Ben Powell

@valtmy Hello!  Unfortunately, my body just decided it’s more tired than I thought it would be and I’m starting to fall asleep.  I’ll try to stay awake for a little while longer, but I won’t be up as late as usual, that’s for sure! 😛

How’s it going?  Sorry I haven’t had a chance to check out the new chapters yet.

@seekjustice Ah, too bad. 🙁  While there are restrictions on what types of fireworks private citizens can use, they’re shot off all the time at public places such as sports games and carnivals and parks.

As you can see, I’m back now. 😀  I’m going to try to get back into the rush I was in this afternoon with my writing.  I wrote way more than us…[Read more]

@seekjustice I actually got called to do fireworks right after posting, so I haven’t been on since then. 🙂

Boy, that was fun!  Are you allowed to do fireworks in Australia?  We’re only allowed to use small ground fireworks, not ones that shoot up into the sky.  If we want to see those we have to go out to some fairground or park where they do th…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ok, so I’ve discovered that he’s not really like Zac after all.  He was a new character, so at my first introduction to him he felt like Zac, but now that I know him better he’s my very own character and not yours. 😛

We’re going to shoot off fireworks soon, but I’m having a really good writing day, and I don’t want to take a…[Read more]

@seekjustice I just had two hours to write in the car on the way to my uncle’s house for our Independence Day celebration.  I was writing another story, (not my western,) and then I realized that my hero was starting to sound exactly like Zac. 😮  Now I’m frantically trying to think of all the ways he won’t be like Zac so he won’t sound like h…[Read more]

@seekjustice Ah, I see. 😀

Yes, I thought Zac was a horrible character when was first introduced to him, as you remember. 😛  I think all of us complained about him after those first couple of chapters.  And now we count him as the best character!

Hm, okay.  Well, I’ll have to refrain from giving an opinion until I read it. 😉  I actually do lik…[Read more]

@seekjustice If Jonas did it, Chessy would listen.  If Jean did it, Chessy would at least try to listen.  But you’re having Sapphire do it?  Chessy’s just going to get mad, isn’t she? 😛

Yes, but that’s the best kind of character.  One you don’t really know until the end of the book when he surprises you.  It was the same way with Kendall.  I tho…[Read more]

@seekjustice The “unequally yoked” conversation??  Oohh!!  Will Jonas do it?? 😉 😉  (He just seems like the kind of guy who would.)

Well, you didn’t mention that it would be the character I’d fall in love with!  I mean, seriously.  You had so many characters, and you had to kill Zac.  But then, the reason I love him so much is because he was w…[Read more]

@seekjustice Hm, I guess they don’t want people cheating if they get near the end and see that they can’t make their goals.

Ah, I see. 😛

Great!! I can’t wait to read them.  I have one more planned right now, but don’t know when I’ll get around to writing it. 😉  Maybe sometime when I need a break from my western.

@seekjustice Aaand, that took longer than I expected.  But I’m back now!  How about you?  Finish your lunch?

I haven’t done enough to really say Camp is going well, but I think I’ll be rolling in the next few days. 🙂

How about you?  How is your editing going?  And are you doing any more fanfics? (which shouldn’t actually be called fanfics beca…[Read more]

@seekjustice 😀

Um, it’s going…better?  I think? 😛  Still slow, but I am back in the storyline.  I mean, I’ve gotten my head back into the story, where it was out since I’d been not writing for a while.  So that’s good.

I’m actually going to step out for about half an hour, so maybe you can eat lunch and then we’ll get back in a bit?

@seekjustice Ok, just tag me when you get back.

@seekjustice Are you around?  I’m going to try to make some progress on my western. 🙂

@valtmy *chuckles nervously* um, yeah.  She actually hasn’t been up to much.  That’s the problem. 😛  But I’ll work on it. 😀

Okay, that’s what I thought.  Now, follow up question: What’s your definition of parody?  Not the dictionary definition, but what do you think when you hear the word “parody?”

@valtmy Wow, haha. 😛  I’m not sure what that means but I think you’re saying I need to update soon.  😛

I have a question.  Your book is supposed to be a romance parody, right?  Or did I get that mixed up with something else?  During my semi-break I kind of lost focus on everyone’s WIPs but SeekJustice’s, so sorry if I’m remembering wrong.

@valtmy I didn’t mean I had that attitude yet, just that I need to have that attitude. 😛

And I was just thinking, I never ended up commenting on your first chapters, did I? 😮

@valtmy I think I have a section almost ready for beta reading too, I just have to accept that it’s not going to be perfect the first time around and that’s why I’m putting it up for you all to read… 😉

@valtmy Same here. 🙂

“Angst is not very fun to write” Hm, maybe you should talk to @seekjustice 😛  She seems to handle it pretty well…

@seekjustice @valtmy I’m on now.  Are either of you working on anything?

@seekjustice Are you going to be around in a little while?  Right now we have a few guests and the girls are chatting in the girls’ room, but we should be going to bed in a bit and I’ll write then.