Story Embers | Brink | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/nuetrobolt/activity/ Activity feed for Brink. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:42:05 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 f5b2bc69b3852d01669627ce7be07513 Brink replied to the topic What is a character castle? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/what-is-a-character-castle/page/2/#post-125596 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:44:31 -0400 Yeah, you should come back some time.

No problemo

]]> 0 e326f1c61578e497994aec0ee027953a Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89477/#acomment-89594 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:40:39 -0400 Good. You?

In reply to - Brink posted an update @kimlikesart Is this Kimmi from YWW? ]]> 667b8c091ca507af68bc9f31fbe49db3 Brink replied to the topic What is a character castle? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/fantasy-writers/forum/topic/what-is-a-character-castle/page/2/#post-125384 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:59:54 -0400 I was part of the original RP that started the whole character castle thing… so long ago.

@emma-walker (I dunno if you remember me from Ydubs (I went by Joseph Brink there)… I’m a CA there now.)

There’s a reason they restricted how often you can RP on Ydubs. It’s because RPing is not the best use of time or the best way to get to know your…[Read more]

]]> 0 89c203e77931cb9fb93b1f25b6911589 Brink posted an update: @kimlikesart Is this Kimmi from YWW? https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89477/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:52:12 -0400 @kimlikesart Is this Kimmi from YWW?

]]> 2 117354473df6339c6f08d3414c8ab559 Brink replied to the topic 2021 Goal in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/2021-goal/#post-125383 Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:49:58 -0400 @andrew Hey, Andrew! I haven’t been on here in ages either… I’m on the Young Writers Workshop Community now.

My goal for this year is to write four or five novels.

]]> 0 e22b51528c0113cd8760e7de70198e98 Brink's profile was updated https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89475/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 12:46:38 -0400 0 2ff6e9d557ae8f47b73faaa32e7ed9df Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/should-you-share-the-gospel-in-your-novel/comment-page-1/#comment-5242 Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:27:57 -0400 This was a very good article! Thanks for writing!

In reply to - Daeus Lamb wrote a new post Have you ever heard that gospel presentations ruin novels? Or that entertaining stories with good morals but no references to the Bible are humanistic?   I’m familiar with both th […] ]]> 8d83957415f8aaf601b411b7e6d5f3bb Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/page/2/#post-111107 Wed, 29 Apr 2020 00:35:53 -0400 I added the rest of the novel into the docs! I’m planning on adding some questions as well, but I can’t do so right now.

]]> 0 83fe8b198cf830824d4d7cbdcb7e72cc Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76702/#acomment-76911 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:58:29 -0400 Great!

In reply to - Livi Ryddle posted an update @the-inkspiller Hey! Just thought I should let you know, I will get around to reading your story… Though maybe not as soon as I, and you, had hoped. Hopefully that’s alright! I haven’t […] ]]> 429f6feb0160d34b17a29168c1f8880b Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76702/#acomment-76869 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:12:09 -0400 That’s okay! I don’t even remember my date myself…
Can you please get it done by halfway through April?

In reply to - Livi Ryddle posted an update @the-inkspiller Hey! Just thought I should let you know, I will get around to reading your story… Though maybe not as soon as I, and you, had hoped. Hopefully that’s alright! I haven’t […] ]]> f8529782a5c652e23ca285d0c640ed99 Brink changed their profile picture https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76687/ Wed, 25 Mar 2020 23:09:47 -0400 0 098273808aa3da920df2a97504307578 Brink replied to the topic Where is everyone? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/where-is-everyone/page/5/#post-109354 Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:26:16 -0400 I’ve gotten a lot farther on my work on my novel. I’m halfway through the second draft.

]]> 0 7a0c34ee610ab24780e137a16f7d7661 Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/page/2/#post-109203 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:11:21 -0400 I added more to the document!

]]> 0 33dcb5e039450ed2cde639547278fba5 Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/page/2/#post-108090 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:59:13 -0400 @urwen-starial I only realized this after I had written the entire first draft, but Joel is incredibly similar to Hiccup – at least in the first half of my book at any rate.

]]> 0 46242d0edfa9109850d4a2eba722995c Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/#post-108089 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 22:57:28 -0400 @anne_the_noob14  Thanks for all your comments! I’m glad you like it!

@urwen-starial It was great! Thanks! No problem about the heavy editing. Just a note, though, I am writing a second draft, I just haven’t been updating it into the docs. (Maybe I should). I’m taking care of grammar and sentence flow in there. I’m more looking for the things I…[Read more]

]]> 0 f36e666baf234fccabe68989de819263 Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/#post-108045 Wed, 04 Mar 2020 01:00:24 -0400 @urwen-starial Yes, please do!

@anne_the_noob14 I just added more to the docs! The entire first half (Part One: In the Shadow of the Falls) is now in the document. Are you “Snack Thief, Lover of Owls and Books”?

]]> 0 8877bd97d80d989d2891a3abf6d4a123 Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/#post-107981 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 19:25:03 -0400 That’s not purposeful. Sorry.

]]> 0 cb9685b0d3e5e0a8b9a3e6c0fd3b2956 Brink replied to the topic Lyrical Poems are Welcome here! in the forum Poetry Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/lyrical-poems-are-welcome-here/page/24/#post-107440 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 01:05:54 -0400 @dakota nice!

]]> 0 e6b73c73a0fb19f33f68c3ff96a1553a Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/#post-107439 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 01:04:12 -0400 @anne_the_noob14 You can comment directly on the document.

@ariella-newheart If you have time, I’d love it if you read it!

@phoenix I’m glad it interested you! I hope you have time to read it!

]]> 0 ea35dd5e1e7ee6ad3085b4cfbb0dc409 Brink replied to the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/#post-107203 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:05:11 -0400 @anne_the_noob14 Thanks!

The same deadline for alphas and betas. I wasn’t really sure which word to use, so I just used both.

]]> 0 1e09b19d0c276e26a9fcabd80c8af6be Brink started the topic Beta readers for my novel in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/beta-readers-for-my-novel/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 13:52:57 -0400 Would anyone like to Alpha/beta read my novel Curtain’s Edge?

@anne_the_noob14 This is the novel I was writing during NaNoWriMo. You asked me to tag you for Beta reading.

@h-jones You probably don’t remember this, but a long time ago you asked me to tag you when I was accepting Betas. Since my book has changed titles and the plot has changed a…[Read more]

]]> 0 a941a330c2aad0648effae2746760b9f Brink replied to the topic Artist looking for characters to sketch in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/artist-looking-for-characters-to-sketch/page/3/#post-105022 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 01:51:22 -0400 @urwen-starial Nice! Thanks!

]]> 0 680296c2e8498a7bc5dad4c68569c92f Brink replied to the topic Chloe and Zoe in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/chloe-and-zoe/page/9/#post-105021 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 01:49:44 -0400 @andrew, wow, this story keeps having unexpected twists. Good job!

]]> 0 9aca429d63281b601767695f6a00ea26 Brink joined the group Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72481/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:56:00 -0400 0 3892e8c722b467aacb57e93df9bc0bd3 Brink replied to the topic Lyrical Poems are Welcome here! in the forum Poetry Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/lyrical-poems-are-welcome-here/page/22/#post-104773 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:52:35 -0400 @dakota, that poem is… wow.

]]> 0 9c5584bee773f4ff06f0ec008675362b Brink replied to the topic Why do none of the pages work besides forum? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/why-do-none-of-the-pages-work-besides-forum/#post-103900 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 23:38:04 -0400 @daeus-lamb

It seems to be fine now! Thanks for checking into this!

]]> 0 4ff7bdfad2374786adbbbf75dfed8ec1 Brink replied to the topic Why do none of the pages work besides forum? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/why-do-none-of-the-pages-work-besides-forum/#post-103806 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:06:28 -0400 I put this in this category because I wasn’t sure what else to put it in.

]]> 0 56689d71584cea792d1d79428742cbfe Brink started the topic Why do none of the pages work besides forum? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/why-do-none-of-the-pages-work-besides-forum/ Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:05:02 -0400 I was trying to see the manifesto, and it said that the page was removed. I tried clicking every other option on the top bar, and besides forum, they all said the same thing. What’s going on? Why don’t the pages work?

@daeus-lamb @josiah @other-guides

]]> 0 9f6828a0f86b7aad90d93197187c8827 Brink replied to the topic Artist looking for characters to sketch in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/artist-looking-for-characters-to-sketch/page/3/#post-103303 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:51:07 -0400 @urwen-starial, that’s totally okay. Don’t worry about it. If you don’t feel you have time, don’t bother doing mine.

]]> 0 827f88aa630d4ecd8f4f229b15b82fb3 Brink replied to the topic Chloe and Zoe in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/chloe-and-zoe/page/9/#post-103238 Fri, 27 Dec 2019 23:53:08 -0400 @Andrew Thanks for writing!

]]> 0 71eb07dada54d0cffda224c0ce97ae64 Brink replied to the topic Character Mug Shots (Or, Why Your Character Was Arrested) in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/character-mug-shots-or-why-your-character-was-arrested/page/3/#post-103004 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:36:08 -0400 Jay: Entering restricted area, dropping out of the army (which he was forced to join), assisting in the killing of a dragon, resisting arrest, being the chosen one, and trying to attack the main villain.

Xavier: Being dragged into restricted area by Jay, being forced to drop out of the army with Jay, resisting arrest, and being alive when…[Read more]

]]> 0 ca1d3c99de176aac26adf0b4b7e2a8d3 Brink replied to the topic Chloe and Zoe in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/chloe-and-zoe/page/9/#post-103000 Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:56:11 -0400 Wow. Cool story.

@Andrew, can’t wait for the next part!

]]> 0 da880937e3b043480835150867c4ad37 Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/cutting-down-the-zinnias/comment-page-1/#comment-4457 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 15:38:32 -0400 This is beautiful!

In reply to - Story Embers wrote a new post By Abby McBane   The time has come to fell the flowers; It’s autumn now, the summer’s bounty waning. Outside I go, in the late morning hours, To do the deed, a buoyant manner feig […] ]]> 2fc74aa45944eee0d933be1649d83379 Brink replied to the topic Artist looking for characters to sketch in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/artist-looking-for-characters-to-sketch/page/3/#post-102418 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:37:27 -0400 @urwen-starial No problem. Have fun at your dance show!

]]> 0 afe7ab18114251fa8aa0fa73025cd1a1 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner 2.0 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner-2-0/page/6/#post-102417 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 17:36:10 -0400 @r-m-archer @tinuviel

It sounds interesting! I’ll have to do that this coming year.

]]> 0 dd8a517918d6b25797ef6a2697830843 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner 2.0 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner-2-0/page/6/#post-102349 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 21:37:41 -0400 @tinuviel (or anyone else), What is Camp NaNoWriMo?

]]> 0 d0c7929f0d96cab109335694cd905e04 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner 2.0 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner-2-0/page/6/#post-102229 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:25:16 -0400 @tinuviel congratulations! Was it fun?

What was your favorite part?

]]> 0 696d23106550a48ad3ae75f1f0978602 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner 2.0 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner-2-0/page/5/#post-102227 Sun, 01 Dec 2019 00:23:26 -0400 @eden-anderson Canadian thanksgiving is mid October, which feels like a long time ago.

This is your first time doing NaNo? Same here!

@r-m-archer, that is insane! Great job! What exactly is keyboard blackened Fridays?

Congratulations to everyone who got their goals!!!

If you didn’t yet, keep trying! You’ve got about four hours left!!

]]> 0 6fbf184f7794591ffec55a8a5b1337e0 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner 2.0 in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner-2-0/page/3/#post-102171 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:38:24 -0400 @eden-anderson Congratulations!!! That’s great!!!

Is it American Thanksgiving today?

Here in Canada Thanksgiving happened long ago. I barely remember it. lol

]]> 0 9e8fc80ad978a11f7350d35f0257c29f Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/95/#post-101947 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:28:53 -0400 I am definitely doing NaNo again next year. Two months ago and I had no idea what it was, and was expecting it to take me till next spring to finish my book, if not longer. Now… 50,000 words and the first draft of book one completed. (And it wasn’t even as hard as I thought <span style=”background-color: rgba(246, 213, 217, 1);”>a</span>s would…[Read more]

]]> 0 20e13c3d1d9fd4ab0de099bd0d2d782d Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/95/#post-101946 Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:26:21 -0400 @eden-anderson, I guess the most encouraging part of NaNo was finishing 50k, and finishing my book. Or when I hit 10k in one day. That was really encouraging. It was all a lot of fun, though!

]]> 0 1cb25910c72c81cbf5b618749d64ea14 Brink posted a new activity comment https://storyembers.org/can-books-be-objectively-bad-or-are-ratings-based-only-on-personal-taste/comment-page-1/#comment-4314 Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:55:06 -0400 I was thinking about that same thing. After reading this, I told my Mom and sister who were in the Middle of reading Jane Austen together. We talked about it for a bit, and they both thought that Jane Austen was both entertaining and artistic. I don’t enjoy the books, so I’m not sure what to think, but this article seemed to be stating that they…[Read more]

In reply to - Josiah DeGraaf wrote a new post Can Books Be Objectively Bad? Or Are Ratings Based Only on Personal Taste? “Bad books are a myth because the only measuring stick is people’s whims.”   I ended my first articl […] ]]> 080e2fcaf068c76e5f2d44a6c2087164 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/92/#post-101894 Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:44:50 -0400 @edmund-lloyd-fletcher, quite the dramatic scene! I especially like how you said, “her tears mixed with those from the streaking sky,”

]]> 0 13fbd2b1268f27293143cf1759a95cdc Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/92/#post-101893 Sat, 23 Nov 2019 15:43:00 -0400 Starting book two is harder than I thought. I don’t have this section planned out as I thought I had it, so I think I am actually going to take a break from writing and start editing the last book/brainstorming.

All this is to say, that I guess I won’t be going for 75,000 words this November. 50,000 is enough, I think! Thank-you all for…[Read more]

]]> 0 a300ec1c25e43ec36582d9d7ebd38820 Brink replied to the topic Artist looking for characters to sketch in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/artist-looking-for-characters-to-sketch/page/2/#post-101890 Sat, 23 Nov 2019 14:12:01 -0400 @urwen-starial He is middle-aged and has brown eyes, I guess. Thank-you!

]]> 0 975119b160f7c4cf230caf0fa1aa3a1f Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/92/#post-101871 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:40:51 -0400 @naiya-dyani your character refers to her as poke lady? Oh my goodness.

Why couldn’t they talk?

]]> 0 5e9b6b263f7d2c7be981675428a07f67 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/92/#post-101869 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:39:27 -0400 I know I didn’t tell you I was going to enter, but I entered regardless. I got 476 words.

]]> 0 711f4d88928e29d858b88cd17b93666a Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/90/#post-101849 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:57:03 -0400 @naiya-dyani @eden-anderson @tinuviel @emgc

Are you all still on? If so, I would love to word war with you!

]]> 0 59783aa20382337e92c69c7080a4c1f2 Brink replied to the topic Artist looking for characters to sketch in the forum Art Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/artist-looking-for-characters-to-sketch/page/2/#post-101848 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 21:54:51 -0400 @urwen-starial Whatever medium you want, then.

There’s nothing wrong with Manga, its just not for my characters. I cannot picture my characters in that style. Is that a problem with you?

]]> 0 da9e418d310ab90bc69a4676844aa835 Brink replied to the topic NaNoWriMo 2019: The Crazy Writers Corner in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/nanowrimo-2019-the-crazy-writers-corner/page/90/#post-101837 Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:45:19 -0400 @elisha-starquill, Is that a question? Of course, I do! I’m always trying to find more ways to slip the ocean into my book. All of my books have scenes set on the seashore.
Do you live by the ocean?
@edmund-lloyd-fletcher Thank-you! I just found pictures on Google Images, and actually, after I was almost finished making it, I realized that the…[Read more]

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