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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Intertextuality and Disney in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 months, 1 week ago
A really interesting article! To be honest, I have no idea what to think/feel about Disney and their current “Live-action” spree. Disney has never been part of my life and I just don’t really care about them, so neither the nostalgia works on me, and I’m not outraged that they’ve ruined my childhood movies. But I do find the wider…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Animals for Nonfiction Enthusiasts in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 months, 1 week ago
I think they’re just ordinary goldfish, though I’m not 100% certain. A friend of ours bred them for a while and gave us a few. They don’t look particularly odd though, so I’m guessing they’re just normal ones.
@wordsmith Thank you! I have an Instagram account dedicated to it, so I discuss a lot of stuff on there (my handle is…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Animals for Nonfiction Enthusiasts in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, that’s quite an array of animals! I really wanted guinea pigs and hermit crabs when I was little, but we ended up getting a dog and it was love at first sight for me. Since then, I’ve also got four horses and three more dogs. My first dog and my old horse died a few years ago, so currently I have three of each. My dream pet in the…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Animals for Nonfiction Enthusiasts in the forum General Writing Discussions 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Hello! I don’t think we’ve met, but I wanted to jump on here and say that I love animal nonfiction! I used to write articles about native wildlife for my local newspaper and I loved doing it. I wish I still had time. I’m also I’m a dog trainer, and I write heaps of things on training, behaviour and genetics!
It’s lovely to meet you 😀
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Your Type of Fantasy in the forum Fantasy Writers 10 months ago
Hello! I’m an avid fantasy writer and I’m so glad you asked about “fantasy types”, I’ve really enjoyed reading the results so far.
I write mainly historical fantasy. Either fantasy set in a (real) historical setting (like Fawkes, or Romanov, by Nadine Brandes) or sort of alternate universe historical fantasy, I guess. However,…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Favorite Titles? in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 year, 1 month ago
Ooh, this is hard, but I’ll have a go at listing a few of my favourites.
- A Tale of Two Cities–novel
- The Eagle of the Ninth–novel
- The Lord of the Rings–novel and movies
- The Hobbit–novel
- The Chronicles of Narnia–series
- Howl’s Moving Castle–book and anime
- Unnatural Causes–nonfiction
- All That Remains–nonfiction
- The King’s…
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Hello in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 3 months ago
Hello there! It’s Chelsea! How are you going? How’s your current WIP going?
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic An Introduction in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello! How have you been? What have been your favourite recent reads?
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic When to find Beta readers in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 year, 4 months ago
Personally, what has always worked for me is writing the first draft, and maybe allowing a few people to read it (so far I’ve only done this for sequels and only for a handful of people who beta read the first novel) but more for encouragement than critique purposes. Then I write a second draft, fixing everything that I can see myself…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Hello everyone! 🙂 in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello there! Do you do ballet? I’ve been doing an adult ballet class (so nothing fancy or hardcore lol) for the past two years and I love it! I also do Highland dancing as well 🙂
All right, obligatory question asking…do you have a favourite author or books? And do you have any pets?
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic I've Returned! (yet again) in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
I 100% agree that theme/message is hard. My book currently doesn’t even have one. I think ones coming out organically but in the next draft I’ll definitely have to work on it more.
It’s quite a feat to go through Lewis’s entire collection! Are you going to read his theological ones too or are you mostly focusing on the fiction…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic I've Returned! (yet again) in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Ah, good 😀
I will definitely hit you up when I need an alpha/beta. It’ll probably be next year some time (hopefully soon!)
Oh that sounds really cool! I like the concept and the plot and I wish you the best of luck with it. and likewise, if you need an alpha…let me know 😉
I actually think the only reason they’re called sci-fi…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Salvete! (Hello!) in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Just needed to jump in and say that I hated both of those books too. Island of the Blue Dolphins I genuinely found traumatizing. It was awful. And I just didn’t like Healer’s Apprentice and the other books by the same author.
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Salvete! (Hello!) in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello! We sound very similar! I also love languages, history and mythology, I’m currently learning Hawaiian and Auslan (sign language). History is also awesome and I think its really cool that you’re into Incan history! I’ve always wanted to study it but I just haven’t had enough time with all my other historical obsessions.
And I…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic I've Returned! (yet again) in the forum Introduce Yourself 1 year, 4 months ago
Hello Addie!! It’s been quite a while…*backs off awkwardly, hoping you remember me because it would be really awkward if you didn’t* 😛
I didn’t know you read and wrote historical fantasy! It’s absolutely my niche and I love it and there’s so few good historical fantasy published. Also, your current novel sounds so awesome! The one…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Another Writing Question! in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 year, 5 months ago
@joelle-stone No worries! I’m glad you found it helpful!
It’s in Hawaiian! I started learning it for a book of mine quite some time ago and I got really obsessed. It’s possibly my favourite language.
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Another Writing Question! in the forum General Writing Discussions 1 year, 5 months ago
I think her going “missing in action” would be your best option. For example, something happens and everyone assumes she’s dead, but one of the characters holds out hope that she’s still alive. This will sow doubt in the reader that she really is dead and when she’s proved to be still alive it’s pay off rather than a cop out. Does…[Read more]
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Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic Writing blind/deaf characters? in the forum Research and Worldbuilding 1 year, 5 months ago
No worries! Glad I could be of help.
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