Characters – Christine Smith

{Linkup} The Language of Worlds: Karis

Post published:June 3, 2019
Post category:Writing
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Another round of The Language of Worlds has arrived! And Liv has brought us a fabulous set of questions! Just in case you have no clue what I’m talking about: The Language of Worlds is a writers linkup created by the magical unicorn that is Liv K. Fisher. Every couple of months she throws out 10 questions which we can then answer for any one of our original characters. It’s suuuch a great way to dig deep into your characters, as well as share fun tidbits about your story, AND see what other bloggers are writing too. Because we bloggers/readers…

The Five Keys to Telling a Great Story According to Tangled

Post published:May 20, 2019
Post category:Writing
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Over on Fairy Tale Central, my other blog I co-author with Arielle and Faith, we’ve been featuring the story of Rapunzel for all the month of May. And, naturally, when one thinks Rapunzel, they’re minds probably jump straight to TANGLED. I adore the original fairy tale of the girl with impossibly long hair stuck in a tower. The concept is rather fascinating, with such great story fodder. But my absolute favorite adaptation is most definitely Tangled. Actually, my favorite animated movie of all time is Tangled. Which is saying something, ‘cause I like a lot of animated movies. BUT GUYS.…

{Linkup} The Language of Worlds: Anya

Post published:April 15, 2019
Post category:Writing
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It’s time for another Language of Worlds! *happy dance* You know I jump at any chance to write a post about my story characters. It’s just way too fun! If you have nooo clue what this is, it’s a writer’s linkup created by the fabulous Liv. K. Fisher, in which she gives us 10 questions every couple of months to answer for any one of our original characters. You can find this newest edition HERE. So life has been, erm, something lately. Alllll of March was spent switching/redesigning my blog to a self-hosted site, as well as working on Fairy…

Fantasy Favorites Tag

Post published:February 25, 2019
Post category:Fangirling
Post comments:24 Comments

My awesome friend Jenelle is hosting “February is Fantasy Month” on her blog and across social media, and it’s just as the name suggests—spending all of February celebrating the greatest genre of all time (not that I’m biased or anything). As a part of the fun, Jenelle has created a TAG. Which is what I shall be doing today! I honestly can’t believe we’re so close to the end of February. Like HOW??? Can I get a refund? I had about a million and twelve plans for this month, and only got to touch like…a fourth of them. I feel…

A Heart-Shaped Box of OTPs Tag

Post published:February 18, 2019
Post category:Fangirling
Post comments:45 Comments

Valentine’s Day might has passed BUT that doesn’t mean we have to stop the love. And, to be honest, I usually just use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to gush about my favorite fictional couples. I HAVE A PROBLEM OKAY? Luckily, in honor of this month of love, my dear friend and awesome person all around Kiri Liz has created a linkup literally catered toward gushing over fictional ships. Best tag ever? I THINK SO. This tag focusing on all our different OTPs (which is fandom-ese for “One True Pairing”) and compares them to chocolate. Like opening a heart-shaped box…

The Language of Worlds – Syram

Post published:February 4, 2019
Post category:Writing
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Language of Worlds is back! *happy dance* If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can find all the info HERE. But essentially, it’s a linkup created by the ever lovely Liv K. Fisher, catered toward speculative Christian writers (though anyone is welcome to join in!) and asks ten questions about any character of our choosing. I debated who to answer the questions for, because technically I’m shifting my focus back on Burning Thorns as I gear to do this next edit. Buuuut I talk about those characters a LOT. So I decided, at least for today, to…

Know the Novel Part 3 – The Writing of Kings Bleed Gold {NaNoWriMo 2018}

Post published:December 11, 2018
Post category:Writing
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Annnnd I am back to go ahead and answer the questions to my Know the Novel linkup, which I posted yesterday if you missed it. *wink, wink* I have news. Super excited, happy neeews… I FINISHED WRITING KINGS BLEED GOLD. Fiiinally. IT. IS. DONE. I mean, the first draft is done… It needs a total uber major rewrite but we’re not thinking about that right now because IT IS WRITTEN AND I AM SO RELIEVED. I feverishly kept writing through all this first week of December and Thursday night, December 6th, I made it to THE END. I may…

NaNoWriMo ‘18 Week Four: Involving Ballets, a Ton of Turkey, and Crying

Post published:November 26, 2018
Post category:Life Writing
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Um. So this will be my last post for the month of November. NaNoWriMo will be over by next Monday. We’re less than a week away from the end. WHAT EVEN WHAT???? Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like my novel will be even sort of over by the end of the month. I thiiink I can finish it within the first week or two of December, buuut unless some magical writing fairy takes over my body for the rest of the week (I mean, if you know of one I’m hiring) I’m like 99.9% sure it ain’t gettin’ done by the…

Know the Novel Part 2 – Within Kings Bleed Gold {NaNoWriMo 2018}

Post published:November 19, 2018
Post category:Writing
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WE. ARE. OVER. HALFWAY. THROUGH. NANOWRIMO. Not that I’m freaking out. Noooo. Buthowdidthishappenhalp. I had a prettyyy awesome week. A thing may have happened on the 13th… I HIT 50K WORDS!!!! This means I’ve officially participated and won 9 NaNos in a row and just…what is my life? (Answer: I have no life.) I hit 50k on the 13th last year too, so see? 13 is most certainly not unlucky. I also managed to write almost 27k this week because, again, no life, and am now at 71k words on my novel! BUT. This week, instead of doing a day-by-day…

Know the Novel Part 1: Introducing Kings Bleed Gold

Post published:October 29, 2018
Post category:Writing
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Look at me actually joining in on my own linkup and telling you guys about my NaNoWriMo novel. And only 3 days before NaNo. I’m always so on top of things! Okay, in my defense I didn’t really know all that much about my novel until now. But I’ve been feverishly outlining it and digging into my characters and doing tons of worldbuilding and I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON NOW. Woot, woot! Or, well, we’ll pretend I do. Ahem. ANYWAYS. Today I’m going to be answering the questions for my Know the Novel linkup, which you can find info…