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  • Writers Corner Re: Book to Screen...?

    I'd be fine with it, as long as I'd have some degree of control over the finished process and production process. JKR, for example, reads over the screenplay before it's ...

    May 1, 2007
  • Official Polls Re: Who Is Fred?

    Fred is a barbershop quartet. No, really.

    Apr 29, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Write Your Own Ending!

    I think that Harry and Voldy will both die, Snape will be good, and Ron, Hermione, and Ginny will survive. I want Harry to kill himself, but I doubt that ...

    Apr 17, 2007
  • Writing Tips Re: Avoiding the Passive Voice

    I personally don't understand the bias against the passive voice that's present especially in the English language. In German, the only other language which i speak fluently, there's nothing wrong ...

    Mar 29, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members!

    Do you ever have problems with people's views and your lesbian fiction? I'm just curious, because you say you work with your church youth group, but also write lesbian romance? ...

    Mar 27, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Sophie's World

    Mmmmmm, yes. Sophie's World was a really awesome book... kind of like Ishmael (what I'm currently reading), just longer, without a gorilla, and doesn't start analyzing symbolic stuff in the ...

    Mar 23, 2007
  • Media Reviews Re: Speak

    Yeah, I agree. I haven't read Speak for a while, but every time I do, I'm glad I did. :) I also like the way it deals with a lot ...

    Mar 23, 2007
  • Welcome Mat Re: Welcome New Members!

    Hey, everyone! I'm Ellen, I'm seventeen, and I live in the suburbs of Indianapolis, IN, although I lived in Germany last year as an exchange student. I do a lot ...

    Mar 23, 2007


The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth.
— Kate Chopin, The Awakening