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@emily-waldorf Lets see…

@mamauthoress has Eve and Calix – siblings who wield immensely powerful magic in their world

@e-n-leonard‘s siblings @lady-grace and @ethan-leonard joined SE!

@e-n-leonard has Mara, who’s actually an antagonist in her story (but I love her so much :’)

@lady-grace has Yarrow, a teen boy in a fantasy story

@ethan-leonard has Emporer Saevus, an evil dark lord from a fantasy story

(speaking of which…Kit picked a fight with Emporer Saevus as soon as he entered…it was…not his best moment XD)

I think that’s it for now!  @jared-williams isn’t active right now 🙁

@everyone feel free to fill her in on your characters!  You can give a much better explanation than I can XD

@emily-waldorf are you studying at the Author Conservatory?

Tbh, I haven’t actually done any writing.  I started a newsletter, and I’m (slowly) working on a blog right now, which is fun!  I’ve mainly been working on plotting, and tbh it might take a while for me to actually start writing the story.  I think it’s something I really need to pray about first – it’s developing into some pretty…heavy territory?  Faith and religion (and the difference between the two) end up playing a pretty significant and honestly rather disturbing role later on (during Basil’s arc,) and that’s definitely something I need to pray about how to include (I also think I have more growth I need to do before I can accurately portray it.)  Of course, there’s the issue of Kit and his struggle with same sex attraction, and Basil’s arc is honestly rather violent and upsetting…

Idk, I think it’s harder because the touchy issues aren’t just in the background – they play a very visible and very significant role in the story (which imo is how they should be – I don’t think we should include heavy topics just because, and I think if anything heavy or potentially disturbing is in the story there should be a clear reason for it to be there.)  I just really, really want to make sure I get this right, and so I’m holding off on actually writing the story for now.  I just don’t feel prepared to write it at this stage in my life.  For now, I’m focusing on trying to include God in the writing process, and ask Him what His will is for this story 🙂

Also…I really really need to actually figure out the plot XD  It’s coming along though!  Recently, a lot just kind of clicked into place, and I’m very satisfied with how it’s turning out!

On a much lighter note, remember how I was telling you that Kit and Val’s *relationship issues* stemmed from a lot of miscommunications based on Kit being neurotypical and Val being neurodivergent?  Well…turns out that’s no longer true, because I realized that Kit does indeed have classic ADHD XD  It fits perfectly though, and I love it because they just perfectly complement each other’s strengths, and fill in for each other’s weaknesses :’)  It also explains a lot about his character and personality, so that’s cool too