Lunar Inklings

@valtmy I never have more than a very vague idea of how the story is going to end until I get right up on it. 😛  I prefer leaving the POV count open as well, but since I find books with fewer POVs easier to read and understand I decided to practice writing with less.  I’ll probably use several in my next books after I finish these practice n…[Read more]

@valtmy Hi!

@catwing Well, I think these won’t be turning out as well as they should.  I used too much peanut butter. 🙁 (I rarely use recipes. 😛 ) Have you ever made any?

I usually don’t even do that much. 😮 I just say, “what if there was a person in this situation” and then write. 😛  As the book progresses I have a few scenes I plan a b…[Read more]

@catwing Well, I kind of left.  Unintentionally. 😉  My little sister called me to help her with a sewing project, and then I decided to make peanut butter cups… random, I know. 😛

But I’m back now.

Plotting!  What fun.  I love plotting, except, when I plot my books they never get written.  It’s only the ones that I write spontaneously that…[Read more]

@catwing Oh!  you are still here. 😛  Halloo.

@catwing Hey!  Sorry I didn’t see this until now…my tag didn’t work and I didn’t get an email.  I’m here now, though!  I guess you probably aren’t anymore, but if you are, it’s so nice to see you again!

@seekjustice @valtmy Sorry people, I fell asleep early last night.  Like, really early.  Right after family worship.  My sister texted me at 11…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Yes, I saw your website!  Sorry I forgot to let you know.  It looks great!

@alia Haha, yes.  Getting distracted is very easy!  Much easier than staying focused, actually. 😛

I guess I can ask you the question I usually ask SeekJustice: Have you been listening to anything interesting lately? 😉

@alia Writing, and studying.  Each is declaring it is more important, 😛  so I have to switch back and forth.

And searching for vinyl records of hymns by Jim Reeves… 😉

How about you?

@alia I guess so. 🙂  I may be on and off for a bit.

A few others who would be awake around this time would be @dekreel @catwing and @jenwriter17

@seekjustice It is amazing how different and yet how similar other families can be to ours at the same time.  It does seem like a sort of paradox. 😀

Haha, real people tend to be harder to describe than the characters in books; no matter how complex the characters are, human beings have something that only God can give them, and mere imitations…[Read more]

@seekjustice Yes, my parents use that in their marriage counseling.  They say that everyone comes from different subcultures, or mini, family-cultures.  It’s easier to notice when you come from drastically different backgrounds, but every family has different ways of doing things, and it’s important to talk it all out before you get in a fight b…[Read more]

@seekjustice Well, I’ve read too many books where authors dismiss the traditions of other cultures because they sound silly to them in the culture where they were raised. 😛  I’ve got a bit of experience in understanding that someone else’s culture could be different because my mom and dad came from such different cultures.  (You know my dad’s M…[Read more]

@seekjustice Tevye isn’t perfect, but he’s funny, and his relationship with God is cool, when you listen to his prayers.

I think there wasn’t meant to be much closure.  Tevye did say “and God be with you” in the end, but the end of the film seems to be a dreary hope that one day things may be better, rather than the bright day of a new…[Read more]

@valtmy Is it okay if I answer a few of your comments?  I’ve read the second draft of her book, and a few things have changed…

For one, Chessy is noted to be adopted from the first, so it is no longer a surprise in the second book.  That helps for continuity. 😀

Oh yes, about the trial! I agree with you.  Why didn’t Jean and Quillon just te…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh, wowly-wow!! 😛  I am impressed.  What did you think of Fiddler on the Roof?  My family sees the theme in that to be “when you rebel against traditions simply because you feel like it, rather than for a good reason, society crumbles.” or something like that.  I’m bad at being concise, so that might not be a fully correct sta…[Read more]

@seekjustice Very true.  Because we are taught that life was horrible for women back in those days, it obviously must have been.  But it was really just women were treated differently in different parts of the countries or world, like they are now.  I think people were happier back then as a general rule, too, more than they are now, because ba…[Read more]

@seekjustice I just looked it up, and then remembered that I have had pizza with eggs on it before, but for dinner at a nice restaurant.  Apparently you can eat that for breakfast too.  Another very popular switch-up here is people very often have what we call “breakfast for dinner,” meaning you eat waffles or pancakes for dinner instead of b…[Read more]

@seekjustice  I would be surprised if we didn’t have breakfast pizza.  I don’t recall hearing of it before, though.  The thing is, America is a blending of such diverse cultures that we have many different types and versions of foods for all the different meals and snacks.  Sure, people will give you main foods that are popular among Ame…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ah…no, I meant that I found the conversation hilarious.  But then, I find almost every conversation we have here hilarious, so that’s nothing new. 😉

@alia I wouldn’t say they’re a full romance series.  The first two books have absolutely no romance in them at all, since the series starts when she’s 14 and the series ends s…[Read more]

@seekjustice @alia Oh, this is hilarious. 😛

By the way, my go-to for flirting examples is always the Patty Fairfield series by Carolyn Wells.  Wells writes flirtation so well!!  Should I post an example for you? (by the way, I’ve never written flirting, so my plans for writing it are all theoretical. 😉 )

I just got distracted reading all our o…[Read more]

@alia During the first book I got pretty annoyed with Chessy for falling for an unbeliever.  That situation was resolved in the second book, and because I began to feel more sorry for Justice, (and because of the window scenes,) I didn’t mind them getting together.  I really thought she was going to go for Zac more, though.  I would have… 😛 We…[Read more]