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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


I always knew that deep down in every human heart, there is mercy and generosity. No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom