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  • Randomosity Re: Whedon Fans.

    Being a rabid Whedon fan, I'd definitely join — my only concern is, what would we do? Discuss episodes? Write fanfiction? Somethign else entirely? I'm not impartial to either idea, ...

    Feb 13, 2006
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Wraith

    ...so. This was written for Nanowrimo 2005, an overly epic saga of late nights and too much caffeine. As a result, it obviously needs tons and tons of editing, and ...

    Feb 7, 2006
  • Storybook Basics Re: Storybook RPG: Guidelines

    Okay, Griffinkeeper asked me to re-post this in the Storybooks thread. If you're in this forum, you're probably already familiar with the YWS style of storybook; hopefully, we'll now be ...

    Feb 6, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Why Poor Spelling Sucks

    Ugh, bad spelling. Thanks for pointing out why it sucks. With a dozen (or more) different spell-checking tools that can be found both online and offline, people have even less ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • Media Reviews Re: Redwall lover!

    Can someone please tell me what the Redwall series is about? Redwall is about a bunch of cute little animals who live in a monastary and like to eat lots ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The calling of one being (rated for Language)

    Yeah, I second Shadowdancer on this one ... there are teachers who want that level of familiarity with their students, for whatever reason, and therefore allow/request students to call them ...

    Feb 5, 2006
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: The calling of one being (rated for Language)

    Okay, bear in mind that everything I have to say pertains to the first post. I haven't yet read anything past the original installment. ...right. On to the story. This ...

    Feb 4, 2006
  • Lounge, The Re: TV Show : Smallville and House

    Ew, Smallville. Yeah, I watch Smallville. (Ah, I remember the days when it was actually sort of good...) And I've got the occasional episode of "House". But, to be fair, ...

    Feb 4, 2006
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Of Lavender and Shooting Stars

    Oh, this is gorgeously written. There are a couple of grammatical errors (it's the commas; they're the kiss of death, or something close enough) and a few words/sentences that jar ...

    Feb 2, 2006
  • Research Re: Value of Writing Clubs

    Would you attend one if it was avaible at a community centre or library? Maybe. We do have a youth writing club of sorts -- or, we did (I'm not ...

    Jan 31, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Drizzle

    I know I should have, but it was NaNoWriMo and I was trying to get at least 1667 words a day, and that bit wasn't even 1667 words. Then the ...

    Jan 31, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Drizzle

    Oh ... wait, one more thing that I completely didn't notice the first time. Wearing that dark, shapeless coat, the person could be male of female, but the long golden ...

    Jan 29, 2006
  • Writing Tips Re: Um... (peeking over shoulder)

    4. Password Protect your work: this only works after you finish. Still it keeps nosy parents out. For most word-processing programs (or the main ones, i.e. Word and Wordperfect), you ...

    Jan 29, 2006
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: Drizzle

    First of all -- yay, Nanowrimo! (You beat me to posting my Nanowrimo story.) More people should do this. (Nanowrimo, that is, although more people should probably post their stories ...

    Jan 29, 2006
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Asher

    Just to preface my obscenely long critique: this is a great story, with tons of potential, and you're an amazing writer. I'm not the best judge when it comes to ...

    Jan 29, 2006


Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.
— Mark Strand