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  • Short Story » General, General Re: Rain On Me

    Gosh, no wonder you won. This piece is excellent and I think you deserved that prize. This was a short and sweet little piece, with brilliant description and imagery. I ...

    Jul 5, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Cassidy

    I really enjoyed it and I can't wait to hear more, which is a surprise since I'm not really into stories like this. One thing that did bug me was ...

    Jul 5, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Parents-Prologue

    Wow! I love the twist at the end and how it's not completely lovey-dovey. What's going to happen to the kids?! Please PM me when the next part is out. ...

    Jul 5, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: The Crayon Story.1

    On the contrary, I enjoyed it. I was given a clear idea of what was going on from the beginning. There's one thing I will say, and that's to pace ...

    Jul 5, 2009
  • Poetry » Lyrical, General Re: Click.

    I really love the style of verse you've used here and some of the description, but the only problem I have with it is that it doesn't come to a ...

    Jul 4, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Untitled

    I have decided to review your story, which I enjoy very much, but there were a few things I found with this that I decided to point out to you ...

    Jul 2, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: You Soft and Lonely/You Lost and Lonely

    Please don't switch tenses! You flitted from present to past tense and I wasn't sure if that was intentional or not. Not only did I do horrendous, Not only did ...

    Jul 1, 2009
  • Short Story » Action / Adventure, General Re: Missing

    The wind whipped at my hair like an angry beast, whispering dark secrets into my ears. The street was empty; the sky overcast. The papers that had rattled free from ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Poetry » Narrative, General Re: A Little Girl

    With narrative poetry, similar rules apply as to prose. You need to show rather than tell because otherwise we feel no empathy for the character in question. So, if you ...

    Jun 30, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: Summer's Gone

    Wow, this is an amazing piece of prose which has inspired me to write something similar based on real events. There were very few errors with this piece, although it ...

    Jun 29, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Currently Untitled(1)

    “Yes, honey?” she said in her thick German-English accent, tucking a strand of auburn hair behind Viktor's ear. Viktor flinched. “Mom!” Viktor managed to point his hand at the TV ...

    Jun 29, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Science Fiction, General Re: Upon Waking

    I'm just going to annotate where I have any additional comments. I really enjoyed it btw! I think it's good for your second try at writing. My second time trying ...

    Jun 29, 2009
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: Your Pretty Blue Sundress

    I really enjoyed this, your prose is excellent but just try to make sure it doesn't get too flowery and verge on the dreaded purple prose. Also, I personally don't ...

    Jun 29, 2009
  • Novel / Chapter » Romantic, General Re: Solace From The Shadows (Chapter 1)

    I'll just annotate this in bold for ya. ;] Sshh, we won’t hurt you… Evie jerked awake and sat up suddenly, her heart pounding. She looked around her to see ...

    Jun 29, 2009
  • Short Story » Romantic, General Re: The Difference Between Day and Night

    That last paragraph is far too long. You're going to have to chunk that down into at least three or four smaller paragraphs. It seems that you forgot that when ...

    Jun 28, 2009


“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!" "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
— Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell