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  • Writers Corner Re: A Little Whimsical in the Brain Pan

    Wow. I haven't posted anything here in awhile. Writerly Things > Guttersnipe -- I am working on chapter five, hopefully I will finish it very, very soon. I also edited ...

    Jan 13, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sci-Fi Help

    The others have given you some really great help. I wrote awhile back a Soapbox on Science Fiction and Fantasy, it might help you out: Cal Soapbox #5 Good luck. ...

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Emerald Hearts

    *Does a Little Dance!* Wiggy, you know I love it already. :D Wiggy you might want to research what would happen to Peter more. It might be more likely that ...

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Stuck on Descriptions

    You could perhaps describe the two white dragons differently by size. That's the best I could come up with. ;)

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Writing Resolutions

    > Finish a novel. Really any one of the six million of them would be fantastic. Even just the first draft. With whip cream and cherries on top. > Revise ...

    Jan 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sidestepping Mary Sewage

    Huzzah, Sam! Great article about Mary Sewage. EVERY ACTION HAS A CONSEQUENCE. This is an excellent point to bring up, though no more excellent than the others, but I deal ...

    Dec 23, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Horrors of Lecraesa

    Hon, Love your titles as always. ' Children ' sounds like fun. I've just finished a huge proper crit of Chapter 4 of Flames. After getting all my work done ...

    Oct 28, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Mesh *gasp* writes!

    It involves giant crickets (Sami will remember that, I think), and vampire ants. That sounds absolutely fab. :P Ta, Cal.

    Oct 23, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: The Timing of Conflict

    Dreamy, I think it depends on how you are writing, are you going for character-driven or plot driven. For me, Guttersnipe is character-driven, so the huge, massive conflict-ness doesn't come ...

    Oct 20, 2007
  • Research Re: Potato Famine in Ireland...

    Wiggy! Yay, you are working on it again. You know I'm all ears for any questions you've got. I rout around for some more pictures than the ones from before. ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Critiquing Etiquette?

    Firstly, when critiquing steer clear of thinking of it as from the author's POV, but as the narrator's POV. We, as writers, do put a helluva lot in our work ...

    Oct 13, 2007
  • Writing Tutorials Re: Something Wicked This Way Comes

    I don't really write Horror either, but I find it fascinating and I employ it in other things I write. The title? Ray Bradbury, actually from his novel: Something Wicked ...

    Oct 5, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Matt's Little Writing Corner

    I love dealing with twins. Sounds like fun. ;)

    Oct 5, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: recommend me something

    Here's some suggestions, hon. New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney Isobel Dixon @ Poetry International Web The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats @ Amazon The Collected Poems of Emily ...

    Oct 2, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Sword Fights

    Is it a staged fight or match? Or is it a fight to the death sort of thing? Or fight to the first injury? I am amidst writing a dueling ...

    Sep 28, 2007


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