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  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Why would you shave your head? Kind of silly, really... -David *pulls out revolver* No, and if you so much as nick one hair , there'll be dire consequences. - ...

    Apr 28, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Title Feedback

    Sounds like a murder mystery, or an extremely embellished home cleaning guide. I'd probably need a cool cover and an interesting synopsis to read it, though- personally, I'm not really ...

    Apr 28, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: The YWS Recent Books List Nominations

    I second [i]The Perks of Being a Wallflower[/b]. I'd consider that 'classic', but it falls into the category of Good Things That Very Few People Read. Bloody Jack - L.A. ...

    Apr 21, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: The YWS Classics List Nominations

    Ooh, good idea...I'm certain some of these have been listed already, but seconded nominations could be helpful. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - ...

    Apr 21, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    The right way! says the left-handed demon child. Honestly. My mother made me see a priest when she noticed I was painting with the 'wrong hand'- even at so impressionable ...

    Apr 17, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    I burned my elbow in one, once (please, don't ask how this happened). Not a bad burn, but it hurt like absolute Hell and I couldn't bend it for months. ...

    Apr 13, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Oh, God, I always forget to send my dresses in to the seamstress when the hems need fixing. I leave them frayed and then on the day of a ball ...

    Apr 12, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Haha. No...I'm not quite certain why I'm still in mathematics classes, either. Probably the remaining whisp of a dream of 'classical education'- pity. I can't speak Latin, either. -Adelais To ...

    Apr 11, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: By Ellen Hopkins-Crank, Burned, & Impulse

    I had mixed feelings about Burned- yeah, some of the poems were really good, but it focused too much on 'Dad is a bad guy' and 'I should be able ...

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Oh, Heller is very, very funny. We'll have to discuss when you've finished... Adding in another title to the mix: Feed , by M.T. Anderson.

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What makes a great book?

    Marketing and design are really what sell books- at least, in my opinion. When I go for the library or bookstore, I look for: - An interesting cover, preferably more ...

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Ah, you're not alone, Myia...I love Burroughs, too. Mmm... The Picture of Dorian Gray , by Oscar Wilde. Claude seem to enjoy it. :wink:

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Corporal's Pond, if it's to avoid those at school, or Johnathan's apartment, if it's to avoid Johnathan. Ironic, that... - Adelais The roof. Really, it's easy to get to from ...

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Oh my God...semi-colons. By far. They make you look so refined and elegant; even if you have no idea how to use them. See? That was probably grammatically incorrect; but ...

    Apr 10, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Ultra-short Fiction

    "What the Hell are palm fronds?" Ethan was peering at his textbook, inadequate glasses only blurring the words before him. "I think it's an ice cream flavor," a voice behind ...

    Apr 10, 2007


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