I can say that I’ve had the problem of having no word to use many times also. The options seem kinda like you have to either make it sound like a very gruff man or a Dolores Umbridge.

I use the word ‘snort’ basically on every page I write, because there’s nothing better to use, and people don’t laugh super often in real life.

Maybe go with…[Read more]

@selah-chelyah Yeah. Very grateful. Everything works out to God’s plan in the end. I was also in a car accident when I was very young, but I don’t remember it. This car accident was the cause of my scoliosis, and my three fainting incidents, although no one can prove it. It’s made me a better person in the long run, even though I wouldn’t have…[Read more]

@selah-chelyah No problem! Glad my experiences have come to good use! I have nothing better to do with them other than write about them 🙂

I had also fainted/passed out (a few weeks prior to the time mentioned above) during an x-ray, while it was malfunctioning, which probably was the cause of my inner feelings, although in my head it made sense.…[Read more]

@anne-of-lothlorien

Haha! That’s funny!

-Sylvie

@anne-of-lothlorien

Huh. Interesting. Did you get a concussion?

-Sylvie

@selah-chelyah

It wasn’t medically induced, though I have had that happen recently, and it’s really weird. I could hear every word spoken, but the ringing in my ears made it hard to concentrate in anything.

-Sylvie Berg

You know you’re a writer when: you think howling at the moon randomly in the middle of the day is normal, and you are surprised when it’s actually not.

And,  just to clear some things up: this is how it feels to pass out (in written form), because a lot of people wonder about this:

My conscious thought was understanding this information, but…[Read more]

@kendralynne518

Thanks!

-Sylvie

Oops. It’s so hard to read the little italic script.

@kendralynne518

@ncstokes

Thanks!

-Sylvie

@ncstokes

I’m just getting used to the things that I won’t be able to do for a while.

That’s great news!

-Sylvie

@kendralynne519

Yeah. My character is a prince, and he doesn’t like this hobo character because he’s dirty, and, well… a hobo…. but he respects him, but he doesn’t want to. Does that make sense? The only problem is that there is no word for that that I can find.

-Sylvie

You know you’re a ….. disney fan? musician? a bit of both?…..when you have an argument with your sister as to the exact pitch of the ding when the guy (Vladimir) in the snuggly ducklings clinks his ceramic unicorns.

-Sylvie

Oww! I know how that feels (relatively). My back now has metal rods in it, and I’ve been wanting to stretch for so long. I will pencil you in…

-Sylvie

@kari-karast

YESS! I’ve done this SO many times. My little sister has now gotten into the habit of pulling out another knife to protect herself just in case. I frequently remind her that if I really wanted her dead…. she would be dead….

heh heh. Not creepy at all, right?

-Sylvie

I wrote a book when I was a lot younger (I’m talking 7 or 8), and I re-edited it to make sure there were no ‘said’s in it, and then I learned that said is virtually pass-over-able. When I read, I never notice when the characters ‘said’ in their conversations, but I notice it a lot when authors put ‘ “Oh, hello,” she blustered. ‘ or something of…[Read more]

@lin Yeah… it’s kind of annoying.

@michelle Thanks!