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Have mercy, that's a lot of replies! Thanks, guys! LilyReagan - Aw, thanks! Yeah, I really love doing first-person, so it's fun for me to get inside more than one ...

Thanks, spiral! That's quite a compliment. It was really bits and pieces of both, though; some sections were reworked several times, other paragraphs stand exactly as they came out the ...

JFW - The toe thing came from when she was kicking the Colosseum and actually ended up breaking her toe. The title comes from the unreliable service that Mattie had ...

You two are generally my favorite people in the universe. Seriously, though, y'all's critique make me giggle and clap and want to write more. If not for Calculus and a ...

If this was ever recorded, I want it on a CD. NOW.

Church - I was in Rome over Spring Break, so I've actually been to the spot at the Colosseum mentioned in the story. I also have a sister at West ...

Hey, Church, thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad you recognized that this wasn't about the war itself, but about the men and women fighting in it. I appreciate your ...

See you never know how much something really means to you untill you lose it. Definitely. I have a thing about appreciating family, and it always seems to manifest itself ...

Thanks Camille, thanks Izzy. Comments are always appreciated. :D

I am pathetic at critiquing poetry, and in the face of your poetry and I rendered utterly helpless. This is one of my favorites of yours now, I think. Oh, ...

Brilliant. One of those books that makes me wish I was smarter. XD

Oh wow, gummy, this is old! But it's still very pretty, nonetheless, per your usual standard. Title's cool too. :)

Ooh, one of my all-time favorites. I think I've read it four times now. Homer's brilliant.

I realize that you didn't change the capitalization of the title yourself, but I just wanted to let you know that I saw this in the new posts and noticed ...

A beautiful piece about true love in its most perfect form. 'Mazing, Matt, just amazing.