Ben Powell

@seekjustice Want to come over here and write? 🙂  I’m planning to do so now instead of hopping around the forums like we’ve been doing for the last hour or so. 😀

@seekjustice Okay. 🙂  Yeah, that’s why I was asking you about those books, because I wasn’t sure if they portrayed Australia accurately.  I think they did, but I’m not sure.  And yes, I realize that a lot of the prisoners were falsely accused.  That particular series, in fact, is about a boy whose father was falsely accused and sent to Botany Bay…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha!  But that wouldn’t really make sense with the rest of the description, since it’s all about how awesome and terrifying the beast is. 😀  So why use a sapling?  If his tail isn’t impressive, just don’t mention it!

Ah, okay.  Notes taken: An Australian may understand the word “sofa” but will never use it.

You may note your…[Read more]

@seekjustice Why?  I actually don’t really know the phrase except as the title of the series. 🙂  Is it an insult or something?

Well, technically there’s the Botany Bay part of your history, which would explain why the people weren’t originally very nice. 🙂 (I’m not saying that to offend you.  You can say as many bad things about American hi…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Oh, thank you!  I’m so glad you liked it.  😀  *notes to let you know when I do publish that poem book* 🙂

@seekjustice Oh, and while I don’t know much about bushrangers, I like them, too.  Have you read the Adventures Down Under series by Robert Elmer?  Is that series accurate?  If so, I can say I enjoyed it immensely. 🙂

@seekjustice Oh yes!  I always find it funny that people try to say the behemoth is an elephant or hippo, because I have seen several elephants and hippos, and read about them extensively, but never have I heard of one with a tail as big as a tree. 😀

Wait…you don’t use the word “sofa?”  Haha. 🙂  Just “couch,” huh?  At least you knew what it…[Read more]

@ethryndal Yes, what @seekjustice said.  They were one of the reasons God chose to Flood the earth.  Children of demons and humans are evil, obviously. 🙂

@seekjustice 😀 😀 But actually, just like the code of the knights was idealistic and none of them really followed it but Arthur and Galahad, (completely get rid of Lancelot.  I don’t think he even tried. 😀 ) so is this code the code of the idealistic cowboy.  True historic cowboys had faults like normal people.

However, if you do study A…[Read more]

@bekreations Oh, thanks! 😀 I was considering suggesting something like that, but wasn’t sure how to put it together.  You did great!

@seekjustice Cool!  🙂  Yeah, actually I interchange the words “dragon” and “dinosaur” in much the same way as you would “couch” and “sofa.”  To me they’re the same thing, so that’s actually what I meant.  The Bible mentions a fire breathing creature of the same size and physical characteristics of a dinosaur in a couple of different places, so…[Read more]

@ariel-ashira Whoops!  I’ve been expecting this to happen since the topic started: two of us posted at the same time.

What do we do now? 🙂

“Here,” I whisper, “its behind this pile of stones in a sack.”

Akira nods and we start loosening the rocks sealing the stone’s hiding place.  As the enemy creeps steadily closer, we finally break through the barrier.  I grab the sack and peek inside to affirm it is still safe.  The stone, no larger than my palm, glows a soft grey.  I close the s…[Read more]

@ariel-ashira Praying for you!

And don’t worry about it not being about writing.  People post prayer requests here all the time.  I did, myself, a few days ago.

@sleepwalkingmk Oh, those are some good ones you’ve seen! 🙂  (I actually haven’t seen all of them yet.  But I’ve seen at least clips of all of them.)

Maybe this will make you feel better about the old westerns:

(As I said before, I don’t like John Wayne either. 🙂 ) Gene Autry and Roy Rogers had a much cleaner style.  I don’t remember whe…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Oh, did you cry too?  I cried.  Even though I’d read it before, and knew what would happen, I still cried.  And if I read it again – and I probably will – I’ll cry again.

@seekjustice

@sleepwalkingmk Thank you for agreeing with me! 😀  (I like it when people agree with me. [Is there anyone who doesn’t like it when people agree with them?] 🙂 )

*hands out white carnations* *weeps* I’m sorry, I’m busy today and won’t be able to attend your funeral. But I’m not convinced you actually died.  Couldn’t you possibly be only mostly dead?

@sam-kowal Okay, let me back up. 😀  When I said Pilgrim’s Progress was the original fantasy work I didn’t necessarily mean it was the first fantasy work, since I haven’t researched the area of fantasy very extensively.  I do consider it at least one of the first fantasy works, and perhaps the first major one.

The difference between it and …[Read more]

@daughteroftheking  Awesome! Thanks 😉

@sleepwalkingmk Oh, I didn’t notice where you said you’d “had bad experiences with some of them.”  So I just thought I’d let you know that though I haven’t watched any recently made westerns, and the only modern romance ones I’ve seen are a couple badly made Hallmark movies, I can tell you for a fact that the sci-fi genre is a very different…[Read more]