Aww he sounds like a sweetheart!  I was so close to saying that his favorite color was powder blue, but red just seemed to fit his mood lol.  That’s so sweet how he and his wife’s favorite colors are literally just the respective colors of each others eyes :’)

Wait, so is Aspen his adopted sister?  That must have been a.…[Read more]

Character Castles are when you drop one or more of your characters in a castle. The one I’m in, the ‘What If These Characters Met’ forum, also includes characters from books and movies, as well as your own characters. They’re very fun, and I enjoy doing them. The usual limit is ten people. Hope this was helpful!

Soooo…when are you planning to publish 51?

*munches cookie nonchalantly*

🤭😜😂

@emma YOU CAN DO THIS!

It’s atrociously hard to write books but also amazing and I believe in you and your story!!! 😍

Have a cookie?

@devastate-lasting *laughs* I love this argument.

@catwing *blinks* WOW. You, like, created an entire story world. It’s great XD

@hope-ann What a violent ant you are. I suppose I didn’t rule out bloody and disturbing threats, but…[Read more]

**sees 2019 on the calendar**

Wow. 2018 disappeared quickly, and left a lot of lessons in its wake. All of which I am very grateful for, and the holidays are always a bit chaotic for us since “no” doesn’t seem to be a word we know how to use in this house…

**Makes note to get better at that**

Anyway….Because I started December…[Read more]

Humbug. About time for some goals, I say. XD

Just kidding! I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration (of whatever kind that your family does) and that you’ve become…[Read more]

Erekdale! A new year is upon us! I don’t know why I entered solemnly, because there’s not really any reason to. Unless we are supposed to be sad that a year is over and done. But hey, there’s always another year to take it’s place!

Which means a couple hundred days that we get to spend together in this little…[Read more]

But we’re always writers, so even though we’re not having any guild activities, we can always be…[Read more]

The judge has judged, the pronouncements pronounced, and the placements placed.

We…

…got another honorable mention! And once again, one of the reasons why we didn’t outright win is because we did a bit of a twist on the dream sequence genre (see the judge’s feedback in the doc attached below). Go figure. Another t…[Read more]

Not so much a question this time, but a tiny little writing prompt that I just remembered from my school days. I’ll search up what I wrote When I Was Very Young and share it when I get a chance this week. But for now, I’m going to sit back and listen to your best arguments:

You are an ant. Convince an anteater not to eat…[Read more]

We are gathered together, on this seventeenth day of the month of December, to continue our discussion of character development. Let us begin.

This article will be the centerpiece of our discussion. Please read it before going any further! I will not elaborate very much in this initial…[Read more]

Sorry that I’m weird. Y’all didn’t know what you were in for when I stepped into the Guildmaster chair. XD Yes, stepped into (not sat upon). 😀

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My…[Read more]

We have until midnight tonight, at which time I will port the story (in whatever state it is in) to a different document so that we can’t keep tweaking it.

I think it’s quite safe to say that @hope-ann did a fantastic job with the story. However, there are a few places where it feels a tiny…[Read more]

I finished my assignment of writing a dream sequence and have pasted it into the docu above. Now we get to work on it together and make it a masterpiece to carry us to victory. Not quite sure how it goes from here except that we all pitch in. But yeah, go read it. Make comments. Do the thing. XD And above all, remember to laugh and…[Read more]

In other words, I’d love to see more of my peeps participating in this discussion about belief’s, because it ties into theme on a very fundamental level and will make…[Read more]

Oh, dear me! I love everyone’s take on that last question. XD

Here’s this week’s query:

If you could become any animal for a week, what would it be (and why)?

Me? I would be a cheetah. They are really awesome. Basically, I could sleep most of the time, and if I wasn’t sleeping, I could run REALLY REALLY fast, and that would just be…[Read more]

Before proceeding any further into the week, please take a moment to let us into your life. What are you hoping to do this week? How can we pray for and encourage you to live a life well-filled with productivity?

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My goals:

Write 30 minutes every day.

Brainstorm my cosmos for at least half an hour every day (actively writing things…[Read more]

EREKDALE PLACED SECOND IN THE NOVEMBER WORD WAR!!!!

The scores per guild were as follows:

Meraki: 444,991

Erekdale: 355,725

Parimi Alca: 341,235

New Wessex: 253, 287

Avensbeck: 236,146

Rillumen: 234,332

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*grins*

I know we’re not supposed to encourage inter-guild blood feuds or anything, but I do find the i…[Read more]

But. Here I am. *sigh* So I suppose that’s what truly…[Read more]

Credit for the idea behind this thread goes to @hope-ann. 😛

Btw, I will be accepting regular submissions for questions that I should ask y’all under this thread. Just go to my profile and message me directly if you’ve got ideas. Or alternatively, email me…[Read more]

Because I want to get this up before tooooooo late this evening, I will skimp on my initial comment and just introduce the topic, which is the belief system which your character operates on/approaches life with.

A characters moral beliefs will inform their voice (which we looked at earlier), is usually developed early in life (which…[Read more]

It is the beginning of a new week, and we are once again given the gift and blessing of seven days not yet lived, which we can fill with usefulness and diligence! Let’s do so!

As a small way to help with that, post your goals for this week! If you wish, you can update us about last week’s goals, too. 🙂

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My goals this week:

Write 30…[Read more]

*krees loudly*

Come, my faithful warriors! We are once again summoned to battle! But this time, we fight that giant foe, slumber. Yes, that’s right! We have been tasked with writing a dream sequence – which is to say, quite simply, a scene/short story-ish thing where the character is in a dream.

*rubs hands together* Okay. So. This k…[Read more]

Good evening one and all!

Three seekers of truth have wandered into the valley of Erekdale and have been favored by Frank the thunderphoenix! He has brought them to the meeting-place, so that they can find their feet a little bit before venturing into the story-threads of Erekdale and building their own…[Read more]

Content Warning: There will be blood.

This is actually one of the only pieces of writing that I’ve written that I actually like. I would like feedback on:

-Style. How’s my style?

-Characters. Are the characters developed?

-Setting. Can you see where it…[Read more]

Here’s a snippet from a scene I wrote today –

My breath clouds the air in front of me.  It’s cold outside but I made a promise.

Never miss a sunset.

I disperse the clouds, exchange them for new ones with another breath.

The sun is burning everything it touches a gold that cannot be replicated no matter how many photos I take.  It is n…[Read more]

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The Meraki guild won and Parimi Alca is the honorable mention!

So no, we didn’t win, but GREAT JOB to everyone who helped with the prompt! You guys did an excellent job putting our submission together and editing it with such great teamnwork and creativity. While there are…[Read more]

First, I have an announcement: when the other guildmasters and I met several weeks ago, we decided that the annual theme discussions won’t be “annual” anymore. Meaning whenever we feel like we’ve exhausted our exploration of a topic, we’re free to pick another one. So I have two questions for you:

1) Do you feel like we’ve…[Read more]

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@Sarah-Inkdragon @Devastate-Lasting @Sageinthemeadow @ENU @The-Inkspiller @Karthmin @Filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @kelly-lundgren @Allison-Grace @ENU @emma @Sarah-Narnathron @ajaj2000 @Wa…[Read more]

Just as a quick heads up for everyone, the submission is due tomorrow, so if you haven’t had time to contribute edits (if…[Read more]

@everyone else @Sarah-Inkdragon @Devastate-Lasting @ajaj2000 @The-Inkspiller @Filewriter @Allison-Grace @emma @Sarah-Narnathron @WarrenLuther04 @lydia-writes

Feel free to come join in for the editing process here! This is a…[Read more]

How are you goals going? Need any cookies/encouragement? 😉

@Sarah-Inkdragon @ajaj2000 @Sageinthemeadow @ENU @The-Inkspiller @Karthmin @Filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @kelly-lundgren @Allison-Grace @ajaj2000 @ENU @emma @Sarah-Narnathron @ajaj2000 @WarrenLuther04 @lydia-writes

Thinking over your feedback from last week, I’ve decided to alter the direction of our annual theme discussion a bit: incorporate more analyzing of stories and practice exercises, though with an occasional discussion and article. However, I’m saving a “writing” exercise for next week, since we’re working on our guild war…[Read more]

@Sarah-Inkdragon @Devastate-Lasting @ajaj2000 @Sageinthemeadow @ENU @The-Inkspiller @Karthmin @Filewriter @princess-foo @emgc @catwing @kelly-lundgren @Allison-Grace @ajaj2000 @ENU @emma @Sarah-Narnathron @ajaj2000 @WarrenLuther04

What are your goals for this week?

This prologue is about six pages and…[Read more]

That aside, this week’s annual theme discussion is a bit different. Different in that I’m asking where are you at with our annual theme discussion? In the future, are there any areas you’d like me to cover more, suggestions for…[Read more]

If this is your first war, here’s a rundown of the rules:

– This is a prompt war, which means we’ll be given a writing prompt and must write something based on that prompt (clean and under 2500 words).

– This is a team event, so as many people as possible should try to work toget…[Read more]

Sorry this is a bit late, but here is our September accountability thread! Post your goals below and we’ll check in again on Thursday to see how they’re going 😉

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@Bekks2017 @Sarah-Inkdragon @Allison-Grace  @lydia-writes @Devastate-Lasting @WarrenLuther04 @ajaj2000 @Sageinthemeadow @cowlick @ENU  @Sarah-Narnathron @TheTessi…[Read more]

With only four months left in the year (sorry, I had to say it), I present to you today a challenge *unravels scroll* *clears throat* *uses epic voice*

THE END OF THE YEAR CRITIQUE CHALLENGE

The challenge is for each guild member to present a piece of writing for critique once a month, for three months (September,…[Read more]

@emgc wow, seven siblings? But I only have one so I always think more than that is a lot XD How long have you been playing piano and cello for?

@emma twelve instruments is a lot 😉 What are each of them?

How are your goals going…[Read more]

And thanks for your offer!  I will definitely keep that in mind. I’m still pretty new to writing, so I’m sure I’ll be needing some help. 😀

Nice meeting you! 👋

@sageinthemeadow

How long have you been…[Read more]

We’re moving along with our annual theme of conflict and will be focusing more on external conflict for a while now. If you’re new to Erekdale, you’re welcome to go back and read through all the previous topics on internal conflict. But now… onward to external conflict!

We often think of external conflict first when crafting a…[Read more]

My goals for this week are:

– make sure my plot matches…[Read more]

If you could PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO READ THIS, there’s some cool and important information here 😉

The other Guildmasters and I had a meeting a few evenings ago to go over the feedback from the survey you guys filled out, talk some things over, and brainstorm ideas for making the guilds even more awesome than they already are.…[Read more]

@Bekks2017 @Sarah-Inkdragon @Allison-Grace @lydia-writes @Devastate-Lasting @WarrenLuther04 @ajaj2000 @Sag…[Read more]

1. What’s the genre and a (brief) summary of your current WIP?

2. What’s one hobby you have other than writing?

3. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever done in the name of writing?

4. If you’ve…[Read more]

Please welcome @princess-foo @Emma @emgc @taaka-merespinner @kelly-lundgren @catwing @ariednelle and @Snaps571 . I’m excited to have you all in the guild!

If you guys have any questions, feel free to tag me.  You’re also welcome to go back through the…[Read more]