Katherine Bates, Katherine Bates, Stories

Katherine writes tales about dragons and magic amongst other things.

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Well, I'm 16 and live in England, East Sussex. I have four main stories at the moment: The Dragon Isles, Estara, Willow and The Dog Guardian. Some of my characters are also illustrated on my Art Gallery in Elfwood. A short description of each story is below. Any updates will be put here in blue!

Chapter 4 and 5 of the Dragon Isles updated November 07. Chapter 06 should be soon.

I write mainly stories about knights, dragons, and magic. My inspiration mainly comes from the books I read, artwork I see and music I hear.

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The Dragon Isles: A young woman, Tehal (pronounced tail), is pursued by the powerful people of the world, and gets caught up in the war between the dragons. It's set on the planet of Lamorkland, on the land mass known as Elnoon. Okay, there's a lot more to it than that, but that's the basis. It's going to be fairly long. This is the one I work most on and was last updated November 07; Chp 4 and 5.

Willow: A story set in the Realm of the Fae. With a new threat on the horizon, there can only be one who can restore order to the realm of the fae, an assassin. It's not got that far yet, it's getting there though and will be updated soon. So happy with Mod's choice on Part 1! Updated August 07, Part 2.

Estara: Another Dragon based story. Set on the same world as 'The Dragon Isles', but in a different place. Another Dragon War, this time the Silver dragons plan to be the leading race; just as humans are beginning to get a foothold in the world. This one follows seven different threads as it develops, but with a couple of main characters throughout the whole thing. Updated August 07, Chapter 1.

The Dog Guardians: The Guardians, based deep in the hills of the Lake DIstrict, are threatened by the Shadow Sect. This story follows the newest member of the Guardians, the Dog Guardian, as they all struggle to survive against the Shadow Sect. This might take a while, as it's sort of a secondary project, but it is definetly going somewhere.

Favorite Fantasy/Scifi Movies and TV Shows
Most Horror films that have something to with sci-fi or magic; not such a great fan of adaptations though

Favorite Fantasy/Scifi Books
Just about anything, but as a favourite I have to say that anything by John Wyndham is good, and so is anything by Raymond E. Feist, especially the Riftwar Saga.

Favorite Music
Jethro Tull!!! They started in teh late sixties and they're still going, which means I can go to their concerts!!! Yeah!! Who cares that they're an old band. Also Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Clash, Rolling Stones, KAte Bush and Enya

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Date	Name	Comment
10 Dec 2005	Larry N. Morris	Loading... welcome to Elfwood! Get alot of feed-back on your work from other writers. Just visit others and leave helpful comments on their work. Most of them will return the visit. Good cess and good writing. Katherine Bates replies: "Thanks for the advice"
10 Dec 2005	Aletheia Preston	Loading... Hiya! * First comment dance I'm a new writer too!! although I haven't put anything up yet...You're a really good writer!! Katherine Bates replies: "Thanks for your comment, I'll have to look at your stuff when you puplish, its always nice to see other peoples work."
11 Dec 2005	Vicki Leady	Loading... You have some very interesting ideas here. Your style needs a bit of polish though. For instance, repetition=bad. There's a lot of different ways to say the same thing and it makes your work sound a lot smoother instead of using the same words you already have. You also have a few punctuation issues but nothing a little self proof reading wouldn't cure. Try reading it out loud and see if it would be something you would say. Anyway, that's my bit of advice. Keep it up, I eagerly await the next chapter of "The Last of the Gold." ^_^
12 Dec 2005	Jacqueline 'Jac' Tanner	Loading... Hey there and welcome to the woods. I read both of your lovely stories and left critiques on the Last of the Gold. I enjoyed the story and i hope i didn's sound harsh (about the third of fourth time i said that... but i am meaning to help lol) You have brillaint unique ideas at your disposal! I await more work from you soon!
1 Jan 2006	Linda M. Billson	Loading... Heya! Just checking in to see if you had any new stuff....waiting, waiting, impatiently waiting...
26 Oct 2007	Marika Viklund	Loading... Thank you for the Tag! ^^
24 Nov 2007	Kiri eaton	Loading... great writing, i hope mine is a good to read, but it's probably not, I'll have to wait until it gets published on the site to find out. Well, I hope you continue with your stories, I've only read willow so far, but it's great! Katherine Bates replies: "Thanks so much for the tag, I'll make a note to read yours as soon as you publish it."
11 Dec 2007	Courtney ´ Shortney´ Rodgers	Loading... Wow, what can I say. I've only read one of your stories but I love your writing style. Keep it up! Courtney