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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Love, Hate, vampire

    Hey there, I'm Rubric. I'd like to say that I'd be your reviewer today, but it appears I can't. The rule here at YWS is that for every piece you ...

    Aug 11, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: A Dolls House By Ibsen

    I enjoyed it a bit (I read it two years ago, so I'm a bit hazy). The hypocrisy of the husband was a fun read, and I enjoyed the abandoning ...

    Aug 10, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Chapter One--A Young Ruler's Guide to Etiquette

    oneday he was sure to be the captain of the royal servants "one day" as two words. Also, a servant wouldn't have a military rank. He'd be a butler or ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [8]

    What if hoards of men Hoarding is for treasure, Horde is for men. What if one of these nights in port they decided to steal the Dark Goddess? Um yeah, ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [6]

    Will had never seen such eyes! Big, almond-shaped, blue-green eyes framed by ridiculously long black eyelashes. Her eyes were by far Jo’s best feature It's good that you're going into ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [5]

    As Pegg divided up the money derived from the auction *derived* is grammatically correct, but doesn't flow well in the sentence, doesn't fit well with your diction. You could replace ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [4]

    the rice had gotten maggots in it may read better as "had been infested with maggots" but this is purely because I hate the word "got" Your ability as a ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [3]

    pegg shouldn't use the word "adage", it doesn't fit with the image of the flea infested scottsman (which is good) Does Jo start questioning her father's sanity a little too ...

    Aug 5, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess [1]

    Jo stood at the gaping hole that had just been created her hands on her hips I think this may have already been tagged, but you need a comma between ...

    Jul 29, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: The Ill

    city except some breaks in the clouds except *for* some growing upon them grammatically correct, but *on* sounds better than *upon* was a smell like that of sweat in my ...

    Jul 28, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Gypsy's Story: Chapter One

    Fresh meat, lovely. I'm Rubric and I'll be your reviewer this evening (well, it's evening where I am anyway) She knew that she could never relay her grandmother’s views to ...

    Jul 26, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Dark Goddess (title pending)

    Howdy there, I'm Rubric and I'll be your reviewer today Bright red, hot, sticky blood covered Josette LaVie’s calloused hands. Her Father’s blood. Even for a first sentence this is ...

    Jul 25, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Element prologue

    Aloha I'm Rubric and I'll be your reviewer for today. First I should tell you that the rule is 2 reviews for every submitted piece, so I'm reviewing this on ...

    Jul 23, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Woh Thunderdude, way to kill the effort people made to protect the spoiler.... And Blink I don't know where this accusation of immaturity comes from. Yes he's a bad, plagiarising, ...

    Jul 20, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: The Duel

    cover the land like a blanket of pure white "cover the land like a pure white blanket" reads better The forest lie sleeping lay the blanket of mist repetition of ...

    Jul 11, 2008


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