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I’m Moriah, but my pen name is Piper Bee. Either is honestly fine, I get called both on the internet. I’m married, mom of three (E almost 5yo, S 3.5, and G 15 months), and I’m back in college, studying Japanese. My husband and I want to move to Japan as soon as we get an opportunity!
I’ve been writing for ten years, but I didn’t start to take it seriously until about a year ago. I have an 80k word novel written, the first in a fairytale series. This book is my baby! I also wrote a 60k word sci-fi (first draft) for NaNoWriMo last year, and I’m currently indulging “shiny story syndrome” and am 32k words (and about 5-10k more to go) into a summer romance novel. The last one I started a week and a half ago, and I’m starting to feel like I can actually churn out books. Since my first project is going on 11 years, it feels good to get a book out in a couple of weeks!
I have yet to publish anything, but that part I am trusting God with. He keeps telling me that His timing is best. My job is just to not give up. He has a plan! As for *my* plan, I want to publish my fairytale book this year, and so I’m building my audience and writing short stories in the same world.
I am glad I found Story Embers! I felt like the Christian world was lacking a little bit in the way of guiding Christian creatives. How should we write fiction? How do we create real characters with honest struggles, but not excuse sin? I’ve had a long journey figuring how what is “right” and “wrong” and coming to the conclusion that it’s not black and white. The main thing is honoring God!
I look forward to participating here!
Welcome to the Story Embers forum! š It sounds like you’re a pretty versatile writer. If you had to pick a favorite genre, which one would it be? What do you like to read?
For reading and writing, I would definitely pick fantasy/YA. But I do feel like I prefer stories that have a good romance. When it comes to writing, I like to experiment. Right now Iām spending a lot of time on developing the world and the characters in my stories, so I just pick whatever genre fits after!
Hi, PiperBee!
I an new here, too, and so much you have said sounds so much like me!
What are you planning to do in Japan?
Hi!! Iām glad we have a lot in common š makes me very happy to be here!
My husband will be able to work in his field (technology/management), and hopefully the kids can go to a Japanese-speaking school (a private Christian school would be ideal!) and as for me, I donāt really know. Iād like to keep studying Japanese, and maybe earn a bachelorās degree someday. But I will definitely keep writing! A lot of people ask āwhy Japanā but the only answer we can come up with is just that we like it there!
*waves* Welcome to Story Embers @piperbee ! And yay! Always exciting to have another fantasy lover. Do you have a stand-out author?
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InspirationMy favorite book is The Hobbit! I love Tolkeinās style and the way he thought about storycrafting! But I havenāt been able to get past the histories in LOTR š¬ I was inspired to write after reading Libba Brayās Gemma Doyle series, and right now Iām enjoying Leigh Bardugo. But Iāve always had a hard time picking a āfavorite.ā
An aside: the author of my MCās favorite books is named Penrose! Lol
Thank you! The longer I sit with the name, more Iām glad I picked it. Itās started to feel like āme.ā š
My favorite book is The Hobbit, because I felt so transported reading it! But I think my favorite story is Pride & Prejudice. I canāt seem to get enough of Elizabeth and Darcy…
@piperbee Fantasy is pretty cool. š And cute romantic side plots are always fun to read. š
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