Story Embers | Julia | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/julia/activity/ Activity feed for Julia. Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:06:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 36c031b5f6ab814b82f27ab2813fc58d Julia replied to the topic Please pray for my mom in the forum Prayer Requests https://storyembers.org/activity/p/63874/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:16:25 -0400 @anne_the_noob14 I’m so sorry 🙁 I’ll definitely pray!

]]> 0 3aaf1eb1286c7b99ed6c275e354152f2 Julia replied to the topic I Am Alive, and Apologise in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/63873/ Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:13:31 -0400 @j-a-penrose It’s totally fine. I disappeared off the face of the earth as well 😛 I’ve just undergone the busiest summer of my life, and I didn’t even take a trip anywhere. Some friend got married, I had my birthday, and I’ve spent the last 2 weeks of my summer studying for my learner’s license. (I PASSED THE TEST YESTERDAY!!) (and the picture…[Read more]

]]> 0 57b4603d7d97ffebc745ae42e354d7bd Julia replied to the topic Writers' Corner in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62480/ Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:01:50 -0400 @ariella-newheart

*stumbles in with bags under my eyes and a random pencil stuck through my hair*

WHAAAAAAT YOU WON? AND I WAS LATE? 😱

]]> 0 301d5486edb06a68227b1bf2a9e7b6ad Julia replied to the topic Guild War : It's a Beautiful Day in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/61236/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 23:00:06 -0400 @j-a-penrose OH MY GOSH WAHT?! WE FINALLY WON?? 😱

GREAT JOB, EVERYONE!! 😄 I wasn’t there as much as I probably should have been for the editing process, but I read it just now, and you all did a fantastic job!!

@steward-of-the-pen @azeline-d

]]> 0 5813dd1f6bd75b20f454bc9472bd4243 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : It's a Beautiful Day in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/60657/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 21:30:58 -0400 @j-a-penrose I tried my hand at writing it. I really would love to have everyone in there and commenting on it, though. 🙂 I went with the stuff we’d been talking about and just sort of wrote it, but I think that there’s something very big about it that we should change.

The whole prompt is about something beautiful in a dramatic setting. I spent…[Read more]

]]> 0 e84537925acffc90dd49d4a7444ca70b Julia replied to the topic Guild War : It's a Beautiful Day in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/60634/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:22:35 -0400 @elisha-starquill I love your idea, but I do agree with @steward-of-the-pen that they might not fit the prompt, simply for not being ordinary 🙂 But I think it would be cool if we all wrote that on our own instead of for a war sometime 😉

I think we should go for writing about the grandmother’s hands; what do you guys think?

]]> 0 103885a2839028d95a4570a4020df924 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : It's a Beautiful Day in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/60351/ Sun, 23 Jun 2019 01:42:39 -0400 *cartwheels in* HEY GUYS! I’m a bit late, since I closed my email during finals week (it kept distracting me when I was trying to study 😛 ) bUT I’M HERE NOW! YAY!

@azeline-d I love that idea of an elderly patient’s hands. It immediately struck me as something very deep, and as something that could really meet the prompt we have. 🙂

]]> 0 42afbe4d3d3bdc5a5d39201ce908f75d Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Why Write? in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59792/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:35:34 -0400 @evelyn Keep working at it, and you’ll be able to do it! 😃  The world needs your words!

]]> 0 760a7bb8afb15fb491ec45579c88e7b7 Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Why Write? in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59785/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 15:27:49 -0400 @evelyn That’s so beautiful *wipes away tear*

]]> 0 acfd3f230c6a182ec2a48e6c8797985e Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Self Publishing vs Traditional Publishing in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59775/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:39:24 -0400 @j-a-penrose I kind of want to try both, I guess. See what it’s like through my own experience. I’ll self-publish some books of my own, get experience, then try and traditionally publish. It’ll probably take me a long time before that second part actually happens, but someday! 😜

]]> 0 bfc6ac9114fe423ae8f55b240851ee48 Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Typing vs Writing by Hand in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59773/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:31:44 -0400 @j-a-penrose I usually just type. I can’t write by hand because it’s way too slow. I’ll lose my train of thought easily, my hand gets sore, and it’s not even that long when I finally type it up. It’s hard to read my own handwriting sometimes as well. I like to separate my outlining/plotting process from my writing process by handwriting during the…[Read more]

]]> 0 d6c4a64655e6de96bde960c4d8e3491a Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Why Write? in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59772/ Thu, 13 Jun 2019 13:29:08 -0400 @j-a-penrose I wrote at first because I wanted to create an amazing world – so for escape, I guess. But now, I’m writing as well to teach a lesson through my characters. They change over the course of the story, and learn the theme. A theme that I want this poor, broken, modern-day-world to learn. 🙂

]]> 0 b400a3138c94037f86b38a7c6aeca5da Julia replied to the topic Camp NaNo Anyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59579/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:21:39 -0400 @j-a-penrose If there isn’t enough room for everyone, then you don’t have to put me in the cabin 🙂 My name on there is Julia Herkel, though!

]]> 0 62528ca8b657c3ba1db94be6fcd93eb3 Julia replied to the topic Heyo! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59578/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 18:17:00 -0400 Welcome, @noodle-mum! 😃

]]> 0 02464ae65dc2f1cb7a0501b0172ca5ec Julia replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59574/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:51:37 -0400 *cannonballs into the chat* I is very late! However!

@fallen-prince @elisha-starquill Welcome to the guild! 😃 My apologies for being late 😛

]]> 0 8b21d2eb82ddf085abe5f6533d7d2d3f Julia replied to the topic Celebrating a Delayed One Year Birthday in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59338/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:18:00 -0400 @j-a-penrose What? 😱 That’s so cool!! 😄

@evelyn Yes!

@steward-of-the-pen Agreed 😉 It’s her new title!

@ariella-newheart Yay for cookies! *snatches one*

And here’s some more LEMBAS BREAD! (cause obviously we need some of that 😝)

]]> 0 dd94e60f2875297d914ca40f26cb059d Julia replied to the topic Word War that Your Guildmaster Forgot in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59333/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:09:49 -0400 @j-a-penrose Drat! I’ve fallen behind on my email (I have 488 unread messages *cough cough*) and now I missed this! 😭

]]> 0 b273d00465305c7293408a48a7b1a45d Julia replied to the topic Writers' Corner in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59332/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:01:39 -0400 Nice job, @ariella-newheart! You’ve got this! 😄

 

I’m going to try and finish the first draft of the third book in my trilogy this month. This’ll be tricky, since it’s my finals month. I’ll probably end up doing most of my writing in the last week, when I’m free. I’ll keep you updated!

]]> 0 f52965ae0f5664c3f87eaeef4035c79d Julia replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/58391/ Mon, 20 May 2019 13:20:29 -0400 @j-a-penrose Thanks so much 🙂

Also guys, I’m sorry about my edits if they were weirdly put in; I don’t ever use Google Docs, so I kind of have to guess my way through when using them 😂

]]> 0 db4de086b204ed2b7398f058728739a1 Julia replied to the topic Writers' Corner in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57581/ Thu, 09 May 2019 13:32:05 -0400 @evelyn @taylorclogston That’s some great marketing advice 😃

Here’s a link to my blog: http://juliascreativecorner.com 🙂

]]> 0 c127314b04adb477d278e0006565b318 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57580/ Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:05 -0400 @coggleton That sounds pretty cool! 😃

]]> 0 986f6f891a4dc2fbbc4a9c2ad8eb27f9 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57489/ Wed, 08 May 2019 15:31:40 -0400 @ariella-newheart I LOVE those books!! 😄 I’m making my family listen to it on audio book and I’m lending them to a friend, actually, because I really love them 😆

]]> 0 90c2a95543fc0fee5b9508382fa28959 Julia replied to the topic Writers' Corner in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57477/ Wed, 08 May 2019 14:31:44 -0400 @j-a-penrose I hate writing short stories for school, because there’s always a pathetically small word count that I have to work with o-o

@taylorclogston I published the first one last year in January, but it definitely wasn’t ready for it. I’ve been rewriting it, and the story has transformed ever since then. I’m planning on republishing the…[Read more]

]]> 0 339ac91ac74498b400e8512c41bab84c Julia replied to the topic Biomes in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57475/ Wed, 08 May 2019 14:21:09 -0400 @j-a-penrose Checking this out RIGHT NOW :3

]]> 0 ecabd4cfe7c781602f2d150642ec135b Julia replied to the topic A Church Poem in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57473/ Wed, 08 May 2019 14:16:06 -0400 @steward-of-the-pen That was amazing; I got goosebumps at the end! Great job!

]]> 0 e63901b18d15abca3b32929ad2f031c4 Julia replied to the topic Writers' Corner in the forum Accountability & Achievements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57422/ Wed, 08 May 2019 00:42:38 -0400 @j-a-penrose Woo hoo! Awesomeness! This actually might (finally) get me on here more often. (I feel so bad for not posting too often)

I actually just started a new draft this week! It’s the third book in a trilogy. I’ve been writing the first draft for each book before I start rewriting the first one, so that I’ll know if I need to add in an…[Read more]

]]> 0 66ee65cf9746d72a0e2fba1cdc094ad4 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : You Know It in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57372/ Tue, 07 May 2019 20:26:59 -0400 @j-a-penrose Ooooh, interesting prompt! I hate writing in second person, so don’t let me touch the first draft until the editing phase. I’ll ruin it 😂

Okay, so this sort of makes me think of a Pinterest prompt I once saw where the main character of a book falls in love with the reader. What if we did something like that somehow? Because it’s…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e57b1295cf2d318f21604648b5a3342 Julia replied to the topic Word War : April 2019 in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57371/ Tue, 07 May 2019 20:23:26 -0400 @j-a-penrose Wait… WE WON?! 😱

*skips around tossing confetti everywhere*

]]> 0 b3b89c757b5003ff9fd232067a12a92b Julia replied to the topic Word War : April 2019 in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56700/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 14:11:18 -0400 @april-j-rhys It’s okay; adulting sounds very difficult. I’m still in high School, so I wouldn’t know, but it’s awesome that you’re even making a schedule for your writing amidst all the other things you have to do! 😃

]]> 0 084441fa97a6f95cab60b8f6c01b94b0 Julia replied to the topic Word War : April 2019 in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56479/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 21:18:23 -0400 Oh. Oops 😂 Thanks, @j-a-penrose!

]]> 0 b9defe3734dadda64206d3c6bc7786f7 Julia replied to the topic Word War : April 2019 in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56475/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 20:45:27 -0400 @j-a-penrose I’m looking at the form, and it mentions a forum tag? I’m a bit confused as to what that is; do you think you could please explain that to me? 😛

]]> 0 dd3129e8daff8ebad4f9aeafd5e6d137 Julia replied to the topic Word War : April 2019 in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56255/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:58:51 -0400 @j-a-penrose I’ve been writing like crazy this month because it’s Camp NaNoWriMo, but my word count has soared this week especially (yay Easter break!) I’ve officially finished the first draft of my second book in a trilogy today (woot woot!) and hopefully will start book 3. 😉

]]> 0 4379249f8423ae239e04ceb3e560a9fd Julia replied to the topic Writing Life : How to Deal with Non-Motivation/Discouragement in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56251/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:32:56 -0400 @j-a-penrose These are some great tips 😃 I actually made a course on defeating writer’s block and I don’t think I included all of these *applause*

]]> 0 76ea0000bd400030e32134cdd5807dfb Julia replied to the topic Word War Thread in the forum Parimi Alca Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56249/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:23:45 -0400 Awesome! 😀

]]> 0 e490f8f969bb258c43c11b56b11f4460 Julia replied to the topic You Have Arrived at Parimi Alca! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54807/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:08:05 -0400 Welcome to the guild, guys! 😄 Parimi Alca is an amazing guild, full of awesome and sweet writers. We all love to work together on guild wars, and though we haven’t won yet, have gotten 5 honourable mentions in a row. 😉 (I’m pretty sure that’s the right number… 😛 )

I’m Julia! I’m a writer (obviously) singer, blogger, and 15-year-old who w…[Read more]

]]> 0 332b0b970e197d711aa08be59afa119d Julia replied to the topic Writing Life : Balanced Writing Life to Health in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54575/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:56:50 -0400 @j-a-penrose These are some great tips 🙂 Thanks!

]]> 0 615124399afb76ecc470de3fab8acfa6 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Believable Conversion in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/53266/ Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:36:59 -0400 @ariella-newheart Wow! That’s awesome! (can you send me a hoodie too? 😛 )

]]> 0 2b9c4c64a5e35f979deb18e19a64c98f Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Believable Conversion in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/53132/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:40:09 -0400 @ariella-newheart You like How to Train Your Dragon?! 😱 I haven’t seen the third movie yet, but I LOVE the first and second ones! (funny thing: I read this whilst listening to some music from the first and second movies 😆)

]]> 0 578f82b38f35a0361ddb2b0d464c973d Julia replied to the topic Writing Life : Bundle of Betas in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/51901/ Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:29:49 -0400 @j-a-penrose I think the thing I agree with the most in here is pointing out what was done well. Knowing that you’ve done well can be super encouraging, and also it’s fun to squeal over writing. 😆 I’ve had the privilege to read one writer’s story as an alpha reader, and she’s so amazing as a writer that I ended up just fangirling the majority of…[Read more]

]]> 0 78f7658ab8ac5e574556f67c501cdd30 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Believable Conversion in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/51426/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:02:58 -0400 @j-a-penrose 😆 Glad to know I’m not the only one going blind then!

]]> 0 eeb322faf0ba894a6294e6b04fb7e6b8 Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Believable Conversion in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50841/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:18:17 -0400 @ariella-newheart

(I accidentally misread it as “a believable conversation” 😛)

Yes, same! 😂

]]> 0 3f3f2592a543171fa1a572093577b76e Julia replied to the topic Writing Life: Arranging Alphas and Betas in the forum Annual Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50839/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 13:16:52 -0400 @j-a-penrose This is a great subject to talk about! Alpha and beta readers are SO important to the writing process. Having fresh eyes on characters, a plot, and backstories you’ve thought of and rewritten a million times is super helpful. I currently have one friend who is reading my first drafts for me, so that I can know if a) this makes sense…[Read more]

]]> 0 aab5d1cb70e5b2bd4873f22cc257c40d Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Believable Conversion in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50822/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:42:05 -0400 @j-a-penrose *gives you coffee* *hopes you like coffee because there’s controversy on that subject* I totally relate; I guess we’ll have to push onward together 😛

Woo-wie! This is a toughie! I’ve never written this sort of thing before. We should make it very emotional. Like, life or death maybe? My immediate thoughts are that we need to give…[Read more]

]]> 0 70a3d92baf1ad4c2fd1419fd21271b05 Julia replied to the topic Cue Your Scatter-Brain Guildmaster Kicking Herself in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50821/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:36:16 -0400 @j-a-penrose I’m subscribed 🙂 Sorry I haven’t been active lately; I’ve come down with a cold, and school has been super hectic and stressful 😛 I’ll post more when things calm down 🙂

]]> 0 6ff0a78f9c5914564d7533ea3fcba36a Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48535/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:22:08 -0400 I just read all of them; they were all really good 😃

]]> 0 06c637d5cf7927082207d87d3cd3f04a Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48531/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:51:23 -0400 @evelyn I can’t believe we keep coming so close 😂 But yay for us!

]]> 0 241522a630eef3293d63113c60f902fc Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48254/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:34:47 -0400 @cassie-hartfinh
@esjohnson
@coggleton
@steward-of-the-pen
@silverclaw-bonnetfolly
@evelyn
@ariella-newheart
@sarah-vdh
@e-jo3
@writercatherine
@thewanderingtypewriter
@jade
@taylorclogston
@calebonline
@write-owl
@obrian-of-the-surface-world
@pursuewisdom
@azeline-d
@anne_the_noob14
@trufflehunter
@rebecca-w

Great job!! 😃 This is an awesome…[Read more]

]]> 0 c89f1e11a20b94154e010bf97661d4ff Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/47968/ Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:24:03 -0400 @writercatherine Yay us!! 😄

]]> 0 0c654e7ab7c298ececcc469d670fa28e Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/46817/ Sat, 09 Feb 2019 15:14:08 -0400 *finally pops back in after a super long week of high school*

@steward-of-the-pen @cassie-hartfinh @anne_the_noob14 @ariella-newheart @pursuewisdom This sounds amazing! I’m going to be busy today but I’m going to just pop in the document and see if I can make any suggestions 😉

]]> 0 968a8d802773405c60e3d4e0042739dc Julia replied to the topic Guild War : A Happy Ending...Minus the Cliché in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/46791/ Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:17:23 -0400 @j-a-penrose Maybe we could do a modern-day story then, with elements of a fairy tale in it? So it’s still sort of a guideline for us (making the writing easier under the time limit) and yet also not in such danger as to fall into the cliche category.

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