Adrelle

so to summarize in simplistic fashion, curses derive their power from satan, while blessings derive their power from God…

Who uses the curses?

Who has the power to bless and how do they get it? (does God give that power to them? why?)

it’s not meant to be ambivalent or ambiguous, it’s just that they are not known to the protagonist and thus aren’t delved into. The lore is complicated and would take a long time to explain while at the same time would not have anything to do with the novel I wrote, so to summarize in simplistic fashion, curses derive their power from satan,…[Read more]

@jared-williams

and an intriguing way of separating it.

It is hard to make what I was saying clear in regard to the difference between fantasy and magic/supernatural. Perhaps this short guest blog post I wrote for Joelle (whom you know) will help make my beliefs clearer:…[Read more]

@joelle-stone

no real deadline. I’d like to start putting feelers out for traditional publishers this summer… but I have no set date or anything.

That is an interesting question and an intriguing way of separating it.

Okay. So, essence is more of an ability that the people of the world have. So in my mind it’s not treated like supernatural or magic. It’s far from witchery and it is not seen as breaking the of the rules of nature. However, it actually touches upon racism because each race…[Read more]

@jared-williams

That’s an interesting plot, Jared!

However, I do not read books with protagonist-related supernatural content (biblical reasons). Does your book contain supernatural/magical elements? (I do not consider fantasy abilities magic/supernatural unless they are called magic/supernatural or treated as such)

Except for the that magic mirror! 😄 But he wouldn’t remember that…😢

Yeah, glass cuts are not fun, poor baby…!!!

Shoot, I hope somebody teaches him how to pick glass out of his feet…

Not as a voice of reason lol, but definitely each in their own way! They all are hyper-skilled in their own thing, and could be twice as grand working…[Read more]

@kimlikesart

Welcome to the Character Castle! This is where you can bring your characters to meet one another (role-play), and perhaps even discover new things about them and their arcs.

A few guidelines:

1. No character may leave the boundaries of the castle, but you can invent any room (library, indoor garden, kitchen, etc.) as it pertains to…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>AHH YES I’D LOVE TO READ THIS SO MUCH!!!!! Unfortunately, I am over-committing myself at the moment and am not sure if I’ll have time. Is there a deadline to sign up?</p>

“Yeah… I wouldn’t eat those.” K’Nika replied.

Kallun nodded.

“Julian’s poisoned us with berries before, so I don’t trust his judgement,” Lacey said.

“Just tell the entire world, would you, Lace?” Julian rolled his eyes.

“Maybe next time,” Ellie said kind of laughing at her friends.

😄
Thanks.
AND HE REALLY DOESN’T. HE’S NEVER SEEN GLASS BEFORE. He didn’t know! And now his feet- Ayyyyy. My boy…

Though… you all’s characters are pretty smart, in their own ways, too…

I really like your new tagline!
I’ve been thinking about changing mine… *strokes chin thoughtfully*

Alessio’s first plan was to find a place to hide, with the goal of surviving Arsene long enough to get off this ship and get his bearings. He was right now memorizing the location of everything on the ship, when he finished that he would “stumble upon” Arsene’s stolen goods and hand them to the guard.

At the moment Alessio was in the cafeter…[Read more]

Pia looked at K’Nika. She was the local, even though she was pretending to be Kallun’s sister.

The girl gazed at the berries. “Well.. it all depends..”

“How?”

”they have to be perfectly ripe to eat, and they look unripe. They are red. But if they were half red and half blue, then they’d be perfect.”

Just thought you’d appreciate the running gag at home is “This Castle has only one braincell and he doesn’t know what glass it!”

🙃

@kimlikesart

@miller Stomach/abdomen stabs are tricky. In order to be a fairly quick death, you need a couple things to happen. Massive loss of blood, direct damage to heart/lungs, or damage to the brain. Basically anything that will very quickly prevent oxygen from reaching the brain and other vital organs.

A wound to the stomach area (what we think of as…[Read more]