Hi Chalice! Sorry for the late response, life happened.

I assumed I didn’t do to well on er…him (come up with a name yet?), but I had fun doing him!

Haha, why not??

Well tbh, he just seems like one of those people that would get on my nerves lol (no offense). I’m probably wrong though.

I guess this game isn’t useless after all!   A…

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Your character art is incredible! I can see you’ve put a lot of time and work into it, it looks amazing!

I’d like to post another character, but I’m having trouble with the site, and I honestly can’t wrestle with technology right now, so I’ll try to post later.

Linyang, I will reply on a subsequent post from this one.  Hope you are having a blessed day and I am so glad you are joining us. Each of us are passionate about what we do and there may be times we don’t see eye to eye, but Christ makes us f…[Read more]

Oh. My. Goodness. You did that?? That is absolutely incredible!!!!!!

1) Name: Either Luke or Brody

2) Age: 15?

3) Career/Role in Story: he looks like he would be a leader of some sort

4) Personality: he’s quiet and pretty serious, but protective and even a little prideful (the way he’s standing just looks like he could be prideful)…[Read more]

Yes, Doug’s narration is the best! Gary Schmidt is so great with character voices.

I’m working on a contemporary book right now. It deals with some heavy topics, but I’ve gotten a lot of inspiration from Schimdt’s books and style. Do you write contemporary too?

He is! I haven’t found many books like his either, but Everything Sad is close. I just love his writing style and the way he, as I saw one person put it, makes nerdy things cool. What’s your favorite book by him? I think mine is Just Like That. But they’re all amazing.

According to Myers-Briggs, I’m an INTJ-INTP with the pretensions of being an INFP.

I share a commonality with the Apostle Paul in that verse:
For some say, “His letters are weighty and…[Read more]

Thank you, Chalice. God has us share our testimonies because there are others who are brought to a moment in their lives where they need to hear that their struggles are not uncommon.  I am very pleased that my words ministered to you. That is what fellowship is all about. Encouraging one another to rely on our shared Anchor that Holds,…[Read more]

Wow, Chalice! Very impressive work! I’m gonna have to think about this one and come back to you.
Amazing life-like shading and expression.  Is this based on someone you know or just out of your mental vision of what your character might look like?  You have a great sense of light and dark shadow adding so much to the personality.  Lo…[Read more]

I mean, for being completely useless, this actually looks quite fun.   (Don’t mind me, I just be over here stalking.  )

It’s very fun! It would be awesome if you feel like joining us!

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

1) Name: Gretta or Hannah

Both pretty, but her name is actually Isa.

2) Age: 17-20

She’s 22, you were close!

3) Care…

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This one’s Kiet’s:

^@chalice did the awesome portraiture in it a;sldgkh

Guess…[Read more]

I’ve been working on a new novel and gearing up to do final edits on The Healer’s Song (Kiet and Nyel’s story)! Plus working on senior year stuff lol. How have you been?

Ok I thought I replied to you, saying I had seen and LOVED the drawing of Gwen, but apparently I didn’t?? At least I didn’t see where I replied XD So… thank you so much for drawing her! I love it! 😀

And someone asked why I chose Gwen for her name… I’m really not sure! Her full name is Gwendolyn, and I have no idea how I came up…[Read more]

I know I’ve told a lot of you about my writing (*cough* and about my darling characters in particular). So I thought I’d invite you guys in!

My mailing list in particular is a bit unique. Rather than being a selling campaign, it’s instead a safe haven, a warm fireplace to sit beside and…[Read more]

@deeprun hmm he doesn’t have a program yet (he’ll pick one after he gets the drawing pad I guess) so I honestly don’t know how to answer your questions. At this point I’ve given up on finding something, which is too bad. But I expect he’ll end up just watching a lot of youtube videos and such

ahhhh I’m embarrassed I didn’t think of tagging Chalice

@chalice (((:

Yes! Yes! Yes! I didn’t know that someone else felt this way. What did happen to the best friends?

For me, one of the huge gaps I see is the lack of friendship between siblings. Because, honestly, my sisters and brothers are have been my bff’s ever since I can remember, especially the ones near my age. Logically, your siblings should…[Read more]

Here’s what I did to try to remedy the situation.

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Hi, stumbled across your post while looking at the recent activity. That’s pretty much how I find everything on here. LOL

Also, what about the best male/female friends who really love each other but not romantically?

I recently read the Promise of Jesse Woods, the book they have been reviewing on here recently. It was very good.

In that…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb @eden-anderson @chalice @noah-litle @germaine-han

Just tagging a few other artists.

I was looking for a good digital art app, and so I asked my brother (who knows everything😄) and he found a place called krita. It’s made by artists, for artists, and although I haven’t…[Read more]

All right, here’s my plan:  I went into NaNoWriMo without a plan of action and didn’t really think about the consequences, so I’m going to work on it here and there, but just probably get to 20k at the end of the month.   However, I’m going to try next July and have everything prepped.  (I think November wil…[Read more]

Since I’m in the same group as y’all, I wanted to let you know that I’m not ignoring you, but that I can’t post anything on NaNo for some reason.  I asked the people on the help desk, so I’ll hopefully figure it out soon.  JSYK.

Just one question…how do you delete a group on NaNo?😝 Just me messing around with settings…

@kristianne-hassman To be honest with you, it’s my first time, so I don’t really know. I do know that you can set your own goals though, so you can take it slow, or really pack it on.

@chalice Awesome! Do you want to be buddies? My…[Read more]

@piperbee @gabriellepollack @ethryndal @corissa @raemarie @bama-rose @kate @r-m-archer @literatureforthelight @j-parkhurst @gabbyj @cassandraia @chalice @noahlitle @julianne @germaine-han @sesi @r-j-karas @rosemarylo…[Read more]

How have you been??

As far as comic projects go, both of the projects I was working on last we talked have been shelved. I have another…[Read more]

Hey, guys, I have a question–I’m building a website at long last, and I wanted to ask if it would be okay if I put the art you’ve done of my characters on there?? I’ll be sure to credit you however you’d like! Just let me know!

Hey guys!

Yeah I know. I tagged like a billion people. LOL. But I want all of ya to read it! 🙂

If I didn’t tag you FEEL FREE to read and comment! (In fact, please do 🙂 )

(for all you who I told I w…[Read more]

Everybody!

I’ve finished the first half of chapter 1 of my story. I’ll post it as another topic and tag ya’lls in it.

Please, comment and give tips. I wanna make sure it sounds good before I get to far into the writing. (I’m sure y…[Read more]

Sooo…now that we’ve all got to hear a little about each-other’s stories, I was wondering if everyone would like to share some of their characters?😊

Tell us what they look like, why you like them, personality, strength/weaknesses, and mayb…[Read more]

@claire-h Sorry, I got it, just hadn’t approved the comment yet

@seekjustice YES CHELSEA 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

@chalice of course the form had to eat yours 😏 (I promise it has worked sometimes! I can’t figure out why it does or doesn’t at any given time…) Can you leave a…[Read more]

Awesome thank you! I posted the first chapter in fantasy writers group so if you ever want to read it…

@the-inkspiller Just reading through your descriptions of your characters, and I must say, I’ve been quietly chortling over them (in a good way) for a while 😀

*is totally not stalking @claire-h and Inkspiller’s conversation*

Just curious, do you know what your…[Read more]

Your story sounds absolutely hilarious and delightful! It actually sounds similar to one I started writing a couple years ago about a girl who had to babysit her four little brothers for a week and ended up going on all sorts of absurd adventures. It was pure nonsense but quite fun to write and I…[Read more]

I’m looking for alpha readers this coming month for my YA contemporary about PTSD. It’s 70k-some-odd words… well, this post’ll tell you everything you need to know. 😉

Stop the Rain: Never Leave a Fallen Comrade

@beth20 Ooh, that’s such a neat premise!

@chalice Okay, that storyline has so much potential to be so crazy and fun 😆

Also @beth20 and @chalice, I’ll post the link to my alpha-call post and tag y’all in it. 😉

So, yeah, I sympathize with you. 😄

Everybody has been…[Read more]

Are you working on a contemporary project right now?

@chalice

Everyone else has said their piece and they’re really good, with excellent, solid, detailed advice – I’m not sure how much I can add, but after reading your question I felt compelled to draw up an answer, as I have an MC who is pretty much in the same position. Since everyone else has already supplied high quality general advice, mayhap…[Read more]

Thanks for tagging me! I have only one suggestion, and this is something that I think would work for myself, personally, so it might not work for anyone else, BUT! Give her some aspect of yourself that you like in yourself. So for example, I like the fact that I’m very hard to insult. I just don’t take offense to much. So I might give my…[Read more]

Oooh ooh ooh I am so here for this!

(Okay so, I’m slightly biased because I love broken characters, and make them all messed-up and moody and I’m done for.)

My POV character in my WIP, Harley, isn’t exactly bitter—well, maybe—but he’s seething angry with the world. He hates himself, he hates his best friend, he hates his battle budd…[Read more]

This is a hard question. I’m not really sure, but my suggestions are to make yourself feel sorry for her by showing the low she has reached and then having the joy of, in a sense, saving her. And to make her have some good qualities that you admire. For example, she can be a total wreck, but be courageous or headstrong in a good way…[Read more]