Faith Kindred

wahoo!

@Daeus that’s wonderful.

Well… the only input I could offer is, just explain how books are supposed to mirror reality because reality is truth, and in the long run ‘… the truth shall make you free.’ That probably goes without saying, so I don’t know how helpful that’ll be, but I hope it is, anyhow.

Oh dear oh dear oh dear, I’m going to be gone next Friday. *sniff* 😛

But you guys have fun for me, ‘kay? 😀

@Aratrea

Thanks @Aratrea. 🙂 That’s great.

@daeus @kate-flournoy

I’ve added a feature to the sidebar that should be pretty close to, if not identical to, what we had before. 🙂 Thanks for your feedback!

@rolena-hatfield Thanks. That’s good input. I’m gonna try to sift through that chapter soon and see if there’s any way I can tone it down without completely messing up the story. There’s one little detail in particular I’m already thinking I’m gonna change.

And a little update for y’all. Relational aspects are healing. Still a lot of difficult…[Read more]

@R-E-P for some reason the link does not seem to be working now…

@daeus I know I wasn’t tagged, but this very same thing happened to me a couple years ago. My sister and friend were just fine with the scene, but my mom left the room being disturbed. I was torn, cause like you I know I hadn’t done anything wrong, but had no intentions to upset my mom.
For me the best thing was to talk with my mom later asking…[Read more]

@ingridrd Yeah, I cried for like three hours right after watching it because I had a teacher just like the one in the movie. Still so good though.

I’m praying, @Daeus. I think I can safely say it’s not your writing which at fault. The scene is necessary as an inciting incident and it is tragic, but it isn’t gruesome. If everything written was sunshiny, then there’d not be much to write about…though I suppose hearing a murder in the first chapter could be startling if one wasn’t expecting…[Read more]

@Daeus yes. Once you get through this (and you will, make no mistake) your relationship will be much stronger and built on better understanding.

Still praying.

@kate-flournoy Thanks. I guess this is a refining experience.

@Daeus yes. I’m praying.

I think the thing with bits like that is that it can come as a real shock to people who haven’t thought through the necessity of darkness in literature. They may not disagree once they think through it, but (especially for moms) the shock of hearing it without preparation can throw them into turmoil pretty harshly.

@kate-flournoy @hannah-r @hope Hey, I’ve got a pretty big burden weighing on me right now. Honestly, I’m almost weeping as I write this. Anyway, you all know my story (Edwin Brook, that is). Well, for the first time yet som of my family’s reading it. I’ve got enthusiastic responses from my sister and dad, but I just read the first chapter of the…[Read more]

@winter-rose Thank you so much for the suggestions. There are some good ones here. I know every scene you are talking about so don’t worry about the fact that you can’t remember names. I’ll see what I can do. 🙂

@spradlin The Dead Poet’s Society was…well, let’s just say I was depressed for 24 hours. 🙁
@Sarah-h Priceless seems like a great movie; I just haven’t seen it yet.
@bluejay War Room was reeeeeeeally good. Love that movie. 🙂

@spradlin The Dead Poet’s Society was…well, let’s just say I was depressed for 24 hours. 🙁
@Sarah-h Priceless seems like a great movie; I just haven’t seen it yet.
@blue-jay War Room was reeeeeeeally good. Love that movie. 🙂