Taylor Clogston

@ericawordsmith As far I can tell there isn’t usually one ringleader, but it does tend to be the younger guys who start stuff. And it usually goes, goes, goes, and then people drop dead.

@ericawordsmith Though I agree with @corissa when she says to develop personalities and use those as your bases, when you’re talking about teen guys you can chalk a lot of stuff up to teen guy hormones and go off stereotypes to some degree =P

This is mostly based off Word of Life cabins, Christian summer camp cabins, sharing a room with my…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb I’ve not finished this version of the book but when I do, I’ll review on Goodreads. I can’t Amazon review any more since a couple FB friends reviewed my own book on Amazon, unfortunately =P<span id=”selectionBoundary_1555969261455_9578210556471152″ class=”rangySelectionBoundary” style=”line-height: 0; display: none;”></span>

@steward-of-the-pen Thank you! It’s fine if you get it done a week from now. I’m not planning on immediately submitting it.

@april-j-rhys Nice, my sister has a job like that! Once you get used to being on your feet that much, you’ll find you burn a ridiculous number of calories. Be careful to eat enough.

And I hope you had a blessed Easter too.

@pursuewisdom I hope you like Mistborn. It takes getting into, but once momentum is achieved the characters have great relationships, and the plotlines are engaging. Allomancy is my favorite Sanderson magic system, fitting his action scene style well and achieving a tangible quantability that his other systems never quite reach. IMO, at least…[Read more]

@the-fledgling-artist Thanks for the reference :-}

@blueberry I was really, really trying hard to do a weekly critique-and-other-writing-stuff channel. Officially, I’m still doing it but haven’t put anything out in a while. Life and actual writing come first, and neither of those are really in order right now.

I’ve never read visual novels, b…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart Thanks for the editing and encouragement!

@pursuewisdom I really need to read the all the Russian authors at some point. They intimidate me =P That book on Ender’s Game sounds really cool. Weirdly, all the Amazon reviews are for the original book. I’ve also started reading Fawkes, and am about a third of the way through it.

Can confirm, baby birds of all sorts are adorable. I used to…[Read more]

@steward-of-the-pen

The fact that we’re not living for this life does not mean our life here is pointless. Do you think our all-powerful, loving God would leave you here to suffer if your life wasn’t worth living?

Yes, absolutely, because He has given humans the free will to corrupt perfect creation into a sinful world. I do not believe it is God…[Read more]

@Evelyn Thanks so much for taking the time to read and to give that very helpful feedback.

Hopefully the submission people like it as much as you did ;P

@ariella-newheart No deadline, though I’d appreciate speed of assistance =P Anything you offer is welcome, thanks.

@steward-of-the-pen I’ve heard of Fawkes, but haven’t read it. Sounds pretty neat, though. I’ll add it to my to-read list. And good job with those Spanish tenses =P

And ultimately, when it seems like this life has nothing for us, we have to remember that as Christians, we’re not living for this life.

Honestly, this is a really dangerous mind…[Read more]

@april-j-rhys Probably is depression. I’m going to make an appointment to see a doctor when I can. I’ve been in this mode for a few years now, to varying degrees. The stress at the moment just won’t let up. It will get better, but unless something fundamental changes it won’t get good.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the privilege of breaking from…[Read more]

@evelyn Not really anything in particular. I kind of just need all the help I can get, so whatever you have to offer is appreciated =P This isn’t my genre, and the whole thing is close to my heart, so I’m having a hard time looking at it objectively.

@ariella-newheart @steward-of-the-pen @evelyn @silverclaw-bonnetfolly

I finished the redraft of Which You Have Ordained! It was a struggle (I cut ~10% of the first draft this evening) but I did it. If you’d be so kind as to help me prep it for SE submission, the thread for it is here.

@evelyn I think you can check it out for free on their web site. It highlights about a million different things, depending on what you need it do, from spellcheck and basic grammar check to letting you know if you’re starting several sentences in a row with the same word, or if you’re not mixing sentence lengths very much, or if you’re using a lot…[Read more]

@evelyn I run it through ProWritingAid first (the lifetime membership is soooworth it). Then I print off my MS and mark it up by pen, and then I make the changes on the computer.

Thanks for the commiseration =P

@ariella-newheart @steward-of-the-pen @evelyn @silverclaw-bonnetfolly

I’m really ashamed to say I’ve done nothing since posting this.

Not that I haven’t spent time in it. I’ve got close to ten hours spent with rear in chair, struggling to edit. The words just swim in front of me. I’m wasting my time. I’ll keep going, but I’ve got nothing to show…[Read more]