Cathy

@ashley-tegart Very interesting! I do have a love for British and Russian literature. What aspects would you say you draw from them？

@obrian-of-the-surface-world Ah, yes, guilds…I miss my Erekdale. Wow, all three of these dragons sound very cool. I love how you have Bible verses from which they are based. And which themes in particular would y…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting

So, usually I do medieval Fantasy (i.e Ranger’s Apprentice style) with maybe a very light touch of magic (I have a phoenix in my current WIP novel).  But I’ve also tried a dystopian/fantasy style for a MG short story I just finished.  It’s kinda like alt. history, in the sense that there’s wagons, trains, towns and cities, b…[Read more]

The shadowy entity continued to lurk at the edge of Jericho’s senses, hiding in the dark recesses of the dim room.  It was a large chamber, circular, and with a ceiling somewhere far above in the darkness.  There were no entrances or exits other than the one Malvat had just made, and the only light came from the fire of Brendin and Alessio as w…[Read more]

@joelle-stone

Yeah, souls are really important to the stories involving Haven.  And Brendin has a very long, complicated and messy character arc involving trying to reconcile his past as a mære under Ingor with who he was before and who he is now (which he really is not at all sure of).  I as the author find it kinda heartbreaking to see him go…[Read more]

Hey, would anyone mind if I swapped out Þorunn for someone else?  She seems to have worn out her welcome and Chantara tried to kill her, so…

As for who I want to bring in, I have a few ideas:
Casurus, a side-character hero who wears an eyepatch but not because he’s blind
Acantha, an empress who seems either benevolent or evil depending on how y…[Read more]

By now, with all the anomalies the castle had thrown at them, Jericho and Brendin were barely surprised when a newcomer entered the room.

Jericho smiled at Alessio in approval as he took charge of the situation.  Brendin meanwhile quickly got out of the bed and summoned a small flame in his palm.  He hoped he needn’t use his syne now; the fire w…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien,

[read this writer geeked out on sign language one time and looked it up cos wouldn’t that make conversations in a crowded area easier!?!]

Heh, I took ASL last year for school! I’m still not very good, but I can get by. 😉 (And yes it certainly would!! It’s really helpful when you’re eating and you don’t want to talk with y…[Read more]

@jasmine

Laser tag was the plan! Wow, I missed A lot while I was gone, LOL. please forgive me if I get something wrong with the characters, I caught up on the story but I’m very bad at remembering things.

No worries, I think you got it!

@irishcelticredflowercrown

@this-is-not-an-alien

@sparrowhawke

@rusted-knight

Okay, y’all, here we g…[Read more]

“We don’t have a lot but we’ll try to share everything alike here.” The boy gave her what looked like a welcoming smile. A half-hearted one at that. She didn’t smile back, simply swallowing the rest of her bread and stared back at him stonily.

She wasn’t sure why he was so willing to just let her eat. Wasn’t survival their top priority? She…[Read more]

Nithel feels someone kneel in front of him, but he keeps his eyes shut. Just done.

He wants to cry, but he knew man didn’t do that. Not men. They shouldn’t. Not for themselves. At least… that was how Gabrel was. He trembles a bit, stifling whatever cries would come, trying to.

Then someone touches him. The touch kind and firm. Nithel presses…[Read more]

Somehow it reached through Nithel’s head the strange girl approaching Alessio. He stared at her a moment, wary. But when she stopped, seeming unaggressive, he looked back down. Truly sick.

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

@this-is-not-an-alien

Good morning Cathy! 🙂

I so enjoy hearing your thoughts and reading your insights.  You have such a clear perception that you amaze me and I always look forward to reading what you say.

Thank you for responding to this section as well.  You are correct that there are several vagueries in this “Prologue” but there are d…[Read more]

It was strange, Mayra thought. For just a moment there, the boy was looking at her as if he recognised her somehow. As if he knew what she was feeling. Not that she was feeling anything. She had been trained to feel nothing but numbness from a very young age.

Finally he turned away. As if she wasn’t worth the effort of looking at. “That’s it I’…[Read more]

Alessio was talking, but Nithel didn’t understand. It was all a blur. Too many impossible things happening in the same hours, or was it days? His stomach was sick. Nothing, nothing made sense.

More speech. But the world was swirling. He felt sick. Raised from the dead. Fire. Dragon. Metal dragon. Lava. Moving rooms. People. Books. Mirror. Death.…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Ahh the Victorian pirate one?

That’s the one! (Still trying not to get distracted by it XD)

The slow descent into evil is always soo interesting in novels (like not irl!!!)! It feels more fascinating that Anakin to Darth Vader (although that might be because I wasn’t crazy into the Star Wars trilogy, although that spinoff S…

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