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Lynlyn

  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Song of Shallow Waters II: Meeting an Enigma

    Oops. Those are, again, I-edited-this-sentence-and-then-didn't-catch- that-it-made-the-next-one-awkward mistakes. I tried the "reading backwards" thing this time, apparently it helped a little... but

    Aug 18, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Esper's Sepulchral I: Chapter 3: The Beach Party

    Pikara rose, inches away from banging her head on the wooden wall. Pwaha. She's so cute. The advertisements on television had ended which was then followed by a mage forecaster ...

    Aug 18, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: Apocalyptic Smile

    I really liked the first stanza (et, ergo, the last one as well) but I feel like in some places your vocabulary was a little much. Words like "pellucid" and ...

    Aug 18, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Hello everyone!

    Hey, welcome to the forums! We even have a section for fanfiction here, and I'm sure some of the members of YWS *coughPsychicNinja* would be thrilled to see more Naruto ...

    Aug 18, 2007
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Song of Shallow Waters II: Meeting an Enigma

    Prologue Chapter 1 -------- Isaac awoke the next day to find one of the foretopman standing over him, gently shaking his shoulder. “We're at port, running a little ahead of ...

    Aug 18, 2007
  • Other Re: Fight & Tension Study

    No more of this "my action scenes are cheesy" stuff, lady. No self-depreciation allowed! This has character. And, by general definition, it kicks some serious behind. To start, I know ...

    Aug 17, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Help me create a horribly cliched romance scene!

    Yeah. If you don't mind reading through a bunch of purple prose, look to some airport paperbacks for inspiration. You know, the ones your grandma reads. Use words like "caress" ...

    Aug 16, 2007
  • Art & Photography Re: Butterfly (VERY VERY large picture)

    Yeah, I have to agree. It's a great photo, but it'll be even better when you can crop out some of the background - I think it will look amazing ...

    Aug 16, 2007
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Chicken Fried Rice

    Most of your grammar stuff has been covered - the they're/their and you're/your has been addressed, so I think if you get a handle on that, you'll be fine. Right ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: 1st and 3rd person?

    If your narrating character and the other characters aren't much removed by time and space, you can set things up like "The Great Gatsby" -- Nick is the narrator, and ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Hedgewitch [Ch I]

    Jiggity already pointed out the couple of "uhh" moments I had in regards to grammar/wording, so I'll just say that I really enjoyed this and I hope you continue on ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members!

    Hey FlyingDream and Starbean! It's not a bad dream at all, FlyingDream :P In fact, I hope to some day have a published fantasy work. Fantasy is probably my favorite ...

    Aug 15, 2007
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Mercenary Wings

    This is very cool, I likey. Just a few short things: Eminate > emanate. Eminate looks right, but it's not. I'm always tempted to spell it that way. Loathe should ...

    Aug 14, 2007
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Acerbic

    I really, really liked this, especially the concept of "acerbicrunons," which, I must admit, took me a minute to catch. (I was about to look it up; I'm that dumb.) ...

    Aug 14, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: "nothing left"

    Something euclidean just gave you some great tips, so I'll try not to repeat what has been said before. I agree that "nites" really should be "nights" and your Is ...

    Aug 14, 2007


A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
— Oscar Wilde