Kylie

@seekjustice Oh, that’s so cool!

It is very similar to the American lists, but not identical by any means. 😉

I’ve got to disappear for a bit, but I’ll be back in perhaps 45 min or an hour, if you’re still here.

@seekjustice I see. 🙂

I’ve found a few Australian authors from the time period.  Some of their books are on Gutenberg, so you could look them up if you’re interested.  I have no idea whether they’re good or not, but I strongly hold that the absolute best way to research for a historical time period is to read stuff actually written in the time p…[Read more]

@seekjustice Cora sounds Irish to me.  Is it?

Let me know if you do find any Australian lists, won’t you?  I couldn’t find any, and I’d be interested in seeing what differences there were.  I guess you’d have access to some different sites in Australia?

@seekjustice Okay, here’s a list:

• Mona
• Lillian/Lilian
• Nan (this is a nickname for Anne)
• Elsie/Elise
• Marie (This pronunciation was made fun of so much that there’s even a song about it.  😛 “Mary’s a Grand Old Name” by George M. Cohan.  It was an extremely popular name, but – at least in America – because it was the French p…

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@seekjustice Cool! 🙂

I have a couple of comments/questions:

Your book is set in Australia, right?  What social class is your character in?

In most of the books I’ve read that were written in that time period, the more “unique/fancy” names like Lilian, Ethel, and Evelyn were often made fun of by the people who preferred more “sensible” names…[Read more]

@daughteroftheking *nods head vigorously* 😀

@jenwriter17 It’s cool, isn’t it!?

@warrenluther04 Well, I don’t have a phone, so I haven’t had a conversation quite like that, but yeah I’ve had Apple vs. every other device discussions with my tech brother. 😀

Done for now. . .

@jenwriter17  @seekjustice  @rochellaine  @valtmy  @alia  @xonos-darkgrate  @ariel-ashira  @catwing

Yo, peeps! I’m writing. Ish. . .

SeekJustice — That writer’s block meme is hilarious.

signing off for now…

@seekjustice yeah it took me a really long time to get used to a Mac (I had a Dell laptop with Windows before). My older brother (who’s into computers and all that) really dislikes Apple products and jokes around with me about how I ‘strayed from the path.’ 😉 We’ve had conversations like this:

Me: *is typing away happily on Mac*

My brother:…[Read more]

@seekjustice I used to use Word too, but on my MacBook it’s acts kinda funny. So I switched to Google docs, but I think I’m gonna like writing in Scrivener. 🙂 I really like that I can keep my research bits and everything in one place and handy as I write

@seekjustice Cool. 🙂

I’m also trying to figure out Scrivener, which I got about a week ago. It’s taking me a bit to figure it out (with the help of a tutorial), but so far it’s super duper cool! 😀

Thank you for the nanowrimo advice, by the way. I didn’t get the chance last night to thank ya 😉

@seekjustice Okay. 🙂 watcha working on?

@rochellaine @seekjustice @ariel-ashira @alia @dragon-snapper @valtmy @catwing

What?…I can be on two day in a row?! O.O

Heloooo! I am working on more outlining/writing letters/getting distracted. Anyone wanna join me? (but maybe not in that last one 😉 )

@seekjustice Yes, in America voting is not required.  Our voting laws are really weird and confusing, actually.

Ah, I see.

😛

@ariel-ashira Haha. 😛

I’m actually really sleepy.  Had a long day.  So I’m going to depart now.  Talk to you all soon, hopefully!

@jenwriter17 Goodbye! 🙁

@seekjustice I don’t believe so.  What exactly are they about?  When we’re eighteen in America we sign up to vote, and the guys have to sign up for the draft.  But you can sign up to vote when you get your driver’s license too, so I signed up when I was sixteen instead of when I turned eighteen.  And since I was born in…[Read more]

@ariel-ashira Yes, it is quite awesome. 😀 My parents and I are going to look over it together, then I hope to sign it. 🙂

@rochellaine Oh, I see. Word wars are so much fun, I’m looking forward to them too. 🙂

@seekjustice How many years have you done NaNo? Any tips for a first-timer? 😉

@ariel-ashira Hello there. 🙂 how are ya?

I have to leave now, all. See you this weekend maybe. (sorry I had to leave as soon as you came, Ariel 🙁 )