Story Embers | Laur_M | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/laur_m/activity/ Activity feed for Laur_M. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 e9f25fce61ffa6dfcbd001859ae92d72 Laur_M's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94021/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:14:46 -0400 0 149fedfd344500a378bcf0169fcb64d7 Laur_M replied to the topic Intriguing Opening Lines (Mystery/Thriller/Suspense) in the forum Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/mystery-suspense-thriller-writers/forum/topic/intriguing-opening-lines-mystery-thriller-suspense/#post-136327 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 23:06:24 -0400 After a few not quite satisfying starts of my most complete WIP, I finally settled on putting my first scene, POV character into hot water as quickly as possible. The 911 dispatcher was already on the line as the character was in the process of climbing out the window onto the fire escape. I took the advice of Les Edgerton and wasted no time in…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ca1ef7e4b5cf33f488ae772ebe4b957 Laur_M replied to the topic Hangs head, "Sorry, maybe this isn't a romance." in the forum Romance Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/romance-writers/forum/topic/hangs-head-sorry-maybe-this-isnt-a-romance/#post-121063 Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:05:37 -0400 @zee Since I wrote the above blather  I have circled back around to being a  romance again. (Actually, I tried to delete the previous post. You weren’t supposed to see it. It was resurrected somehow. There’s a story for ya, the discussion post that wouldn’t stay dead. Zombie Post)

Saturday I drove to the town in which my story is set, hung a…[Read more]

]]> 0 03f1d5551e65d77c10ca01625d00225a Laur_M posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85749/#acomment-85750 Thu, 22 Oct 2020 02:22:53 -0400 I haven’t read the Scarlet Pimpernel, although I should because I’d love to read someone “sticking it to” the French Revolution. I remember the Scarlet Pimpernel was mentioned in the Larry Norman song “Without Love (You Ain’t Nothin’)”. Yeah, I’m that old. My future spouse and I actually went to a Larry Norman concert back in the day.

My…[Read more]

In reply to - Arindown replied to the topic How sensible and biblical is romance? in the forum Romance Writers @amaustin I think it is possible to insinuate too much. When I’m afraid of crossing a “line” and being inappropriate […] ]]> fe8fb4c913931bda2378769d197a51cc Laur_M replied to the topic How sensible and biblical is romance? in the forum Romance Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/romance-writers/forum/topic/how-sensible-and-biblical-is-romance/#post-120888 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:28:07 -0400 I think I shall need to invite you two to have a look at my NaNoWriMo project, or the romantic pieces of it at least,  when I get far enough.

My MC, as all MCs must, has a big lesson to learn, and part of the lesson involves how she approaches romance. She is a Christian but, like all Christians, she is a work in progress. She falls, she gets up…[Read more]

]]> 0 646710ac8c0ef22dfb0bf742e505490d Laur_M joined the group Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85697/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 03:17:47 -0400 0 565bc8321e01cdcd8994da108c3ddbbc Laur_M joined the group Romance Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85696/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 03:08:02 -0400 0