Lucinda: Naming Help — I'm a bit lazy, so I've only skim read the resposnes to your original post Leshia, but my suggestion is that you steer well clear of names that have inaccessible spellings or are unpronouncable by the average speaker of English. If you want to increase your readership, and not alienate potential readers stick to names which reflect the potential of your character. Storm,(bringer) Heart…

Leshia: Twilight... — Hi, Lucinda! Thanks for responding! I should say, as I'm sure you've deduced, a friend of mine started this forum, and it never quite took off as he had hoped. I think our numbers are small, but feel free to post. Perhaps you'll be the spark we need! :-) Very Best, Leshia

Lucinda: Short Story Anthology Project — I'm keen to work with you on this, but I'm not clear on the parameters. Am I to understand you ask for a range of stories using similar/same? characters, and the same setting....or same charcaters different setting? Are all contributions to be of the fantasy genre, or are we open to using same charcters/setting in another genre?

Lucinda: Poll: How often do you write? — I'd like to add another option to your poll. Often/As much as life allows. For now it's just for me, but I'd like to share in a supportive forum

Lucinda: Invites — Love your work Drexes. I have visited a few sites of late looking for a place to discuss books, articles, poetry ideas etc, and have found many of them populated by people who either have an agenda ie. to sell something (sometimes themselves) or who have little to offer in terms of informed reflection on texts, or ( to be honest pretty crappy) writing. I admire the fact that you have put this…

Lucinda: Twilight... — Leshia, I've read the whole series, and recently viewed the feature film Twilight. I enjoyed the first book, and read the rest out of a sense of obligation because my daughter, and several of my students are/were reading them. The film version is okay but badly directed, in my humble opinion. I, like you, am not a young adult by any stretch of the imagination, but I found Twilight to be a real…