Cathy

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Rose and Cathy,

Did you know that Audacity does have features to change your voice or make it sound like it is in a cave, or speed it up, or slow it down?  These features are under the Effects Menu at the top.  Simply highlight the area on the audio wave that you want to “effect”, and choose from the E…[Read more]

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*skids in glances around*

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that’s the most gorgeous profile pic ever, rose-colored-fancy!

Aww, thank you so much, Cathy! I’m really happy with how it looks, it’s one of my favorite drawings I’ve ever done! (It took an eternity LOL XD)

Free Sounds Library is good, MixKit has a lot of options available w…

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Hi Cathy,

So, originally I said about 20 minutes…but (if you’ve seen Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl), you’d know that the rules are akin to the “Pirates’ Code”, more like guidelines, when it comes down to it…or suggestions, take your pick. 😉 (I know. I know. I’m a bit of a rogue, too.)

I did, in…[Read more]

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Hi Cathy,

Absolutely. Here is the essence of what is happening, as the Apostle Paul writes to the Corinthian Christians:

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. … For even if I grieved you…

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I’m so glad I really loved that noise!! Lol I saved a lot of music for my audio but probably won’t use more than a fraction of it in the end *rolls eyes at me*

Ooh, cool! Where do you find music to download? I can’t seem to find any. (Not that I looked terribly hard XD)

Thank you! Ohmygosh I can’t wait to get to Meira’s…

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Okay, lemme answer these!

1. Is there anything that stood out to you as intriguing about this scene?

The sense of doom and kind of sinister mood! It was reallyy cool and made me wonder who that was and what was going on.

2. What would you say the mood was of this scene?

Kinda creepy and mysterious!

3. What character(s) in…

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Wow thank you! <3 (it was that obvious I was the one humming  ? (even tho I found a lot of background music and could’ve used that but nooo I just had to use a tune from a song I wrote for my WIP a while back…)) (It was a lamp! That I was tapping with my pen. Because it made such an awesome ting ting! and that was so fun to…

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Cathy,

That is a beautiful piece of writing! Your delivery was powerful, and sweet, yet with a subtext of slight sinister… 😉
I knew you could pull this off!  Bravo!  [Applause!] Bravo!
The image of the wizard “designing” and contemplating his “doll” creation is subtle and has the underlying creepiness, in that he/she (…[Read more]

Hello Everyone!

@this-is-not-an-alien @irishcelticredflowercrown @joelle-stone @skylarynn @crazywriter @millennium

I’ve been thinking, for a week or two, about changing out Nithel. Or at least changing his age.

Where he is now is about a year after he came to the world, and is still naive to everything, and learning.
Would it be alright if I…[Read more]

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Poor Alessio. <3

And thank you! (Yeah. <3 *small smile*)

Nithel watched Alessio and the girl some, but also closed his eyes. Thinking. Still stunned by the pain of Man, and all that happened.

He was glad that Alessio cared so much for her. But he flamed inside that one had hurt him, like one had the girl. But he remained silent now, feeling that all his talking had done more harm than good. So he’d…[Read more]

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Okay! Here you go!

Cathy

Burn Chronicles, tweenlogue before Chapter 1 of Book 1

115 words (1:28 minutes)

Audio: Audio

Text:

Rule 1 of magic: Gifteds are formed by Deep magic; the normal rules of magic do not apply
to them…

What is a soul? Some loose animation of the senses apart from emotion and intelligence?
An…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Rose,

I love that yellow dress analogy!  Subtle interplay of hope. Very well done!  Nice finishing touch having Faye completing it. Bravo!

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Cathy,

It goes even deeper than that, because when the remnant survive the plague, they purge the city by burning the outer rings, and courtyards, and they f…[Read more]

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It’s so interesting how the city is literally rotting from the inside out with corruption! That’s really cool symbolism!

Rose your symbology of the Blood representing the duality of “guilt” and “sacrifice” is a powerful analogy, and the fact that these images and experiences come from Liorah’s dreams are also portentou…

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Hi Cathy,

It should also work with One Drive.  Do you have an online drive? The principle is the same.  Just make the link shareable.

Or you can email it to Rose and she can post it for you.

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Alessio. <3

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Hey Cathy! If you can’t find another way you can email me the file and I can upload it via my Google Docs! It should be easy!

“The end never justifies the means.”

Malvat swiveled his head in the direction of Alessio, who was speaking. Fire danced with his hair.

“You think your cause is worth it and everyone else’s choice is irrelevant. Maybe it started that if you control or manipulate someone for their own good it’s fine. It’s fine if you can save the day, if you can…[Read more]

The dragon spoke to Mayra, his voice devoid of empathy. “Have you never heard that the ends justify the means? It is true. I know it, for I live it.”

It would have been hilarious if Mayra had not been so full of loathing in that moment. Then the boy with the sad eyes spoke up. “The end never justifies the means. You think your cause is worth…[Read more]