Story Embers | Piperbee | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/piperbee/activity/ Activity feed for Piperbee. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 6e71c85cf34b1d3101e8492d229f7f0b Piperbee replied to the topic A small jewel in a sea of chaos in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-small-jewel-in-a-sea-of-chaos/page/4/#post-92155 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 22:54:50 -0400 Ok my mistake, you did mention tech briefly. But it wasn’t as obvious because it was so seamless with all the other beautifully fantastical prose, haha! I still would like to see Vasha interact with a different piece of tech.

Perhaps there could be some kind of cool fish tank, filled with the goldfish. Vasha could think of them as pitiful t…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa117399b26bcbe92495d03b1f93ca5c Piperbee replied to the topic A small jewel in a sea of chaos in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-small-jewel-in-a-sea-of-chaos/page/4/#post-92143 Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:29:12 -0400 @kate

ok first of all it was BEAUTIFULLY written! You have a gorgeous imagination. I loved the way Vasha thought back and forth and doubted. Now on to suggestions.

I think you should introduce the “tech” element of the world sooner. Maybe with a different piece of tech. It was so fantasy right up until the words “oxygen generator”.

I also th…[Read more]

]]> 0 43055d9dc3dc875c6bfb178a6c68fac1 Piperbee replied to the topic A small jewel in a sea of chaos in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-small-jewel-in-a-sea-of-chaos/page/4/#post-92073 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:07:36 -0400 @corissa @cassandraia@literatureforthelight @eden-anderson @kate

here are some ideas/suggestions! No need to use them, but hopefully there’s some inspiration for those of you writing.

– The little, ordinary fish should do something that relates to the MC’s inner struggle. Escaping a tangle of kelp. Popping back out of a larger fish’s mouth…[Read more]

]]> 0 583f05facf8ad0e0d3f76145c7dceafd Piperbee replied to the topic A small jewel in a sea of chaos in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-small-jewel-in-a-sea-of-chaos/page/4/#post-92072 Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:59:14 -0400 I keep losing my text when I reply because I can’t figure out tagging 🤦🏻‍♀️

I think it’s going great so far and I have a couple of ideas to help whoever is writing. I have too much going on right now to draft, and I don’t feel like I’m experienced enough with depression to do first person perspective, but I can offer suggestions and (semi)…[Read more]

]]> 0 b210ace0c432bbda6311b355ac4421ef Piperbee replied to the topic A small jewel in a sea of chaos in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/a-small-jewel-in-a-sea-of-chaos/page/2/#post-91796 Thu, 20 Jun 2019 04:50:15 -0400 Hey everyone!

I’m reminded of a comic about depression in which the author (who was telling a true story) was experiencing a dark moment in the kitchen floor and then saw a kernel of shriveled corn under the fridge and… laughed. Like ridiculously hard! That stupid piece of corn, stuck under the fridge! It can’t move! It just stayed there and…[Read more]

]]> 0 77189cfe32dd84b9b2d13be9b5ed6855 Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/page/2/#post-89954 Mon, 20 May 2019 14:27:34 -0400 @literatureforthelight

I am so happy with it! It’s much stronger, and still very true to the feel you were going for before. I love it!

]]> 0 61e5fd44e3d0bba21e4663e1e1421686 Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/page/2/#post-89853 Sat, 18 May 2019 21:58:50 -0400 @literatureforthelight

It’s really good! Thank you for drafting it 🙂

I did get a little lost deciphering your feelings from Alira’s, and placing who was saying what. But overall, it had a great feel to it!

]]> 0 fb3374d1444ab3451b0c5d4aaac12647 Piperbee replied to the topic Developmental Edits in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/developmental-edits/#post-89689 Thu, 16 May 2019 16:32:24 -0400 @daeus-lamb she was suggested by a fellow author friend of mine. We met at a coffee shop and got to talk for a while, and she told me how she became an editor and what she valued as a fellow writer. I could tell she would be honest with me and also focus on my problem areas based on that conversation.

]]> 0 17827c9f74286c19aff6d8b836fc867d Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/page/2/#post-89657 Thu, 16 May 2019 04:32:02 -0400 @literatureforthelight

Please draft it! I think you really have something! My only question is, why two men? Why not just one? It could leave it open for a “reunion” between the guide woman and the soldier.

]]> 0 de266de37a3d24c432b62ca1e06d1a04 Piperbee replied to the topic Developmental Edits in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/developmental-edits/#post-89656 Thu, 16 May 2019 04:28:47 -0400 @germaine-han If your story is anything like mine, it has a beating heart that is really good! It’s just that the flesh and bones need work. I had to give it distances, let it gather a little dust, before I went back in. Taking time away really helped me see what was wrong and not feel so heartbroken about cutting it.

I’m also one of those crazy…[Read more]

]]> 0 b01529cc80945ee43fec4dda84ac80b4 Piperbee started the topic Developmental Edits in the forum https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/developmental-edits/ Thu, 16 May 2019 00:05:13 -0400 Happy Wednesday! I wanted to take a second to talk about the developmental edit that I received since a lot of you were interested in how it went. So, tiny backstory: this book has been with me for roughly 11 years now. I started it for fun, and it went through multiple evolutions before I actually hunkered down, revised it, and felt like I wrote…[Read more]

]]> 0 40b3ab14a8597d9784ceee3db324426f Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/#post-89335 Mon, 13 May 2019 01:32:40 -0400 @literatureforthelight

True! I didn’t think about it like that. I really like your idea about the reader being Death looking for people to take away. Very intriguing!

]]> 0 b72b2889f654d8da56a7a208b64fd093 Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/#post-89332 Mon, 13 May 2019 00:31:57 -0400 I kind of see two ideas running:

1) A story being told to the reader

2) The reader not knowing who they are exactly

We could combine them… I’m in the fantasy camp, personally. I like the idea of “Death” (a character) dropping clues maybe leading up to the reader’s death, and then they’d realize they were dead.

Thinking about this makes me…[Read more]

]]> 0 c48e50a1e40f4038c3df4b218b629389 Piperbee replied to the topic 1st place, 2nd person in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/1st-place-2nd-person/#post-88888 Tue, 07 May 2019 19:26:31 -0400 What if we did something where the reader isn’t sure “who” they are at the start? Like they have to slowly realize they’re a ghost or a monster or some such thing?

]]> 0 51729c39c74220262762a67dd749dd11 Piperbee replied to the topic Getting a professional edit in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/getting-a-professional-edit/#post-88744 Mon, 06 May 2019 18:29:58 -0400 I am about to get my first professional edit back. It’s a developmental edit. I met with my editor and she said that I have a great imagination but way too many characters. I’d love to talk about it more once I get her notes back.

So, she (my editor) mentioned how, in writing, you have the madman (ideas), the architect (planning), the carpenter…[Read more]

]]> 0 cce91edee25ab2748b8d6643ef6646b4 Piperbee replied to the topic Word War #3 in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-3-2/page/2/#post-88140 Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:37:53 -0400 @eden-anderson

I got over 11k 😀 It’s more than I usually do. Or… I guess that’s not totally true. Apparently, I write really fast. I wrote 40k in 8 days in March. But this time, I had skipped a week of Camp Nanowrimo and so decided to sprint to the finish. So I was motivated, I guess.

3k is really good for a week. Better than the big fat…[Read more]

]]> 0 b4e356de4ca6351d4ea261f3bd0a04e0 Piperbee replied to the topic Word War #3 in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-3-2/page/2/#post-88060 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:35:47 -0400 WOO! Ok, I added my numbers 🙂 I did really well this week!

]]> 0 dbd88a6060f1abc8768cb4f8d4bca8cb Piperbee replied to the topic Word War #3 in the forum Word Wars https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/word-war-3-2/#post-87548 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 20:14:22 -0400 Quick question since I don’t see the answer immediately: can we add throughout the week? Or should we just tally it up at the end of the week? Like Sunday?

Sorry if this is elsewhere and I’m not looking hard enough!

]]> 0 1a29613d744d0dcb5a3e888efbd540ef Piperbee replied to the topic Catching Up in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/catching-up/#post-87537 Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:44:01 -0400 @daeus-lamb hi! I will have to get back to you on that. I meet with my editor May 4th! I know she’s going to give me some big picture suggestions for changes. It’ll be interesting, since I went through some beta readers already. Hopefully she sees the heart of the story and can help me hone it. I told her I wanted to strike emotion in the rea…[Read more]

]]> 0 8094deff8de359d8db2af21a577b2583 Piperbee replied to the topic Catching Up in the forum New Wessex Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/catching-up/#post-87400 Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:29:05 -0400 Hi!!! I’m happy to be here 🙂 I am in the crazy busy camp. Speaking of Camp, I’m participating in Camp Nanowrimo and have done about 39 of my 50 hours goal. Still, I haven’t been writing this week because of various things. Injury (fell in the stairs 😩) school (I’m studying Japanese), kids (I have 3, but thankfully also a live-in nanny), my daug…[Read more]

]]> 0 56cd5320ed020de2374a20ab87c4a655 Piperbee replied to the topic Be a healthy writer! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/be-a-healthy-writer/#post-86045 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:29:12 -0400 I would add that daily devotion is good for your health too. The meditative properties of quiet prayer time have physical/mental benefits, and of course spiritual ones too. Funny, this is the one I have the most trouble with. I just spent the last couple weeks in and out of a draft/rewrite, being bombarded by some pretty big/heavy life stuff, and…[Read more]

]]> 0 4ec2f29d7b21aa5a2b045e94cdc0bcd5 Piperbee replied to the topic Be a healthy writer! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/be-a-healthy-writer/#post-86043 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:23:42 -0400 I could definitely improve diet still, but I’m not the one who cooks so it’s always been hard for me unless my husband is on board.

]]> 0 474ce3f431a74e9ae45fdbd49c9de1c6 Piperbee replied to the topic What's the hardest thing about being a writer? in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/whats-the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-writer/#post-85751 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:38:30 -0400 That’s so interesting! I don’t get questioned about my love for writing. My church community has many creative types who serve God in “unconventional” ways.

For me, trudging on takes a lot of commitment and not letting my current excuses be my continual excuses. I have to remember that God called me, period. Not add “to be perfect” or “to be cool…[Read more]

]]> 0 b61c441bf99c28a07886ff60f1723eb7 Piperbee replied to the topic Cultivating an artist's eyes in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/cultivating-an-artists-eyes/#post-85483 Sat, 06 Apr 2019 19:11:55 -0400 This is wonderful advice. I’ve been spending a lot of my “writing” time in silence, just thinking about the world, trying to solve problems, etc. I love what music can do to a brainstorm session, but I also love what silence can do, and it’s very different!

]]> 0 73204e916ee11f280db063d077a02d72 Piperbee replied to the topic We're gonna ace the conversion scene in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/were-gonna-ace-the-conversion-scene/page/4/#post-84536 Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:27:31 -0400 I just read our guild’s and Erekdale’s stories. Wow! I’m so impressed! Happy to be part of this amazing group.

Erekdale’s almost brought me to tears! It was a worthy story.

]]> 0 d2ca25a444af892f83c8106990a552f4 Piperbee replied to the topic Glad to be here! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/glad-to-be-here-2/#post-82499 Sun, 17 Mar 2019 14:38:09 -0400 Thank you! The longer I sit with the name, more I’m glad I picked it. It’s started to feel like “me.” 🙂

My favorite book is The Hobbit, because I felt so transported reading it! But I think my favorite story is Pride & Prejudice. I can’t seem to get enough of Elizabeth and Darcy…

]]> 0 e91bd9dbde513ac8857c930f509df560 Piperbee replied to the topic Glad to be here! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/glad-to-be-here-2/#post-82346 Sat, 16 Mar 2019 03:32:49 -0400 My favorite book is The Hobbit! I love Tolkein’s style and the way he thought about storycrafting! But I haven’t been able to get past the histories in LOTR 😬 I was inspired to write after reading Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle series, and right now I’m enjoying Leigh Bardugo. But I’ve always had a hard time picking a “favorite.”

An aside: the au…[Read more]

]]> 0 f85e7ebe1228a348f95972c1f177b60c Piperbee replied to the topic Hi! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/hi-9/#post-82255 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:04:15 -0400 Wow we really do have a lot in common! I also love performance, but it’s been a while. I just recently started sing on my church’s worship team and I am glaringly ignorant of music terms, but I give it my best shot! I don’t have beef cows or teenagers, but I do have three kids under 5. I will survive this stage, right? It sounds like you have…[Read more]

]]> 0 b72fe548b60b355aaa822f41e871fae0 Piperbee replied to the topic Glad to be here! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/glad-to-be-here-2/#post-82253 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:56:21 -0400 Hi!! I’m glad we have a lot in common 🙂 makes me very happy to be here!

My husband will be able to work in his field (technology/management), and hopefully the kids can go to a Japanese-speaking school (a private Christian school would be ideal!) and as for me, I don’t really know. I’d like to keep studying Japanese, and maybe earn a bache…[Read more]

]]> 0 e21930e78de7b74522597576016301c7 Piperbee replied to the topic Glad to be here! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/glad-to-be-here-2/#post-82237 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 22:19:01 -0400 For reading and writing, I would definitely pick fantasy/YA. But I do feel like I prefer stories that have a good romance. When it comes to writing, I like to experiment. Right now I’m spending a lot of time on developing the world and the characters in my stories, so I just pick whatever genre fits after!

]]> 0 195a697ac61b56f508911c0e00457ca7 Piperbee started the topic Glad to be here! in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/forums/topic/glad-to-be-here-2/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:28:04 -0400 I’m Moriah, but my pen name is Piper Bee. Either is honestly fine, I get called both on the internet. I’m married, mom of three (E almost 5yo, S 3.5, and G 15 months), and I’m back in college, studying Japanese. My husband and I want to move to Japan as soon as we get an opportunity!

I’ve been writing for ten years, but I didn’t start to take it…[Read more]

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