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Cadi

Through the air, a CadiDragon, suddenly.

  • Writing Tips Re: Don't be afraid to enthuse about your project!

    This is a great idea! I need to start doing this when I start new projects, because that slump in the middle where I fall out of love with a ...

    Jul 26, 2018
  • Writers Corner Re: Soul

    Just caught up with your first two posts in full (although I'd seen bits and pieces already in WFP of course), and maaan. I love all these characters already, and ...

    Jul 16, 2018
  • Writing Tips Re: The Character Clinic

    Thanks! That's definitely enough for me to write a scene off :) (and apologies for my complete inability to tell nurses and doctors apart! :P )

    Jul 10, 2018
  • Writing Tips Re: The Character Clinic

    Hey Stella! I've only skimmed through the rest of the thread, so I hope this isn't along the lines of something you've already answered that I missed... A young woman ...

    Jul 9, 2018
  • Lounge, The Re: Poll: How do you pronounce the word "coupon"?

    Look, America, you can't just go sticking random Ys in words for fun! (I mean, you can. Evidently. But...Y? ;) )

    Jul 6, 2018
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Favorite books by women authors

    Seconding Stella's praise of Jane Austen ! I avoided her studiously as a kid, because a) romantic plotlines clashed with everything my tomboy self desired, and b) people told me ...

    May 27, 2018
  • Writers Corner Re: What Novel Ideas!

    @Mea - thank you! All of yours sound pretty cool, as well! Mixing Magic in particular sounds very fun. The Ghost Bus reminds me of this thing I tried years ...

    May 16, 2018
  • Writers Corner Re: What Novel Ideas!

    Ooh, I had been considering making a thread for one of my ongoing projects, but I think I'll just post here to start with! All the ideas people have posted ...

    May 11, 2018
  • Writing Activities Re: The Summer Outside Your Comfort Zone

    @Cadi - now I'm a bit sad because everything on your comfort list is something I want to read. But I'm sure you're capable of making something great not on ...

    May 2, 2018
  • Writing Activities Re: The Summer Outside Your Comfort Zone

    I mean, we can probably MAKE high sci-fi a thing xD More usually the divide is hard/soft, like 2001: A Space Odyssey vs Star Wars . I am absolutely counting ...

    May 2, 2018
  • Writing Activities Re: The Summer Outside Your Comfort Zone

    Let's do this! My Comfort Zone: -- worldbuilding - extensive "non-fiction" on speculative settings -- speculative fiction (typically with a focus on the mundane) -- short magical realism (typically wi

    May 1, 2018
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon

    #31 We've finished up this poem run I'm glad you came - it's been such fun But if you'll miss it, have no fear - We'll do it all again ...

    Apr 30, 2018
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: Hopes and Fears of a Sleeping Dragon

    #30 I wind up so caught up in all the logistics of getting to a place, I forget why I was going in the first place. AND THAT's THIRTY. OH ...

    Apr 29, 2018
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: heavy dreams & lofty responsibilities

    Congrats on making it to 30 poems! Glad to see you're keeping going with Bonus Poems! :D #23 made me smile :D #24 is superb, it has a really nice ...

    Apr 28, 2018
  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: cosmic lattes and other exotic coffeehouse specials

    Ooh, I like that last one a lot. There's something fantastical about it, with all the stuff like "tangled trails" and "labyrinthine" which conjure a haunted-forest kind of image.

    Apr 28, 2018


I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights