I suppose I ought to make an intro post...

[lady-fellshot.livejournal.com]

...because I always seem to leave them out :P

Anyway, I've been doing a little bit of lurking here for the past week or so and have found this LJC rather interesting. I do some writing for fun and have no real interest in getting published. Some of my random scribbles might end up here.

I also sometimes leave reviews. I prefer the fantasy genre as a whole, but will sometimes branch out if I find something that grabs my attention. As an advance warning to all, I am not a particularly nice reviewer. I don't spare anyone's feelings when critiquing and don't particularly feel up to changing it at this point in my life. On the plus side, I'm pretty thorough, will point out anything I liked (even if it is only one line) and will not think less of anyone who writes something that made my eyes bleed. It takes some measure of courage to post sample chapters up and that should be lauded. I'm pretty sure no one here writes that badly  though :)

Star-crossed Chapter 1 part 1

[famguyrules90.livejournal.com]

Title: Star-Crossed/ Seren Crosedig
Author: me! aka Craig famguyrules90 
Format: Novel Chapter
Length: 4,280 (chapter)
Status: WIP
Rating: PG13? (i'm unsure)
Warnings: This novel contains homosexual content, if this offends you or is illegal to view in your area or at your age, please do not read. All the characters and places etc are my property and completely fictional, any resemblence to real life or existing fiction is completely coincidental. Also there maybe errors, typos etc.

Summary: Lewis lives in a small village where nothing really happens and spends his time at school and watching the stars. What he doesn't realise is the stars are watching him. When the stars fall to earth in his village and go to his school, lewis slowly starts to fall for David the 17 year old star and his life is never the same again. But what is hiding in the woods and why are people starting to go missing?

( Click here to read Chapter 1 =D ... )

Character Ramblings

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Everyone has at least heard the term Mary Sue and has least some idea how to avoid it. But there are a lot of other things to keep in mind when creating and writing a character. Here's some thoughts I've had on just a few of these things. I'd love to hear everyone else's thoughts on writing characters.

( Things to keep in mind )

Hello, writers_loft!

[thorarosebird.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty new to LJ and the community and just wanted to say a big hello to everyone and that I'm looking forward to reading everyone's stuff. :) At the moment I'm attempting to *complete* a serialised story on my journal and I welcome any critique on it as I'm revising as I go! I'm a fantasy writer primarily, and like to create maps, languages... the whole shebang! :D

thorarosebird