*squeals*

@naiya-dyani Oh, good, ‘cause I’d really love to be able to draw well 😝 Honestly, I don’t have a preference, and I don’t wanna have to pick one 😆 So you pick…??

@claire-h Okay, eyes meet little kids, you automatically get Kendall. 🥰

So, (by the end of the story anyway), Kendall’s eight years old. He’s got blond hair just long enough…[Read more]

Hey! 👋🏻

Okay, so I’m not exactly an artist (I scribble with crayons 😂), so I’m not quite sure if I can just drop in here offering characters 😁, but if anyone’s looking for something to draw, I’d love to see somebody’s take on my kids…

*i hate asking for stuff* *blushes and falls through the floor*

Anyway. ☺️ I have a whole set of teenage/t…[Read more]

@eitan

Yep, that’s Thunder! I’m training him as a therapy dog, to work in hospitals. He’s a lot of fun.

And yes, I live in Texas! 😆 I’ve also lived in Arizona, which is more of a desert than Texas is, and really pretty in its own right. Texas is my favorite, though, even though I love them both.

Wow, I didn’t know there were hyenas in Israel! T…[Read more]

@deeprun

*rethinks my entire life*

I’m pretty sure I just write “Mmhmm”? I wouldn’t be fazed by reading that in a book, even frequently, because I think it’d help it feel real. But yeah, it seems like there’s no good way to describe it. 😆

@emily-maynard

Hey! I’m Kassie. I’m the homeschooled oldest of four and I love running. ☺️ I write mostly contemporary, but I love historical fiction, I’m just not wired to write it as novels. But I love writing his-fic short stories. 💕

Little Women! *melts* Have you seen the 2019 movie? It does the book a whole lot better justice than the 1994…[Read more]

@bama-rose

*bursts in totally ready to throw my personality type under the bus*

Hi. Stereotypical INFJ here. Conflict between people I love never fails to make me cry. I wish I was better at picking fights, tbh.

But if I were thrown out on the street with one of my younger brothers (I don’t have sisters so 😝), I would 100% be down to doing…[Read more]

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

Hey, sorry I didn’t get back sooner. Okay so, yeah, mine is not very cut and dry, but…

I finished writing my book last Sept. Because reasons, I wanted it released at the end of February. So between Sept and Feb I needed it edited, beta-read, formatted for Kindle and printers, blog tour set up, and book signing set up.…[Read more]

@eitan

Hey!! 👋🏻 So glad to have you here!! My name’s Kassie; I’m not super active on the forums, but I’m here every once in a while. 😉

I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU’RE FROM ISRAEL!! That’s so amazing!! I am a tiny bit obsessed with Israel; I want to go visit so bad. ☺️ And I love anything that has to do with Christianity’s Jewish roots. My family and I…[Read more]

@hope-ann

I love this!! I’m probably not the most qualified to answer, since my main characters are the more emotional ones without fail. I do have a pretty important, cold hard side character, so this was honestly kinda helpful 😆

My big things with him is, he’s the scary quiet one. He doesn’t say much, and he doesn’t raise his voice. So in my h…[Read more]

@edmund-lloyd-fletcher

What do you mean by “what do you use”? Like, how do you plan it, or literally what do you plan it in, or what?

It’s definitely not a trade secret, but I know personally my timeline was definitely nothing hard and fast, so maybe that’s why you can’t get a real answer? 🤷‍♀️

@sarah-inkdragon I love that you brought up the perspectives on wars—that’s definitely a whole facet of representation. And while I take very definite sides in both those wars (actually, in every war we’ve been in), glorification and over-simplification of war are, and will probably always be, big problems in books. That’s something that needs t…[Read more]

@mgtask
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*dives headfirst into the forums, realizes life is busy and vanishes*
*sees this topic and reappears*
*gets on soapbox*
I’m one of those people who doesn’t believe in trying to drill diversity into stories for the sake of diversity, but will always, always give a book extra points for just subtly acknowledging…[Read more]

@deeprun Jumping into this because it’s kind of fascinating and…yeah.

I will automatically always like the “damsel of destruction” better than the “damsel in distress” because in my head… being a girl doesn’t give you an excuse to be a wimp. 😆 That doesn’t mean you have to be out killing bad guys. You can absolutely be in your own home, lik…[Read more]

@dakota I’m so curious of Megyn’s story now…

@emberynus-the-dragonslayer
Nigel: Hey guys! Wanna introduce yourselves?
(And really!?!! That’s so neat…I love it. 💙)

@anne_the_noob14 Mean roosters were the literal reason we didn’t get Rhode Island Reds and…yeah. We have this running thing about, if that was supposed to be the friendly breed w…[Read more]

@naiya-dyani Should I send in my medic from another story just in case…?? 😉

Would your character rather stay in prison, alone, for the rest of their life, or suffer intense agony for twenty-four hours to free someone they loved?

Harley and Nigel: *in unison* Intense agony.

Paul: Welp okay.

Trey: C’mon, nobody even thought about staying in p…[Read more]

@seekjustice Aww, Chelsea… thank you. <33 Yeah, hopefully they will. 🤗 And like Livi said we’re praying for y’all.

@naiya-dyani NO WAY!!! Neat!! Are you just studying for fun or do you plan to visit Japan or??

@anne_the_noob14 YES TEXAS!! 👏 (AND YES KEITH URBAN TOO!)
Hehe, no, I love eating but cooking or doing dishes or things like tha…[Read more]