Stephie

@rae

I’m good for 4 EST as long as it’s not on a Tuesday or a Thursday.

@linus-smallprint

Okay, okay, the kid hugging Charles was really cute, and it worked for the story. I guess I’ll have to respect the author’s wishes now.

Haha I lied, I forgot exactly how busy I am. Babysitting monday nights, extra class tuesdays, choir wednesdays, theatre thursdays, and sometimes youth night on fridays…All I can guarentee is one hour between 9 and 8 at night! Sorry 🙂

@ so many people

Let’s do this! I’m available anytime during the week from 6 am to 7 am or from 4 pm to 9 pm, or on the weekend. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

Maybe we should do it on a day when everyone’s going to be awake, no matter where we are. Like New Year. Or then again, that could be a very bad idea ’cause everyone’s going to be gone off…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

Whoa. There is nothing else in my book that causes it to stand out?!?

There’s a lot that causes your book to stand out. All of the different species you’ve come up with, for example, and the complex characters. The plot is original, your narration is funny and fresh, and thus far it’s a unique story!

We all really just want a…[Read more]

This is how even the people online know I’m tired.

@linus-smallprint

@ellette-giselle

My goodness.

linus-smallprint

Now that I’ve read ellette-giselle ‘s suggestion about a little kid hugging stripe, I can’t stop picturing it. That would be so cute!

@linus-smallprint

Sometimes, just describing other things they’re doing with their body language is helpful. For example, observing a conversation between my sisters that’s going on right now, I can see a lot of things they’re doing that don’t involve looking at one another:

• Blowing bubbles with gum
• Toying with the carpet
• Cupping their…

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@linus-smallprint

I love love love it when characters come together of their own accord! It just makes it so much easier to write about their relationship. I mean, it’s not completely necessary to the story, but it can offer a really great subplot to root for.

@keilah-h

I go to a French school and during COVID, they got really annoyed with us using LOL in the chat. So they taught us to say MDR instead: mort de rire, which means dead from laughing. So I’m used to saying that instead.

@theducktator

The whole duck imitation thing is hilarious!

*Just realized that MDR is a French thing. I’m speaking Frenglish XD. It’s basically LOL

@ellette-giselle

Yeah, the eldest sister thing does kind of suck sometimes. Especially when I mess up over a long period of time (I’m looking at you, twelve year old Stephie) and I’m afraid it’ll rub off on them. And the imitation thing.

Don’t even get me started on the imitation.

BUT I’m the one who’s going to get my own room after the…[Read more]

Also:

I’m really enjoying the book so far!

@linus-smallprint

In some stories, such as the Chronicles of Narnia, it took me a while to figure out that Aslan represented Jesus. In others, Christian allegories and ideas were far harder to spot, such is in The Lord of the Rings, where I didn’t find much until I read the Silmarillion (a sort of prequel). Within your series, I found it very…[Read more]

Oops, sorry @theshadow I forgot to tag you

@theducktator

Oh. You’re absolutely right. *Facepalms*

@esther-c @theducktator @folith-feolin @trailblazer @grcr

Okay! I have finally remembered (or was reminded by The Ducktator) that it is now time to discuss the book! So what did you think? What did you find interesting? Is there anything you’d like to point out?

Also: sorry I took so long.…[Read more]

@keilah-h

No, the formatting seems normal here.

As for dresses, I kinda hate ’em but that doesn’t mean I’m not concerned about being modest. No way. I wouldn’t wear none of that revealing nonsense a lotta kids these days wear if you gave me a thousand bucks.

Same here lol. Bring on the knee-length shorts.

@ellette-giselle

I am very easily…[Read more]

@ellette-giselle

Yeah, I really admire the way you stand up for what you believe. And I think it’s important to actually say what you think, because otherwise it’ll be partially your fault when those around you sin. I remember when I was on the other side of that, and the only thing which brought me back were people who weren’t afraid to call me…[Read more]

@linus-smallprint

Pretty much the same thing as Loopy here — busy and not really online too much lately. I will definitely get caught up here, and I love your book! It’s amazing.

@theducktator @esther-c @folith-feolin @grcr @theshadow

Looks like we’re reading A Basket of Flowers by Christoph von Schmid! 90% of people voted for it. We also didn’t really get many requests to shorten or lengthen the time span to read it, so we’ll stick to a month. Discussions will start August 15th.

Have fun!