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Jelly

  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Masquerade

    Hi! First off, you write description beautifully. This had an easy flow. I like the contrasting paragraphs in the beginning in particular. Okay, you might not need this warning, but ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: BOLD

    A BOLD piece indeed. I like the decision to use the capitalization, how it powerfully emphasizes words. The poem is, I suppose the best word to describe it is empowering. ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Newton's Apple

    Okay, firstly, this guy is an awesome philosopher. I love the originality of his character and the unique voice you write him with. His thought process is a mixture of ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Welcome Mat Re: Greetings, Earthlings!

    This is my first foray into the other parts of YWS. By "other parts" I mean, things that aren't my profile or "Discover Works". Okay. I'm going to talk about ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: Gallus Gallus

    COPY.JPG Oil with an acrylic base, based off a photo from an amazing book of funny looking chickens. COPY.JPG

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Hidden

    Interesting set-up. There's some issues with punctuation (mostly lack of commas) that you should look into, but I don't think I saw anything else in terms of spelling/grammar. Also, maybe ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: A Page of Clay

    Mwahaha, evil dictators for the win! Ahem. Good word choice/phrasing, as I sometimes find poems of these type to be a little too straightforward. But this has you know, specifics, ...

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Art & Photography Re: Wingspan

    Based off a photo of a bird I took in the Everglades.

    Jul 7, 2011
  • Other Poetry Re: Ode to a Bat

    Hm... not too much I can say about this that hasn't already been expressed. But I figure since this is just that great, it deserves another full review of gushing. ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Lyric Poetry Re: World That I Create

    Greetings! :) So, I can definitely identify with this poem. I think a lot of people can. I like the simple style because it lets the meaning shine through clearly, ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Other Re: Lemonade

    Note: I could possibly expand this into an actual story, but I do kind of like it the way it is. I wrote this on a whim for a random ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Action/Adventure Novels Re: Obsidian: A Tale of Africa

    Yay, awesome first chapter. As I expressed in the prologue, I love your idea of having a fantasy story set in Africa. I'm excited to see how fantasy is going ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Crepuscule

    Wow. I have to say, this is probably my favorite out of all the poems I've seen on YWS so far. The run-on sentences don't really bother me at all, ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Death Of A Legend

    Great poem! I'm trying to squeeze some critique out of my mind... no, I can't really. Interesting subject, it reminds me of ancient Egyptians and their attitude on the afterlife. ...

    Jul 6, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Stacy's Mom

    I'm really liking it so far. The intro was especially original. And I actually mean that, I have the oddest soft spot for that sort of style. Paradise's bit was ...

    Jul 5, 2011


"In my contact with people I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls -- with the great outside world."
— Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery