Cathy

Nithel glanced up as the girl touches his hands, her touch gentle, hesitant. She shook her head, as if afraid. Not wanting to impose. “You – eat,” She let go of him, and pointed at herself. “Me – fine.”

His brows lifted the smallest bit. He hadn’t expected her to refuse food. He breathed in and out, eyes looking at her face, the blood. His…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Cathy,
[knuckles forehead for pressing submit too early.]
That picture is awesome.  Did you do that?
Excellent work. He looks rather melancholy. A sadness about him.
Are you going to add him into the “Completely…Character Game”?  [Cannot bring myself to refer to it by its original title, because it has been anything but “useless”.]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Welcome back, Cathy!

*Holds and steadies the wobbling table* [Grins]

Catch your breath, now!  Daylight savings time was back in Spring,…might want to rewind that watch. [winks]
The bus is still here and we wouldn’t think of leaving without you, dearie.

My printer says it needs to update its driver.  I didn’t even know i…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

I love your annoying villain!

Thanks, for some unimaginable reason, I love him too XD He’s incredibly fun to write. I think it’ll be interesting to see how he reacts in some actually dangerous situations.

Something interesting I realized about him is that he has wayy less empathy than Chantara. It’s kinda weird that he’s a…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Hi Cathy,

I do love that picture of the bucket and the “mind editor”.  Wish my printer worked and I would do exactly what @rose-colored-fancy wants to do.

I minored in art and design in college, but I have not drawn any of my WIP characters.  I did collect some concept photos for Maeven and young Miray, but they were s…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Hi again! The story y’all helped me with (and what this topic was created for)  is a Wingfeather Saga fanfiction (There are a lot of Featherheads here–and I thought they might enjoy something like this. And it could also get critiqued). And no, I did not draw my profile pic, my friend (and illustrator–she goes by Penny…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy,

1500 WORDS?!? CONGRATS!!

*Laughs in writer.* Oh, she totally is. Life really sucks for her right now XD Oh, goodness, I’m both proud and extremely guilty XD I’ve just started on the low point and it’s going to get way worse before it gets better. (My poor babies!)

*wishes I could cackle* *is not in Evil Writer Mode* Saaaa…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

That is hilarious!! It’s one of the funniest things ever, I totally want to frame that and hang it above my computer for when I’m drafting XD It’s awesome and I love how much emotion you got into that drawing! LOL, it’s too funny XD Smack the inner critic! XD

Oh, rose-colored-fancy is also a great artist, she’s even got a I…

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Malvat burst through the hole after the others, showering dirt and rock down into the collapsing room. The ground beneath him held – miraculously. He attributed it to the overall strangeness of this place.

Raising his head to they sky, Malvat shook the rubble off his gleaming ebony body and sniffed the air. Clear, but somehow scented with…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien,

Huh. *cocks head* My siblings have always drawn, but somehow I can never get the pencil to do what I want it to, so I end up frustrated and embarrassed at my lack of artistic skills. *smiles*

Yeah I know!!! She’s drawn all of her profile pics, which are so cool!

Per request, I have updated the Scene Questions below to include Rose’s suggestion (@rose-colored-fancy) …

…AND I have added one additional question that goes to the value of this fun exercise. 😎  12 Disciples – 12 Tribes of Israel – 12 Gates in the Heavenly City – 12 – Eggs in a Dozen… (Okay, I’ll admit I got carried away with this last…[Read more]

The boy was offering her fruit. He looked at her hesitantly, then looked away. She wondered what he made of her. She had hurt his friend after all. Yet he was still offering her food. What was left of it anyway.

She stared at him carefully, then pushed his hands away, shaking her head. “You – eat,” she answered. Then she pointed at herself. “Me -…[Read more]

@joelle-stone

Hi Joelle,

Whew! It has been a long and busy week.
Trying to catch up on responding to posts.

So, let me clarify a little.  These snippets of scenes are extracted from anywhere in a longer work, so they will often be introduced without context or backstory.  We are just looking at the intrinsic value of a single scene, which m…[Read more]

Nithel stares a bit at them, then glances to the food, intending to hand it out.

He goes first to Brendin, offering him a loaf of mushed bread. If the man doesn’t take it, Nithel will lay it on the ground before him. His manor is like that of a servant, when facing Brendin.

He then moves to Jericho, manor more relaxed, but still formal as he…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Yayyyyy I’m not alone. XD I don’t think I’m really a panster, since I’m not good a writing on the fly, but I do find out a ton about a scene by writing it. I finish writing it and I think, “oh, that’s how that’s supposed to go. Guess I need to rewrite it and then re-outline everything after it now that I know what it’s…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

That’s so funny! *Grins mischievously at inner critic*

@this-is-not-an-alien

Ha you thought if you put the audio at the bottom I’d read it first mwahahaha mortal shall you stop me?! I LOVE YOUR ACCENT!!! It has so much roundness and dimension a pretty red with a black background!

Thank you so much!<3 LOL, I suppose I expected you to act logically XD

LOL that is sooo *literally every project I have e…

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