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  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    To put it simply: there is a government-sanctioned organization out to kill me, and, what's more, there's a five-thousand-pound price tag on my head. Hurrah. - Luke Summer is nearing ...

    Apr 8, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Girls who squeal. There's nothing that's really scaring them- so why do they do it when they're happy? - David Master Blackwell writes theorems slanting upward when he's excited about ...

    Apr 8, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Title Feedback

    That's one I'd have to read a jacket flap for- I love numbers in titles, but it doesn't seem to mean anything right off the bat. The Opium Poets

    Apr 7, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    I loved Levin! I know! He's a sweetheart, I think. A good guy. ...though, Vronksy is hot, though balding. More on the Russians: Ward No. 9 and Other Stories , ...

    Apr 7, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    At night, floating on my back in Corporal's Pond. Grand view, with all the stars shining through the trees...the only drawback is water up your nose, but mankind's killed for ...

    Apr 7, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    English. It didn't take me particularly long, but I think I've still got an accent. *pales* Luke, do I have an accent? - Upton Why are you asking me? - ...

    Apr 7, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Amazingly at home. ...I'm sorry, did that sound prattish? I'm a bit new to judging people by the way thier pockets jingle, if you hadn't guessed such already. - Luke ...

    Apr 5, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Owls? Er...no. I like most birds, they seem so impeccably clean all of the time, even when they live in trees and eat worms. -Upton They're God's sick, cruel form ...

    Apr 5, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    *hides copy of Crime and Punishment and Anna Karenina* Uhm, no, what are you talking about? Nonsense, that's what! This is an absolutely Russian-free zone!

    Apr 3, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Mostly, I 'forget' to go to class on Mondays. That was a true statement, once, but I found it terribly convenient...grand for the circles beneath your eyes, too. Oh, and ...

    Apr 1, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Books you used to love

    Redwall used to be absolutely epic, but sooner or later you come to the realization that it's a bunch of mice in tights frolicking about. I remember Captain Underpants as ...

    Mar 30, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Honesty? I don't like to be cynical...but I don't like getting wet with water I haven't seen poured and I don't like vomiting all over myself. -Upton Riding the boat ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    I love most everybody- except for Thomas, but that's only because Luke says he's a worthless arse. I don't know. I think he's alright, but Luke knows a lot about ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: How do you like your sentences?

    I like the Russian writers for their long, flowy sentences- they've got a knack for making them winding, but they end with a punch. It's like a whole story compacted ...

    Mar 26, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    My back hurts like all Hell. Honestly...stupid, stupid tailor said he'd put extra feathers in the mattress, but it feels like rocks. Some sort of sick goose, that is. - ...

    Mar 24, 2007


The adjective should reinvent the noun.
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