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  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Ice Cold Fire: Chapter Two Pt 1

    Ok. There is a big, big flaw with your writing for me. You are telling rather than showing. Let me explain. You say - " Instead I fell through the ...

    Sep 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Burning Clothes

    The feeling is here in this poem, as well as the passion. What is lacking is the composition. You need to filter through your passion through a greater complexity of ...

    Sep 3, 2010
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Coffee Stain & Cruel is the night

    Coffee Stain On the roads, I pass by them and they glance, look me over, and I don't have a chance to hide that muddy cloud, that bleary mark of ...

    Sep 3, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Golden Mirror [Chapter 1]

    Through death and destruction the feud continues. I disagree with Shina, I like this kind of opening. Short and catchy. It’s almost funny. Through death and destruction the feud continues. ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Alfred Yeats

    Scratch that first paragraph. It is in many ways unnecessary and to a large extent, a cliché. As for the style, I can see this being controversial. You are writing ...

    Jun 23, 2009
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: When Science Escapes (Edited)

    Even the usually poker-faced and calm newsreader looked terrified. Her heart-shaped face, although liberally applied with make-up, was ashen-grey and pearly with sweat; her eyes, with mascara applied

    Apr 25, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Maxim (Prologue)

    He listened to her footsteps echo through the school’s empty halls. They grew louder by the second. Showtime. A fit of violent coughs escaped him and rocked his body. He ...

    Apr 25, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Nonsensical

    Why do we do what we do, the way we do it? ##The opener is poor and little bit jarred. This universal feather becomes almost dead to us. ##I do ...

    Apr 17, 2009
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: It Would've Been Nice to Say I Knew You

    theres ink in my blood and my heart doesnt know my minds full of thoughts ## "minds" should be "mind" since a long time ago my keyboard is bloody my ...

    Apr 17, 2009
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'

    Wonderful. Wonderful. WONDERFUL novel. I think Atticus is probably one of the greatest characters in literature. A cross-section of racial history interwoven with a journey into adulthood. Lightning p

    Jan 19, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: In the Middle of Your Life... Part 2

    Yep, just read the first part and I like it. Its kind of an American-street version of Terry Pratchett (Yet its too far apart to be compared to). Watch the ...

    Jun 22, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: In Thrall

    I thought you had reached a point in "In Thrall" where the story would not progress (as we discussed). However you just proved me wrong. We have reached yet another ...

    Jun 21, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: In Thrall

    Hi Gyrfalcon, I too am suffering from a lack of critiques and It demoralises me because I start to doubt my work. Anyway. Yes, another fine instalment yet so many ...

    Apr 11, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Johnny

    I'm actually not a fan of the style at all. I think in modern fantasy novels you really need to zoom in with your characters. Even in worlds of magic ...

    Apr 8, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Excerpts from my comedy-fantasy story

    Yes, very funny. Fantastic-Comedy is a very hard genre, you seem to parody it well in the extracts shown. I'd like to see a longer chronological extract. Its very difficult ...

    Apr 7, 2008


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