I honestly don’t remember what it is I’m referring to,…[Read more]

There are a couple of things I’d like to clear up, having studied a rather extensive amount of books and articles on the Civil War.

First of all, just a quick spelling correction, you’re both spelling the term as “succession” when it’s really “secession”.  “To secede’ is very…[Read more]

15 minutes sounds great.  I’ll start my timer now… 😉

Sure!  I’d love to word war.  How long?

I really don’t remember anyone having a habit of screaming when angry except Joel, Van and Alexia, and only in their younger years.  If anyone else screamed angrily, it must have been a very unusual occasion for them.  Like I said before, Margaret Sidney used the word “scream” to also mean a kind of s…[Read more]

You’re right, though.  They do seem to contain rather more screaming than necessary.  But that’s mostly when the characters are very young, and it’s really only Joel and Van (when they’re about eight, so their young age is kind of an excuse) and Alexa (is that her name?)…who’s just pretty crazy in g…[Read more]

I found one place I’d remembered where it mentions pins used as currency: in Joel Pepper by Margaret Sidney.  But in that one it’s only talked about, and they don’t actually use the pins to pay for anything.  I bel…[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]

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]

I’m sorry, but I don’t think Kashti’s personality fits with the first idea of your “favorite antagonist.”  But I do find that characterization interesting too, so maybe I’ll use it someday. 😉

The second idea, about the traitor causing some injustice to K…[Read more]

Okay, I’ve commented on the doc now.  I hope the comments are useful. 😉

Can I put comments on your document?  It’ll be easier to find that way, I think.

I have three technical/grammatical comments, if you’d like to hear them, but as for the story in general I can’t think of anything to add.  It’s great.

His personality is actually very nice generally.  He’s loved by all his friends.  He’s normally kind, helpful, and generous.  That’s supposed to be in contrast to his reaction to the MC.

The betrayal didn’t effect Kashti more than anyone else, no.  Not in an outward way, at least.  The betrayer was…[Read more]

So in answer to the questions on context, the betrayal happened before the book even starts.  The whole plot is based on reactions to the unseen betrayal and how it affects the lives of the MC, who is related to the betrayer, and her f…[Read more]

This particular character is reacting much more negatively with respect to a betrayal than the other characters are, and I can’t figure out why. 🙂

Basically, the other characters are upset and angry at the betrayal, but they move on to focus on other things (the betrayer is…[Read more]

That’s a great question, and one I’m working out myself right now, as my current WIP is set in the middle of Acts. 🙂

The most important things I can think of are that yes, more than WWII characters, if you’re using real Biblical characters probably try to keep them as exactly in line with scripture as you can.  For this reason, I haven’t…[Read more]

It’s cooler to think you can send messages to the future, though, isn’t it? 😛

Our horses are doing pretty well.  We haven’t been able to ride them yet, but we can get the saddle on the paint easily now.

I’ve got to go.  Hope to talk to you again soon!  Happy writing.

Yes, that’s the title.  I’m still in love with the story, so at least there’s that. 😉  I have it all swirling around in my head pretty constantly.  But the writing part is going very slow.  It’s annoying that it’s going so slowly, since there are…[Read more]

Same here.

I’m doing some misc. writing things like going through my old story ideas to see if any pop out at me, and planning for my novel(s) that are going everlastingly slow.

What point are you at in your superhero book?  I…[Read more]

I like his-fic most of all.  I enjoy a well-written sci-fi book if I can find one.  I especially love to read “contemporary fiction” books written in the 1900s-1950s, since they’d be classed as hi…[Read more]

Thanks for reminding me of it.  If I get a chance I’ll try it out and see how it goes. 😀

How is yo…[Read more]

@catwing Hi!

How about you?  What are you working on?

Ok, I can recommend a couple of…[Read more]

I see the confusion about @valtmy was resolved, but I’m here…[Read more]

(Also, I keep trying to remember, but never can…what was your KP name?? 😛 )

I stand with @ashira and @selah-chelyah, as I’m sure you were suspecting. 😉  Historical accuracy is important.  However, I come close to “alternate history” when I read old sci-fi books.  If, say, there’s a sci-fi or dystopian novel written in the 40s about the then future 80s, well, that’s technically alternate history, since it ne…[Read more]

@theresa-play I’m going to go now too.  Happy writing!

As for riding them…well, unfortunately they haven’t been ridden in two years, so, we’ll have to retrain them.  We have scheduled with a trainer to come over and give us a few pointers.  Once we do have them retrained, we’ll be riding We…[Read more]

What’s Raindrop therapy?

Oh, and that reminds me.  I don’t think I ever told you that we re…[Read more]

Law school is going fine.  How about you?  What type of studies are you doing?

I completely understand vague. 😉 But I’m glad you’re still working on it, and will be waiting for a chance to finally find out how it ends!

Do you have an estimate for when you’ll have the next draft completed?  I still want to read it! 😉