And, @duskflower, that sounds awesome! Can’t wait to see what you come up with and I hope you’re having fun with it.

@jennythefaun No worries! I hope you have fun with it if you decide to participate.

@maddiejay Ikr, how has the time flown by so quickly??? Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

@i-david Hope you take a whack at it! And yes, none normal is a good goal with this challenge.

@samantha-pen @hgm_barnes18 @kb-writer @inspirewrite @duskflower @kjames0813 @ireneadler
@kari-karast @i-david
@donna-darling @kr-lalonde
@the-golden-light @jennythefaun
@bekah @samberg0
@naomi-sowell @misspenguin @mckinley @another_chance @fairfay @kori @writingwgrace @chloe @his-bard @toklaham-veruzia @ryowildfire @sailorj @willa

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Thank you, Maddie! I’m glad you liked it. It was fun. Happy to know you had fun with it also. I’ll come up with some more mashup options for October and recycle the ones that didn’t get used this time around. Feel free to throw in any ideas.

Awesome story. I think you captured the feel of both genres really well within the word count…[Read more]

Here’s my take on the Amish/action-adventure combo: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-1gZoyR7aJS0e0wYEHaNpBa7MSXk3O4OSGq57j-GQms/edit?usp=sharing

This was a good exercise for me right now (surprise, surprise, the one who came up with it) it was nice to get into the flow of fiction writing again after doing mostly blog posts. I’ll…[Read more]

Praying for all involved.

@maddiejay @samantha-pen @hgm_barnes18 @heather-drabant @kb-writer @inspirewrite @duskflower @kjames0813 @ireneadler @i-david
@donna-darling @kr-lalonde
@the-golden-light @jennythefaun
@bekah @SamBerg0
@Naomi-Sowell @MissPenguin @mckinley @another_chance @fairfay @kori @writingwgrace @chloe @his-bard @toklaham-veruzia @ryowildfire @sailorj @Willa…[Read more]

Glad you like the idea! I’ll write up some possible combos.

Also, great intro, Maddie!

Oh man so many possibilities. I’m not sure what has already been done recently since I’ve been so out of the loop, but what about a genre mashup? Like a bi-weekly system of putting two genres together, that are not normally together? An experiment, kind of, with prompts if necessary.

Idk it’s been a long day. I’ll iron out the idea…[Read more]

Awesome! Lol, yes, it could be seen both ways. Either way I’m glad to be back.

Not that anyone realized I was gone, but I wanted to peek in and say I’m going to attempt to be more involved here. I apologize for my absence. Life got insane there for a few months, Y I K E S.

But I’d be a fool not to try and integrate back into such an awesome writing community.…[Read more]

Welcome to the guild, you guys!

Well, I have one character in my main WIP who is Italian, and one who is south Asian. I’ve mostly struggled with Bibek (the south Asian one) because there are so many layers to India’s languages. Seemingly endless merges, depending on the area and such. It’s been difficult to portray his speech patterns correctly and…[Read more]

Congratulations!!!

And I totally recognize the feeling you’re talking about. A sort of “in betweenness” haha.

Hey, welcome! Glad you’re here. You seem like you’d have some bomb ideas for our guild history we’re trying to form.

Awesome, glad to hear it. I believe the last Ember book comes out this year, so you’d be just in time to not have to wait!

I agree. Worldbuilding within the real world is a special kind of tricky, and he seems to have that down to a science.

Excellent topic. My contribution would usually be The Hunger Games, because obviously, but I feel like that ones been picked to death.

And since Six of Crows and ATLA’s amazing worlds have been mentioned already, I’ll go with An Ember in the Ashes. The world Sabaa Tahir weaves is complex and brutal, and from the first page of the…[Read more]

@kb-writer Thank you, I love your song! Hmmm….functions. Writing is so fluid, strengths can ebb and flow from situation to situation. I’m hesitant to claim only one function. Or are you meaning…[Read more]

Maybe we’re adventurer’s pushing aside the hollowness and loneliness that can often consume any writer and Christ follower if they do not hold onto…[Read more]

@i-david Thanks! It’s…it’s something lol. But yeah, Infinity War crushed me. Have you seen that Endgame trailer yet? I’m scared.

@kari-karast I look forward to that also!

@hgm_barnes18 Haha, thanks! Hmmm…that’s kind of like picking a…[Read more]

My name is Heather Drabant, I’m 18 years old, and I love to write and read. I also have quite the stack of sketchbooks in my arsenal of creative hobbies/career paths. I mostly draw traditionally with graphite and charcoal (usually people), and lean towards acrylic and watercolor painting wise.

My current WIP is sitting at about 90,000…[Read more]

My characters are faced with many physical threats (as is the case with most action adventure stories, of course) but the true conflict is mental intrusions with, quite literally, the antagonist “Getting inside” my protags head.
I’ve struggled with the balance of what to show,…[Read more]