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From here: Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past ...

P.S. the Oscars are on Sunday. I'm rooting for Howl's Moving Castle, although of course no one else's ever heard of it ...

Well, duh.

I've only seen a couple of movies from here, so when I say Brokeback Mountain is the best movie, I'm actually not taking into account Crash which (I'm told) is ...

I'm not sure if anyone's heard of this, but Nanoedmo's been around for (almost) as long as Nanowrimo. It stands for "National Novel Editing Month" — it's in March (i.e. ...

Karma >> No, I'm pretty sure they don't (take advantage of you, that is) — I've actually never used it, but from the tons of people on the Nanowrimo boards ...

Yes, but self-publishing has its own set of problems, and is rarely as effective (or lucrative) as publishing via established publishers.

This book is so very overrated. Yes, it's a great story and a fun read. Yes, the fact verses fiction combined with a blending of various mythologies and philosophies and ...

No! Blasphemy!

When you say "hyphen" do you mean, well, a hyphen, or an em dash? Because they're two very different punctuation marks (but very similar in appearance). Just so you know ...

Well, the best place to go for this sort of thing is Nanowrimo . If you've never heard of it — basically, every November, thousands of writers from all over ...

There's no bona fide way to get people to love your story, sad but true. I for one resent cliffhangers with a fiercely burning passion — it's a cheap gimmick, ...

"Small peridot butterflies were woven in her blonde hair, which was in a loose braid, and she wore an elegant light green dress." Hmm. A couple of things here. First ...

Wow. Snoink's crit was nicer than mine, and she gets more insults? ...I feel so left out. *cries*

...well, I ended up writing this critique sooner than I thought I would. Blame it on Snoink. ;) Speaking of which ... if our critiques overlap, it's because we were ...