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  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Queen of Rovi

    First of all, I'm not going to go through this with a detailed review because I can see the problems from a few thousand miles away. oo" Your main problem ...

    May 31, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Staring Stars (Contest Entry, Feedback Please!) MAJOR EDITS

    Whoever my target was, he obviously had no idea that he was at risk. I don't really like this as a first sentence because it feels kind of weak despite ...

    May 30, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The curse of Medusa

    Chewing monotonously I'm not sure if it's possible to chew monotonously. oo , the boar was quietly Too many adverbs in just one sentence. It doesn't really bode well for ...

    May 30, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Game of Books

    "Sir, are you alright?" said the boy from the top of the stairs looking down on me, a man of great age. Too many things going on in one sentence. ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Luperca

    So Kyll. I don't know if you know, but I have this thing against reading notes placed before the story. So naturally, I ignored the spoiler. =D Luperca Blood. Death. ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Cat Steps draft (28/4/11)

    “You know why Kerani should stay here,” my father said. “It’s the same reason you want her to go to the palace.” Fairly compelling. =] My mother Sounds a bit ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Truth Behind the Haunting of Bramble House.

    A spider crawled up Molly’s spine as she made her way out in to the bitter, neglected You'll want to be careful with double adjectives as they get old really ...

    May 29, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Connais-toi toi-même

    First things first, this is gorgeous. oo As mentioned by Gryphon, the atmosphere is thick and rich, almost decadent. However, I think my problem with this piece also lies in ...

    May 28, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: nothing

    Comments in red. Gabriella hangs up her coat at the door. You can stand to have a more tense beginning. This is flat and, frankly, quite boring.. She moves through ...

    May 28, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Red Door (Seasame Sleep)

    Comments will be in red. ^^ It was something my therapist said to me once: Go to your Happy Place. I'm not sure about the way this is punctuated, but ...

    May 5, 2011
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: It was not uncommon

    Hi there! ^^ I'm Octave, and I'm here to review your work. Judging from the format of this, I'm going to go ahead and assume the paragraphing is intentional and ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Maryann's Ethics

    Hey~ ^^ So I reviewed the first time you posted this piece, and I'm coming back to review it again. First things first, I'd advise you to cut out the ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Alone.

    Hi there~ ^^ Octave here. Anyway, the first thing I want to note about your piece is that your beginning is unbelievably boring. There's no tension in it whatsover, and ...

    May 1, 2011
  • Short Story » General, General Re: The Puppet Master (New Version)

    Hi there Searria! ^^ Sorry it took me so long to get to this. oo" Anyway, I figure I should tell you I didn't read whatever lurked inside the spoiler. ...

    Apr 29, 2011
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Murderous Love

    I'll be brutally honest - I disliked this. It's hard to say why I didn't like it. It probably started in the beginning, which felt gimmicky and bland. Sure, it's ...

    Apr 10, 2011


If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven - and very, very few persons.
— James Thurber