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  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Theory and Possibility: Chapter One

    I'm lost, to be honest--I'll read it over again in a while, maybe it'll make more sense. Despite being slightly confuzzled, I likethis so far--the action is dead on, the ...

    Oct 9, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Freedom

    Ok, right off the bat--double space your paragraphs. Teehee, you're just like me! You overuse commas, which means you probably write like you talk, inserting commas where you would normally ...

    Oct 9, 2005
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Scarlett Fever

    To be honest, I'm very confused. You say the soldier's body is lifeless, yet he groans? Also, this whole business with the that a metaphor or was he actually attacked ...

    Oct 9, 2005
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Armoury

    I'm a real buff for fight scenes and weapons and armor--so when I saw this, I was really jazzed for a great time. I feel slightly let down, to tell ...

    Oct 9, 2005
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: :::jumping up and down to get your attention::: Read Please!

    NEVER HAVE A TITLE LIKE THAT. It's irritating. Put your poem title in the topic name. It got comments, did it not? She had it with the title as the ...

    Oct 6, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Creative Prologue (For Fun?) (R for graphic violence)

    First thing.. "Is there any questions," should be "Are there any questions?" Also, you have a few perspective errors--for the most part, you use a third person view of the ...

    Oct 5, 2005
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: What I Believe as a Writer

    I do agree, actually--I find myself writing something, ANYTHING, in my notebooks just so a blank page is not in front of me lol I'd ditch the rhymes tho, they ...

    Sep 27, 2005
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Immortality

    I didn't even notice the rhyming, to be honest. It didn't bother me at all.... I love Anne Rice, and Lestat is a beast, he's cool. Vampires in general are ...

    Sep 27, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Bandit: Prologue

    Totally digging this story so far, Jacko. My only peeve on this one is the action--it switches from stuff like "the blood was wiped from the blade," to "he drew ...

    Sep 12, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Journey of the Magi

    Interesting-- There were a few grammatical errors, IE It looked like any regular pearl, besides the fact that it was large "besides," should be "beside"--also, that's a strange word choice ...

    Aug 9, 2005
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Ryan Gary Joel's EXCERPT!: The Contract

    Yeah, got that lol Check out my story in Action/ Advenure for another example of that if you want it, Ryan. I like the concept, but I gotta say I ...

    Jul 28, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Chasing the Sunset

    Wow, just wow, Carmina--great, as much so If Only, if not better--there were some word choices I tohught were odd, but I won't mention specifics becuase I consider them a ...

    Jul 13, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: How did I ever sleep alone

    First of all i'd like to say welcome to YWS! I hope you've liked it so far! but back to the poem: The title is a little bland, you want ...

    Jun 19, 2005
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Not Your Average Love Poems

    Well...maybe I'm just biased right now, but I see no love in these poems at all--I see pain, not happiness. Love should bring joy, not anguish. I dunno what about ...

    Jun 8, 2005
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Voices

    Dusky.....jeez this was good to read--it totally reflects me, even though I know it's not... I really liked this. Alot. I have but one nit-pick--I didn't notice much a of ...

    Jun 4, 2005


“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
— Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell