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  • Other Re: Strengthening Your Hands for Good

    Whatever man. I didn't put any REAL thought into this. Pretty much it was just a thing I did that I felt like posting, just for the heck of it. ...

    Feb 3, 2010
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: The Report of Decius Curtius

    Oops, yeah good point. And It's for the play, unfortunately...

    Dec 22, 2009
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: The Report of Decius Curtius

    Sorry, but Brutus and Cassius were brothers. It says so in the play. Actually, they were half-brothers (Cassius was married to Brutus's sister) but in Rome that was pretty much ...

    Dec 21, 2009
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: The Report of Decius Curtius

    This was a creative writing assignment I did for English, so it's not that exciting. I was supposed to write as if I were a centurion that was supposed to ...

    Dec 16, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Cruelty of the World

    Yeah, well in my defense poetry is supposed to leave you hanging, isn't it? You're supposed to think about it. Sometimes the best way to get attention is the title, ...

    Dec 12, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Cruelty of the World

    Ah, OK sorry.

    Dec 10, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Cruelty of the World

    This haiku IS 5-7-5 actually.

    Dec 8, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Cruelty of the World

    Thanks, I'll remember that.

    Dec 7, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: So Cold. (Story for Forest's song contest)

    Whoa. Nice. Just a few nitpicks. We stood silently as they charged into the room and threw torches onto the furniture and screamed blood hurdling cries. Should be blood-curdling. They ...

    Dec 7, 2009
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Aradel's Daughter Preface

    Hey, I'll be a reviewer. Good job on your NaNoWriMo. Anyway, I feel like picking and prying, since it's a small piece. (mwahahaha...) The Mists blanketed the narrow valley. Any ...

    Dec 7, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Cruelty of the World

    A haiku. Why do you hate me? Glaring at me with those eyes? Have I done you wrong? I appreciate any feedback.

    Dec 7, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Robin's Egg

    Thanks, captain.classy. I'm not a poet, obviously, so I appreciate anything that will make my poetry better.

    Dec 7, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: The Freed Verse.

    I'm sorry to say I disagree with this poem. You definitely have a way with words. Even though it doesn't seem to have any visible pattern (Which, correct me if ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The First Canto (tentative title)

    Excellent. That was on of the best pieces I have ever read on this site. I actually haven't read the Divine Comedy, but according to the other reviewers, this is ...

    Dec 5, 2009
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: Lost

    In poems, there should be some sort of pattern or rhythm, I think. Your last stanza has two more verses than the other two (or verse has more stanzas, whatever. ...

    Dec 5, 2009


He began to wonder why he had felt uneasy at all. It was like a man wondering in broad daylight why a dream had appeared so terrible to him at night.
— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart