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  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Just finished Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I'm starting The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.

    Aug 16, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: How does writing make you feel?

    Me? In control? :shock: I'm with Sam - writing is like walking a hyperactive dog. My characters murdered any God complex I might have felt in writing. How I feel ...

    Aug 11, 2007
  • Art & Photography Re: Photos by me [New Pictures added 12/09/07]

    Those are gorgeous, Clau! I especially like the first two ones - they're from a glass exhibit at a museum in the area, right? I saw something like it at ...

    Jul 28, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Am I the only one who is in love with adult romances?

    I'm hopelessly romantic myself, but still - I'd rather read the noble love hinted at in Russian literature than the rather, ah... more blatent... carnal... type of writing in adult ...

    Jul 28, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: How long do you spend

    Depends on the day. When I'm in a time crunch or am determined, I can write thirty or even fourty pages in a day and spend hours, but then there ...

    Jul 27, 2007
  • NovMo Archives Re: NaNoWriMo 2007

    *eyes thread hungrily* I'm considering doing it this year, though I am not yet sure. Twould be my first time. ^_^

    Jul 27, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Does everyone else hate their own writing?

    I wouldn't say I hate my writing, but no matter what the piece, I am always painfully insecure and self-conscious about it. I can overcriticize my writing so much that ...

    Jul 26, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Planning of a novel.

    As people have said, it depends on the project. I've had projects where I plan myself so far ahead I get overwhelmed and don't ever write it. But my latest ...

    Jul 26, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Title Feedback

    Both sound like adventure/mystery books to me. The Scarab one sounds more like a mystery. I'm not really into mystery, but I would probably at least pick them up. The ...

    Jul 21, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Saddest Book

    I'm not a sad book reader, but one that was sad enough for me was Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb... I was devastated... *sniffs* Yah, Fool's Fate was sad. :cry: ...

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

    "A life of running is no life at all. But there are moments when I do feel like I'm living, no matter how few they may be." ~Strick "I love ...

    Jul 19, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    "Who is Cinderella?" ~Strick "Excuse my ignorant comrade. No, I do not believe in Cinderella stories, because I, for one, would be able to recognize the woman I loved without ...

    Jul 16, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: The Belgariad

    Oooh, read those a long time ago. I thought they were okay. I read all of them, but the first book was very slow for me - didn't like it. ...

    Jul 15, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    "Uh... my name is Strick. Do you really need a pronunciation for that?" ~Strick "It's Uh-ree-oh, not Uh-rill-oh, you idiot. Uh-ree-oh." ~Arillo "My name is pronounced Kray-uh. I know it ...

    Jul 14, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    "Ouch. I'm rather tired of being a hero." ~Strick "A dashing knight with a sparkling sword, willing to do anything to protect and comfort me. A compassionate person, in essence." ...

    Jul 7, 2007


To be a master of metaphor is the greatest thing by far. It is the one thing that cannot be learnt from others, and it is also a sign of genius.
— Aristotle, Poetics