Story Embers | Shannon Skaer | Mentions https://storyembers.org/members/shannon/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Shannon Skaer. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:55:38 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 8157437eefb2409a98dd7e40ce0337a3 Noah Cochran replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/95020/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:30:42 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien

*Skids into ten tables and rolls fifty yards, landing on feet and deciding to act like that was intentional* Ack! Sorry I’m late, life kinda knocked me over so I had to clobber it

Now that’s some vivid imagery, I like it. 🙂

@shannon

Tata.

]]> 0 26b3bb5b920389de498318c458a4397d Cathy replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94919/ Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:16:21 -0400 *skids in chaotically!*

@noah-cochran

Oh thanks! Vivacious is a new one…I know I’m glad you have a forthright and upfront personality, (I really hate trying to figure out social cues, also if one more person tells me I’m flirty I’m gonna punch ‘em! XD) And being careful, yes, it’s much easier to do the splits than be careful XD.
Six sib…[Read more]

]]> 0 096db94b61344203b4a508b8cdf232fb Noah Cochran replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94879/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:57:32 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien

Don’t worry about it Cathy. I personally enjoyed your vivacious spirit, but one always has to be careful. 🙂

I have six siblings  (4 boys 2 girls) and I share a room with all four of my brothers. Me and my oldest brother often debate morality and theology late into the night for fun. Somehow we find infinite things to…[Read more]

]]> 0 1942d6d7554c24e0615ecc130589af90 Cathy replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94869/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 00:06:16 -0400 *sheepish grin* You’re right I think I got a “little” (a lot) *ahem* carried away with arguing, I have a lot of siblings and close relatives who all enjoy bantering…intensely 😅. Thank you for correcting me, I need to very much rein in my tongue more. I’m sorry I grilled you @lrc and @shannon, it was an immature and unnecessary thing to do and yo…[Read more]

]]> 0 1df5d30e82c0b1a8f4b4a965c7970233 Noah Cochran replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94844/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 14:42:36 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien

Cathy my friend, you could cook a cow with that tongue of yours. 😅 🤭 Perhaps you could be a tad less…forceful next time. 😉

Don’t take any offence from this young lady’s rather…violent tongue @lrc and @shannon. I must admit though, the way you began your rant, Cathy, was quite amusing. 🙂

Okay, so I don’t know if you…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e657af640a986473161c3e819d54e93 Cathy replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94822/ Sun, 05 Sep 2021 00:20:45 -0400 @lrc @shannon
Hello pagan heathen! First of all, I like you; I like arguing, this is good arguing. Second of all
WHAT THE HECK WHAT BLASPHEMY IS THIS!?! BURN YOU AT THE STAKE HERETIC!!!!
*Ahem* allow me to sweetly, happily mercilessly rip out the soul and ribcage and gizzard of this argument. First of all by breaking down each and every one of…[Read more]

]]> 0 df55f67e0c7252e1b698de6f7c9e3c88 Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94817/ Sat, 04 Sep 2021 18:48:07 -0400 Thanks for starting this discussion @LRC and @Shannon! My sentiments align more with @noah-cochran on this one, though. While I do agree that it’s too much to say that your writing will “suffer” if you aren’t constantly reading books, I rarely hear even bestselling/award-winning authors suggest that they’ve “made it” and don’t need additional…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0034da49bde2b77585ffc5b8a950242 Buddy J. replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94788/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:05:13 -0400 @lrc @shannon

You guys weren’t kidding about a controversial take. XD I approve. We need more of that iron sharpening iron.

Now… I don’t agree with it, but I also don’t agree with the perspective you’re arguing against.

“One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is that in order to be a good writer, you must read as much…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2584997ec042a718becd591705d8cda Rose replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94782/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 07:13:13 -0400 @lrc

@shannon

@noah-cochran

OoOh, cool topic! I am here to both agree and disagree with everyone!

One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is that in order to be a good writer, you must read as much as possible. If you aren’t reading one book after the other in a reasonable fashion, then your writing will majorly s…

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]]> 0 2922695e76def8aa3471b8b4282c53fa Noah Cochran replied to the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94775/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 20:06:21 -0400 @shannon

@lrc

You two really just did that didn’t you. xD I wonder what put this topic on your mind…

Well, I’m always game for a good argument, let’s do this. 🙂

First off, just to clear a notion that you might think I hold, I do not ever recommend reading bad writing or badly written books as part of one’s research, I find it nearly…[Read more]

]]> 0 8c819f1f3c4224c5dd0ff8bffbd2526d LRC started the topic Controversial Opinion: "Reading makes your writing better" is bad advice in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94772/ Wed, 01 Sep 2021 18:06:56 -0400 Hello fellow writers. I appear to you out of the mist, a bringer of chaos—hence the provocative title. @Shannon and I have written this piece together (@Shannon: actually she did most of it), and we hold firmly to our opinions. (@Shannon: so good luck trying to un-convince us).

One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is…[Read more]

]]> 0 0ac5bcf84c7e46513c8b3811c94900d8 Emberynus The Dragonslayer replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/78635/ Fri, 08 May 2020 13:21:19 -0400 @beth20

Sorry I replied so late!

Thanks! (to the part about liking my name)

I’m not an expert on the subject. Personally I don’t put swearing in any of my stories. (Just a personal standard) I have read a few MG books with swearing in them. (But usually by the time I read them, my mom had colored over those words with a black marker hehe! :lol:…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc6e55380037ffcc423b67c52be9846f Beth replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/78303/ Tue, 05 May 2020 19:32:11 -0400 @caseybold @shannon  @cassidy

Yes very true! I think I’m just gonna say my book is for YA audiences! And yeah obviously there will be middle graders who read more adult-themed stuff. But for all the ones who don’t that would be unfair, to say the least, if I through something in there that they wouldn’t feel comfortable reading.

@cassidy Hey…[Read more]

]]> 0 7c02b6d57d937aa53ec504950ecdc9e1 Beth replied to the topic Trying to decide in the forum Writers of Children's/Middle Grade Books https://storyembers.org/activity/p/78234/ Mon, 04 May 2020 19:50:28 -0400 Gonna tag ya’ll @nicoleg
@a_nna love your drawing of Stich btw! @emma_cat_caton
@cassidy
@jeremydvance
@story_guardian
@emberynus-the-dragonslayer   like your name!

@jennythefaun fan of Narnia??       @corkybookworm    @shannon    @caseybold

@pookiemonster    @emgc  love your cover photos!!    @seekjustice    @abigail-rebekah

 

Phew think that’…[Read more]

]]> 0 07399a5a94b0a07f4749195f9065e050 Jessi Rae replied to the topic Anyone here 16+? in the forum General Writing Discussions https://storyembers.org/activity/p/76765/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:38:41 -0400 @shannon Lol conflict is hard sometimes… 😛 And thanks! 😀 I’m going to try to avoid historical references, as the story takes place on another world. 🙂

]]> 0 1ce6632c0454343a796907e73e3eb630 Abigail Rebekah replied to the topic WWI in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/73297/ Sat, 08 Feb 2020 00:14:49 -0400 @shannon

Yeah, it definitely does. I look forward to the finished version 🙂

]]> 0 f0112cd5a76bb6be9ae48a227e5e78a9 Abigail Rebekah replied to the topic WWI in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/73291/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:39:59 -0400 @shannon

That sounds great 🙂 I really like the plot for your story.

Glad to be of service 😉

]]> 0 7a18344206ce21947506d2cd56c15d3e Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic WWI in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/73256/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 07:07:48 -0400 @shannon

Let me just say it’s been ages since I heard from you last! Secondly, love your idea! And your themes seem great. What was the gist of your plot? That might help me a tiny bit with your question.

I’m also writing a WW1 book so we can be WW1 writerly buddies 😛

]]> 0 30f9c599bc5947e50dd32189f50c8aa3 Abigail Rebekah replied to the topic WWI in the forum Historical Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/73163/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:18:40 -0400 @shannon

Wow…your novel sounds really cool 🙂

I love writing about WWI and WWII xD

So regarding the peer pressure, would the youths’ struggles be in feeling that they should be fighting too, and not just letting the adults fight out the war for them? Or is it the struggle of knowing where they stood in regards to the war and their own…[Read more]

]]> 0 09f5fbbfbcf20797b0d9ab2a5392476c NCStokes replied to the topic Character Mug Shots (Or, Why Your Character Was Arrested) in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71073/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 15:45:34 -0400 @shannon Always good to see a familiar face. 😀

]]> 0 367e1f7fdaffa2b1314331fb929334c7 NCStokes replied to the topic Character Mug Shots (Or, Why Your Character Was Arrested) in the forum Characters https://storyembers.org/activity/p/71069/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 05:55:33 -0400 @shannon Why, of course I remember you! Your characters sound like a hoot. (Silvia sounds very relatable, lol.)

]]> 0 eada68626f5c139d669ef9853d267b2a Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70995/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 07:20:11 -0400 @Shannon

Lol. That is pretty cool about your brother though. I feel like I’m the opposite of pitch perfect though.

And speaking of mirror touch, I’d never heard of it before you and @naiya-dyani  mentioned it but it sounds fascinating after i looked at it.

]]> 0 9bd1e34f28b20ea8531a73f964ae0563 Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70955/ Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:19:37 -0400 @shannon

I think for me its more different pieces of music having different experience, I guess, but not having just one colour, but I can’t really tell the differences between notes so I don’t “See” or associate particular colours to particular notes.

that’s really cool! I love the sound of that course. I’d love to get into training service…[Read more]

]]> 0 b3238a6ca9ce457597e6b9db97eeb24f Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70941/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:30:12 -0400 @Shannon

Oh and by the way, I’m ninety percent sure I have some form of synesthesia too! I’m very visual about words and they all have colours and letters have personalities. Days of the week and numbers are the same. I’m also very visual regarding music and can “see” music. Have you ever seen those synesthesia music scores on Pinterest or…[Read more]

]]> 0 3a5ea5d39103bbb6344846117776126a Naiya Dyani replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70937/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:12:52 -0400 @shannon Ooh, mirror touch! I don’t know whether I would enjoy or hate having that. 😅 And hey, our letters are the same!

It really does affect writing! And reading. I hated reading the U.S. Articles of Confederation mainly because Articles is red and Confederation is yellow and I hate that combo 😝. It gave me a headache. Reading takes me way…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8e7a1b8fc17b01a4039a1bab53f676b Chelsea R.H. replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70936/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:09:46 -0400 @Shannon

Heeellloooo!

I do indeed remember you. My army of paper cranes remembers you as well and will treat you kindly. 🙂

How’s things?

]]> 0 84bc14a28f53c545da7c8a1f0d0335c9 Naiya Dyani replied to the topic WASSSUP EVERYONE *so much energy* in the forum Introduce Yourself https://storyembers.org/activity/p/70934/ Fri, 20 Dec 2019 20:56:05 -0400 @shannon Hey, I didn’t find out about KP before it went on hiatus, but I love their stuff and am here, so. . . sudo-kapeefer? Maybe? (I wish. . .)

Anyway, hi! I’m Naiya. . . and I’m a synesthete, too! What kind have you got? I have color-grapheme and probably another kind that I haven’t seen mentioned anywhere (words kind of have inherent motion…[Read more]

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