Mark Kamibaya

@clairec So, is it like a big contest to see who says bestistest to a new member first???? 😀

@clairec: Aha, well, I don’t recall my family mentioning us ever going to Woodvale Baptist, we’ve actually been out of a church for some years (for various reasons), though we do church at home. I do not have a lot of siblings, just the one brother, @leumeister. I actually only know of one friend who moved to the eastern states and her name does…[Read more]

@warrioroftherealm For question one, I’ll answer for the two that I that I feel are important. The other’s I can probably whip up a replacement for. The first is from an antagonist, though not quite villain. He curses another man. It’s not at all necessary to make him appear bad, but it does play an important role as a foil and, more importantly,…[Read more]

@Daeus that’s a good idea about the content advisory.
I don’t quite agree with comparing curse words to romance or violence or any other more ‘normal’ sin, as their crime is not their existence, but spelling out their filthiness on the page. With ‘romance’ and violence, you can put as many or few details in as you like. With a curse word, it’s…[Read more]

@daeus

Alright, here we go…

First things first. We all agree that coarse language is to be frowned upon, so I have a few questions.

1. How necessary is it to your character portrayal? Is it something that your villain would totally unravel your villain’s portrayal in your story?

2. What words are you using? The D-word, or something worse? I…[Read more]

This is one of the three biggest areas of caution when it comes to any form of entertainment, art, or media. And I think that’s because, as others have stated, God takes what comes out of the mouth very seriously.
But we question if when writing if it’s okay to show that “A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that w…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy

Oh yeah, definitely. How do you choose a book cover, exactly?

@jess I’m leaving now. I think you won’t be far behind. I have almost finished two edits on The Golden Conch. Super pleased.

@NatalieMarie
Welcome fellow Iowan! May I ask if your part of the eastern or western part of the state? (you don’t have to say 😉 ) I’m a western Iowan. 🙂
Anyway, super glad to have you here!

Thanks everyone for the great input.

I thought I’d start off by addressing the big point everyone had about not causing a more sensitive reader to stumble. I agree. Infact, I’ve got about 7,000 words worth of two articles on the subject that I’ll hopefully get published here as soon as I get around to the last revisions and submission. As I’ve…[Read more]

Thanks everyone for the great input.

I thought I’d start off by addressing the big point everyone had about not causing a more sensitive reader to stumble. I agree. Infact, I’ve got about 7,000 words worth of two articles on the subject that I’ll hopefully get published here as soon as I get around to the last revisions and submission. As I’ve…[Read more]

@jess I’m still going. 🙂 To the rest of you adios! 🙂

@bluejay @jess I’ll be going now… Pretty much, I jotted down my thoughts of what conflicts I could use onto paper. Good luck!

@NatalieMarie Both. 😀

Hey, why isn’t the tag working? @emma-flournoy

@nataliemarie @emma is a tag, but you want @emma-flournoy.

@nataliemarie @emma is a tag, but you want @emma flournoy.

@nataliemarie @emma is a tag, but you want @emma-flournoy.

@Kate-Flournoy We’re good. 😀

@dragon-snapper @winter-rose @jess I’m still going too.
@daeus Well done. I don’t know how many words I got since I’ve been editing. And still going.