Stephaniej

@Rochellaine I’m here. Reading up on RSI at the moment trying to a) get rid of the RSI in my wrist and b) stop it from coming back, especially during NaNo.

Are you planning on trying NaNo this year?

@rochellaine

Hey, what about Patricia St John. Have you read any of her books? I imagine you have.

I did notice a lot of parallels in the Camelot book to Lord of the Rings, but I hadn’t realised that it was meant to be a parody.

Several years ago I was in a production of Alice in Wonderland and we had a dance off with the tap dancers to see who…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Blue and yellow striped dragon sounds familiar but I can’t think what series that is.

I’ve read parts of both the Kingdom series and The Seven Sleepers but I didn’t particularly like either of them 😛

I love Riverdance. I have the CD and I really enjoyed it when my dance teacher and her niece (who was the one giving the Irish…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Ah, fair enough. Those sort of things don’t bother me as much so I guess I’d never noticed it.

What about Edith Nesbitt?

I like watching Irish dancing. I took semi-official classes last year and it was really, really hard. I also like listening to the music.

Though I’ve only seen modern Irish and I haven’t seen any older stuff.

@rochellaine

Alcott never struck me as particularly feminist. What makes you say that?

Have you ever read any Rosemary Sutcliff? I’m not sure whether you’d like them or not, but I love her stories.

I don’t know imagine you’d like many of the myriad of fantasy stories I consume. Or most of Charles Dickens. Have you ever read Elizabeth Gaskall?…[Read more]

@rochellaine

You didn’t tag me so I didn’t realise you responded till just then.

I have explained before that I was never much into girl books. And while I liked Anne of Green Gables, I never adored it.

Mary thinks Dickon is magic, but as far as I know there’s no charms, I’m almost at the end.

I love Little Women! It’s one of my favourite…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I read–or rather my mum read to me–Heidi many years ago. I don’t remember being particularly impressed by it and I kind of lumped it under Pollyanna/Anne of Green Gables/Elsie Dinsmore/What Katy Did and all the other girl books I didn’t like, but I should definitely try it again.

And yes, I’m currently reading it. (and referring…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Ah, my new favourite at the moment is The Secret Garden.

@xonos-darkgrate Writer’s Corner is a free-for-all where we fangirl(boy) over things and argue quite a lot, usually over topics that have nothing to do with writing.

@rochellaine

That’s good. Well, I’m not writing anything yet…but hopefully I will be soon.

@rochellaine Heeelloo!

Sorry I didn’t talk much over the weekend. I was crazily busy.

@xonos-darkgrate

Welcome back! I remember you, but I’m not sure that you would remember me.

@ariel-ashira

I honestly think this is a matter for your conscience. Some Christians feel comfortable writing/reading books with swearing, others don’t. I personally choose not to add in curse words because I just don’t see the point. I think it also depends on who you’re writing for. Middle grade, for example, I don’t think should ever have…[Read more]

@ariel-ashira

Oh, that’s so sad! We just had to put our pony down so I know what it feels like. I’ll be praying for your sister and your family.

@rochellaine

Okay, I’ll put the rest of the series on my Christmas wish list 😛

I know. I didn’t know she was brilliant. But did she have a daughter who wrote too? It might have been her daughter’s books.

Oooh, the Bounty is an Australian thing!

@rochellaine

Yep, I managed to find them all on Koorong.

I’ll definitely have to see if I can find the rest of those 😀

I would love to speed-read through your library 😛

I think I had some of Grace Livingston Hill’s books, but unfortunately I had to cull them. Whoops 😛 (But hey, I have so many books that my bookcases are bursting at the…[Read more]

@rochellaine

I have the first two Viking Quest books and I enjoyed them when I read them several years ago. Do you know how many more there are in the series?

Oh, I’ve got one of Robert Elmer’s books too! A Way Across the Sea I think it’s called, and I really, really like that one. I’ve never got anymore of his books because they aren’t in p…[Read more]

@rochellaine

Okay! I’ll see you later 😀

@rochellaine

Yep, that’s what I mean. I really want some modern stuff which isn’t romance, but I know you mostly read older books, so I don’t mind if you’re suggestions are older.

(It was a few days ago. Sunday/Saturday maybe?)

@rochellaine

Just frustrating and I need to learn not to make mountains out of molehills. *Sigh*

Ah yes, I’d love that list! You were also going to suggest a few modern his-fics too, because you mentioned you’d read some good ones (and bad ones too, but I’m not interested in them 😛 )

@jenwriter17

Sorry Jen that I never got back to you (happy birthday by the way)

I think the numbers already posted are a good fit. It needs to be small, but there obviously needs to be enough people to give a variety of criticism. As to actually making it, I’m not really sure. I would suggest looking into something like Google hangouts (though…[Read more]