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Hi @rose-colored-glasses and @joelle-stone

Thank you so much for the warm welcome! and @brian-of-the-surface-world, too

by the way, how do I change the @ signature?

I have a nickname my students used to call me that I’ve been debating back and forth as to whether have it as my writing alias… Mr. Trip… Ever since, I’ve always thought Trip Williams had a nice ring to it. lol.

Rose, your fantasy stories sound amazing! I am a big fan of the Ranger’s Apprentice, which didn’t have lots of magic. My magic system, called essence, is actually based off of Plato’s perfect forms. Then different races have differing abilities that allows them to manipulate those perfect forms, or essence. I love my races, and not sure but there may be more coming… but it’s been really fun, working the old imagination station.

The art work comes from a website (free, unless you desire to purchase) called Hero Forge. I think it was built for DoD players, but the character creations and picture downloads are free. they actually have the ability to 3D print your characters and ship them to you (which is the part that cost money…). So it’s pretty cool. Though it is limited in scope. A few of my races/characters, I can’t effectively create due to the limits of their options, but they do have a lot of great options. That being said… That’s awesome that you do your own art! I wish I could.

I am actually looking for an artist…. My world has normal creatures, but also legendary beasts, called the creatures of Myf, which are pretty fantastical. (I posted a description last night on one of the threads…) I would love to have an artistic rendering of the creatures of Myf… but sadly my skills and my wallet are lacking.

Actually, I hope to finish writing my WIP within the next week or so. Would any of you be interested in swapping beta reads? I was also kind of wondering if there was a section on this forum where you can post sections of your writing for critique?

I love that you research for your fantasy! I try my best to do that too! While I do have some animals and plants that are native only to my fantasy world, I try to do a lot of research on real life abilities of animals and plants (eg. Aefflaed uses a lot of herbal remedies in her medicines in my WIP).

I came upon this through the help of a friend. I’ve been active on a writer’s forum called ChristianWriters, and Claire Tucker introduced me to this place. And I’m so glad she did.

Oh, and I don’t have a particular age I like to write in…