Story Embers | Lynn Renard | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/missfaeriekaiti/activity/ Activity feed for Lynn Renard. Sat, 27 Jun 2026 13:26:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 0355036d6ac3245275de7645b9badc68 Lynn Renard replied to the topic word War VIII in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70708/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 22:33:15 -0400 Congratulations to the winners! I didn’t know this was happening, or I would’ve had some words to contribute. ^^;;

]]> 0 99ed5e52f0f9d3fd48b07796528c30e6 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War VII in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68578/ Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:26:38 -0400 *noms motivational donuts and submits word count* 😀

]]> 0 76ac6b1070515d0d984bb89cdc9259eb Lynn Renard replied to the topic Sci-Fi Serial Story Seeking Readers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66586/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 16:18:04 -0400 @quinn-ofallon Cool, I’ll check it out when I get the chance, then! ^_^

]]> 0 fecbb538b2b21c8a0c77cc4ed1fd8d1b Lynn Renard replied to the topic Sci-Fi Serial Story Seeking Readers in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66576/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:48:57 -0400 @quinn-ofallon I’ve been debating whether or not to read this because (well, aside from the time issue that is eating us all alive) dystopias aren’t usually my thing. I’ve read the Hunger Games and a couple others and appreciated the experience, but they’re overall a bit dark for my usual reading tastes, and I don’t want to discourage you by…[Read more]

]]> 0 a5f919a56cdd9ea43f0d888052dd83c8 Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66575/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:38:02 -0400 @corkybookworm No worries, friend! ^__^ I sent you an email with both the Google doc and txt file!

]]> 0 e59d887456681ade4fd4edb798865c4d Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65458/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 22:15:03 -0400 @brie-donning Whoa, that’s amazing! You’ve clearly spent a lot of time developing this world! Kudos to you! I love all the different cultural stuff, and I bet there are some awesome character interactions between people belonging to the different cultures! <3 Festivals / holidays are something I need to work on for my world…

]]> 0 8e345f4e1888e546fbd3fe25674230aa Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65384/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:58:20 -0400 @corkybookworm Unfortunately, I don’t know how to do a pdf. I think you have to buy a program specifically for it? I think the txt file mostly work, just with a lack of real formatting. There are line breaks, but they can be weird sometimes, and words I’ve italicized don’t show up as italicized. Reaction and general thoughts would be great, but…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d7c0e2adeab62213f44d1efee4da35c Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65260/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:35:16 -0400 @corkybookworm By timeframe, are you asking for a time by which I would like your thoughts back? Would a month be too fast? And how would you like me to send it to you? I can convert the file to .rtf pretty easily, or Google docs might work well enough, or I think I can get it into a .txt file that will work semi-decently on a kindle. (The .txt…[Read more]

]]> 0 05efc3d8a8b93fd84ebbed95430315db Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65153/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 01:29:17 -0400 I’m back home now! Actually, I was back Sunday, but life has been busy. But all’s well in my neighborhood concerning the hurricane! Thank you for your prayers! <3

@quinn-ofallon – Your Moonwatcher world sounds so mystical! You must have had a lot of fun playing around with the worldbuilding; I’d love to vacation there!

@corkybookworm – Yes, selk…[Read more]

]]> 0 7075a37c9b648ec7640e76652626df52 Lynn Renard replied to the topic What's Your Story World? in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/64296/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 02:31:40 -0400 *waves* Sorry I’m not around much, but I appreciate getting tagged once in a while to remind me to rejoin the conversation. n_n; And these are some interesting world-building questions! Too bad I can’t answer them quickly except by the cop-out answer, “It depends.” xD But so far, I’ve used both dogs and cats as pets for my characters, and another…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec79995b522b2eb0c69d642f973246fe Lynn Renard replied to the topic Story Blurb in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/63044/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:27:10 -0400 @corkybookworm Yes, I am feeling better, thanks! =D And no, those “how” questions are exactly the type of thing I recommend! @quinn-ofallon Asking “how” tells the audience the focus is on the journey. It implies, “You may think you know where this is going to end up, and you might be right, but how Roshni gets to that end is important!”

]]> 0 a27318bf00a40b1baaefea9add7b28e4 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Story Blurb in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62943/ Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:23:11 -0400 (First off, major apologies for being so late to this. I was all kinds of motivated when I said I’d check out this forum, and then… I got sick. *wince* Now, that aside…)

Oooo, very intriguing blurb! As Coralie said, it looks very professional! I notice you use a lot of active-voiced sentences and strong nouns and verbs to say a lot with very…[Read more]

]]> 0 f8541b4334beeefc21e80160b51831d2 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62602/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:46:40 -0400 @corkybookworm Congratulations to your brother! 😀 And best of luck with your crazy schedule! o3o x) I’m game for trading some feedback, though I’m afraid I’ll end up forgetting about it in a week. Still, I’ll check those boards out tomorrow morning, see if anyone’s posted recently, and maybe post something myself. =D

]]> 0 2e51c7212bd4658712b5bb61e59e5396 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Slippery Syntax in the forum Rillumen's Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62601/ Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:35:30 -0400 I echo @quinn-ofallon . First person perspective is the one I use most often, and it’s a pet peeve of my own writing when I see that I have two or more short paragraphs beginning with the same letter, especially if it’s “I.” xD So I start with a participle, as Quinn mentioned. Or I start with a conjunction if I’m not worried about sentence…[Read more]

]]> 0 7dc3a4011114eea1fb49cd0f7644ce36 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62567/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:26:59 -0400 @corkybookworm I think the first four books are free on Amazon Kindle again if the description(s) catch(es) your interest. x)

@graceabounds2129 Congratulations to your sister, and best of luck with getting everything planned and executed! =D I’m not sure I have any ideas for getting Rillumen active again, though… Personally, I get tagged in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 37596056e70da3379b79e4eebf7bac42 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/62552/ Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:10:38 -0400 @corkybookworm I miss the activity here, too! *hugs all around* As for what I’ve been up to… The Forest at the Edge of the World, by Trish Mercer. Each book is monster-length Christian epic fantasy. The first book was just okay, but I got the first four books free on Amazon, so I decided I might as well read the next one and see how things go.…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e7822c8ef83aa95788cdd0222f3bdde Lynn Renard replied to the topic Prompt war! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/60024/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:47:05 -0400 Ooo, cool! n_n What’s the deadline?

]]> 0 041f5667c46f4ee7f16a9c9f49bf2faf Lynn Renard replied to the topic Traditional vs Self Publishing in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59981/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:58:36 -0400 I’m late to the party, but @corkybookworm basically said everything I was going to. xD On the traditional side, there’s the sparkly trophy of validation, plus the publisher will cover the costs of editing and cover art and the like. On the indie side, there’s the whole I-get-to-veto-anything-and-no-one-can-stop-me appeal.

Marketing is probably…[Read more]

]]> 0 37f8c997182456bd29f6996e7cbe5ae3 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59533/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:14:56 -0400 xD Congratulations to those of you who did know and wrote stuff!

]]> 0 94199f7f47f516c4e32bc2e874b16b65 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/59318/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 01:27:00 -0400 Ack! I didn’t know, either. I don’t have anything to add, though. =/ I spent last week having a social life for once. xD

]]> 0 0dbbc8260dc931e9ac09f0f3e4b5e6dd Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/57274/ Mon, 06 May 2019 23:32:25 -0400 Mega congratulations to them! We’ll see about giving them more of a run for their money next time. x)

]]> 0 b7fcca694fb87ae783ffb302b5c60777 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56966/ Fri, 03 May 2019 15:31:06 -0400 @cassidy <— I think that means this – what someone would use to tag you.

]]> 0 030c53c66a5704a59b563cc3930da74c Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56692/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:42:52 -0400 Done! A pity yesterday wasn’t part of the war, or I’d’ve been closer to 3,000 words.

]]> 0 65addd579aab65f8808b46b3de4a9eae Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56593/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:57:50 -0400 Final count for me: 2,188. ^__^ Where do we submit our wordcounts to?

]]> 0 b719b97a21491783685483477a2eb829 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56442/ Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:56:48 -0400 @happyholly_c That’s 119 words better than 0. 😉 We can’t edit a blank page, right?

@brandon-miller Congratulations! Have fun and learn lots! 😀

@brie-donning Welcome back! n.n~

]]> 0 b12d62236d749de43474c524526651c4 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Finding Writing Time in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56175/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:44:35 -0400 @corkybookworm @brandon-miller

Okay, I’ve experimented a bit. Last week, I did use my notebook! A few times for rambling, unrelated-to-my-WIP stories or writing exercises, but twice for my WIP, which was awesome! I’ve been carrying it around this week, too, but without using it. This week, I’ve been waking up an hour early, but more to get my…[Read more]

]]> 0 482d93020a357331ce58e2e1845dac65 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56170/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:39:49 -0400 @corkybookworm Brandon Sanderson, I believe, writes about 2,000 words a day. You’re operating at professional-author levels tonight – go you! 8D

]]> 0 d3e582b6fe106a24c9ce457176207506 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Reading for Writers in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56167/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 01:34:46 -0400 @corkybookworm Now that you say that, I think Shea’s biggest strength lies in the fact that her series are more than the sums of their parts. With her King Arthurs series, I found each book kind of ‘meh’ – fun and adventurous, but nothing to write home about – until the last half or so (and especially the last couple chapters) of the last book.…[Read more]

]]> 0 f53c409aeabaa94451596ee9a79ddb86 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Reading for Writers in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/56150/ Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:34:18 -0400 @brandon-miller Well, if you’re going to twist my arm, I guess I’ll have to reread the series. *hears you protest* So sad Brandon is making me do this. xP

]]> 0 97607b2eed2822099e7eed4f188dbd69 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Word War! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/55767/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:09:05 -0400 Noooooo, back it up a week! I wrote more last week than I’d written in a while, and this week I have family visiting! ToT

*dries my tears* That being said, I do hope to have something to contribute to this Word War! =D

]]> 0 bc207eaf3de9139cee932be876ca2857 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Reading for Writers in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/55765/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 15:02:00 -0400 I haven’t read the series in years, so this response won’t be a five-point-essay analysis of what makes it good (xD), but I think what drew me into them was Percy himself. The snark in his narration is one that Riordan reuses for most of the PoVs I’ve read from him, but none of them sell me on it the way Percy did (does? I have read the follow-up…[Read more]

]]> 0 d36c5fb2b7f705c4e42d62f8e32a6d49 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Reading for Writers in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/55437/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 22:16:12 -0400 I have definitely noticed how stuff I’ve read has impacted my writing over the years. The first time I remember this happening was in high school with Rick Riordan’s two series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and The Kane Chronicles. I fell in love with Percy’s voice almost immediately, and I enjoyed the bantering narration between Carter and…[Read more]

]]> 0 466b4ff6a87e7d928007e757aaaaf45b Lynn Renard replied to the topic *nods* in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/55425/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 20:35:29 -0400 Congratulations on finishing the first draft of your novel! *throws confetti around* And best of luck on the second draft – you own this! 😀 We’ll miss you and look forward to your return!

]]> 0 cffae136162b7026513f14d085e29dde Lynn Renard replied to the topic Finding Writing Time in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54910/ Sat, 13 Apr 2019 17:23:13 -0400 I’ll give the notebook thing a try, and I’ll… consider… waking up before the sun… xD I’ll let you guys know how it goes. 😛

@brandon-miller Holy cow, those are some long weeks!

]]> 0 6407477e9c71421ba9048655f07600d2 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Finding Writing Time in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54449/ Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:02:45 -0400 @corkybookworm I haven’t tried the writing-in-a-notebook thing, no, mostly because I like to be able to see my overall WIP as I add to it so that it feels more streamlined. But maybe I should start carrying a notebook with me and just see what happens… x)

]]> 0 13786c60167fd90e30e6ff96842c56fe Lynn Renard replied to the topic Squirrel Problems...Also Not-Goodbye in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54245/ Mon, 08 Apr 2019 12:55:07 -0400 @scribbles I also missed the notification and am incredibly late to this thread! But I hope things are going well with the new (or not-so-new-anymore?) job and just general life! *hugs*

 

@wordsmith Welcome back! I think we’re all having the usual struggle of juggling obligations and writing, and we’ve had a couple guild wars, and I should…[Read more]

]]> 0 e1a1024a6880d700e4bd9b012ad9a233 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Finding Writing Time in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54140/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:18:40 -0400 @corkybookworm *gives you another glomphuggle in addition to the one on YWW* I relate to the feeling of being in limbo! Praying for you, friend!

]]> 0 f3ef9f939f5ec320051ca2fad5d3cf2a Lynn Renard replied to the topic Finding Writing Time in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion https://storyembers.org/activity/p/54139/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 23:14:46 -0400 “Evaluate” is probably the tip I’m most familiar with in my own writing life. Video games, nonograms, YouTube, and other stuff has sporadically crept into my life, not only eating up my time, but unnecessarily devouring my mental energy. I went through a couple weeks earlier this year where I finished with work in the morning and decided to play a…[Read more]

]]> 0 63917cf11ad3635e70fa4e4d3d967d0f Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/50679/ Tue, 12 Mar 2019 03:05:07 -0400 Congratulations to them, but also good job, Rillumen! =D Eleven-thousand-plus words is nothing to sneeze at. x)

]]> 0 a1417801a7bc8b2ace08e2ac6f34ef99 Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49962/ Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:29:39 -0400 Awesome! Resubmission complete!

**Also, I misspoke in my last post – Sunday’s writing was only about twice as much as the days leading up to it. xD;

]]> 0 daba2e0f6079e7c0e0d4d4aa1de90b4c Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49915/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:23:52 -0400 Ack! I submitted my word count Saturday night, thinking it was the deadline, and then I got a burst of inspiration yesterday and wrote like four or five times as much Sunday night as I’d written the entire week previous. o_o Are we allowed to resubmit our count?

]]> 0 0a39f55721b5cc59247b45ca59e28387 Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49580/ Fri, 01 Mar 2019 02:59:36 -0400 That makes sense. Thanks anyway, for clarifying! 🙂

]]> 0 9da68693b0af3d22fd4a3e4d92992ff7 Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49465/ Thu, 28 Feb 2019 03:32:57 -0400 So far, my total for this war is 487, and only 59 of those belong to my main WIP. I’m kind of… stuck… until I can get a bunch of worldbuilding figured out. T.T Does worldbuilding / brainstorming count for this sort of thing? I don’t know how much I’ll be able to contribute even if it does (the worldbuilding isn’t as fun right now, which I know…[Read more]

]]> 0 39974d7fd8c76fdf225204f3dd6317e5 Lynn Renard replied to the topic February Word War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/49034/ Tue, 26 Feb 2019 00:25:59 -0400 Congrats on having some actual writing, @brandon-miller ! I’ve been bouncing between writing and editing lately, so we’ll see how that works in contributing to this war. ^^’

]]> 0 08758172616f4868a6070b9bbe9519ee Lynn Renard replied to the topic Happy Endings in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/47812/ Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:02:59 -0400 @corkybookworm Oh, awesome! Have you read Shea’s Red Rope of Fate yet? The ebook is currently free on Amazon! 😀

The characters didn’t learn their lessons and so the ending was extremely dissatisfying, though I’m not sure I would call it cliche…Hmm…

I definitely think there can be a difference between cliche endings and dissatisfying endings.…[Read more]

]]> 0 6bc21b48509c340da94a1c853ead4dd3 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Happy Endings in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/47730/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:25:47 -0400 An example of a happy ending that cost too much is Girl in the Red Hood, by Brittany Fitcher. The protagonist, Liesel, is both unhappy and in unhappy positions throughout the majority of the story. Major spoilers ahead!

1. Her father rips her and her mother from her grandparents.
2. The village to which they relocate deliberately kills her…[Read more]

]]> 0 651629b30f47acc7699212168a9ba553 Lynn Renard replied to the topic Happy Endings in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/47164/ Mon, 11 Feb 2019 21:50:59 -0400 I agree with your about the happy endings’ elements, and I want to add to it.

1. The characters earn their happiness…
2. …without sacrificing more than they gain.

I’ve run into stories lately that technically have the happily-ever-after stamp at the end, but I always close the book with a twinge of discomfort. The characters had to fight too…[Read more]

]]> 0 a87bb68c7802dda459461f5140c90704 Lynn Renard replied to the topic PSA (Personal School Announcement) and Other Info in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/36001/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 23:55:10 -0400 Congratulations, Brandon! And welcome, new members! 😀

]]> 0 1d1c75a45da0956aadb3236e0eb2308f Lynn Renard replied to the topic Dream Prompt War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/35330/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:26:10 -0400 @wordsmith Yep, making the tragedy have clear, close-to-the-heart personal stakes for the protagonist – that sounds sufficiently excruciating. xD

]]> 0 1cbbb18597081a80e6636c9147231bbc Lynn Renard replied to the topic Dream Prompt War in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/35327/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 21:21:06 -0400 @wordsmith What if the guardians broke up so they’re no longer a cohesive thing? You could set that up as a tragedy to be avoided at all costs, but then in the end, there are still good people fighting for what’s right. (In some ways, individual heroes can be a lot more effective than an organization anyway.) I’m not sure how a dream element…[Read more]

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