Story_Guardian

Pia shook her head. “I just have a fiery temper. I get that from my father…” This drove her silent. Her character was shaped by her father’s large presence Al throughout her life. She wondered what she would’ve been like if she had had her mother as her mother.

“No, no…I should’ve expected it.”

Alessio squeezes his eyes shut, trying to block out the words. He’d always taken the responsibility like that, as if it was his fault whenever someone hurt him. Nithel didn’t deserve any of this. What if Alessio was just as abusive as his family, inadvertent or not?

They called people with special powers aber…[Read more]

“…Äňđ Į’m §øŕřý įf Ï ōŕ Jůłïãň $ăý şöməťhïńģ ţhåț břīñģ§ mėmõříĕś băçķ.”

Hi Joshua! (@storysmith)

Rose has some great ideas!

Make sure that your title connects with your story in a meaningful way.
Look through the story and listen for a turn of phrase or a particular part that you feel might encapsulate your story’s essence.  I think the upcoming seminar on Theme might give you some good ideas.  If you can, connect y…[Read more]

@storysmith

Well, a good place to start is that your title doesn’t have to be perfect 🙂 The only thing your title has to do is fit your genre and the general idea of your story. It isn’t part of the story, it doesn’t necessarily have to make a big thematic statement or show some other layer to the story. It just has to sound good, be (somewhat)…[Read more]

Nithel hadn’t been expecting the punch. He’d only wanted to stop Alessio from breaking his hand on the stone, to calm him down, to make him breathe. But Nithel slung back against the wall, stars dancing in his vision, and pain cutting up his jaw. He released Alessio, one hand reaching back to steady himself against the stone, the other flying to…[Read more]

“Alessio.”

There weren’t any windows, and it was dark and trapped. He knew he recognized the voice, but he didn’t have time to think. It always smelled like urine, or something sick that you could never forget. He’d die before he let them drag him back there.

Someone grabbed his hand and Alessio jerked back against the wall.

“Let me go!” H…[Read more]

She smiled slightly. “Maybe.”

“I’ve seen more of it in the matter of a day than I’m sure most people have in their time knowing you. Isn’t that right?” She grinned

@calidris

I’m going to drop Athena and Ophelia in here for a while! I might not leave them in for long, just because they’re very undeveloped, it can go any direction from here.

@mamaauthoress

Ooohhh, I love that picture of Rúan!

Okay, here are the profiles! (They’re kinda incomplete, as I said, I know next to nothing about them…[Read more]

Pia raised an eyebrow. “All my life I’ve had to compete with boys. So naturally I tend to dominate among most…. But I’m still female, and I do have a softer side.” She smiled slightly and shrugged. “It’s just rarely seen.”

She nodded. “You know, as much as you come off as the strong one, you really do have a sweet side. Snake.” She tacked on easily nudging the girl in the arm.

“Yeah. Well our families know, it’s just… not favored. We don’t care.” Pia murmured. “You have your whole life ahead of you, Eliana.”

Ellie nodded, “that makes sense. I, well, I sort of…envy you, i guess. Not, because of Kallun. At the moment we are no more than acquaintances, and I don’t see us as any more than friends. But, in my kingdom, I could only marry for those reasons. Since my cousin is going to be the next king, I’m out of luck on the idea of marriage. I’ve always…[Read more]

Pia shrugged, “No. my brother will be king in Thabia, and Kallun’s cousin Naja is already leading in the Realm. We don’t need to search. Thabia and Linea are already peaceful through the ESPA treaty. So…” She shrugged again.

K’Nika gagged again and Kallun smiled.

“It isn’t a union between countries or a search for the next king?” She asked puzzled.

“Oh great, Blue Hair the Giant Lovebird has flown over to us,” Julian said when Kallun caught up to them.