MarkMcGuire

It really depends, @I-J-Anderson. Some books are good with illustrations. A lot of old classics have illustrations— things like Gene Stratton-Porter, and Ballantyne, and the like. I liked those because they sort of filled in the setting gaps the author didn’t spend much time on, though I could have filled it in without them. I guess what I’m…[Read more]

@Daeus of course. No one doubts that. XD

I tend to agree with @Daeus, @His-Instrument. Literature doesn’t always HAVE to be literal and exact to the real world— especially when it comes to symbolism, there are definite lines you can cross— but unless you feel that it will help illustrate a truth (maybe you wanna explore guilt and how it keeps you from moving on?) probably best not to…[Read more]

@Daeus I’m writing now till two. Anyone else feel free to jump in.

@Daeus yup. 😀 Lights on the tree. Not our house because it would be an absolute pain (it’s log and really, really square and tall) but on our tree and our loft railing.

@Daeus ah, I see. We don’t celebrate it like a lot of people celebrate it— gifts were too easy to become distracted by, so we just have a tree and food. Lots of food. 😛 And read the Christmas story of course.

@Daeus okay, I got 316 words. You?

You… forgot about Christmas? 😛

@Daeus here I am! Little late, but I’m going till nine so count me in.

As far as I know at this point. Christmas is coming up and things can be a little crazy, so I’m not a hundred percent on that, but as far as I know at this point. If I don’t tag you… you’ll know. 😛

Oh my word… *facepalm* Yup, that’s definitely a pun. 😛

@Dragon-Snapper No idea.

No idea.

@Daeus XD. I got 475… okay-ish considering I’m working on a fight scene. Those are hit and miss for me.

Well I got it. *grins*

Ha! I laughed so hard… really. I know you’re not supposed to say you laughed; you’re supposed reply with something equally witty… but I laughed. So there.

@Daeus

There we go. Must have been a glitch in the system. :/

Oh boy… it’s not letting me post. @Daeus, count me in.

@Northerner Beowulf! Yes!!! And Sir Gawain and the Green Knight— YES! And Anglo-Saxon history— YES. All that stuff is amazing. And the SCA sounds really fun.

Question— have you read ‘Beyond Sing the Woods’, by Trygve Gulbransson? It’s a really old book, and Norse, not Anglo-Saxon, but I really like it.