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  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Nefarious Purposes 1

    Hey EAHailstone! Thanks for entering the First Chapter Contest! I really enjoyed reading this! It’s cute, and Penelope has a fun voice that is entertaining to read. Great job! I ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Out of the Dark

    Hey Cailey! Thanks so much for entering the First Chapter Contest! This chapter was pretty well written. I didn’t find any nitpick-y grammar mistakes or anything, so great job! Really, ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Ice Ambassadors: Chapter 1 (Edits!)

    Hey Silent! Thanks so much for entering the First Chapter Contest!! She picked her way along the beach, trying to hold down her rebellious hair. This was revenge for getting ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Chapter 1 - The Man in Fine Attire

    Hey thatboy! Thanks so much for entering the First Chapter Contest! Here’s a quick review for entering! First off, I’d like to say this does an excellent job of setting ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Beginners Book Of Spells and Magic, 7 and 1/2 edition

    Hey Shinobi! Thanks so much for entering the First Chapter Contest! Here’s a review for entering! Nitpicks: Verlinae had already made it down the stairs and was shouting for Sithe ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Mirror: Chapter One

    Hey Micki! Thanks for entering the First Chapter Contest! Here’s a quick review for entering! Nitpicks: “I know that. I'm not saying anything about fun and or games.” This sentence ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Warm Coffee Mornings

    Hey Knightly! This was so adorable! I love the way you wrote it switching between "he" and "she". The nameless characters allow it to be applied to any two people, ...

    Jul 29, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Day 1: Sanctuary

    Hey there Gemini! For a beginning, as you say this is, it's quite a good one. Content-wise, I'm intrigued and compelled to read more which is always your aim when ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: deleted

    Hey jackle! This was an interesting start to a story! Nice job of introducing Jason as a character, as well as the environment it seems he'll be spending a significant ...

    Jul 24, 2011
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Falling Slowly

    Hey tgirly! Wow, this was very good! So sweet, so innocent! Ahh I could just go on and on about what I love about it, but that wouldn't be very ...

    Jul 23, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Possessing Maya

    Hi Tanya! :3 Here to review! It doesn't matter how many times you post anything, I'm still coming by to review ;) Anyways, let's get on with it, shall we? ...

    Jul 21, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: My Guardian Dog - 6 Rewritten

    Ah, another MGD chapter. :D

    Jul 3, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: My Guardian Dog 5 - Rewritten

    Alright. I'm a major failure. But I'm here now! No more vacations to prevent me from stalking MGD and throwing all my nonsense into review form :3 First, some smaller ...

    Jul 3, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Am I Perfect Yet? (1)

    Hi Scarlet! :D I only have one grammer-y comment: I guess I should start when I was 12 years old. As a rule, any number under 100 should be written ...

    Jun 13, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: My Guardian Dog 4 - Rewritten

    MMMMGGGGDDDDD :D Oh, and hi. I'm going to review now. :) “You’re stalling,” Riley whispered. He says this, but there wasn't any indication that she had been stalling. Did she ...

    May 23, 2011


Too often we crave the extraordinary in life, without even learning how to cherish the ordinary first. Friend, I promise you this: if you can learn to take joy in the simple mundane things in life, the extraordinary will take care of itself, it'll be on its way, hurrying towards you. But if you skip the first part, it'll ever evade you.
— Arcticus