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  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Teen Fiction Re: Seven Minutes Left -- Introduction

    I really like this introduction. It sets up the premise really well and I like the dynamic between Maddie and Sarah. The conversation between them feels natural, but I also ...

    Apr 6
  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Teen Fiction Re: Seven Minutes Left -- Excerpt

    I like the concept, it's a very thought provoking idea and if done right can be a really, really powerful story forcing the reader to face their own choices and ...

    Apr 6
  • Poetry » Historical Fiction, Realistic Re: A passover night's dream

    I like the references back to biblical stories. The first few lines had me hooked, very well written, flowed from one line to the next. The second half lost me ...

    Apr 6


It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle. The door opened on to a tube-shaped hall like a tunnel: a very comfortable tunnel without smoke, with panelled walls, and floors tiled and carpeted, provided with polished chairs, and lots and lots of pegs for hats and coats—the hobbit was fond of visitors. The tunnel wound on and on, going fairly but not quite straight into the side of the hill —The Hill, as all the people for many miles round called it—and many little round doors opened out of it, first on one side and then on another.
— JRR Tolkien