Cathy

Kongar rolled his eyes, throwing up his hands in exasperation.  “I was kidding. Someone’s missing a sense of humor,” he laughed.  The Shrike shrunk back, arms locked around his knees.

“You do know what a joke is, don’t you?” The words sounded distant, and yet they cut painfully close…

The joke wasn’t even that funny.

Chantara snorted.  “You do…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown
@rose-colored-fancy
@bclarke
@joelle-stone
@this-is-not-an-alien

Sorry I haven’t responded in the last few days.  Both my parents came down with Covid. My dad is back home and over it, but my mom is in serious condition in ICU on a ventilator, so I am not sure she will make it.  God’s grace is meeting us here, but we a…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

LOL *actually notes all those words for future reference there* It’s definitely a good idea to sound like your genre XDD. I’m glad the BLANK of BLANK and BLANK has lost popularity, it’s rather boring XD

It is! And whenever I find a reference to the book people always refer to it by an acronym so I’m left thinking “What is AD…[Read more]

Hey guys! I’m considering uploading a recording of my WIP extract, but first I would love to know where you get the music and sounds. And what recording apps do you use?

@rose-colored-fancy

@this-is-not-an-alien

@joelle-stone

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Moniker: @rose-colored-fancy
Book title: Gilded Blood (Man, that title is so cool!!) Book 1 of the Unnamed Series. XD

Chapter 2, Scene 1

Audio Link: Book 1, Chapter 2, Scene 1

Duration: 8:37

Text: 1490 words

Liorah

My best friend, Sahar, bounced with excitement, her skirt rippling around her ankles. She spun in a graceful dance step,…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

NO WAIT THEY DID GUESS THE GOOSE’S FIRST PROPERTY IT’S TELEPORTATION!

Wait, hold on! They guessed invisibility but it was supposed to be teleportation. That was right before the castle turned off the lights!

For the characters themselves, every person should be trying to get as many Pawns on their side as possible to help the…

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@calidris

oooh sounds good!  I just wanted to clarify: Liorah would absolutely know if a Rift had been opened… *flashback to the Shrike’s dramatic entry*

LOL, sorry, misunderstanding on my side! So, a Rift is only opened when they actually switch dimensions, not when they only pass through. Got it!

Also, as soon as everyone’s settled I might…

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Wings and eyes…

Wings and eyes…

Wings and eyes and – The Shrike flinched as a knife suddenly sliced through the air, clattering on the marble besides his feet.  His gaze dropped to the blade, vision blurring with unshed tears.

I can’t escape it.

This place is worse than Spire. 

He pried an arm from his knees and gingerly touched the blade, on…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Sorry for the late reply!

First of all, I really like your titles! They’re really cool!

Find that short key concept for a unifier and that may help.

That’s a good idea, and I’ll definitely consider it! Though, I do notice it gets used more for series longer than three books. Trilogies usually have independent titles…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien yes please!  I’m very lost right now lol.  Your impression of the Shrike is spot on – and yes, he’s definitely more dangerous when he’s scared.  Is Meira literally made of glass?  The idea of a glass warrior is so cool!  Also, just be warned, I might pull out the Shrike soon – I eventually want to enter him into the char…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy @this-is-not-an-alien I’m entering a character into the villain castle 🙂

New character: the Shrike

The air snapped.  Crackled.  The atmosphere pulsed and throbbed as if in the throes of a searing wound.  Blazing fractals of light tore across the room, twisting and falling like so many shards of broken glass.  A metallic scr…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

LOL!! XD

@calidris

I am so hopelessly confused here lol.  Are we all building off of the same story?  What’s the plot so far?  Where are the characters in the Castle?

Don’t worry about it XD Starting castles is a learning curve XD Well, we aren’t actually writing a story, our characters are just running around reacting to s…[Read more]

Okay! Here you go:

@this-is-not-an-alien ‘s characters are Ehud and Rosario. They’re currently off on a little surrealistic adventure of their own.

Ehud: Male, 16. Blond, blue eyes. Hyper and easily excited. He’s wearing a blue hoodie. He’s the most adorable precious character and I just want to give him hugs and cupcakes.

Rosario: Femal…[Read more]

Nithel still sits and does the same thing.
Then it occurs to him that he didn’t finish passing out food. Maybe the wolf-girl wanted some… And the dragon.

*doesn’t move yet, though*

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*was worried the castle was going to do something to them again*

@this-is-not-an-alien @irishcelticredflowercrown @joelle-stone @skylarynn @crazywrite…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Eck? Nithel? Leaving?!

😄

…I like it!

Okay… Good.

*starts planning how to remove Nithel/then re-drop him*

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@joelle-stone

Thank you!
<3

about Nithel (sry for the late response)

You’re fine!
And alright… *rolls fingers together* Muah ha ha…

Way to make Malvat more suspicious and hostile…

*grins, then look…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Haha the extent of my knowledge on the Pirates of the Caribbean come from memes my best friend sent and joelle-stone’s series analyzing movies (although–via memes–my brother decided I was basically Jake Sparrow minus booze   )

LOL! Second-hand media XD Same, it’s the memes and short clips my best friend sends me XD I
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