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Lauren

  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Those Little Glass Slippers (1)

    You didn't want nit-picks, which are my speciality, but here I am glad to say I think there's no need of them. Grammar, vocab, spelling = perfect. And now, the ...

    Feb 1, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: The Classics and Philosophy thread

    Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters & Cranford Ooh, Merry, I command you to add 'North and South' to that list. It is the ultimate Gaskell novel. And you absolutely must ...

    Jan 31, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: A poll

    Wuthering Heights was . . . good. But I wish both MCs had died at the end. They do, don't they? Heh. I'm only judging by the movie I saw, ...

    Jan 22, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Gentleman's Club ~ Prologue

    Hi :) I'm afraid I didn't read 'Sophia's Suitors' which is probably for the best as they likely have a fair amount in common? I really liked this. Your vocabulary, ...

    Jan 21, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Forbidden Love

    So this is going to be about incest, hmm? Well, do handle it sensitively--it's very taboo. Such issues have the potential of being written very carefully and poignantly, or absolutely ...

    Jan 21, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Hidden Behind the Pages {Chapter 1}

    Probably not a good idea to bump your own thread. I know how it is though. Be patient is all ;) Kade Carlise was an intelligent young man born into ...

    Jan 20, 2009
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Mayella

    Hi :) So basically what I'll do is comment as I read and then do a little summary at the end. Okey-doke? Sometimes the emptiness of it hurt my eyes. ...

    Jan 20, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: A Love Letter

    Very well written, KnightlyAngel09 -- I can't fault it, of course, in vocabulary! I think it succeeds in what it was intended for, and humour was evident. The writer seemed ...

    Jan 20, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

    Just reread this book and came back to here. I'm cringing at what I wrote. Came back to the book with a less critical and, I hope, more matured, eye. ...

    Jan 19, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: After Death

    Hi, and welcome to the site 8) I think I'll quote sections and then either rewrite them in a way I think might sound better or just hint if something ...

    Jan 18, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Beautifully Broken (revised)

    Hi :D I could not feel my legs anymore, I think, to draw us in, you should the end sentence here, and have the rest as a new sentence. I ...

    Jan 12, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Afraid to Die

    Greetings, fellow YWSer :wink: What I usually do is pick up on things as I read through and note them down, then do a little summary at the end. Here ...

    Jan 10, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Blue Bird's Blood

    This was good, if a little strange :) I think you wrote it pretty immaculately considering that it was intended to be short and quick on impact. I think grammar ...

    Jan 10, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: --

    Hi :) Just saw this (even though it's been here a while) and thought it looked interesting, so here goes... *sidles off for a read* “Must the Sun I know ...

    Jan 9, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: A poll

    For me it's Charlotte. I love both Jane Eyre and Villette and couldn't finish Wuthering Heights---I mean, it was good, yeah, but a bit silly. Plus I hated Heathcliff :roll:. ...

    Jan 7, 2009


The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed...
— Charlotte Bronte