Nahim didn’t answer, the sweet fragrance of the air and the many different colors about him, the flutter of butterflies with their delicate w…[Read more]

Yes, I’m working on a middle-grade mystery/action novel. I finished the rough draft and am now working on revising. I love getting new ideas, it’s so exciting to me!

I’ve never been great with themes either, but I’ve done research by reading fables and fairy tales, as well as other books, and deciphering their themes. I think you have…[Read more]

Hi! I’m Lydia, I’m currently seventeen. Do you have a current project? At the moment, I’m torn between a couple things; a sci-fi and a fantasy, both somewhere in the YA/children’s area. What’s your favorite part about writing? For me, I really love my characters. It’s so much fun playing around with them, watching how they interact, and…[Read more]

A grazing stallion.
A breeze comes sweeping down from the mountain,
Wading through the grass.
“Be free! Beyond there are grasses and brooks.
Be free!
Let your hooves pound in the open meadows and let your shadow mingle with that of the tree,
Beyond there is freedom. Be free…”
It whispers over and over in his ears.
A swe…[Read more]

Glad to have been with you for this last part of your journey!

Oh, and if I officially get kicked off the forum (haha, just kidding), will I also no longer receive the emails? I wanna unsubscribe from those as well.

She’s part of this great group of young people who all love to write, but she’s discovered she is in a different phase of life and must move on. How can she exit the group?

Lol, all that was just for fun. I’m the main character and this is the group of writers. But ya, I’m in a new phase of life and need…[Read more]

I know this reply is coming two years late, but… thank you for the hug.

How did you start writing?

I’m also working on my draft… almost done with my first edit and it’s taking forever! Mine is contemporary Christian romance/women’s fiction. I really don’t know the difference between the romance and women’s genre myself… they seem to blend into each other a lot. 🙂

I just wanted to post here the link to my poem which was published on the SE blog today!

https://storyembers.org/i-knew-him/

Hope you enjoy.

Thank you both so much! I use repetition/refrain often for songs, but lately I’ve started using it in regular poetry. I was concerned that repetition would bore people.

It’s nice to meet you as well, K. A. Grey, and thanks for the stanza tip. I did fragment the lines for emphasis, but that is a good point on readability.

This is beautiful!! Nice use of repetition.  My only critique might be to split it up into stanzas to make each “I am a …” stand out, and perhaps combine some lines instead of fragmenting it to make it easier to read.  But splitting up lines can also add more emphasis too, so it’s up to y…[Read more]

Fair warning, I’m not at all a poet, I’ve never written poetry.

However, I loved this! It gets a clear message across, I love the format with a repeating pattern!

Wayfarer in Wilderness

I am a Wayfarer in Wilderness,
Yet I have a Guide.
I know what it is
To walk barefoot in the snow
At midnight
And there dance
In the silent…[Read more]

sorry for the late reply.

lol. it was close. Most of the differences are just me being exceedingly nitpicky. =)

The differences:

– red scales instead of green

– the front fins are near perfect except the three fingers come straight out of the curve of the fin, so there is no hand-like connection between the fingers and the…[Read more]