K.M. Small

I do feel called to write, though I can never pinpoint exactly why. Stories are just the primary way I understand the world and my own life. I’ve grown to realize that God teaches me so many beautiful lessons of His love through my life that I’m inspired to find a way to pass on those lessons to others in the same way I learned them: story. I see…[Read more]

Oh my goodness!!! 😀 😀 😀

Maybe the extra pressure helped us? Having a little more time to edit would have been nice though xD

@karthmin your poor sweatshirt xD

@kelly-lundgen I’m a 1w2 as well! I’ve actually found the Enneagram to be a lot more helpful with characterization for my stories than MBTI. Especially because Sleeping At Last has songs for all the Enneagram types 😀

A phoenix, of course. I would and do ride one, and yes, they are real 😛

*tries to picture her favorite sweater* It’s a sapphire blue with flecks of red, yellow, and green in it. I think. It’s hard to remember since I haven’t worn it in months.

@Evelyn I love this topic! I think it’s all too easy as a writer to forget that real life is where the most incredible stories always take place 😀

Personally, I have drawn inspiration from my own life for my stories. Only it happened in an opposite way; when I was thirteen, I wrote a fantasy story about a girl running away from the only place…[Read more]

@karthmin yes, that does make sense. I knew my tired brain was missing something there xD

That get together would be AWESOME! Not sure how it would work out, but maybe have it in several different places so people from the west coast don’t have to go all the way to the east coast, and vice versa. Hopefully one day in the future something like…[Read more]

@karthmin

Hmm, I like that idea, but (and this might just be my sleep-deprived brain) I’m not sure how it would help forge closer writing communities. It seems it may just help writers learn and grow in their skills, which is great in itself, though may not help the community aspect much. If I’m totally missing the point, please do explain more,…[Read more]

@trallion thanks! I think you should win an award for how thorough that bio is xD

*flies in on a phoenix*

Welcome @trallion , to the perilous land of Erekdale…

*coughs* It’s actually quite safe here. Sometimes pranks will be pulled and you’ll be bombarded with links to cool topics, but that’s about the extent of the danger in Erekdale.

I don’t have an official position here in the guild, but I’ve been here since the dawn…[Read more]

@karthmin yes, I submitted it on Saturday. Now just to…wait xD

@devastate-lasting I would love to look over it again, but I don’t think I’ll have time 🙁 So sorry!

@princess-foo ooh, cool prompt! And I do like the idea of having only one writer to make the story feel more cohesive.

Hm…I’ll let you know if I come up with any ideas. I won’t be able to be a writer due to my work schedule, but I may be able to pitch in some editing on the weekends 🙂

This is my first full week of work, so I’m not sure what I’ll have time to do. Hopefully figure out what my next project will be and work on some characterization. On the bright side, I submitted my story for the contest, so I’m pretty happy about that 😀

@seekjustice *facepalm* I forgot that the email notification would have my new name up there. I should have waited to change it 😛

@karthmin yes, the tag stays the same xD And I’ll send it on over tonight or tomorrow! I’ll also re-add myself to the hangouts groups with my new email address.

@catwing I’m confused 😉

@devastate-lasting sorry for the delay, but I just finished going over your story again. It definitely improved a lot more from the first time — great job! It really helped to have the stakes more clearly established in the beginning, too. Just let me know if you have any questions on my comments in the doc 🙂

I used to write all my stories by hand (I think I did about five or six 50k novels o.o). Then my dad told me I should transcribe the stories onto a computer, and since then, I’ve typed every story, long or short.

It’s interesting, because when I do write snippets of scenes by hand, they either come out short and bland or full of purple prose. The…[Read more]

My goals are:

– figure out what story I want to write next

-write several blog posts

– start working on edits for my short story once it’s back from betas