Ben Powell

@seekjustice Ummm, which Joseph?  There were two important ones.  I’m assuming you mean the one from Genesis, not the one from Matthew and Luke?

Yeah, I would never think of crushing on most of the characters in the Bible, no matter how much I admire them.  But for some reason Jonathan really appeals to me as a man, not just a hi…[Read more]

ALSO that is happening 5 AM my time… haha. Doesn’t look like I’ll make it.

@clairec Thanks for letting me know!! The program looks pretty awesome. Money-wise, I’m not sure…

@inkling-for-christ Aw yes Faramir is awesome! 🙂 🙂

So far the only book crushes I remember are Brambleclaw from Warriors (only towards the end of the fourth series) and Jason from Percy Jackson – which is weird because both of them have POVs somewhere in the series. I don’t get that “oh they are so heroic” feeling when I read from their POVs,…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart This would depend on how similar the characters are to one another, and how often they show up. If you have up to 7-10 characters that stay with the reader the entire plot, it shouldn’t be too bad, especially if you give them each distinct names and defining characteristics. As for the rest of the recurring characters, if they…[Read more]

Getting back to the original topic…Has anyone read The Courtship of Miles Standish?  I really loved John Alden in that because the poor guy had to fight it out with himself about whether to help his best friend court the girl that he was actually in love with himself.

I also adore Peter in Not Regina.

And I’ve always wondered: Is it sa…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart Oh, I had this same problem with one of my books… 🙂

Since this is a series you are writing, the easiest way to do it without confusing the readers might be to make only a few characters the important ones in each book.  If the others are background characters in one book, and then they become important characters in another…[Read more]

@ariella-newheart  Good question! I have struggled with the exact same thing in my KPA (that’s Kapeefer Adventure, sort of like the LOKD). I guess it depends on the series: How long it is, and when and where your MC(s) are traveling. If you have to put in all your recurring characters, you could either alter the characters so they fit each scene,…[Read more]

@clairec Haha!  No, I was speaking figuratively.  There’s no specific “marriageable age.”  😀

However, my dad is from the Middle Eastern culture, and marriage and grandchildren are very important to him, and to all of us.  After all, “children are a blessing.” 🙂  The way we figure it is a guy is “ready” to get married when he has a good job with…[Read more]

@jenwriter17  Probably not tomorrow, but I should be available on the weekend

@rochellaine  @seekjustice  @clairec  @dragon-snapper  @jenwriter17  @aislinn-mollisong

*peeks in*  Anyone still here?

@kaya-young  Good topic idea! Let’s see…. The most recent thing I can think of is Shakespeare’s play, Richard III. I haven’t read Act 5, though, so no spoilers X)

Whoops! Wrong tag.  @warrenluther04

@warrenluthor04 WOW!  Those are amazing names!  I’m afraid I can’t pronounce Ualair, though.  Is it pronounced like a Hawaiian name?  Or a European name?  Or is the pronunciation entirely original? 😀

@seekjustice @jenwriter17 @kaya-young @ingridrd @notawriter @dekreel

So, I think I’m going with Oliver, since it has the majority.  I still haven’t decided on a title for the book yet, but will probably go with Blueberria, Blueberries for Oliver, or A Ticket to Blueberria.

However, I tried to edit the name into the book but couldn’t figure out…[Read more]

@clairec  Oopssss…

@ariella-newheart  Page 31, not page 37

@seekjustice Awww, thanks. 😀  I can’t wait!

Inner logician: Well actually, that phrase never made sense to me, because obviously the person saying it will be forced to wait, and therefore can wait.  If I truly couldn’t wait it would be necessary for me to die before the time to read your book came upon us.  The phrase “I can’t wait” should only…[Read more]

@clairec Oh, we’ve worried about the same thing!  We have thousands of books in our library, many of which were birthday and Christmas gifts for various of our thirteen siblings.  Now that five of us are marrying age( 😀 ) we have kind of reached an agreement with our anxious younger siblings that any books gotten while at home stay with our p…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper 🙂 yeah.  That’s also why we don’t use our real names, right?  😀  I understand.  Talk to you later!

@rochellaine XD Yep! It’s quite amusing, although I have a strange case of internet paranoia, so I probably won’t confess anything. 😉 😛 If you know what I mean…

@seekjustice No, thanks for rambling. That is actually really helpful!

And I think I’m going to sign out now. I wrote 797 to my novel, and a beginning of a blog post. Now… I have…[Read more]