Story Embers | Princess Foo | Activity https://storyembers.org/members/princess-foo/activity/ Activity feed for Princess Foo. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:38:32 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 54200a0ceca9294ef1ba731a6de052f8 Princess Foo replied to the topic Revealing villain motivations? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87885/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 01:56:42 -0400 @rose-colored-fancy

The good thing is that Liorah already has a lot of the background information necessary, so the conversation doesn’t need to be a monologue. It can be a really quick explanation.

One way I see explaining this is a brief conversation, either with Hakan himself, or simply someone on his side, such as a captured soldier or the…[Read more]

]]> 0 89ea60c5c16da7dae2ff350f49f450c1 Princess Foo replied to the topic This is a SUPER important thread...I'm kidding. But you should click on it😉 in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/82019/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:15:28 -0400 I am an Advocate (INFJ-T).

1)  How do you react to the danger of the unknown?

Ha ha. Not well. Seriously, throughout high school I would have a meltdown every time I moved up ONE GRADE because “That’s so much closer to college and I don’t feel ready yet and AAAAAAAAAH.” Plot twist—I love college.

I deal with “the unknown” by trying to make it…[Read more]

]]> 0 3d8f9ced9e5be0b8d7ffb7dfbefad635 Princess Foo replied to the topic Is it okay to base characters off yourself? in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/81104/ Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:43:36 -0400 I think the important thing to remember here is it is okay, and even good at times, to BASE a character off yourself as long as the character ISN’T you. Just because you used yourself as inspiration doesn’t mean that the character must act like you all the time.

I am seeing two separate questions in this question. One: people don’t know…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef96a1216f6015f7fbc5e52cbfe06382 Princess Foo replied to the topic Reserved Characters in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/78895/ Mon, 11 May 2020 15:19:48 -0400 For POV quiet characters, the important thing to remember is that just because they aren’t loud audibly, that doesn’t mean they aren’t loud mentally. This is where the importance of narrative voice comes in. Where other characters make snide remarks to their friends, the quiet character can say it to herself. She can have just as interesting and…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c3a79de0b786773be31b3327d52f27a Princess Foo replied to the topic Ugh! I hate writing first-person! in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77527/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 15:41:24 -0400 @edmund-lloyd-fletcher I mainly write in first person.

For me at least, when I think of telling vs showing, I think of emotions and thoughts. You are telling me how you are feeling. It’s “I was angry and sad” instead of “My eyes burned. I swiped at my eyes with a clenched fist.” So “I did this. I went there.” isn’t <i>telling </i>to me. Those…[Read more]

]]> 0 b5c59ab4fa3adbde5bae5b3eff69374d Princess Foo replied to the topic Those posh sounding charactors in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/77187/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:19:19 -0400 A really simple way to do this is contractions. Can’t vs cannot. I’m vs I am. 

]]> 0 72dcda7bfd40985e1ad2f5cbb8c4689e Princess Foo replied to the topic Writing a fantasy (Werewolf) novel: Am I doing things right? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76794/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:25:14 -0400 @ka_modina A couple of thoughts:

  • “Mating for life” is actually how God meant marriage to be. Matthew 19:4-6 says, “He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one f…

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]]> 0 759812d5f34ff740f9b1b4ab43f6746c Princess Foo posted an update: @michelle You finished your short story!!!!! […] https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76462/ Fri, 20 Mar 2020 15:07:40 -0400 @michelle You finished your short story!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! Of course I would love to read it when you are finished. My email address is amy@thecaylorfamily.com.

]]> 0 dd011cad7180a0da1a0ac10e310d297a Princess Foo replied to the topic Why does my writing have to glorify god in the forum Themes https://storyembers.org/activity/p/75704/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 21:07:15 -0400 @phoenix Those are some really hard questions to grapple with. I would really encourage you to talk about it with someone that you trust. Your pastor, youth pastor, or parents.

There are two truths that come to me when I think of your question.

First, God is good.

Psalm 107:1 says, “Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures…[Read more]

]]> 0 2853a396b18cf600ed620c3641daf7c8 Princess Foo replied to the topic Why does my writing have to glorify god in the forum Themes https://storyembers.org/activity/p/75700/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 20:51:58 -0400 Not so coincidently, there are some pretty clear Bible verses about this. Everything is our life has to do with God. As @naiya-dyani said, glorifying God is our purpose in life!

1 Corinthians 10:31, “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

Colossians 3:17, “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do…[Read more]

]]> 0 e88d71b265ccb299efefb49e573c6843 Princess Foo replied to the topic Favorite Fantasy Christian book? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/74995/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:11:33 -0400 @noodle-mum I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Chronicles of Narnia yet! C. S. Lewis even said it isn’t a good kids book if adults can’t enjoy it and adults can definitely enjoy it! I read it for book club last year and it was great! The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is my favorite of the series.

]]> 0 c7e0f166118b2353f916609084f03580 Princess Foo replied to the topic Is writing ok to use for working through trauma in the forum Themes https://storyembers.org/activity/p/74715/ Sun, 23 Feb 2020 02:36:58 -0400 @phoenix I actually just got back from a writing conference where I sat on a session in this exact topic! I thought the session was about writing characters with tragic backstories. It was not. (Note to self: Read the descriptions carefully when choosing what to go listen to.)

The writer said that there are two ways to write about trauma. There…[Read more]

]]> 0 2dfe8b7ee83a1ae11c0c3a52fb8f5734 Princess Foo replied to the topic How do YOU begin a fantasy story? in the forum Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/74005/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:10:46 -0400 @michael-erasmus I almost always start with the premise, but not plot. The premise is normally something like “What if Beauty and the Beast was told from the POV of the enchantress?” Or a line of prose or dialogue comes to me and I think, “Whoa. What’s the story where this line happens?” Recently it was, “Does that make her the Beauty or the…[Read more]

]]> 0 2bdb0d8b3bac33ef9fb4797ea504ff04 Princess Foo joined the group Fantasy Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72362/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:24:47 -0400 0 6c2b28a426aa8e848e968137eec7216e Princess Foo replied to the topic Prayer Requests #1 in the forum Prayer Requests https://storyembers.org/activity/p/72237/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 02:20:19 -0400 @lady-frosttongue That is a scary thing to go through. I will be praying.

]]> 0 32fd5704e82ef6621383c73098101414 Princess Foo replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71722/ Sun, 19 Jan 2020 03:45:29 -0400 @michelle Sure!

]]> 0 dc6cc439e1a30cf58fcbe59b217358dd Princess Foo replied to the topic Explain Jesus Cheese( @josiah I need your help) in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71521/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:05:03 -0400 @katthewriter

Maybe you could say something reminding her that life with God is not all rainbows and puppies, and writing like it is is reflecting a false view of reality, and in fact a false view of God. If her writing tells people that the love of God instantly solves all worldly problems then she is lying about who God is. And that is a serious thing.

]]> 0 0aa0363394d5c5139f570e99d4a382c0 Princess Foo replied to the topic 2020 Goals in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71321/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:48:19 -0400 @emgc I specifically took US History 1 and 2, Western Civ 1 and 2, US Government, and College Algebra. Study guides for the AP of those subjects were also a good resource.

]]> 0 c47e2e03c3b67cac231d90a1d1872d74 Princess Foo replied to the topic 2020 Goals in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71308/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:08:03 -0400 @emgc I think that pretty much all the tests are multiple-choice, so that’s nice. 50 is a passing score, and I think you need to get about 80% right? The website below has more information for individual cleps.

A really good website for CLEPS is http://www.free-clep-prep.com/ They have information on how difficult the test will be, the material,…[Read more]

]]> 0 f37a81f21b63c26074cd072647561d22 Princess Foo replied to the topic 2020 Goals in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71229/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:34:31 -0400 @emgc I will sing the praises of the CLEPs. They are what allowed me to double major, since credits that I normally would be putting towards gen ed classes can be niche classes for my second major. I LOVE the CLEPs and would encourage anyone to take as many as they can. Have you taken any before?

I’m not really one to make resolutions because I…[Read more]

]]> 0 73cc5e2454f3d2ba3c8ab5ad729234ea Princess Foo replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71034/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 01:40:30 -0400 @michelle I write fantasy. Mostly fairytale retellings and stories with cool magic systems. I actually have been publishing short stories online at https://medium.com/@amy_49007 I also am technically am working on a novel… technically… I haven’t look at it in a while…

What about you?

]]> 0 46449a6de27b8ab7946a64f94c401b6e Princess Foo replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71028/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:27:31 -0400 @michelle Okay then… *backs away slowly*

You will be happy to know that Olaf dies in this movie then! And then he is brought back. I think he is annoying, yeah, but seriously, the scene of him recounting Frozen 1 is super funny.

]]> 0 d3f2016c808e2fef43de1522fe31c307 Princess Foo replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71026/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 23:09:58 -0400 By the way, @michelle, we generally only tag the whole guild when we are making a new post or need everyone to see a post for some reason. Not just for making conversation. 🙂

]]> 0 fbe60d964bbb7b5fafd46b977217bdea Princess Foo replied to the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71025/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 23:08:30 -0400 @seekjustice @michelle The gecko was cute. It wasn’t in it much. Prepare to be buried in an avalanche of a rant.

HEAVY SPOILERS!!!

*clears throat* I have created a numbered list:

THE BAD THINGS

1. It was thematically scattered. I honestly am not sure what the theme was. It has something to do with Change and the fact that It Happens but I am…[Read more]

]]> 0 74f29d06905d4ce71e313ce5b0ca0a72 Princess Foo started the topic Frozen 2, Yo in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71003/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 16:26:27 -0400 Has anyone seen Frozen 2? What did you think?

I thought the songs were very pretty, but the plot and especially the theme were a mess. I can/will rant about it.

@michelle @bree-dawn @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @devasta…[Read more]

]]> 0 f4e99ffc4969173d091f862488c4d204 Princess Foo replied to the topic New Member! in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70781/ Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:47:13 -0400 Hi @michelle! Welcome to Erekdale!

]]> 0 7761aaa4f65dbc2a609c757f672525e6 Princess Foo replied to the topic Character Problems in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70333/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:19:05 -0400 @thewirelessblade There are four ways I can think of off the top of my head to do this.

1. Just getting to know the character. Every believable human has flaws. As you get to know them you get a feeling of what they are like. You explore the different directions of their personality, how they talk, what attitude they have towards the events of…[Read more]

]]> 0 73805f3384a77b7f3bb1ed877052f4fa Princess Foo replied to the topic Recent Updates in the forum Events & Guild Maintenance https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70080/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:41:14 -0400 @karthmin Cool! I hope the guild gets more active but November probably isn’t the best time to try and do stuff with a writer. ;P

]]> 0 d0815126e3af151be49172389a0d222c Princess Foo replied to the topic Prayer Requests #1 in the forum Prayer Requests https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70079/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:39:45 -0400 @morreafirebird I will be praying!

Coincidently, my sister was diagnosed with an iron deficiency last month. She went to Urgent Care because of really bad stomach pains and they discovered she had about half the iron she was supposed to. (The stomach pain was a one-time thing that didn’t happen before and hasn’t happened after.) They never found…[Read more]

]]> 0 2cdeccd871bd841051aaa4a8120163ad Princess Foo replied to the topic Medicine and magic in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/69758/ Fri, 22 Nov 2019 03:28:03 -0400 @kayla-skywriter I don’t think I understand the question. The brain is another body part. If you establish clearly how it is different than in our world then the readers will accept it. You could say, “Yeah, disembodied heads can still talk and be alive in this world even though there is no blood pumping through them and not lungs for breathing…[Read more]

]]> 0 bab4cc53a554283a3d643a1a15b4498e Princess Foo replied to the topic Medicine and magic in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/69686/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:35:20 -0400 @kayla-skywriter I think if you acknowledge that it isn’t the way it works in our world it will be fine. Like it the magic related to the four humors or whatever they were, and a character explained, “Yes, I am interacting with bile right now and it will have this effect.” and then it has that effect the reader would think, “Huh. That’s not the…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ebcdcb2bd817e550320d913fefe8b40 Princess Foo replied to the topic How would I find a time setting in a fictional story? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/69436/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:09:09 -0400 @urwen-starial

If you want to figure out a rough time period that corresponds to the real world, think of what technologies you want in your story and don’t want in your story. For instance, if you know that you want guns to be invented, but no printing presses, a quick google reveals that to be the 1350s to 1450s. Then google “fashion of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 5b50f382bece26bfba6a4c1407825335 Princess Foo replied to the topic Erekdale Book Club! in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68826/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:31:00 -0400 @karthmin @seekjustice @sageinthemeadow I’ve read Howl’s Moving Castle but not seen the movie. I thought it was a fairly average book.

]]> 0 12592cc66267629ba093916aba8b0092 Princess Foo replied to the topic Erekdale Book Club! in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68059/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:33:27 -0400 @seekjustice Wow! This is a lot fancier than I thought it was going to be. I thought you would name a genre and I would just dump all my thoughts about it here until I said something that someone wanted to talk about.

I started reading the Lord of the Rings, something that will probably take several months to finish given that I read it on the…[Read more]

]]> 0 72d043c17ee530c46bfa222faaafa7ec Princess Foo replied to the topic Erekdale Book Club! in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/68026/ Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:15:45 -0400 Psst @seekjustice. How’s it going?

]]> 0 33ed79ad2dd76e5ac47a5a48dd4c7feb Princess Foo replied to the topic How do you name things in your fantasy worlds? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/67337/ Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:41:13 -0400 @padawanpadme *laughs because of despair* Figuring out names is really hard. I usually do one of two things.

1) I go to google translate, stick whatever placeholder name I have been using so far in, (River city, tall people, magic trinket) and try and bunch of languages until I get a word I kind of like, then I mess around with the spelling a…[Read more]

]]> 0 58a26c87d214b742fb88591944a2e251 Princess Foo replied to the topic Critique A Story in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66708/ Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:49:11 -0400 @tinuviel Wow. It’s… interesting. In a good way. It feels like the prose I want to when I am at my most poetic, words bursting out of me, but then I try and it looks way worse actually on the screen, but yours is actually good. It technically is a story—It has a beginning middle, and end. There is conflict and a resolution. I just… *tilts h…[Read more]

]]> 0 be12c3a035f0c4971d64ac5e68f0f86b Princess Foo replied to the topic Is it okay to write about magic? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66648/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 21:58:17 -0400 @corine Jumping into this discussion, I think the most important thing to avoid potentially encouraging people to sin would be to make it unlike demonic “magic” in this world. Things like blood rituals, human/animal sacrifices, and appealing to a dark patron as the source of the powers. Or, if you have them, you should portray them as wrong.

In…[Read more]

]]> 0 bd4998dccbb5d1b3a8cc771282bfbf67 Princess Foo replied to the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66637/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 16:07:06 -0400 @morreafirebird Thank you! I’d be up for brainstorming if you need more help!

I wrote about my frog-kisser character here if you want to check it out. I think I want to do something more with her, or at least the concept, at some point.

]]> 0 4891cda62b4583e59972044ab9ea316a Princess Foo replied to the topic What To Do With This Subforum in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66447/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 01:21:33 -0400 @seekjustice I love that idea! I’m on board!

]]> 0 a3f67ecd981b201f6ac1a2ad00fc1ec4 Princess Foo replied to the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66426/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 19:36:55 -0400 @morreafirebird My first thought is healer. My second thought it “No, that’s cliche!”. And then my third thought is… “Actually off the top of my head I can only think of one book I’ve read where the MC was a healer. Like, an actual healer and not a she-was-a-healer-to-get-involved-in-the-plot-and-then-gets-in-a-more-action-based-role. And that…[Read more]

]]> 0 322820a0024115c4bffd9aa091b8ec0a Princess Foo replied to the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66402/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 03:06:26 -0400 @seekjustice YES!!! That’s how I found Into the West! I’ve been listening to them so much!

]]> 0 29d6436fd0a5708fb146f9cfad09171b Princess Foo replied to the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66398/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 02:25:01 -0400 @morreafirebird @karthmin I’m just gonna dump some LOTR and Narnia thoughts here.

LOTR

  • SOMEONE GIVE FARAMIR A HUG.
  • I would follow Aragorn to the ends of the earth seriously he is so awesome.
  • I was watching Return of the King with a friend for English class and we were taking notes. I was going over hers later and one line just said,…

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]]> 0 f600095d0e2e9a56151a3110488a7932 Princess Foo replied to the topic What is it that makes your favorite book so special? in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66380/ Sun, 06 Oct 2019 02:01:16 -0400 @tinuviel *whispers* I used to be the person who didn’t like Frodo. *slides down seat in shame* I think it was because he lost…? In the end? He gave in to evil. Heroes don’t give into evil. But *grabs past self and shakes shoulders* IT’S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!

I love how in the Fellowship (movie), he is so bright-eyed and eager.…[Read more]

]]> 0 312520dec663699445b134c8cca55c1b Princess Foo replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66354/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 22:14:32 -0400 @karthmin

I think (hope?) that I write woman realistically, being one myself. I think there have only been a couple of times where I thought “A woman didn’t write this female character”.

The Bendel Test is a bit of a tricky question, because I’ve been writing a lot of short stories lately, and since there isn’t a lot of room for a lot of…[Read more]

]]> 0 1ef53c9b25fc009519cf188aad33e276 Princess Foo replied to the topic New Member! in the forum Announcements https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66342/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:38:59 -0400 @bree-dawn HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I am Princess Foo, the Warmaster of Erekdale! (You can find more information about that sort of thing in the first post.) Welcome to Erekdale!

]]> 0 33f15b6fbdea1b4efaafaf8570e3e451 Princess Foo replied to the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/66341/ Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:36:44 -0400 @karthmin

TOLKIEN AND LORD OF THE RINGS YAAASSSS!!!!!

I once heard that Eowyn’s arc was about war. Tolkien fought in WWII and that generation was a realization that war wasn’t the glorified stories they had all been told.

From what I can remember from my mix of reading the books forever ago and seeing the movies, at the beginning of her arc she…[Read more]

]]> 0 54c261e0031b981658219022c4834c84 Princess Foo started the topic Lord of the Rings in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65821/ Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:29:52 -0400 So I just watched LOTR recently and was looking up some quotes from it. There are some really great ones. Most of these are from the books.

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“Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.”

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Frodo: “Was I chosen?’

Gandalf: ‘Such…[Read more]

]]> 0 019a315a8a9c0eef194fbec220d72d92 Princess Foo replied to the topic What is it that makes your favorite book so special? in the forum Story Analysis https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65779/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 03:54:49 -0400 *takes breath* *pauses* *takes another breath* *hesitates* *unintelligible noises*

THE FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELSSSSSS

*coughs*

That’s a good question, assuming I could name a favorite book. I think what makes me LOVE a book are the characters. I love Marissa Meyer’s Lunar Chronicles because Cress is the only…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d4aef94e224b8a42388e5a421e3931e Princess Foo replied to the topic Critique: Ella of Cinders in the forum Critiques https://storyembers.org/activity/p/65560/ Sat, 21 Sep 2019 15:50:30 -0400 Hey guys! The deadline to critique Ella of Cinders is tomorrow!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zk8QldbQbAJvfYEpCACVx6Styismop3E1euVHGYnrMs/edit?usp=sharing

@tinuviel @tashah-claymore @caserola @michael_stanton @trallion @catwing @hope-ann @allison-grace @emgc @enu @seekjustice @karthmin @mlbolangerauthor @lady-frosttongue @sarah-inkdragon @d…[Read more]

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