Liberty

@ellette-giselle @keilah-h @theducktator @linus-smallprint

Next two chapters!

@whalekeeper

Maybe I’ll get around to making a topic for it, then!

Definitely! it would be fun to see what different approaches we all take on the same inspiration.

Hm… *Does not want to say too much*

Oh boy. 😃

It’s an unsure cultural thing so it’s just left that way until he does what he wants with it / no one is well equipped to cut his hair. T…

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@linus-smallprint

Ah, I see.

It’s a shock because they did set their hope on him taking the throne. With a Christian ruler, they would be free to worship in peace.

Joseph in book 2.

Eh, kind of. Joseph was more acting out of fear and wresting with the thought that he had to do this on his own. Leon and Julian are shocked because they…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

This may seem like an odd question, but what is your view on end times?

Woah. That is an odd question. Well, I’ve been working over it. I have several friends who love to debate end times, and I like to sit and listen, but as of yet I haven’t drawn a complete conclusion from listening to them, other pastors, and reading.

Why…[Read more]

@theshadow

No worries! That makes sense.

@whalekeeper

Ahhh! Love it!!!

@theducktator

Lol. Do that then. It was about the fifth time I got lost reading that book, and the library wanted it back before I managed to find my ground again. I apretiate his detailed planning though. Lots of skill.

My family likes the Focus on the Family radio theater edition.

@whalekeeper

That would be neat!

I like the doodles. Baby Marcel is cute. Does his culture not cut a boy’s hair until he’s in knickers/four/weaned/school age? (I think I mixed several cultures in that oddly specific question..) (He reminds me of Little Lord Fontleroy, only smug.)

@theducktator

Yep and yep. Agree 100%

And…

Not the Waterloo tirade. XD I never found my interest in his books again after getting lost somewhere between the ditch with the cavalry and the dead guy who wasn’t actually dead.

@whalekeeper

Oof. I recently hit a crisis in my art that filled a Pinterest board with skeletons, proportion guides, and the old watercolor illustrations that started this whole goose chase. It’ll likely be stuffed with color theory stuff sooner than later.

I’m on a mission to learn how to draw right.

I’ll probably never reach that, but if I…[Read more]

@liberty

I love that idea! My brothers and I are a little older now and our schedules look different, so we’re not always home every night, but on the nights when we do have the whole family around the table, I value those conversations. I think we would really benefit from being more intentional in talking about our days and what’s going on in…[Read more]

@liberty

The 2-minute dinner talks? What are those? That sounds interesting already…

@ellette-giselle

Sounds good!

Oh, gotcha, thanks.

@hybridlore

Thanks! I’m glad.

Okay, I’ll see what the others think. I liked it as a nice recap of everything that was happening.

Erich is one of the Stien children. He’s married and has a kid. They were the family that Julian, Roland, and Aelic were staying with when Rolf and Leon caught up with them.

@ellette-giselle

I have hope that you won’t kill off all the characters… but am expecting at least one of the MCs to die. 😭😫

@ellette-giselle

Great first section! You did a good job of establishing the stakes and the characters’ situations. One thought I had (for you to consider) is possibly to remove the first journal entry and start off the book with Leon. It might be a stronger beginning… but it works great with the journal entry there too.

Remind me again, who is…[Read more]

@hybridlore    @koshka   @keilah-h    @elishavet-pidyon   @liberty  @linus-smallprint

FIRST SECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Dawn Will Come
Draft 4
 
My soul waits for the Lord
    more than watchmen for the dawn,
    more than watchmen for the dawn.
   …

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@elishavet-pidyon

Oooooo!!! I like your thoughts!!! Yes, I do have a weakness for armor. Go Lieutenant Roth and his guys! (though one does start to wonder what’s going to happen when those soldiers came in contact with orders to hunt down the believers……)

You’re planning a plot twist for the series as a whole.

Interesting…..

There are s…

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@koshka

YES!! I am 100% in agreement with that! Those are the kinds of scenes that I love.

@ellette-giselle

Well, thoughtesss…

It’s a dark before dawn thing. Maybe playing with the idea that the Empire has long, dark winters.

Fabulous armor. I love it. I’m happy done of the soldiers were saved so we can root for some of those suits of armor…. But there’s probably more bad guys in armor than otherwise.

The government is going to…[Read more]