Introductions!

[Abby]

N.N. Welcome to the group!

[N.N.]

Abby wrote: "N.N. Welcome to the group!"

Thank you Abby and have a great day! :)

[Abby]

You too! Can't wait to get to know you :)

[Anna]

Hi I'm Anna,
I'm homeschooled and 15. I love reading and writing (and watching tv).

[E.]

Hey everyone!
Wow! So many people here I already know! :-) I'm so used to joining groups that are full of total strangers, this is a first! :-)
Glad to see you all!
I'm Elizabeth; or E. Kaiser Writes as my author name goes. (For disambiguation purposes!)

I've been writing seriously a little over 15 years now, have released the first two books in the Five Gems series, (the closest comparison would be "Little House on the Prairie" mixed with Tolkien's works. JRR is a major inspiration for me!!!)
I am currently very excited, (make that super-super excited!) to be gearing up to release the first 3 (possibly 4) books in my new series of complex fairytale retellings in a quasi-Victorian fairytale world. (With lots of historical-type stuff in it, so it feels like it could be our real world, but it's not... It's so much lots more fun!!! :-) )
This THAW: series derailed my previous series, (but not forever, I'm putting story to paper as fast as I can) and it starts with the "Winter Child" novella and "Winter Queen" novel: a combination of Germany's "the Snow Child", Russia's "Snegurken", and the Anderson tale "The Snow Queen". Rolling these all together seemed absolutely obvious, and from there the characters have galloped away with the tales.
They've been so much fun to write, and I'm really excited about launching them all together in January 2015.
(P.S. If you have a book-ish blog and think this sounds interesting, I should be thinking about assembling blog-hop participants for the January release. :-) )

And I also do art and illustration, which has been a lot of fun; helping other author's words come to life. I look forward to doing more of that in future, and am on D. Art here: http://elizabethkwritesart.deviantart...


Glad to be part of the group, and hi to all here!!!! Welcome to newcomers!

And I should go write... *Sneaks guiltily away*
Elizabeth

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Welcome Anna! Glad you joined! We're also happy to have you, Elizabeth!

[Nate]

Hi everyone, my name's Nate. Glad to be a part of the group!

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Hey Nate!! We're glad to have you! :)

[Catherine]

Welcome everyone! Glad you're here! :)

[E.]

Thanks for the welcome, Lena! :-) I'm very glad to be here.
I'll be looking forward to gaining insights from the group!

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

That's one of my hopes for the group! That it will be a place to get inspiration, feedback, and encouragement!!

[Daniel]

Hi Melanie, nice to meet you and welcome! :)

[Sierra]

Hi, I'm Sierra. I write a lot for fun, but I have a hard time finishing. I'm in the middle of a couple of stories that I think might actually get done in the near-ish future...
I mostly write fantasy, at least in the sense that nothing like it would ever happen in my life. And most of my stories have dragons or happen in different worlds.
And, um, I think that's it : )
(Thank you Lena for inviting me! :)

[Catherine]

Welcome Sierra! It's great to have you here! :)

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Thank you for joining, Sierra!!! Make yourself at home!!! :)

[Morgan]

Hi. I'm Morgan. I'm a Christian homeschool graduate and I've written two sci-fi-ish adventure stories, one with more fantasy-like elements, but now I'm working on a big fantasy project. I like mixing genres. I love C. S. Lewis and Molly Evangeline/Jaye L. Knight among other authors. Thanks to Kendra for inviting me!

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Welcome Morgan! We're pleased to have you here!

[Brianna, So get up. Get up and FIGHT BACK.]

Haley wrote: "Hi, I'm Haley. I love Jesus and am a Christian. I also love writing. I am home schooled. I am currently writing a novel that i hope will get published. I also love reading. My favorite authors are ..."

Welcome everyone! So Haley, you're a "may the odds be ever in your favor" fan?

[Jerry]

Hello all, My name is Jerry, a Christian, member of the Air Force and Air National Guard for over 30 years, and a teacher at a very small church in Orange County, CA. I enjoy traveling, reading and writing, especially esoteric and arcane concepts.

[Louisa]

Hi there,

I'm Louisa, from sunny London x

I am a Christian fiction and non-fiction writer x Glad to meet you all[ all virtual like xlolx ]

[Catherine]

Welcome everyone! :) And Jerry, I'd like to thank you for your service so far in the Air Force. I come from a long line of Airmen.

[Jerry]

Catherine wrote: "Welcome everyone! :) And Jerry, I'd like to thank you for your service so far in the Air Force. I come from a long line of Airmen."

Thanks, as well as yours. Even families serve. :-)

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Welcome both of you!
We appreciate your service, Jerry!!

[Tamara]

Hi! My name is Tamara. I enjoy writing, am not very good at it, and love spending time with my family. I love to read, I'm an extreme bookworm. It will be really nice getting to know you all! :D

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Hello Tamara!! Lovely having you join us!!! :)

(We're in the same boat with writing...)

[Tamara]

Thank you! Yeah, I totally understand. Hopefully we'll both get some inspiration. :D

[Daniel]

Hi Tamara! Welcome aboard! Just a word of encouragement: every writer thinks their writing is no good. It's kind of the price of admission that we are overly critical of our literary abilities, but the best way to become more confident is to continue writing. Practice makes perfect as they say. I hope you'll share your work in the excerpts and again, welcome! :)

[Kathleen]

Hi Tamara! I wrote a book with the main character's name being Tamara; it's a beautiful name! Happy writing!

Kathleen

[Tamara]

Thank you so much! I appreciate everyone's encouragement and welcome. Have a great day!

[Brianna, So get up. Get up and FIGHT BACK.]

Welcome! Hope everybody loves it!!!

[Mojoboy31]

Hey, everybody. How is it goin'? Name's mojo, I've been writing for a few years, learned a lot, still have a lot more to learn. I found this group by searching for it. I've been looking for a group of Christian writers since the message boards that I used to frequent have all kind of died.

Anyway, I'm something of a novice with good ideas and bad grammar. lol

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

We're so glad you found us, mojo! It's great to have you!!! Make yourself at home, and feel free to check things out (especially our writing contest!)

[Mojoboy31]

Ah, thanks for the welcome. I just might check that out.

[Tamara]

Welcome Abby! I'm new too. Hope you enjoy it!

[Haley]

Hi everyone!

[Tamara]

Hi Haley!

[Sydney]

Hey Everyone,

I am a Christian and a writer. Lena invited me to join the group, thanks Lena!
I recently self-published my first book and am very excited! I like different genres but mainly stick with YA of some sort. I like historical fiction, dystopia (as long as it isn't an exact replica of Hunger Games, Divergent, Matched - I like those books but don't want a repeat). Hmmmm what else? I like all things superhero, especially Smallville, one of my favorite shows!
I like action movies, Pride and Prejudice, 90s movies.
And I love rainy days.

Most of all, I wouldn't be here writing today, or here at all, if it wasn't for Jesus Christ and my heavenly Father God. Despite my worst days, they never leave me, though others have. Thank You Jesus!


Sydney

[Mojoboy31]

Welcome, Sidney. How are you?

YA dystopic. Nice! I have a YA dystopia that is currently in the works.

[Mojoboy31]

Oh, and I LOVE Smallvillle. One of my favorite shows ever.

[Kendra]

I'm working on a superhero boarding school dystopia. It's weird, because most of my books and WIP's are fantasy, or sci-fi with strong fantasy elements, but then I have this rogue superhero boarding school dystopia that won't let me ignore it ...

[Mojoboy31]

Kendra wrote: "I'm working on a superhero boarding school dystopia. It's weird, because most of my books and WIP's are fantasy, or sci-fi with strong fantasy elements, but then I have this rogue superhero boardin..."

That sounds pretty epic.

[Sydney]

Hi! I am good, thanks.

Yep superheros plus dystopia is probably something I would pick up in a store.

And yes, Smallville is awesome!

[Margaret]

Hi, my name is Margaret Kazmierczak and I have recently had my first book published in the UK.

The Uk is not as big a fan as the USA of Christian Fiction so getting my book published was an act of faith and trust. The big companies, although they liked my book, felt it was not in a genre they could sell well in! However I received many confirmations (after praying) that the book needed to be published. And so it was in September this year by a small company local to me.

The hard part now is the publicizing of it. I am not very good at marketing so this has been a challenge.

The book itself was written during a time of ill health for me and so its inspiration was totally dependent on God. I know that the words and message are powerful as He was in the driving seat and I only the hands typing what He brought to my mind.

I am a housewife with years of experience from the real world. In terms of the world I am not very significant, but in God's eyes I am wonderfully made and I praise Him for using me to share His message through the book. It is called 'How to make Victoria Sponge'.

I hope you will check out the reviews. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Victoria...

[Lena, Shot through the heart, and you're to blame]

Welcome Sydney!!! It's awesome that you joined!!

We're very pleased to have you as well, Margaret!!! :)

[Daniel]

Welcome mojo, Sydney, and Margaret! :)

[Margaret]

Thank you Daniel.

[notyourfriend]

Mojoboy wrote: "Hey, everybody. How is it goin'? Name's mojo, I've been writing for a few years, learned a lot, still have a lot more to learn. I found this group by searching for it. I've been looking for a group..."

MOJO!!! YOUR'E ALIVE!!!!

[Morgan]

Hi, Sydney. Have you read The Giver? It's a super awesome dystopian that predates all the modern popular ones. It's a Newbery and it came out in the early 90s. (The reviews of Matched do say it's a ripoff of The Giver, though, but I haven't read Matched, so I don't know firsthand.)

[Sydney]

Hi Morgan! (thanks for the welcome Daniel!)

Yes I have read it - and I really liked it! I've read the other four as well. (Jonas is great!) - Have you read the fourth book of The Giver series? What'd you think?
For the book Matched I think all dystopia's have some forms of similar but Matched has more of a love story, and my fav, poetry. I really enjoyed the writing of it as well, I could connect with character even though we were different. And I would recommend for someone to read, try it see if you like it kinda of thing, sometimes that's the only way. It may not be completely fast-paced but it kept my interest.

Hmmm..... I can't think of any other books to recommend at this moment haha.

[Sydney]

Thanks!