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@elishavet-pidyon @koshka

I LOVE THIS!!!

Now go write more! Now!

🤣

I must know what happens!!!! *sob*

@elishavet-pidyon

Biblical gender identity because that’s the world we live in.

I would say keep any gender issues out of MG. I was reading MG at 7ish, and my parents never told me about any of that stuff until I was a teen. Finding out about it, even from a Biblical perspective, would have traumatized tiny me.

@trailblazer

I see a huge difference in the spiritual maturity of the homeschoolers vs. the public schoolers.

Seriously. My sister has a Christian friend about her age who’s public schooled, and my sister, who is NEVER someone I’d consider mature, seems more mature next to this friend. The friend is 9 and she’s already dating for one thing, and s…[Read more]

@esther-c

I love MG! That’s the age range I read most! I would assume this novel would be contemporary too?

What did/do you enjoy about your favorite MG novels?

Kids were allowed to be kids and have fun adventures outdoors, with minimal parental supervision. The MCs were independent, intelligent, and realistic. They’re more relatable than YA,…[Read more]

We are in our basement right now under a tornado warning. Prayers would be appreciated.

@esther-c

Sorry, I don’t read Middle-grade fiction, so I won’t be much help

@rae

Glad you’re feeling better!

@esther-c

Praying! Darn midwestern tornado season.

@loopylin

Chase

Chase hesitated. “I-I…” he fell silent, shaking his head. “N-no i-dea. W-who’s Lo-Lo-is?”

@esther-c

I definitely think you can either leave out any romance, or if you do mention the subject of boys and girls liking each other, do it in a way that is appropriate for the readers based on Biblical standards. I remember reading books when I was ten/eleven that gave me the idea that boy-girl relationships were normal at my age and that’s…[Read more]

@elishavet-pidyon @koshka

I have wanted to rant on Ranger brilliance for months. But sometimes we writers just have to rant to our pillows.

Lolol.

Great section!

@koshka

Um. Romance. I don’t mind adultsfalling in love and getting married in the background of a kid’s book. I don’t even really mind young teens liking each other, or decided that they will one day marry someone (Sarah and Janner, for instance). But really, kids today are under so much pressure to pair up, that they aren’t allowed to live the…

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@esther-c

Oh, sounds fun! Middle grade is a great genre. I was just thinking the other day about how there needs to be more actually good books for tweens and kids. [I was helping my brother look for some books, and he’s pretty specific in what he likes, but I could barely think of any Christian books or ones that were completely wholesome (…[Read more]

@keilah-h

Oh, cool!

@everyone

So, I actually remembered that one of the Fridays on the form (the 25th) will be hard for me to make since I have my violin concert that day. 🤦‍♀️ If we end up needing to go with that day, I can try to make it, but I may need someone else to set it up if I can’t come.

@linus-smallprint

Yippy!!!

*Considers playing The Game on brothers*

Nah, way too risky.

@linus-smallprint

Hmmm.

So basically I made you lose by asking what the game is?

@loopylin

but gave up before finishing

#relatable

The body language and expressions in the 1st and 4th panels especially are amazing XD

@loopylin

Aw cute!!!!

@keilah-h

My friends and I did Henna together! Her brother is a missonary and had just gotten back from the wedding of a girl from India. The girls of the village knew that he had sisters, and they gifted him a whole bunch of henna. We put on a girly movie and did the art from the inside of the first finger all the way up to the bend in the…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

I am still confused about this.

What is the game, and how have I lost it?

@loopylin

Chase

Chase got up, leaving his soda can beside where he was sitting. He retrieved Felicity’s can, planning to throw it away in the proper place later. He sat back down again.

“L-like s-sun…sat?” Chase was quiet and still for a moment, before turning to look at Felicity. He had formed his eyes into a reflection of a bright sunset.…[Read more]