Recent content by Aryth

I think you all make good points. Writing will be richer if drawn from personal experience, but it would be unreasonable to only write about things we have experienced first-hand. Lots of things we will have to make up as well, such as what having wings might feel like for a person or how it...

I'd never learned about or even considered passive voice before (newbie alert) and you all did a great job explaining it. I can see how a story would drag if passive voice were to be used a lot. I'll have to watch out for it in my own writing!

Welcome Rachel! From what I've heard, it's pretty common to finish a first draft and feel that it's terrible. I'm fully expecting to feel that way once my first draft is finished! :)

I think the use of Eras would be extremely helpful in orienting readers. Sometimes I get confused because I am supposed to keep track of a number of significant historical events but it's not clear whether historical event #1 was far back, way far back or even when it was in relation to...

Thanks for your response, ppmg. I'm a bit younger and grew up in the 90's so I didn't get to learn about it as it was occurring. You're right that what happened in Argentina probably didn't affect us as a nation that much if at all. I suppose I just wish that I had learned more than just...

One of my stories has a war and revolution inspired by the "Dirty War" that occurred in Argentina from 1976-1983. I was lost in the land of Pinterest when I saw a list of different types of governments, one of them being "junta," which I'd never heard of before. I looked it up and came across...

:O Oh. My. Word. How interesting! Like pmmg, I'm also wondering what Mr. Clinton's role in the writing process will be. Do you think that they are doing a project together just to stand out, be different or what? From what I read of the article, it doesn't sound like they knew each other...

My husband and I loved it as well! I've been listening to the soundtrack. :D I liked the family relationships theme and the graphics were beautiful! It had so many vibrant colors! The scenes where I felt like I was flying or moving around with the characters were really fun too! I'm glad I...

Current goals: 1) Complete the first draft of the story I'm working on by the end of July. 2) NOT to go back and edit story until first draft is finished (or I will never complete it...) 3) Tell myself "This draft sucks, but that's okay!" whenever I cringe at it and want to give up. That's...

I got my username from the map of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Back in high school I'd pick World of Warcraft character names from his series, and Aryth was my Draenei Priest. The western sea in Jordan's novels is called the Aryth Ocean.

Awesome! I submitted an entry for the giveaway!

How neat! That sounds like great fun! What do you think the most helpful part of the conference was for you?

Welcome! I was unfamiliar with a couple of the authors you mentioned and decided to look them up. The books look interesting, if a little scary, but I'm going to give them a shot! I don't usually read horror so we'll see how it goes. :)

I went ahead and bought The Glass Gargoyle and loved it! Taryn is so fun!

I read your story today during my lunch break and enjoyed it! I love the Carrotfinger man and the Pixies!