Karissa Chmil

@r-m-archer

For sure! I never thought about it like that but that’s cool

@karissa-chmil

Ic! Hi! Heh I think I’ma end up forgetting about it again SMH. Life is just so busy but I’ll try re-enter it xD

@karissa-chmil Heyyyy! I recognize your name, from Cdubs methinks?

Hi, Karissa (@karissa-chmil),

That is a great question:

The need arises within me to express in a story what I cannot just contemplate abstractly.  I need to see and feel concepts working out through peopled experiences with living and learning rather than just hearing what they say.  Writing stories is a meaningful way for me to make some s…[Read more]

Hi Karissa (@karissa-chmil)

I write fantasy, some sci-fi, but like to blend in suspense and a mix of biblical mysteries.

I have done a sort of [unpublished] adaptation of a fairy tale (a Russian fairy tale translated “Sister and Brother”).  I once saw a picture of their classical witch character called “Baba Yaga” who travels through the…[Read more]

@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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XD Re-writes just drag on forever sometimes. . .
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 secrets from you and I WAS NOT EMOTIONALLY READY FOR HIS TRAUMATIC BACKSTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR HOW HE “HANDLES” IT (“it” being a ton of plot twists and heart-cru…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil

Hi Karissa!

Welcome to the Story Embers Forums!  I think you are going to like it here.  This is a great group.  Always very helpful and enthusiastic, and if anyone is lacking in enthusiasm, perhaps we can borrow some of that “pixie dust magic” from Cathy (@this-is-not-an-alien) as she is such fun that it charms us all when she bo…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil

Yeah its delicious and super healthy too XD

Retellings are the best, The Lunar Chronicles are my favourite retellings! What about you?

I love all my characters too, though I have a soft spot for one of my characters, Lorcan. He’s an assassin, and is know for being this dark, snide, cold-hearted person, but on the inside he is a…[Read more]

@karissa-chmil

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

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?

Aha, yes.

Same. I find them extremely useful–though, yes, very hard to create.

Ooh, that’s awesome. What countr…

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@karissa-chmil

Merci!

Oui! Tu parles francais!

My other WIP (unnamed at this point) is a cross between Robin Hood and Little Red Riding Hood set as a sci-fi. It features questions about trust, a crazy lot of parallel between those two stories, and maybe an exploding ship or two.

Robin Hood vs the big bad wolf in space? I love it. 🙃

Writing p…

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@karissa-chmil

Pleased to meet you! Tea and books are my favourite too, personally I love English and ginger and lemon tea.

Trust the Traitor sounds exactly like something i would love to read!!! And your other story sounds awesome, I do love retellings. Do you have any favourite characters you created?

@karissa-chmil

Howdy Karissa! I’m Noah, great to have you!

You’ll always be able to excite me by talking about books, discussing various parts of the writing process, or daydreaming about where we want our words to go someday. I love wind and stars and the sound that quivers in the air as the sound of a piano dies away, and I thrive on w…

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@karissa-chmil Hello! You sound like “my kind” of person! Tea and books! Who wouldn’t love them? What are your favorites of each? And then you’re a writer to boot, so yay!

I like this certain watermelon mint tea, but I’m treasuring it, so I don’t have it often, lol. And A Tale of Two Cities is my (current) favorite book!

@karissa-chmil

Karissa!!! Hello!!!

I didn’t know you liked stars… ✨ I love them very much.

Do you have a favourite tea?

@this-is-not-an-alien

Cathy! This is Karissa, a dear friend of mine. <3

Karissa, this is Cathy- funny, vibrant, a writer of deep characters and fantasy. (: