Story Embers | Karissa Chmil | Mentions https://storyembers.org/members/karissa-chmil/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Karissa Chmil. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c91b2951481421b4a14b43bf2d4f7d9e Tasha Van Kesteren replied to the topic Hey Guys! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/hey-guys-4/#post-156197 Sat, 21 Jan 2023 13:40:16 -0400 @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

 

]]> 0 934502023a99c09615b299821c6f4231 Emma Walker replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-149685 Fri, 08 Apr 2022 22:31:24 -0400 @karissa-chmil Heyyyy! I recognize your name, from Cdubs methinks?

]]> 0 be96d029f3227744b6c2405346f12c71 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-149068 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 19:44:31 -0400 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]

]]> 0 f0b8e2fa68fc19dc15135da485a24664 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-148991 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 02:05:03 -0400 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I have done a sort of [unpublished] adaptation of a fairy tale (a Russian fairy tale translated “Sister and Brother”).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]

]]> 0 111838e5104d7b4d296562209c3a1ea9 Karissa Chmil replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-148984 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?

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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 1eba8e5b15e68f7a49acebc6acab22db Cathy replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-148983 Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:21:16 -0400 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]

]]> 0 fd370bee1564f89cde9d42a55c2d650c Brian Stansell replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/page/2/#post-148937 Fri, 11 Mar 2022 19:40:24 -0400 @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]

]]> 0 17c4a531869e46a074b59f53b18604b9 Neasa replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148749 Sat, 05 Mar 2022 00:30:32 -0400 @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]

]]> 0 33f224387cf88d60c7ec7bb1c6f67dac Noah Cochran replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148740 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:36:42 -0400 @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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]]> 0 a805f3bc816f0c43e8a711da95645a65 Noah Cochran replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148733 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:52:04 -0400 @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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]]> 0 95dd5c701666d2d02c0228156773ab4a Neasa replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148731 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 18:42:19 -0400 @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?

]]> 0 692215514424fcc0d309b042a15f6ffa Noah Cochran replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148717 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:43:30 -0400 @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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]]> 0 13dc162cfc3412b85038c5b642f8ffca Brian Stansell replied to the topic Audio Cinema in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/audio-cinema/page/11/#post-148628 Wed, 02 Mar 2022 01:39:11 -0400 I haven’t posted one of these in a while so I thought I’d put one more out here, just to see what you all thought of the pacing of this…[Read more]

]]> 0 b6815ceef6695ae30097132f7c0f4cdf Emily Waldorf replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148432 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 18:03:53 -0400 @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!

]]> 0 be441b9a3739604c768f98aa78249417 Kimmi replied to the topic Greetings! ✨ in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/greetings-%e2%9c%a8/#post-148430 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 17:06:10 -0400 @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. (:

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