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GryphonFledgling

  • Writing Tips Re: Another Mary-Sue Test

    Sweet. I like this test. I'm a little confused about the breakdown of the score though... For my two main characters... Red: Score Breakdown I Love Him, I Let Him ...

    Jun 13, 2009
  • Official Polls Re: Summer Is For...

    Other. Why is "writing" not an option on there? *shames Nate* Though reading is definitely on my list of things to do uber buttloads of. Yay for summer! ~GryphonFledgling

    Jun 3, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Evi is the Member of the Month for June 2009

    *whoot* Rock on, Evi! Congrats on Member of the Month!

    Jun 1, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here [6]

    *squints at that book* Is that a "buy one, get one half price" sticker I see?

    May 13, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: Who would you be?

    Tall. Thin. Plain. Swaggers like a pirate, but so quickly that others struggle to keep up. Handshake way too firm for a girl. Constant half-glare due to squinting against the ...

    May 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: How long can a character remain nameless?

    Thanks everyone! Rubric: Do you feel that it makes your writing heavy handed? I don't think so and I haven't had complaints from people who've read the first draft, so ...

    May 11, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: How long can a character remain nameless?

    I have a main character who has half the book in her third-person POV. The problem is, it is essential to her character that she not remember her name. Another ...

    May 7, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Speech writing?

    Yeah, so... I've got to write this speech and I'm not really sure how. I've never written a speech of any sort, so any tips would be welcomed. My principal ...

    May 7, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: One of the best parts about YWS!

    ...

    May 2, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Write or Die

    That little app saved my NaNoWriMo.

    Apr 17, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Mutts - Heart

    4/12/09 047 – Heart Police Recording Y59-H5 Confidential: Chief Eyes Only Virginia looked around cautiously as the security warning flashed on her screen. The office was empty, she had earphones ...

    Apr 15, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Mutts - Lovers

    A/N: The "Mutts" pieces don't have to be read in any particular order. They are all written in the same world, but involving different characters, POVs and situations. 4/11/09 023 ...

    Apr 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: How to catch a Muse?

    O.O Start playing the "Twilight Zone" theme here... Your troubles sounds exactly, almost word for word, like my own the past few years, to the point I started my own ...

    Apr 11, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: TDotDLT

    Okay, I am officially in love with Thirry's POV now. Really, it's smart-ass, but it's smart-ass done cleverly and actually funny. Very nice. I actually did not find the POV ...

    Apr 7, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: TDotDLT

    'Allo, 'allo, what have we here? I must say. Thirilight's rambling as he was dying were quite funny. I liked the little snippets of thought. A thought on that though, ...

    Apr 6, 2009


For a short space of time I remained at the window watching the pallid lightnings that played above Mont Blanc and listening to the rushing of the Arve, which pursued its noise way beneath. The same lulling sounds acted as a lullaby to my too keen sensations; when I placed my head upon my pillow, sleep crept over me; I felt it as it came and blessed the giver of oblivion.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein