Alabama Rose

A reminder to submit your word counts asap.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8

@kari-karast

Well then… I say let’s ask the other #stillin people. 😉 This could be wild…

@mgtask @jennythefaun @i-david @emgc @introverted-elf @lin @thewirelessblade @bama-rose @h-jones

@e-b-raulands

Did I miss somebody? O.K. Welp, if y’all could read through the discussion @kari-karast and I just had about the new story idea and vote on…[Read more]

@bama-rose

Best part: Seeing what people enjoyed about my stories. (This is especially cool with Lost Girl, which I didn’t even like all that much when I wrote it, but those who have read it have loved.) Making people smile (or just brightening their day somehow) makes me smile. (And, if I’m being completely honest, making some extra money…[Read more]

@bama-rose

I’m not sure. On ebook prices below a certain price threshold I think there’s only a 30% option, but I’m not sure why it’s an option otherwise. I don’t know if someone who’s been using KDP more or opted specifically not to use KDP might have more insight on that?

@bama-rose

Well… I personally stink at marketing for the most part, and I also haven’t done a whole lot with it yet. (Since all I’ve published so far are short stories that I don’t really want to make a huge deal of, I haven’t done a lot of marketing for them.) But I think every author starts out stinking at marketing and just has to learn…[Read more]

@r-m-archer Hey, that’s no small feat.

@bama-rose

This month was my very first time working with a hired editor! It’s been awesome.

Congratulations! That you got an edit and are excited is always a good sign. Keep up that hearty spirit.

@eden-anderson

I desperately want it out

That’s always good. 🙂 Hopefully it’s fun too.

@e_elaine_soup5 @kari-karast @bama-rose

I used to live with a lot of people, but they all died. Now I live with a lot of ghosts.

It sounds grim, but it’s actually rather comforting not to be alone.

Each morning I wake up to the vision of my mother pulling back the curtains in my bedroom. The pale smile lacks the love that I once would see, b…[Read more]

Tagging my guild.

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylouise @msqueen8 @eden-anderson

@bama-rose

It’s an annual event, so if you want I can make a note to let you know when it comes around next year. I lost last year, but it still got almost 30k out of it, and so far I’m ahead of where I was this time last year, so at least in my experience it can provide a huge productivity boost.

Ooh! What editor are you working with, out of…[Read more]

*comes galloping in on black stallion*

I have returned.

Let the long post begin.

@nuetrobolt I would take a test to determine your temperaments. While opposite temperaments in one person do happen (I am living proof) they are very rare, so you should be sure. I think it would be a good idea for your characters, because, while personalities are…[Read more]

@Bama-Rose

Thanks!

I love to write. It DOES get stressful sometimes, but I usually write to de-stress-inize, so if I start to stress, I just straight quit for an hour or two. XD

Happens to the best of us. 😛 I REALLY love Anne-Elizabeth Stengl’s “Tales of Goldstone Wood” and Ted Dekker’s “Paradise Trilogy”.

@SeekJustice

Nice to meet you,…[Read more]

Hey guys! We have our results back. I haven’t got a chance to read them yet, but I’d definitely going to. …Can’t resist! Second person, guys… 😉

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ObZq9dVzzFanWh6i66879a8lwY2kFafAi2TjE3nN4SU/edit?usp=sharing

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literaturefort…[Read more]

@evelyn @pursuewisdom @bama-rose Thanks for the help! Turns out my mom signed me up for it and forgot to tell me . . . -facepalm-

Here it is! The Favor (First Draft)

It’s just thrown together and not terribly long, but I’m hoping this gives us more time and space to really polish that second person voice. Edit away!

@daeus-lamb @piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice…[Read more]

@bama-rose I used to find the letters challenging, but now I’m pretty good at guessing types. It just takes practice, I guess. 😛 Since the MBTI can only go so far, I’m definitely going to try sorting out the different temperaments of my characters.

@bama-rose Yeah, that is cool! I don’t know how or if personality types translate over to temperaments, but I’m an INFJ.

By the way, I like your profile picture. It’s pretty

Thank you! I actually just changed it. 😀

@kayla-skywriter I just took the test and apparently I’m Sanguine-Phlegmatic. After finding a site that explains a little about the temperaments, I think I might actually be Phlegmatic-Sanguine. Is that even possible?

Eyy, I’m the same as you, @bama-rose.