Yes very true! I think I’m just gonna say my book is for YA audiences! And yeah obviously there will be middle graders who read more adult-themed stuff. But for all the ones who don’t that would be unfair, to say the least, if I through something in there that they wouldn’t feel comfortable reading.

@cassidy Hey…[Read more]

@jennythefaun fan of Narnia??       @corkybookworm    @shannon    @caseybold

@pookiemonster    @emgc  love your cover photos!!    @seekjustice    @abigail-rebekah

Phew think that’…[Read more]

Hey, this is already going where I didn’t expect it. I actually really liked Matt. 😁Well, particularly his younger self, but the older self was fine too. It’s fascinating how we read the same things differently. @taylorclogston, the lines you quoted, I…[Read more]

So,…[Read more]

It’s unfortunate we’re talking about their friendship so early in the book, before the most important developments occur. Navigating conflict is the heart…[Read more]

I think the main reason why I wanted to root for the trio was because they faced a lot of cruel, unfair…[Read more]

I’ve honestly never thought about the pros and cons of revealing or hiding aspects of a character early on in a story. As I’m thinking about it, it seems the one thing I’d avoid is the completely mysterious character.

In Six of Crows, all the character are introduced with…[Read more]

What did you mean by this?

@jennythefaun “Starting the book about two steps away from the climax (at least that’s how it felt to me) also makes it challenging to keep subsequent events interesting and tense enough…we’ve got a main villain. We’ve got a main go…[Read more]

Haha, things are only so different for my family. My brother and sister are home from school and college and we can’t do any church stuff, but other than that it’s life as usual. 😛

I’m pretty busy right now. Iron Project people are going through my story, and my next section is due tomorrow. 😅 So. . . I’ve got some cramming to do tonight. It’s pretty exciting, though.

Hey, how have you been settling in with the move?

It can be challenging, but that keeps it interesting. I work mostly in Ruby, Java, and JavaScript (and of course whatever front-end languages are applicable.)

Hmm, favorite dish? I’m not sure I can choose a favorite, but if I had to choose one to eat right now, I’d go with boerewors en pap with a nice tomato-onion sauce. And…[Read more]

Thanks so much to both of you for being happy to beta read my story 🙂 I really appreciate it, and especially all the helpful feedback you both gave.

Quick question –

Did either of you find it confusing when near the end of the book it changes from first person to third person? I have had a few people say it was…[Read more]

Aww thanks.

Granting permission now 😉

Thanks heaps 🙂

Thanks for sending those through 🙂

They are really good, but aren’t quite the style I’m looking for. Please pass on my thanks though to your sister for drawing them xD Thanks heaps for asking tho 🙂

@caseybold I super appreciate the notes. Thank you so much.

Konnichiwa! *cough* Sorry. Hello! (Japanese is a random obsession of mine.)

Sorry, as soon as you mentioned breaking the fourth wall, my first thought was Kirat. I’ve gotten to know him pretty well here and have enjoyed sitting back and being amused at both him and…[Read more]

@caseybold Thank you! Glad to hear it caught your interest. Would you mind sharing the mechanical mistakes? And thanks for the reading out loud advice! It’s a fantastic technique.

Oooh cool…well, my aim is to have illustrations that tell the story before you read the words. I’ve included a couple of pictures from a kids’ book that I love the illustrations for, and are the style I’m wanting. That would be really cool, thanks 🙂

Cool xD *thumbs up*

Your novel sounds really interesting too, btw 🙂

No sadly, I don’t possess the natural gift of illustrating lol 😉

I’m trying to find an illustrator for my story at the moment, but it can be hard finding someone who can draw the style I’m imagining in my head xD

Do you illustrate your books?

Cool…I love historical fiction xD

Oh wow…that’s so cool 🙂

Whereabouts have you had them published?

Aww thanks…what is your novel about, if you don’t mind me asking? 🙂

My story is one I’ve been rolling around in my head for a few years so I probably have too many character at this point. It started as a character-building skit for Sunday school kids. The basic premise is…[Read more]

Asian languages always seemed like a much tougher hurdle to me, since you have to learn not only the words themselves, but also a new alphabet and syntax as well. I’m…[Read more]

Sweet! I don’t mind dropping my email here, since I have half a dozen and I’m fairly certain a lot of people know this one anyway 😛 It’s kmsmall46[at]gmail[dot]com.

Well, I have a piece of flash fiction that I’m hoping to have ready for other eyes by Sunday. If there aren’t any other takers, I’d volunteer t…[Read more]

All that sounds good to me 😉 I was also picking up on similar threads in the posts of all four of us, so I’m glad I wasn’t the only one!

The one thought I would add is that it might be best to have this in a Hangouts group (if everyone is alright using Google Hangouts.) The Story Embers forum is public, and while there’s nothing wrong…[Read more]

Six moves in five years is pretty crazy 😂 It can be fun to move to other states, but six times is definitely a lot haha. I’ve never traveled outside of the US either (unless you count the Canadian side of Niagra Falls). My travel experience is limited to having visited most of the continental…[Read more]

I’ve been around in the online writing community for over three years now, and I still haven’t really figured it out myself 😛

I think it’s sort of like meeting a good friend for the first time. You just bump into each other, start talking, then suddenly you’re discussing something you’re both passionate about or (for the case of…[Read more]

Well, as it’s a series, I’d definitely recommend the first one xD They’re all so great, though. The last one is probably my favourite one.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!! It makes me happy to have this much work/art stuff to do!!! Especially since these all sound like such great characters!!! As for everyone who responded to me, please tell me what style of art…[Read more]

Yeah, those eras do sound hard 🙂

I’m not really sure what eras I find the hardest…I haven’t really tried writing in many different eras. I think that writing historical fiction is always harder though cus you’re writing about something real instead of making everything up. I love writing during World War I and II eras, but it can…[Read more]

Mind if I ask a few questions? What do you guys write about? @emberynus-the-dragonslayer @josiah @evelyn @caseybold @clevercraftsman @naiya-dyani @banana-peacock-warrior.

what kind of music? any hobbies? I wanna get to know y’all better!

Count of Monte Cristo is great. Haven’t read it in high…[Read more]