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  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Romantic Re: Clash - Chapter 1.

    Howdy, this is in response to your request for a review, please let me know if this is helpful, and feel free to ask for specific feed-back in the future. ...

    Jun 28, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Action / Adventure, Literature Re: Sazerac | Part One: After Eight

    "which ended in a full body collision with one of the torn bar stools" This reads as if the barrel ended up in a full body collision: whereas it should ...

    Jun 28, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Narrative Re: Dragoon story Ch. 2

    “You’re the first person who didn’t laugh . . . when I told them.” Take England as an example: they didn’t start anything like a public education system until well ...

    Jun 27, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Action / Adventure Re: The Sun Children V - The Princess' Crown - Chapter One

    Howdy, sorry it took me so long to get to your review. It's quite a long pice and took me some time to get through. I usually do an itemised ...

    Jun 13, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Realistic, Literature Re: Bee-Eater

    Howdy. First impression: wow. I enjoy this type of piece, where a narrative is made characterful without being overly resistant to a reader. You gave us enough to create a ...

    Jun 12, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Narrative Re: Ch 1. (part 2)

    Howdy again. Once again the general comments are intermingled with particular critiques. I dwell a little on worldbuilding, social-structure and narrative style. Hope this proves helpful. "by the girl

    Jun 11, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Narrative Re: Ch 1. (part 1)

    Howdy again. Interspersed with my nitpicking, I have a bit of a discussion on your worldbuilding. I’ll be very interested to see how you handle clerical magic in particular. If ...

    Jun 11, 2012
  • Short Story » Dramatic, Mystery / Suspense Re: Lady Gridelin

    Good afternoon. I will begin with specific remarks, and move toward the general. Rest assured that I was greatly impressed with your overall style and particularly the shift in sympathy ...

    Jun 6, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Narrative Re: Prologue

    I quite enjoyed this piece, though in reality it is two, rather than one. the initial letter is great, because it combines exposition witha tangible characterisation on the part of ...

    May 31, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Dramatic, Literature Re: A scene from a novella I am writing

    Howdy, I'll jump right it. It's a short piece, but you manage to create some strong characterisation of Stephen, and hint at future plot developments. The biggest sell is the ...

    May 30, 2012
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, Fantasy Re: Amira, Part 2

    Howdy. First of all, I couldn't find Part 1, so my review will be based solely on what I've read here. Sorry if that leads to any misconceptions on my ...

    May 30, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, Other Re: Prologue - Untitled Story

    Howdy, I'm Rubric and I'll be doing a run down of your piece. My overall impression is that I like this as backstory: it explains how the woman becomes a ...

    May 28, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, Dramatic Re: The Night of Broken Glass Chapter 1.

    I love this. You capture the tension between characters caught in an impossible situation, and do it very well. I must say, it's an incredibly intimidating subject to write about, ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, Dramatic Re: The Night of Broken Glass

    I tend not to critique poetry as I'm less than a dab hand at it, but I do love the amount of historical references built into it. It's haunting. Moving ...

    May 25, 2012
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark World Chapter 1-Indect Reasoning

    Ignore that first post, it's been a while since I've done a review and I was disheartened by the lack of tools at my disposal. I'll begin with my general ...

    May 25, 2012


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