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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years ago
To me, the dwarfs, or whatever you want to call them, are just very southern
Ah that’s great! Southern Dwarves. I love it! XD
Though, I get what you mean about coming up with stuff before you have more of an idea of what you’re doing. It ends up needing a lot of modifying. At least for me it does. Maybe I’m just too unorganized to come up…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Cultural quirks for Worldbuilding in the forum Fantasy Writers 5 years ago
Iβm not positive, but Iβd say yes! It could totally apply, especially since Dutch and German cultures are pretty close!
Well, thanks for your thoughts! π
It reminds me that thereβs a traditional Amazigh (Berber) wedding custom that the brideβs dowry is a gold belt.
I didn’t know that. That’s such a cool type of dowry!
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Lona replied to the topic Cultural quirks for Worldbuilding in the forum Fantasy Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
Ah this is a great idea! Cultural quirks are so interesting and fun. π
In rural Mexico, when two people get married part of the ceremony is the handing over of the money box to the bride. They think the woman is more trustworthy, so the groom gets to earn the money, but the bride gets to manage it.
Another rural Mexico one;…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Lol, I kinda wanted to but I didnβt.
Probably for the better. XD
Ok, neat! I have dwarves and a dragon in my story too! (Actually at the moment their elves, but when people think of elves most people picture the ones like on LOTR and thatβs not how these are so Iβve been thinking about changing their title to either dwarves or maybe even…
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
That’s so cool! I love how you’ve thought things out down to the mechanics of your world’s gravity! I took the easy route and just made mine a sphere with earth-like physics. π
Haha, thanks for the encouragement. π
My friends would pronounce mine different then how I would, so I just changed it to what they thought it…
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
I’m glad you found a way to make it all work out! I’m still working on smoothing out all the wrinkles of mine, but I’ll get there…eventually. π
Itβs either that or weβre both totally crazy XD
Well, I’d rather be crazy with someone else than crazy alone. XD
Ugh, I hate coming up with world namesβ¦ People are easy, there are billi…
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks!
Ha ha, gallivanting is a great word
Yes, isn’t it? It’s one of my favorites.Β π
I literally said βawβ out loud
Your reaction is making me smile now, too. π
Thanks! It took me forever to get all the pieces to fitβ¦
Right? There’s always so many little things and timelines that have to line up. And then of course…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Why thank you, I only learned from the best. π
Oh, ok! Nice! That sounds like it makes for a really cool plot.
I like your name choices too. They seem fitting for their looks. Ya know how some people just ‘look’ like they have this certain name that fits them perfectly? Though, I don’t know maybe that’s is just my weird brain.
I don’t…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Anytime. π
Thanks! I had a lot of fun with it. I will blame you if I end up making collages for everything now. XD
Ohhhh! I read it earlier but I guess it didn’t register in my brain as yours. Silly me. But yes! More random details are fun! Feel free to dump them on me. Also, why is the Uncle trying to poison Eliana? Or is that…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic I am here and alive in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Haha no, I get that, I’m a hybrid too. Something between an INFJ and an INFP.
I have taken the enneagram, but I can’t say I know as much about it as I do the MBTI. A friend had me take it a couple months ago and all I remember was I was a 9, which was “the peacemaker” or something like that. What does your 4w5 mean?
Oh goodness yes!…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic I am here and alive in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Hey there! Welcome to Story Embers!
I have a brother and a close friend who are both INTP. You guys are great. XD
Do you have a favorite of Tolkien’s books?
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Thanks! And 21k is definitely not pathetic! Mine is mostly brain dumps and I bet half of it will be deleted eventually. π
Ya know what, I think I will try my hand at collages. I’ll be right back. *Embarks on collage making rabbit trail* *returns an embarrassing amount of time later after having scrolled through way too many pretty…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Well, I'm Back. in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Hey there, welcome back! π
Ooh Sci-fi Shakespeare! That sounds fun! It reminds me a little of the StarWars Shakespeare by Ian Doescher. Have you heard of them?
Hmm.. what do I like to write with. I’d say if I know the general idea of what I’m writing, then typing. However, if it’s just brainstorming or organizing different ideas…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Hello all! in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
That’s alright! Don’t worry about it. π
Yeah, we did have fun! It doesn’t reassure me about learning to drive though. My younger sister has been nagging me about it saying she wants me to get my license so I can drive her places and I’m just like, “Are you kidding? I’ll crash into a stopsign at 5mph and still kill us both.” XD
Oh…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Introduce Your Story in the forum General Writing Discussions 5 years, 1 month ago
Wow! All your guys’ stories sound great! Your collages are really nice too, but unfortunately I can’t return the pleasantry and show you one. (I’ve never done collages.) However, I can type stuff so here we go.
In my story there are two main races that once ruled together over the other races. 1) The Illians, who were gifted with healing and 2)…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic God(s) in Fantasy in the forum Fantasy Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
Yay! Glad you feel good with what you originally wanted. It’s always sad to me when authors don’t write what they want to write just because their readers like something else better.
And you do have a good point about not necessarily “Christian” books still being able to have important truths. I guess I had never thought that books…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Writing a Blurb in the forum Fantasy Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
In academic situations (aka highschool exams lol), it’s that paragraph that introduces a literary piece. Normally, it has the author, what journal, book, magazine, etc. it was written in, and it provides a little context.
For non-highschool exam situations, it’s similar. It’s that blob (or blurb, if you prefer) that’s on the…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Hi Everyone in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Do you have a favorite of those?
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Lona replied to the topic God(s) in Fantasy in the forum Fantasy Writers 5 years, 1 month ago
Hey again!
I think your first idea could work just fine.Β Sin is a natural part of this fallen world and it would be very difficult to write a book that had none of it whatsoever. Redemption, too, I think follows just because there’s sin in the first place and something needs to be able to counteract it.
Ok, so now for some…[Read more]
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Lona replied to the topic Hi Everyone in the forum Introduce Yourself 5 years, 1 month ago
Oh, I see! Still cool that your series has four books total.
Nice! I haven’t heard of them except for Andrew Peterson and Frank Peretti. I agree, he’s kind of weird sometimes, (ok maybe the whole time) but it’s really good. Which of his books have you read?
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