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@seekjustice @daughteroftheking

*reads above posts*

…am I the only Kapeefer who is not on SE now? 😮

@daughteroftheking I wouldn’t necessarily use the word “realistic” in describing them.  I’d probably say “sensationalistic” and “melodramatic.”  You didn’t miss much. 😛

There is no better genre than his-fic, though.  None.

@seekjustice I agree, they were both wrong about a lot of things.

I’ve heard/read many references to Elsie Dinsmore in 19…[Read more]

@daughteroftheking

I think I was cursed with all the world’s sad stories. I don’t know what I did to deserve that, but there you have it 🙂

@seekjustice Haha! I would be the same, except my story concepts are usually so ridiculous, they seem best as kid’s books.

@daughteroftheking I just tagged you with your SE name 😛 See my above post.

Oh, and don’t worry, you weren’t missing out on much.

@rochellaine Oops. My attempts to tag have been thwarted by misspelling. Let me try that again.

@ncstokes @rochellaine

Yeah, me too. I feel that I wouldn’t be particularly good at it.

And even if I was, the parents would not approve.

@rochellaine

I’m pretty sure there all still neatly stacked up under the bed. I’m thinking of selling them 😀 Though they are very pretty.

I’m not sure what I think of that statement. On one hand, her father didn’t understand that he’d been gone for her whole life and literally all she had was her faith, which was why it meant so much to her. He…[Read more]

@seekjustice *lights dim* Yes… join the children’s writers side… *ominous laughter* … *clears throat* *lights come back on* Sorry, uh, don’t know what that was about. *acts casual*

@rochelaine Hey there! I’ve never read those books, but I don’t think I would have liked them. I wasn’t big on realistic books and didn’t really get into h…[Read more]

@seekjustice Frankly, I would be extremely wary of reading any books you wrote to little kids. 😉

@daughteroftheking That’s good. I wrote a revolution once and that went for a very long time and was quite emotionally draining. 🙁 Maybe I should take up writing for little kids.

@seekjustice Thankfully my mom didn’t waste her money on the full set. 😛

The one thing I disagree with about the article is the part where it says Elsie has no right to think for herself against her father.  I do think eight-year-olds are often mature enough to read the Bible for themselves and come to their own conclusions, and I like what her…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ugg, that sounds quite tedious. Since my target audience is kids/ middle grade, I hope I’ll never have to get too intense. *inconspicuously doesn’t mention all the potentially fighty-er plot bunnies circling my brain*

@daughteroftheking

That’s good. I hate those prolonged ones that force you to keep writing for page after page…those ones are terrible.

@seekjustice Thank you. 🙂 Thankfully, this one should be over quickly. 😛

@rochellaine

I just read that article actually. And I agree with it. My mum bought me the full set years ago and I read a few of them, but I couldn’t ever like them. Elsie and I are just too different and she’s suffocatingly perfect. I also didn’t like the treatment of the slaves as something less than human. And goodness, her father is so…[Read more]

@seekjustice I have read the first three Elsie Dinsmore books.  I read the first two when I was very young and absolutely adored them.  And I reread them, tears streaming down my face every time.  When I came back to them as I grew older and when I read the third book I realized they weren’t what I had remembered.

This article actually sums up a…[Read more]

@daugtheroftheking

I…um…dislike writing fight scenes. Good luck.

Currently just working on some ideas for a short story I’m going to write and doing some research and reading Rochellaine’s story.

@seekjustice Heyo! Working on my WIP. I’m trying write a fight scene, which is a… *nervous laugh* challenge. What are you up to?

@daughteroftheking

Hello there! What are you working on?