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Evander

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  • NaPoWriMo Archives Re: search for the pieces and duct tape the galaxy back together

    Previous NaPo attempts: let us fall into the abyss [2017] poetic justice/progression/dreamers [2016] little caves of stories [2015] Goals for duct tape the galaxy: 1. Actually write 30 poems 2. ...

    Mar 19, 2018
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hey everyone.

    Heyo, Mayo! Welcome to the site! What genre of music do you like?

    Mar 19, 2018
  • Official Polls Re: Are You Participating in NaPo?

    I'll try NaPo again this year! I'm fairly out of practice with poetry, but it's always fun to attempt to improve!

    Mar 17, 2018
  • Lounge, The Re: Featured Member for March 14 - 28: killeham!

    congratulations, killeham!

    Mar 13, 2018
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Community Poetry: Round One

    imbedded far within a heartless home

    Mar 13, 2018
  • Welcome Mat Re: I'm new

    Welcome to the site, pinkrose! I think you'll fit just in right. If you head on over to the clubs section of the site, then you'll find a contest called ...

    Mar 12, 2018
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Podcasts? Podcasts.

    I've found some of my favorite pieces of fiction within podcasts. The medium allows for so many different types of stories to be told in heart wrenching and knee-slapping ways. ...

    Mar 11, 2018
  • Writing Tips Re: First person vs. Third person

    I agree with a lot of what was said above, but I'd like to thrown in my two cents. There are two (or four, depending on who you ask) types ...

    Mar 11, 2018
  • Writing Tips Re: Essential websites for anyone trying to get published

    is a nifty site that I've been using for three years. I've been sent emails about short story contests with cash prizes, poetry contests, and non-fiction contests. There are also ...

    Mar 8, 2018
  • YWS Writing Olympics 2018 Re: Event 3 - No Es - RESULTS

    Here's mine! Poison hums throughout my form, coursing through my blood and pumping in my body with loud thumps not wanting to stop. My vision spins, cloudy as day. My ...

    Feb 13, 2018
  • YWS Writing Olympics 2018 Re: Team Awesome

    May I join as well?

    Feb 12, 2018
  • Writing Activities Re: The Song Prompt Game

    The rules of this game are simple. You write a few paragraphs of a story (or you write a few stanzas of a poem) based off of the song linked ...

    Feb 5, 2018
  • Lounge, The Re: How Did You Come Up With Your Username?

    I found Evander on when I was searching for a username. It kept on popping out in my head and I liked the way that it rolled off the tongue. ...

    Jan 30, 2018
  • Media Reviews Re: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

    What are your thoughts about the making of the movie adaptation, coming out in March (Love, Simon)? Simon in the trailer isn't wearing his Harry Potter glasses and it irks ...

    Jan 21, 2018
  • Media Reviews Re: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

    Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda [Spoiler alert!] I will be honest with y'all. I've read this book three times. I originally found it in the teen section of my ...

    Jan 21, 2018


Don't aim at success--the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself.
— Viktor E. Frankl