Hello to everyone who is on this forum... I heard about this from Willow Wenial at a youth retreat and decided to check it out... The site looks really neat, so I'll be looking around and seeing all the stuff here...

...not sure if I am supposed to put any other info here : P If I am, just tell me and I (might) supply the information : P

Ok. There's my first post.

Hullo, Aratrea! Welcome to Holy Worlds!

Welcome Aratrea. I hope we help you to grow in your writing and in your faith. If you need help, PM me (or anyone else, I'm sure they'd be willing to help).

Welcome to HWs! We rock...

Welcome to Holy Worlds!

Who are your favorite authors?

Welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay here.

Do you have any particular direction you wish to go with writing?

@Jonathan Garner: Some of my favorite authors are Wayne Thomas Batson, Bryan Davis, Stephen Lawhead, and Christopher Paolini.

@MadeFree92: I've written a couple novels and am looking into finishing/revising my current one and then looking into querying literary agents about it.

Haha! *hugs* So glad you made it over here.

Welcome to HW! Glad you decided to join our lovely mayhem!

What are your hobbies? What do you like to do other than writing?

Welcome! So what genres have you written in?

@Celestria: Read, but that probably goes without saying with the people on this forum : P I also like to play board games, try to learn how to program in a computer language, and competing in NCFCA, a speech and debate organization, during the school year.

@Lycanis Mimetes: I have done one longer work as sci-fi, but I mostly do fantasy given that I'm much more familiar with that genre.

Awesome. I think I've written more sci-fi than fantasy, but that will soon change.

Welcome to Holy Worlds! What kind of retreat did you attend? I've attended on called TEC (Teens Encounter Christ) and it's a blast!


~Calen

The youth retreat I went to is TFY--Theological Foundations for Youth. It's a two week retreat that my church denomination's seminary puts on for soon-to-be high-school seniors where we have a lot of lectures on what our denomination teaches as well as practical ministry opportunities.

What Denomination are you?

What did you think of Paolini's Inheritance?

Interesting, I hope all goes well as you revise your manuscript. I also hope we can provide any assistance that you might need.

@Astronomer: I am from the RPCNA (Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America). You?

Also, are you referring to Paolini's Inheritance Series as a whole, or the book Inheritance, which was the last in the series?

@MadeFree92: Yeah, same... If I manage to get myself to revising it some time soon... *glares at the still unfinished manuscript that has been accumulating dust as he has been neglectful in adding to the story : P

Welcome to Holy Worlds!

I was referring to the last book (otherwise I would have said Inheritance Cycle ).

I am from the Brethren in Christ. It's similar to the Mennonites and Amish, though a bit less conservative.

Ah, ok.

I actually liked Inheritance, though I know a lot of people didn't. I was really happy that Paolini didn't choose to have Eragon marry/finally win over Arya, as that would have seemed to not have fit well with their characters. I also was happy to have a surprise at the vault of souls, as I was expecting Eragon to find a lot of Eldunari. And the way he killed Galbatoreaux was neat and unexpected--which most good last battles have.

My one major disappointment in Inheritance was the lack of important people who died : P I know that Islanzadi died, but really, no reader cared much about her : P And though I would have been really sad to see a beloved character go (I was so sad when Angela was presumed dead), I felt like it was a bit unrealistic that every important character managed to survive...

I also felt the whole menoa tree thing was kind of lame, but...

There are my thoughts. I liked it a lot overall... If only Paolini could actually force himself to write faster...

Welcome to HolyWorlds, Aratrea! *hands piece of pie*