User avatar

smaur

  • Randomosity Re: YWS New Automatic Feature

    Well, let's get real. There's no copyright issue that can't be solved by a good sword duel. (Now if only I could convince Warner Bros. of that.)

    Apr 21, 2009
  • Randomosity Re: YWS New Automatic Feature

    Yes, but will it write my stories ?

    Apr 21, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Novels Re: And Then.

    Hey! So I like this. You're not quite doing anything new with the post-apocalyptic science fiction cliche but I am assuming that this is the first chapter and that you'll ...

    Apr 21, 2009
  • Science-Fiction Short Stories Re: Immortal

    Hey! So I like your writing and I am especially a fan of your first and last lines but there's a lot of pretty basic clean-up that you might want ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Untitled as of yet

    Just a few things: - Mentioning that you wrote this "out of boredom" is pretty much the easiest way to push people away as reviewers because it kind of implies ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • WRFF Archive Re: Critique Shop of Horrors

    Okay, I'm done reviews for both Icaruss and peanutgallery007. Again, sorry about the delay — it's kind of a crunch time for me right now. Does anyone else want a ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: First page of Sensing Wild

    Apologies for the epic delay in critiquing. I'm here now! A couple of things: - Just out of curiosity, why did you post only the first page? I'm asking because ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Romantic Short Stories Re: Last Date.

    Okay, I'm here. A gazillion years late. I actually enjoyed the sparseness (er, minimalism) of the piece; I thought it worked well for the story you were telling. In a ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: TYWC Refugees... Bad News

    : ( That doesn't even start to cover it.

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Writers Corner Re: Help Me With My New Novel Plot...

    So hopefully, I have my bases covered there. It definitely sounds like you do!

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Fonts

    Veranda is love. But after thirteen years of Times New Roman hate, I'm starting to like it at size 11 pt. Or even 9 pt. The smaller it gets, the ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Lounge, The Re: New JMs! June, Sachiko, Clo, Jiggity, Kylan, and Demeter!

    Congraaaaaatulations! With six as.

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Perfect Characters?

    It's hard to advance a story with a "perfect character". It's hard for your readers to empathize with someone who is ridiculously perfect. It's hard for their trials and tribulations ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Would a character smoking in a novel bother you?

    A lot of people have said that it "has to fit the character's personality" for them to smoke, but I'm hard-pressed to look at my smoker-friends and see how their ...

    Apr 20, 2009
  • Writing Tips Re: Manuscript Formatting

    I haven't formatted anything to send out before, but there are definitely about a hundred thousand resources on manuscript formatting that will help you immensely. Here's one. And here's another. ...

    Apr 20, 2009


I communicate much better on paper than I do when I open my mouth.
— Aaron Sorkin