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@joy-caroline What translation is that? That looks like a good translation.

Secondly, though, I want to point out that in 2 Peter his audience is not the world, but the Church. Those who are either already saved or are growing up in the faith or have been drawn to the Church. So that “you” has a more limited context than we often think about.

@scripter-of-kingdoms Heyyyy, my first fantasy world started as LoZ fanfiction! XD I’m trying to rebuild it now so that it’s more of its own thing (which isn’t as difficult as you might imagine, thanks to the fact that I was a very under-descriptive writer XD) but still pays some homage to its initial inspiration. It’s sort of a fun balance, now…[Read more]

@gracie-j Don’t know if you have any interest in this for your study or if you’d rather do it on your own, but last year I kept a set of highlighters by my Bible and marked verses that correlated with the principles of Calvinism (mostly verses on Limited Atonement and predestination, since I ended up focusing on that area more by accident XD). I…[Read more]

@scripter-of-kingdoms Hi! Welcome to KP! ^-^ I’m a fantasy author, and definitely my favorite part is worldbuilding. In particular, building worlds that explore differing worldviews and that use these different angles to bring the truth into focus. Sort of like one of those places where there are rocks that look like they’re just random shapes,…[Read more]

@libby Interesting. I may need to expand my list of titles. XD How do family-related titles work? Are they stand-alone like “Mom” or “Dad”? I’m mostly trying to figure out how best to handle this culture’s words for “grandmother,” since they have one that refers to a literal grandmother (“lonpaia”) and one that refers to more of a village…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting Awesome! Thank you! 🙂

@devastate-lasting Thanks! I think the hyphenated suffix would work well with the rest of the language I’ve got. Is the Japanese suffix attached to the surname or first name?

Yeah, I think America is probably weird in that it’s not a purely expected thing. XD It’s common, but I think not as consistent as in other places? (I generally take my…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting I started with Vietnamese and then pulled in some Japanese and Chinese. I did adjust the names in a recent draft so that they reflected that pattern. Are there titles of respect (e.g. “Mrs.,” “Mr.”) in those cultures, and if so would they go before a surname like in English? Or would there be a different configuration?

I also…[Read more]

@gracie-j I don’t know how the balance looks overall, but in the groups I end up in I’m usually one of around half a dozen Calvinists. Which leads to fun debates. ;D But yeah. XD

@nova21 Oh, cool! It’s always exciting to find people who agree, since I find I’m usually in the minority on that issue. XD I hope the article helps. ;D

@gracie-j Ahhhh, straight to the point of theology that most people don’t like me for. XD I firmly believe in predestination and I can debate it all day. Which is part of why it’s now a more-or-less off-limits topic in another of my Christian writing groups, because a small handful of us kept having the same debate over and over and everyone got…[Read more]

*waves* I don’t know how much of this will be useful, but… I’m Reformed Baptist (at least I grew up Baptist; I understand both Baptist and Presbyterian views on baptism, so as far as that goes I’m not sure which label is technically more accurate at this point, lol). “Reformed” means I believe in the Doctrines of Grace and Five Solas, which form…[Read more]

@iamwritehere1920 The third draft. I’m considering the story pretty much complete at this point. 🙂

@abigail-m Happy to help! 🙂

@abigail-m It depends on what stage you’re at. While I was working on my second draft, I had two author friends I trust read it as I went and give feedback, so they got it in more-or-less one-chapter chunks.

This next round I’m doing is specifically sensitivity readers so I can get feedback on the chronic illness representation and make sure I…[Read more]

@gracie-j It’s a sci-fi/post-apocalyptic story about an… inventor? Engineer? Something along those lines. XD Who lives in a hangar in the middle of a wasteland and has just genetically engineered a dragon that will one day open a portal to an alternate dimension where the world can rebuild. Except… things happen, of course. XD

@abigail-m Ooh, very cool! Just be careful not to rush into publishing; I speak from experience, lol. But that’s an awesome goal! 🙂

Thank you! I’m very excited to get it finished and published. XD I’ll be sending it to a small group of readers in March, so I’m looking forward to getting some more outside feedback! I’ve been editing on my own and…[Read more]

@abigail-m The Snow Warrior is a really interesting title! What’s the premise?

@kathleenramm Thank you! The blurb is this:

Dragon ink allows writers to set history in stone—or to change it.

Duyên Lai’s dreams are realized when she’s admitted into the ranks of the calligraphers, authors considered trustworthy enough to defend time from those who would change it. She’s thrilled at the opportunity to record her country’…

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