Amanda Fischer

@kate-flournoy YES! I read this one almost exactly a year ago, actually, and I loved it too. It’s one of those books that really makes you think, and I can honestly say a year later, it has made me treasure freedom of speech and writing more. It has helped me not take those freedoms for granted.

Glad you loved it! 🙂 Philosophers unite!

Also, @d…[Read more]

1. The Hobbit
2. Charlotte’s Web
3. Ender’s Game

Thanks for the tagging, as always, @daeus! Ummm…Charlotte’s Web sounds good actually. 😛

Also, @hannah-krynicki I knew you looked familiar. XD CP-ers unite!

*is late to the party and wasn’t asked but*

That is seriously a perfect name, Hope. I love it!

Sorry, I forgot to mention earlier that I’ll be sitting out this round. 🙂 Happy studying to the rest of y’all!

@daeus You’re good! I need to remember to check this more often.

Well, looks like Animal Farm has been decided, but here were my votes (for future reference):

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
3. Black Beauty

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
3. Black Beauty

Thanks for tagging me. I tend to forget I haven’t checked KP in forever, then it emails me when someone tags me and I’m like “Oh hey, that’s right, KP forums are a thing.”

😛

Anyway, this sounds like a cool idea! I’m not sure I could commit to it in this season of life, but it is definitely something I’ve thought about before and it’s true, you…[Read more]

It has occurred to me before that Australians and Floridians share a certain kinship around Christmas weather. 😛

Hey Australians, do y’all find the songs that talk about snow and such as ridiculous as we do? 😉

(To the rest of you, imagine listening to/singing songs like “Jingle Bells” and “Let it Snow” while sweating as you haul out the…[Read more]

Ahem! Thank you to whoever tagged me, because I had no clue this discussion existed.

Hi. I am originally from North Carolina, and I would like to protest that it is a beautiful state, despite the smallish bit of snow in the Piedmont region. 😛 (There is plenty of snow in the mountains…) Also, I do know why it is called the Tar Heel State! (Yay…[Read more]

Awesome! I usually forget ads even exist now, haha. Glad you like it!

I’m a bit late to the party, but I looked at the homepage, and I think the “get published” and “categories” especially are kind of buried at the bottom.

This is kind of unrelated to the original topic, but Sarah, have you tried using AdBlock? https://adblockplus.org/ My family uses it and it’s really helpful.

Absolutely, skin is skin. I’m thinking more along the lines of ethnical differences here.

Sounds like we’re all in agreement that the best way (and perhaps only good way) this works is if it’s actually a part of the concept. My question is, is there any reason we “should” intentionally work on developing stories of this type? Or should we just…[Read more]

I’m with you all–I think he has a point about diversity being realistic, but I don’t think it’s as simple as just shoving a bunch of different characters in there for the sake of it. A lot of it does depend on the story. Like Anna said, “If your story is set in China, most likely everyone will be Chinese.”

What do y’all think about…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing, David. There were two ebooks on the list that I’d heard of and wanted to read, so it’s useful so far. We’ll see how much else of it is.

Ooooh, great topic. I think Daeus is really onto something–situation is probably the funniest of all.

I have a friend who is really good at humor. I dug up a few of his posts on the topic from his blog. Here you go:

How to Break Things with Humor: http://liamwood.org/2013/12/17/how-to-break-things-with-humor/
Multilevel Humor:…[Read more]