Sam Kowal

@kate storms. That is cool. How many pieces of your soul do you have to sell to get a painting of yourself by @ethryndal?

@ethryndal XD okay, thanks. Don’t ask me why I said graduate school. Something with the expression that impressed itself on me…

@daeus-lamb There’s some really long and deep replies on here. I would just add, for something simple:

A story with God alive in it should make people suck in a little breath and say ‘Oh. There is a King in all of this. And he is good.’

@kate Your profile picture looks like an elf who has just gotten out of graduate school for the summer studying Mineralogy.

It’s kinda cool

@naomijackson 😀 That’s pretty cool. I write fantasy- right now, a book about dwarves in a semi-futuristic city who fight in an arena using mechs.

@joyofemberly 😀 Yeah. You should branch out into fantasy. Fantasy is awesome… yeah. A lot of people on Story Embers write fantasy.

Hmm. You know, I should know that. There’s mainly epic or high fantasy, urban fantasy, Young adult fantasy, portal fantasy and medieval/historical fantasy, so I would say five main ones.

@naomijackson :O Nine!?

That is epic. And impressive. And… yeah. You definitely belong here. Don’t feel awkward, I beg you.

What is your debut novel about?

XD I remember Highlights for Children! Just a little bit, it was a long time ago I read it. I might have even read your publication without knowing it

@theresa-play I had no idea that existed! That is epic. It’s like a guideline for worldbuilding. And then you have it all in one database… I might be using that from now on

@epicaddie2 Snape. 😀 Although Hermione is a close second

@happyholly_c 😀 I’ve made Lego shorts, too. They were terrible. Besides that, mostly fantasy/medieval short films that I wrote the scripts and acted in. I’m always coming up with stories, although most of the time actually filming them doesn’t work XD

I’ve heard of people making sort of freelance promo films for companies, to help sell their…[Read more]

@mariposa 😂😂😂’There’s a typo’… wow. That was amazing and hilarious. If this is the first Story Embers Lit, there are some seriously good things to come

@lenakarynn Maine 😀 The wild wastes of rural Maine

Oh, yeah. That’s a problem. Stan would never eat cats though. He is far too refined… and plus he thinks they’re cute

Cool! 😀 😀 That’s a nice job of being concise with the synopsis. I have trouble with that

@quinn-ofallon It is! It’s one of my favorite parts of writing fantasy. Good luck with it

@epicaddie2

There’s sort of a difference between my top three most asked questions and the most gripping ones I have right now.

Of course, something like ‘How to create the most amazing characters ever’ is something I want to know, but that’s kinda too general to be helpful. So, I guess a very specific one…

1. What makes a character’s flaws…[Read more]

@kayla-joy You could have the love interest younger, and also be the mentor, I think. He doesn’t have to be old to be training her. I think you can get the best of both things 😀

@ethryndal maybe we can just have a civil war to figure it out. Although I think everyone’s leaning towards ‘Emberlings’

@epicaddie2 Hi 😀

Some of those are my favorite books list, too. I especially like Narnia and Harry Potter, and although I’ve never read Wingfeather I’m waiting to when I can get them. Do you have a favorite book in the HP series?

@gabrielle 😀 Welcome to Embers! I’ve only tries writing short snippets of some kind of fantasy/horror cross, but it’s great fun 😀 I like making things frightening things

@kate Mmm. Me be a hater of cheesecake as well, and thus the world doesn’t understand me and I’m kind of an outcast. Glad to know I’m not utterly alone 🙂

Awesome signature, by the way. I like that line 😜

@brandon-miller I think fantasy’s strength comes in part from its freedom and ability to create wonder. Fantasy is the genre where anything can happen- where writers uncork primal wonders, raise and tear down new worlds and cultures, create laws and universes spurred on by unlimited creativity. This gives fantasy a boundless feel, which in turn…[Read more]

@grace-tolkienista :O *eyes widen* You met Sanderson. You…

Storms that is cool. Unfortunately I have not done that yet.

I like to read a lot of genres, too, but mostly fantasy :D. Also, I write fantasy. Are you currently working on any writing projects?