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@rochellaine @seekjustice @valtmy @alia @ariel-ashira @dekreel @catwing @daughteroftheking @warrenluther04

I know this is probably an odd time for you all, but I’m writing right now. 🙂

@rochellaine @valtmy

Either of you around today?

@rochellaine

That’s true. My dog was commiserating with me, but he’s gone to sleep now, so I’m back to being miserable alone 😛

I guess it is. I wonder why millenia means thousand when one would assume the word million came from it?

Sure. I might not get it read right now, but I’d definitely love to. (By the way, i saw something on Pinterest, I…[Read more]

@seekjustice @catwing @jenwriter17 @valtmy @dekreel @alia I’m writing!  Anyone want to join me?

@rochellaine @valtmy @jenwriter17 @bluejay

Anyone around? I’m editing/watching Les Mis.

@jenwriter17 You arrived just a little while before I did, then. 🙂  I’ve been meaning to mention this, but kept forgetting…my introductory post was submitted on January 4, 2018! 😀

@seekjustice @dekreel @valtmy @alia @everyone It’s been great meeting all of you, and counting you as friends.  Even though it’s a bit disappointing that KP has b…[Read more]

@seekjustice You and @valtmy have covered my answer to the Mark of the Beast question, which was that as long as you could buy and sell by other means, it wasn’t the Mark.  (I actually asked my brother, and that’s what he said… 😉 )  So, as you say, if it’s just used for identification, that would work fine.

But in response to your comment a…[Read more]

@valtmy

Well, I looked up “The Mark of the Beast” in order to find the reference for it, and American evangelists had a lot to say about “DON’T DO THIS!!! THIS IS THE MARK OF THE BEEEAASST!!!!!” I’m not even exaggerating.

Yes, I would agree with that 🙂 I’m also very wary of people who say “These wars are signalling the end times” or things…[Read more]

@valtmy

I was just reading about it in Revelation 13 (in the actual Bible, not the speculations of American evangelists 😛 ) and yes, it does say either on the right hand or the forehead and that it will either be the name of the Beast, or the number of the Beast (666). So I guess if I make it clear enough that it’s just an identification number…[Read more]

@rochellaine @valtmy

honestly, I don’t know how to get around that “Mark of the Beast” parallel. I certainly don’t want people to think this is some sort of “Left Behind” version of Les Mis (how weird does that sound?) But on the other hand, I think tattoos would be a very useful form of identification. I had the plastic tags in the last draft,…[Read more]

@valtmy

Sorta…I’m writing an outline for it at the moment.

@valtmy

Hello 🙂

@valtmy @rochellaine @ariel-ashira @seekjustice @dekreel @alia @catwing

I’ll be on for a bit, if anyone would like to join me. 🙂

@seekjustice I’m back!

I read your prologue, then read through the discussion you and @valtmy have been having.  I like your conclusions.  I only have two things to add. (that I’ve thought of so far… 😉 )

#1: If they changed their names, Chessy shouldn’t even know her father Jean’s real name as a teenager, should she?  He has changed her na…[Read more]

@valtmy

I think that would be a very fitting career path for you. I’d certainly hire you anyway. 😀

I’m still waiting for P3, but since you assure me that it’s coming along, I shall be obediently patient 🙂

@valtmy

Honestly, all our discussions together are really helpful for my book, even if they do sometimes cause me to despair 😛

@valtmy

Okay, that seems like a pretty easy fix and it makes a lot more sense. I’ll work that in 😀

@jenwriter17

I’m not sure that I will be, since it will be Sunday, but I might have time to chat in the afternoon.

@seekjustice @valtmy @dekreel

Lovin’ all the SFI talk going around, but I sadly cannot join you at the moment. 🙁 I might be on tomorrow, if any of you think you’ll be too.

@valtmy

Another possible I just had was one I saw in a show once, where people registered children who had never been born and then grew them up over the years, and sold the identities to anyone who would pay for them. That could be a very profitable business in a dystopian world.

Yes, I could possibly tweak the order of events. Or else, Jean…[Read more]

@valtmy

*cue despair*

Well, the only thing I can think of now is that he fakes his own death and goes to live in a convent.