Hannah

Good topic! I also cried reading Little Women, in several different places, but I find the more often I read a book, the less likely I am to cry at the sad parts. So I tend to ration my re-reading based on whether or not I want to maintain my ability to tear up when sad or happy things happen. 😛
One book that still makes me chokey in my throat…[Read more]

I’ve not really all out cried at a book before. But the Peleg Chronicles made me tear up at a few moments.
I’ve cried at a couple movies, though. Maybe the visuals get me. 😛

@the happy bookaholic
You know you’re a writer when you feel horrible for misspelling something. 😉

I enjoy blogging…here’s mine: Writinginthelight.org

LOVE this poem. o_O Wow. Great job, Sarah!
I don’t have a lot to correct, but there’s one line:

rangers in a world abounding with royals,

It’s a good line, but I just think it could be a little better. The start of “rangers in a world…” could be taken a lot of places, and not all authors write medieval fiction. 😛

Here’s mine: http://writefury.wordpress.com
Now you know the cause of my username. 😛
@hannah w: I’ll be hosting a giveaway on thursday, too. It must be giveaway week. 😉

Hm… I don’t think ‘The Clashing’ sounds cliche… no, it’s not that, I don’t think. I think it’s just a little… oh, what’s the word. Melodramatic? Maybe? Maybe a little videogame-ish?

But ultimately it’s your book— and since I haven’t read it through yet, I can’t offer an opinion on what would fit and what wouldn’t. 🙂

Hmm, The Slave King wouldn’t work for this story, though it’s a great title.

Age’s End is a good idea too.

What do you think of The Clashing? I personally like that title, though my sister isn’t sure about it and (since I’m not very good at titles) I don’t completely trust myself when it comes to titling sometimes.

But still…The Clashing Tw…[Read more]

Hm… I like Age’s Ending. Only maybe it would sound more dramatic if you went with simply ‘Age’s End’.

And glancing through the titles, I sort of mixed and matched and came up with a few that may or may not be relevant… I’m just fiddling around and trying to be my innocent unhelpful self, so feel free to tell me to go away.

‘When Kings…[Read more]

Oh boy… let me count the times…

Ooh… wow. There are other people like me out there! YAY! Actually I knew that as soon as I first found KP… and it was so encouraging… anyway.

I really love the theme of this poem (of course, since I can relate to it!) and it was very well put across.
There was one line I noticed whose cadence twisted a little oddly— ‘without ever…[Read more]

You know you’re a writer when you go back to read a book you loved when you were younger and are bitterly disappointed because the story you remembered is ‘ruined’ by bad writing.

Oh good! You’re almost done. Good stuff, huh? One of my favorite poems is the one that starts ‘Roads go ever, ever on, over rock and under tree, by caves where never sun has shone, by streams that never find the sea…’ etc.

Yes please do post a sestina— I tried to make sense of the pattern and I think I got it… heh-heh… maybe… sorta……[Read more]

anti drone drones…that’s cool. 🙂 What is really strange is when you make up something futuristic and then suddenly realize that people are doing it today. For example, a brother of a friend installs sound systems into the walls of houses. Also, they can work out settings for lights in rooms, so they turn on and off at preset times; various…[Read more]

Just a line of color— a stripe running down the left side, maybe with a few understated feathery looking designs on it, like a picture frame. It probably should be no wider than the width from the left edge of the page to the edge of the white box that says ‘Home: Welcome to the Scratching Quill’.

Does that make sense?

@writefury— thank you! That helps. I see what you’re saying, definitely.

@Daeus… um… that’s a beautiful poem there, Daeus. 😛 😉 I… think I may see what you’re saying. I’ll take your word for it that it’s easy… it certainly doesn’t sound easy! 🙂
Yes! That’s one of the great things about Middle-earth. There’s poetry everywhere, and it…[Read more]

Wow. Great job, Kate! You had a great rhythm going throughout the whole thing that was really awesome.
I noticed the same part Daeus did, and I think I know what was my problem there.
You kind of have the beat going like “bum BUM bum BUM bum BUM”. Accentuating every other syllable at a pace you can nod your head to.
It sorta broke at the part:…[Read more]

Okay Daeus, thanks! Would you mind pointing out exactly where the lines were wrong?

No, I’ve not heard of a sestina. How does it work?
And I certainly know what you mean about working too hard on the rhyme. I used to think the only good poems were ones that rhymed properly, but now I know better. 😀

By the way, how are you liking all the poetry…[Read more]

Hm… you might try using a more visually appealing font for the text. Also you might consider designing yourself a logo (maybe just a cute little curly quill pen) that goes with the title.

Another thing that might be good is maybe you could make a light border on the left hand side of the page— very understated, not flashy or even really…[Read more]