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  • NovMo Archives Re: NaNoWriMo Desktop Count Down

    Blink, what do you mean by "a load of zeros" - was there an error? oooor? I should specify more :) Basically, the timer's just all zeros where the countdown ...

    Oct 8, 2008
  • NovMo Archives Re: NaNoWriMo Desktop Count Down

    You need to download and install the program otherwise it really won't work at all. The whole point is to have the program. The file is just a skin I ...

    Oct 8, 2008
  • NovMo Archives Re: Is Non-Fiction Allowed?

    Not sure, first time myself. But then again, it is National NOVEL Writing Month, so I don't know. Browse their website, it should have the answer. But, argumentatives? ...What?

    Oct 8, 2008
  • NovMo Archives Re: What's your NaNo '08 about?

    These are all really cool! My own... Times done NaNoWriMo: 0 '08 NaNo Name: Milkman Genre: Children's Fantasy Plot Idea: Guy called "Milkman" and his arch-rival "Postman" team together to ...

    Oct 7, 2008
  • Writing Activities Re: Define that Simile!

    I thought this might be fun: Post a simile, can be as random you like, but then the next person has to define it, namely, explain why it's true. Then ...

    Oct 6, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Lol, that makes sense :)

    Oct 6, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    He got the young reading again. That is a great thing. I would put that down to Miss Rowling :wink: And she did it unintentionally. And I acctually think that ...

    Oct 5, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Saying that dwarfs in stories are cliche is the same thing as saying that humans are cliche or that elves are cliche, orks are cliche... I could go on forever. ...

    Oct 5, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    The fact that there are dwarves in it is clichéd. Full stop. (BTW did you know that they actually lived mostly above ground before Galbitorix. *gasp* They usually only lived ...

    Oct 3, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Sure, and I bet you never derive anything from any other book. :roll: "Eragon" just has more similarities to other books than usual. I have heard that argument countless times, ...

    Oct 2, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Traitor. :P I personally see it as the other extreme. He's trying to imitate Tolkien but it's not working. Does he understand why Tolkien was praised at all? I see ...

    Oct 2, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Ye I agree. A friend today suggested (well, yelled) to me that the only reason I hate him is, well, out of jealousy. He doesn't deserve my 'jealousy'. Although, to ...

    Sep 29, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    I'd advice against the 'everyone does it' stance. Why? Because it's like an inventor saying everything's been invented. You think it's right to steal other people's ideas, then get famous/infamous ...

    Sep 27, 2008
  • Media Reviews Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Marketing, that seems to be it. If the entire world knows about it then I'm sure he will find a few fans somewhere. Eragon, Roran, and Saphira attack the Ra'zac ...

    Sep 22, 2008
  • Art & Photography Re: Cool pictures.

    Well, there are loads :D I will take a look at a few since I'm a little laid down right now, looking for ways to procrastinate not writing my novel ...

    Sep 10, 2008


I have lived through much, and now I think I have found what is needed for happiness. A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good... then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor - such is my idea of happiness.
— Leo Tolstoy