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  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    Tolstoy's Short Stores Collected by Leo Tolstoy. ...I always wondered how one could have a surname that meant 'fat'. I can't think of an english equivalent at the moment, though ...

    Aug 7, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Blazing minds!

    The Vostok Forest borders the line between the mage's eastern sea and M'yesk , hollow land. It's well known for ambushes, highwaymen and the odd creatures that creep in and ...

    Aug 7, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Made-up words

    Juding by most words. You take a normal verb or noun and just stick on endings. -ified -ed -er -est -ization -ification -fy -ly Moronificationfy Dictionomity Pop-Tart'd You know whats ...

    Aug 7, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Coffee. Well, it might be, right? -Tov I don't think I've ever thought about it. There's a bitter, oil reek off the unsealed side, Vostok - reminds me of something ...

    Aug 7, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Sure. I look in mirrors - all the time, know every... Hell. I'm short. Right? Black hair, I think. Ask Tasia. -Tov To Ani: I'm not annoying, for God's sake. ...

    Aug 6, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Ha - if it's what no one knows, I can't say, right? Then it won't be. I'd be a liar. Ah, that wouldn't change. -Tov --- Is it more common ...

    Aug 5, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: how many novels do you own?

    I suppose...four bookshelves full, though absolutely all novels or fiction - I've never counted. There are a couple dozen at least floating around wherever it is - either home or ...

    Aug 4, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    No. Hey, answer, right? Er, no. I mean it. Handle what? 'Never touched anything...like it. -Tov --- What's it like to be fatigued/have you ever been so tired you couldn't ...

    Aug 4, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    EDIT: Fand slipped in ahead --I'll anser her question as well -- a moment... Er...would that be rotten or just vaguely sour? What? wait, like a little kid? No...honest. Not ...

    Aug 4, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Want a what? ...Er, don't tell me I know you, all right? Right. I don't. Great answer though? -Tov If...well, lots of things and I were married, I guess? I ...

    Aug 3, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Make a Story

    Neat idea, Shadow...rather apt for me. I've been knocking my head against walls to write - and this was a well-needed break and fun. ^_^ --- Meandering melancholy, Gard thought, ...

    Aug 2, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Brown. ...because. Why? -Tov Blue or green, if I think about it. There's not a lot of either in the city. -Piers Violet because of a sunrise, I think. And ...

    Aug 1, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    It happens. ...usually. Right? To some people. -Tov -- What is it you're striving to be? Or are you just along for the ride of life?

    Aug 1, 2006
  • Fiction Discussion Re: What are you reading at the moment?

    The Tower of London by W. Harrison Ainsworth

    Jul 31, 2006
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    Tolerably, I suppose...it's been a bloody long time now. You have to though - science and all; university and my thesis. God. Did I write on etymology and philosophy? Inept, ...

    Jul 31, 2006


Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
— William S. Burroughs