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Leja

  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Him

    I liked the sparseness of it. It's like sipping lemonade instead of a three course dinner; less, but just as yummy. A smile still licking her lips. I like how ...

    Aug 31, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Esper's Sepulchral I: Chapter 3: The Beach Party

    Pikara’s white blouse and beret lay flat by her feet. Hidden beneath the clothing was her morble pouch, with two inverted “V” shaped lines as the eyes and a horizontal ...

    Aug 31, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: God. (renamed from Strength and why I dont have much of it)

    Now, before you get all Freaky Christian warrior on me You know, I just about didn't critique this piece; but then I thought of how closed minded that made me, ...

    Aug 29, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Song of the Secret Keepers

    G’day, Kel ^_^ this is the story of which we were talking plot points, no? Part One I don’t like how the first three sentences began with nouns; I’d consider ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Rewrite of Born of the Stars

    Chapter One I was nervous at first when I saw a complicated first name as the very first word, but I found it very easy to continue reading, so I ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: intricate machinations

    Lines of nobility splintered like knives into my skindepths, misting my perception: ^ I really liked these lines a hero fall white and wordless. I wanted to stick an apostrophe ...

    Aug 28, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: I wanna be a poet

    The repetition (especially of "yeah") made it seem more like a set of song lyrics. One thing I noticed was that the title is listed as "I wanna be a ...

    Aug 27, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Thousand Dancing Kites

    I like this more every time I read it. I think that the single lines of dialogue just visually [and therefore mentally] stretch it out for me. But like I've ...

    Aug 27, 2007
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Character Sketch for Lit. Class

    Hmm, dunno if you've turned this in already, but if you haven't, here're my two cents: I don’t believe Cal was ever evil as a child, because he just wanted ...

    Aug 23, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Flash Foward Parts 1 & 2 (revised)

    I think that the first sentence introduced the story very nicely. A lot of telling occurs in the first bit, and it comes off as a sort of info dump. ...

    Aug 21, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: 500 Words

    The repetition bugged be after a while. So many of the sentences begin with "Enough words to..." which is fine for emphasis for a little bit, but then it continued... ...

    Aug 21, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Geezer's Property (Part 4 Up)

    PART ONE “Come on, Leah, you know that that’s just something our moms told us to keep us quiet when we went to the beach.” There’s something about the “you ...

    Aug 21, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Maybe

    I'd advocate for punctuation not just at the end of the sentence, but in the middle too. This gives it a sense of tone, like when you speak, how you ...

    Aug 14, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Kickball With The Cousins

    This presented itself more as a list than a poem. And a long list at that. I see Snoink suggested a short story? It might also work as a script. ...

    Aug 14, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Free to Serve

    In all, I found it rather disjointed, as if you came up with a bunch of phrases and listed them. Except for the end of the poem, beginning at "Bend ...

    Aug 14, 2007


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