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@seekjustice

Haha but if I make my MC an upper class woman you wouldn’t like her, would you? 😛

I’m trying to see if there’s any place and period in history where it wouldn’t be so unheard of to have a woman to be educated and working as a procurator. I’m thinking maybe the early modern period because I think that’s when women began going to…[Read more]

@seekjustice

I have heard of the Brother Cadfael mysteries but never read them before. Are they available to be read online?

One thing that is stopping me from really considering this story idea, though, has to do with deciding on the setting. I want the setting to be based on a society that is historical but also one that is relatively…[Read more]

@seekjustice

Haha that’s good to know.

Unfortunately, the other historical adventure/fantasy story idea I currently have has to do with upper class characters as well. But I have another historical story idea that is sort of like a mystery/detective story. I’m thinking that it will be about a procurator who is charged with the investigation and…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Goodnight!

@seekjustice

Haha but would you be interested in reading my WIP anyway? My MC hits pretty much every point you’ve made. She’s noble, rich, whiny and uh… wishes that she is in a romance novel instead of the story that I’m writing. But she won’t remain noble and rich for long 😉

@rochellaine

Oh. I suppose there’s Southern Belles in other time periods which I probably never noticed.

Ah, that’s true. European serfdom completely slipped my mind for a moment. Funny how much the Atlantic slave trade has shaped the common perception of slavery even though it happened through a much shorter period in history, right?

@seekjustice

Given the historical genre’s obsession with the upper class, I doubt you can find many historical fictions that you would like.

@rochellaine

Oh. The main criticism I’ve heard against Southern Belle books have a lot to do with racism and slavery etc. so I’ve always associated Southern Belles with the Antebellum South. Never really heard of Southern Belles outside that time period.

Hmm now that I think about it, my MC is sort of an East Asian ‘Southern Belle’ because…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Haha all right then.

I don’t think I know a lot of Southern Belle characters. I’ve watched the film for Gone with the Wind once and that’s about it. I didn’t like Scarlett, of course, but it was obvious that Scarlett wasn’t supposed to be looked up to as a role model or anything like that so I was fine with it.

I actually think of…[Read more]

@dekreel

Bye!

@rochellaine

Haha, yes, it’s obvious. By the way have you figured out what you want to do with that plot point?

@seekjustice

The Southern Belle character type suffers a lot of historical baggage. I suppose it has to do with the period in which Southern Belle books were written.

@rochellaine  Well, I’m not too fond of Scarlett, but overall, it’s a very well-written, profound book. I love how the author pays attention to detail. The society, the world and the emotions feel so real, it’s nearly palpable. Overall I give it a 6 out of 10.

I need to get off. I might be back later tonight. See you guys later!

@dekreel

Yes, I am on SE under the same username but I do not go there very often. I hardly have time to come here to KP nowadays, much less SE. 🙁

@rochellaine

Hey, we didn’t manage to continue our conversation yesterday. So what is Yishay’s song anyway?

@rochellaine  That’s a great way of putting it. . .

My writing is. . . okay. . . I’m considering writing a steampunk novel sometime in the future. Maybe a steampunk retelling of Gone with the Wind. That would be cool.

I’m not on Story Embers as often as I should, so I can’t give a clear answer. What I do know is that it’s thriving.

Wait,…[Read more]

@dekreel @jenwriter17 @rochellaine

Hey guys. Will be around for a while today.

@rochellaine  Hello, old friend!! I shall forgive your calling me “little wolf” because I miss you. 😉

*blinks*  Oh, I’m alive. I’m alive all right. Albeit distant. Yeah, let’s call it that: Alive yet distant. 0.o

I’m doing fine. School’s been killing me and I’m really bad with procrastinating. . . But. . . yeah. Yeah, I’m okay. How’ve you been?

@jenwriter17  I have no idea. I just stop by at random times. 😛 hope to see you soon. 😉

@rochellaine  @seekjustice  @catwing  @jenwriter17  @valtmy  Hey, guys! Yes, I’m still alive. 😛 I’ll be writing, or at least making plans. Anyone around?

@ariel-ashira @catwing @alia @seekjustice @jenwriter17

Thanks guys for your prayers. I’ve been coping better the past two weeks 🙂

@ariel-ashira @devastate-lasting

Praying!

@rochellaine

Haha what song is that?

I don’t think I have songs for specific characters. But I have a whole musical’s worth of songs which inspired the “theatre” aspect of my WIP, a song for the “main couple” and another listing of soundtracks for the general mood and feel of the story.

@rochellaine @catwing

Hey.

Well, to be honest, it’s been really tough. Things have been busy at work, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for writing my WIP. I’m having trouble getting into the writing mood so I’m listening to the soundtracks that inspired my WIP in the first place to try to reignite my love for my WIP.

@rochellaine

Hey, still around?