Sorry for the late reply! Indira, Promise and Edith do end up meeting, but i only have a vague idea of how, namely, as Indira is searching for Anil. As for the dragons and enemy, I’m still coming up with ideas for that. Feel free to let us know if you have any! (Especially if you intend to write either perspective) And I’m really not cer…[Read more]

Aydin is my favorite XD Oh no!!! That is seriously sad, but I think it’s interesting the way you portray their two different reactions to it. I think I would probably be reacting like  Liorah – in terms of just plain panicking. *sigh* Poor girl!!  So if you had to choose, which one is the worse case?

Hmm… I don’t think I can categ…[Read more]

I have arrived! As I am very excited about this collaboration, without further ado I introduce…

Indira Mercy Kumar and her horse, Promise! Mind you, he’s a talking horse. And Indira leaves in her wake a chaos of magical daisies.

When Indira’s brother, Anil, left for reasons not entirely figured out but probably having t…[Read more]

Ummm girl you NEED TO!! XD (If you join, my username is @queen_of_alvastia and by nickname is Queenie )

Epic, I’m working on it! I sent in the request, now I’m just waiting for them to get around to it!

There’s actually several PTSD charries in the castle I’m in XD By the way, have you ever noticed, it’s like authors are roughest on the c…

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Alright!
I’ll explain my character and what we have for her part then pester my sister until she does hers XD.

My character, Princess Edith, shows the royal side of the story, but in a wild way. A sword is her favorite thing to be holding but she’s more likely to accidentally stab herself than an enemy. However, as long as there’s laugh…[Read more]

I think here will work🙂.
Shall we introduce the characters? I think @e-n-leonard can explain the book better.

So it’s a Character Castle in Kingdom Pen? Are you on there? I’m not on any of the Character Castles on here b/c some of the topics – well, I have different views on some of the stuff.

Oh cool! I’m not, but I’ve been planning to join for… *awkward silence* several years now XD

Oh, I totally get that, every character castle I’ve been i…[Read more]

I know!! It’s like I actually have to TYPE out the letters XD Or just copy paste the tag XD Writing takes up all my energy 🤣🤣

😂😂
Writing is such draining work. I don’t think we writers would survive without chocolate XD

Me too!! Are you ever thinking of going back? *bear hugs you back* *hands you a tissue box*

*Accepts tissues* I hop…[Read more]

Thanks! XD

*moving YDubbs chat post* HI AGAIN!! *happy squeal* *superhugs you*

*squeals with you* *starts crying cause YDubbs was so awesome and I miss it already* oh well, goodbye’s not the end🤧 *squeals again and bear hugs you*

I got notifs for two different “moving cp” things. Which one did y…[Read more]

Indeed I did! XD A fine and proud name it tis! My other favorite name is “Valdunar” who is her adoptive father, mentor, guardian, lord of knights, and general. He was once her father’s greatest rival and a great friend. He was blessed by her dying father to raise her and her siblings as he would have his own late daughters. It first…[Read more]

Yeah sorry. 🙁 It would not let me reply. It sent my reply as a reply separate from this thread. I will try to repost it if it will let me.

Indeed I did! XD A fine and proud name it tis! My other favorite name is “Valdunar” who is her adoptive father, mentor, guardian, lord of knights, and general. He was once her father’s greatest rival and a great friend. He was blessed by her dying father to raise her and her siblings as he would have his own late daughters. It first he…[Read more]

@sydney

How was your vacation?

It was good, thank you! I had a lot of fun!

It’s been *cough cough* interesting. And by that I mean, Sorren and Payton got in a fight. Sorren almost chokes Payton. Sorren later threatens another charrie who has PTSD; the guy’s brother comes after Sorren and knocks him out. And then there the whole “Who wants to ju…

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Ah, I knew that word came from Psalms but could not remember where

but definitely an awesome verse.

Thanks! I blame Tolkien…. lol XD

*salute* Aye aye! Your wish is my command! XD

I have a deep fascination and somewhat obligation to create my own original names when it comes to fantasy stories (again I blame Tolkien lol XD). I…[Read more]

Nope….especially because I just decided to throw his mortal enemy, Sorren(Okay fine, his “Antagonist”) into the mix.

Oh that’s a delight you sure are challenging him XD Trapping the villains and heroes together is always highly entertaining though somewhat murdery XD We used to have a castle for all the villains together and let me tell yo…[Read more]

Yeah…ummm…so did I XD”Let another praise you and not your own lips” *gulp* NEXT TOPIC PLEASE!!

🤭 whoops. Yes, next topic XD.

(just going to be honest here and say: is there ever a good stopping point in that book? Apart from the last sentence?)

Hm, I think there was one… Oh yeah, it was the last sentence. Seriously though, I have to tell m…[Read more]

Yesss! and Amen! I love the name. It is very similar to the latin word “veritas” Meaning ” Truth is mighty and will prevail” Amen! to that as well.

Thanks! Means a lot! I randomly thought it up with a random name as I was trying to think of unique plants for my world. There are other amazing plants that seem like a treasure. They…[Read more]

HOMESCHOOLERS ARE AMAZING!!!

*clears throat*

sorry. True though XD

😂 Very true *realizes I just helped compliment myself* erm… yes, all the homeschoolers I have met are awesome!
*awkward silence* moving on…

So true!! Then there’s what happens when you say to yourself “just one more chapter….” and look up at the clock several hours later…

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Hi. *waves*

Haha, I know exactly what you are talking about. XD Some side characters insist on stealing the spot-light and that makes it hard as an author.

Calidris had some great advice. One thing I thought maybe I should mention is you could always try 2 points of view instead of 1. If Payton wants to steal the show but for story…[Read more]

Hey Sydney, just a real quick message to say I might be a while replying! We’re currently on holiday so I’m trying to manage SE on mobile but I can’t write a lot this way 😂

Anyway, I didn’t forget I’ll get back to you ASAP! ☺️

I like it! I could see some awesome Christian themes coming from that on the importance of truth and who or what defines what is true.

I forgot to mention my crown’s design. I have a rare/special tree called Icestone in the land of eternal winter that the crown is made from. The tree is made of a crystalline material with a crystal…[Read more]

XD I love it!! XD Payton’s in a character castle at the moment, and I’m am proud that he has managed to keep his more obnoxious side under – relative – control…. for the moment, anyway….he did just get there…. But it’s probably because he made friends with the other character so he’s good!

Ohhh, very impressive of him! (Don’t count on i…[Read more]

Thanks! and to yours as well 🙂

Yeah it can be intimidating, I use some history books that analyze historical battles and the use of the troops. Agree that would be interesting. I have read some novels that referred to the battle like it was currently happening or the results of a past battle and focused on others aspects that were…[Read more]

I am slowly finishing book 1 due to work.

Thanks! I have enjoyed reading battles and sometimes have this feeling of thrill when you know the rightful reasons why this battle is being fought and that the bad guys are going to served proper justice. I have become decent at describing the scene as a whole as I love military strategy and…[Read more]

Yeah, it is but I can’t imagine a more exciting goal. So far I am guessing the first two series will be as long as the ranger’s apprentice that is 16 novels long……… that’s not including the side novels. XD Lol

Yessss! Lord willing I hope to publish it!

XD Lol Thanks! The scene I dream of writing one day, is when the princess…[Read more]

Yay! Bookworm/writer/Middle-Earth fanatics unite! 🙂 Oh yeah, once I pick up a book….well…. I just get lost in my own world…

If you’re a homeschooler then you can add that to the list of unites😂
Yes! Good bye world!! I’ll see you at 3am!! 😂

Tumnus is my baby! XD And my sister has a goat named Lucy….

Now I want goats just so I can name…[Read more]

I’m sorry, but the first half of A Tale of Two Cities tried to kill me😂. I recently got to a part where it’s a little less boring though, so I may survive it😂

@sydney

Hello again! I believe I need to go respond to some things on yours. I’ll have to do that when I get a moment.

What genre is your WIP? What is it about…

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XD I know right!?! Try telling someone who’s not a writer that you can’t control you’re characters and they look at you like you’ve lost your mind…

Well, maybe they’re right….

Well, they’re definitely not wrong XD

Hope you make it out alive!! See you later!! *winks at characters* Oh man, PAyton deserves (almost) everything I throw at him.…

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😂 yes, it is! And it works pretty well because I’m some mild form of pantser.

I do have a current WIP as well as several books waiting to be written. My current one is a dystopian, and the others are one historical fiction and a bunch of (or really one very large) fantasies.

That’s so hilarious! XD

That’s okay! And I’d like to…[Read more]

Characters….sometimes they can be so unpredicatable!

Truest thing I’ve heard today *nods sadly*

Yes!! I love throwing Ethan and Payton into the deep end **sorry guys** and hoping they will learn to swim and not sink! OK fine. I apologize to Ethan, but I don’t usually tell Payton I’m sorry. He doesn’t listen to me so I guess he kinda d…

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Thanks, I’ll go check it out!

@sydney

Aww thanks! =) Maybe sometime in the near future they will learn enough wisdom to listen to me XD

😂 For the most part, I just let my characters run wild. Things get interesting when I let them figure out stuff the hard way XD

Hmmmm…..my favorite thing about writing medieval fiction is tha…

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Hi Sydney, I’m Emma. Welcome to Story Embers!

We seem to have a lot in common. I’m also a Jesus-loving bibliophile with an obsession for both horses (and drawing them! 😂) and Middle Earth. And Tumnus is the best name ever for a goat.

I love the medieval time period, and your book sounds interesting. I wish you luck with your ref…[Read more]

Hi guys! I’m Sydney Witbeck and I’m so happy to have found SE 😊 I’m an avid bookworm who loves Jesus, my amazing family (including my somewhat-spoiled goat, Tumnus), writing medieval fiction, and is crazy about anything Middle-Earth!!

Hi, Sydney! I’m crazy about books, too! I’ll devour a 50 chapter book in two days😂.
Tumnus is an awesome n…[Read more]

Hi Sydney! It is awesome to have you with us! I am Josh and have been here on SE for almost a 1 year. It has been the best step in my writing journey yet!

Your book sounds really awesome! I started writing medieval fantasy short stories when I was in high school, mainly for myself to past the time away. It was usually about a knight, his…[Read more]

Plymouth Rocks are what my mom wants to get one day

They’re lovely chickens! We have one who disappeared for a while and came back a few weeks ago with thirteen chicks she hatched in a bush somewhere XD She’s somehow managed to keep all of them alive. How she does it is beyond me, we’ve never gotten more than four or five chicks when just…[Read more]

Me too! What kind of chickens do you have? Ours are Jerseys.

We have Plymouth Rocks and a few Sussex chickens! They’re all so pretty!

HORSES!?! Did you say horses?!! Aaaah! I would absolutely love to get a horse!!! I’m kind of equestrian crazy so maybe one day…. What breed do you have? What are their names?

Yesss!! I’ve always been a hor…[Read more]

Oh don’t worry about it, everyone who joins SE has to wrestle with it for a while XD

You can select someone’s text, then click the ‘quote’ button on the top right of the post! It should paste it into your reply!

The other way is to copy someone’s text, paste it into yours, then select it and click the quote button, on the top left of…[Read more]

I also have two dogs – a purebred Vizsla and a rescue who is a bit of everything (including Great Dane….) and is absolutely the sweetest dog. Ever. 🙂 We also have 4 other goats, 4 chickens and 3 quail…

Oh, that’s amazing! I love dogs! We have chickens too, and we used to have quail! They’re so adorable!

We currently have chickens, turke…[Read more]

Hi Sydney! I’m Rose, it’s awesome to have you here!

I’m an avid bookworm who loves Jesus, my amazing family (including my somewhat-spoiled goat, Tumnus), writing medieval fiction, and is crazy about anything Middle-Earth!!

That’s so cool! I love goats! Do you have any other pets?

I adore medieval history myself! I’ve only written f…[Read more]