Yes, it would be fun to post updates of my wip! I will be sure to tag you if I do. I’ve been really busy lately, but I’m hoping after Christmas I will be able to get some writing done.

Greek is a lot of memorization, that’s for sure XD. I’m hoping I can survive this next semester.

That’s neat that your dad teaches church…[Read more]

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?

Lord of the Rings is the best! I recently read another medieval-y book called The False Prince. It is very well written and had me gripped (most books don’t do that to me!) However, I was disappointed by the end. I would be interested to know what you think of it! It’s part of a series, so I’m hoping to read more!

HI Lydia! Nice to meet you! I know I’m a bit late to this thread, but welcome to SE! 🙂 I love this site so much.

I’m a homeschooled senior in high school. I enjoy playing the violin, writing, hand lettering, and graphic design (especially designing book covers 😉 ) Oh, and reading of course. Can’t forget that. 😂

My current WIP is a…[Read more]

I can’t judge. 🙂

Do you have any other short stories you’d recommend? (Not necessarily that they have to be by Tolkien, though more Tolkien is great, too.)

Ooh, helpful!

@lydiajoy,

I get that, and I’m good if you just watch uncreepily. 😛

Wow, great job! That’s really helpful.

@lydiajoy

Of course! I would love for you to do that! I completely understand. 😉

Yay, I’m glad that it helped you!  Their responses really aided me in my world as well. 🙂

You have a fair point about them all being very good.

Yes! I have read both Farmer Giles of Ham and The Smith Wootton Major. I liked farmer Giles of Ham best of the two, though it pretty much infuriated me. I am a very firm pacifist, and seeing how the dragon was treated was just awful. However, after a lengthy debate with a friend of…[Read more]

Thanks! (about my name, I mean)

Ah, yes, I completely get that.  I always thought first drafts must look so much different from the finished product.

Well, let’s see.  It’s a wee bit hard to explain, but in it’s simplest form it’s about a man in the government (in a fantasy world) poisoning an old mysterious tribe, who live s…[Read more]

Welcome!!! I haven’t been on here lately (So much schoolwork!) but I will hopefully post some soon. I’ve just been waiting for someone else to post. I totally agree about homeschool being the best!

@mischievious-thwapling

Me and @wingiby-iggiby both live in North Carolina, though I think she lives more towards Raleigh and I live in…[Read more]

This is my teaser. (:

Ancient Israel. The Romans have conquered, without force, the promised land. Spirits are dull, and on fire. Lives are full, and empty. The people long to be free. Free, but they only see the wrong kind of bondage.

So, yes. What is the premise of your writing project? If you’re sharing. It’s fine if not! (: (Great…[Read more]

Why do you follow Christ?

He is YHWH. He is my Lord, my Creator, my friend. He loves me. He lowered Himself to fit into a woman’s womb. He came to the earth, He came to die. The Breather of Stars died! He touched the ones who spat on Him. He is beautiful, and good, and just, and kind, and joy, and peace, and patience, and faithfulness, a…[Read more]

Wow! Your story sounds absolutely amazing! Epic fantasy, princesses and farm kids, it sounds just like something I would love to read.

And yeah…my first chapters don’t really make sense either, but I figure that’s part of story writing.😄

Favorite books? The Wingfeather Saga is the best, but I also love Little Women, Anne of Gre…[Read more]

Oh haha. I like all the the super random backstory/histories that Silmarillion has, but I can see how other people would feel like they have to slog through it. *shrugs* I have weird tastes. 🙂

I can’t make super accurate judgement of the LoTR movies, since only I’ve seen each of them once, and each time I was only half-ish paying…[Read more]

Just popping in to say hi *waves*

I’m wondering what you’re WIP is about? What genre is your favorite?

Currently I’m writing a Young Adult fantasy novel (I’m on Chapter 32 or something…) about a wizard who hates wizardry, an angry prince, and (one of my favorites) a horse named Bruce, and what brings them all together toward a…[Read more]

Hey there! Welcome to story embers!

Wow, 57 chapters is still impressive, even if you have less time for writing as of late.

Ooh, a fellow LoTR fan! Have you read the Silmarillion or Beren and Luthien? If not, those would be my top recommendations.

Hope to see you around. 🙂

Ha, yeah. I have actually never seen a book like that at my library, but then again, my library is tiny and I don’t normally look for that kind of stuff. ;P However, I do keep random lists of names and use Latin as well! My Latin is just random stuff compiled into cool names, though, and I use other languages like Sudanese, Catalan,…[Read more]

Hi! I am Melody

Is your middle name Joy? Mine is 🙂 I know somebody named Lydia Joy, but she’s in 4th grade, not college LOL.

I play piano and read and read and read and read and read. I also enjoy arts and crafts things, writing, and hanging out with my siblings. I also read.

I play piano too! As well as violin ( I like Piano so much…[Read more]

Aha! My memory doth not deceive me!  Since everybody’s been changing their quotes, I just wasn’t sure 😛

@lydiajoy

Welcome! Nice to meet you! So glad you’re joining! And yes, I completely understand not being able to write consistently.  I’ve been on Story Embers a lot less lately because school is going kinda crazy. 😉

Like J…[Read more]

I don’t go by Ella, actually, although I LOVE the name. 🙂 I go by Joelle, and for those who knew me on another website (the forum shut down), Kinnan. Feel free to call me either, or AQ (what I go by on yet another website). Actually, that website that the forum shut down on was the Wingfeather Saga website. 🙂

Ok, I’m almost 15, so…[Read more]

😏 Ah, the famous question. (: Tis a secret that is not mine to tell.

Why do you follow Jesus Ms. Lydia? What are some of your favorite books in the Bible, and why?

Underneath a person’s profile pic should be some words in grey with an @ symbol before them. Type that in and the person you “tagged” will be informed that you mentioned them. 🙂

Each RP has it’s own rules (at least in my experience). For this one, we haven’t set anything. A good thing to remember is not to control other people’s…[Read more]

Hi!! Welcome to StoryEmbers!

College, huh? Cool!

Yeah, certainly! And I get the consistency thing; I’m a freshman in high school and have my own job along with school and other responsibilities.

I don’t think any of us know one another. As far as I know, we all live in different states (although Mischievous Thwapling and I are in neighboring states).

This was…[Read more]

Welcome, and thank you! Like Joelle said, you can join if you’d like!

@joelle-stone

Ha ha, thank you! I just have so many favorite quotes that I can’t stick to only one. I know it’s supposed to be a “signature,” and the point of a signature is that it doesn’t change, but I just don’t work that way. 😛

Would you like to join our RP (role-play)? We need as many people here as we can get.

And welcome to Story Embers!! 🙂

@mischievous-thwapling,

Thanks! I actually couldn’t get it to work until recently, so no, that’s a first. 😉

@kylie-wingfeather,

AWESOME profile pic!!! 😛

@wingiby-iggiby,

A new quote I see. *peers at it with…[Read more]