https://www.denofwriters.com/members/melaniecave/activity/ Activity feed for MCave. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:11:20 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 944699e305b0ef8a67da1f241ff48f84 https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14393/ Tue, 12 May 2020 20:18:29 +0000 0 0c8c8eb661d80b8d0564b5fa8d0e5f34 https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/critique-requested-for-middle-grade-fantasy-chapter/#post-8289 Tue, 12 May 2020 20:02:29 +0000 Critique requested, if anyone has time. 🙂
This chapter has a few tricky things going on:
1. A foreign language, which Elspeth begins to understand, and ultimately will speak. I show this in later chapters by changing the font when she speaks the Shejara language, so its clear that certain characters can or can’t understand her. I want to give…[Read more]

]]> 0 75708638ed7ed63f17bfb026990bb206 https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/critique-requested-for-middle-grade-fantasy-chapter/#post-8246 Wed, 06 May 2020 16:46:14 +0000 Thank you! So helpful! xx

]]> 0 e1ed4da419c63fc2f4953537a75cbd14 https://www.denofwriters.com/forums/topic/critique-requested-for-middle-grade-fantasy-chapter/ Tue, 05 May 2020 20:36:03 +0000 ( I hope it works. It seems to have lost some formatting as I pasted it in here)
This is a middle chapter so a bit of background context:
Elspeth’s dad disappeared ten years ago, but she’s certain he’s still alive because he sends her dreams. Mum won’t talk about Dad. It’s too painful. So Elspeth knows very little about him, except the bits…[Read more]

]]> 1 9d5f8f52fde6f5fbc6538817831e9c9a https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14301/#acomment-14303 Tue, 05 May 2020 16:27:21 +0000 Thanks @katemachon. I’d be happy to. I just didn’t want to presume people had time, as I’m new! How do people usually do it? A chapter? Or a synopsis and a chapter?

In reply to - MCave posted an update Hello! I’m new here. I’ve been having a nose around and trying get to know this place. I write middle grade fantasy, and would be quite happy to read and critique work for others, but I […] ]]> c4819dd041017aa72c41d9bd4fff133d https://www.denofwriters.com/activity/p/14301/ Tue, 05 May 2020 14:04:15 +0000 Hello! I’m new here. I’ve been having a nose around and trying get to know this place. I write middle grade fantasy, and would be quite happy to read and critique work for others, but I couldn’t tell from the many of the posts what’s live for critique at the moment. Please point me in the right direction. Thanks and nice to meet you!

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