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  • Fanfiction Novels Re: Order of the Talisman Book 1: Prologue

    The plot develops very quickly. That is good, normally. When you have so much of it, however, it is easy for any reader (my very self included) to properly comprehend ...

    Sep 25, 2011
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: I Love You

    The format works fine, don't worry about that. What you could improve is the pacing. Keeping the vocabulary simple is good, it fits the tone of the piece. However, if ...

    Sep 22, 2011
  • Narrative Poetry Re: Rabbit Jake

    The Rabbit Jake Bestrode a mule And rode into the town His eyes agleam with silver's bliss And thoughts of feather down He tossed a coin Upon the bar And ...

    Sep 22, 2011
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Mistakes

    I walked into her on the way to my locker one morning. That was my first mistake. I made many that day. Books scattered across the concrete, papers flung out, ...

    Aug 26, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: In the Arms of the Angel: a Short Story

    Honestly, this is one of the most beautiful works I have read in some time. The sorrow and the solemn beauty collide gracefully to create one of the deepest emotional ...

    Apr 11, 2010
  • Lyric Poetry Re: Wintry Shadow

    The icy bite of frosty death Shadows caper madly in desperate ire Hiss and the swift dark plunges The pleasure and welcome of descent into black The freezing surround Does ...

    Apr 11, 2010
  • Dramatic Poetry Re: On the Inside

    True, this follows general cliche in it's subject manner, but that's OK, inventing a whole new story, new aspect of life is difficult for even accomplished authors. So keep to ...

    Apr 5, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Darkness Descending

    Thanks for the input. I know that it is just typical fantasy, but for my first work I want to stay in my comfort zone. The experimentation will come with ...

    Apr 5, 2010
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Darkness Descending

    Darkness Descending Prologue - A Grim and Clouded Sky The raven wheeled through the dismal sky, revelling in the turbulent currents, the ceaseless flow of the air, the scintillating aroma ...

    Apr 5, 2010
  • Fantasy Novels Re: The Nobodies

    The story develops rather quickly, without much explanation and handwaving the past events. Although there will probably be references to the past events later on in the story, a little ...

    Apr 5, 2010
  • Welcome Mat Re: New author - hello!

    Hi there! I'm Mark, and I love literature. It's my thing. I, like all of you here no doubt, devour books as voraciously as a sleep-deprived and enraged hippopotamus devours ...

    Apr 5, 2010


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