K.M. Small

@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

@karthmin

Wow, reading your thoughts here just made my brain really excited xD Let me see if I can formulate some comments that make sense…

First, I love your analysis of the women Tolkien wrote about. It is interesting that he mainly portrayed only two opposites, one true femininity (nurturer, etc.) and the other false femininity (destroyer,…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter

To answer your first question, YES, I think this is an awesome idea! I’ve given stories as birthday and Christmas presents before, and so far they’ve been very well received. I think it’s something about how homemade gifts (even stories) seem more special than store-bought gifts 🙂

Regarding your second question, I think it…[Read more]

@tinuviel hey, I just wanted to let you know that I took myself off the critique list (college classes have been stealing my writing time), so it looks like you’re next up after Devastate’s critique 🙂

I got inspired while working, but I don’t think my work actually inspired any of that xD

I was in a bus full of sleeping kids (I was a camp counselor this summer) and was enjoying the quiet, gazing out the window. I was staring at the mountains across the highway. I started thinking of someone who lived in those mountains. A medicine woman’s a…[Read more]

@princess-foo I’ll try to get to it this coming week! 🙂

@karthmin
I really enjoy analyzing stories so I hope we either keep this subform or create such conversations elsewhere. I think the main problem is that a lot of us have read different books, or read the same books, but one of us finished it yesterday and the other hasn’t read it in three years 😛 Group reading novels might be a little too much…[Read more]

@tashah-claymore @tinuviel

Welcome to Erekdale, land of the…well, land of Frank xD The world building page explains that and much other weirdness. Don’t worry about trying to catch up with it all at once or remember it perfectly. I forget quite a bit of it sometimes too — it’s all for fun 😉

Anywho, welcome, welcome! It’s great to have you here 😀

@karthmin I love this idea! I actually have a finished draft of a short story that I’ve been meaning to show to more than two people, and was just thinking of posting it in the guild. 😀

(I also realllly enjoy critiquing, so I’m excited for both aspects of this xD)

@emgc

I’ve only done characterization for one character so far, but it’s going very well! Even if I don’t get to the other character or the world building, I’m really happy with what I’ve done so far 😀

@karthmin I think to keep it from getting too crazy or too stagnant, posting a question every week or every other week would be a good way to do it. Perhaps we could create a google form where we could submit questions (you included). Then, on a specific day every week or every other week, the question would be posted in this space.

It could also…[Read more]

*returns to the accountability thread in epic fashion*

This week I want to:

– complete two pages of character journaling for my MCs

– polish the main culture of my storyworld

– plan out a writing routine for the fall semester