Andrew Schmidt

@andrew yeah, I don’t care for brown-headed cowbirds either.  I feel conflicted about them, because they do have to survive, but I wish that they could do so without hurting other birds.  I feel similarly about house sparrows – they’re so cute and familiar, but they are an invasive species, and they can be quite vicious towards other more t…[Read more]

@andrew

LOL. Understandable.

Yeah, writing tends to improve a lot after 12-ish. XD Have you finished any of your newer projects?

I haven’t created a lot of mythological creatures; most of the creatures I create actually exist in their worlds, though a couple of them have been exaggerated into legend in some places. None of them have been…[Read more]

@andrew We’ve had redheaded woodpeckers around here on occasion. One flew into our large dining room window once while I was standing at it, so that was memorable.

Thanks! Yes, I’ve read the first Percy Jackson series. That’s actually part of what first ignited my interest in mythology. I started the second series a couple of years later but…[Read more]

@andrew I hope you enjoy it!

Atlantis is a fascinating one. I’m actually currently reading a couple of Plato’s dialogues to learn more about it and see how it compares with Tyre as described in Ezekiel 26-29. Lining up mythology with its historical inspiration, where such inspiration exists, is something I find really fun, so I’m curious to see…[Read more]

@andrew Cardinals are so beautiful!  Unfortunately, they don’t live in my area, so I’ve never seen one in person.  Your article sounds really interesting!  I wasn’t aware that cardinals could be yellow.  I’ve never heard of a bilateral gynandromorph cardinal, but I did read an article about a grosbeak (I believe it was a rose-breasted) with the…[Read more]

@andrew I haven’t written any nonfiction, at least not apart from school work.  I did once write an essay on the effects of lead bullets on the environment, which featured the California Condor’s survival story.  I’m quite happy with how it turned out!  I think I like to read nonfiction more than I like to write it.

That’s so cool that you li…[Read more]

@andrew – This is one of the most admirable threads I’ve ever seen on this forum. You have my respect. Yes–I have heard of people in the writing community giving non-fiction a hard time. I am not one of those people.

Though I’m sure my love of animals doesn’t compare with yours, I also have a high respect for you in that as well.

As for my love…[Read more]

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WHOA!! Has it really been THREE MONTHS since I posted in this thread?!  . . .

Okay, it has.

Tell me what you all think of this poem.

Rainbow in Waterdrops

Come down…[Read more]

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This one is another very personal to me.  Critique and enjoy!

Twenty-One
Sometimes I don’t think I qualify
For twenty-one
Weighed down by the times I have to try
I’ve never…[Read more]

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Okay, I guess I’ll post in this thread when I remeber too! LOL.

Here is my latest poem. Critique and enjoy!

True North

It seems that all the world has lost it’s…[Read more]

@andrew

I really enjoyed your story!! It’s so unique and put together extremely well. Excellent job!

My 2021 goal is to finish my WIP that I started almost exactly a year ago, and to complete another novel that I’ve been plotting for the past few months.

Is it weird that both of those stories include rubies in one way or another? XD (one the j…[Read more]

@andrew Hey, Andrew! I haven’t been on here in ages either… I’m on the Young Writers Workshop Community now.

My goal for this year is to write four or five novels.

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Don’t really know what to say about this one. Any and all critiques welcome!

My Morning Song (What you will say to me)

The sunlight is dawning
And though I am still…[Read more]

@andrew Maybe you could call it… dystopian fantasy? *scrunches up face in thought* I think that would work. Knights = fantasy and laser guns = dystopian? Or maybe it would actually be science fiction fantasy?

@andrew Well, to be honest I haven’t pinned down the genre. Maybe… historical dystopian fiction?? There’s trains and early automobiles, so it’s not modern times, but it is dystopian in the sense that’s it’s not the world the way we knew it. The government and societies and people’s roles and everything is different, the way the world works and…[Read more]

@andrew

This story is so awesome!!!!!!!!!! And original… a princess made of jewels, a chess tournament for her hand, a starfish festival… I’ve never read anything like it! Also, I absolutely adore Checkless. 🙂 My favorite line…

““We both have our own worlds we must share, despite how chaotic, how bizarre, and diverse each one might b…[Read more]

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Hope you all enjoy!

All of the Pieces
All of my pieces I’d scattered o’er
The cracks in the surface of my stone heart floor
All of my days were lost so empty
Then You came and…[Read more]

I hope so too, @andrew. Thanks for the good wishes!

Thanks for sharing your goal, @andrew, and your story! This year I’m hoping to write two novels–finish the one I’m already working on, and do a new one, start to finish.

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This one I have been trying to finish for over a year now. Critque and enjoy!

Resolutions

I wrote my list of resolutions
Not to create my own solutions
I want to live like my…[Read more]