JennytheFaun

@everyone I love hearing all your comments! I think it would be great if we could go ahead and decide which story to use, because if we choose to use Katherine’s, I probably won’t go to the work of cutting the remaining excess words from mine. If y’all would like me to, great. Just let me know what you think! 😊

@k-b-writer I worked on it a lot today, but it’s still over the word count. I should be able to fix that tomorrow, but if I can’t we can absolutely use yours (or if we’d rather use yours anyway). Here’s the updated version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MmOnO5o_VIMUm4TNOuZSZ-lbsC5E8ONKYrj9753F4Jk/edit?usp=drivesdk

@maddie-jay @k-b-writer

Thanks so much guys! Those are great comments and I’ll work on fixing the areas you mentioned. The next few days are pretty busy but I’ll try to get it in shape before Monday if we choose to enter this story.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MmOnO5o_VIMUm4TNOuZSZ-lbsC5E8ONKYrj9753F4Jk/edit?usp=drivesdk

I hereby hand this story over to the Knaplingers for any and all forms of critiquing, criticisms, and other forms of ripping apart, in the knowledge that it’s still way too long and has a couple problems I know about, not to mention the ones I don’t…[Read more]

Wanted to let you guys know that I finally finished a first draft! Which took longer than I expected… anyway, I’ll go through it once myself (it’s really, really rough at this point) and try to get it to y’all soon! Can’t wait to read Katherine’s!

@k-b-writer That’s awesome! You can post it any time but I might wait to read it till I’ve drafted mine.

It’s speculative fiction, so basically sci-fi or fantasy. I didn’t call it that before I learned about Realm Makers though. XD

@k-b-writer I think both of us writing something is a good idea. We could even combine them into one if we want. I agree with you about the suspects, too… that should get some ideas flowing…

@mckinley Ooh yes I like everything you said. About whether it’s a murder or not, I’m totally willing to go either way. How would you guys feel about…[Read more]

@k-b-writer Those are all cool ideas! I think they’re unique and wouldn’t sound like just any other mystery. Another thing we could try is starting it out like your typical Sherlock Holmes knock-off and then throwing in a crazy twist that turns everything upside-down–like the sidekick accidentally discovering that the detective is the culprit but…[Read more]

@r-m-archer Many thanks! Just wanted to make sure. 😉

@maddie-jay I think discussion questions and writing answers are a good idea. Now that the short story contest is closed, I should have more time for Knaphollow and the forum.

One thing that might help the guilds is actually adding more events…which might not work out too well since the problem is everyone’s busyness, but if we had some kind…[Read more]

@shadowwriter161

Lol, me too! Lucy is one of my favorite characters. Do you have a favorite book from Narnia? I’m a big Silver Chair fan myself.

Has anybody read The Blue Tower? I just found it on Amazon and it looks good but I haven’t read it.

@shadowwriter161

It took me forever to respond to you, sorry! But I’m glad you like my name. XD My in-person friends unanimously voted me the Mr. Tumnus of our group, and I kinda embraced that. XD

Wow, I’m loving this thread! All the recommendations!!

@k-b-writer have you gotten a chance to work on the story? If not I can try to put something together this afternoon.

@evelyn thanks for reading! Any critiques or suggestions before I send it in?

@shadowwriter161 The Mistmantle Chronicles! (Book one is called Urchin of the Riding Stars.) It’s written for younger readers and it’s pretty obscure, but it’s BEAUTIFUL. It’s also rare and pretty expensive to buy, but your local library probably has it.

So, this is last minute, but I meant to tag the flabbits ( @wordsmith @evelyn @trufflehunter ) to see if any of you would be interested in giving my story a read-through before I enter it. I know it’s down to the wire so if you don’t get a chance that’s fine, just thought I’d check with y’all! Are any of you entering the contest?

The tree and villain ideas could easily work together, I think. But maybe just one person is guarding the tree instead of a whole village? I think the smaller and more personal the “ordinary thing” can be, the better. I also think that if there’s a war, we should downplay the action and battles and maybe focus on politics or something, just…[Read more]

@maddie-jay thanks so much for reading! I’m glad you enjoyed it overall.

The Earth creatures and Jewel creatures come from a world I had already thought about and planned a lot but hadn’t really written from yet. I definitely have big plans for this one… 😁 All the creatures are Earth, Jewel, or Fire. It gets more complicated than that, but…[Read more]

@mckinley Good story! The memory-wiping bit honestly hit me as kinda terrifying, in a good way. The sisters have great names.

I liked the characters, especially Remi, but both sisters felt way younger than fourteen and sixteen to me. If you hadn’t mentioned their ages, I think I would have guessed they were eight to ten, and I would have thought…[Read more]