Sarah Narnathron

I’ve been obsessed with the Elsewhere University tumblr these past several days, and I ended up with two random bits of poetry inspired by it.

Poem the first:
The night is long, the water dark,
But in the depths I see a spark—
A star where there is none above.
It calls to me. You see it, love?

Poem the second:
The night is dark, the water d…[Read more]

Ok, I actually accomplished all my  goals for last weke. Yay for that.

Goals for this week:

• Stay on top of the 100-4-100 challenge and my Camp NaNoWriMo project.
• Get in as many internship hours as possible.
• Read something.
• Don’t die.

Ok, I’ve actually never heard of this concept before. So that was interesting. I definitely have conflicting needs for the majority of the main characters in both Dust of Silver and Mechanical Heart. But the second need usually isn’t a secret need to anyone, so . . . yeah. Not sure what to do about that.

@morreafirebird Danke! That’s the goal! And I guess Ivy is maybe the central protagonist? Or she and Aster share that spot? In the original version, it was definitely Ivy, but IDK how it’ll turn out this time around. I probably should, buto h well.

@mnvalentine Thanks for your input; I appreciate it! There aren’t a ton of major characters— just Breen, Josiah, two antagonists, and one of Josiah’s friends. So that shouldn’t be an issue, at least.

As far as reading it goes— I’ll hopefully be looking for beta readers this fall. If you want, I can let you know when that happens. 🙂

Allo, @brie-donning! Didn’t know you were here! Welcome to Story Embers!

Doing this for the three MCs of my WIP:

• Ivy wants to be heard (but doesn’t know how to make others listen). Because of magic and genetics, she looks significantly younger than she is, and when you combine this with the natural tendency of older sisters to forget that their younger siblings actually are growing up too, well . . . her older…

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I accomplished all my goals for next week, and Blood in the Snow is officially submitted to the thing I was going to submit it to. More details to come.

Goals for this week:

-Get as many hours in on my internship as possible. (Not actually a writing goal, but I need to say it somewhere.)
-Keep up with the 100-4-100 challenge.
-Figure out what…[Read more]

Hey’a! Welcome to the group; we’re glad to have you!

Yes.

When additional conflict ceases to serve a purpose other than giving the protagonist another reason to angst/giving the reader extra feels, there is too much. Until you reach that limit, you’re fine.

I like that title.

Technically I met or semi-met all of them. Not as well as I would’ve liked, though.

Goals for this week:

-Continue to apply beta feedback to the novella and hopefully finish by the end of the week.

-Stay on top of the 100-4-100 challenge.

-Work on my Doings! and Mid-Year Book Stuff blog posts.

Don’t look at me for titles, but I don’t know that putting a Bible verse at the end is necessary unless we have one that fits really, really, really well with the theme of the story.

@morreafirebird The Reckoners series is awesome. Great characters, great concept, great balance of excitement and humor. I highly recommend them.

@morreafirebird 7 in-series novels, 2 in-series novellas, and one spinoff novel. All of them are delightful.

@devastate-lasting That is a very good question. Also, it makes me happy that you have a large family in your books.

And you know what third wheels are good for? SNARK. All the snarky teasing.

@morreafirebird That’s awesome! And haha, yeah. I’m the older one in the family, so I tend to be on the receiving end of awkward questions . . .

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One word:

Family.

Or, alternately, siblings.

Because even the closest family members will have disagreements and conflicts sometimes, and when you have family members who aren’t super close, or who get along but have radically different views on life/happiness/the enemy/the best way to deal with the situation at hand/pizza toppings/whether or…[Read more]

Ok, I suppose I’m officially back from hiatus now. Goals for the week:

-Keep up with the 100-4-100 challenge.
-Start applying beta-readers’ suggestions to Blood in the Snow.
-Get as many blog posts done as possible for the rest of the month.