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Griffinkeeper

  • Short Story » Fantasy, Romantic Re: Spot

    I got to say, I really want to like this story. “What exactly are we waiting for?” Jimmy seemed terribly excited, practically sprining out of his shoes. He brought his ...

    Apr 2, 2012
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, Supernatural Re: The Demon Queen

    “Wow, twenty four years ago was when Lucifer invaded this dimension. Can you believe it?” said my brother Austin with a smile on his face. It was a beautiful day ...

    Mar 25, 2012
  • Other » General, General Re: My Blog...My Bloggity Blog...Blog

    Welcome to YWS! My name is Griffinkeeper, I'm one of the cuddly moderators on YWS. Imagine gryphony feathery fluff. I'll be reviewing your work for today. I've seen some of ...

    Dec 14, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Death- Contest Piece

    This story is full of purple prose. Purple prose is what happens when a writer deliberately over-complicates their writing; usually because they are trying to impress the reader with their ...

    Dec 10, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: What I would die for.

    The piece was well written. I didn't find the torture aspects to be very impressive. When you are interrogating someone; the last thing you want to do is to kill ...

    Dec 9, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Title Right Now Is The School Chapter 1 Part 1

    This story... sucks. Let's start with the ABC's. Not the actual letters; ABC in this case stands for Action, Background, and Conflict. This story only has one of these. Action: ...

    Dec 9, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Black waters.

    Hey Mimiac! I understand where you're coming from; I haven't written anything in a while either. These little pieces are great for shaking off the rust; and so let's see ...

    Dec 9, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Luckless - Chapter 1

    Ugh. The pace of the story is just glacial. Kaela walks with a limp. She favors her left foot, but as she grew up she learned to move with deliberate ...

    Oct 10, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Shoalmain's Princess {III}

    The piece is in need of further development. Let's start with the notes. Dearest Sister, I apologize about last night. Unfortunately, the King is having some trouble on the edge ...

    Oct 6, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: To the girl with blonde hair who made my life a bit brighter

    I love your cwtches. Which last forever... I never trust words without vowels in them. But Grif, it's part of the Welsh language... Do you really trust people who can't ...

    Sep 30, 2011
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: The Firefly

    Hello, my name is Grif and I'm here to review your poem. I like the concept, but I think there are some structural problems with it. Never again will you ...

    Sep 29, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, General Re: Devil in Man

    First, this is in blocks of text, which makes it really difficult to follow. The problems are bigger than that though, because the reactions of the police officer and the ...

    Sep 17, 2011
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: A Proverbs 31 Women

    The book of Proverbs is my favorite book from the Bible, so I am very pleased to see this poem. There are a couple things though, which would help the ...

    Sep 17, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: The Thing About Broken Hearts

    From the work description, I think that this was more for blowing off steam than writing something creative. Which isn't bad. I mean, everyone needs to blow off some steam ...

    Sep 17, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Cosmos (Outer Space) Part 7

    Hi, I'm Griffinkeeper and this is going to be my review. I noticed that you have this in parts, you might be interested in moving it in the "Fantasy Novel" ...

    Aug 28, 2011


Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
— Rumi