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  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Alexis and the Puffballs chapter 1/prologue

    Okay, it was your title that dragged me in. I clicked on your novel and it was the synopsis that make me read on. Seriously, this has got to be ...

    Jul 25, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Artist and the Philosopher

    My first reaction reading this was that it wasn't all that realistic. I mean, who talks like that? How many people are having conversations like that just hours after meeting? ...

    Jul 25, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Living is Easy with Eyes Closed

    Oh. My. Goodness. I don't know what I was expecting when I started reading, but it certainly wasn't this. Simply fantastic. A quick question: what is it that he is ...

    Jul 25, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Cat Steps Chapter 1: Draft

    Omigosh! *spaz* Must. Review. Nao. Is Kerani on guard duty outside her parents' door or is she eavesdropping? I was unclear as to why she was there. If she's on ...

    Jul 25, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: The Secret of Hidden Gardens (One)

    Seems most of the nitpicks have been pretty well-explored, so I'll stick with general impressions. 1) Character - Your character feels very... blah. All we know about her is that ...

    Jul 25, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: I think I love an assassin

    Hey-oh! I was actually really interested in your characters. Alex's schtick "student who the teachers hate" has been done a million times before, but I liked his outlook on life ...

    Jul 23, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: .

    I tightened my ponytail to make a point. Can I just say that this is my single most favorite edit you did? It gives character, adds immediacy and gets rid ...

    Jul 21, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: .

    Hey-oh! Not so much the nitpicks will I give. More general impressions will I focus on. (And no more like Yoda will I speak.) 1) Exposition! It's the beginning of ...

    Jul 18, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Bluelight: Chapter 1

    Hey there! Your world-building was nice, but to be honest, I had a hard time really getting into it. There were no characters for me to cling to or a ...

    Jul 13, 2010
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Swept Away -- Flyleaf Contest!

    Can't say I've ever listened to Flyleaf, but you have me intrigued. Investigation is in order, I believe. Story-wise, I liked this. It was an interesting take on Christianity and ...

    Jun 28, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Partly Lacy [Chapter Two]

    Hey-oh! Okay, really quickly, the formatting in this chapter is wonky. I can see that you have divided it up into paragraphs, but the way YWS put it in resulted ...

    Jun 27, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Partly Lacy [Prologue/Chapter One]

    This was interesting. I was sucked in from the beginning and intrigued the whole way through. The second person narration bugged me occasionally. Sometimes it was fine, other times it ...

    Jun 27, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: 'The Gifts' Series - Book 1: Knowledge

    So... She ended up in the library without knowing how she got in the library? And she doesn't feel freaked out about this? I liked the character, I was just ...

    Jun 27, 2010
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: pulse

    This is Watson meditating on Holmes, isn't it? In any case, this is fantastic. The little moments of revelation and thought and action all broken up the way they are ...

    Jun 26, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Girl Without Keys

    Hey-oh! This was lovely. I clicked on the picture before I read the piece and it works so wonderfully. Nice interpretation of the prompt. Some nitpicks: He was wearing a ...

    Jun 26, 2010


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