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@seekjustice

Praying! My own country historically has had very liberal abortion laws (due to outdated and currently irrelevant population control reasons) that I wouldn’t wish in another place. The most frightening thing is that (according to what I have heard) the majority of the abortions here are done by married couples.

@ericawordsmith…[Read more]

@coggleton

I love such characters, usually when written and contrasted well with another equally compelling positive change arc. 😀

I believe you what you are asking about is a “corruption” arc where the character starts in a world that already believes the Truth, has the chance to embrace it, but is tempted away. That means there is something…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I don’t possess the necessary qualifications and I won’t be able to meet the deadline regardless. But can I still read the new draft? I am dying to know how it turns out. 😣

@the-inkspiller

Welcome to this thread on all things historical.

Just know that somewhere out there, there is someone whose job is to scoop up and collect nightingale poop. 😛

@seekjustice

Nightingale droppings were and still are being used as face cream in Japan.

@samantha-pen

I think I’ll need more context regarding your story to form an opinion. So far it seems like there are lots of things going on. There’s the exploration on indentured servitude, the plotline regarding the girl getting the land, the guy’s conversion story etc. It sounds like it’ll take more than 10 pages to do everything justice. Or…[Read more]

@evelyn

When Steve said that to Bucky, you knew what was coming, I knew what was coming, Bucky knew what was coming but the others clearly did not know what was coming. They were expecting Steve to return five seconds later. It came across as though Steve did not care about them.

In-universe, it made no sense for him to not tell everyone and say…[Read more]

I enjoyed the movie. They did a good job tying up the loose ends and delivered a satisfying conclusion which is impressive considering all the expectations that have been building up over the course of all the previous films.

I am very confused by the plot holes and paradoxes involving the whole time travel but I suppose that just comes with the…[Read more]

@serenity

Sure. Thanks for your comments so far. Things are busy now but I’ll take a look at them and get back to you as soon as I am able. 🙂

@serenity

Sure. Glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to leave comments if any and let me know what you think 😀

@seekjustice

Glad to see that you’re back! I really missed the discussions on this thread. 🙂

Hoo boy. Since I am definitely not a purist regarding historical fiction, I do not mind most ‘small’ inaccuracies (e.g. whether this type of fabric would have been available in this place at this time). What I am more interested in is how the people of…[Read more]

@josiah @ashira @dekreel @jenwriter17

Is it just me or is the KP site up again? 😀

@northerner

Sorry for causing the misunderstanding. I could have made myself clearer. Since my stories are so deliberately historically inaccurate, I had to ask for permission to be here. 😛

I searched out the book. It sounds interesting! 😀

@northerner @ashira

… I am writing fantasy. Historical fantasy, that is. I have never claimed to be an honourable historical fictioner 😛 In my stories I have never used the names of the real societies or even referenced the real names of the religions or philosophies practised during those times. I do get your point though. I have started and t…[Read more]

@lin

I don’t think there needs to explicitly be a God figure in every story. My goal in my writing is more of to write stories that challenge the many common assumptions people have about life in this world (i.e. that money/romance/science/whatever idol they have will make them happy or solve their problems) to encourage non-believers to think…[Read more]

@sarah-inkdragon

Haha I actually love writing female characters! I think it’s because I like stories that are differently-heroic and female characters offer lots of variety to show strength in different ways.

I agree with @the-fledgling-artist in that so far, your character sounds obnoxious. In general, when I try to create characters that I h…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I care for neither historical accuracy nor modern sensibilities. The settings of my stories are versions of history that are as horrible, fantastical or sanitised as I need them to be. They exist only to provide a place for my characters to live and for the plot to happen. Story is king. 😛

OK, basically, from what you have read of…[Read more]

@seekjustice

Yes, I love it when love triangle are used as a vehicle to present a moral choice than merely having it be about ‘feelings’ and superficial attraction. 😀 Though I am surprised since I thought you didn’t like Austen. 😛

For the A likes B but B likes C sort… I would usually only like it if B’s feelings are reciprocated and B and C…[Read more]

@eden-anderson @rochellaine @ashira

I love romance! And love triangles. Provided that all the parties involved behave like sensible adults.

I agree that there has to be more at stake in the story than whether the couple gets together or not.

@seekjustice

What do you mean by “a certain kind of love triangle”?

@seekjustice

Historical fantasy: Of course I would read this, since QOD is a historical fantasy (or at least a misappropriation of Korean history. I justify this by saying that modern Korea’s obsession with celebrities, appearance and plastic surgery makes their society a perfect vehicle for my story themes) 😛

Steampunk: My view is that this is…[Read more]