Karina Sanchez

I really couldn’t tell that you made any effort whatsoever to make your posts entertaining, Ezra… so I don’t know why the grin starts into my eyes the moment I see your profile picture on a new thread. It must just be some weird psychological gimmick.

Hmmm… hypocrisy. I’m probably guilty of the same thing in some respects! It’s so much…[Read more]

Its not your duty to protect the next generation’s rights (except by respecting them yourself), its the government’s. It is however your duty to protect those who are wrongfully attacked by government oppression. Sometimes you must go willingly to prison, but there is no shame in escape. It can be strategic. Sometimes you need to kidnap Martin…[Read more]

Oh, your arguing for spread out description. Yes, I would agree. A little bit here and there is more likely to add to the mood than take away from it. Still I think there are times when great detail is necessary and these times aren’t always when you need to build an intense scenario sometimes a detailed description of some random village your…[Read more]

Rebellion is, of all combat, the most iffy, but I think it can be done well. The most necessary element is a clear mission. The best “rebellion” is where the resistant party recognizes a new political authority as supreme. Think of the American revolution (which by the way wasn’t really a revolution). The Americans were not technically in…[Read more]

That’s strange. I received the impression of two explorers in a tropical jungle, nothing even close to a white auditorium with some pessimistic campers. That being said, is the description Ezra gave enough? It might be, but probably not. The reason I can’t give a definite answer is because I have no context. The reader (apparently with some…[Read more]

Yep. He got it. Short and sweet.

But I’ll add a few more detailed thoughts. A government can command a person to sin without sticking a gun under his nose and saying ‘bow down to that idol or I’ll blow your brains out’. If a Christian sees a minority group being persecuted, (take for example a slave trade, or antisemitism) they are supposed to…[Read more]

Hm. Good points. I can definitely see where you are coming from. I agree, just because I (it was me who said that haha) as the writer have an incredibly detailed image does not mean that the reader will necessarily be interested. You’re right. We need to keep that in mind.
That being said…
The image I’m getting from reading your little…[Read more]

Oh yes. The poetic description. LOVE IT.
One thing I have found that helps with poeticness (not a word… hm… poesy?) is characterization. No— not having to do with actual characters! >D But take the thing you are describing and give it a personality. ‘The leaves blew and swirled across the courtyard, filling the cool air with a soft, dry…[Read more]

‘And if your reader can taste the bread, and the bread tastes good, you have done well.‘

Ahhh… poetry.

When the reader can taste the bread, and the bread tastes bad, you have gone too far. Ok, maybe it is a bit more complicated than that. For myself, I enjoy vivid descriptions, but let’s face it, you can go overboard. What is overboard? Ah, that depends. I think it can actually be good to spend a paragraph or even two in description, as long as the…[Read more]

Yeah, I don’t like reading paragraphs of nothing but description either. Or rather I like it myself, but not many people do, and I am not writing my books so only I can read them. If only!
But sometimes I have such a strong image in my mind that it calls for a whole paragraph, and though I try to avoid those scenarios, one way to spice them up if…[Read more]

Hm… good question. Permit me to present my opinion… reading through the Old Testament, I find a lot of instances where the phrase ‘as the Lord lives’ is used. It is not a common, everyday exclamation, but is used only when a very solemn oath or promise is spoken. I think such exclamations can be misused, as can every exclamation according to…[Read more]

@Hope. Good thoughts!
@Rosey. I’ll do that. 😀

Oh and by the way, Hope, I think the genre you were looking for would probably be speculative fiction.

Totally get what you mean about the drone thing, Hope! It can be somewhat difficult to just mention casually that the daily drone delivery of donuts is waiting on the front doorstep— offhandedly enough that the reader will subconsciously think ‘Oh yeah. The drone delivery. Sure. Life as normal’, instead of ‘What on earth?!? How can a drone…[Read more]

Exactly. Drinking is not the bad thing— it’s drunkenness. While I have never tasted any kind of alcoholic drink (except a nasty sip of Sangria for a cold) I am perfectly okay with having my fantasy characters drink wine, or ale, or mead, because that is what they drank in those cultures and places where the water was bad, and there was no such…[Read more]

Good idea with the drone thing … so good in fact that it is already being pursued. Amazon, FedEx, and some others are working on incorporating drones into their delivery service. I’m not sure if they will actually deliver right to your door, but they might.