Lona

@sparrowhawke

Cool! I’ve read the Percy Jackson ones, as well as the Heroes of Olympus ones. I never got around to the other series.

Ohhh that makes sense! Do you write in any other languages aside from Latin? (Phoenixes are great. 😛 )

@sparrowhawke

Hey Sparrow! Welcome to Story Embers!

I like mythology too! Well, more so legends and traditional stories now, but I used to be super into mythology. Especially Greco-Roman ones for some reason. Have you read any of Rick Rioradan’s books? He does a lot of different mythology-based novels.

Also, if you don’t mind, where does your…[Read more]

@ally-renee

The little toaster that could. XD

Ooh blackberry jelly is good. Except, I think I’m gonna have to go with blueberry, even though toast char can be so desirable. 😉

Cool! I’ve never heard of First Watch, but their food sounds delicious! Did your brunch work out?

Well, everything here is open haha because no one follows the…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Haha ok. 😛

No idea how the toaster survived that long. It was in a little apartment that my family was renting temporarily, and most of the furniture/appliances were pretty old. Old stuff is pretty fun though. XD

What’s your favorite thing to put on toast? (If you like toast lol)

Yay! We homeschoolers must join forces 😛 . Oh…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Oh wow. *facepalm* XD. I’ve been pronouncing Renee wrong in my head this whole time. My apologies!

Yes, unburnt houses are always points in our favor. 😛

Surprisingly, the closest my siblings and I have come to burning the house down was actually my fault lol.(Though our house is cement, so tis more a figure of speech than actually…[Read more]

@hobbitchild

Haha well then of course I must add it to my to-read list if I haven’t lived without it. XD

It sounds really fun! I’ll see if my online library has it. (My town doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar library unfortunately.)

@hobbitchild

Yeah, I hope so too.

No, I have not read The False Prince. What’s it about?

@ally-renee

Yes! XD I’m alive!

I was actually thinking something like that lol, because ever since you mentioned nicknames I have been trying to come up with nicknames that work for you. Have you heard of the name Renae? It’s pronounced Ren-A. So it’s kind of like your name backwards. The Ren from Renee and then the A from Ally. 😀

Oh my haha.…[Read more]

@hobbitchild

Haha, I suppose that’s the way it goes with most authors and their stories. Nothing is what it was when it was first started.

Hmm maybe so! I would be interested in reading the alternate, but no guarantee as to when I will be able to. I told Ally Renee I would like to read her draft, and I have two friends banging books over my head…[Read more]

@hobbitchild

I liked it!

I did not see the whole evil government agency thing coming at ALL. I was expecting something more like Sadie and Robert’s family would adopt Travis and it would turn into a finding a home and meaning even when you’ve lost everything of type story.

So that whole part of the book definitely caught me off guard.…[Read more]

@lydiajoy

Oh ok. I read all over the spectrum of pages. 🙂

But anyways, I’d say The Little Prince is my favorite short story. Do you have a favorite longer-type book?

@ally-renee

Ahh sorry for the late reply! I am back now. 😛

Haha that is a great story. Speaking of nicknames, is Lizzie one you like? You could come up with quite a few from Elizabeth if were wanting a little name variety.

Oh yes lol. Leave it to siblings to give you the “best” nicknames. My sister came up with Jenny McDenny and I was just…[Read more]

@mischievous-thwapling

Ah that poor sibling that is lost to the dark side. At least the others are still three more to our forces!

Well, yeah it takes practice. Though, what’s thanksgiving without the mashed potatoes? They are more important than you think. 😉

Yes, for SCIENCE! lol.

My mom’s philosophy is I can make/bake anything so long as I…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Aw, thanks!

My goodness haha, how’d they jump from Ally to Elizabeth? That sounds irritating, but I guess if it’s elderly people, they’re pretty loveable anyways. 😛

Ooh yes, Alyssa is nice, since more nicknames are always fun. 😀

Indeed. XD

Oh yeah, no rush. I have midterms next week so I get ya there. School will be pretty…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Ah the same thing happens to me! Not with Allie, though, a different nickname. My other nickname is Jeni (full name is Jennalie; Allie is from chopping of the first part, Jeni is from chopping of the second :P) and my soccer coach was dead set on calling me Jenifer since he heard me called Jeni.  Very annoying haha.

If you could…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Nah, Allie is just a nickname. Personally, though, I think Ally is a pretty great name. Not boring at all. 😀
Lol same! My brother, who is younger by two years, is over at his desk coding java while I’m here struggling to get my pictures off of google drive. At least he’s great tech support. 😛

Ooh cool! Just the title is…[Read more]

@arindown

Ah well then I suppose for the most part I will have to learn to live with the smudges. Thanks for the advice! :)’

Ah the red panda is so cute! I love it! Are red pandas a favorite animal of yours?

And oh haha that’s smart! Mind if I use that finger-leaves idea sometime?

Sure! Most of my sketchbooks are just full of nonsensical…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Nice to meet you too!
Haha yes, the writer’s dilemma. Though I suppose without it we would never get anywhere, now would we? XD

I only have one WIP that I’m actually working on. I have some ideas for  few other novels floating around my brain space, but they’re not as interesting to me so they get shoved to the back to maybe…[Read more]

@ally-renee

Nice! Another Ally! I’m Allie, though my Story Embers username is Lona. (Which is named after a cat from a book. 🙂 ). Feel free to call me either one.

Hm tech stuff, I can’t help ya there. My tech skills are not impressive, to say the least.

Though, what I can help with, if you have any drafts or needs of beta readers for any of…[Read more]