Sumi H. Inkblot

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

*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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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. ...

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

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 ...

"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

"Hell is like a marker." XD

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. ...