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@katniss-everdeen

Hello! I love the Hunger Games too! I think my favourite book was 1. Not a huge fan of the movies but Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson did a great job portraying Katniss and Peeta.

What are some of your hobbies besides writing?

@lrc

The amount I have varies per day but it’s usually between 15 and 25. And lol yes, they are so tiring!

Aw cats are awesome too! I don’t think I’ll ever have one of my own because my dogs are not keen on them, but I love my friends’ cats. Just curious, what breed is it?

@leon-fleming Yeah, after seeing a little bit about your WIPs I figured it was related to Tolkien somewhat. That’s amazing how you discovered a lot of existing things on your own!

Yeah, and people even recommend that speech therapists even study linguistics alongside to help inform the work that they do.

@katherine-h Wow, that’s great! Welcome…[Read more]

@katniss-everdeen Welcome back! I echo everyone else and hope that you’ll find inspiration to write more, whatever that looks like for you. 🙂

@devastate-lasting Yeah, finding time is always hard. Are you currently in high school?

@leon-fleming Aww yeah, that sucks. Sorry about that!

Also, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t believe I play the kazoo.

@devastate-lasting Okay so it varies depending on the world. That’s cool!

Yeah, I’ve studied at an American school all my life, so even though some would call me fluent in Chinese I am definitely not comfortable talking in it haha. When I move to America in the near future it’s going to be even worse…

Yes, I think a lot of fictional drama…[Read more]

@gh24682468999

Okay, that’s cool!

@devastate-lasting

Whoa, that is cool! If (okay, when) I write a WIP set in China, I’ll get you to beta read it. XD

@devastate-lasting I played the violin for many years, but recently stopped playing/practicing. Now, I’m trying to teach myself the guitar. How about you?

@devastate-lasting *looks up genre of urban fantasy* That’s super cool! Would your entire Magic User World be classified as urban fantasy/contemporary fantasy then?

I think that writing in Chinese definitely would be fitting for a setting in Beijing. There’s a book called Want by Cindy Pon which is set in Taipei, and although she does a great j…[Read more]

@lrc

Oh that’s awesome! And it seriously makes my job as a trainer so much easier (no joke, so many people underestimate the importance of things breeders do or don’t do). Are you looking at becoming a dog trainer for a career?

Well, for my job I mostly work with puppies 8-20ish weeks old. There’s a lot of diversity in the breeds I work with,…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting Hey there! That’s good to know. Hopefully I can stay on here for quite a while then 🙂

@leon-fleming That’s right! I remember you joining just as the guilds kind of… died. There’s a thread called “New Wessex Worldbuilding and History” in the Announcements part, though, which is pretty cool and you can write yourself into the…[Read more]

@leon-fleming I’m thinking about becoming a speech therapist so wow your post was informative 🙂 To digress a little bit, what drew you into learning linguistics, and what sources did you learn from?

I don’t know what sounds I would vote for, but maybe we could exclude Z (since you mentioned you don’t like it) and maybe X because they are s…[Read more]

@lrc

Basically the parts they take out are major history lessons, and leave the actual story. Lol.

@lrc

Lol, I get it. I’m just unusually stubborn, in a lot of areas. 😛 I would say that an abridged version is acceptable, but you just won’t have the prestige of being able to say that you read the whole version. XD

@kathleenramm

*downcast eyes* Oh, yes, I enjoyed it! Lol. Thx. 🙂

@lrc

Okay, that makes sense. I abbreviate when possible as well, like my current WIP Out of the Ashes– actually it was my sisters who first started calling it OOTA, and it stuck. XD!

@lrc

Oh, cool! Yeah, that’s about the time when I’m gonna have to quit writing for a few months. XD

@leon-fleming

Oo, that still sounds really cool! XD

@gh24682468999

Hiya! I feel like I recognize your profile pic from somwhere…SE?

@leon-fleming

Huh, yeah, ok. I’ll see what I can do between making my own family trees that way, and seeing about the other stuff. Thx! 🙂

@lrc

Oh that’s awesome! Is there a particular reason you do it? Golden retrievers are awesome too. I work at a puppy Daycare and we get heaps!