Beth Darlene

Hey y’all, I think this castle helped me out of a writing slump with Quin–I couldn’t write him, but it’s easier with you all to help out, so thank you!! Maybe I can do something similar with Qatar soon…though he’s harder to write in the castle because he’s such a jerk, lol.

@rose-colored-fancy

That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give them an accent, since they probably do have one, but if they get a POV, they can mention how all the others have accents to them. And people from different regions of the same place can always have regional accents.

I usually just describe accents like “They had a (region) accent.…

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@rose-colored-fancy

Even the idea breaks my heart

Sammmeee I can just imagine what Niarok would do to me if I took his sister away…

LOL, I get it XD I’m an introvert who gets miserable without human contact. Which… may just mean I’m actually human but let’s not go into that.

Wait… human? What’s… that? XD

We’re all currently writing different…

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Whoops. Not clear. I meant he glanced at Ruan’s leg. Sorry.

Quin

he couldn’t even leave. He’d given Ruan one crutch, and Basil was sitting on the other one.

He shrank back as far as he could and looked from Ruan to Basil.

“What…happened?” Ruan asked. Quin stiffened. No. Not that question. Ruan seemed to sense that it was the wrong one, and apologized.

Quin swallowed and glanced at his leg. The same…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

I was in a hurry and I forgot to mention that “Gilded blood” will be ready to beta-read in late march/early april. The manuscript is 91k and the deadline is preferably end of april, though there’s some slack there.

It’s the second draft, I mainly need story and scene level critique. (Basically what I’ve been doing for TTD)

Will…[Read more]

Trope talk: Accents

@noah-cochran

I can’t have a conversation in that chaos. xD

*Glances around secretively* Oh, we’re whispering? XD Good idea though, but I think you got the wrong forum XD

However, one thing you might notice in my historical fiction is that I don’t mess with religion much. I’ll do it more in this series, but I don’t particularly want to turn th…

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@calidris – I believe so! 😃

(His eyes are a bright sea green, but light like sea glass 🙂)

(Okay! I too must go for the night — talk to you tomorrow!)

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Quin’s empty eyes landed on Rúan as he turned. No sign of the boyish light that had so vivaciously made them come alive.

“Sure,” he said, his tone dull and depressed.

Now fully concerned, Rúan knelt beside Quin, but…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf Right?  It was so heartwarming!

Btw, Basil has black eyes 🙂

@mamaauthoress Yes!  You can do it, Ruan!

I think we’re off to a good start, guys!

“Do you … do you mind if I sit with you two?”

Ruan’s asked, sounding uncertain.

Quin looked up at him with blank eyes. No. Go away. Both of you, just please go… His shoulders sagged. “Sure.”

He watched as the tall man knelt down next to him. Even kneeling he was taller than Quin, and as he stared down at him, he seemed to change his mind and…[Read more]

Quin is just not in a position to initiate rn…

I feel that. 😆

Rúan watched as a new boy made his way over to Quin and sat down. Both their faces were solemn.

Quin’s small frame was hunched over, and a seed of guilt and pity earthed itself in the soil of Rúan’s heart.

He was bearing the whole weight of being called out as a murderer.

What a lie.

As if his body had taken initiative, Rúan slowly stood,…[Read more]

@Mamaauthoress thanks! It’s not Ruan’s fault–Quin is just not in a position to initiate rn…

@emily-waldorf — I can try! 😊

@calidris — Rúan is not too touchy-feely, but with a dose of guilt, something similar might happen. 😆

@calidris I KNOWWWWWW my heart melted when so many people just assumed the castle was lying even though nobody knows anything about what happened. :)))

@mamaauthoress Of course!  I think Quin and Basil are about to have some heartfelt discussion about their respective tragic backstories, and from what I know, I think Ruan might have something in common 😉  Maybe he could come over to help comfort Quin?

@emily-waldorf Quin is just too precious!  I absolutely love how just about everyone in the ca…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress Ofc! I don’t know how to get from here to there, so if you could initiate that would be great?

Thank you guys for being so kind … I didn’t want to leave, but things were getting a bit overwhelming with the many posts and me not having any part in them.

@Denali-Christianson — you are right – I should have taken initiative to have Rúan interact with the others. I’m sorry I complained.

I love Niarok and hate writing Rúan’s biting comment…[Read more]