I’m kicking myself I didn’t see this earlier. I read a lot of this discussion, but haven’t got the chance to read all of it. I want to come back and do that if I can.

I don’t see any point repeating what everyone has already said, but thanks @lrc for bringing this topic up! Even through I don’t agree, I love the out of the…[Read more]

I agree with you that the “You must be always reading or your writing will be terrible!” we sometimes see needs qualification and suffers from returns that…[Read more]

@noah-cochran

Oh thanks! Vivacious is a new one…I know I’m glad you have a forthright and upfront personality, (I really hate trying to figure out social cues, also if one more person tells me I’m flirty I’m gonna punch ‘em! XD) And being careful, yes, it’s much easier to do the splits than be careful XD.
Six sib…[Read more]

Don’t worry about it Cathy. I personally enjoyed your vivacious spirit, but one always has to be careful. 🙂

I have six siblings  (4 boys 2 girls) and I share a room with all four of my brothers. Me and my oldest brother often debate morality and theology late into the night for fun. Somehow we find infinite things to…[Read more]

Cathy my friend, you could cook a cow with that tongue of yours. 😅 🤭 Perhaps you could be a tad less…forceful next time. 😉

Don’t take any offence from this young lady’s rather…violent tongue @lrc and @shannon. I must admit though, the way you began your rant, Cathy, was quite amusing. 🙂

Okay, so I don’t know if you…[Read more]

I haven’t the time, nor the current mental capacity to actually duel you on this one, but my opinion is that writing is like life…you never stop growing, and you never stop learning from those greater than you.

As a writer, you can study writing theory all you want, but it’s reading that keeps your story-soul growing. I think it’d be a…[Read more]

You guys weren’t kidding about a controversial take. XD I approve. We need more of that iron sharpening iron.

Now… I don’t agree with it, but I also don’t agree with the perspective you’re arguing against.

“One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is that in order to be a good writer, you must read as much…[Read more]

@shannon

@noah-cochran

OoOh, cool topic! I am here to both agree and disagree with everyone!

One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is that in order to be a good writer, you must read as much as possible. If you aren’t reading one book after the other in a reasonable fashion, then your writing will majorly s…

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@lrc

You two really just did that didn’t you. xD I wonder what put this topic on your mind…

Well, I’m always game for a good argument, let’s do this. 🙂

First off, just to clear a notion that you might think I hold, I do not ever recommend reading bad writing or badly written books as part of one’s research, I find it nearly…[Read more]

One piece of writing advice you hear a lot in the writing world is…[Read more]

Hi there! Oh my, that sounds traumatic. But I’ve been there (for the most part, anyways). I have actually written a short story where one of my characters gets temporary-memory loss (so not exactly like yours, but still a sad situation for the characters LOL), but here are some things that I incorporated with that, if you’ll find this…[Read more]

– Make memory loss part of your characters arc. For example, if your character was an Enneagram 4 (Enneagram is just way to tell personifies), their self-identity might be really important to them. Which could be a huge factor for conflict.

– What if…[Read more]

I haven’t read a ton of books where people lose their memory 😉 but here are some things I thought of when you asked how I would react. For one thing, since I’d still know some stuff about earth and how it works, I’d probably really wonder if I have a family and if they were worried about me. After all, if I did have one, they probably…[Read more]

@lrc
See above question, Haha ^^
Thank’s so much! Just visually seeing your process is super interesting. I’d probably lean more toward detailed outlines…[Read more]

That was a bit confusing, let me clarify.

I like complex stories. I like stories that have a lot of complex, detailed, and hard to solve problems. Typically, “clean” Christian fiction doesn’t have that, which is what I meant by it not being as whitewashed but still more in the general “clean” genre that is defined by Christian fiction…[Read more]

• There is “Not clean, I am not reading this book.”— there are five swear words within this first paragraph and they talk about sex a lot. The MC has a LGBT relationship, or someone else does within the first two chapters. (Funnily enough, v…

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A “clean” book can deal with mature topics but I suppose it depends on how they are portrayed and how much they dwell on the “details” as opposed to the consequences.

Hello there! I’m SeekJustice, Queen of the Future. I have been on hiatus, attending to the duties of a queen, but I’m back now.

The future is lovely, by the way.

Ooh…the worst historical fiction? I don’t know…historical romances tend to be quite dodgy. Not that the plots are bad (though I really don’t care for them), but there’s just…[Read more]

Worst historical fiction book? LOL!!! One my sister and I wrote together years ago!!!

I just got… a couple here… err lets see. Hmm. *flips through*

Characters are the best…

Here we go. *pulls out a scrap of paper*

I found this in Charlie’s journal. She’s quite the poet.

Eyes. Souls. Broken hearts.
People. Walking. Talking. Moving.
They are living coffins. Cages, holding…

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I can’t really remember one. I know there was a book that was historical fiction that I read once, and it was really good until the end when it ended so quickly. It was like the author didn’t want to write the story anymore, so just rushed the ending. It was VERY annoying.

I haven’t read enough to find a “worst” one, though LOL

Lol, it’s totally okay, I just don’t want a headache over writing about it. XD

Lol, okay!

I don’t want to talk about worst “historical” books, ’cause then I’ll get mad…and I don’t feel like getting mad right now. XD   Seriously though, they are TERRIBLY when not written accurately! *faceslam in frustration*

Sorry I have been gone for so long! Finally back now… XD

@pensword

Wow, cool! I will have to check that book out. Sounds really neat.

@lrc

(Love your short tag, btw. Lol!)

Ah, I get the “want-to-get-involved-in-every-topic-like-crazy-but-don’t-have-time” thing! Thanks for saying hi, though. 🙂 And I love that line that @his-bard…[Read more]

Not to say that the pretense isn’t partially, or t…[Read more]

In real history, probably no real reason for the west to start a second secession, other than because they probably could’ve gotten away with it.

But in my story timeline, the town that sparks the new secession movement is under the leadership of individuals who are fed up with Federal over-reach. They disagree with the Civil W…[Read more]

Thanks for that.  I’ll be reading it soon. 😉

I’m speaking of something entirely different: pins used as actual currency.  The only reason I mentioned pin money is because the name sounds so similar. 🙂

I’ve re…[Read more]

Thanks for the answers. 🙂

I’m not going to be able to email/chat with you until July, (I’m still working on finals) but I’ll give you my email address now just so I don’t forget later.  I’ve put it in a google document which you’ll have to request access to.  I think when you request access you can write a note letting me know it’s you, b…[Read more]

I have to admit, I’m a historical fantasy writer, not a strict historian – I prefer to call it supernatural rather than magical, along the lines of the Enemy’s magic and God’s miracles rather than a totally otherworldly magic system.

Being…[Read more]

Hey Lindsay!  Nice to meet you.  It is hard to find his-fic writers among the vast crowds of mainly fantasy writers.  That’s why I love this topic. 🙂

Obviously you know more about me than I do about you, so I suppose I don’t need to introduce myself at the moment. 😛  I understand that you’re not able to be on SE much, and I’m prob…[Read more]