Taylor Clogston

@kayla-skywriter Interesting, of all the doctrinal differences I’ve ever seen, I’ve never known the division of the Commandments to be one of them. I looked up the explanation of the LCMS division, and I get it. I think we’d all agree we’re basically on the same page, that the Commandments are the same regardless how they are divided. For my part,…[Read more]

@kayla-skywriter Paul gives the bulk of our instruction on dealing with doctrinal disagreements in 2 Timothy 2:

14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to fight about words. This is useless and leads to the ruin of those who listen. … 16 Avoid irreverent and empty speech, since those who engage in it will produce even more…

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Denominations usually exist because churches have doctrinal disagreements.

Sometimes we can agree they’re preferences and not overly important.

Sometimes, they are important differences.

So are you willing to compromise on opinion in cases, insist on the doctrine you believe, or ignore it as best you can?

For what it’s worth I have a lot of…[Read more]

@the-fledgling-artist @edmund-lloyd-fletcher

I got the following email from Daniel David Wallace’s newsletter this morning (minus most of the sales pitch buy one of his courses):

The other day, I helped a talented writer improve a scene in her novel.

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The scene we were discussing was a simple one: the main character’s friend, a fellow…[Read more]

@evelyn I think I read Heaney’s in school. I want to read Tolkien’s. And your brother’s startup sounds awesome! I’ve never been a fan of the idea of “retelling” classics, but that’s mostly just because I don’t think I’ve ever seen it done well. But it sounds like he’s approaching it very respectfully and studiously.

As for the covers, I use…[Read more]

@coggleton I like Mistborn. The next two books are considerably better than the first, IMO, and though I’ve not gotten around to reading the second trilogy, I think Allomancy is by far Sanderson’s best magic system.

Regarding Cadmen, it sounds like’s he’s struggling with Impatience, and risking it turning toward Resentment. The Lord is not slow…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart I know the feeling. It passes. It comes back, but it passes, too. I don’t like the advice that you just need to put your rear in the seat and type no matter what, because while there are many days where that does the trick, when there’s a thick fog of tar between you and whatever you need to do, all the sitting in one place in…[Read more]

@j-a-penrose I write flash fiction by hand and type out everything else, because Scrivener is just too useful not to use (and I can type eight times faster than I can handwrite). I do enjoy editing by hand, though. Nothing meets the satisfaction of a margin note or a crossed-out line.

@j-a-penrose I almost solely write novellas, which are pretty much the worst length for traditional publishing. Usually too long for lit mags, and usually too short for big houses. If I ever have something long enough to submit to an agent, maybe I’ll try that route, but I feel I’d still be more comfortable doing it all myself if I still have to…[Read more]

@coggleton If I were a good structurist, the books would be important later =P I really want to do a knot magic system in the future now, thanks for the idea. Since there’s a bunch of theory and even some notation styles for knots, I think it could make for a replacement for the standard “draw a magic circle with runes” stuff you see everywhere.…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb Thank you very much. I definitely won’t be offended if it doesn’t end up being your thing =P

@ariella-newheart Thanks anyway. Good luck with your Fire Moon progress. Feels like quite a long time ago I read your first snippet of it.

@ariella-newheart I reeeaally want to read the Thrawn trilogy. I’ll get around to it at some point, I swear.

I’m afraid historical romance isn’t exactly a genre that appeals to me =P (and good luck with Camp NaNo! Do you have a plan for what to write yet?)

This might be a little imposing, but I just made a thread desperately begging for reviews…[Read more]

@blueberry YouTube is in fact ridiculously hard =P Sorry your visual novel didn’t take off. I do enjoy listening to podcast videos, for whatever it’s worth.

I do have two channels to recommend here. The associate pastor of my church has a channel he uses for Christian worldview and silly things, like talking about national churro day. And a…[Read more]

@coggleton I wish you a quick vault over that wall. What sort of gloves are you supposed to wear for a routing table?