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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


Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it’s a cactus.
— Enid Bagnold