Beth Darlene

@rose-colored-fancy

It’s one of the many doodles made by a seven-year-old boy named Onfim who lived in Novgorod (now Russia) around 700 years ago.

Nice. Seeing first hand sources of writing and archaeology is always fascinating.

As you do.

Elucidation required.  😂

Lorcan

Aydin was back too, it seemed. Things appeared to be – frostier between him and Liorah. Lorcan wondered how much time had passed since he last saw them. And what had changed. A lot apparently.

He was secretly relieved at least that Aydin was alive. He definitely preferred him over that high and mighty princess.

He sat down on a rock and…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

Oh gosh I would love it if she could insult Lorcan about his looks  especially if she knew Yila liked him. Liorah seems like the kind of person who would insult someone because they’re great looking hehe

I have no idea if that’s canon but it absolutely could be XD That’s totally her thing XD

I think if she knew Yila ha…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Oh gosh I would love it if she could insult Lorcan about his looks😂 especially if she knew Yila liked him. Liorah seems like the kind of person who would insult someone because they’re great looking hehe

“Fine, I won’t stab anyone. Except maybe Lorcan but he deserves it.”

LOLLLL I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF HER&#x1…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

Happy Holidays, I hope you had a great Christmas 🙂

I’m getting a zillion character ideas just thinking about it.

Absolutely! I think one of the interesting things about it is that family dynamics function completely differently from most others and that even in the same circumstances, it could work completely differently. Endless p…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Sibling dynamics are my absolute favorite thing to write, and parent-child dynamics are up there too. That’s actually what most of my first book is centered around and it was really fun to write!

I’m getting a zillion character ideas just thinking about it.

It’s an official Croatian letter that was written in 1445.

I love tha…[Read more]

Liorah

I waited until I was sure Aydin was asleep before getting up. He somehow managed to sleep sitting up which was impressive in and of itself but I was fairly sure it was a left-over instinct from his time with the assassins, which always sent a pang of pain through me.

Aydin almost never relaxed and there was nothing I could do to change…[Read more]

Aydin

I had to stop. Crying wasn’t going to get me anywhere, it never had. I took a shuddering breath and tried to pull the sounds into focus.

I felt marginally better, it was a little easier to breathe at least.

Someone was arguing. I recognized the heated tones and hard back-and-forth. Who were those idiots who thought now was a good time to…[Read more]

@calidris

so, I believe the Shrike has finally discovered Liorah, and he may or may not be rather smitten…

So, @everyone, yes, Liorah does have a love-interest in-story, but I decided to temporarily erase that from existence so I can figure out how Liorah reacts to having a crush, like Yila and Lorcan are doing.

It’s going to be chaos, she’s so o…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

I really like the family dynamic of a son or daughter working with their parents, especially in a medieval/fantasy setting.

Exactly! It’s a bit harder work to justify everything but it’s so worth it! I love writing family dynamics in general, and I think all of my main characters have some family.

Sibling dynamics are my absolute…[Read more]

@calidris

Lorcan has a long coat, right?  And if I remember correctly, he’s not wearing his mask anymore.

Yes he does 🙂 and he did indeed lose it, its so very tragic that his handsome features are now on full display, unfortunately for everyone they must now endure this, especially Yila…🤣

This took an incredibly long time because I’m trying out a new style with Saskia!  It took a while to get into her mindset, plus she’s not very well developed yet

Also, I wrote random portions of this kind of late, so some of it is definitely not going to be written as well lol

Saskia:

“What’s he doing here?” Sasha stabs a finger over my head,…[Read more]

@crazywriter

I have a great-uncle who served in Vietnam; I don’t see him anymore because he lives on the East Coast. But I remember meeting him once when I was a kid. He seemed quiet, maybe depressed, and smelled of tobacco. My mom said he was once a very happy, out-going and fun uncle; but the war changed him drastically and never really spoke…[Read more]

@r-m-archer

Hey there! Thanks for your thoughts! And Merry Christmas! I hope you all are having a great holiday.

Yeah, our family used to have a fake tree for years until we lost it during a move to a new house. Then we started using a live tree. I never knew how soft a fresh cut pine could be!

R.M Archer Wrote:

“Looking at modern medicine…[Read more]

@crazywriter

Merry Christmas! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I haven’t done an in-depth study of the Vietnam War, nor of what happened to our soldiers when they returned. I do think, though, that the war was a tragedy and it’s sad that we had to see something similar happen in the middle east.

@rose-colored-fancy

I can really see why so many people choose to make their main characters orphans just to get the parents out of the way of adventuring things XD It makes sense from a plot perspective, even though it isn’t any fun for the character.

I agree. However, though I write mostly adult characters (19-20+ in age), who are out of the h…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

Oh wow, nice. That’s a lot more than I do, all I have when I go into a chapter is several bullet points under that chapter.

I used to do that too, but I found that even though it takes a bit longer, it makes it much easier to write since I’m very prone to get lost in the middle of a conversation like “Where was I going with this? I k…[Read more]

That same cat had a habit of jumping on people’s backs while they were bending over. That happened multiple times, but the crowning glory was the time my mom was painting something on a step-ladder and bent down to get something and that extremely large cat decided jumping onto her back was the best possible way to demand attention. Nothing went w…

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@rose-colored-fancy

And then before I write it I write an outline for the chapter with as much detail as I think of and a rough idea of the dialogue.

Oh wow, nice. That’s a lot more than I do, all I have when I go into a chapter is several bullet points under that chapter.

On that note, thinking of external justifications for why characters are…

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@noah-cochran

Do you use chapter by chapter outlines or list of chronological events outlines?

Both! I start with the fifteen beats, then I fill in anything I can think of to get from one to the other and then split that up into chapters. And then before I write it I write an outline for the chapter with as much detail as I think of and a rough…[Read more]