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  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Chapter Two-

    To clear up the school: I'm basing the school off of my own. We are in a 4-story building; art, dance, music on the 4th floor, theatre & high school ...

    Jan 8, 2010
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Chapter Two-

    The best part about being a Junior is that our lockers are on the fourth floor of the old downtown building with the Seniors. For Marisol and I, it's away ...

    Jan 7, 2010
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Chapter One-

    Dudette: Thanks, I tend to type weird because it just kinda goes blah at 2 am lol. Yeah, this is really it for super-specific descriptions, haha. Kailey=almost 17, Marisol=16, Jess=15, ...

    Jan 4, 2010
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Prologue-

    Thanks to everyone who has read this so far, I'm glad you're enjoying it. Thanks also for catching the mistakes. I apologize if you feel this is an "infodump", but ...

    Jan 4, 2010
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Chapter One-

    If it weren't for Coconut, my six-year old Westie, I'd never get out of bed for school. She sprang onto my bed, licking my face as usual. Laughing, I waved ...

    Jan 4, 2010
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: You Never Wanted This: a Retelling of Sleeping Beauty

    This was really really brilliant. I love how her motivation was for escape, and then how she just could not fall asleep and regretted it a bit. The counting sheep ...

    Jan 4, 2010
  • General Fiction Novels Re: Seven Petals -Prologue-

    Most people don't believe me when I say I have six sisters. Most people also don't believe me when I introduce them to my sisters. When we go out to ...

    Jan 4, 2010


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)