Kingdom Pen | Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land | Activity https://kingdompen.org/members/william-starkey/activity/ Activity feed for Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:25:40 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 18e01e7e77bc59fba1c2272b5b4f2286 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land's profile was updated https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/176241/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:44:07 -0400 0 0ec7dadcf698445bf9d964604547fd8f Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land's profile was updated https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/106410/ Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:45:26 -0400 0 f2cc8ee3331bc6cdaac808e8c95d5a19 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land changed their profile picture https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/103651/ Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:18:51 -0400 0 48bc2c4e5c8420161438e2f639860e60 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land changed their profile picture https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/92385/ Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:57:16 -0500 0 f5084646f1c636d736c30ab3620de04f Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Looking for Worldbuilding Guest Authors in the forum Non-Fiction https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/looking-for-worldbuilding-guest-authors/#post-89647 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:56:05 -0500 @r-m-archer That sounds like a neat idea, but I don’t have a lot of time right now. I’ll think about it and see if I can come up with anything. If I do come up with anything, I’ll let you know. If I don’t, I’ll probably just never speak to you again…XD So I would just be writing about languages/other in general? Anything specific?

]]> 9b96604a8ff4cb445a76d97d5d034f2f Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Writing First Chapters... in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-first-chapters/page/2/#post-89500 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 20:21:21 -0500 @nova21 🙂 Glad to be of service.

]]> ccbc19d66e86d0fcac6421a2dad3206b Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Writing First Chapters... in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/writing-first-chapters/#post-89346 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:19:46 -0500 @nova21

First chapters. Purpose: To introduce. To intruce what? The things that the writer must introduce. The setting of each particular scene you wish to introduce. The setting for the story. The setting of the mood of the story. The introduction of characters (all those characters that you as the writer wish to introduce as you see fit to p…[Read more]

]]> 9e29bade6d45339c58c0a516b021547c Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land changed their profile picture https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/91859/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:41:46 -0500 0 57f862978f0d6ab1bd0430768433529e Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land changed their profile picture https://kingdompen.org/activity/p/91858/ Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:41:21 -0500 0 43ace34b0dda6a2468efa9431107e669 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Good evening in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/good-evening-2/page/2/#post-89066 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:18:13 -0500 @ugroza Good morning tu thee, and besides welcome to Kingdom Pen. I take it you made a fine entry through the gates?

600 books? Neat; I’ve got quite a bit as well. Books get interesting. Especially when moving over large distances. Also especially when a grey-leather The Lord of the Rings gets harshly bent. Especially then.

I’m assuming you’ve…[Read more]

]]> 08606f10f06292b129b938b83639ba37 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Today I read... in the forum Book Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/today-i-read/page/3/#post-88835 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 21:00:46 -0500 @kathleenramm Nevertheless, it’s true.

@seekjustice Yeah! That’s what I’ve been thinking for a while. XD

]]> 58a827ff380be10579537f1248875dda Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic What is a popular book that you dislike? Why do you dislike it? in the forum Topic of the Week https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-a-popular-book-that-you-dislike-why-do-you-dislike-it/page/2/#post-88834 Mon, 11 Jan 2021 20:58:05 -0500 @kathleenramm The Maze Runner series.

]]> 7d1e05ce3543ca425ee3a25ee75a4179 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/page/2/#post-88681 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:52:22 -0500 Soooo much cherry coke…

]]> cd1e617579325c0718b1dc413037f6a1 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic What is a popular book that you dislike? Why do you dislike it? in the forum Topic of the Week https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-a-popular-book-that-you-dislike-why-do-you-dislike-it/#post-88677 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:16:49 -0500 …XD

]]> f93bef5437bb5bfec8671065a27174e5 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic What is a popular book that you dislike? Why do you dislike it? in the forum Topic of the Week https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/what-is-a-popular-book-that-you-dislike-why-do-you-dislike-it/#post-88676 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:16:27 -0500 @kathleenramm This was probably a bad idea.

]]> a0697a0dc87b314b8570dddf7968f9fb Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/page/2/#post-88675 Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:12:28 -0500 @nova21 XD I had no idea, gosh.

]]> 2d4221b7b1f58feba7ab494a9189978a Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/page/2/#post-88650 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:58:00 -0500 @devastate-lasting @gracie-j HAHAHA! Wow. I’m just gonna let ya’ll bask in the unfathomability of the prospect of my potentially disturbing and/or outstanding return, however unlikely that will be. Well, it was good talking to ya again. Goodbye!

]]> ebcce88c39fc08f0f835dbed01d1cf4e Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/#post-88646 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:33:23 -0500 @devastate-lasting Well, I’m glad to see that somebody did. XD!

]]> b4c58e581de2964acdc997d0d0d4d4be Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/#post-88644 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:59:23 -0500 @nova21 Well, glad you submitted it.

@devastate-lasting (XD) Yes, very. You’ve no idea.

]]> 0e16e11ca4585aa0cebdd826a24e2366 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Today I read... in the forum Book Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/today-i-read/page/3/#post-88643 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:54:21 -0500 @seekjustice Never read the book in my life.

]]> 444a7ffd0fc2f8d5b8ffbf389b025259 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Hey Everyone! in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hey-everyone-5/page/2/#post-88641 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:18:54 -0500 @lewilliams @larchness Yeah, N.D.Wilson’s got some pretty great fantasy. He has quite an…interesting imagination, that one.

]]> e34c4218e22d1fc75199b8f3644cdc3b Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic The Journal (a poem) in the forum Poetry Critiques https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/the-journal-a-poem/#post-88639 Fri, 08 Jan 2021 21:12:25 -0500 OHHHHHH, you wrote that. (@nova21)

XD I thought I was talking to somebody totally new. HAHA!!!

]]> a2bc856cf92a615f058b0008f7de62e6 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic What's the most recent book/movie you read/watched that has inspired you? in the forum Topic of the Week https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/whats-the-most-recent-book-movie-you-read-watched-that-has-inspired-you/#post-87247 Sat, 14 Nov 2020 17:49:28 -0500 @kathleenramm (Yea; world-building is great, once one gets the hang of it.) Oh, and also: The Desolation of Smaug (also Extended Edition), and The Lord of the Rings books, The History of Middle-Earth books, Unfinished Tales/etc., lots and lots of Charles Dickens (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Barnaby Rudge/etc.), The Fall of Gondolin, The…[Read more]

]]> b3b27718410bb5558cf729f420db59de Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic What's the most recent book/movie you read/watched that has inspired you? in the forum Topic of the Week https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/whats-the-most-recent-book-movie-you-read-watched-that-has-inspired-you/#post-87242 Fri, 13 Nov 2020 22:53:31 -0500 @kathleenramm Oh, well, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Watched it last night as a matter of fact.

]]> e5b7275c7ae9d8274bfad65148b171aa Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Help Plz! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/help-plz/#post-87199 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:46:26 -0500 @godlyfantasy12 Why, hello, GodlyFantasy12. Nice to make your acquaintance. Could I call you Jeff? (Or perhaps if you’re a girl: Edith?)

I think I might be able to help you.

First of all, my advice to you would be to forget all about combining two or more languages of the real world (unless you really just want to). Because you’d have to learn…[Read more]

]]> cdb7bc01043f8f867a115bfa84ae97d9 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Who Do You Write Like? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/who-do-you-write-like/#post-87173 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:53:12 -0500 @r-m-archer @devastate-lasting @gracie-j @millennium Yeah, I got H.G. Wells on my first try (an excerpt from my fantasy/pirate project Into the Deep which I only just wrote out). Then some Anne Rice or whatever, then Agatha Christie, then Anne Rice again. Yeah. I think it’s biased. XD

Gee. We all write like famous authors. Neat.

]]> 37f4fbbdebdb9e32c89c3a1f4b9a8c35 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Who Do You Write Like? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/who-do-you-write-like/#post-87167 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 15:44:21 -0500 @devastate-lasting @millennium @jenwriter17 Good grief, peoples! We’ve got a spiffing bunch of little Agatha Christies here!

]]> 5207979e198aecc9d40097f79fec74b4 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic Hi. in the forum Start HERE https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/hi-7/page/2/#post-87160 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 04:32:22 -0500 @scoutfinch180 Good morning; greetings; salutations, etc. Welcome to Kingdom Pen where pens are supposed to be plentiful…but people revert many times to pencil, which, unfortunately, fades with time. As I have am a first-hand witness of that fact.

But anyways: Interesting. I see you write poetry? Approximately how long would you think? (Perhaps…[Read more]

]]> 159802233e49e1b97b7c2caba4bd30f1 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/3/#post-86914 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 02:18:28 -0500 @devastate-lasting 🙂 Ah, yes…ugh. Bill. Weird. Strange. Not much of a story behind it; it’s more of a feeling, if you know what I mean. It’s like how some people don’t like the sound of fingernails across a chalkboard. Ugh. Weird. *cringes at the strangeness of the sounds*

Nice! I do too…but unfortunately, my piano is nowhere near me at the…[Read more]

]]> 84a3e44e348ea4a40ba3a452582703bc Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/3/#post-86911 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:09:05 -0500 @gracie-j Bill? NO. That reminds me of raisins.

Yeah, the links are terrible. They mess up everything.

Yea, I heard about that. What’s the procedure?

@devastate-lasting How did I change my tag? MAGIC!

Yeah, thanks; I’m here, for sure. Gee thanks.

Nice site! (I only really saw the front, though…still. You write music? Nice.

]]> 4c29b8371bb2cf2524c0d172e9fc4fc8 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86891 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:25:30 -0500 Wow. All I can say it wow. How absolutely ridiculous! XD

]]> 328729663a9795c6787cacf514650037 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86890 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:24:38 -0500 Here’s the second link: https://www.leonfleming.net/newsletter

]]> 49d3117d1138c9f23b7548234cf15bea Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86889 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:23:48 -0500 Here’s a link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20849292.William_Starkey

]]> 3009fc2ad916b94b18c286cb419d92c2 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86888 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:22:38 -0500 I can’t believe this is working.

]]> 2350038891460c30571b19f61ac29062 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86887 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:22:23 -0500 Wow. It actually let me post something.

]]> 932f536d879d8858ef12c8aabeb20763 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86886 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:21:55 -0500 I had two other links in there, by the way.

]]> 23108607cf40a38b1790d2d12d33f617 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86875 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:12:49 -0500 I had two other links in there, by the way.

]]> 0e882b22d049bb90c1eaeb5ceaf26b06 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86874 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:12:05 -0500 @gracie-j Ha. Ha. Yes, I’m here. To be precise: I’m definitely here. After all, remember I told you I only go by “Leon Fleming” on the internet?

@devastate-lasting Actually, “Leon Fleming” was just a pseudonym which I no longer use. “William Starkey” is my real name. Unfortunately, I can’t change my URL which includes the name “leonfleming”, but…[Read more]

]]> 71886e7a4d4e9b44c27774edc84d5db8 Alien and Sojourner in a Foreign Land replied to the topic National Indie Author Day! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://kingdompen.org/forums/topic/national-indie-author-day-4/page/2/#post-86865 Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:03:10 -0500 @gracie-j Ha. Ha. Yes, I’m here. To be precise: I’m definitely here. After all, remember I told you I only go by “Leon Fleming” on the internet?

@devastate-lasting Actually, “Leon Fleming” was just a pseudonym which I no longer use. “William Starkey” is my real name. Unfortunately, I can’t change my URL which includes the name “leonfleming”, but…[Read more]

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