Riah Black

@katthewriter Yo welcome tot he Kingdom! Nice to meet you!

I gave you a follow! Hope you don’t mind!

Your WIP sounds so cool! What genre is it?

Let’s see…some questions…

1. Favorite books/movies/authors?

2. Other hobbies?

3. Favorite dessert?

4. Pineapples on pizza, yes or no?

Feel free to look around and join us in our other forums! I…[Read more]

@libby Interesting. I may need to expand my list of titles. XD How do family-related titles work? Are they stand-alone like “Mom” or “Dad”? I’m mostly trying to figure out how best to handle this culture’s words for “grandmother,” since they have one that refers to a literal grandmother (“lonpaia”) and one that refers to more of a village…[Read more]

@issawriter7 @e-k-seaver @abigail-m @gracie-j @joy-caroline Yo everyone’s looks great so far! I really love all your descriptions!

The Last Arch of Haran

Haran was long regarded as one of history’s most famous war heroes. This arch still stands at the tp of the mountain where he was last seen. Legend says that Haran disappeared after walking…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting Awesome! Thank you! 🙂

@r-m-archer It ought to be attached to the surname. @libby knows a lot more about Japanese culture than I do, so you can always check with her as well!

@devastate-lasting Thanks! I think the hyphenated suffix would work well with the rest of the language I’ve got. Is the Japanese suffix attached to the surname or first name?

Yeah, I think America is probably weird in that it’s not a purely expected thing. XD It’s common, but I think not as consistent as in other places? (I generally take my…[Read more]

@r-m-archer In Japanese there are honorifics, most commonly “-san” to denote Mr./Mrs./Ms., so for example, I would be called “Zhang-san”, I think. In Chinese we use “xian sheng” for “Mr.”, and it’s usually formatted as “surname” + “honorific”.

Shoes are pretty much removed almost everywhere in the world. My family does it as well. Typically we…[Read more]

@devastate-lasting I started with Vietnamese and then pulled in some Japanese and Chinese. I did adjust the names in a recent draft so that they reflected that pattern. Are there titles of respect (e.g. “Mrs.,” “Mr.”) in those cultures, and if so would they go before a surname like in English? Or would there be a different configuration?

I also…[Read more]

@r-m-archer Not sure why my post didn’t go through ahh… Well, which cultures are you looking to combine? Japanese and Korean cultures stem from Chinese culture…so combining/not combining shouldn’t be that much of an issue…one thing that I think would give authenticity is that in most Asian cultures, (at least these three) the family name…[Read more]

@keilah-h Hi there! Welcome to the Kingdom!

Most of the questions I want to ask have already been asked, so feel free to look around our other forum topics!

@gracie-j I don’t know how the balance looks overall, but in the groups I end up in I’m usually one of around half a dozen Calvinists. Which leads to fun debates. ;D But yeah. XD

@nova21 Oh, cool! It’s always exciting to find people who agree, since I find I’m usually in the minority on that issue. XD I hope the article helps. ;D

@gracie-j Ahhhh, straight to the point of theology that most people don’t like me for. XD I firmly believe in predestination and I can debate it all day. Which is part of why it’s now a more-or-less off-limits topic in another of my Christian writing groups, because a small handful of us kept having the same debate over and over and everyone got…[Read more]

*waves* I don’t know how much of this will be useful, but… I’m Reformed Baptist (at least I grew up Baptist; I understand both Baptist and Presbyterian views on baptism, so as far as that goes I’m not sure which label is technically more accurate at this point, lol). “Reformed” means I believe in the Doctrines of Grace and Five Solas, which form…[Read more]

@joy-caroline This sounds absolutely amazing! I’d say you should definitely go for it!

@gracie-j Great idea for a topic!

Welp, I am Chinese, and also a weeb, so I’d say that I know a lot about Asian culture. Probably not everything, but if you ever need help I can probably search some things up for you…

Which is interesting since recently I’ve started several projects in a Chinese high school setting, and I, only knowing the…[Read more]

@iamwritehere1920 The third draft. I’m considering the story pretty much complete at this point. 🙂

@abigail-m Happy to help! 🙂

@gracie-j Ooh I love it! Your imagery is beautiful! I’m like really interested in every single one of the characters which you presented! I do want to read more! I especially want to know more about the relationship between the Guardian guy and the person in the water. Really nice job!

@abigail-m It depends on what stage you’re at. While I was working on my second draft, I had two author friends I trust read it as I went and give feedback, so they got it in more-or-less one-chapter chunks.

This next round I’m doing is specifically sensitivity readers so I can get feedback on the chronic illness representation and make sure I…[Read more]