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Nate

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  • Lounge, The Re: What's in a name?

    Found a couple of good articles today that you all may be interested in. The first is: America's Most Disliked Baby Names The second is: Does Your Name Determine Your ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Mother

    The first six lines are great. The imagery and descriptions used work perfectly to convey a scene of a mother suddenly left breathless. However, what I really like about is ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: Crisis in Orbit

    Good chapter. I especially like how you opened it. Paragraphs like: And it all moved, at a visible speed. Groups of more or less straight, elongated super-clouds, like enormous strands ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Animal (Chapter 12)

    I skipped a couple chapters coming to this one, but this is a very solid chapter. Just a couple notes. First: “That’s close enough,” John says. His hand shakes. Sweat ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Animal (Chapter 9)

    For someone who is supposed to be a semi-Rider, John seems like a wimp. He sleeps after he's had breakfast, worries a lot about dying, and is so scared at ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Animal (Chapter 8)

    As I said in my review of Chapter 6, I like how you use short sentences to convey description. However, what I neglected to say is that a problem does ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Animal (Chapter 6)

    Wow, I've never read a Western before on YWS. It's a shame too because I happen to like Westerns. I have not read the previous chapters, but you have a ...

    Aug 2, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: August Featured Member: Hannah!

    Way to go Hannah!

    Aug 1, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Statistical Site Summary

    Also, Nate, could you explain the "Unique Visitors" statistic to me? I mean, did we really have 13,000 people online? Because that's pretty amazing- or is that somehow warped? I ...

    Aug 1, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Statistical Site Summary

    July 2011 was a rough month for the Young Writers Society owing to the database failures that plagued the site for a bit more than a week. Even once these ...

    Aug 1, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Review Day Check-In Thread

    Well, didn't get to 700 reviews, but that's okay. July 2011 still ended with 4,701 reviews total, which is more than any other month save two. It looks like the ...

    Aug 1, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Review Day Check-In Thread

    Wow, the number of reviews jumped to 296 over the night! 700 total is very possible.

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Review Day Check-In Thread

    Slow start thus far with only 108 reviews in the first 4.5 hours. I was hoping for 200 at this point. I guess the Review Teams really do help a ...

    Jul 31, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The July 2011 Review Day Check-In Thread

    Three down! My goal is 10 total.

    Jul 31, 2011
  • General Fiction Novels Re: The Prevailing Darkness (4)

    Just a couple nit-picky things to address. “Sorry,” Josh said again , this time apologising for apologising . You don't need the part I crossed out as it's already implied ...

    Jul 31, 2011


No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.
— Epictetus