Zelphia Peterson

@dragon-snapper I have a bit of editing to do, so sure. 🙂 Do you want to go until 1:40?

@dragon-snapper I have a bit of editing to do, so sure. 🙂

@dragonsnapper I have a bit of editing to do, so sure. 🙂

@theliterarycrusader It’s nice to meet you! Welcome to the bestistest place on the internet (YES, I said it first)!
I’m definitely a night owl, too. 🙂 I can never go to bed early, and I can’t sleep during the day (unless I’m really, REALLY tired). 😉

I’m a “Storm” trooper. I (hopefully) have better aim though.

Haha. It’s so true, though. The…[Read more]

@sarah-h I’d love you to do it with me.
Hey that’s awesome. I really want to hunger for His word. I love reading too, so this will be a good chance for me to deny myself and follow Christ.
Well, for me, I’m going to start tomorrow, but I think I’m going to extend my time and and go to the end of September. Will you do that too?

@sarah-h I’d love you to do it with me.
Hey that’s awesome. I really want to hunger for His word. I love reading too, so this will be a good chance for me to deny myself and follow Christ.
Well, for me, I’m going to start tomorrow, but I think I’m going to extend it and go to the end of September. Will you do that too?

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I am going to try something rather hard for me, but I feel like it will be good.
I am not going to read any books except the Bible or Biblical books for the…[Read more]

@Daeus *goes and reads article* This is very well put. In the end, though, I think a lot of it comes down to an individual and their personal relationship with God. I feel that reading books like The Hidden Hand could hinder my relationship with Him because I’m thinking about things that I shouldn’t be instead of things that lead to Him. It might…[Read more]

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.” 😉 Great job!

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.” 😉 <3

@winter-rose I love it, Gabrielle! So funny. I love the ending: “I want to eat it.”

Thank you for the warning!
It may seem strict, but I really feel that some things should be left out of the fiction world- or at least handled very carefully. I don’t want thoughts crossing the minds of my readers like the thoughts that crossed mine when reading The Hidden Hand. Violence doesn’t bother me very much; stealing, thievery, deceit and…[Read more]

Also @Daeus, this was more than where they started. Capitola excusing deceit with Scripture is at the very end of the book, and the prisoner she was releasing didn’t seem to have had a change of heart at all. While it’s true Capitola calmed Old Hurricane somewhat, he never really conquered his temper, and Capitola never felt that the way she…[Read more]

@Daeus I’m not sure I would go quite that far; I value them both. I understand that books can’t always be “squeaky clean” and realistic, but I felt that the Hidden Hand went too far into the realm of evil, especially in revealing the thoughts of the men and their lustful desires. Even though we should not be uninformed about the evils of the…[Read more]

Alright then; here it is. I wrote it a couple of years ago, so the grammar and such isn’t quite up to my current standard, but I think that it conveys the problems I had with it efficiently enough. Let me know if you have any questions!

In The Hidden Hand, Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth tells the story of a young girl named Capitola Black. We…[Read more]

@His-Instrument I’ll read through John with you! I’m not sure how often I’ll be on here, it might be regularly and it might not be. I have quite a busy schedule right now. 😛 😉 John is one of my favorite books though, and a literary study will be good for all of us I think!
I’ll be back later (probably tomorrow since I have class tonight) with…[Read more]

@Daeus The Prisoners of the Sea wasn’t so bad I guess, but I was a little younger and it is one of the gorier ones. I don’t mind sharing my critique on The Hidden Hand; did you want it here, or is there a subject specifically for that somewhere?