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I'm not saying I necessarily agree with this, but theoretically if we prance around playing world police and help other countries, that does benefit US citizens in the long run ...

I use Behind the Name (there's also a section on surnames ) when I'm naming my characters. I'll start with a general idea - I want an English name, or ...

Hmmm...I'm thinking "Hexwood" by Diana Wynne Jones (which is her equivalent of "LotR", slogging-through wise.) Oh my God, that book was #@$%!. I finished it - eventually - and my ...

I'm with the others: this is "it." I am old and I have been on a bajillion forums (no, really) and this is easily top three, probably even the best. ...

A bunch of things influenced my current pet project: my best friend, our religious differences, an old NaNoWriMo dare thread, a new found interest in GLBTQ studies, and an article ...

I'm gonna agree with Kang227. Actually acting as my characters might not land me in jail or dead or make me violent, but they're not very nice people and I ...

I saw them building it last year, and yup, that's what it looks like. I've heard people call it the "bird's nest," and for good reason. I wasn't able to ...

First thoughts: Show, don't tell. I, personally, hate stories that start with characters waking up. Why not show him being up all night? Get us right into the action, with ...

"Are you ready, love?" I asked him, clutching his hand. ¶ Aidan[1], my blood father[2], was ready to drain his blood and replace it with ours. It was a painful ...

“Hehehehe…good try trying to hold out as you did my little meat puppet but not good enough. Now that I have you…you will start a war start with the country ...

I would still like to see a woman in charge. I would agree; I actually liked Hillary for the Democractic nomination at first, but after some campaigning I decided I ...

See, my issue with the "Piss Christ" isn't the subject matter, but the fact that it took, like, no skill whatsoever. (Unless he made the sculpture itself, which'd be a ...

I have mixed feelings about modern art. On the whole I find it - sometimes literally - a load of crap. Seriously, a red box on a white canvas or ...

I had a whole huge thing written up, but what it comes down to is this: The books are badly written. The characters are flat, boring and downright irritating. The ...

I really liked this one. We (mom, sister & me) listened to it in the car on a drive to Boston and it was so funny. I don't think I ...