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  • Romantic Novels Re: Prophecy (Chapter one)

    Alrighty. I am going to be brutally honest with you, so I suggest you either brace yourself or don't read. To be blunt, this was bad. Where to start? Well, ...

    Jun 27, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Dreamkeepers: Chapter 4

    I haven't read the earlier chapters, so if I point out something that you've already addressed plot- or character-wise, feel free to ignore it. There were a lot of missing ...

    Jun 27, 2010
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Let There Be Blight

    This took me more than a couple of reads before I understood who was narrating this, but when I did, everything finally made sense. Eli and Kamas already covered most ...

    Jun 25, 2010
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Ban The User Above You! [5]

    Banned for altering hot pink history. Banned for posting a post I completely missed.

    Jun 25, 2010
  • Writing Tips Re: Too Many Ideas

    Like Rosey already said, keeping a record of all the ideas and the details is a must. I'm finding as I get older, that a lot of the ideas I ...

    Jun 24, 2010
  • Writers Corner Re: Waiting...

    Write. It doesn't have to be another novel, but short stories, poetry, etc. Who knows? You may write a salable piece during the time that you're waiting for a reply ...

    Jun 24, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: The Mask

    Right from the first stanza, the rhyme felt forced. If you spaced out the rhyme a little more, maybe added more syllables to each rhyming couplet and evened out the ...

    Jun 22, 2010
  • Other Poetry Re: Field of tears

    "Overgrown" and "encased" -- you really need to watch your spelling in poetry because it's such a short form, and every word holds much more weight than in regular prose. ...

    Jun 22, 2010
  • General Articles Re: Fast and Female: Speech for Women's Rights

    But is that really true? Is what true? The definition? Considering it's an accurate definition, it is true. A better way to have phrased this is "But are women's rights ...

    Jun 22, 2010
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: The Boner

    Deep groves ran Should be "grooves". This was very interesting. It felt a bit rambling to me, but the idea itself is really interesting. On the one hand, there's a ...

    Jun 21, 2010
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Makes you think

    There were a lot of grammar mistakes, too many for me to point out, especially with the punctuation. A lot of the sentences were run-ons, and you had they're/their/their and ...

    Jun 21, 2010
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Seashell

    The one major issue I had was the beginning. I've cut my foot on a sandy beach before, and poetically savoring the pain was the furthest thing from my mind. ...

    Jun 21, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Lost Jewels

    Teeth grind the feeling to a halt What feeling? "Feeling" comes out of nowhere, and it threw me completely out of the poem. The device begins its long waited for ...

    Jun 21, 2010
  • Lyric Poetry Re: In His Memory

    Never going to let go of him completely This line struck me as too long, and it threw off the flow for me. "Never letting go completely" fits more with ...

    Jun 21, 2010
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Untitled

    I think "The Seasons' Progression" would be a decent title for this. Overall, the rhyme felt very obviously contrived in a lot of places, especially the "amen" line. You also ...

    Jun 21, 2010


worlds buzz over us like bees, / we be splendid in new bones.
— Lucille Clifton