Oh, and if I officially get kicked off the forum (haha, just kidding), will I also no longer receive the emails? I wanna unsubscribe from those as well.

@mamaauthoress hmm…I don’t know if you’ve already tried this, but I usually get a blank page, and when I scroll down I can find the castle

Or, you could try logging out and closing SE, then opening it up again and logging back in?

I’m…not terribly good when it comes to tech issues, so I’m not sure I’m…[Read more]

BY THE WAY FOLKS IT WORKSSSSS IT…[Read more]

Here they are:

Alfonso and…[Read more]

I consider the defining features of a vast amount of dystopian novels to be what I call the Big Three:

• An oppressive and autocratic government that is usually lying to its people…

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I really like the article by @r-m-archer , and it brought to mind that there is a distinction between antagonists opposing the protagonist and outright villains. I’m going to talk about villains, but I’m assuming they’re also antagonists.

Lucifer from DC comics, specifically Sandman by Neil Gaiman and Hellb…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb Sorry you had to work and miss the patron meeting! @josiah suggested I tag you so you can share your thoughts on the essay.

I haven’t been quite as consistent as I’d hoped, so I’m doubling up on some days to catch up. I’ve found that a number of the prompts flow together really well when I bring them to prayer.

I guess there wasn’t a certain direction any of these prompts were meant to go, but this week especially they’ve been starting points for praise. This…[Read more]

Day 5 of Week Two hit me hard.

Talk with God about the challenge of putting yourself in a character’s mind and portraying a human soul. How have you been struggling with that recently and what would you like to learn from Him about that?

I am at a particular point in my WIP where my protagonist is falsely accused by an e…[Read more]

@seekjustice Sorry for the delay. I think Cinderella’s weakness was the classy Shakespearian aspect of it. It just didn’t catch the general public’s interest in the same way that The Jungle Book did the next year with its cast of Hollywood…[Read more]

It’s been… going. 😀 Some days I’ve forgotten, which I’m sad about, but the days that I’ve held to my commitment of praying anytime I start working on writing have been amazing. I’ve been in a huge writing slump recently, as in the entire year of 2021 huge. But the… I believe it was fifth day prayer prompt was so good for me, the…[Read more]

I commit to praying over my writing every time I sit down to pound out my words this next month. And hopefully, with God’s help, it’ll continue into a life-long habit. 🙂

I agree!

I will commit to doing this as well.

I need this, our city needs this, our country needs this and our world needs this.
It makes sense that change should begin as a personal commitment, and especially in the gifts and passions that God has invested in us.

Thank you, Josiah, for taking a personal lead.  We’re with you.

Anyway, I realized there are a lot of people on here that write YA.  So I’m curious. Why do you write YA stories?  Was it a particular book or author that inspired you?  Or do you strive to wri…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb

@gabriellepollack

@noah-cochran

@wordsmith

Many moon ago, I told Josiah that I’d write about the idea that conflict is not the most fundamental aspect of good story… You know, that thing every good writer accepts as basic fact!

I’ve finally published that essay, and you can read it for free right here.

Also, I have not yet read either of…[Read more]

@imwritehere1920 – Hey there! I’m technically an SE oldie, but I was young back then. The most influential of the middlegrade books I’ve recently read was The One And Only Ivan, by Katherine Applegate. It had me tearing up several times along the way, and even sniffling at one point. What’s a middlegrade book you like a…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

@daeus-lamb

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@everyone

I can point you to some free…[Yes, I said FREE]…resources that I use, if you are interested.

I use “Voice Record Pro” on my Apple i-Phone.  It is free in the…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

@this-is-not-an-alien

@erynne

@skylarynn

@rose-colored-fancy

@bclarke

@writergirl101

To start the “Audio” ball rolling,… (Yes, yes, I know that’s cliche…)
Here is the first entry:

Moniker:
@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Text: (1623 Words)

The old woman watched as the foamy tides…[Read more]

@josiah

@hope-ann

@briannastorm

@karthmin

Hi Daeus,

There are some posts missing in the Forums.  Not sure if it is a tech glitch or some have been removed for editorial purposes or the content did not align with the guidelines.

I did ask a question on here that I do not see, but it was regarding posting a shared MP3 link to a…[Read more]

Everything’s working for me now too! Much thanks from this end of StoryEmbers.

~Kylie

Thank you sir!

It works! Thank you!!!

Will do!

It is working now! Thank you so much!!

Thank you so much! No worries 🙂

Wow, every single one of those suggestions is SUPER helpful.  Thank you guys so much!  And that’s very true about readers shipping characters whether you meant them to or not.  I’ve heard people put the strangest couples together from books I love, even if the author couldn’t have made it clearer that he or sh…[Read more]

Does anybody want to do a word sprint?

@daeus-lamb @josiah

Yeah! Thanks! And I really recommend The Wingfeather Saga if you ever want to read it. 🙂

@kimlikesart

No problem! I’m glad that my question helped answer your’s, lol.

@lonathecat

That’s a really cool way to think about it! What you’re saying is kinda like the quote I said up there: “To a kitten, a bumblebee flying would look like m…[Read more]

@literatureforlight Awesome. Thank you for clarifying.

@zee I’ve been writing down all my ideas and the details of the story, I just want to wait before actually writing it. But you’re right. this is likely the best idea I’ve ever had, and I don’t want to waste it.

@josiah Thank you.

Okay everyone. I’ve…[Read more]

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I’ll probable try that.

@literatureforthelight

Thank you, I do struggle with plot especially in larger works. I’ll use that.

@arindown

That view does help, I’ll keep that in mind. But… What’s a Panster?

@daeus-lamb

Yeah, I’m more like a kid ready to order off the adult menu than a five-year…[Read more]

Oy vey iz mir (usually shortened to ‘oy’) = a Yiddish phrase expressing dismay or exasperation