Josiah DeGraaf

@josiah

I appreciate your comment a lot, especially how you tied it back to theology and our purpose as humans. And you’re bringing Tolkien into the fray… I love that.

(I got to read “Leaf by Niggle” for one of my English classes two years ago, and wow that story has a lot packed in it!)

I didn’t see your comment when I wrote mine (I took…[Read more]

@jane-maree I love your answer 😀 It’s so easy to get caught up in the idea of “publishing” that we forget it’s a means to an end, not an end itself — that part of your answer is so profound. And I get what you mean about having multiple gifts. For the longest time, I thought I would have to choose between one of my gifts and /just/ focus on that…[Read more]

@cassandraia Big thumbs up to everything you said.

So I actually just read through Song of Songs to see if there were any good principles to glean from it.

I would like to make a controversial statement: the (rightful) goal of romance novels is to explore romance.

Shocking, right? 😛 It’s debated though, I think, because romance is sometimes…[Read more]

@talyorclogston

I’ve never heard of Till We Have Faces before. It sounds really good! Thanks for continuing to help me think this through.

@scribbles

Thank you so much for the article. It was very helpful for me!

@josiah

Your article was very helpful too! It helped me think through how I can incorporate my faith even outside of a “…[Read more]

@h-jones I didn’t read over what everyone else has already said, so sorry if I’m repeating anything. 😉 I can’t say a definite yes or no to this issue, but here’s some of my thoughts.

There’s a sin in your past that’s connected to writing and art, and you’re struggling because you can’t free yourself from it/forget it. But the thing…[Read more]

@kb-writer You should check out this article by our very own @josiah … I’ve read it multiple times, referring back to it when I find my torn over how obvious I should be about faith and Christianity in any particular piece I’m working on. 🙂

@josiah how do you do it for the wordpress.org sites?

@skye Can’t help you with this one, unfortunately, as I haven’t added a pop up to my website yet (because pop ups annoy me to no end xD). @Josiah might have one though?

*sigh*

@josiah

I might email you later i’m not sure.. i fainted from exhaustion today while working with a horse.. so i don’t feel in the best mood at the moment..

@morreafirebird, @Josiah,

My girlfriend and I have been having back and forth arguments over the last few days, and last night she struck somewhere I didn’t expect it. I don’t want to present her overly negatively – there’s a lot of bitterness in my heart that I’m struggling to contain.

Last night, we realized that I had been putting my writing…[Read more]

@josiah Thank you! I really appreciate your articles (found here and various other sites) especially the one concerning cliches.

@scribbles haha! *adds people to the list of believers*

@filewriter I understand 😝. That’s really interesting! I hope to see a book someday!

@josiah, thanks. I’ll do that. Probably put some foreshadowing about the ‘test’ too.

@nuetrobolt, thanks. 🙂

@josiah

@josiah It’s about our world though everyone has a Power. Jamie Danzig, the youngest of his six siblings, is the only non-powered member of his family. In fact, he’s part of a small minority in the world who doesn’t have powers, the Disabled. There’s one other group, the Age Olds, But he’s not one of those fanatics. To prove himself to his family…[Read more]