Josiah DeGraaf

Hey people. *tips hat grinningly*
There’s this book I just read called Eats, Shoots and Leaves, by Lynn Truss. It’s non-fiction—about punctuation. But it’s not a long or dull read at all, and is funny and very informative/helpful. Especially for people like writers who’d use punctuation more than usual. 😉
The only objection would be: it has a…[Read more]

@aratrea Thanks! 😀 All the characters mentioned are actually main protagonists too, I’m only concentrating on this one because she’s my character in a co-writing project 🙂

Basically, character A (the main one I’m talking about) has been trained all her life and is prepared, mostly, for a long quest and battle. Compared to characters B and C,…[Read more]

@daeus I have to know…when you were at your KP meeting thing, did anyone call you King Daeus, or did anyone call @aratrea the Wiser?

@daeus @kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy kina-lamb @lifeofkatie (be sure to read the 1st one first) @jane-maree @ethryndal @aratrea @overcomer @audrey-caylin @jess @graciegirl @adry_grace @anne-swiftblade @christi-eaton @jadamae @jess @northerner @that_writer_girl_99 @perfectfifths @theliterarycrusader @hope @ingridrd @winter-rose @rolena-hatfield @cla…[Read more]

Naw, thanks @jane-maree XD
Now I reckon it could seem awkward to say that I look up to my cousins, who have a super strong faith, which was partly what inspired me to take my faith more seriously! And yes, my mother, and granny. Granny is an amazing woman, and she is a great example of how I want to be when I’m 80! @aratrea

Hello everybody tagged below!

I’ve got a bunch of unfinished drafts of stories (plus the finished draft for the Pilot for Aquila) and I was wondering if any of you would like to alpha-read some of them (and, perhaps, beta-read the finished draft). I need input on what I’m working on because I’ve got some stories I’m stuck on.

So, for those of…[Read more]

@aratrea Thanks! I think in that picture of you and Christi, you could be siblings, that just resemble each other a lot. My siblings and I are like that.

@aratrea Rats. If I had known ‘coming along for the ride’ was an option, I’da come with Hope.
Could you tell me how to get on to your social medias besides Instagram? Do you have Facebook, and could I look at your Facebook without having Facebook myself?

We pointed out how Hope is the only one who looks authentically dramatic, because she’s…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper *looks up butcher bird to make sure I got it right* Yeah, I think that’s it 😉 I think it was a young one, because it had more brown feathers (hence thinking it was a kookaburra, if you know what they look like)

Oh, cool! We don’t have woodpeckers here. At the very least, I’ve never seen one 😉

@anne-of-lothlorien @aratrea That’s…[Read more]

Oh, and all of the Star Wars fans out there… my brother and I wrote a poem you’ll love.

A Poetic Discourse on the Unfairness of the Jedi Life

Don’t you find it quite unfair
That all the Jedi Masters
Live in giant deserts dry
And useless dusty pastures

Anakin and then young Luke
On Tattoine were found
Ray grew up in dry J…[Read more]

@daeus @hope @corissa-maiden-of-praise @dragon-snapper @bluejay @kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy @aratrea @that_writer_girl_99 @ethryndal @perfectfifths.

Right to left is Christi, then Josiah, then I dunno, then Daeus, then Hope, then Rolena, then I dunno. Sorry to the ‘dunno’ people if you see this. Please feel free to make yourself known.

I…[Read more]

@his-instrument Cool! I shall have to check these out.

(@aratrea You’ll have to add these to your list of potential partners.)

Oh, yes, sorry @aratrea! I’m known for bad phrasing.
Message#3- Everything you have must be sacrificed for justice, as long as it is not unjust to do so.

@aratrea I had a question but now I can’t remember it. Figures.

Emolas: A friend of Liriel’s, and one of the few Sprites who is not blind to the corruption of his people. He does not agree with Liriel’s motive for wanting to defeat the Olgloin, believing that she would be better driven if she were doing it for the sake of the people, not just…[Read more]

@Aratrea I think the trilogy has an overarching theme of Sacrifice, but this particular one of the trilogy is judgement

Beginning: Protagonist is under the idea that justice must be served, and everything must be given to make things right. He is bitter with this thought of what it means in the case of his family. This devotion grows after his…[Read more]

Well, @Aratrea, I think I’m learning more here than I am at school!

People change when drastic things happen in their lives to force, insinuate or inspire change.

Past mistakes are the main cause of this, when someone messes up, they immediately move to try and not suffer the consequences again. Like when people train a dog not to bark by…[Read more]

@aratrea
Okay, physical poetic justice for MC…
He aim to bring justice by not letting the villains steal his blood to overtake the universe, and in doing so allows his sister to get tortured, and therefore is left with guilt that he can not be freed from?
I’m not sure if that fits as the physical problem doesn’t happen directly to him… I…[Read more]