@rae

@abrielle

@e-n-leonard

@lady-grace

@inkhorn

@wingiby-iggiby

@mischievous-thwapling

@millennium

@rusted-knight

@jasmine

@backwardslivewriter

@joelle-stone

@rose-colored-fancy

@littlewolf

@sparrowhawke

@anne_the_noob14

@noah-cochran

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@denali-christianson

@emily-waldorf

@mamaauthoress

@jar…[Read more]

That would do it! Are y’all moving, like, across the country, or are you staying in the area? Are you excited about it? I hope that goes smoothly for you!

@rae

Welcome to the character castle! Igua must now either give up his most prized possession or take part in the fashion show. After which, Rhianna is trying to run a rebellion…[Read more]

My family is moving this summer, which proves to always be a major upset to my schedule. 😅

@lady-grace

Welcome back!

@rae

The worldbuilding you’ve done is quite interesting, especially concerning the shapeshifting metal aliens. You’re welcome to drop Igua Cloak (I keep wanting to add “na” to the end of his first name) into the…[Read more]

Aha.🙂 Yes, please!

Hello! Nice to meet you! Is Yarrow new to the castle?

Ooh, so maybe greatest fears are up next?

@lady-grace @calidris

I know you two wanted to do the fashion show, right? Though I think Grace’s account wasn’t working.

Hi, Abrielle!

I am Inkhorn (as my username and tag both state xP), and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance though it is through the Internet.

I’m not sure how many people are still active since SE has been pretty dead lately, but since summer has started, it might kick up again.

I’ll tag some of the others from the…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

@this-is-not-an-alien

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@lady-grace

@ethan-leonard

@e-n-leonard

@mamaauthoress

@anyone else

Is anyone up for more character castle shenanigans?

What’s your WIP about?  Do you have any favorite books?  What are some of your favorite crafts?
That’s really cool that you’re learning to knit!  I never learned to knit, but it does seem fun (and practical.)

I think that SE is…unfortunately rather inactive at the moment.  I think that…[Read more]

I am trying to get 4-6 people together to form a writing spring group. Basically, we get together at scheduled times to do writing sprints. It could be weekly, biweekly, monthly, whatever. I just think it would be good for me to do sprints, and it would be so much funner and more accountable with others!

I was hoping we could…[Read more]

Hello and welcome back! I’m sorry to hear about your ankle! I hope it heals quickly.

@e-n-leonard

😂 he could… @lady-grace said she could drop in her Princess Julia to do it XD she’s such a thundercloud she’d probably want to. Julia can turn into a big black horse, so she can just send Saevus flying with a good kick.

Ah yes, ‘l…[Read more]

Yes, it was amazing! The writing! The all of it! I’m glad I read it, and I would love to discuss it someday 🙂

@lady-grace probably should give it a few years.

@lady-grace that’s okay. I obviously have no idea how old you are, but for me, I read it in my late teens and wouldn’t have recommended it to myself much earlier. Give it a few years, and try again. 🙂 (But do try it again, someday. 🥰)

I glance back as the wall behind me suddenly creaks, rolling forward with a grinding screech.  “The room’s shrinking!” someone yells.  I stumble, yanking Calix forward as the crowd surges around us.  The walls in front roll back, parting as we flee the room.  It’s so much darker in this new room.  I shrink back as people bump into me, brus…[Read more]

I’m happy to be a resource for you if you want 🙂 XD I’d love an excuse to infodump about plants! It’s also useful knowledge for writing 😁 The plants that can poison you if you smell either are Poison Hemlock and Water Hemlock. They have little toxic spores that can wreak havoc when inhaled, though they won’t necessarily always kill (b…[Read more]

@mamauthoress has Eve and Calix – siblings who wield immensely powerful magic in their world

@e-n-leonard‘s siblings @lady-grace and @ethan-leonard joined SE!

@e-n-leonard has Mara, who’s actually an antagonist in her story (but I love her so much :’)

@lady-grace has Yarrow, a teen boy in a fantasy…[Read more]

Seriously, I’ve wanted to get into plant identification for so long now, but so far it hasn’t stuck.  Once I’m done moving though…

I especially want to learn to identify medicinal plants and edible plants!

And…uhhh…what plant is that?  That kills you if you smell it??? I’m going to have to l…[Read more]

Seriously, I’ve wanted to get into plant identification for so ling now, but so far it hasn’t stuck.  Once I’m done moving though…

I especially want to learn to identify medicinal plants and edible plants!

And…uhhh…what plant is that?  That kills you if you smell it??? I’m going to have to l…[Read more]

Me:“Yes, it is poisonous. Look at the mottl…[Read more]

I’m actually going to be really busy for the next two days, but I think that should be enough time to allow everyone else to finish up!  Feel free to go ahead and start the next challenge when everyone’s ready!  I’ll catch up when I’m ready XD

One other reason is that I have a Christian artist acquaintance who I just recently learned also writes…and I was getting so close to getting her interested in SE but it wasn’t working and she couldn’t see the character castle 🙁

Is anyone else having issues with SE lately?

When I click on the Character Castle 2.0 page, it shows a white screen that says “No matching template found.”  Same with the Fantasy Writers group (which is why I’m putting this in the General Writing Discussions group) and also if I click on people’s profiles.  This has been going in f…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

@inkhorn

@e-n-leonard

@ethan-leonard

@lady-grace

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@this-is-not-an-alien

@jared-williams

@anyone else I missed

I’m going to go ahead and get started on that new challenge!

Hiiiii!!!! Welcome back! I am only just returning from self-inflicted exile as well! It’s gonna be fun again to start a new arc!

@inkhorn @mamaauthoress @lady-grace

Yayyyy!!! New characters!!!

Also, Laura, LOVE that magic system, it sounds SOOOO cool!!! You’ve really thought it through as well!

Okay so the plan is:…[Read more]

I’ll try but she may threaten to shoot me XD why on earth did I give her exceptional archery skills?? *fp* My life is in danger.

Oohh, interesting! I honestly don’t know what older Yarrow is like but it’d be fun to find out. Mourns the death of the Vulture Vomit ideaXD

I love the painting of Kit!

@e-n-leonard

Ooh! Ava would be…

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@calidris   That’s a cool painting of Kit! I especially like how you did his clothing.

And I LOVE that idea for after the fight with Lord Castle! …though I’m not sure if I should laugh or be incredi…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress those characters sound interesting!  Are they related to Ruan’s story by any chance?

@ethan-leonard Would you like to go ahead and have Saevus finish off Lord Castle?  I don’t think the vulture vomit idea is going to work out, since @jared-williams isn’t active right now

Actually @everyone I have an i…[Read more]

BRILLIANT FABULOUS FANTASTIC I copied the entire thing into a writing file for future reference for Ophelia XD Thank you so much for that!

It’s also fun to me how the neurosparkles have quite a bit of overlap.

Like the rejection sensitivity, “Everyone in this store hates me” phenomenon, masking, and this bit!

Oh and the…

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Hey y’all, I’m going to be stepping back from Story Embers for awhile/potentially taking a permanent hiatus. I’ve enjoyed chatting with you guys, but school is going to be picking up, and I want to make sure I am focusing as much as I can on the classes for my degree. I also feel like I nee…[Read more]

@lady-grace fun fact: ADHD and autism both run in families! So if you have an autistic family member, there’s a pretty good chance you could be as well…

Quite possible😂

Also, Rose and I have noticed that even if our family members aren’t actually autistic, they sometimes still have a few of our symptoms or quirks. So, I think in some…

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It is definitely fun!

@everyone but especially   @lady-grace

Happy Hobbit Day!

Sounds like a plan XD

Oooooh! Edith sounds like my kind of charrie! XD *high fives her* And one question I had was on the background of the city – why the dragons….what’s the enemy? This is interesting XD Love it!

@e-n-leonard

*hugs you* WELCOME!! 💖😊

Oh la la!! Guys, these charries are fantastic! I’m equestrian obsessed…[Read more]

I have arrived! As I am very excited about this collaboration, without further ado I introduce…

Indira Mercy Kumar and her horse, Promise! Mind you, he’s a talking horse. And Indira leaves in her wake a chaos of magical daisies.

When Indira’s brother, Anil, left for reasons not entirely figured out but probably having t…[Read more]

Yes please!! XD

I don’t know if y’all wanted to use a fresh forum for any book collaboration we might want to do? Also we can just chat about our ideas in general XD 😊😊

@lady-grace Now we don’t have to scroll through a ton of comments 😉😂

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I did?

Ok it sounds vaguely familiar but I’d forgotten all about that XD

Yes honey you absolutely did and it was honestly such brilliant advice that it stuck with me XD

@lady-grace

Wait.. that ain’t normal?
*reads through everything* hmm… *goes to looks up symptoms* Wait a minute… I’ve wondered if e-n-leonard was “neurospark…

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If it helps, @calidris once gave me some great advice when I was doubting Aydin. She told me to imagine if they had grown up in completely normal circumstances. Would they still have those traits? For Aydin, that was a resounding yes.

Hmm, that’s interesting advice. I’ll try it on Ríadnu. Thanks…[Read more]

Oh cool!

Lol I knew you weren’t, but in general I think that’s the context I see it in!  Which…weird how something as simple as that can take on a whole new meaning after a bunch of people use the same way enough times…

Kit: “Looking for anything in particular?  Or are you just here to see me ;)”

How horrible of h…[Read more]

https://spireandcompany.ck.page/daff3b0198

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@this-is-not-an-alien

@mamaauthoress

@e-n-leonard

@ethan-leonard

@lady-grace

@anyone else who wants to join!

Me too!! Are you ever thinking of going back? *bear hugs you back* *hands you a tissue box*

Ha ha well…..I sent 2 b/c earlier my posts weren’t working here so I wasn’t sure which one you’d get! XD I…[Read more]

NO YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT!!!  That’s HILARIOUS!

@lady-grace  That is something I’ve heard others complain of. (that A Tale of Two Cities starts out boring.) Seen objectively, it probably is, but I fell in love with his prose, and loved to read what he said, whether or not it was interesting. Also, I…[Read more]