Josiah DeGraaf

@scarletimmortalized  YAY, YOU’RE HERE! Welcome to Story Embers!!!!! *throws oak leaves like confetti* *squirrels skitter everywhere* You’re the first Emberean that I get to introduce to people. I’m so excited. 😀

@briannastorm @mariposa @rolena-hatfield @brandon-miller @josiah @cindy @wordsmith @corkybookworm (Did I forget anybody?) Hey,…[Read more]

@karthmin

I don’t think you caught the distinction I was drawing in my post. There’s a difference between entering a creativity-oriented profession solely for the money vs. accepting a single, short-term job because you need the income. Freelance writers and editors aren’t tied to one employer. Over the course of a year, a freelancer will (typi…[Read more]

While I agree with what @josiah said, I don’t know if I could personally do it.

Also, I feel like there are potentially two things going on in our minds when we hear the phrase “writing for money”. On the one hand is writing for money, which @briannastorm mentioned. In this scenario, your entire approach to writing could be interpreted as c…[Read more]

@josiah @hope-ann

I think I would tend to agree with you, Josiah… But like you said, a case could be made otherwise.

@josiah, okay. The protagonist has a positive arc. I’ll make sure to do something with that mid point too.

This is the protagonist’s internal journey: As Nightjay goes on his journey – with a couple deceitful beings that happen to cause a lot of the conflict in the story, not to mention the many other enemies- he stubbornly ignores advice,…[Read more]

@josiah Okay, thanks so much! 😀

@josiah

@morreafirebird

@gabriellepollack

Oh, I think I figured out what I did wrong! (at least, I hope I did). Try this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4KlyrQb1pG5CgIyLOKef3Nhd5fAgvqm0q-ryol_zSI/edit?usp=sharing

Okay, thank you @josiah.  i’m not to the point to be working at publishing yet, just was clueless about it, and wanted to know more about it.

@morreafirebird

@josiah

hmm…how about this?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4KlyrQb1pG5CgIyLOKef3Nhd5fAgvqm0q-ryol_zSI/edit?usp=sharing

@jane-maree, @josiah thank you. You both answered some questions that I have been asking myself and I keep forgetting to ask my SE community. @josiah, THANK YOU 1,000 TIMES. In February I submitted my work to Christian Faith Publishing (CFP) and got accepted within a week. However, when I learned about the cost (3.5 thousand dollars) I was scared…[Read more]

@josiah Oops, sorry. How this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F4KlyrQb1pG5CgIyLOKef3Nhd5fAgvqm0q-ryol_zSI/edit?usp=sharing

@katthewriter, I do not know much about publishing. However, my parents have warned me about there being possible scams. I am going to tag a bunch of peeps who may know better than I. Actually I would Like to hear thoughts about publishing too since I am looking to publish

@kate
@briannastorm
@josiah
@gabriellepollack
@jenwriter17
@morreafirebird…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller

First off, I agree writing forums are predominately female, and I’m guessing a reason for that is partially because a lot of Christian young ladies do not opt for careers in the world over waiting for a husband and a family, so they turn to writing as something they can do without going out into the working world.

Nextly…

I am…[Read more]

Sorry for taking so long to reply, life’s been life.

@ethryndal (Your tag sounds like a hybrid of a mint flavor and an elf name. No offence)

1.) Why do you want to start a blog? It was suggested by the folks over at The Young Writer.

2.) What do you want it to be about? I don’t really know… Whatever comes to mind, I guess.

3.) What do you h…[Read more]

@josiah @hope-ann @gabriellepollack @any other blogging peoples

Just letting you all know that I’ll be putting up my page of blog buttons soon (tomorrow maybe?). If you still want me to put your button on at any time, just let me know, I can still do it. 🙂