Noah Cochran

@toljamedia

Hey Jessie, I’m Noah, glad to have you on SE! If you’re seeking solid advice or encouragement, this is a good place to get it. 🙂

I have been so bogged down lately by the state of the secular publishing industry… it’s a dark place, friends. Like the rest of the world, no one knows up from down anymore.

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Wowsers. xD I’ll make a few comments, but if I can begin with one humble piece of advice, it would be that getting fired up and  becoming gratuitously passionate online is never, and I mean never a wise thing. It doesn’t change anyone’s minds, and biting back at somone who bit you doesn’t help anything. But that’s just my advice. 🙂

Guys want to b…

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@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Brian, while I understand your point, Lona ( @lonathecat )is correct. Those verses have nothing to do with men protecting households. I didn’t comment on it before because I agree with your point–I just don’t think those verse apply. There are many other verses in the bible that are much more suitable. Lona’s…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien

Do guys ever always get that “never go to the bathrooms alone” rule too?

Not usually. Both the men and women I know judge situations. In public restaurants with many unknown people, we might go in pairs. In friendly situations, they do not. Having some level of care everywhere one goes is wise, but paranoia is not. None of…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

When something is a wish or otherwise hypothetical, it is correct to use “were”, although people will use “was” because it sounds right (like I thought it did). I might say, “I wish it were summer!” This is present tense, but I still use “were”.

Alright, so let me make sure I’m understanding: If writing something hypothetical or…[Read more]

@emily-waldorf

That was excellent, thanks for sharing!

Even if it was

You used this phrase in regard to a woman’s hair. I would use that precise phrase in the same context in past tense. So are there just some places where past and present tense will overlap, like that?

I also have one where the tenses switch from past to present

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@emily-waldorf

Could you perhaps skip playing with tenses and just switch persons?

You mean say in present and use third person present? Yes, I might do that.

Sure you can post it here. If you’re not wanting it in public view, you can email to me instead.

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Thanks man, I might check it out.

@emily-waldorf

The Girl Who Could See by Kara Swanson is a first person present tense book alternating with first person past tense. It made sense, but I think it could easily have gone south. If you’re careful I think you could make it work.

Alrighty, I might take a look at that b…[Read more]

XD It’s on this website: Kingdom Writers Guild
The info on the summer contest won’t come out until the Spring one is completely over, but if you become a guild member (it’s free- all you have to do is be a Christian and like writing XD:D), you can check out the info on all the past contests and stuff. Hopefully that helps? XD

Thanks man, I’ll check it out.

@kingdomfire7

Um, the Kingdom Writers Guild has a flash fiction contest every season (the spring one’s over but the summer one should be comin’ up in like August or something? idk), and that’s been fun!

Where can I find information on that one? It’s far past time that I took part in a writing contest. xD

@kingdomfire7

Entered any writing contests? Yep- uh 4? Didn’t place in any of ’em. XD And I think I can tell why on all of them. (tho technically one contest hasn’t had the results in yet so I’m still hopin’ xD) You?

Are the contests about quality of writing or word count?

I haven’t joined any official ones. Are there any that you would recommend?

@this-is-not-an-alien

maybe what we really debate is exactly how a person is allowed to EXPRESS their masculinity/femininity.

What exactly do you mean by this? (just curious). I would just like to say, once again, though, that the way men or women act or what they like to play, or watch, or write, or read, or what work or hobbies they have, really…[Read more]

@kingdomfire7

I’m leaning more for young adult movies, but also I’d like to make/help make quality children’s films.

So do you have some of that real nice filming equipment like overhead sound systems and big cameras that move?

I will! XD thanks. idek how to subscribe to channels. There’s some kind of button you push somewhere, right?<…

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@kingdomfire7

But I can see that Deus vult means “God wills it”- probably used to mean Lord Willing

Yes to the first, but we use the phrase ‘lord willing’ to me ‘we hope and pray.’ Deus Vult/God Wills It was used by people to say ‘this is God’s will for us, and we must do it.’ For instance, in 1095, Pope Urban preached the first ever crusading spe…[Read more]