Katherine Baker

Ooh, fun! May I join? I’m just picking a few at random, and I’ll pick… way too many characters

Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet phoenix?

Belle: Can I say neither?

Slate: Phoenix, all the way! They look awesome!

Abigail: It would look pretty awesome to ride into the newsroom on a dragon…

Lola: I’ll pick a dragon. I think they…[Read more]

My story is set in the real world but in a fictional town called Frankberg. It was founded by a man named Frank Bergstein some years ago and never did do that well. It, like many of the surrounding towns, was fairly small and poor. As a result of that, there was a lot of crime in the area, and very little to stop it. Things got a bit better when…[Read more]

@evelyn

Wow, how ironic!

Would you suggest getting comfortable with free-style, and then easing into meter? Or is it better to figure out meter before messing with free-style?

I would suggest meter first because it is easier to understand how to make it work. Free-style seems a bit more “heady” to me, but a lot of meter stuff cross-applies.

In other words, since meter…[Read more]

@lin, @evelyn, @k-a-grey, @the-fledgling-artist, @eden-anderson… (I think I got everyone)

I’m so glad you are thinking of poetry! That in and of itself is payment enough (though I will take some hedge-hugs or normal hugs!). Evelyn gave you some excellent advice, so some of what I’m saying will be copying her with different words (sometimes you…[Read more]

@evelyn, @k-a-grey

The same thing happens to me! Seriously. The last poem I had published on SE was one of those late-nighters that won’t let you sleep. 🙂

I just came into an all-out chicken-war! *Uses frying pan as a weapon. Definitely was not holding frying pan for dead chickens* 🙂

Wow! I loved it! It had one of those ending that lingers with you long after you’ve finished reading (those are the best endings). I can’t stop thinking about the last sentence.

Just a couple little critiques:

1. There may have been a bit too much dialogue. I wonder if you could imply some of what was said instead of having the characters say it…[Read more]

Hello again!

I haven’t quite finished the story yet, but I have enough to give you a couple of broad-range thoughts.

1. You have a knack for over-the-top writing. The cat-explosion was hilarious! And I loved how you used your characters to acknowledge that Billy is a surprising name for a dragon. You are very self-aware in those parts, and it…[Read more]

@the-golden-light

So good to meet you! I hope to see you in some of the other discussions. 🙂

@heather-drabant, @maddiejay

My story is set in the real world, and it is difficult to world build when you don’t have the freedom to do whatever you want.

@libby

Great poem! I love how relatable it was as well. Very real and fun. Thank you!

And thanks for reviving the thread. I missed this one.

Here’s a poem I’ve written in the last few days.

Dead Poems

A poem died the other day –

they seem to die a lot –

it started in my heart but sank.

I sat and watched it rot.

Some poems die bef…[Read more]