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  • Short Story » General, General Re: A Gesture Among Five Strangers

    Heh. I get the impulse to write a story completely for yourself, a notion which I 100% support, but once you've made the decision to show it to the public ...

    Aug 24, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Descent (part 1)

    Just wanted to stop by and make some quick notes. - It's always tricky, trying to figure out where to stop and where to go (in terms of posting chapters). ...

    Aug 12, 2010
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: Possessing Maya (rewritten!) OLD

    Don't feel discouraged! It's a tricky thing, to streamline and edit and rewrite a work, and trickier still to get it to a level where it radiates perfection. (I certainly ...

    Aug 4, 2010
  • Short Story » General, General Re: All The World Is Blind [r]

    You are most definitely right, the hooker line is silly and the woodenly was unnecessary. (I knew someone was going to point out that hooker line before I fixed it ...

    Apr 17, 2009
  • Short Story » General, General Re: Dinner At Six

    Hey. Sorry it took awhile to get back to you, but here goes: I don't/can't buy that she "kills" him in any way. For a few reasons: (1) The light ...

    Jan 30, 2009
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: spaceman in the sky

    ...and I'm probably going to change the title. Just not sure what it'll be, yet.

    May 27, 2008
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: spaceman in the sky

    Sorry it took me so long to respond. I've been out of town for most of the past two weeks. Conrad Rice >> Thanks, first of all, for the nice ...

    May 27, 2008
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: the nine lives of allen grey [r]

    Eee, thanks so much! Your lovely lovely words are muchly appreciated. Imp >> I got my mark today. 100%, so I think it was well-received. :D Thanks for the feedback! ...

    Feb 2, 2007
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: the nine lives of allen grey [r]

    Thanks, all of you. :)

    Jan 22, 2007
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: the nine lives of allen grey [r]

    Heheh, okay. Also: I've majorly revamped some of the phrasing in the story (not really "majorly revamped," but it feels like that at five o'clock in the morning). Also bumped ...

    Jan 13, 2007
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: the nine lives of allen grey [r]

    I liked this. I found well scanning through pieces, so if your piece has already been graded let us know. I did notice you seemed to go in reverse. Even ...

    Jan 10, 2007
  • Short Story » Science Fiction, General Re: the nine lives of allen grey [r]

    bubblewrapped >> Yay, you liked it! :) Snoink >> Heh, this isn't the Red Riding Hood story. That one lies on my hard drive awaiting a major editorial overhaul, or ...

    Jan 9, 2007
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Keeping The Green

    You guys are lovely. Thanks for the feedback. Hehehe... I didn't say that you wouldn't have to change anything else. I just sounded what sounded better in that one sentence. ...

    Sep 13, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Keeping The Green

    I think this one sentence could be better so instead of this: And so the queen touched their faces, and they fell to their knees and wept. This: And so ...

    Sep 4, 2006
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Keeping The Green

    Okay, I expanded a bit on the transition from Elanna: normal to queen: crazy person, so hopefully it works better. What do you think? And thanks for the feedback, guys. ...

    Sep 4, 2006


There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.
— Terry Pratchett