However, tagging them anyway: @emma-starr @evelyn @eden-anderson @libby @the-fledgling-artist

For those I haven’t met yet, hi.  *waves*  I haven’t been on here for like 2 years? 3? But I wanted to get into the writing habit ag…[Read more]

Hey Evelyn, sorry for a bit of a late reply.

I honestly don’t know how much of a help I can be here. I’ve tried looking for digital art books myself, but haven’t been able to find anything without… *ahem* bad images. I’m going to have to look again though. (Books are one of my favorite ways to learn. :))

Sorry I couldn’t recommend anything. xP

I can’t think of any books that I know of, sorry. You might be able to find some videos on YouTube that he could watch, or just finding digital art that he could use as reference.

Aeden Peterson (Andrew Peterson’s son, I don’t know if you’ve heard of him) does some really nice digital art. Also, Chalice (who is on Story Embers) is really…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller @the-fledgling-artist @evelyn @dekreel @h-jones @naiya-dyani @arindown @loki @claire-h

And please, don’t feel like you have to do it! I totally understand not wanting to or not having time or whatever else 🙂

@ariella-newheart @evelyn @taylorclogston @otherParimis

*makes up cool goodbye-salute and salutes everyone* Hey, at least we can still talk to each other and all XD But ’tis rather bittersweet, isn’t it…

@clevercraftsman Fun! Yeah, DEH has A…[Read more]

I hope so too!

(It’s from N.D. Wilson’s Outlaws of Time. I’m guessing you got that but for anyone who didn’t… there it is.)

I’m so excited to start using this site! I’ve been reading the SE blog since it first started but didn’t join the forum for various reasons. At last, I have arrived 🙂

I’m a teen writer, bookdragon, dreamer, poet, forest girl, Griffinclaw, and knight of Farthestshore (hoping someone gets that reference…) from Michigan. I started…[Read more]

Oh dear. I’m gone and made her mad.

*peers into the hole*

Listen, I’m sorry if I caused you distress!

Please do come out. I apologize!

*waits*

I have a cookie!

*sigh*

To be fair that was a rather abrupt question. And if you had asked me that same question, it’s more then likely my response would have been the same. 😬😂

@emma-starr…[Read more]

Thanks for your enthusiasm! The story that I’m editing is the first in the five-book series! My last few beta-readers are going through the book and I have a friend who is going to help me figure out how to…[Read more]

Ah yes, driving. I’m getting more comfortable with the activity, though I’m nowhere near ready to get my license. It’s awesome that you’re making progress, though! It will be exciting when you…[Read more]

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?

@eden-anderson aghhhhh thank you Edennnnn!!!!! That makes me so happy. *cries*

I WILL COME AND JOIN RIGHT NOW. >>>

Firstly, @emma-starr your story sounds AMAZING. So sweet and precious and adorable and just plain wonderful!!! 😍 (*inserts shameless plug* You should come join the Contemporary Fiction group…pleaseeee?!  😄)

Secondly, @evelyn 51 just keeps on getting better and better. 😭❤️ Please do write that blog…[Read more]

Hi!

I really like Risk, Chess, Catan, and basically any other game that makes me use my brain to solve a problem. Card games like Sky-Jo, and even Uno I like having a strategy for. (:

Thanks for saying hello!

How are you? What’s new?

Wowwwww I can’t wait to read this!!! :)))

Sounds like Zeb is gonna crush my heart in the best way possible, I’m gonna be rooting for Charlie, I’ll fall in love with Alex, and I’ll be //entertained// by Walter. 😀

Your theme = <3 <3 <3 I’m drawn to books with those vibes.

Btw, my theme for my novel is…[Read more]

Also, I didn’t get your email… I JUST MESSED UP. I mistyped. The email address billionsmiles7@gmail.com.

I left out the 7. *facepalm*

Sounds fun!! 🙂

I know literally nothing about 51. I’ve seen you mention it a few time in your blog posts though.

Can I have some character vibes? A tiny plot premise? Idk what to ask haha

My blog email is billionsmiles@gmail.com, so if you could shoot me an email, that would be awesome.

Also–am I allowed to know anything about 51??

Like…I’m in love with the ideas obviously, but IT’S SO AWESOME THAT YOU LOVE IT TOOOO. *happy dance*

Would you be willing to read little snippets sometime–maybe?

Sure!! Here are some vibes for you. 🙂

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Genre:  Contemporary YA/with a romance subplot (it’s more of a self-discovery type of plot/overcoming the way grief covers your entire life like smoke and chokes the joy out of life)

Setting: Summer, NC Mountains, astronomy class/club thingy (with a bunch of old people in it)…[Read more]

But it’s been *mostly* enjoyable. When I’m actually writing and not plotting.

@beth20 Thanks for taking the test! What sort of things are you looking to improve in your writing? I might be able to recommend a good book.

@evelyn and @chalice If you didn’t go back through the test and select more answers, I strongly…[Read more]

Sure. Sure it is. XD

BUT IT’LL GET BETTER. haha

Also, I have found out that I am indeed a pantser. lol

So I started out editing a TON of poetry and writing a lot of poetry.

Then, I was like, “why not just start my novel?” I’ve always wanted to write stories, but they’ve always been much harder for me and I would give up after a week or two of plotting.

HOWEVER. This time I’m not giving up on the…[Read more]

@r-m-archer  &  @evelyn   Lol, why has everyone heard of this joke but me. One of the skillshare teachers kept saying the first line and not giving the punch line.

If you’re like me and have had a little extra time on your hands then yo…[Read more]

@anne_the_noob14 Oif, I love my bby Tai. . .

Well. . . you may ask. . . but that doesn’t mean I’ll answer. 😉 It takes a while for that story to come out in my WIP. Which I need to give you the link for soon. 😛 But suffice it to say. . . it was pretty traumatic for him.

I’ve been planning to read Murder on the Orient Express, but I haven’t found the time yet. I will definitely look into both of those. Thank you!

I think I definitely need to take more walks. My happiness level is affected by fresh air more than I’d like to admit. It shouldn’t make me THAT much happier. XD But it does.

We be frens now. 🙂

@eitan Thanks!

*nods* Yeah, I see… Hm. I’ll think about how I can work something like that in!

(In a side note, I always love reading Proverbs… 🙂 )

I actually have a very similar editing process to what you both have advised, which is actually surprising me! lol

This is my usual process:

1. I write the poem in my poetry notebook that I keep on my bedside table. I keep it there for a few days in case I have a new idea to add.

2. Then, I type it up on my computer and…[Read more]

Update: A friend of mine has, in fact, convinced me to do that.

I’m going to tackle a poetry editing goal and (I hope) a word count goal this month. So here I am.

I need…[Read more]

That goes for you too, mein Bruder.

Thank you all so much!! Your answers are all thought-provoking. Here are some of my thoughts…

@taylorclogston  I used secular literature as a very general term. I define Christian literature as a work that is by a professing Christian. So I defined anything other than Christian as…[Read more]

sleepy

the blankets are

heavy on my chest

so heavy

heat fuzzes over me

the monochrome

with streaks of color

at the lines

fast-forward

fast forward

at the forefront

of my mind

but the round browns overwhelm,

puddling through the cracks

the warmth…[Read more]

1. Do you believe Christians should read secular literature (literature produced by non-believers)? Why or why not?
2. How should a Christian approach reading secular and/or non secular) literature?
3. Can (secular and/or non secular) literature be a source…

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