Trailblazer

@grcr I know several others already commented on this, but I wanted to add one more thing about the descriptions that might help. Given that this is the first chapter of your book, I think it would be helpful to find a way to start it off with more action, or some way to hook the reader. It didn’t pull me in very well, but once I got past the…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009 sure! That sounds cool!

@savannah_grace2009 That is so good! So well written, and it makes me want to read more!

@freedomwriter76 That’s fun! I have a contemporary fiction that’s a meshing of the lives of several girls, and I’ve been trying to figure out if I can keep it that way or if I need to split it and write each of them their own book in a series. I started it a number of years ago but now I’ve been looking at it and thinking that I have too many main…[Read more]

@lydia-s that is so sweet! Don’t throw it out!

@freedomwriter76 Definitely!

I had some ideas about starting a series to include the different historical fiction WIPs (maybe they’d be part of the same family line or something) but we’ll see what happens with that. At this point I think they’re probably better as stand-alone.

@freedomwriter76 I agree, ancient history doesn’t hold as much weight for me. I enjoy history overall, but American history is definitely the most interesting to me. The American Revolution is a favorite of mine (I have another WIP from that era but it’s not very fleshed out yet) and I have a few ideas for another one set during the Great…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76 ooh, ok! Is your favorite time period during WWII, or do you have other time periods in history that you like, too?

@freedomwriter76

1) I don’t know if I have just one favorite book, but my favorite series is Dragons In Our Midst by Bryan Davis.

2)Favorite dessert… that’s hard! My mom makes a strawberry cream pie that I really like, and homemade peach ice cream is pretty good, too!

And as for current historical WIP, yes, I do! I’ve been working on one set…[Read more]

@acancello you should share that scene for us to read!

@everyone

Another thought I had as I was reading all your comments is that I don’t think any of us will express God the same way in our writing, nor do I think there is necessarily a “right” way. We all have different experiences with God, and those experiences will shape how we portray Him in our stories. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing,…[Read more]

@grcr  I haven’t been able to upload a profile pic either since I joined. It says it loaded but there’s nothing there.

@whalekeeper @mineralizedwritings

I feel like this also depends on the genre you’re writing in. Fantasy/sci-fi is a hard one because it deals with more abstract constructs and is more focused on theme, while something like modern fiction is more black and white- either you have God in the picture or you don’t. I don’t really write fantasy since I…[Read more]

@s-tastet

Welcome! I’m Janessa, and I’m still pretty new here myself! I mainly write contemporary fiction or historical fiction, but I also do journalism. I enjoy photography and hiking as well (hence the name Trailblazer lol).

It looks like you’ve been asked a lot of questions already, but I have one for you, too:

What’s your favorite time…[Read more]

@acancello

I love that meet-up story! It’s funny, and I agree, it does sound like something that could actually happen!

@savannah_grace2009

Yeah that’s rough, especially when your siblings aren’t old enough to quite understand! I have two younger brothers, so we weren’t really playing together anymore by the time I made the switch to public school, but they definitely felt like it wasn’t fair that I got off the hook with chores easier than they did. But that…[Read more]

@savannah_grace2009

That is true! I easily forget to pray before I sit down to write, but I want to make it more of a habit!

@savannah_grace2009

Yeah I remember coming home from school and needing to just shut myself in my room for a little while lol. The first week especially was mentally exhausting.