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I'm confused by what you mean here by redneck. I come from the States, so I know what redneck here, and the activities you described definitely lend themselves to the ...

Not at all! And if you need proof that it's not an infinitive, just look at this: a virtue went out of him to sugar the sour ones. a virtue ...

Still definitely a participle phrase. Just look at how it's derived. The original two sentences are: But a virtue went out of him. This sugared the sour ones. Slightly modified ...

Yes, there can be such a thing as too many characters. There's too many when the reader can't tell them apart and starts to get confused, when they distract from ...

Who on Earth told you that 'sugaring' in this use is a gerund? Whoever it was obviously doesn't know what they're talking about. A gerund is a verb used as ...

I'm so glad I get to experience your amount of crazy in the real world. 13,002 posts and counting doesn't do it justice.

I agree with Kyllorac, not so much with the others. Dynamo makes a good point but you can't make your readers have empathy either. If your reader is a heartless ...

I'm back in action! Got reviewing crisis, writing crisis, and intercontinental moving sorted out and am ready whatever it was I used to... Ribbit. Ah, yes, that.

Hey, Serenity! Sorry for the long delay. I've been... well... I'll just leave it at busy :) Anyway, what stood out to me about this was the dialogue. Given that ...

PINK. You know, I don't know if I've ever reviewed something of yours, and I can't wrap my head around why or why not. Maybe because this is in the ...

Hey Mattimias! First: your love for storytelling and writing is obvious here. Also obvious is that you had whole gobs of fun writing this. Never lose that energy. As you ...

My favorite word is "the." If ever there were a word that English should be proud of, "the" would be it. But I'm also fond of "nonchalant" and the German ...

I assume this was written primarily for fun for you, so I'm not going to approach it as if it were written with other intentions in store. Other than perhaps ...

Master_Yoda, for taking extra time to help me figure out my story. (And for knowing who Janny Wurts and Guy Gavriel Kay are.)

Hey, Phoenix. I am here at last. First, I have to echo what the other said and say that this is a very long post. Splitting it up will get ...