Ben Powell

@seekjustice Hello!  Whatcha workin’ on?

@seekjustice Thanks. 🙂 I’ll be thinking about joining SE.  I think the discussions there would probably be useful.  In fact, I was just reading one about a question I had recently.  Did you see the topic about whether a villain is necessary?  I have a couple stories which don’t contain a specific villain, but only an antagonistic situation, or…[Read more]

@seekjustice Thinking back, though, I think I’ve managed to have only quite short and reasonable discussions about magic on KP, so I might be able to get along.  I don’t remember getting into any really long serious discussions on the forums.  All the long discussions I can remember were rants and jokes about things most of us agreed on.

@seekjustice Yeah, I was just on Story Embers reading some of the threads.  It looks like a lot of fun.  And I guess it isn’t really all that much bigger than KP used to be.  At least it doesn’t seem so.

The biggest problem other than the actual size of the place is the fact that most of the people there seem to be into fantasy and magic, wh…[Read more]

@seekjustice That is quite interesting.  I think I can count on one hand the number of males I have conversed with on KP.  Let’s see…Daeus, Sam, Ben, Leumeister…yup!  That’s all I can think of.  Oh, and Josiah, of course.  But that’s still on only one hand! 😛

Oh really?  I would be very interested in reading a story of yours that didn’…[Read more]

@seekjustice Hahahaha!!  That is hilarious. 😛  And nearly inconceivable.  How could it be possible that you wrote an entire story in which no one died??

That reminds me of how my first couple of fifteen-page “books” were in the fantasy genre complete with a giant, (who had some sort of flying saucer on his head on which a city of people li…[Read more]

@seekjustice Oh, whoops.  I meant twentieth century fiction, not just stuff from 1900-1909. 😛  But I guess I am mostly talking about stuff from about 1900-1950.

Haha, I would hope not. 😀 So Zac is alive.  You know what?  I’m still excited about that.

some sort of melodramatic gothic romance heroine

Oh right.  You like Northanger Abbey. :P…[Read more]

@seekjustice @daughteroftheking

*reads above posts*

…am I the only Kapeefer who is not on SE now? 😮

@daughteroftheking I wouldn’t necessarily use the word “realistic” in describing them.  I’d probably say “sensationalistic” and “melodramatic.”  You didn’t miss much. 😛

There is no better genre than his-fic, though.  None.

@seekjustice I agree, they were both wrong about a lot of things.

I’ve heard/read many references to Elsie Dinsmore in 19…[Read more]

@seekjustice Frankly, I would be extremely wary of reading any books you wrote to little kids. 😉

@seekjustice Thankfully my mom didn’t waste her money on the full set. 😛

The one thing I disagree with about the article is the part where it says Elsie has no right to think for herself against her father.  I do think eight-year-olds are often mature enough to read the Bible for themselves and come to their own conclusions, and I like what her…[Read more]

@seekjustice I have read the first three Elsie Dinsmore books.  I read the first two when I was very young and absolutely adored them.  And I reread them, tears streaming down my face every time.  When I came back to them as I grew older and when I read the third book I realized they weren’t what I had remembered.

This article actually sums up a…[Read more]

@seekjustice Haha! 😛  That seems rather annoying, to say the least.

It’s, uh, coming along. 😉  It’s in a very different style from anything I’ve written before, so I’ve been researching how to write this style, and trying to decide if it’s worth it, but the idea is so good I’m not giving up that easily.  Hopefully it continues to…come al…[Read more]

@ariel-ashira Okay.  Bye!

Anyone else, I’ll be on and off for the next couple of hours, so tag me if you arrive. 🙂

@ariel-ashira A mixture of old stuff from the 50s/60s.  Right now it’s Robert Goulet, a 60s Broadway star.  Ever heard of him?

@ariel-ashira Trying to work on Daughter of Judas and getting distracted listening to music instead. 😀

@ariel-ashira I’m sorry!  I got distracted. 😉

What are you working on? (if you’re even still here…)

Is anyone here yet?  @seekjustice @valtmy @catwing @jenwriter17

@kaya-young  Sweet, thanks.

AAAA, another ENFP?? XD *hi-fives back*

Yay, @kaya-young!! I can’t wait to take a look! Could you provide a link for us? 😀