@snapper that’s wonderful! Learning to love writing and blogging again is a huge accomplishment 😀

I feel like this year has been a big learning experience. You know, figuring out “adulting” and how to keep doing what I love even as life picks up pace. So I wouldn’t say I’ve had the most enjoyable year, but I feel like I’ve learned a ton that…[Read more]

@toklaham-veruzia yes, there definitely is. I think the difference lies in the target audience of each website. Story Embers is aimed at Christian writers in general, with the mission to help them better fulfill that calling as a Christian storyteller. Kingdom Pen was aimed at young Christian writers, below 25. While there was a focus on learning…[Read more]

@snapper Thank you <33

I filled out the form and offered to volunteer. I want to see the Kingdom rise again 😀

Btw, how have you been??? Work stole my life this summer, then college refused to be any more lenient this fall. Thus I haven’t been reading any blogs for months 😛 How has writing been?

@snapper

oh my goodness. o.o

I NEED TO FILL THIS SURVEY OUT.

Thank you for posting about this!!

(p.s. not sure if you heard, but this is Audrey Caylin… I finally decided to go by my given name. So hi 😛 )

@princess-foo @allison-grace thank you so much!

Hey! Could I ask for some prayers?

College has been pretty difficult this semester because of fatigue and stomach pains. I found out recently that the fatigue is mainly because of an iron deficiency. Some diet changes have been slowly helping that, thankfully! I still haven’t figured out the stomach pains though. After about a year and a half of…[Read more]

@karthmin

Thanks for the update on the organization! It definitely seems a lot easier to navigate now!

Speaking of the prayer requests thread, I have some prayer requests to make, so I’ll go wake up that thread right now 🙂

@karthmin

Sadly, I’m traveling today, so I can’t make it 🙁 I hope you guys have a good call!

@tinuviel

Yes, thank you! Those ideas, and especially the examples, help a lot 😀

@tinuviel

I’m totally drawing a blank here, because my heart is still trapped inside this story. I can’t say it follows the structure of most stories or even has a central conflict, but it felt real. Despite how vague most of it was, it made me feel closer to the narrator’s struggles.

Usually I can always find something to suggest improvement o…[Read more]

Alright, I’m finally going to try and get back into doing this 😛

My goals:

– write a research paper (for my college math class of all things)

– work on characterization

– decide if I’m doing nano or not

@karthmin

That’s a good point you remembered about Eowyn. I haven’t read the books in a while either. :/

Just as an idea, it could be interesting to have a separate book club in the guild dedicated to re-reading and discussing LotR. Maybe we try to read a chapter every two weeks or some such. Just thought I’d throw out this idea!

I appreciate…[Read more]

@karthmin

I’ll be there! 😀

Quick Question: are the calls voice-only or actual video calls? (I’m pretty sure this question has been asked before, but I forgot the answer 😛 )

@princess-foo

Yes, those ideas really help! For fantasy, I tend to default to battle scenes for conflict, but that gets fairly boring after a while (plus, I’m not too good at fight scenes either 😛 )

Your curse-breaker character also sounds very interesting xD

@seekjustice

Thank you for the recommendations! I’ll definitely look those…[Read more]

@seekjustice I think that’s a great idea! I’d totally be in! 😀

Along the lines of this discussion, I’m wondering if anyone here has struggled with portraying true femininity in their stories. In most of my books, I find myself putting a sword or a bow in a woman’s hand in order to keep her engaged in the main conflict (particularly the climax). Otherwise, she’s on the sidelines. While I certainly don’t…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I love that you were able to give some insights into Tolkien’s and Lewis’ personal lives to show how it affected their view of women! I really had no idea about any of that. Could you recommend any particular biographies on them? I’m definitely interested in learning more 😀

Your point regarding Tolkien idolizing women is…[Read more]

And I just realized my three 😛 faces go on a sharp diagonal downwards that my brain is starting to graph… yay for college mathematics xD