Story Embers | Kendra | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/kendralynne518/activity/ Activity feed for Kendra. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:21:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2d9d8afe384f79c9d2effc5725156350 Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/3-common-problems-writers-must-avoid-to-craft-realistic-parents/comment-page-1/#comment-11620 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 01:38:02 -0400 YES, Sarah! I loved this article of yours SO. MUCH. You warned that it would be much more serious than your normal blog posts, but it was exactly the sort of article I’d expect from you. Witty, engaging, down-to-earth, and brilliant. I am so excited to read more of your articles here at Story Embers!!

In reply to - Sarah Burns wrote a new post Distracted, diabolical, or dead is the standard for most fictional parents. If they don’t perish in a horrific accident (thus giving the protagonist an excuse to dress in black for e […] ]]> 497cdcd1a76a75525cc39a4e7a8a1214 Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/three-reasons-you-should-kill-a-main-character/comment-page-1/#comment-5189 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:21:22 -0400 Killing main characters needs to happen more often. That may sound brutal, and my heart breaks as I say it (thinking of all the main characters I love and will defend with my own life if necessary), but it is very, very effective and helps make a book have more of an emotional impact. My favorite books are ones that, more often than not, make me…[Read more]

In reply to - Brandon Miller wrote a new post Have you ever finished reading a story and your response was meh? You didn’t hate it or love it—the story just existed. Have you ever read a story that was exactly what you exp […] ]]> 515d5ba81c1a63abe22742ae97324727 Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/should-you-share-the-gospel-in-your-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-5188 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 18:15:25 -0400 Very good post; I’ve wondered about this and how to effectively SHOW the gospel, not preach it in books. I, as a Christian, can’t stand preachy books, because to be painfully honest, they are dull and hard to enjoy reading.

I read the comment in which you talked about allegory and symbolism, and I think I prefer symbolism because it still…[Read more]

In reply to - Daeus Lamb wrote a new post Have you ever heard that gospel presentations ruin novels? Or that entertaining stories with good morals but no references to the Bible are humanistic?   I’m familiar with both th […] ]]> c3d5914a7f13a4649a7360f41dc04b22 Kendra replied to the topic Old West in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77793/ Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:14:58 -0400 @emberynus-the-dragonslayer

That’s a cool username. 😉

]]> 0 0649529a8e9ffbff4661a2e4f9b27722 Kendra replied to the topic Whats the title of your book and explain it in 3 sentances @Everyone in the forum Sci-fi Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77633/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 04:05:40 -0400 I’m not currently writing a sci-fi story, but I’m semi-brainstorming a futuristic/dystopian/sci-fi story about a future America. Funny; right now I’m working on a historical fiction, and my next project will be set way, way in the future. XD

It’s called 2109: Awaken (it’s set in the year 2109), and here’s three sentences to describe it (I hope):…[Read more]

]]> 0 7bffa6072012ce35c26136586d79cd2a Kendra joined the group Sci-fi Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77632/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:54:04 -0400 0 21261c423a3156587de7d9cc4dbc9062 Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77574/#acomment-77631 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:49:18 -0400 @the-inkspiller I think I may have read the same roll call! I’ll probably have to end up using one of them. Right now, the marshal that appears in my story shall remain nameless. 😀 I never knew that about Oklahoma! That’s interesting. U.S. Marshals do not seem to have lasted very long anywhere. Thank you for your help!

In reply to - Kendra posted an update @the-inkspiller I do have a question, actually. I’ve been trying to find a marshal of Tucson, AZ who was active during the year 1890, but I haven’t found anything. Do you happen to know of […] ]]> 3fc9f85d0b48923e4f0d21c029cc9967 Kendra posted an update: @the-inkspiller I do have a question, actually. I've been […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77574/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:59:38 -0400 @the-inkspiller I do have a question, actually. I’ve been trying to find a marshal of Tucson, AZ who was active during the year 1890, but I haven’t found anything. Do you happen to know of one? 🙂

]]> 2 9e911073462e7ef6f5f9d92c30157167 Kendra replied to the topic Old West in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77546/ Sat, 18 Apr 2020 00:04:50 -0400 @emberynus-the-dragonslayer

Yes! I’d love to be your buddy! My writing is going really well, I’ve written 25k so far and my goal is 30k at the moment. 🙂

]]> 0 2edda3183069c3e0540f46edd18fab03 Kendra replied to the topic Old West in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77532/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:31:44 -0400 @the-inkspiller Okay, wow, let me just say that your information is incredibly helpful and insightful. Thank you so much! I know, it’s kind of disappointing that I can’t include the Earps or Doc Holliday in the story… they’re such fascinating people! But then, I don’t know what I’d do with them anyway. 😛

I’ve gotten quite a bit of writing…[Read more]

]]> 0 595dfe07ad9f1e0f0e365f90e74c9771 Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76902/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 21:47:04 -0400 0 c65e59fc71d45246d011059ff9e82a5f Kendra Lynne replied to the topic These are a few of my favourite books... in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76739/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:41:05 -0400 Oh, and The Silmarillion is so so good! Definitely another one of my favorite Tolkien books. 🙂

]]> 0 ade18eb2a5f538bb9d90fff14c7c5fde Kendra Lynne replied to the topic These are a few of my favourite books... in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76738/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:39:38 -0400 @corine

Ooh, favorite books! A wonderful thing to discuss. 🙂 My favorite books are The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell, Emma by Jane Austen, Outlaws of Time series by N.D. Wilson, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Mara Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Through the Looking Glass by…[Read more]

]]> 0 d0e703797589a26e4009ff36e9517693 Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76736/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:24:30 -0400 0 8f13b5392b324a5d5b98bf26d0bffa56 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Old West in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76735/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:21:56 -0400 @emberynus-the-dragonslayer

Hey! Thank you so much! Yes, while I was visiting the Creation Museum with my family last year, I read this article in the section of the place with lots of different stories with dragon-like creatures (dinosaurs), and the story really struck me and ever since I haven’t been able to forget it. It just needs a story.…[Read more]

]]> 0 5a4cdb00165b1f14b75fc1120bf765e5 Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/how-to-write-speculative-fiction-of-truly-epic-proportions/comment-page-1/#comment-4851 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 03:23:56 -0400 I thoroughly enjoyed this post. Though I’m not enough of a writer to even consider writing intricate, massive stories, someday I’d love to come close enough to imitating Tolkien to have people say that it just barely reminds them of LOTR in terms of world building and memorable characters and beauty. That would be enough for me. 🙂

Oh my…[Read more]

In reply to - Daeus Lamb wrote a new post Several months ago, a new character I’d created went rogue and escaped the world I’d placed him in. Leaping between realms, his ghostly spirit crashed into a peaceful wood where a fis […] ]]> 7bd22ca55a4b98601662e15bde158da3 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Anyone here 16+? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76602/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:50:07 -0400 I am 16 going on 17. I turn 17 in May. 🙂

]]> 0 86e3a381dc607695f9220f544dad2beb Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76601/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:28:18 -0400 0 2576e7a527ea0c875a85eb6e89551d7d Kendra Lynne started the topic Old West in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76600/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:05:52 -0400 Hey, guys!

I’m plotting a new story for Camp Nano this April, and it’s a fantasy/historical fiction set in the old west (Tombstone, Arizona, circa 1889 and 1890, to be exact), and I’m a bit overwhelmed by all the things I’ll need to research to make the setting, characters, weapons, and food as accurate as possible. I now know that the .45…[Read more]

]]> 0 47f6f20f3eb4f224b03642e9f02cdb0f Kendra joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76599/ Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:55:33 -0400 0 e3c26b709b82a0cf08591589eaa226dc Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/dear-extrovert/comment-page-1/#comment-3885 Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:06:05 -0400 Ahhhhh I LOVED this!!

In reply to - Cindy Green wrote a new post Poetry is written for the quiet ones,the soulful ones,the ones who let thoughts tangle in their throatsbefore they ever get tangled in their hair.Poetry is written for the soft ones,the […] ]]> 3027046261c5cea703458c485df2eb5c Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Emotional Scenes in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62099/ Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:45:12 -0400 One thing I will do is list a few emotional scenes that I know are going to happen, and then when I’m in that kind of emotional state (disappointed, angry, sad, ecstatic, etc.) I will write it then, using my emotions to fuel my writing and helping me to feel what my character is feeling.

For example, I was feeling very frustrated recently and I…[Read more]

]]> 0 46fcb379d38415d43a7a00cd9f47b78a Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/61569/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:14:21 -0400 0 f68789e60789a2c0e4ac74981fe43059 Kendra Lynne started the topic What have you always wanted to see in the dystopian/futuristic genre? in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/61568/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:12:27 -0400 I am currently in the process of writing a dystopian/futuristic story for Camp Nano and I was curious… what are some things you’d like to see/read in that genre that you never have? Or, what are some elements you’ve liked in those types of books? Just the general idea, element, character type, etc. I am not going to copy or imitate anybody or…[Read more]

]]> 0 d54912042161627fced5a68ded24fd72 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Greetings in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59590/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:30:11 -0400 @ericawordsmith *takes a deep breath* I suppose we can have different opinions on Han Solo. I think he’s awesome, and really the best thing about Star Wars 4, 5&6. But that’s just me. 😛 *pats myself on the back for keeping my dragon-fire down*

Anyway. And yes, I love time-travel. I’m quite the quirky person. 🙂

It’s nice to meet you!

]]> 0 8837e4b6187e9c570f2444a00b37e94d Kendra posted an update: @ericawordsmith I just wanted to say that when I read the […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59349/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:25:37 -0400 @ericawordsmith I just wanted to say that when I read the quote “Mordor, Gandalf. Is it left or right?” on your profile, I just about cried. Happy tears, of course, but with a hint of sadness. *hugs middle earth tight*

]]> 1 1af7e8565c725da7ff6b2050a595893e Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Greetings in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59265/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 00:22:57 -0400 @middleearthmusician I don’t know. That’s why I asked you. XD

]]> 0 37cca4e32383a8dde034d1a2d57bd28a Kendra Lynne replied to the topic *stands up to say hello properly* *spills coffee* *drops pen* *notes go flying* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59221/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:51:42 -0400 @scribbles First of all, I love the title you chose for your forum thread. It seriously made me smile. Secondly, it is so good to meet another kindred spirit through Story Embers!! One of the best things about this site is all the writing folks. Wait, it’s almost entirely populated by writers because it’s a writers’ site? Crazy… XDD

Anyway,…[Read more]

]]> 0 399aa3ef495c0e4f9913ddc531b18278 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Greetings in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59220/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 00:39:15 -0400 @middleearthmusician WELCOME MEM! It is so good to have you here. Thank you for tagging me so that I could welcome you properly. *winks several times* Well, since I already am very well acquainted with you (irl and online) there isn’t much for me to ask… except one thing. Why does Beethoven never eat pretzels?

(oh and by the way, if you ever…[Read more]

]]> 0 246bd92f66ec728ac4f6c82c51dcb743 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Said: Dead or Alive in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59054/ Fri, 31 May 2019 03:10:05 -0400 I think that said should be used in moderation, but I do not think it should be taken out of the picture completely. I think that sometimes I would get tired of hearing every single person do SOMETHING each time they spoke, for example, Una whispers. Gertrude hisses. Una stutters. Then Gertrude growls. They never simply say anything, and it would…[Read more]

]]> 0 4ccddc0e05791984c92bd45b38979dc1 Kendra posted an update: I might be one of the few people on this earth obsessed with […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59053/ Fri, 31 May 2019 03:03:33 -0400 I might be one of the few people on this earth obsessed with time travel fiction and theories. XD

]]> 0 4edc84fdfc76dc8dd6225b176f88b07d Kendra posted an update: That moment when you realize your characters are in a […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/51522/ Mon, 18 Mar 2019 21:57:28 -0400 That moment when you realize your characters are in a situation even YOU don’t know how to get them out of…

]]> 0 1660d31116f62de2ca674d0a6837f5ee Kendra posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/use-details-to-create-realistic-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-2669 Tue, 12 Mar 2019 22:09:40 -0400 Great post! Character building, along with plotting, is just part of what I love about writing. <33

In reply to - Kim Vandel wrote a new post Most of us were readers before we were ever writers. We learned to appreciate the lure of a good story long before we tried crafting one. We’ve all stayed up past bedtime, planning to s […] ]]> e9db529a728170c1d2344e1027031fc5 Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50755/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:20:18 -0400 0 f621601ed5a01034cd754c3e34198c4e Kendra posted an update: APRIL CAMP NANO HERE I COME!! https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50754/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:18:54 -0400 APRIL CAMP NANO HERE I COME!!

]]> 0 e795ccbd4be2a737a5cbee9baad6e515 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Help! Why does my villain want to turn everyone into wolves?? in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49623/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:21:26 -0400 @ncstokes The story is quite complicated because my three main characters’ story-lines/destinies/arcs are closely tied in with the antagonist and each other. The conflict really is restoring Wyrel to who she was meant to be (instead of the simultaneously wolf/girl creature) and defeating the sorcerer while at the same time keeping all three out of…[Read more]

]]> 0 c4abee8724a153b09dee9c3fb48b774e Kendra Lynne started the topic Help! Why does my villain want to turn everyone into wolves?? in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49418/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:14:48 -0400 In the story I’m plotting for April Nano, the main villain is a sorcerer who has a way of turning people into ravenous-wolf/human creatures (NOT werewolves! I haven’t decided what to call them yet), but I haven’t quite decided/come up with the reason behind it. What happened in his past that made him want to grow an accursed army of…[Read more]

]]> 0 a59efe5637c8c2b9170ef3dfd2ff2ad8 Kendra posted an update: Fat Hobbit is always so polite. Sméagol shows them secret […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48555/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:57:31 -0400 Fat Hobbit is always so polite. Sméagol shows them secret ways, and they says STEALING! Very nice friends, oh yes my precious VERY nice! 😀

]]> 0 eac926713f0c0235b6670fcb935126f8 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Hello! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48554/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 19:55:12 -0400 @fairfay

Aw, you’re too kind! 🙂 I like to read fantasy, mystery, and historical fiction, and I write fantasy + sci-fi. 🙂

]]> 0 590915d4c774b8aca249406cc9ce77e3 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Hello Earthlings... [introducing me] in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48402/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:24:53 -0400 @jenwriter17

Hi Jenna, I just wanted to say that I have been reading your blog posts, even though I haven’t been able to comment. For some reason when I try to log into WP on there it doesn’t work, but I have been reading… and enjoying. 🙂 I love your Project Inspire idea!! Also, I noticed you’re currently reading a Clinton Anderson book. I…[Read more]

]]> 0 c3f14a11be826eacb62a5a27d16d447d Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Hello! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/48297/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:42:56 -0400 @fairfay

Nice to meet you! 🙂

]]> 0 c78802ae0f85b667f4a59d30b4846cfa Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Words I can’t find in the English language in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/47795/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:22:13 -0400 @papergirlsfb

Welll… I don’t know if there is such a word, but here are some ways to describe it: reluctant, unwilling, disinclined, forced, half-hearted, unenthusiastic, hesitant. Maybe that’ll help you find your word? At this link https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/respect  it mentions grudging respect; respect given unwillingly.

]]> 0 fb158e35962dcb66cc37e15f77de6963 Kendra posted an update: I aged ten years when I read The Giver. That book has changed […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/45971/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:59:31 -0400 I aged ten years when I read The Giver. That book has changed the way I view our world, our freedoms, everything. READ IT.

]]> 0 998b4676259c5f94e06282a95c53ecb1 Kendra's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/45969/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:52:38 -0400 0 139d42d633f8fa038ecc6848e6bd586c Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Words I can’t find in the English language in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/45968/ Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:43:22 -0400 @papergirlsfb

Hmm… this is interesting. Do you mean respect given grudgingly?

]]> 0 56e2816f5bde4685a6aa6a8a861b5bae Kendra posted an update: Recently watched The Phantom Menace for the first time (I […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/42913/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:23:30 -0400 Recently watched The Phantom Menace for the first time (I liked it)/Mount TBR is being dominated/Richard Armitage is awesome fyi.

]]> 0 dbe421c02a7edbde8b4e4ccf135e7e89 Kendra posted an update: Every year is fresh with no mistakes in it yet. Happy New Year! https://storyembers.org/activity/p/38912/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 22:20:59 -0400 Every year is fresh with no mistakes in it yet. Happy New Year!

]]> 0 6cec7fdc872fd1951667ca7fbfcdfd69 Kendra posted an update: MERRY CHRISTMAS! https://storyembers.org/activity/p/37196/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:54:46 -0400 MERRY CHRISTMAS!

]]> 0 05e5f3ab2690f69f159ac11566ece40a Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Written by an enemy in the forum Apprentice Island Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/37195/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 19:49:57 -0400 @papergirlsfb

Taking the time to write a deep backstory for a villain helps so much in developing who the villain is instead of just throwing him/her in as a one-dimensional bad guy. The villain in my current WIP has such a terrible past that I almost cried while I was writing it and the villain is now my favorite character. 😀

]]> 0 bd94b0f5c98751447f0b8057b751ba12 Kendra Lynne replied to the topic Hello Earthlings... [introducing me] in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/36080/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 04:04:38 -0400 @samantha-pen

We have The Mystery at Lilac Inn and The Secret of the Old Clock.

My hobbies aside from reading & writing are horseback-riding/barrel racing, listening to music and singing, studying accents, running… adventuring. 🙂 Yours?

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