Story Embers | KR LaLonde | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/kr-lalonde/activity/ Activity feed for KR LaLonde. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:22:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 b6ffa377bc08fa096dcf1e0459cd72cd KR LaLonde changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89109/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 20:11:16 -0400 0 d5b6c46dfed3945195cb76cd4b2b7957 KR LaLonde joined the group Romance Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/81935/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:03:45 -0400 0 6536c3dac18b46b30cdb078f2f5e8026 KR LaLonde replied to the topic It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... just me. in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/81934/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:00:45 -0400 @hgm_barnes18, I’m sorry for not responding sooner. I thought Story Embers was shut down, then put back up again. I’m honestly not sure anymore. I have an account here and on Kingdom Pen, but I’ve been trying to get rid of accounts I don’t use at all or much. I’m thinking this one is more active, but I’m not sure anyone is around anymore.

Thanks…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8f275445186ecf030c039eb0f87ec32 KR LaLonde posted an update: I truly don't understand: Is this site no longer in use or […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/81796/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 00:32:19 -0400 I truly don’t understand: Is this site no longer in use or what? KP actually looks MORE confusing to me now.

]]> 0 c2d0320701feb1e6dca9aebffa9efde6 KR LaLonde posted an update: Ah. I guess Story Embers was only a "stand-in" for KP? https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79500/ Fri, 22 May 2020 18:42:36 -0400 Ah. I guess Story Embers was only a “stand-in” for KP?

]]> 0 7d796cda0654d30f64d1599a56b50bfc KR LaLonde posted an update: Please tell me I'm not all alone here now. https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79498/ Fri, 22 May 2020 17:19:18 -0400 Please tell me I’m not all alone here now.

]]> 0 7716cd858ddb1f600520ab3c3ddc8a7a KR LaLonde's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79396/ Thu, 21 May 2020 16:35:20 -0400 0 c98a607e856a7bf201a8446467e5037d KR LaLonde posted an update: I'm so close to throwing in the towel completely. :'( https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79393/ Thu, 21 May 2020 15:58:15 -0400 I’m so close to throwing in the towel completely. :'(

]]> 0 ceeee997f2194398ffea53f5cacafcf6 KR LaLonde replied to the topic My own personal discussion/sharing group in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79318/ Wed, 20 May 2020 16:13:05 -0400 How do I change a group discussion name?

]]> 0 35e40f1569c10dee090cdb9d98898163 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79317/ Wed, 20 May 2020 16:10:50 -0400 So a few weeks ago I saw someone comment about being a plantser – a mix of the two. What do you think? I agree wholeheartedly.

]]> 0 28adfa0a98633d286c7851f391034df2 KR LaLonde replied to the topic My own personal discussion/sharing group in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79304/ Tue, 19 May 2020 20:09:49 -0400 I am thinking I will start a new “group discussion” for each story. Or would that be a problem? I’ll understand if it is. (Have I asked this before? It seems familiar, somehow.)

]]> 0 5a0217673d5bc89898e91b748cc7625e KR LaLonde changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79303/ Tue, 19 May 2020 19:58:20 -0400 0 6aa181d0c22244718a2c525931cbec17 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79302/ Tue, 19 May 2020 19:09:15 -0400 I pray you can figure out what needs to happen, and do it.

As do I, @wordsmith

]]> 0 7f07ff01b5d132e58632f3bbf8b4b4ef KR LaLonde posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79297/#acomment-79301 Tue, 19 May 2020 19:05:31 -0400 A good point about inspiration. I’d love to write an entire project in a few months, but that’s not going to happen. At least not without some HUGE divine intervention.

My own writing is fairly … questionable. In that I don’t know all the things I need to know in order to write something worthwhile. And my memory is SO BAD I don’t think I’ll…[Read more]

In reply to - Arindown replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out…what now? in the forum Plotting @kr-lalonde I know it’s been a while since you started this thread, but I just thought I’d pop in. I think I can […] ]]> e4f4c3767fb80518977780d91f5737a6 KR LaLonde posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79297/#acomment-79300 Tue, 19 May 2020 19:02:45 -0400 It has been a while – both since I started this thread and since I’ve been to the forum at all – I must thank you for saying something just now. I was beginning to panic about being the only person still on the forum anymore.

In reply to - Arindown replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out…what now? in the forum Plotting @kr-lalonde I know it’s been a while since you started this thread, but I just thought I’d pop in. I think I can […] ]]> a2126f1ccda396b4d3fe203d32892449 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79294/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:37:19 -0400 I thought we could quote by selecting part of someone’s “speech”, but I’m having to copy & paste instead.

Anywho, I hope some of this helps. Immensely!!

]]> 0 b84d40c5525d6d98f0583184c86de32b KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79293/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:33:41 -0400 @myclipboardismyviolin

You said: You get like 2 pages into one plot idea, then your brain gets attached to another idea and you want to do that one. And that is almost exactly right.

]]> 0 a1da1c8ecdeef5e6b61b33e1ce3a26bb KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79292/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:20:47 -0400 @MyClipboardIsMyViolin, I will be reading and rereading what you said above. I don’t know if you posted more than once because I’ve been so bad about being here and paid so little attention. That’ll change, but I’ll read what you wrote because it may very well help.

]]> 0 6b791b7657c1b055c9ff0f0cd7ce427b KR LaLonde posted an update: I'm thinking I should leave. Why? How infrequently I come […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/79290/ Tue, 19 May 2020 18:12:36 -0400 I’m thinking I should leave. Why? How infrequently I come here. You all wait and wait for me to respond but I rarely do. For which I must apologize.

]]> 0 e666de8a56a239de162af4f0f77ae8e1 KR LaLonde replied to the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76319/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 21:24:25 -0400 My next attempt will be watercolors. Maybe I’ll have more success with those.

]]> 0 12f6f8528c0c17302d6f6db8d9d22689 KR LaLonde's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76294/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:34:52 -0400 0 ae3faca614d1355769b2776fde1655ef KR LaLonde replied to the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76291/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:14:55 -0400 I also forgot to paint the blue sky first so I wouldn’t have to “go around” the flowers with the blue paint.

]]> 0 732cae6c123e7aa8da3c359c6f31b46b KR LaLonde replied to the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76290/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:13:48 -0400 This is with acrylics. I left too much water on the paint brush. :(

]]> 0 7e009ce93b8302cb0a2cc285a2eebea3 KR LaLonde replied to the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76286/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:05:10 -0400 Thank you both, @deeprun and @taylorclogston. I’ll keep at it. I should have more than enough time to explore YouTube videos (at the very least) in the coming weeks.

]]> 0 e48f1314b69190be3c35dc7abc20cfb5 KR LaLonde replied to the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76280/ Mon, 16 Mar 2020 13:49:10 -0400 @the-fledgling-artist

You could be right. I don’t know, though. And in order for you to be sure of what you’re saying I’d have to share photos of my paintings. IMO, they’re worse than Picasso.

@deeprun

Never. Not that I can recall, at least. I had health issues at 18 that put life “on hold” for several years and I only started wanting to be…[Read more]

]]> 0 df4f00e651671e0de28798a43a894c77 KR LaLonde started the topic An artist I am NOT. in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76229/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 22:49:39 -0400 Hello, anyone who joins me. I’ve tried my hand at artistic things a few times in the past, but I’m not very good at it. Drawing is virtually impossible  Painting is only “good” if I painting something that’s already been made.

What I mean by that last is that I’ve tried painting a few pictures. They turned out horrendous. I actually covered one w…[Read more]

]]> 0 b70be3c311da8c11feb2282fe3c14b45 KR LaLonde posted an update: You all do know the coronavirus can't infect you over the […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76223/ Sun, 15 Mar 2020 21:55:17 -0400 You all do know the coronavirus can’t infect you over the Internet, right? ^_^

]]> 0 ba261f2211a9cd9e7ac5b88b3b175b32 KR LaLonde changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76138/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:05:46 -0400 0 fcd0eb4d6885798d4efcd071c7f8aeb1 KR LaLonde posted an update: If I started a "discussion" about artwork, might that […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76133/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:38:31 -0400 If I started a “discussion” about artwork, might that reinvigorate us here? What about encourage us?

]]> 0 4262cf6cf0fbbb2899228b0cbb20316d KR LaLonde posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76106/#acomment-76132 Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:37:03 -0400 I’m interested. I’m not writing nearly as much as I used to (or reading, even though I have at least a dozen novels on my shelves I haven’t read yet). I have a website (I call it a #blogsite because I use it mostly to talk about how I’m failing miserably as a writer) and even that’s only sporadic. I might get there more often if I knew people were…[Read more]

In reply to - JennytheFaun started the topic Email List in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions @samantha-pen @hgm_barnes18 @heather-drabant @kb-writer @inspirewrite @duskflower @kjames0813 @ireneadler @kari-karast @i-david […] ]]> 89d7c6d35cc54a656014e45d29101187 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Is Knaphollow on life support? in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76130/ Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:32:19 -0400  

He did. I’m not sure how long it lasts before it expires, either. I think my dad said a year, but that could just be how long it’s good for after being activated.

(sorry I took so long to respond; I didn’t get an email/alert)

]]> 0 8e7f55259014dbd4e16e289779278869 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Check it out!! in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72555/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:22:41 -0400 *sighs sadly*

How do I shut this “discussion” down?

]]> 0 8cfcc9aded017d60d34fb2bdfc835ead KR LaLonde's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72553/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:39:01 -0400 0 efe284dec34f06dc7b9a2b486915d6cc KR LaLonde replied to the topic Introducing GROUPS in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72552/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:34:05 -0400 This looks so exciting! I can hardly wait to start writing!  Hopefully I’ll be doing more of it here. Though I admit I started using another site that’s been pretty cool so far.

]]> 0 7748a9a62fd420f721e64e2ec497d1f8 KR LaLonde posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71628/#acomment-71644 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:33:45 -0400 Yeah. I’m receiving fewer “things” as Christmas or birthday gifts. But the ones I am getting are averagely expensive.

In reply to - Zachary Holbrook replied to the topic Is Knaphollow on life support? in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions @kr-lalonde Your dad got you antivirus software for Christmas? ]]> eb522d177fdf6fb6325102538a805008 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Six-Word Stories in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71622/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:04:51 -0400 @jennythefaun, I’m sorry I missed seeing this link! I’ll read this as soon as I can!

Also, 6 words: I ran away, but came back.

]]> 0 daca3a5b62b2ef5c09ff3acf3f1176d6 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Is Knaphollow on life support? in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71619/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 15:39:22 -0400 So how would you all feel if I start posting short pieces I write to share on booksie.com?

]]> 0 1cb8a5e2c3ef6d27b2f3607f5b77fc3e KR LaLonde posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71564/#acomment-71568 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 17:14:15 -0400 #2: got it! Thanks.
#1: Whew! I didn’t miss anything!

In reply to - Maddie Morrow replied to the topic Is Knaphollow on life support? in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions @emberynus-the-dragonslayer Thank you! @kr-lalonde No, Kendra, I didn’t have the baby. I said I’m due […] ]]> 80f48fa6c017b00789d77cb8b5d1a2ca KR LaLonde posted an update: :'O Don't tell me StoryEmbers is going "down the drain", […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71563/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:57:17 -0400 :’O Don’t tell me StoryEmbers is going “down the drain”, too! PLEASE!

]]> 0 d5ac9a1b273f69f009524dd0fe1ec456 KR LaLonde replied to the topic My own personal discussion/sharing group in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71559/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:37:26 -0400 I am not very poetic. I actually stay away from poetry as much as I can. Usually.

But my dad deserves something and until I get a story based on him written, this will have to do.

I apologize in advance.

 

A tribute to my dad

I feel so bad.

I feel so sad.

I’m so upset.

He tries so hard.

Who’s that? My dad.

He buys me stuff.

Both good…[Read more]

]]> 0 55c4a57af34607a31c9b56d3131e03fb KR LaLonde replied to the topic Is Knaphollow on life support? in the forum Knaphollow Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71557/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:27:51 -0400 Oh wow! Did @maddiejay have a baby?! When did this happen? I’ve been “off the grid” for a while and haven’t been paying much attention.

I’ve been gone AWOL for so long that I can’t remember what the rules are for posting our own writing. Is that only to take place in our own discussion topics?

]]> 0 129d5611af03505aad75caaeb5727238 KR LaLonde replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70256/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 02:33:34 -0400 Oh wow. What have I been missing since I was here last?

I’ve taken a shortish break from this one forum. And while I have gotten some writing done recently, it’s more because I stopped using Facebook as much for a few days.

In all honesty, I have missed being here. This little time I’ve spent on here already was valuable to me. I am planning -…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbd41b0c455a945cf88d69175243fc25 KR LaLonde replied to the topic My own personal discussion/sharing group in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68768/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:21:08 -0400 #1: I stand corrected. My mistake completely about how long it’s been. It turns out I was on the wrong page when I wrote that last.

#2: I’m finally setting up my new blogsite. That’s what I’m calling my combination blog and website.

I don’t think I’ll be posting here very often because I tend to spend a lot of time on my blogsite. But I will try…[Read more]

]]> 0 aab223a923fb7ce29fe7a098b68ebffd KR LaLonde changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68715/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:07:20 -0400 0 90a05eb8730cfb93e5c3060935531e0c KR LaLonde replied to the topic My own personal discussion/sharing group in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68713/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 18:01:03 -0400 Should I terminate this discussion and begin a new one since it’s been so long?

Yikes! I just looked at the last comment and it was over a year ago!!

I’d like to begin sharing about my Nano novel(la) that I’ve been writing. But to do so here might confuse people. Should I begin a new discussion? Or would I just be better off leaving the forum s…[Read more]

]]> 0 356de7b0b7aec4f55b3d280a9f0b5c49 KR LaLonde posted an update: So, I've been absent for quite a while. I'm not actually […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68711/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:42:52 -0400 So, I’ve been absent for quite a while. I’m not actually certain why that is.
I hope to start posting my Nano novel(la) here soon. What I have for it, anyway.

]]> 0 ea64666c3ec1a1f6ae483aae73015583 KR LaLonde posted an update: Been making book covers the last couple of days. No writing […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65681/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:33:07 -0400 Been making book covers the last couple of days. No writing *sad face*. How about you?

]]> 0 328483607258bbcf3a5ec9a0c822d1f8 KR LaLonde posted an update: Ever feel like too much is going on and you can't keep up? :( https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65651/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:18:15 -0400 Ever feel like too much is going on and you can’t keep up? 🙁

]]> 0 3ed7cc2f4151b8a7b089a5b36069d193 KR LaLonde replied to the topic Plotting/Pantsing aren't working out...what now? in the forum Plotting https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65647/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:58:02 -0400 So a few people have suggested that I write the ending first. The following ending would be for one of my main novellas. I admit, though, it’s not been that high on my list of writing projects lately.

 

Blue Heart (ending)

Renee stared off into the distance, trying her best to see the glimmering dot of brightness in the obscurity. Aaron once t…[Read more]

]]> 0 0962aa7924cc307aaf76024365a1c5a8 KR LaLonde posted an update: I'm not on very much. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. https://storyembers.org/activity/p/64612/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 23:56:46 -0400 I’m not on very much. I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful.

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