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  • Other » Fantasy, General Re: In which Emmaline first pretends

    No need to be sorry. There's lots of different styles out there, and if I weren't deliberately aiming for an old tale style, what you said would be spot-on.

    Feb 12, 2015
  • Other » Fantasy, General Re: In which Emmaline first pretends

    Thanks for the review. The lack of description and the repetition are deliberate. I'm mimicking the style of old tales which tend to repeat certain phrases (which I poke fun ...

    Feb 11, 2015
  • Other » Fantasy, General Re: In which Emmaline first pretends

    Thanks for the review. This is just a small part of the story, so I will definitely be writing more. I'll let you know when the next bit is posted. ...

    Feb 11, 2015
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    And what would you suggest?

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    That's fine. There's no rush.

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    Even if the theme is how difficult it can be to get a grasp of how one feels?

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    You nailed the question mark at the end. I was wondering if anyone would even register that last bit as a question, though it isn't the only punctuation mark I ...

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    Thank you. The lack of punctuation does reflect something, and I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on what it reflects (once you get back from your holiday, perhaps).

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    Thank you for your praise. I'm quite curious about the different ways you read the poem. Would you mind telling me, so I could see how effective (or not) my ...

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, General Re: There is too much

    Except, that "There is too much to do and to feel, so I end up feeling nothing and doing nothing and I wonder if I am dead." is only one ...

    Jul 28, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, Satire Re: Bad Drivers. (A Haiku.)

    No problem!

    Jun 15, 2014
  • Poetry » Realistic, Satire Re: Bad Drivers. (A Haiku.)

    Drive-by comment just to say that, technically, this isn't a haiku, but a senryu. Both haiku and senryu have the same basic syllable structure, but haiku are all about nature ...

    Jun 15, 2014
  • Poetry » Narrative, Realistic Re: Childhood Is Dead

    This piece needs much more than just a new stanza an some rephrasings to make the intended message clearer since the structure of the poem is still talk about LGBTQIA ...

    Apr 10, 2014
  • Poetry » Narrative, Realistic Re: Childhood Is Dead

    They didn't, and in some places, like the ninth stanza reading as even more racist than the original, the made things worse. The addition of the new stanza is a ...

    Apr 10, 2014
  • Poetry » Narrative, Realistic Re: Childhood Is Dead

    As I already mentioned in my review, it reads that the lack of moral clarity and gay pride marches are direct results of the Civil Rights movement. There is a ...

    Apr 8, 2014


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