Fitz

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¡Hola! Welcome to the community of Emberlings!

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Oh, I am sure. Especially because it was Greece, and as we know well today, no one can spin a yarn of absolute BS better than a young philosopher or starving artist. lol.

Combining Greek philosophy and artistry nonsense is the absolute worst thing. I love it! XD And the ancient Greeks (And Romans) were second only to the Victorians in terms…[Read more]

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Thanks for the link! I read your prologue just there, and wow! So biblical and very imaginative. I could really hear the voice of David Attenborough reading the words. I look forward to reading more of your work 🙂

The thing is about us Irish is that we like to pretend that we tan, and that lots of sun is good for us. That’s been my…[Read more]

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Thank you, actually that might be easier if you linked it, I’m still learning how to navigate this forum haha.

I’ve always wanted to go to California myself. I had the chance to go do an college exchange trip but, it was SO expensive so I had to drop my hopes real quick. That’s so interesting, I love meeting people who have Irish/Scottish…[Read more]

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HAHA “Well, you see, we don’t know what that skull is, so the black blob really is just our fear of the unknown which we must confront with courage and logic.” – that potter trying to get his piece sold, probably.

LOL, exactly! “It represents the fear of the unknown and the depth of the— Umm– humanity?” I wonder if potters and artists u…[Read more]

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Oh excellent, I must see if the prologue is still there! I do love a good old creation story 🙂

Marissa Meyer wrote The Lunar Chronicles, basically sci-fi re-imaginings of fairytales. If you’re into that sort of things, definitely check it out! And Francine Rivers writes Christian romance, her series Mark of the Lion is about Christians du…[Read more]

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Pleased to meet you 🙂 I’m very new to this forum, and am excited to be here. The premise of your story sounds AMAZING! So thought-provoking and imaginative. The names are very cool, I myself am terrible at coming up with unusual names haha.

So Marissa Meyer and Francine Rivers are among my favourite authors. Currently I am reading the…[Read more]

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I actually didn’t know about that before, lol. I don’t know if it was more or less creative that they just stuck the skull on a black blob instead of creating some goofy looking monster to try and make it work (like the rest of humanity since forever XD )

LOL, I can just imagine a bunch of Greek artists staring at the skull like “Now wha…[Read more]

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HA! we all need inspiration from something, right? Or how about all those mid to late medieval paintings are that are just monks taking out their frustration with their gardens being eaten by snails by depicting them as monsters being slain my the local knights.

YES! I saw those! That’s honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen,…[Read more]

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I’ll have to take a look at the prologue! And the RPG thing is tabletop, so I’m gonna have to write like two stories XD

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Okay, I haven’t read all the posts here since there are a lot and they’re pretty long, but I just wanted to tell you that your story sounds fantastic and your names for all the different people groups suit them very well. Names can make or break a story for me, and I think you did a very good job with them.

(You can call me Sparrow. I’m a…[Read more]

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They were wondering what cultural or religious significance this bare patch of rocky cliff face just off the road could possibly have… until they translated it to discover it was the ancient equivalent of a 7/11 bathroom wall in the middle of nowhere Kentucky. XD

Oh, my goodness, that’s hilarious! XD I studied some Latin texts and I still t…[Read more]

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WOW, just WOW! Thank you soooooo much! That was a lot to unpack and was sooooooo good!! Ok to start with hot guy;) So he is not the redhead or funny type…seeing as she like thought he was hot as soon as she laid eyes on him, it can’t be because of his humor or that he is carefree. So I’m going towards either the dark exotic, mys…[Read more]

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What always surprised me when I would watch documentaries about other cultures was not how different we were, but alike we were. Like language, innocent cultural facets are, at its core, not an expression of our differences but a different expression of our similarities.

Exactly! I’ve noticed the same thing, also in history. No matter how…[Read more]

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Thanks! Sure I’d love feedback! I’m always in for criticism and help.

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This is what I have so far…I kinda ditched it right now for my Cinderella retelling…

Prologue

When I stepped into the room, fashionably late as usual, I first laid eyes on what I thought to be the hottest guy ever created. He caught my eyes and I blushed. A little smile flitted across his face. This guy was so hot. I quickly made my…[Read more]