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J. Haux

  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: My story I worte when I was 12

    I thought it was amusing: I liked the characters. It was creative, written by a twelve-year-old with a good imagination, but without a lot of experience. There could have been ...

    Sep 19, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Chapter 1 - Swan story and stuff

    Henry was never really a nice man, though he tried to be. He was very ambitious, and with his ambition, he had the potential to be very dangerous. His mind ...

    Sep 18, 2005
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Passcode

    I like it, Lilac! But I don't have very many critiques, so I'll resort to structural and grammatical suggestions! :D And, why hadn’t they fought to keep me? Why hadn’t ...

    Sep 18, 2005
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Goodbye, July

    I would say "memoir", actually. you mean "mildly autobiographical" as in partly fictional, or that it's not quite an autobiography? :? I love your descriptions, especially when he's tapping on ...

    Sep 18, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The chaos children: pt 2

    Hi. First off, I'm going to say that this is a big step up from the first (official) post. It's more exciting. We still aren't clear on what's going on, ...

    Sep 18, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: "Four to Stand" - Chapter Two

    It almost seems to easy that Ness only has to envision what she wants, and voila! It happens. But I trust you. You'll make this interesting. :D Yes, cut down ...

    Sep 17, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: "Four to Stand" - Chapter One

    Yeah...Some of the sarcasm didn't feel natural. There are some little things you might rephrase, etc...but that'll come later. :) Maybe it's not important to the story, but she said ...

    Sep 17, 2005
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Nameless as of yet...

    I'm going to do some repeating, too. :wink: Fun stuff! I know you were writing freely-sometimes that's how the best story starters happen (*cough* I do that a lot). I'm ...

    Sep 17, 2005
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Working Title: .... uh, I dont have one

    :o! What are you suggesting about Americans, Bubble?! :wink: I now undersand the toilet humor comment. *laugh* Don't worry about the lost title. You may have changed it anyway. A ...

    Sep 17, 2005


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)