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There are some posts missing in the Forums. Not sure if it is a tech glitch or some have been removed for editorial purposes or the content did not align with the guidelines.

I did ask a question on here that I do not see, but it was regarding posting a shared MP3 link to a…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic archiving the guilds in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:47:13 -0400

Heads up. We’re moving the guilds to the archives. You’ll still be able to access old posts, but you won’t be able to make new ones.

Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Worldbuilding in the forum Fantasy Writers

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 07:18:33 -0400

@e-k-seaver

Let me tag @hope-ann and @karthmin

These guys are great for explaining stuff about worldbuilding. There’s also some great articles on the blog here! Hope that helps a bit 😀

Coralie posted a new activity comment

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 18:31:46 -0400

@karthmin Do you have any resources you can recommend to further learn about and understand what subcreation is?

In reply to - Martin Detwiler wrote a new post When you claim to speak truth, opening your mouth is dangerous. Words are not idle collections of syllables in a conversation or symbols on paper. The pen is mightier than the […]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic February 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 04:00:25 -0400

@deeprun @michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-claymore @michael_stanton @caserola @trallion @hope-ann @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @catwing @kelly-lundgren @allison-grace @ajaj2000 @seekjustice @morreafirebird @karthmin

Hello, It’s Mic…[Read more]

Silver Shadow replied to the topic WRITING MARATHON TODAY! COME AND JOIN ME in the forum General Writing Discussions

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:07:13 -0400

That’s sounds awesome! I’m happy to join! I need to work on my stories, probably one in particular.

@emgc @abigail-rebekah @anne_the_noob14 @karthmin @w-o-holmes @dekreel

E. Grace replied to the topic February 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:07:10 -0400

@devastate-lasting I’m sorry I forgot about checking in last week! Did everything go okay?

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Ah, a new week already. Well, do y’all have any goals planned for this week?

For me:

— Finish organizing everything before I leave (Speaking of which, guys, I’ll be out of the country these next two weeks so I won’t be on here at all. You guys can…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic February 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:39:04 -0400

@kelly-lundgren Awesome!

@seekjustice Ooh yay for rain! You guys sure need it right now. Hopefully your far away from the cyclones though. 😬 Glad things went well this week. 🙂

@sageinthemeadow That’s great!

My goals went pretty well. I didn’t write as much as I wanted, but I think I’ll be able to make up for it this week. I did get to read…[Read more]

Taylor Clogston replied to the topic Fantasy Magic? in the forum Fantasy Writers

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:06:58 -0400

@sarah-inkdragon That’s some really interesting terminology.

@noodle-mum Like Daeus said, Sanderson’s Three Laws are an essential resource, if only because everyone else will have them in mind when discussing magic.

Hardness

We describe magic in a given system as being on a scale from “soft” to “hard.” Generally, the harder the magic,…[Read more]

E. Grace started the topic February 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:55:58 -0400

@filewriter I can relate. 😉

I’m glad your goals are going well! (And am excited to read what’s next in your story. 😉 )

My goals went pretty well, thanks for asking! I was a bit nervous for my concert just because some things came up to make things complicated (such as one of the violinists breaking her wrist). But it went really well! I’m…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:14:31 -0400

@morreafirebird Wow those are beautiful! I really need to start painting again…

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Well guys what’s the week ahead look like for you?

For me…

— Get prepared for concert this weekend

— So practice, practice, practice!

— Read

— Write a little bit at least

— Beta-read

— Keep up with math

@deeprun @michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @ta…[Read more]

Lady Frosttongue replied to the topic Prayer Requests #1 in the forum Prayer Requests

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 20:00:44 -0400

Hi everyone! I’ve come with kind of an update on my mom and another prayer request.

So, I think everything’s been figured out with Mom’s sickness. She has osteoporosis and an autoimmune disease that I can’t remember the name of at the moment. But she’s been really exhausted every day and there’s been a lot of crazy between her and my older…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic Introducing GROUPS in the forum Announcements

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:42:02 -0400

Hey SE people!

We’ve launched a cool new feature on the forum called groups.

You can find them in the nav bar like so:

Groups are hubs for writers to gather around something they share in common. They include a Facebook-like feed and most of them also include their own forums.

So far there are three types of groups:
1. Word war…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 00:46:52 -0400

@devastate-lasting I can relate. >.< Hopefully things will slow down a bit for you this week. 🙂

@morreafirebird That’s awesome! Now I wanna paint. XD

@michelle Great. 😀 Things have been going pretty well… Didn’t write much, but I’ve been able to read a lot. 🙂

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Hey guys how goes it? What goals do you have in mind for the week?

This week…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic Erekdale Book Club! in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:40:40 -0400

@bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace@emgc @enu @princess-foo @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @the-inkspiller @filewriter @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-writes @rose-noblescroll @thetessinator@briannajean @norella-novik @mo…[Read more]

Naiya Dyani started the topic INFP Writers Unite! in the forum General Writing Discussions

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:20:09 -0400

So I’ve really enjoyed chatting with other INFPs here lately, and on a whim I just wanted to set this up. . .

If you’re an INFP (or think you might be one). . . *spreads arms dramatically* you have come to the right place. Feel free to chat about how your personality affects your writing/what you love about it/anything else that strikes your…[Read more]

Naiya Dyani started the topic Sensitive Guy Character in the forum Characters

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:03:54 -0400

Guysssssss. . . can I have some help please. . .
I have a character that’s giving me trouble. A sensitive character. A sensitive GUY character.
I really don’t want to mess this up.
I asked for help before, but that was with specific questions for INFP guy characters. Now I’m just looking for suggestions like “don’t do this or it’ll be unrealist…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 02:42:41 -0400

@devastate-lasting Good to hear! Hopefully the homework hasn’t been too overwhelming. 🙁

@sageinthemeadow Glad I could be of help! XD

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Okay new week, new goals. Mine are:

Do more organizing
Draw a little bit each day
Write half an hour/day
Finish all of my history assignments…starting to get behind…
Read as much as I am able

…

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E. Grace replied to the topic 2020 Goals in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Wed, 08 Jan 2020 16:51:51 -0400

@deeprun Oh hi! I didn’t know we had any new members. (Usually @karthmin lets us know. 😉 ) Welcome to the guild! 😀 As for your question, I’ve been thinking about beta readers for my latest project, but I may not need them for a while yet. Thanks for the offer though. 🙂

Btw, I don’t know how much of the guild you’ve navigated through yet, but…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:38:11 -0400

@morreafirebird I hope to finish the middle part of my short story(it’s my very first short story, I’m actually going to finish lol, I jump from story to story) So I’m really…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 20:31:06 -0400

@kelly-lundgren Glad to hear it!

@sageinthemeadow Oh, I’m sorry about that. >.< My goals are off to a fairly good start, I think, all things considered. I’ve been staying away from movies/video games/most technology and it’s really helped me to get my focus straightened out and back on track. 😉 I hope that this first week of 2020 has been…[Read more]

E. Grace started the topic January 2020 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:52:42 -0400

Gosh it feels so weird typing that title in. 🤨

Anyways, the new year’s about starting up so how’s about we set some goals for the first week of this new year of…*gulps*… 2020?

My goals:

— Organize room

— Practice music

— Be a good girl and stick to my diet (Time to recover from the holidays…)

— Get back into the swing of schoolwork…[Read more]

E. Grace started the topic 2020 Goals in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:41:20 -0400

Quick question: Am I too young to be noticing how extremely fast time is passing? It feels like I just finished setting my goals for 2019. >.< Anyway, I know we did this last year, and I thought that now 2019 is now officially 364/365 of the way over we could all share our goals for the new year– writing goals, or just life goals in general. :)…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic December 2019 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:23:22 -0400

@kelly-lundgren That’s great!

@michelle Ditto to what @kelly-lundgren said. 😉 We welcome your participation!

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Well guys I hope you all enjoy the holidays! Make sure you eat plenty of sweets, open lots of presents, and have a wonderful time with your friends and family. 😊

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

@michelle @bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-cla…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:04:16 -0400

@princess-foo It sounds cool:) Now please don’t get me wrong here, lol I don’t wanna be harsh. I love Frozen, it’s a good clean family movie, the reindeer is sweet, but the snowman bugs me for some reason *strokes chin while thinking* I want him to die, I want to be at his funeral. I know that is kinda harsh on the fellow, but hey, different…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 22:31:15 -0400

@seekjustice Don’t I know you from the Historical fiction form?:) Yes rant on.

@bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @the-inkspiller @filewriter @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-wr…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 20:35:21 -0400

I have not. I have seen the trailer for it though. The little gecko looks cute:) lol that was the only thing I took away from the trailer XD I imagine you did, what did you think of it?

@michelle @bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue…[Read more]

Princess Foo started the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:26:27 -0400

Has anyone seen Frozen 2? What did you think?

I thought the songs were very pretty, but the plot and especially the theme were a mess. I can/will rant about it.

@michelle @bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devasta…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic December 2019 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Sun, 22 Dec 2019 02:41:38 -0400

Hi to everyone! what is this Chat for? I’m curious:)

@michelle @bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @princess-foo @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @the-inkspiller @filewriter @sarah-narnathron @ajaj2000 @warrenluther04 @lydia-write…[Read more]

E. Grace started the topic December 2019 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 20:04:45 -0400

@caserola Awesome, I hope that works out well for you. 🙂

@devastate-lasting Well I hope you have a nice trip. 🙂 Hope you’ll get a nice break from all that homework!

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Hello all! What are your goals for the week? Are any of you on break yet for the holidays? I’ve got homework until next week, so I can’t wait! XD

My goals:

– Write maybe 100…[Read more]

Michelle Rose replied to the topic New Member! in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:03:21 -0400

*Jumps off the dragon, enters the group, dressed like a gunslinger* @karthmin Thank you for the introduction Mr. Marton, And cute dragon*gives it a pat* I’m excited to be apart of Erekdale! and hangout with you…[Read more]

Martin Detwiler replied to the topic New Member! in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 14:31:33 -0400

Hello all!

We have found a stranger wandering on the outskirts of Erekdale! I caught word from Overlord Lamb via an airborne missive, and went searching on my trusty dragon steed.

Lo and behold! I found @michelle just where Lamb said I would. And here she is now, ready to take her place among the ranks and life of…[Read more]

Catwing replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 03:42:11 -0400

Kree kree! Ereki! *throws feathers* We got second place!

Congratulations to Hope for getting the most individual words! *throws extra feathers*

And congratulations to the Meerkats for winning the war. *throws more feathers cause they won, even I though I was cheering for my guild, Meraki won so they can enjoy some feathers too, because feathers…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:19:08 -0400

Participation was unfortunately low this time. But there were some great wordcounts.

Here’s the final rundown:

Rillumen: 267
New Wessex: 3,036
Parami Alca: 2,240
Meraki: 19,735
Erekdale: 11,883
Knaphollow: 1,113

And the individual with the highest word count was @hope-ann with 8,379

Tagging…[Read more]

Catwing replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 20:05:23 -0400

Kree Kree! Ereki!
The war is over! Time to submit your word counts if you haven’t already.

@bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-claymore @michael_stanton @caserola @trallion @hope-ann @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devastate-lasting @sageinthemeadow @enu @emgc @the-inkspiller @filewriter @princess-foo @catwing @kelly-lundgren @allis…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 23:48:03 -0400

Tagging guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith_blum @karthmin @jane-maree @j-a-penrose @corkybookworm

Tagging my…[Read more]

E. Grace replied to the topic November 2019 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 23:26:27 -0400

Hey guys, I’m sorry I completely missed last week. I was sick for several days and then had piles of homework to catch up on. >.< Anyways, I thought it would be a good time to ask y’all about this accountability page and how helpful it’s been to you. Would you like me to continue with it? Has it been a helpful encouragement for you and reminder…[Read more]

Catwing started the topic Erekdale December Word War in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 20:59:53 -0400

As winter plays in the spinning door of seasons, a threat gallops over the horizon like a panicked writer on a deadline.
Kree, Kree! Ereki! Another war has begun! So grab your snacks and prepare to hit your keyboards! It’s time to write some words!
(The spinning door was supposed to be a weather pun. But it doesn’t really work cause we all live…[Read more]

Catwing replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 19:06:43 -0400

Kree! Kree! Ereki! Another war has begun! So grab your snacks and prepare to hit your keyboards! It’s time to write some words! *throws feathers everywhere*

Catwing replied to the topic November Word War in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 19:13:11 -0400

We won the word war and I completely forgot to post about it. Good job everyone on our third win! 😀

Erekdale: 61,107
Meraki: 44,071
Rillumen: 39,067
New Wessex: 37,269
Knaphollow: 26,733
Parimi Alca: 23,193
Avensbek: 13,496

And congrats to @emgc who wrote the most words, with 24,151 words! 😀

@bree-dawn @tinuviel @tashah-claymore @michael_stant…[Read more]

Daeus Lamb started the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:20:53 -0400

The blank pages lay desolated after the last word war. Letters scattered the bone-white fields.

But now, an enemy has swept in with fresh blank pages.

WHO WILL STOP HIM? ARE YOU WITH ME?

TO WAR!

The rules and submission form are linked here: https://forms.gle/q2Aa9EP4G1bReNaj8

Anyone is welcome to join.

Tagging guildmasters: @maddiejay @faith…[Read more]

Princess Foo replied to the topic Recent Updates in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:41:14 -0400

@karthmin Cool! I hope the guild gets more active but November probably isn’t the best time to try and do stuff with a writer. ;P

K.M. Small replied to the topic Prayer Requests #1 in the forum Prayer Requests

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:24:18 -0400

Hey! Could I ask for some prayers?

College has been pretty difficult this semester because of fatigue and stomach pains. I found out recently that the fatigue is mainly because of an iron deficiency. Some diet changes have been slowly helping that, thankfully! I still haven’t figured out the stomach pains though. After about a year and a half of…[Read more]

K.M. Small replied to the topic Recent Updates in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:16:25 -0400

@karthmin

Thanks for the update on the organization! It definitely seems a lot easier to navigate now!

Speaking of the prayer requests thread, I have some prayer requests to make, so I’ll go wake up that thread right now 🙂

E. Grace replied to the topic November 2019 Accountability in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 18:13:40 -0400

@kelly-lundgren Awesome!

@ajaj2000 Hey, it’s nice to hear from you! 😊 Have fun on your trip and I hope you’ll be around here again soon!

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Hey guys, a little late here, but if you have goals for the week go ahead and share them. 😊

My goals:

— Do at least some writing for NaNo

— Finish up homework before holiday

— Draw some

— Remember…[Read more]