I just wanted to let some of y’all (Texas slang for “you guys and gals”) that Kaytlin Philips has a pretty good monitored Forum type blog site at:
https://www.writers-vision.com/

…if any of you want to try signing up there (yes, it’s free too).

They have writing games and contests, challenges, and writing topics too.

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@rae

@abrielle

@e-n-leonard

@lady-grace

@inkhorn

@wingiby-iggiby

@mischievous-thwapling

@millennium

@rusted-knight

@jasmine

@backwardslivewriter

@joelle-stone

@rose-colored-fancy

@littlewolf

@sparrowhawke

@anne_the_noob14

@noah-cochran

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@denali-christianson

@emily-waldorf

@mamaauthoress

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Hi, Abrielle!

I am Inkhorn (as my username and tag both state xP), and it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance though it is through the Internet.

I’m not sure how many people are still active since SE has been pretty dead lately, but since summer has started, it might kick up again.

I’ll tag some of the others from the…[Read more]

Same here; I haven’t been on in months upon months, but here we are :>

Hello! Glad you’re here :D.

Dearest daughter, come hither! Welcome to the chaos.

Would you rather have to always wear your least favorite color or only be able to listen to your least favorite genre of music? 

Aliree: …I like things. I don’t have… a least favorite color? I don’t listen to much music either, really just what Ashe or Effie are…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

@this-is-not-an-alien

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@lady-grace

@ethan-leonard

@e-n-leonard

@mamaauthoress

@anyone else

Is anyone up for more character castle shenanigans?

What’s your WIP about?  Do you have any favorite books?  What are some of your favorite crafts?
That’s really cool that you’re learning to knit!  I never learned to knit, but it does seem fun (and practical.)

I think that SE is…unfortunately rather inactive at the moment.  I think that…[Read more]

If you are interested in writing, art, or travel, please consider subscribing 🙂 The email goes out on the 22nd of every month, starting this November.

https://writesy-artist-ramblings.ck.page/

If your subscription confirmation email doesn’t show up, just check the s…[Read more]

I am trying to get 4-6 people together to form a writing spring group. Basically, we get together at scheduled times to do writing sprints. It could be weekly, biweekly, monthly, whatever. I just think it would be good for me to do sprints, and it would be so much funner and more accountable with others!

I was hoping we could…[Read more]

“Um..him?” The girl drops the hand of the terror-stricken man.

No, not him. I didn’t know you were holding hands.

“Oh, I was talking about that guy.” Great. Now she’s annoyed. Really annoyed. And she’s going to take it out on her boyfriend.

“uh, neither, I guess?”

Say something. And not ‘I know how you feel’. People say that all the…[Read more]

Val:

“Is that your boyf–b-brother?”

I glance up to see a short man beside me, staring inquisitively.  Immediately, I drop Calix’s hand, face burning.  To think that I’d been casually holding hands with a stranger this whole time….

I glance over at Calix, nervously searching his face.  He glares past me, eyes fix…[Read more]

I glance back as the wall behind me suddenly creaks, rolling forward with a grinding screech.  “The room’s shrinking!” someone yells.  I stumble, yanking Calix forward as the crowd surges around us.  The walls in front roll back, parting as we flee the room.  It’s so much darker in this new room.  I shrink back as people bump into me, brus…[Read more]

“C-Calix,” the boy wheezes as he takes my hand.  “Calix Meir.”

“Nice to meet you.” I smile as I pull him out of the corner.  He nods, hand trembling.  Are you sure you’re ok?

We can talk about that later.  Right now, I have to find Kit.  I glance around the room, a sharp retort suddenly catching my attention.  Kit’s standing in…[Read more]

So, the characters have just completed a challenge where they meet their future self…which was…interesting.  I think this challenge definitely pushed Kit and Val closer to a formal confession, but Kit decided to start bickering with someone instead, so it’s g…[Read more]

Val:

“Ch-challenge?” The man struggles to his feet, gazing back at me anxiously. “What do you mean?”

“Well…Usually the castle likes to throw challenges our way.  They’re not deadly as far as I can tell, but they’re awful nonetheless.  Last time, we had to share our worst regrets, or have them played out on a screen in front of…[Read more]

Sounds good!  We’d love to help XD

Same XD That, plus the autistic pattern recognition makes bird watching really fun for me!

Val:

“Yeah,” the man wheezes.  I nervously lick my lips.  That’s a lie.  Part of me really wants to ask why, but I don’t think it’d be well received.  I don’t want to make him any more uncomfor…[Read more]

and Calidris’ : https://spireandcompany.ck.page/daff3b0198

Okay cool, just wanted to make sure you were comfortable 😅
Yesssss ikr? I think it was finding out about ADHD and learning I had it that made me pursue psychology :)))

Thank you, I really appreciate that! That’s so cool! I’ve definitely gotten fascinated by it through finding out I was autistic XD

Coryn is the only one  of my…

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@mamauthoress I second what Rose says!  Autism kind of became a special interest for me, so I’m more than happy to infodump about it as well XD

Also, that WIP sounds really cool!

As a fellow ND and birdwatcher…YES!!!

Val:

The…[Read more]

That. Was. Hilarious!

And your ideas for Kit and Val and Spire are so awesome! I love it when things just come together like that, simmering away in the mind 🥰

CASTLE COMMANDMENTS

1) Thou shalt not yeeteth the innocents.

2) Thou shalt change the Castle Commandments at thine own will.

Therefore, it follows…😁

3) Thou shalt yeeteth t…[Read more]

CASTLE COMMANDMENTS:
I: Thou shalt not yeeteth the innocents
II: Thou shalt change the Castle Commandments at thine own will XD

LOLLLL Exactly XD

Pardon me if this is insensitive to autism in any way, but I find autism and neurodivergence in general just so intriguing, so it’s fascinating to me that you have autism.

Nonono it’s t…[Read more]

He’s awesome but we don’t want him yeeting the innocents of the castle anymore 😂😂

Think we should put “Thou shall not yeeteth innocents” in the castle rules? XD

YEAH!! ADHD, WHAT ABOUT YOU??

Asdfghjkl this is hysterical to me, I think ND’s are the majority in the castle at this point XD I’m autistic! I’m not diagnosed but I’m like…[Read more]

Aww thank you!

OK SO HEAR ME OUT GUYS

don’t tell Kit but he’s kind of exactly my type-

I just…really REALLY like dramatic flamboyant stylish guys XD  And idk how it happens but it somehow ALWAYS ends up in my writing?  So, right now I have Kit (of course), Jasper, and Sebastian…but even before then I had Sasha (who’s c…[Read more]

Aww thank you!

OK SO HEAR ME OUT GUYS

don’t tell Kit but he’s kind of exactly my type-

I don’t know how it happens, but I’ve just…always had a thing for dramatic flamboyant stylish guys?  And it ALWAYS finds it’s way into my writing (especially the love interests.)  So, right now I have Kit (of course), Jasper, and Sebastia…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress hmm…I don’t know if you’ve already tried this, but I usually get a blank page, and when I scroll down I can find the castle

Or, you could try logging out and closing SE, then opening it up again and logging back in?

I’m…not terribly good when it comes to tech issues, so I’m not sure I’m…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress would you like Val to start an interaction with Calix?

ALSO I’ve started illustrating some of Kit’s most iconic character castle moments!  I’m planning to do Val too (I’ve been wanting to draw their banquet outfits for so long!)

Anyways, here’s my first one so far:

Is anyone else having issues with SE lately?

When I click on the Character Castle 2.0 page, it shows a white screen that says “No matching template found.”  Same with the Fantasy Writers group (which is why I’m putting this in the General Writing Discussions group) and also if I click on people’s profiles.  This has been going in f…[Read more]

“Calix!” a woman screams from behind me.

I leap back, pressing myself into a dark corner. I like dark corners.

The lady stands only a few feet away. She looks really sad like she’s about to cry. She’s staring after a guy who’s running away, but she doesn’t move.

I scrunch up my face. Weird. But this entire place was weird, so it wasn’t…[Read more]

I’d love to! Eve will likely still be near the entrance, and I’m gonna write a thing with Calix here, so you can interact with either one of them!

Great! I’ll whip up post here shortly.

@e-nleonard

I just had to mention how much I LOVE your profile picture! The quill is especially lovely. 🙂

I LOVE Mayra already!! It’s so fun to see some other of your characters!

@mamaauthoress

Ahhhh, I love how you wrote that!! AND WHY ISN’T CALIX THERE?? Laura?? I’m worried?? XD

@e-n-leonard

I’m honestly not sure what Frey would say. He seems a little unpredictable XD

Unpredictable is putting it lightly XD It’ll be s…[Read more]

Oops, I didn’t see your post until I posted mine. Would you still like them to interact with Conroy?

Everything is super quiet. I’m all by myself.

No castles guys, no crazy giants, no screaming people.

Just me.

I wipe at my eyes. They’re watering. A lot.

“Hello?” I call out into the empty hallway. My voice echoes.

It’s dark in here. I don’t like it.

Where is everybody?

“Miss Val? Mr. Abirami? Is anyone here?” I cry more…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

@inkhorn

@e-n-leonard

@ethan-leonard

@lady-grace

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@this-is-not-an-alien

@jared-williams

@anyone else I missed

I’m going to go ahead and get started on that new challenge!

(my Canadian blood cries out in pain at the spelling of the second word in your username every time I type it )

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than horrifying people with my alternate use of British and American spellings XD

Also, Frey sounds so absolutely amazing (and I hekkin love his name so much) and I cannot wait to have Eve…

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Name: Frey Spurling

Age: About nineteen.

He’s a Fine Art student at the same school Ophelia and Malcolm go to.

Appearance: About 5’8″, pretty slight and looks younger than his age. Curly blond hair and blue eyes. Light skin with maybe a few freckles. Probably wearing dark brown slacks and a green sweater.

Frey has a chronic…[Read more]

Hiiiii!!!! Welcome back! I am only just returning from self-inflicted exile as well! It’s gonna be fun again to start a new arc!

@inkhorn @mamaauthoress @lady-grace

Yayyyy!!! New characters!!!

Also, Laura, LOVE that magic system, it sounds SOOOO cool!!! You’ve really thought it through as well!

Okay so the plan is:…[Read more]

Not in the way you’d probably think, it’s not the dreaded writer’s block. Rather the opposite, I’m in that blissful state every writer longs for where word counts are being hit, the words are flowing, the story is taking shape, and writing is fun.

However, in the…[Read more]

I’ll try but she may threaten to shoot me XD why on earth did I give her exceptional archery skills?? *fp* My life is in danger.

Oohh, interesting! I honestly don’t know what older Yarrow is like but it’d be fun to find out. Mourns the death of the Vulture Vomit ideaXD

I love the painting of Kit!

@e-n-leonard

Ooh! Ava would be…

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@calidris   That’s a cool painting of Kit! I especially like how you did his clothing.

And I LOVE that idea for after the fight with Lord Castle! …though I’m not sure if I should laugh or be incredi…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress

Your characters seem cool! I love sibling duos! (or trios)

My character in the castle is Conroy Flinston, an eight-year-old boy who just happens to be a spy. He’s had little training in basic manners (he will learn eventually XD) and is currently being held as a hostage by the castle and is in desperate need of being…[Read more]

Ahh gotcha.  That sounds like so much fun!

Hehe I’m really looking forward to seeing Kit get a taste of his own medicine XD

And thank you!  I’m really happy with how this one turned out!

See, I think that’s the key – he’s really does try to be respectful of her b0undaries and immediately backs off if she lets him know she feels uncomfortable or doesn’t like what he’s doing

IT DOES!!!!  But, it really draws a lot of attention when you really start getting into it…

EXACTLY!!!

@mamaauthoress

Oh…[Read more]

@mamaauthoress those characters sound interesting!  Are they related to Ruan’s story by any chance?

Thank you! No, they are not; Rúan’s story is on hold right now, and the Meirs are from a collaborative story I have with my boyfriend and my friend :))

I think that in order to get to the next stage or room of the castle, each char…

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