Jodi Janz

@arindown

Haha, thanks! Ricky isn’t in it much, he’s just a mental reminder for Marrill throughout the book!

@arindown That sounds like an awesome neighborhood, would live in ten out of ten. Would it be in any way similar to Ray Bradbury’s Green Town series? (I think it’s called Green Town…not sure)

@arindown Very good question! See, there’s more than one gang in Heather Flights (it gets very crowded) and they all run different types of illegal businesses or what-not (casinos, money laundering, making ripoffs, etc, etc, etc honestly depends on who you are) and the regular residents who have the disease are afraid of the mafia. What happened…[Read more]

Here are a couple of my characters from Mapleton. I have a whole town (literally) of characters, but I’ll just touch on the main ones.😉

Julia Johns: Julia is usually around 14 (her age fluctuates sometimes depending on the story😆), she has frizzy brown hair, lots of freckles, and a spunky, lively, emotional personality. She loves talking on the…[Read more]

@melodyjoy Your new story sounds amazing! How are you going to make Chloe deal with her struggles? I love writing the emotional side of characters. I can hardly wait to hear more about your story.😄

@beth20 Marrill sounds so cool! I love characters that are like the author.☺️ They’re more authentic.

I’m curious to know what part Ricky plays in the story.

@devastate-lasting Wow. What a cast you’ve got.😊 I love it. I like the different dynamics with the brothers, and I love the name Shade. Micah sounds kinda slick…like he knows how to play his game.😄

Also, I’m wondering why the drug dealers won’t sell Shade’s drug. I mean, I know you kinda explained it. But isn’t all “drug dealer” stuff illeg…[Read more]

@melodyjoy Aw, that’s too bad. I would love to have pets someday.

@emberynus-the-dragonslayer Aw, thank you! I love him too 🙂 (And I want to cry every time I think of him….ah….)

@beth20

Thanks!

@melodyjoy

Haha yeah, life! lol, I like the premise for your book!

@devastate-lasting

Your characters are so cool! I love Shade Seneca!

@arindown

This is a really cool idea! I’ll try to put a character up soon. 🙂

@devastate-lasting

🙂 Thanks so much!

Yeah, I love guinea pigs! I used to have 2 of them (not anymore, sad…)

MEL

@melodyjoy Ahaha thanks! (There’s so much backstory to cover it’s really hard to give a complete description of all the characters)

Ahh your story sounds really meaningful! I would love to read it! Also you profile picture is super cute.

OK, so here is the basic “gist” of my story 🙂 :

Chloe Loran worked at a daycare till a horrific car accident seriously injured her. Struggling with depression, guilt, and many serious physical issues, she must turn to God for help with her relationships and her physical and emotional needs. 

I’ll try to post some of the story asap 🙂

Thanks!

MELODY

@eden-anderson

Hey! Thanks for starting this topic! Super awesome! 🙂 (And it really got me thinking)

Your story sounds so intriguing. And sad. I can definitely tell that it’s going to be very well written :).

@wolverinerm

It eats my posts like ALL the time so I have gotten into the habit of copying what I have written so that just in case it…[Read more]

@arindown

Yeah, good idea!

Well, I’ll share Marrill bc she is basically me lol!

She’s 13, has shoulder-length hair (it’s red, which mine isn’t lol!) She’s an only child…okay so a few things that aren’t like me haha! She loves animals and owns tons of them.

And here’s a snippet from her…

Marrill bounced along the dusty road in the back of…[Read more]

@arindown I guess I’ll share a bit about my three main characters…

Micah Radcliffe: An analytical, ambitious businessman. Blonde hair, blue eyes, tinted glasses. President of the Roses. Constantly in a power struggle with the other gang leaders of Heather Flights. Micah’s very confident in his own abilities and the power that he holds, which…[Read more]

@emma-starr

Yes! Someone else who doesn’t think action is a necessary for a heartfull story (what’s heartfull anyway?😆 I think I just made it up).

I have that discussion all the time with my brother. When I watched LOTR I loved Frodo’s story, and my very favorite part of the whole movie was when Boromir died.😭 But, my brother was convinced tha…[Read more]