A fortnight ago, by happenstance, I stumbled back upon my old, abandoned village here in the Kingdom of Pen. As I gazed upon the empty landscape, run-down buildings, and the sun sinking into the horizon, something wasn’t quite right. In fact, there was something terribly wrong. The same feeling you get when you go on a roadtrip, and then wonder…[Read more]

To give you a bit of background information, my main character (Emeric Dertok) has recently come back into society after eight years of living the life of a hermit. He’s working for the King (Jornan), who charged him with the task of tracking down spies trying to sabotage the government. But as enters…[Read more]

Okay. I’m going back to the gym now. This was way too much nerdy book stuff for one day.

IT’S LEG DAY BABY LEZZ GOOOO!

Hey!  I’ve been doing good (mostly swamped with editing).

Hmm.  I noticed that we keep tagging @william-starkey and mentioning him by name, yet he still hasn’t appeared to claim his identity.  I hope he’s not dead.  Or stranded on an island somewhere.  Or carried away in a giant peach….

Now that you’re the proud owner of a new esta…[Read more]

Fancy hat competition? I do believe that was with @william-starkey, but were you posing as him during the entire competition?

If so, then it now makes more sense of why it was so easy to beat you. @william-starkey would never wear a hat from Walmart to a fancy hat competition.

Thanks for clearing things up about that.

Yeah. It is from walmart.

@elfwing

I have no idea what they are talking about either. I’m even newer to the forum than you! I’ve never been here my entire life.

I’m sorry? I don’t write poetry. I have no idea where you got that. That sounds like something @william-starkey would do, but not me.

As for my favorite color… Wait.…[Read more]

Your facial recognition skills are indeed lacking. I’m for sure not @william-starkey.

Honestly I have no clue who this @william-starkey guy is anyway. All I know is he’s super cool. One might even say he’s the coolest person on the forum.

And as for the straw thing; it’s a trick question. There are actually no holes in a…[Read more]

Your hat is quite exquisite I must say, the feather is a nice touch. Did you get it from the Walmart?

No pineapple on pizza? Hmmmm… well, you do seem like the person who would prefer grapes on their…[Read more]

YOOOO, wassup pal?! Glad to have you back, man. @gracie-j has been looking everywhere for you.

I srsly thought you got trapped in a cheeto factory. Those things are impossible to get out of…

Don’t you think that was a lil rude to @devastate-lasting? I mean, pineapple on pizza isn’t thaaat bad y’know?

@devastate-lasting oh, so…[Read more]

This forum looks pretty dope, and I thought I should join it. I have never been here before, and I am definitely not @william-starkey despite being just as dope and handsome.

Anyways, about myself: poetry. yup it’s a thing I do.

And I hate pineapple on pizza. Don’t even ask, @devastate-lasting.

In my free time i watch unboxing…[Read more]

I appreciate the lack of smoke, very thoughtful of you.                                                                                            And I never even considered that the next person to join the forum could be something other than human! that would be quite the predicament.

@gracie-j @joy-…[Read more]

In the real world there are many famous landmarks, both manmade and natural, that have become iconic sights known the world over. There’s the great wall of China, the moai statues of Easter Island, the Grand Canyon, the pyramids of Egypt, and so…

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(BTW, totally random question but some of the books you’ve added on Goodreads made me curious: Are you Calvinist?)

I’ve heard so many AMAZING things about Brandon Sanderson’s books, but I’m not sure which ones I should try first.

1)  Do y’all have any suggestions for which of his books to read first?

2)  Or any other random book suggestions that you absolutely ADO…[Read more]

Oh yeah.  So true.  I have a feeling I don’t do that well enough…

Wow, yeah , this is great stuff!!!  Thank you SO much!!  I’ll definitely have to keep this in mind!!!

Thank you SO MUCH everyone!!!  SUPER helpful!!!!

So here are some details:  Seia, the MC, is living in isolation from society, with only her sister and a couple of slaves as fr…[Read more]

Thank you and good morning to you as well. So far I am enjoying my time here on Kingdom Pen.

It definitely will be interesting moving all of my books. Especially since I have quite a few pre 1920’s ones which are more fragile.

My Lord of the Rings books have leather covers as well, which might be a bit difficult. I also hav…[Read more]

Yes, I love Into the West, it’s so poignant and deep.  Glad to hear that you like it, too : )

Are you still going by Leon or are you now William?

Your list of favorite a…[Read more]

I haven’t read The Maze Runner series, but I have heard long rants from my siblings about the trilogy. XD They are quite notorious in my household.

Take that back. (please😁)  What are you talking about??  Those books are so good!!!!!

@gracie-j @devastate-lasting

I finished it the other day and really enjoyed it! It was a very good book and I thought the themes were very well thought out. I think it was such a good portrayal of why creation belongs to God and God alone, as well as the downfalls…[Read more]

Not sure why, but that’s a little hard to believe.

But no, Sir Starkey, we folk at Kingdom Pen know how to disagree without tearing each other apart, you see. One of the finer attributes of the KeePers.

@nova21

I have not read that series but I have heard much about it, and they weren’t very good things. XD Fun fact, my older sister and brother actually went to a book signing…[Read more]

Did you know you were such a celebrity? 😆

lol yes it’s me

Anyone on? I’m in the car, my grandma and I are gonna get Starbucks and I plan on writing some while we’re in the car!

Finished chapter 2 the day before test day (unedited one) and working on chapter 3 now. I’m pretty proud with my work,…[Read more]

Hhmm… I’ve been looking for looking for some good new shows for my siblings and I to watch. From what you and @seekjustice said I may have to watch it.

I love stories that focus on the small simple things in life that get overlooked. What I’ve realized recently is that a story about someone trying to open up a successful pub…[Read more]

think ive got a plan. Still wanna use the Cheyenne and Apache, but I’m just gonna make a few phrases and words I might need.

as for the other two, I’m really gonna start now in learning the languages a bit. I have time to work on those, and enough time to work on phrases and words for the 1st language. Thx for ur hel…[Read more]

Thank you for the tips! And yea, probably the newer versions. So, I do think it would awesome if I could thoroughly learn about my languages to the point I could one day write using them, but as long as I’m able to achieve the phrases and sentences I need for my series (when I write the series) that will be good.

see, I’m a ver…[Read more]

Thx! Couldn’t remember his new thingy XD

SO @william-starkey, any chance you could give me some tips??

@gracie-j There’s like 50 of them. Famous authors, I guess. Was hoping for Ray Bradbury XD

I’ve met Josiah twice I think. First when we had a week long KP retreat at our house, then again at my brother’s wedding. Even though I wasn’t apart of the KP team at the time of the retreat, it was really fun having all the KP members stay at our house. I think they were supposed to be working, but they were just eating…[Read more]

@millennium Agatha Christie was a very lit mystery author.

@william-starkey I’m assuming you got the same? XD

Essentially it’s a text analyzer to find out which famous author do you write like, style-wise. Just copy/paste a chapter or something of a story into the box and in a few seconds you’ll get results. The longer the better.

Is it accurate? I pasted a…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

Would your character rather be tickled or chased?

Kai would rather be chased. It’s part of his daily routine already.

Would your character rather eat really spicy things or really bitter things?

He seems…[Read more]

@gracie-j Ah thank you! The building was quite nice. The options were easy to understand and to place around.

Yeah…I don’t write music too often; mostly piano compositions.

@r-m-archer Thanks for the heads-up. Should have that fixed.

Oh, and I may have, uh, made my website on a whim And since links are working again, here it is.

https://zhanglinyang.weebly.com/