Especially for LDS and Friends! (Forum) http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums.php/item_id/1127078-Especially-for-LDS-and-Friends Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I'll message him first, asking some general questions like if he's familiar with the genre, who his target audience is, and his motivation for writing. I'll let you all know how it goes. Feywriter aka Emerald Enchantress ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:14:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2217089 Renegade's suggestions seem to be a good way to handle the situation... I'd very much like to know how things turn out! Good luck, and I'll pray for you. -Mariah :) [Image #1753830] [Image #1681198] [Link To Item #knights] Refresh to see more i...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:00:42 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2217067 I agree with Duchess. Don't pass. As you pointed out, you are his target audience (so he claims) more so than anyone else in that group. He needs to know that ex-members are NOT a good resource to understand most LDS readers. Nor are they a good source for understanding our doctrine. He needs to seriously do some research and researching ANTI stuff i...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:23:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2217027 I would comment on both areas separately. Review the novel as is. Give critical feedback on style, plot, etc. Be as thorough as possible, while encouraging at the same time so he doesn't grow bitter about any of your comments and decided to ignore you on the doctrine aspect. Then include notes on the spiritual aspect. I'd send the comments ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:14:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2217019 Definitely do not skip on commenting. He needs to understand that God doesn't second-guess anything and that nobody is more important than the Savior and God Himself. I'd suggest a private message first, then gently broach the subject when it's brought up at the next meeting. Especially if you're the only LDS member of the group. You'll be setting...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:01:44 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2216992 Earlier this year, I joined a brand new local writers group. There's about seven of us. One of the members just posted the prologue of his novel JACOB'S LADDER. He said that he writes LDS fiction, but is not LDS himself. He takes his experience from an ex-wife who was a member. I think I'm the only LDS member in the group. His prologue ma...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:16:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2216957 I'm doing NaNo, too! Not going to the Conference Center for General Conference, but I went yesterday for the Relief Society broadcast. -Mariah :) [Image #1209085] [Link To Item #knights] Refresh to see more images! [Image #1659647...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:47:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2141938 Welcome Duchess! So how have things been in the Fantasy Keep. I miss those guys! I spent years in there, but have just had too many commitments to be active in that workshop too. So, anyone else doing NaNo this year? This year it looks like I'm going to try my hand at an actual LDS book (my usual stuff has been all fantasy to this point). I ac...[Read Full Post] Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:14:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2140861 Hi, Duchess! Yes, the images do link to the group. Actually, the "I'm a Latter-day Saint" image links to this forum, while the "I'm LDS RU2?" image links to the group page ( [Link To Item #1127073] ). -Mariah :) [Image #1681198] [Link To Item #knights] R...[Read Full Post] Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:03:54 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2140319 Gasp! An LDS group! Hallelujah! Ren, thanks for having that image and your group in your signature for me to find when I was about to post in the NaNoWriMists forum. I'm definitely stopping by again and again. And of course using one of those images in my sig! Do the images link back to this group? Hello everybody! Glad to know you! Be cool and keep wri...[Read Full Post] Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:21:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2140035 Hi, all! I wanted to invite you all to join a new group I have been working on: [Link To Item #knights] . In this group, we stand up for virtue and goodness in our writing and in our lives. Please take a look at this item to see if you would be willing to join. Thanks! -Mariah :) [Image #1209085...[Read Full Post] Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:58:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2107654 I tend towards the fairy-tales sort of fantasy. :) -Mariah :) [Image #1209085] [Link To Item #knights] [Image #1619605] In loving memory of my big brother, Jordan Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:41:19 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2103158 Very true - that was much of my pull toward the market. I really didn't want people encouraging or wanting me to write immorality or graphic violence. This is the first time that I've run into it with writers. I don't regret it and it doesn't change much. I still plan to try and find a place in the general market. I'm not afraid of...[Read Full Post] Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:16:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2103085 It's not something I've experienced personally in the writing community, but it is something I've heard about, and it kind of makes me nervous. Especially since it would be easier to publish a--erhm--moral book within the Christian community... -Mariah :) [Image #1679007] [Image #16...[Read Full Post] Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:38:14 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2102004 A while back I joined a Christian Speculative fiction blog group. We blog together. Although some of the group knew that I was LDS from the start, some just discovered it. I don't make an issue out of my denomination, but then no one asked and no one else has declared their specific churches. Well, that is well and fine except that in some eyes, Morm...[Read Full Post] Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:40:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2101986 Welcome! I'm thrilled that you have found joy and hope in the Gospel and are getting baptized. Good luck. I was raised in the Church, but my Father didn't join until I was about 4 years old. I have two older half-sisters who are not members and long ago were taught to hate and fear "Mormons and their religion". Both of my Grandfathers ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:39:52 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2018621 Hello Everyone, My name is Sara. I'm joining a ward in my state of Pennslyvania. I'm so incredibly excited to be baptized. The church has been such an inspiration to me. It's brought a lot of negative feelings from my family. I was wondering if any of you have been converts with the same experience? How are your family situations now? I fe...[Read Full Post] Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:47:29 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/2018096 lol! That is so cute! J.H. Schmidt Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:40:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1961142 I have three boys; ages 11, 5 and 3. My 11 year old has really gotten into singing this past year through his preparation for and participation in a 5th grade choir that performed at my old high school a few months ago. His constant singing rubbed off on my 5 year old and he started to want to sing more and more. Despite our best efforts to teach him a v...[Read Full Post] Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:35:53 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1957162 For those who don't live in Utah, I thought I'd post a link to this new section of the Deseret News: [Link: 'http://mormontimes.com/'] We get this included with our daily newspaper here along the Wasatch Front. I quite enjoy the regular columnists, especially Orson Scott Card and Jerry Johnston. Enjoy!...[Read Full Post] Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:24:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1954191 Thanks. That helps. ~Emerald Enchantress [Link To Item #1197651] [Image #1197653] [Image #6000] [Image #1500956] [Image #1232129] Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:28:48 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1922983 I think about 15 minutes is the average for a talk. And the first 1-3 can be dedicated to discussing your family, how you and your husband met, a bit about your kids, etc. If you can tell a story that ties in to your talk, all the better! The last minute or so for testimony bearing, which gives you only 10 minutes or so to fill with actual ta...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:20:31 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1922079 We moved a few weeks ago, and I've been approached by the bishopric to speak Sunday. It's been many years since I spoke in church. I'm to introduce my family, and speak on a topic of my choosing. We weren't active in our last ward, so it's been a while since I heard a new member introduction talk. How much do I say about my family? Ho...[Read Full Post] Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:08:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1921905 Frankly, I'm leery of the ways that people are using exit poll statistics... why bother to vote anonymously if we're gonna give out statistics for those disappointed by the result to feed on and resent? If they try to understand the why's in order to negotiate or persuade it would be one thing, but all I'm seeing is hate and blame. Yes, they don'...[Read Full Post] Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:59:11 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1817608 Anybody else notice that the group full of people who decry discrimination target the LDS Church. Any action against black churches (who voted 80% on the gay marriage ban) or a Catholic Cathedral or Latino community center? Anyone? Amazing how intolerant they are in the name of tolerance, and against a religious minority at that....[Read Full Post] Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:35:51 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1817600