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  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Drop the Leash

    Forgive me, I'm grumpy this morning. But I have to say I kind of ... dont get it. This sounds basically like a recitation of your thoughts - and while ...

    Jan 30, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Act of Love

    No offense Clau, but I kind of have to agree with Incan here. While you clearly have a strong poetic voice and an excellent style (I especially like the smoothness ...

    Jan 29, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: My Rose Garden's Past Life: Six Earls and a Superstar

    Hi xanthan :) I quite enjoyed this...just a few things: Allow yourself perchance to dream for seam upon seam of this world is unyielding to all of our happenstance themes. ...

    Jan 23, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Odes of Fancy

    **blinks** When you said long, you werent kidding, LOL. Overall points, to begin with: 1. I think it would flow better if you didnt use capitals at the beginning of ...

    Jan 23, 2007
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Evil Knows No Buckeyes

    Oh my god! **falls in love with story** LOL. Seriously though, it really was excellent. I'm so glad I found it on the boards, or I would have missed out ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Short Story » Historical Fiction, General Re: Sisters

    Well, Cassandra caught most of the grammatical/spelling errors and whatnot, so I guess that leaves me with the story as a whole. Some things I'd work on: 1. Flow. As ...

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: its not her fault.

    You're new, so I'll give you some advice: as a poetry topic, suicide sucks. It's been done 20 million times and generally is considered very amateurish and...well, cliche. And if ...

    Jan 21, 2007
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Taken Hostage

    I second elein -- as it stands, this story is very confusing and difficult to read. Some points to think about: 1. Grammar. Oh my god. Grammar. And syntax. And ...

    Jan 20, 2007
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Age of Exploration

    Charming, whimsical and elegantly written. I very much enjoyed it. I'll give it a second read later and see if I can find anything to critique properly, but at the ...

    Jan 20, 2007
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Alagore chapter one

    LL, I think, um...how can I say this tactfully? He hit the water with an enormous splash that momentarily paralised his body. Roger was knocked unconcious and his limp body ...

    Jan 20, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: A Wicked Game

    Ooh interesting. Dark fairytale-ness! There were a few typos, missed words and spelling errors, but you should be able to find those yourself with a thorough editing (failing that, most ...

    Jan 14, 2007
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: "Betrayal of Caesar.”

    To be honest? I got nothing from this. I *know* about the Ides of March, I know it was Brutus, I know Caesar died. Whatever. Why should I care? No, ...

    Jan 7, 2007
  • Short Story » General, General Re: John Smith

    I dont know anything about name changing either, so sorry -- cant really help you there. But I will crit just the same LOL. Overall, I quite liked this. It ...

    Jan 6, 2007
  • Poetry » Other, General Re: Mesopotamia

    I disagree with Chandni -- I think the "all" works well in those three lines. In fact, I'm more or less thoroughly impressed with this precisely the way it is, ...

    Dec 29, 2006
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: Children Of Philosophy

    Hey Harpz! Thanks again for the loan of your awesome title, LOL :) Here is the crit I promised! Intellectuals Breaking new grounds Charting new territories Sailing open waters Testing ...

    Dec 28, 2006


'They are afraid of nothing,' I grumbled, watching their approach through the window. 'Together, they would brave Satan and all his legions.'
— Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights