Whoa, that’s a lot of potential for conflict within this one family, Ella! Plus the Race going on… whoo, boy. I can just imagine that the stakes (and tension) are about to rise up from the stewing. 😀

Oooh, oooh! I want to play, too! 😀

This is Miss Katrine M. Lialry speaking~

1. What’s something you really resent paying for?

A tutor of hell housemate’s stash of icecream sandwiches that me and my cousin regularly steal from his freezer. Zenith refuses to pay his share, so it’s my purse that has to soothe Laurence’s territorial sweet t…[Read more]

I think great points were brought up here, and thought I’d put in a couple cents.

I’d rather see so-called minority/diverse characters be individuals. This may come from being a mixed-ethnic (not biracial) woman, but I really. Don’t. Care. For. Race. I want to read about people, not groups. From what I noticed growing up, individuals often behave…[Read more]

Hi Hope Ann, I liked the way you addressed this in the newsletter. I don’t have much that I’d want to add to that. I guess for your question, how I would handle this, hm. Well, I can give an example by the speculative romance my fiancé and I are working through. As a young boy he admired bits of the world-building behind the Sailor Moon 90s…[Read more]

@sarahfi — Oh, yay, glad to hear you think my idea sounds fun! Ah, if I knew what my strengths were, I’d like to offer help as well. Actually, if there’s something I could do for you, please let me know! Thanks for your kindness. <3

@kimlikesart — Eh? I had to look up what you were referring to by name… and then I saw that my forename is…[Read more]