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Poor Imp

  • General Articles Re: Pop Culture

    It makes a very good journal entry - it seems to honestly reflect things you've thought about, but most of all reflect feeling . Every word tells of a world ...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Homework Help Re: Help on humor piece!

    All right then - definitely try Douglas Adams. And if that's not exactly what you're looking for, you might also look at Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - hilarious and ...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Homework Help Re: Help on humor piece!

    Have you tried Jeeves by PG Whodehouse? (Pardon me if I've mangled his last name...) Dougles Adams and the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy are also brilliant for the humour. ...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Welcome Mat Re: Salve

    Hey Vanturpais! I'm Imp...welcome to YWS. I understand the latin-thing entirely...though I tend to slip into Spanish and Italian more than Latin. Not that that is terribly relevant. Written-wise: I'm ...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Dark Night

    This might make a very effective prologue. I was drawn in by the beginning description. But you've got it all massed in one paragraph - even dialogue. It would be ...

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Brown. -Tov --- What is it you first see when meeting someone: eye colour, body type, hair? (Or do you actually see beyond the physical?)

    Apr 25, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Skip both, thanks. ...who would want a birdbrain? Or a fish. -Tov --- How does your image of yourself conflict with other people's view of you?

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Ideas Generator

    ...I've been there a few times - mostly for amusement, I admit. The generators are hilariously cliched and off-the-wall in turns. Thanks for posting it, Dream Deep.

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the Signature Above You.

    I'm going to duck now. Ay! ...heh. All caps. Funny and wince-able and...the point? Sorry - I'm overthinking it. 5/10

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    numbers, I guess. Infinity. Cross my heart - -Tov --- ...Why would you break? What situation would be too much?

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Obliterating Skimming or Skipping

    I don't skim...not books at least. (Though I will admit to skimming your post, as Jack and BB. I believe I read first sentence or two, and bounced to the ...

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Coffee... But it might not be. Who would know? -Tov --- What's the point of sarcasm? (Why would you yourself use it?)

    Apr 24, 2006
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Some Minor Changes, or 120 SmIlIES!!??

    :smt117 :smt065 My fencing smilie will help your chicken smilie catch the chicken. (...and why exactly are we catching a chicken?) Thanks for the new smilies, by the way, Nate. ...

    Apr 23, 2006
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Some Minor Changes, or 120 SmIlIES!!??

    :smt065 Yes!... Fencing smilie! ^_^ I suppose there's no way to invert them, so to speak, so that they can fence eachother?

    Apr 23, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Drev. Bloody hell - Drev long as I could come up behind him - with a gun. Hey - bonzai, right? - Tov --- How ill have you been in ...

    Apr 23, 2006


A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
— Honore de Balzac