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  • Fiction Discussion Re: Racial slurs?

    I agree with everyone else. It doesn't really matter, as long as it contributes to the character/setting/etc. Using slurs randomly, that don't contribute to your story, will look out of ...

    Jul 25, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    [spoiler]Does anyone have the desire to know which character got a reprieve? I have a feeling that Lupin and Tonks may have been the unlucky two to have their fates ...

    Jul 24, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: When writing....

    Lately, I seem to get most of my inspiration for ideas from song titles. Also, other books can, I find, be a good starting block for an idea, the shell, ...

    Jul 24, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter & Inheritance- Opinions Wanted!!

    Whence does indeed show a remarkably... enthusiastic(!) insight into how the rest of us feel. The Inheritance trilogy is also not lagging behind and has already proven its popularity. It ...

    Jul 24, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    [spoiler]I think that the only clunky part to the book, and the bit that confused me the most, was when Harry went into the pensieve. Now bear with me on ...

    Jul 24, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    Well, that makes sense - sort of. [spoiler]Oh, and I also loved the bit when Hermione is trying to persuade Harry to go to Lovegood's. Hermione: Maybe it's because Dumbledore ...

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    Ooh, yay! :D Although, now you mention the Hogwarts Song, it seems a trifle strange that it has never been mentioned at all since PS... just a thought!

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: It's Gay Pride Month!

    My definition of natural is doing what we were designed to do. YES, we were designed to create things, to invent. I don’t know what you’re talking about when you ...

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    [spoiler]What I did love - Hogwartians! Isn't that just the best name ever![/spoiler]

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    [spoiler]Somehow, I think walking kowingly to your own death is extremely brave. Voldemort may have made many mistakes, but that doesn't make Harry and less brave.[/spoiler] I'm soo loving these ...

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    But "Prisoner of Azkaban" is a hardback. At least, the one I got, when it came out, was.

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: The Deathly Hallows: A Sneak Preview

    Funnily enough it's the actual opening. I know! Perhaps we were just being overly-critical?

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Simple Squills Survey

    1) How much do you read? The whole thing? A few articles? The announcements? I make a point of reading the entire thing. 2) Do you try out any of ...

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

    I'm so unbelievably depressed! It's over! It brought me to the brink of 'I'm gonna cry soon' many times. I read it in about 2 and a half days, so ...

    Jul 23, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Harry Potter 5

    I don't think it was Priori Incantatem, but just a dramatic way for the two to fight. I liked that bit - and how they gave the fight a slightly ...

    Jul 20, 2007


Surround yourself with people who are serious about being writers, and who will tell you, ‘Hey—you can do better than this.’ Who will be critical of your work, but also supportive. And who will not be competitive in a negative way.
— Isabel Quintero