Story Embers | Karissa Chmil | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/karissa-chmil/activity/ Activity feed for Karissa Chmil. Sun, 31 May 2026 14:13:09 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 7ccd7f6fe3c9a19f83c352c21ea0c5bc Karissa Chmil posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/how-to-craft-songs-as-memorable-as-tolkiens/comment-page-1/#comment-12444 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:47:05 -0400 Mmm, this is awesome.

In reply to - Joshua Barrera wrote a new post Hundreds of years before the printing press revolutionized communication, orators and musicians bore the responsibility of passing down their heritage to the next generation. Like […] ]]> bd5d2e971398ae439d1dca2c61d9638f Karissa Chmil posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/question-marks/comment-page-1/#comment-12105 Mon, 08 May 2023 21:47:37 -0400 This is beautiful. <3 Very thought-provoking.

In reply to - Cindy Green wrote a new post It’s interesting, isn’t it? How teachers often tell us that any question is a bright question, and a good question’s only job is to be asked. But kindergarten was sixteen years […] ]]> 04eb1af20908b39543505ca61a9fff2e Karissa Chmil changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104355/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:19:37 -0400 0 0008c25eb503c98f7fad0f573dc589c8 Karissa Chmil's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104354/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:12:56 -0400 0 cf8c7126a11728e9ee83ac853de1fda3 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Why is Christian Sci-Fi Scarcer than Fantasy? in the forum Sci-fi Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104353/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:05:56 -0400 Seconding (thirding? Fourthing? Eh, who knows) the exposure argument, about how a lot of traditional Christian fiction (or, really, just fiction written by Christians) leans more towards fantasy than sci-fi. If Tolkien had created an inticrate alien society with a galaxy far away from ours and Lucy Pevensie had stumbled into a world populated by…[Read more]

]]> 0 770aaf63d276d7f586d1c471ef5e17d5 Karissa Chmil posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/why-childrens-fiction-writers-need-to-provide-readers-with-good-role-models/comment-page-1/#comment-12049 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 19:34:35 -0400 Oooh, this is spot on, Sarah. I feel like this is what I’ve been trying to say for a long time, but you articulated it far better than my attempts. XD

In reply to - Sarah Burns wrote a new post In 2013, hoards of little girls aspired to be Queen Elsa. French braids became the standard hairstyle, Halloween turned into an Arendelle-themed costume party, and “Let It Go” pla […] ]]> 18adeaba63c6360dad92c70b495eae7c Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Hey Guys! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/103956/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:53:59 -0400 Tasha! Welcome! <3 I have kind of forgotten about StoryEmbers for the last nine months, so I suppose we can re-enter together. xD

]]> 0 ce02d2a4bd6ed314a1232fba15b78d42 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100286/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 12:04:31 -0400 @obrian-of-the-surface-world

Ooh, that sounds awesome. Love that thematic question and how you worked in those three virtues.

Now for a slightly different question – why do you write?

]]> 0 111838e5104d7b4d296562209c3a1ea9 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100207/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:46:00 -0400 @obrian-of-the-surface-world

Thank you very much! I’ve definitely been enjoying it so far, and I can’t wait to get to know the community here even more! <3

What genres do you write in?

@this-is-not-an-alien

Especially when half the plot runs off on it’s own sidequest and all the minor characters want to be MCs and then your MC keeps a ton of s…

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]]> 0 7726760e49a4641aa1538ac2a31ed6b2 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/100009/ Sat, 05 Mar 2022 14:36:05 -0400 @noah-cochran

Okay, okay, I’m actually extremely new to French, so go easy on me. I just started learning it over the past month. How long have you spoken it?

XD Whoops. Noted. I’ve spoken it for. . . three years? Four? Something along those lines.

The beginning is set in France. I love medieval history and have studied France and England quite e…

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]]> 0 6cb169942b352bf2e72ff9e0d50524e8 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99992/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:19:20 -0400 @irishcelticredflowercrown

Pleased to meet you! <3 Ooh, lemon tea is delicious.

Yay for retellings! I can’t say exactly. . . I love all my characters. 😁 What about you?

@noah-cochran

Oui! Tu parles francais!

Oui! En faite, j’ai fait mes études de sixième et de cinqième en Savoie. 😀

It sounds like we are quite similar in this area. I love th…

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]]> 0 ba14eafcdfbcf7ef7d46040513e8042a Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99985/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:28:51 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien

XD No worries!

Weeeeell, it depends on your perspective XDDD. Some might say I’m on draft one billion, others might say I’m on chapter 20 something or other but I’d say…chapter 1. Again.

XD Re-writes just drag on forever sometimes. . .

Lol, I write really really nonlinear so it’s hard to say. Buuut I was planning to start…

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]]> 0 e4369fb3ab5530a185ff978a154b49e9 Karissa Chmil's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99893/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:44:04 -0400 0 98f3b194a2482b2ff14af8c46d7d6a09 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99762/ Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:36:40 -0400 @emily-waldorf Hello! And precisely – they fit together perfectly, too. 😉 Favorite tea. . . chai, spice, peppermint, apple cinnamon. . . really depends on my mood and the weather. As far as favorite books go, that’s an impossible question to answer – far too many good books.

Ooh, that sounds interesting. . . and nice! I haven’t technically read…[Read more]

]]> 0 cd870d1dae8ef560ac76bdb844811579 Karissa Chmil joined the group Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99735/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 17:22:10 -0400 0 e030da9cfeee0e0b602617ed514f2c80 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99734/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 17:19:13 -0400 @kimlikesart

Aw, I didn’t know you were here, Kimberly! <3

I do indeed like stars, very much.

Hm. . . chai tea is certainly towards the top. What about you?

@this-is-not-an-alien

Hey, Cathy! Pleased to meet you! Do you have a current WIP?

]]> 0 46330a22a479aa57351a1ac5d173da2f Karissa Chmil started the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/99732/ Sat, 26 Feb 2022 16:16:55 -0400 A pleasure to meet you, writers! <3 My name is Karissa Chmil, a young writer, dreamer, and believer who’s enjoyed the wealth of knowledge in the articles here on StoryEmbers for some time now.

I’m the girl who spins fantastic tales of worlds beyond our own and connects them to my own by the scars I weave through my characters. A writer of four y…[Read more]

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