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Leja

  • Writing Tips Re: Writing from the POV of the opposite gender?

    I find it easier to write from a girl's perspective. Guys' minds are a mystery to me :P Though of course, as everyone else has said, if the story calls ...

    Mar 6, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Favorite Form of Procrastination?

    YWS. And Freecell. Ah, the joys of technology :wink:

    Mar 5, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Amelia's Corner: [A Brief History of the Ex-Dee]

    lol; thanks, Cade :D A Brief History of the Ex-Dee Anyways, I've rewritten one of the sections. Things should be a bit clearer now. And I re-numbered them, so they ...

    Mar 5, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Ideas & Inspirations

    Yes, history classes are dangerous places to be when devoid of ideas. Between the French Revolution and 19/20 th century Russia, my head was spinning with thoughts for a while. ...

    Mar 1, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: I haven't told anyone!

    Your writing doesn't have to be a secret. Just because you're, say, a teacher doesn't mean you can't write as well. Granted, it might be a touch more difficult, but ...

    Feb 13, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: How To Fend Off Angry Mobs Consisting of Your Own Characters

    Additionally, I should just come to terms with the fact that all of my stories will feature death, feature snarky male characters, and that a high percentage of aforementioned snarky ...

    Feb 13, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Let us build each other

    Hello there! I see you're new, so welcome! I checked your portfolio quick, but it's empty? If you're looking for help with literary works, it's best to post them in ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Don't know what to write about!

    This totally happens to me. What I do sometimes is write outside my normal genre. Like, I usually write pretty realistic stories, so if I'm just looking for something to ...

    Feb 4, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Post, Read, Review, Meet New People!

    Also I'm in a bit of a writer's block, to tell ya the truth. Aren't we all :wink: Best of luck finding inspiration!

    Jan 30, 2008
  • Research Re: Ghost Towns

    Where do ghost towns stand legally? Are they like protected sites that people can visit but not modify? Or if like, a hundred people decided to suddenly go live there, ...

    Jan 27, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Tips on Drawing a Map for My Novel

    I find graph paper especially helpful in planning things in relation to one another. And, you know, it's right there during Math class XD I know you've probably already begun ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Help!

    Even if there were a code for indents, I don't think I'd like it. It's hard to read a big mass of text! And if there are spaces between the ...

    Jan 26, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Sidestepping Mary Sewage

    There are many people whom I would encourage to eat this article in its entirety and thoroughly digest all the information in it (er, that was a compliment, I swear!). ...

    Jan 24, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: Amelia's Corner: [A Brief History of the Ex-Dee]

    *sigh* I need to post, only in order to remind myself that this story/poem is, indeed, in existence and that, yes, I should do something with this. Because I do ...

    Jan 23, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: How many drafts do you do?

    Short answer: like, a bajillion. Real answer: I have a story that I go through about once a week/month depending on what kind of time I have, and that can ...

    Jan 22, 2008


This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movement of small green pieces of paper, which was odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green pieces of paper that were unhappy.
— Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy