Beth

@highscribeofaetherium

Exactly. Though yours is somewhat related to your writing…and mine is so RANDOM…..chickens??????

@highscribeofaetherium

To be fair, I did have to Google “obscure sword terminology” to come up with Ricasso. But yeah, it’s an obsession XD

lol

@savannah_grace2009

See? We all have our weird, fanatic obsessions XD

@highscribeofaetherium @jonas

Most people have an obsession, but it usually isn’t chickens.

@savannah_grace2009

To be fair, I did have to Google “obscure sword terminology” to come up with Ricasso. But yeah, it’s an obsession XD

@jonas

lol! I’ve just never had any desire to learn about swords XD

Though if you asked me anything about CHICKENS…or DOGS…or HORSES….I could tell you anything you wanted to know lol

@jonas

Yeah lol.

@highscribeofaetherium

How do you know so much about swords???

@jonas

Yeah, that’s what was kind of funny about it lol

@jonas

Yep 😂 a tang is the part of a blade that extends into the handle (you probably knew that one, right?), and a ricasso (great, now autocorrect wants to always make it capitalized 🙄) is the blunt part of a sword just above the cross guard to allow you to wrap your finger over the guard.

But Ricasso isn’t that bad, right? I kinda like it X…

@jonas

2/3 of them did, anyway.

@smiley

I can relate to this more than I can say!!! and it’s so hard, I’ve tried talking to my small group about it but none of them are really writers and it’s just really hard

Yeah. It’s so hard because no one understands how hard it is being a writer unless they are one, and no one really understands what we’re going though!

I love how the swords keep naming the elk for their owners XD

Wow, that was long.

Zahlin

What are you going to name him? The Sword asked out of nowhere.

“Who?” Zahlin said.

Your elk. He needs a name.

“Why?”

Because that’s what humans do. I don’t know. The Sword said, Maybe Pommel. Or Tang? Does he look like a Tang to you? Or wait! I know! Ricasso.

“Ricasso?”

Isn’t it a great name? The Sword asked, sounding very ple…[Read more]

@jonas

Oh no, it has a much better idea. *grins ominously* XD

@jonas

I can’t wait to see what Zahlin names his elk. XD

Oh yes, the Sword is coming up with some very good ideas XD

@beth-torres @hybridlore

I never really thought of OCD like that before. Now reading what you guys go through, I actually might have it, because you just described how I feel about my writing. Idk.

@jonas

You got that? Ottoline is now in possession of a red crystal sword. Use it wisely!

I’ll try XD

Let’s hope Marcurious doesn’t try to take it for himself lol

@trailblazer @hybridlore

Ok so this is something I’ve been trying to figure out how to balance, too! On the one hand, I recognize that God has given me a gift to write, and I want to use and grow that gift, but then on the other hand, writing takes a lot of mental space, and I feel like it’s so easy for me to get lost in a story I’m writing, and t…

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