@naiya-dyani Wow, what a wonderful surprise to see your name in my inbox! (I haven’t been on here in forever either :P) That made me so happy! And then I clicked the link to see the art, and just AHHH!!! 😀

I love it! the deep shadows, the details in the hair, the softness of the expression and your shading… ^_^ It’s really lovely! And I feel…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy Thank you!!

@skylarynn Yes! You should!

@erynne Thank you so much!!

I’m sorry it took me a while to respond!

1) Name: Either Luke or Brody

Hmm… well, to be honest, I’m actually having a REALLY hard time naming this character. 😖 I was thinking maybe something like Christopher…? but it doesn’t quite fit. (Why do I always have this problem?? 😝)

2) Age: 15?

Close, he’s sixteen.

3)…

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@daeus-lamb, Okay, thanks. I think I can handle that. 🙂

@daeus-lamb

How long is it? Or what would you compare it to in length?

I would love to read it, but I have several other projects going and don’t want to get too overwhelmed. (And I don’t know why, but for some reason I’m imagining it as this massive book. 😂)

@erynne I do! It’s one of the last posts on page 8.

Also, I don’t think we’ve met before. 🙂 What kind of stories do you write? I write mostly fantasy and contemporary fiction and quite a bit of flash fiction.

(I love your quote, by the way!)

@sparrowhawke

I actually just read Just Like That! I didn’t even know there was a third book in that series until very recently, and of course I had to read it. I really liked that one. My favorite is Okay for Now. 😊 I love Doug Swieteck’s kind of ornery character and voice.

So… just out of curiosity, do you write any contemporary fiction? (:

@sparrowhawke *raises hand* I do!! But like you, I haven’t found many good books without romance… Which makes me want to write one. 😂

Yes!! Gary D. Schmidt is a genuis! I wish there were more books like his out there. I’ll have to check out Everything Sad Is Untrue.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Thank you, sir!! It was a combination of mental image + lots of reference photos. (Including a really old one of my dad, actually. 😂)

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Thank you so much for sharing this! I really needed to hear (or read, I should say 😛) what you had to say.

@rose-colored-fancy @obrian-of-the-surface-world Thanks for welcoming me! I really should probably be more active here. 😛 But I’ve really been enjoying reading about your characters!

Well, if anyone wants to… here’s one of my characters that I’ve been working on developing. 🙂 (I had to put in in a Google Doc, because trying to upload it as an…[Read more]

@naiya-dyani,

Wow! You’re on final edits already?? That’s amazing! How is that going?

I’ve been doing pretty well, thanks for asking! Haven’t been too busy lately, which is kind of nice. I have more time to read now, hehe!

@naiya-dyani, Hey friend! What’s up?

Oh, yes! Sorry about that! I actually recently got off of Instagram and deleted my account. So, you can just take that link off. 😛

@anne_the_noob14 Thank you so much! 🙂

@zee I actually just started following your blog recently! 😀  Did you take the photographs on your homepage??