Sam Kowal

@seekjustice, I don’t recommend it. I read it when I was going through a stage where I was completely running from God, and that is the only reason I didn’t put it down. The language in it is disgusting, especially since they have kids say the words. The movie is much better because it sticks fairly close to the story line, minus a few things, but…[Read more]

@alia @rochellaine

It just means I forget books about a week after reading them. 🙂 which means maximum enjoyment in rereading. I’m not so good at forgetting people’s names though, so I will remember that something terrible happens to Ashley. 😉

@seekjustice I’m not sure whether that’s a good or a bad thing… 😛  Does that mean you just don’t remember spoilers people tell you, or does it mean you can’t discuss books after you read them…? 😛

@alia I like to write sci-fi when I don’t have to do much research. 😉  I love researching history, and everyday – or non-everyday – things, but I…[Read more]

@alia

Cool! I’ve yet to read Ender’s Game but I’v heard a lot of good things about it.

In that case, I think the situation would be quite traumatic, but they wouldn’t necessarily be isolated. Though they do lack parent and adult figures which could potentially be problematic.

@seekjustice, well thats a nice thing to have. my brain remembers everything so I am rarely surprised when it comes to books/movies/tv shows

Hey to whoever is reading. Chapter 2 is up

@rochellaine

When it comes to spoilers in books I have the memory of a walnut and so by the time I actually get around to reading it I’ll have forgotten 🙂

@rochellaine, I love the princess bride. And all the quotes are perfect for everyday use.

I’d like to see what I do with it too, I have my outline but I have no clue if I can even write sci fi.

Spoilers such as *cough* Ashley? *cough*

@seekjustice, Well, it was partially based of Ender’s Game. plus Eye of Minds and Robot Wars/Mars…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh no!  If you read our conversation…wow, that contained MAJOR spoilers!! 😛  Hopefully you can still enjoy the books. 😛

@rochellaine

I hadn’t heard of the Mars Diaries before your conversation the other day but I’ll definitely have to look them up now 🙂 they aren’t in the vein of what I usually read, but every now and again its good to read something out of your comfort zone 😀

@seekjustice Haha, yes! 😛 By the way, speaking of Alia’s story, you should definitely read the Mars Diaries by Sigmund Brouwer.  Seriously.  They’re amazing. 😀

@alia 😉  You like The Princess Bride?

I’m very interested in how you make your new story different from Brouwer’s.  I love the premise, because of course I love his books and I lov…[Read more]

@alia

No worries. I just rolled with it.

Oh yes! I was stalking the topic the other day and saw that. It sounds pretty cool and reminds me a bit of Ender’s Game.

I definitely think that sort of isolation would be damaging, but maybe not as much as complete isolation. Are they allowed to be friends with each other or do they just exist with each other?

@alia

we’re here for you. 🙂

@seekjustice, I misread what you asked….oops

It’s a new story that I’ve had in my head for a while. Here’s what I told @rochellaine:

Its a sci-fi/dystopian story. The world has been at war for several decades. One of the groups goes around secretly testing kids and then kidnapping the smart ones at 9 to fight as their soldiers. At first the…

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@alia

Awesome 😀

I’d do some research, but I’d hazard to guess that the consequences wouldn’t be good. I think it also depends on what sort of isolation it is. Is it isolation from absolutely everyone? Isolation from everyone but one or two select individuals? Isolation from everything except a group (say, a church)?

I think each of those w…[Read more]

@rochellaine, me too!

@seekjustice, Its going pretty well. I’m almost done with the basic outline, so once I’m done with that I have to research the psychological effects of human isolation on children. know anything on that?

@rochellaine

That’s pretty much how it is 😛 It reminds me of when I try to explain musical plots to my family.

@alia

Awesome! What are you outlining?

@valtmy

Oops, I forgot your new job! Maybe I’ll see you later then 😀

@seekjustice Oh, oh!  I scrolled up a bit and saw the end of your long post to @catwing where you said “to sum up.”  Immediately, this flashed into my brain:

@seekjustice, I’m outlining