Noah Cochran

@this-is-not-an-alien

Thank you, I was so thrilled by how thorough and insightful your explanations and questions are! I spent the entire day buzzing with excitement to get to some free time to write back🤗!

I’m glad they were coherent enough, covering this many topics at once can be difficult. 🙂

Thanks for the great explanation of the priests vs…[Read more]

@the-unwavering-writer

Instead of naming a single book (that’s kinda impossible xD), I’ll name a couple authors. Dan Jones (best known for his book on the Plantagenet, I’m currently reading his Wars of the Roses one), is absolutely fantastic. Makes it interesting, but includes tons of info and references from contemporary sources. Frances and…[Read more]

@the-unwavering-writer

Howdy friend! Glad to have you here. 🙂

Noah’s my name, and I love to read fiction and medieval history. I started my writing journey around three months ago, and have been loving it ever sense. What is the premise of your current WIP?

What kinds of card games do you like (other than dutch blitz)?

@joelle-stone

I wondered if that what was you meant, I was hoping that was what you meant. 🙂 One of the things that I am a huge proponent of is only marrying people who share your core beliefs on religion and how to live your life. In regard to waiting to date until a certain age or maturity, I can’t agree more. I get sick of this recreational…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Okay, first off, I want to say that I really enjoyed reading that. You obviously have a firm understanding of your beliefs, and though we may disagree, I greatly respect someone who knows how to articulate what they belief to be true. 🙂

Before I make a few comments and go into my beliefs, I would like to ask a few…[Read more]

@joelle-stone

Also, the main love interest has a point of not dating. *squeals* You don’t see that every day!

Just curious, what exactly does this mean? No recreational dating?

There really is an invisible battle going on ALL around us.

Now the question is, should we be reading and writing books about it?

@rose-colored-fancy

Okay, okay, I’ll get…[Read more]

@arindown

I have not read anything by that author,  I’ll check him out. 🙂

@rose-colored-fancy

I don’t even like romance as a subplot, 90% of the time. It has potential, but it’s poorly executed most of the time.

I definitely agree that it is poorly executed much of the time (like, I can think of dozens of books), but I still think it can add a lot to the story, even when not done ideally.

After saying that, let’s tak…[Read more]

@irishcelticredflowercrown

*Is appeased 🙂

Yes, I agree about the sympathy. Just because the villain’s parents were killed in a raid doesn’t mean the protagonists should feel bad for him after they massacre a village. Protagonists are known to be quite daft. 😆

I also like Sauron, but I’m quite sick of other authors using the dark lord trope, I…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

Let me just say again real quick that I usually don’t learn anything new by reading, typically there are no new discoveries for me. However, I think I get what you’re driving at with your examples, it’s more about getting ideas, and finding things that you like or don’t like in story.  Sound about right? That happens to me…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Btw, 90k words in 5-6 weeks is pretty impressive ;), I’ve actually never met a “pure” outliner before, what’s your method?

Missed this. xD Yeah, well, I didn’t really have much else going on, so I did lots of writing. Honesty though, I still write quite slow. I had gotten up to nearly 1k word an hour, but now I feel like I’…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

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]

@this-is-not-an-alien

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]

@wordsmith

All of these things are not why people should read. They might be part of why people should read. But they are only part. And, I’d argue a small part.

Books are writer’s teachers by experience. We read and soak up. We experience words and worlds of other places. We start to catch onto bits and pieces of history, culture, and languag…

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