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No, you aren’t supposed to know, but everyone else does know and also know that I am rather obsessed with him. In fact, that he is my favourite character.
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
@seekjustice In that case I should read that part soon. XD
I actually finished a long time ago, and I’ve been passing the time binge-reading all the comments for the KPA.
I didn’t put periods after some of my sentences and it DRIVES… ME… CRAZY!!!!!
Anyway, I think I’ll sign off now. Good to see you!
Byeeee, @rochellaine! you’ve probably disappeared by now buuuut…
You can pronounce it however you want.
Okay bye!
…maybe @rochellaine has fallen asleep again!
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
@seekjustice @dekreel Sorry for disappearing. As you surmised, I did fall asleep. 😛
@catwing Thank you so much for your comments!! They are helping me figure out the setting and style better. I have a LOT of research I need to do before this will be finished. Thankfully, I do enjoy research. 😀Are you here now?
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@rochellaine you’re welcome.
I know some about Hebrew culture so hopefully I can spot something if you mess up. 😉
Do you know about prayer shawls, the special stick they use to keep their place while reading the Bible (I can’t remember what it’s called right now), or what Shalom means? I can tell you a little bit if you don’t and want to.
Have you ever read Jenny Cote’s books?I am now. I just finished reading your story. ;P
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@catwing My father was born a Muslim, and became a Christian in college. I have lived in a mixture of Middle Eastern and Western cultures since I was born, learning to change my behavior depending on which side of the family I was visiting. So I am drawing off my own experience and my study of the Bible for most of the cultural worldbuilding I am doing. (I have noticed that the culture in the Bible is practically identical to the Muslim culture today. What I will need to learn about Hebrew culture is the specifically Jewish things like, as you say, prayer shawls.
No, I know nothing about prayer shawls. 😛 I would love any comments on Jewish religious cultural things. I would need to know, however, the difference between what they do now, and what they did in Biblical times, as there is a difference. 😉
Yes, I do know what Shalom means. 😀 I will probably not be using any Hebrew words at all in my book though. Instead I would have my characters greet each other in the way Boaz and the reapers great each other, with the English translation, simply saying “peace be unto you,” “and to you be peace.” My father’s family uses the Hindi words for those greetings, which are similar to the Hebrew words, but pronounced a bit differently.
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@rochellaine I see.
They did prayer shawls back then. They’re basically shawls that women wore on their head when they prayed. I think they have tassels on the ends and something in hebrew in a corner. You may have to look it up, because my info right now is spotty (it’s been a while). But now you know about them.IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
@rochellaine I see.
They did prayer shawls back then. They’re basically shawls that women wore on their head when they prayed. I think they have tassels on the ends and something in Hebrew in a corner. You may have to look it up, because my info right now is spotty (it’s been a while). But now you know about them and can research. 😛
That sounds good.IMMA KAPEEFER! Til we're old and gray!
@rochellaine @catwing @dekreel
I’m here now.
@valtmy Hey! How’s it going?
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Hey. Just trying to get the motivation to start 😛
I’ve replied to your replies to my comments in your doc. Are there any other questions you want to ask me?
@valtmy Thanks, I’ll take a look. 🙂
Well, I have one more thing. You asked about what was going on with the guys, and said I didn’t give enough info. I had written a parallel scene from the guys’ perspective, but just set it aside because I really, really want to have only Bathshua’s POV in this. However, if you like you could take a look at it and tell me what exactly I should do to make the scene with the guys make more sense from Bathshua’s POV?
I won’t be using the scene, but you could read it, and then tell me which parts should be added to the actual story and how to add them so that it makes more sense to the reader.
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I didn’t say you didn’t give enough info. I understood the “going to be late” thing was something that the reader doesn’t need to know now. It’s just jarring that this guy doesn’t know who Bathshua is but this other guy with him somehow does so I think an explanation is needed for that.
Sure I’ll be happy to take a look at your parallel scene.
@rochellaine @valtmy I’m here doing a bit of writing.
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