed Child yet this is a spoiler sorta]  Slytherin did get Harry’s kid though so I guess there is an exception for Slytherin

plus, my best friend (two of my be…[Read more]

@warrenluther04 Well, this seems like a pretty sturdy story idea. I like the idea of using this mythology with elves and stuff. (Or are the alfs?) 😛 Anyway, it’s like what @that_writer_Girl_99 said, that the character will be pretty important. How the character ties into that sort of plot. Maybe Loki and Laufey’s motivation. What they want.

If…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 By “sold out” I don’t mean that you’re crazy about it, but you’re at least determined.

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

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?

@that_writer_girl_99 @princessfoo @skredder @mnvalentine @jenwriter17 @dragon-snapper @kaya-young @kate-flournoy @daughteroftheking

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

@mnvalentine @that_writer_girl_99 I didn’t think about the positive themes of Harry Potter… Good point. I love the Harry Potter books, and taking the quizzes and stuff. I don’t like the Hunger Games.

@that_writer_girl_99 I totally agree. I really loved the first Hunger Games book but the other two felt really forced. I’ve only seen the first movie and thought it was pretty good. Although even the second two books were more convincing than Twilight…

@daeus Definitely.

@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]

@that_writer_girl_99 Ah, I see your point. I was thinking how Harry Potter, (though this wasn’t my original example) has reached hundreds of people who are obsessed with what house they are in and what wand they have. The books, though even I love them, subtly tell us things like lying is okay, and even helpful sometimes. The Twilight series…[Read more]

@dekreel      How have you never watched Marvel!?!?  They are EVERYWHERE.  I… I just… *sigh* Wow.                           I sometimes like singing, yeah.  I’m also learning to play the piano and guitar.  I enjoy listening to all kinds of music (Christan, Christan, Christan, and Christan music, to be specific) but my favorite artists are…[Read more]

@rochellaine @jane-maree @daughteroftheking @sage-G @winter-rose @that_writer_girl_99 Thank you. I will try to take your advice. *picks up advice* This is all very encouraging.

@that_writer_girl_99  Neat! I’ll have to read it. 😉

 

I’m starting to desperately need to go to the library to get all these books!

@that_writer_girl_99  Ooh, boy. Let’s try this…

 

Here is a little tactic for writing a compelling, and non-cliche fantasy story: Diversify your world. By all means include dragons, elves, knights, old parchments and/or a mentor or two — because those are AWESOME. But imagine how much more awesome your world would be if you added a unique…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Yes, it’ll make sense in the story. I’m actually planning on posting it in the forum (possibly this one), but I need to figure out how to get the link. Thanks for the advice!

@that_writer_girl_99 Yes, I imagined that that would happen. That was actually mostly just me jotting (well, typing…) my ideas down. Basically, after Ualair returns to Alfheim, Loki and Laufey will start Ragnarok: the death of Yggdrasil and the Nine Realms. The Aesir, or the Viking gods, will perish, along with the Jotuns, Vanir (the gods of…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99 Yes, I do! I’m an INFJ! ^-^

@radically-surrendered I do like to sing, but not in front of other people. Heheh… My mom used to teach me how to play flute and piano, but you could say I’m a bit musically challenged so I stopped. 😛

@that_writer_girl_99, That’s really great advice, Elizabeth, and one of the things that so often get forgotten in any ministry. We get so caught up serving, we forget who and why we’re serving.

@radically-surrendered, This is really good advice, thank you! This is one of the things that has been reflected in my ‘blog brainstorming’ so far.…[Read more]

@that_writer_girl_99  Haha! My phone is like that! XD