Josiah DeGraaf

@blueberry  I`m not an editor… but I will tag some people who might know one! 🙂

@daeus-lamb  @jane-maree  @josiah

Fantasy is my genre of choice, both to read and to write, so this thread (although it appears to be inactive at the moment…) caught my attention.

One reason I enjoy writing fantasy is that I am kind of lazy. Fantasy allows me to play with the edges of what is real without worrying if my facts are right. =) I also like mucking around with…[Read more]

@nuetrobolt

Ah! Great questions. I can’t answer any of them to their full extent, and there are some I won’t bother trying to touch, but I may be able to shed at least a little light on your first question… by tagging these people: @hope-ann  @josiah  @briannastorm  @daeus-lamb

But… I will say that there is worth (quite a bit) to re…[Read more]

@h-jones  Ah, what an amazing idea! Absolutely, I would love to! If we all call ourselves by Christ`s name, we ought to be able to unite in the exaltation of His inspired Word. Thanks for suggesting it!! Any special method?

@daeus-lamb, @jane-maree, @j-a-penrose, @josiah, @hope-ann, @seekjustice, @rochellaine, @cassie-hartfinh, @faith-blum,…[Read more]

Oh, and I would agree with you on the Feeler thing part, only @josiah is an INFJ, so… XD Perhaps a Dominant Feeler thing. The INFJ dominant function is the Introverted INtuition, while for INFP it’s the Introverted Feeling. Also for the ENFJ (that’s Daeus, and his magic could probably be classified as more soft than not) though instead of…[Read more]

Gosh. I should have known that Sanderson was the one who used the terminology of hard and soft magic systems to differentiate between the two ends of the spectrum of handling magic! *facedesk* Honestly, guys, my memory is so broken sometimes…

@taylorclogston I guess, at the end of the day, it comes down to (again) me simply wanting to define…[Read more]

@josiah @daeus-lamb @hope-ann @karthmin @taylorclogston

Great thoughts guys. And good distinction between hard magic and soft magic. I definitely lean more towards soft. I see the merit in hard magic, and it certainly has a lot more wiggle room for cool originality instead of just ‘ooh, spiritual giftssss’, but soft magic definitely fits with my…[Read more]

@kate Basically, everything goes back to the source. And when the source is a solid, theological view instead of science, one can take a magic system much further. (though, to be fair, Sanderson’s magic and religion makes much more sense when you realize he’s Mormon and study that to some degree, like @josiah said.)

@karthmin Sanderson wrote out…[Read more]

It’s just @josiah.

Ah, so the theory has more to do with the starting point than the mechanics then?

I have multiple male characters in my current trilogy who are more gentle and emotionally open than the stereotypical guy, so I wonder from time to time if they’re overly “feminine,” but I also have more stereotypical guys, and I think all their personalities reflect their upbringing accurately. (All that said, I’ll be keeping an eye on this…[Read more]

@josiah Okay. Um, i think so? So your saying i could still post it on this poetry form, because i’m not posting all of it,  and because not everyone can see it(only the people in guilds can), correct?

@josiah Okay thanks. Sorry, i’m still slightly confused. I’m not going to be posting it anywhere else, i don’t have a blog or anything, so it won’t be published anywhere else except for just my guild instead of this big poetry one. and it also won’t be all of it. So if i did post that bit just on my guild, could the board still submit it if they…[Read more]

@josiah, this is AMAZING. I love it! Thank you so much for inspiring writers of the things that can too easily be forgotten. Phenomenal idea for sure!!!

@josiah I agree with everyone!  I LOVE the Manifesto!  Its the best thing I have ever signed.  When our printer works again, I am going to print it and hang it somewhere.  I really appreciated the part about praying over our writing, and reading Scripture.  It’s easy for me to forget to consult the greatest Author.  Thank you so much!

@Josiah This is so cool! 😀 I signed it and sent a copy to a few of my friends, and I’m going to frame the printed copy and hang it on my wall.

I think the resolution that most resonated with me was the last one – especially the part about remembering my worth is in being a child of the King, not in my authorship. It can be so easy for me to…[Read more]