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@Daeus great. See ya then.

Ha, I’m having a bit of the same problem @Daeus. Yes, I’m writing. I will be writing until 10:55, and then probably from 12:30 to 2:00 after that, then from 2:30 to 4:00, assuming nothing unexpected comes up. Tag me whenever you need to.

@Daeus I won’t be with you tonight. Have fun though!

Hey @Daeus, that’s definitely not time wasted. 😀

Hey, that’s not bad @Dragon-Snapper. I got 759. What about you, @Bluejay, @Daeus?

Reporting for duty, Cap’n @Daeus. Er… what’s with the sand?

Not silly at all @Aella. Actually, I just take words and twist them up and see what I can make of them. Often it’s chance. Once I spelled ‘riveting’ wrong due to tangled fingers, and ended up with ‘Ivreton’. 😛
It also depends on what image you want to evoke with the name. Dignified? Try Eliandor. Fairytale-ish? Phantasmornia. Cute? Bellesmere.…[Read more]

@Jess that’s not terrible at all. I’ve never really struggled with depression, but I completely understand how writing could be an escape, and that’s okay. It’s good to get away now and then. Even if it’s only a virtual vacation. 😉
Not to mention writing can almost be therapeutic— as @Spradlin said, if I haven’t written for longer than normal…[Read more]

Woah, that’s overboard, but it does sound very fun.

@Daeus I never do anything by halves. 😀

@Daeus oooh, yes. Physical aspects of worldbuilding are crazy fun. All the different flora and fauna… I’m actually going to have to start filling a whole notebook with just made-up herbs and their medicinal/superstitious/mythical uses and history. 😀

Ha. The whole point of rewriting is to make the editor’s job easier. 😀

@Daeus eh… well, I got to start it at any rate. 😛 I think I must be anxious or something— subconsciously stalling because I’ve been waiting for this scene so long, now that I’m approaching it I’m a little scared to mess it up… or something. 😛 It’s… kinda big. Harold just got home. For the first time in ten years.

Okay guys, I got 654. What about you?

@Dragon-Snapper nope. Hop in.

@Daeus *ducks flying glass and sizzling wires* I’m with you. If you still exist after that. 😛 I might have to stop early. We’ll see.

@Daeus… my procedure? *coughcough* You’re asking me for a procedure. Oookay.

Honestly, I don’t have one. 😛 I have only one world, and though it is insanely complicated and intricate it has become so with four years of thinking and dreaming and wondering. Because I followed no procedure. I just unleashed my imagination and let it run wild.…[Read more]

I write to discover, I guess. Writing for me is a quest of sorts— discover truths, polish them until they shine, then bury them again for someone else to discover. It helps me understand the world and the nature of truth and the nature of God, and as such I guess it’s a form of worship.

I also write because if I didn’t my head would probably…[Read more]

Yay! Welcome to the inner circle, @Daeus! *confetti, balloons* Prepare to lose what little sanity you still possess. I don’t know what it is about writing fantasy, but the creativity required is addicting. I haven’t been able to return to historical fiction. *gasp**ominous oboe music* This is the point of no return.

Um… yeah. Books? Let’s…[Read more]

@ClaireC it sounds very interesting— not the typical nurse/patriot/combat story premise, which perhaps is what you meant when you said ‘alternative… premise’?

@Claire-C it sounds very interesting— not the typical nurse/patriot/combat story premise, which perhaps is what you meant when you said ‘alternative… premise’?