Story Embers | Pearl F. | Group Activity https://storyembers.org/members/pearlcfretzgmail-com/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Pearl F. is a member. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:40:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 c6c91d341d857f4045b41b6f3df6b175 Lydiyah joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/105327/ Sun, 30 Jun 2024 17:33:55 -0400 0 fe1791027ba9e288274b3f793c21068b Samantha Farrar joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/105320/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:24:31 -0400 0 f29e658f3f79a6d4004b818c7151842e MiaJoy replied to the topic Teen Writers in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/teen-writers/#post-158014 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:23:09 -0400 Hi Lydia!

Yes, I’m working on a middle-grade mystery/action novel. I finished the rough draft and am now working on revising. I love getting new ideas, it’s so exciting to me!

I’ve never been great with themes either, but I’ve done research by reading fables and fairy tales, as well as other books, and deciphering their themes. I think you have…[Read more]

]]> 0 6f86bb4c6630919964c0d274ae74295d Abrielle replied to the topic Teen Writers in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/teen-writers/#post-158004 Thu, 06 Jul 2023 15:02:12 -0400 @miajoy88

Hi! I’m Lydia, I’m currently seventeen. Do you have a current project? At the moment, I’m torn between a couple things; a sci-fi and a fantasy, both somewhere in the YA/children’s area. What’s your favorite part about writing? For me, I really love my characters. It’s so much fun playing around with them, watching how they interact, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 c2cf0016e3e35752f15f80539555c0b2 RAE joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104827/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:45:25 -0400 0 ed7beacae079e24101fa953a2e22d8bd Abrielle joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104694/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:08:07 -0400 0 cfde379f5defb94e02ac6e04778c7c4c Bethany joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104666/ Wed, 24 May 2023 06:34:48 -0400 0 26c3b3a452ec4ae489f35728f895aeee Pearl Christine joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104531/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 23:17:18 -0400 0 80c8afd12391cc87a0065a3929cfa0fc Sarafini joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104416/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:27:58 -0400 0 ce1f261ae7c0c3034b738d217367628b Sarafini joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104413/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:27:47 -0400 0 f0ce7253f3c2da25b017a818e4724cd2 Abby Jo joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104345/ Sun, 19 Mar 2023 23:24:04 -0400 0 671c99f8b095413e5fc2d9665bfe2ad9 Katheryn Gallant joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104268/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:41:47 -0400 0 de9fdf0eb86e4ebd5f6488b9f2962af5 MiaJoy started the topic Teen Writers in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/teen-writers/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 23:34:37 -0400 Hi everybody! As a teen writer myself, I would love to connect to other young authors who are serious about their writing and want to help. I’m putting this under middle grade/ children’s because that’s what I write, but if anyone knows a way to make this a main discussion point, perhaps under YA, that would be really helpful! Anyways, feel free…[Read more]

]]> 0 f87d2cdb563d5c92099f7c784b79917e MiaJoy joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104228/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 23:25:56 -0400 0 efc002a3544dda29973ddd6e56391c6c Lightbulb joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104093/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 15:14:23 -0400 0 e6607d6752d7100dd9425f4df938e4e2 Kite Ayoul joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102838/ Sat, 27 Aug 2022 13:07:13 -0400 0 da06bb552840322f4b74577171d722d9 Kristina joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102582/ Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:12:19 -0400 0 ec053062fabe507de57cf75cefe41231 Ethan Leonard started the topic Need help with short story planning in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/need-help-with-short-story-planning/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 04:05:52 -0400 Hey everyone!

I’m new to the forum, and I have a few questions for this short story (and it possibly might even turn into a book) I’m planning…

Basically I came up with this idea to write a story about a United States Marine Corps soldier who goes on a combat patrol, gets pinned down by enemy combatants, and has to make some serious decis…[Read more]

]]> 0 d7b8557a328c8fa87da2882fb673a1ca Ethan Leonard joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/102379/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 03:56:33 -0400 0 0df29b98802f85b2abe0e5969b56e660 Betty Wojtowicz replied to the topic Book Title in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/book-title/#post-150597 Fri, 13 May 2022 10:36:30 -0400 @kaytlin-phillips

Good morning, Katylin! Hope you’ve been having a good week.

I set my story in the fictional town of Pineville, near the foothills of the mountains. I was originally thinking of calling the book Kate’s Journey, but there’s another book with the same title. The books aren’t anything alike, though. I suppose it doesn’t matter that…[Read more]

]]> 0 85e587300907d0cf391dedc1f275c824 Kaytlin Phillips replied to the topic Book Title in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/book-title/#post-150542 Mon, 09 May 2022 02:28:30 -0400 Oh, New Mexico is so beautiful! Are you setting it in the plains or mountains? Both are so gorgeous! That’s where we went on vacation last year.

You could try just Kate’s Journey, I personally find it slightly cliche when a romance title always includes love in the title, but that’s just me…lol…

Um, Loves Long Journey…or even thinking…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2d082d1106788faf491efc9b3f47a2f Kaytlin Phillips joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101413/ Mon, 09 May 2022 02:24:21 -0400 0 784a092aa866144f62f7e6656045a272 Kaytlin Phillips joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101361/ Fri, 06 May 2022 03:16:52 -0400 0 21791188431d7fc89f5c04f2d0c261b3 Brian Stansell joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101305/ Wed, 04 May 2022 00:15:34 -0400 0 c751d5eaf4be4837580e4c191c1f1754 Moonlighting Novelist joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101302/ Tue, 03 May 2022 23:24:43 -0400 0 c14931362a17cda953ce5793387c218e Elizabeth joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101273/ Tue, 03 May 2022 01:36:41 -0400 0 9f63cb2381667fc7b3fb2092950ed58c Betty Wojtowicz started the topic Book Title in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/book-title/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:48:28 -0400 Good morning, all! I’m writing a western historical romance, currently on my third revision. My working title is Finding Her True Love, but I’m not sold on it. It’s about a 1870’s Boston socialite, Kate MacGregor, who runs away to escape a forced marriage. She ends up in a small town in the New Mexico Territory, where she faces danger and…[Read more]

]]> 0 bbf352cd936fbfd7f6d107d753a692f8 Betty Wojtowicz joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101233/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:43:29 -0400 0 9a5cad61233632b6bdb9ca25f3470f40 Katie Huff joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101201/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:23:22 -0400 0 ca3def588c9a3c9da6a660d99db9adf0 Katie Huff joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101200/ Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:23:20 -0400 0 2b99f7cf5335eb4b0400226bd0a29275 Pearl F. joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101024/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:05:48 -0400 0 5469eb3bbd620ceed08a9acda3f2be99 Pearl F. joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/101023/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:05:33 -0400 0 c4287398df22fe707a174351f55952fc Miller started the topic Critique group in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/critique-group/ Sun, 10 Apr 2022 00:40:57 -0400 So…

Would anyone like to start a critique group?

I’m attempting to write a story about cats dealing with emotional problems.

Why cats? Because people are HARD to write especially when you have never written anything and are only really comfortable with writing cats.

I don’t really know if writing is a long term career or my higher calling. I…[Read more]

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Hi Kendra! I’m Rose, pleased to meet you!

What’s the premise of your novel? I’d like to know more about it!

]]> 4 e6dce16ab97ea53a10e9d43fd0a07f57 Rose joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98340/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:58:06 -0400 0 bcad9438d311fac95f5ce8a781b76880 KendraBell started the topic Beta Readers or Form Critique Group? in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/groups/writers-of-childrens-middle-grade-books/forum/topic/beta-readers-or-form-critique-group/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:43:16 -0400 Hello fellow writers! Is anyone interested in swapping novels or forming a critique group? I’m currently in a secular critique group for my novel (about 70,000 words) and it’s been super helpful. At the same time, I’m really hoping to connect with other believers and learn how you are approaching your writing from a Christ-centered perspective…[Read more]

]]> 0 108be38e1cb35fefad0f116f615fea2a KendraBell joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/98321/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:33:59 -0400 0 b34c6db0d89a497b55ed1b25fa914598 katie02 joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97311/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 15:07:15 -0400 0 5b80b3f792cbd118c3a4653002983339 Grace Benham joined the group Writers of Children’s/Middle-Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/97102/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:33:14 -0400 0 181d05b75fd08dc36aa184884eee3bae Grace Benham joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96645/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:03:40 -0400 0 5baba682451c66551d1504714c75befb Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic HELP I Don't Know If This Is Historical Fiction or Not in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/help-i-dont-know-if-this-is-historical-fiction-or-not/#post-143936 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 20:23:08 -0400 @taylorclogston

Thank you so much, this was super helpful! I hadn’t really ever heard of the genre of ‘spy fiction’. You’re right, I have no point of divergence from real world events because even though this is an obscure part of the real world in my brain, that’s never really presented in the story. I think I’m going to call it a spy fiction…[Read more]

]]> 0 5507444e67e97bd33367d088b8007651 Anne of Lothlorien replied to the topic HELP I Don't Know If This Is Historical Fiction or Not in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/help-i-dont-know-if-this-is-historical-fiction-or-not/#post-143933 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:07:35 -0400 @rusted-knight Even if that historical event has nothing to do with the real world history? The events in this book and the events that trigger a change in leadership in the country are not from the real-world at all. I’m not even taking a real world event like World War II and changing it to see what would have happened if we lost. (which…[Read more]

]]> 0 e14ff4801c63e84c3dd973e100309373 Taylor Clogston replied to the topic HELP I Don't Know If This Is Historical Fiction or Not in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/help-i-dont-know-if-this-is-historical-fiction-or-not/#post-143774 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:40:02 -0400 @anne-of-lothlorien That’s a really hard question =P

First and foremost, spy fiction is a genre. You should look into that.

The rest of your description doesn’t sound like historical fiction to me. HisFic needs to interact with the real world in some way. If the only possible way a reader could tell the story took place in an alternate version…[Read more]

]]> 0 a2fcd907eb9cc44ff730b39e2f762488 Taylor Clogston joined the group Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96173/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 18:28:41 -0400 0 33bcbd9252cb352d2dafbb01a7171f56 Rusted Knight replied to the topic HELP I Don't Know If This Is Historical Fiction or Not in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/historical-fiction-writers/forum/topic/help-i-dont-know-if-this-is-historical-fiction-or-not/#post-143734 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 01:34:25 -0400 @anne-of-lothlorien
This is what we call “threading the eye of the needle.” I think this is a historical fiction as long as there is a trigger event were history changed.

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