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Ah, yes, not to me...but one can't change the culture, right? - Adelais What are you talking about, Adelais? - David Things we aren't allowed to say. That's why I ...

Generally unkempt. Bloody rakes have too many rules- one can never hope to follow them all. - Luke Erm, Luke? Your brooch is...upside down. - Upton [Luke seethes.] I quote ...

This is kind of a tricky thing to help with, because there are a lot of writers out there who will tell you that plotting squelches creativity, yadayada. And then ...

My father has been talking about Barbados lately- it's a nice place. My story would end there, with everyone...even Upton could go, I bet. All of my friends, on the ...

It's a matter of personal style, I think- but usually the writers who use that are really good . Charles Frazier, Johnathan Safran Foer...if you're new to the whole thing ...

Ah...it's rather faint, you know? But sitting in the kitchen of the Fish Street house, crying because the rest of the children got gifts for Hanukkah and I didn't get ...

The main character is probably really cocky and suave. A cool guy- possibly a pilot? Breathing Lessons

[ Sweet question. ^_^] With Josephine, when we had first father had left and my mother was gone, and she took my hands and said, "You are terribly sweet, but ...

Abundance , by Sena Jeter Naslund. *salivates* Marie Antoinette- yummy. Very yummy. Not especially digging the first person- you've got to get used to it- but it is quite good.

Very melancholy- which is something I absolutely adore, paired with the dreamlike way it's told. Even if it turned out to be no more than a person dithering about on ...

Sounds very YA, something about boyfriend drama. Or a boyfriend from another world, a là Twilight. Peas Porridge

Which is hilarious...because I really don't feel in control at all. It's a bit like walking a hyperactive Retriever down the block, with characters- them tugging at you every which ...

I don't know, up until recently I'd be super picky about "environment" and all that, but I've stopped caring. It's a mindset shift or something- major, and in the space ...

ZOMG, Lynlyn- Goldfrapp is good. Obscure bands are grand for that sort of thing, right? ^_~ Most of my influence comes from music, since I don't tend to read as ...

ZOMG, Russians and hangings. I personally think it should be a listing of three unrelated unpleasant things at the beginning; but that's a trifle compared to how yummy the rest ...