RaeMarie

One interesting aspect of romance is the part readers are rarely shown. The ‘after marriage’ aspect. Most stories focus on the engagement, or sometimes go up to the wedding, but not many (that I’ve seen anyway) continue ‘romance’ after marriage, showing what happens then. True, that won’t always fit into stories, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the…[Read more]

One interesting aspect of romance is the part readers are rarely shown. The ‘after marriage’ aspect. Most stories focus on the engagement, or sometimes go up to the wedding, but not many (that I’ve seen anyway) continue ‘romance’ after marriage, showing what happens then. True, that won’t always fit into stories, but I wouldn’t mind seeing the…[Read more]

Hannah…I believe it, about the Kane Chronicles, I mean. I’m reading the Heroes of Olympus series right now, but it isn’t as good as the Percy Jackson series. The books are too long. Don’t get me wrong, I love long books, but one thing after another seems to happen and yet it takes too long for anything to happen. And Rick Riordan seems to take…[Read more]

I don’t think something which is a sin…lying, in this case (setting aside, for the moment, different views about lying/spying) is somehow right because it is an unbeliever/unrighteous person performing the action. But it is true their punishment might not be as great as someone who knows it is wrong and does it anyway. In Luke 12:47-48, Jesus…[Read more]

To Daeus…I understand what you are saying about murder/killing in war as well as stealing/taking spoil of war. So I guess what it comes down to is ‘is there any such differentiation between lying and something like spying’? Points for both sides about lying to protect someone else or for self-defense have been listed above. I, myself, do not…[Read more]

At the library so I have wifi for a little bit! Anyway, morality in war. Like it’s been mentioned, people kill in war and it’s not considered murderer. Obviously this doesn’t mean you could kill anyone you wanted just because a war was on. Another of the ten commandments is ‘don’t steal’. In war, there is ‘spoil’ which is stealing or taking from…[Read more]

A quick note: Our wifi is messing up, so I probably won’t be able to get back on this discussion for a few days. Just so you know…I’m not ignoring the topic I started and hope to get back on the forum by Tuesday night. 😉

I’ll have to think about what you said about lying in war and may reply later if I think of any objections (though you are probably right…what you said are along the lines of what I’ve been thinking). But there is one situation where I think it is necessary to lie, and that is while spying. David tells Hushai to lie to Absalom (2 Samuel 16-17)…[Read more]

I have not read the Kane Chronicles, though I probably will sometime.

A Tale of Two Cities does have a lot going on, but I really enjoy the book. I enjoy most of Dickens’s books, actually. One of my favorites is Martin Chuzzlewit.

I know. I like to have ‘true love’ more along the lines of one person giving their life for another rather than someone kissing the first pretty girl they come across in the forest. 🙂

Rooglewood is hosting the contest. You can find out more Here. Last year I entered their Beauty and the Beast contest. I didn’t win, but it was fun.

The ones we raise for mean are Cornish Crosses, I think (I’m not completely sure). We have about two dozen layers too and they are a mix, including Buff Orpingtons and Barred Rocks.

I’m writing the retelling of Sleeping Beauty for the Rooglewood ‘Five Magic Spindles’ Contest…have you heard of it? Anyway, the basic story is somewhat the same…[Read more]

Mainly reading them over and over and over and correcting them more each time (I normally take one chapter at a time). 🙂 I have several friends who are writers and we correct each others works. Their help has been invaluable and I think I finally have my stories straight in both books and all major changes worked out (one book I decided to extend…[Read more]

Thanks so much. 🙂 That is perfect. I changed the last line just a little, so now the last two lines are:

Summons your doom, as conquering plight
Through love the twins set all to right.

What do you think? (and if there’s something that doesn’t sound right, don’t hesitate to say something).

The last two lines really go together. The first four lines (the valley turning white, fire blazing, etc.) foretell what’s going to before two twins set all to right…in this case, defeating the bad king and breaking the banishment of their friends. That’s what the ‘heralds your doom’ means (because the prophecy is spoke in judgment to the bad…[Read more]

I really like Tree of Life too. But soft emotional music…that is hard. There was an eight minute piece of Beethoven that was perfect for an emotional scene, but I’ve lost it. I might try to find it and the name again though, because I’ll need it for the book I’m writing. 😉