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Sumi H. Inkblot

  • Writing Tips Re: Cliche Names..?

    Well, that depends on what genre you're using. For romance, using anything overly frilly (like Louise, Marie, almost anything French-sounding) is generally a bad idea. For fantasy, that's really based

    Mar 1, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Telling vs. Showing?

    Telling is okay when giving back stories and things such as that, but I hate when people write sentences like, "She screamed." What does it look like? What does it ...

    Feb 13, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Telling vs. Showing?

    As a reviewer (and a writer), I know the whole drill about show vs. tell, how great it is, blah blah blah. But what I really want to know is, ...

    Feb 12, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Trimming the idea hedge

    I sympathize. It sucks to have a ton of ideas. xP If you have too many ideas, chuck them in an ideas box (a shoebox or something like that). That ...

    Jan 2, 2009
  • Research Re: Question for the Girls Here

    Hahaha, great question. For me, it's generally three things. Height, firstly -- no girl wants to feel taller than a guy she likes. That just makes it awkward between both. ...

    Dec 10, 2008
  • Research Re: Looking for some local poetry buffs...

    *Poetry- reading buffs. In English we're supposed to put together a poetry portfolio based on a theme and a topic... the theme is "journey" (assigned theme :roll: ) and my ...

    Nov 14, 2008
  • Writers Corner Re: what are some good villan names?

    The single best name resource ever. Arabic or Welsh names seem particularly dastardly. My only other advice: At all cost, avoid using the sound "mor". It's been done before, and ...

    Apr 16, 2008
  • Writing Tips Re: Favorite Form of Procrastination?

    YWS, Solitaire, YouTube (I'm a complete sucker for German death metal AMVs), and Paint Shop Pro.

    Mar 16, 2008
  • Research Re: How long does cookie dough keep?

    but you could get salmonella! *shock!* So?! :P Brownie batter is much tastier than the actual brownies. I agree with Imp -- month, tops, in the freezer, and a little ...

    Jan 14, 2008
  • Research Re: Ma'am

    I agree with Ari -- it's respectful and, I think, necessary. Waiters, waitresses, the clerk at a store, the guy who you catch up with because he dropped his wallet. ...

    Dec 29, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: not sure if this belongs here...

    Hmm, I think this belongs in the Writer's Corner. *Moved*

    Nov 3, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Recycled Ideas?

    Heh, I know I'll never use this one. ^^ A girl is writing her novel and putting it up on a writer's site, but she stops in the 15th chapter ...

    Oct 23, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Simile Generator

    "Bitterness is like chewing gum." I really don't think so. XD But it's juicy and cinnamon-flavored and looses all niceness after five minutes of good chewing! O.O

    Oct 21, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Simile Generator

    "Hell is like a marker." XD

    Oct 21, 2007
  • Writers Corner Re: Pen name?

    C.K. Baron :P My last name is rather distinctive, also, but I doubt anyone would know how to pronounce it...and I hate it when people mispronounce my last name...so, Baron. ...

    Oct 15, 2007


In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
— Robert Frost