Story Embers | WolverineRM | Group Activity https://storyembers.org/members/wolverinerm/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which WolverineRM is a member. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:41 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 3317f412aab36f63850373d2c39c5d1b Em with an E joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104949/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 00:54:43 -0400 0 00cff0f2a6ad3d5059ecee72efa131db Sharon Marcus joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104713/ Sat, 10 Jun 2023 09:01:21 -0400 0 df073be0f8ce1193f51272e41a94fa98 Sarafini joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/104412/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 20:27:45 -0400 0 444600d22d63259e0c61591c16938759 Daeus Lamb replied to the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/new-phase-of-life-aka-goodbye/#post-156967 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:16:56 -0400 @olivia I’ll remove you. I do think you have to subscribe from the emails manually, unless perhaps I completely deleted your account.

]]> 0 e6424fbf8ed9f9ce11c9fdc7cd29c88c Daeus Lamb replied to the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/new-phase-of-life-aka-goodbye/#post-156966 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:16:53 -0400 @olivia I’ll remove you. I do think you have to subscribe from the emails manually, unless perhaps I completely deleted your account.

]]> 0 473fa49b97c521dea7426862766fb935 Josiah DeGraaf replied to the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/new-phase-of-life-aka-goodbye/#post-156961 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:21:17 -0400 @olivia Good question! I’ll let Daeus answer the forum question since he knows that better than I do. But the emails and forum access are not connected. You’ll need to manually unsubscribe your email at the bottom of the email to stop receiving those. (:

Glad to have been with you for this last part of your journey!

]]> 0 390b0f30f94f85e32711f4b07dfa2028 Olivia Catherine replied to the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/new-phase-of-life-aka-goodbye/#post-156947 Sat, 11 Mar 2023 23:37:14 -0400 @daeus-lamb @josiah

Oh, and if I officially get kicked off the forum (haha, just kidding), will I also no longer receive the emails? I wanna unsubscribe from those as well.

]]> 0 8a0bb76d34c46de8e934be6acee62deb Olivia Catherine started the topic New Phase of Life... Aka: Goodbye! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/new-phase-of-life-aka-goodbye/ Sat, 11 Mar 2023 23:26:44 -0400 My main character has a dilemma…

She’s part of this great group of young people who all love to write, but she’s discovered she is in a different phase of life and must move on. How can she exit the group?

 

 

Lol, all that was just for fun. I’m the main character and this is the group of writers. But ya, I’m in a new phase of life and need…[Read more]

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]]> 0 5ab768cb23c985aa2c2490dd1ca70b1d Brian Stansell replied to the topic What Else Can I Do? ~ Short Story in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-else-can-i-do/#post-148058 Fri, 18 Feb 2022 04:01:38 -0400 Kimmi,

That is amazing and heart-wrenching.  Very evocative and poignant.  Great job!

Some pain can only be mitigated by being present and connected.

Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep. [Romans 12:15 NLT]

]]> 0 09b67ebe8d8f871712a1bd1f063e379c Cathy replied to the topic What Else Can I Do? ~ Short Story in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-else-can-i-do/#post-147998 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 01:40:43 -0400 That…yeah.

That was painfully beautiful ❤️💔❤️‍🩹

heheh…

]]> 0 570d1a828037c23e5b35090c248864ca Kimmi started the topic What Else Can I Do? in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-else-can-i-do/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:54:04 -0400 I lean against the door post, looking through the cracked door at my little sister. Sitting on her bed, squeezing a penguin to her chest. I stand there, my heart pounding. I don’t want to be the one to tell her. I don’t want to be the one who finally crashes her world in two.

I swallow hard and make my leaden legs step forward. The white door swi…[Read more]

]]> 0 aaec25ee8791b0e325f8213914ad86b6 Grace Benham joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/96643/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 18:03:07 -0400 0 97c325254a5d8342ae25d80ff158e33b Cat Thompson joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94680/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:22:30 -0400 0 d61c985bee5c5fa0f0c9cbecf494d3d9 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-137136 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:01:30 -0400 @this-is-not-an-alien

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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]]> 0 2811efc8fdfc0255d0e1b8e1938e8263 Cathy replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-137117 Sat, 21 Aug 2021 23:54:37 -0400 Oooh that’s a good analogy!! Like how Christ takes our sinfulness and turns it into something fruitful and something that results in a great good, like how He allowed the Original Sin and turned it into the story of His Love to the point of dying for us. And that they continue to ritualistically cleanse the city especially because it’s a con…[Read more]

]]> 0 bf633c48086f8c6490377d373e108506 Brian Stansell replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-137033 Mon, 16 Aug 2021 02:52:05 -0400 @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!

@this-is-not-an-alien

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]

]]> 0 db83f07b40d1bdc821b34cea3d16f616 Rose replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-137030 Sun, 15 Aug 2021 19:24:11 -0400 @obrian-of-the-surface-world
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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]]> 0 40a8ecb2b0c5eacf683545ccdb7c7653 Cathy replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-136984 Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:27:59 -0400 @obrian-of-the-surface-world
Ooh I love your symbolism with dead city of Azragoth, it’s got so many layers and demonstrates how passive we are about the sins right in front of our noses while we judge distant crimes we may not be a part of physically but are in our complacency. Especially how unconfessed sin grows and wounds and eventually d…[Read more]

]]> 0 9b8b22b4abc89f45251e060199e744aa Brian Stansell replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-136950 Thu, 12 Aug 2021 03:15:16 -0400 @rose-colored-fancy
@this-is-not-an-alien

Hi Rose and Cathy,

Thank you Rose and Cathy for sharing your amazing examples. I have many examples of buried symbology in my WIP that are expounded upon and revealed later in the story.  The very place of “The Mid-World” and the Hidden Kingdom referred to as “Excavatia” all have this buried and later…[Read more]

]]> 0 6efe7023a788d4518b96b480d77cc78e Rose replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-136921 Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:49:30 -0400 @obrian-of-the-surface-world

Very cool topic! I love your use of subtext to imply the danger in the piece! It’s really interesting!

@this-is-not-an-alien

In my current WIP I keep using the image of a doll both to forward the witchcraft underlying plot and to symbolize manipulation or someone being dehumanized and I also use the word “doll” to…

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]]> 0 c0b93fa076865f319c43e055e9a8a900 Rose joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94440/ Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:27:49 -0400 0 797fef3a771bd2c21419c68ff2fc7b32 Cathy replied to the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/#post-136862 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:32:17 -0400 YOU RANG? *heheheh*
Oooh I love that clip of Chicago! Gave a perfect image of everything interesting, and kept a rather dull plot (some dude waking up in the middle of the night to normal ol’ Chicago gunshots :D) vivid and punchy and promising excitement.
I have several ways I use subtext. In my current WIP I keep using the image of a doll both t…[Read more]

]]> 0 3bf6542eeeca5f83c5a734a20941ecb1 Cathy joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94400/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:25:55 -0400 0 dd1bcfe4bdd672d13e6f05ee60362e92 Brian Stansell started the topic Examples of How You Use Subtext in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/examples-of-how-you-use-subtext/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 17:19:46 -0400 I love the idea of things hidden below the surface.  Of mysterious buried treasures, and ways to implant certain words or innuendos that have either a dual meaning or are indicative of an even larger mystery lurking beneath the surface action of the story.

I was interested in how each of you uses the concept of subtext in your personal writing,…[Read more]

]]> 0 f880c6079c33ae8d7d3a6aa52c8b2ee8 Brian Stansell joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/94375/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:13:56 -0400 0 1f5f833105164cc887eb900a5e9ac666 Laurel Luehmann joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/91192/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 21:27:15 -0400 0 130044298eeddb7a03690cc1af9cc008 Cassandra Blenkin started the topic Hello there! in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/hello-there-7/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:20:39 -0400 Greetings everyone!

I’m endeavoring to rewrite my spy novel into something bearable. You know during the early 2000’s when everyone was writing spy novels? My 14 year old self was right there with them! However, the story and the characters are very near and dear to my heart, so I figure I owe them a second chance. I feel like interacting with…[Read more]

]]> 0 3a0f537babd583ddaefebae6035973d5 Cassandra Blenkin joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89930/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:13:15 -0400 0 06fa074514a1444762eee99617dd6121 Emma Walker joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/89175/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:47:15 -0400 0 59626e13649da4a36b709dcd707e57d1 Inklingflame replied to the topic Hi :) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/hi-11/page/3/#post-123087 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 12:50:21 -0400 Hello everyone! I know my name is confusing, but you can call me Mia (inkling, or flame, or whatever). If any of y’all are in the fiction then you know they talk a ton (well more then we do 🤣) Maybe everyone here is an introvert. Anyway, I’m brand new to writing contemporary fiction, but I love the idea and I have a story idea!

I do have a qui…[Read more]

]]> 0 105c6580eef65d7188cf1d8829e417d7 Danielle Ansiel joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87437/ Sun, 20 Dec 2020 18:26:32 -0400 0 33291bb4106381c6b24bcb833c9e4d2e Bethany joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/87306/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 01:44:30 -0400 0 f0f8f4932d8cf5cd172e3300a50bf4b7 Mischievous Thwapling replied to the topic Short Story: In a Mother’s Arms in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/short-story-in-a-mothers-arms/#post-121788 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:59:41 -0400 @inklingflame

AWWWW!! That was so sweet! The poem at the beginning was a very beautiful and nice touch. The mother/daughter relationship… Awww…

I believe it would be best punctuation wise to cut the comma, replace it with a period, then make the h in He lowercase.  Like this: “I’ve got to go,” he said into the phone.  (I bolded the c…[Read more]

]]> 2 3bc8e3e9226d58cffd5adc7c875eba10 Mischievous Thwapling joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/86383/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:40:07 -0400 0 b653ecc6ab1cc69aa64ebebd6eb1d8e7 Inklingflame started the topic Short Story: In a Mother’s Arms in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/short-story-in-a-mothers-arms/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:30:46 -0400 @mischievous-thwapling  (🤞I Hope this works)

Hey Everybody!
I wrote this story for my Mother’s birthday.  I would LOVE and critiques, criticisms, comments, or snide remarks (I know I messed up the alliteration;) you have. 😁  I have a poem introducing (for lack of a better word) my story, because…well why not! 😆 Anyway, here is the story:…[Read more]

]]> 0 a658d6af548965884b616e4a013de449 Inklingflame joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/86348/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:11:25 -0400 0 2056f8f93a10280144d788d37c759c10 Ari Austin joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85722/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:48:50 -0400 0 17fba458930ba038dd9b086d2e65dcc5 joshuareidwriter joined the group Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/activity/p/85020/ Thu, 24 Sep 2020 01:41:42 -0400 0 202fa6b6449ff2d30f1af85a545b609b Hobbitchild replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118408 Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:50:10 -0400 @arindown,

It is funny and cool how ideas for books will just pop into you head. I just had that happen to me driving home from a shopping trip. Usually it starts with a thought related to whatever you are doing, then it sparks a fire of thought. Wow, did I just say that? I’m not the detailed/metaphor type. That’s my sister.

Anyway, it’s great…[Read more]

]]> 0 3f0b623eab4490bf8fff2ac69979deaf Arindown replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118400 Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:47:42 -0400 @hobbitchild

I looked at your book. It sounds really cool.😄

I’m working on one book right now…I might be halfway done with the first draft, but I’m not sure.😆 Pantser.😉 I probably have about 20 other books in my head, and 1 or 2 that I’ve started and never finished. It’s weird how writing has forced me to start thinking in years, (like an…[Read more]

]]> 0 dda9a1d6f30820ef2610096ddf77af1a Hobbitchild replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118321 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:52:46 -0400 @zee, I’m not sure! I don’t think most people rewrite their characters ages, it was just a question that popped into my head. XD

I think it would be interesting to know if anyone has done that before. It would really change the plot of most books, I think, to make your main character go from eleven to thirty-one, but it would be an interesting challenge.

]]> 0 86e24f444b085d64143ca202337a024c Hobbitchild replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118320 Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:50:34 -0400 @arindown,

That’s cool, how many books are you writing right now? I have one I’m currently writing and four more in my head (I wrote down a little), and one I’m taking a break from.

Thank you so much for your interest in my book! I have a goal of at least 25 copies downloaded a day, and I’m failing today’s goal. I have eighteen.

]]> 0 76c64970f22c4918c81cc47aea2bc772 Arindown replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118315 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:53:47 -0400 @hobbitchild

Ever since I was little, my characters have always been a few years older than me, or late teens. Right now (I think I’m improving😄) my main character is in his 60’s…but he’s a wizard, so he seems younger. In my other books, my MC’s are 17, and 9.

I’ll try to check out your book.

]]> 0 60ddfe98b59c34573c60b2a60678576e Zee replied to the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/#post-118279 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:20:07 -0400 I like the idea of having a young child for a main character, and I’ve written short stories with children, but so far all my novels star adults…and a couple of older teenagers. Re-writing my characters as younger would really mess with the stories’ plots (because they are romances) but with a different genre, this would be an interesting…[Read more]

]]> 0 3dd6518a8ff16e3a90ecd63249df5e17 Hobbitchild started the topic What Age Are Your Main Characters? (Plus Free Book Giveaway!) in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers https://storyembers.org/groups/contemporary-fiction-writers/forum/topic/what-age-are-your-main-characters-plus-free-book-giveaway/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 22:42:12 -0400 Hi!

Question: what age group do you usually have for your main characters? I always make my main character a kid and surround him or her with other kids. Have you ever tried re-writing your character’s age? If so, how much did it change the story?

Also, in case you haven’t heard, I published a book yesterday that is completely free on Amazon for…[Read more]

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