Michelle Rose

Hi Michelle Rose! I’m Lily! Welcome to the Fantasy Writers forum. What’s your favorite fantasy book?

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Ooo, I’ve never heard of The Eyes of the Dragon. Sound fascinating. What’s it about?

I really like The False Prince series (J. Nielsen), Ranger’s Apprentice (the earlier books) and Medallion (D.L. Watkins.)

No problem! Actually, though I signed up for the Fantasy forum, I mostly jump over to the General Writing so…. I’m not…[Read more]

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I have some time! *haha* Wow, that sounds cool! I’m not a fan of horror (never had the stomach for that stuff.) I think I read the ‘Tell-tale Heart’ by Poe in highschool literature. I say ‘I think’ because I don’t remember it. When my younger sister read it, she told me about it (and my mom said I also read it.) It sounded…[Read more]

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Oh that’s cool that your sister is publishing too! Does she do children’s or YA (and is she seeking traditional publishing?)

*high fives ya back!*
Right now, I’m writing mostly animal tales or fairytale retellings for kids (although I hope to branch out into ‘sci-fi’ or contemporary/mystery). We’ll see how it goes. I post a lot of…[Read more]

Awesome! I look forward to reading your work.
*pulls up a new tab too*

Oh yeah, that’d be great! I’m thinking of maybe posting the first chapter on the forum to see what other people say. We’ll see how this editing goes first 🙂

Aww, I love teddy bears! I have one from when I was two. Her nickname is ‘Juicy’. Yeah, it’s a long story how…[Read more]

Right, so feel free to shoot me a message in the blog’s contact form and I’ll send you my email for the story (yikes, I can be so forgetful sometimes XD)

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*squeels with excitement!*
Aww thanks Michelle!! You’re so sweet!! Ah, don’t worry about it! *realizes I forgot to do the same* lol.
So, I’m Lily, and yes we’re both sisters from an inter-racial family. I’m the oldest at home right now (I have three older sibs who decided to get married *haha*). I have five siblings in total and I’m…[Read more]

*runs and gives you big hug!* Yes!! Fellow adoptee and homeschooler!!!

Wow, Guatemala? That’s amazing. If you don’t mind me asking another question, how old were you guys when you were adopted? My biological parents came from some Asian country, but I was born in the U.S. and adopted shortly after.

Yes, we can be little old ladies writing…[Read more]

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Here here! Adoption is such a wonderful blessing!

Ooo, you’re first guess was so close!! Actually, my birth parents were from Laos (right next to Vietnam).
Technically, right after I was born, God place me directly into the family He wanted me to be in. But due to the ‘adoption’ system, things got…erm shuffled around quite a bit…[Read more]

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*thanks you for the cake*
Alrighty!! I’m back!! So sorry for disappearing. I came onto the forum, answered someone else’s question, then tried to reply to you. Something went wrong and the reply didn’t go through. Then my chromebook went on the fritz and refused to cooperate. Don’t know why it wasn’t working, though when I checked…[Read more]

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*thanks you for the cookies too* 🙂
We used to have an artificial tree that we’d assemble each year (actually, it was a lot of fun putting it together; we’d do it while listening to music) and decorate it with our favorite ornaments (we’d get to pick a new one each year). Unfortunately, we lost it when we moved (just before the…[Read more]

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*returns from the mounds of story editing and dusts myself off*
Hey! Thanks for the link! I’ll definitely check out your story!

And as for Christmas trees, I wish I could say we trekked into the snow-laden mountains, axes over our shoulder, and found the perfect tree, cut it down, and took it home where we drank hot cocoa.…[Read more]

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So, I’m working on my middle-grade short story. It’s about a girl who’s mother is an apothecary. When city officials destroy their practice and separate them, the girl must find a way to survive. I’m almost through with edits *grimaces*. The first few rounds of editing are actually fun as you get to experiment with new ideas to make…[Read more]

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*passes tissues* I know, right?!

Ooo *slams palm onto forehead* I forgot to ask you how your Fourth of July went! (what did you do?) My family just stayed home (’cause of the heat… and I actually forgot…*oops*) We watched the movie Catching Faith. It was okay; I honestly felt it could be deeper. What’s your least favorite…[Read more]

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We moved to the country awhile back, but when we lived in the city, we’d often hear neighbor ‘practicing’ with fireworks before the fourth too; or they’d do it late into the night when all other fireworks were supposed to be over. Of course we don’t need sleep! XD)

Hmm, I haven’t seen The Man Who Invented Christmas, though I’ve heard…[Read more]

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Hey! How’s it going? Let’s see, it’s pretty quiet out in the country. We have about an acre of land. Ooo, you live near the ocean? That’s cool! What’s it like? Do you go often? What’s your favorite part of visiting the beach? We used to have family that lived along the coast (it was a great excuse to go to the beach lol)

Oh man,…[Read more]

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My favorite part of the beach is collecting the shells or rocks. Yeah, we have a box full of them XD But it so hard to pass them by! So many cool shapes and colors. I love the delicate feel of the shells and sand dollars; and one time we found a whale-shaped rock! Walking through the waves was fun. Oh, and can’t forget visiting…[Read more]

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Ah, I think it was a comic strip about the beach. Interestingly enough, I haven’t really done a story set along the beach. I mostly lean toward forests!

We didn’t have any more Barbie dolls when we got our Disney dolls; and for a long time we only had Flynn Rider. Poor guy. Whenever our dollies had a ball, he had to escort each and…[Read more]

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Aww, that’s so cute that you named the car Thomas! We kinda call ours ‘Betsy’. Why? Umm, not sure how it got started. The nickname sorta stuck 😄

That’s so sweet that your mom got you both Ariel dolls! No not at all, I love a good family story!

Hmm, but technically Duck did keep the little ones out of the potato salad… by eating…[Read more]

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I’M BACK!!! *whew*

Yes, I did get your message! It almost got lost in my inbox; and then just after I found it and clicked the link my computer ‘fritzed’ and I had to quit (who knew computers could be so fickle and such *lol*)

Aww, I loved Steve (and Joe) too! Steve kinda reminded me of my older brother who talked quietly just like…[Read more]

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So I have five siblings in all (two brothers, three sisters.) How many siblings do you have?

Ooo, tea. I like mint tea when it’s hot. But for ice tea, I’d say it’s a toss up between the dragon fruit tea refresher at Starbucks, or Tazo’s peach tea (fun fact: when we took road trips, sometimes we’d get drinks for lunch, and Tazo’s…[Read more]

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Don’t worry, I don’t really scream… wastes necessary lung power sometimes 😊 But a unicorn drink? Does it come with sparkles? It sounds really interesting. Anyway, that’s okay. I was older when I first started drinking coffee. I tried a bit when I was little, hated the taste (the ice cream version was better but still…) Now, I…[Read more]

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Haha, no problem. Sometimes my emails end up in spam at random. Not sure why *shrugs*

Okay, on Goodreads, just click ‘add friend’ next to my profile; then I’ll add your name to the group (honestly, I’m so new to this… so we’ll see how this works XD)

Awesome! We had some brownies last week. My sisters and I got baptized by our…[Read more]

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Hi! I just approved the friendship and sent an invite to the group (I think you have to approve that too). Yes, we’ll learn together!

I think with one brownie mix it already came with chocolate chunks in it. Another time, before we switched over to eating more healthy, we used to use caramel in our brownies for Christmas. I…[Read more]

*hugs you back*
No problem! Really, I understand how busy life can get.

Awesome! Who’s your favorite Heartland character? I think we’re on season 10. It’s so cool to see the different sports that horses are in (aside from racing and jumping!)
I know, right?! There are so many seasons, and it looks like they’re going to keep at it.

Oh man,…[Read more]

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Oops! Forgot the tag *haha* *ahem*

HELLO, girl!!

SE is open to horror writers, yes. Though…I’d say some of us, including me, are cautious about it. But I understand there are different shades within every genre. I may stalk some of the horror writers’ conversations to see what it’s like for Christians to write horror. 🙂 😉

The only rule is to follow our forum guidelines. Particularly, “Do…[Read more]