Polite request to members If, like the moderators of t2w, you would never consider operating a hot-dog stand in Tiffany's without their express permission, ...
19866
Jerry
jerry5849
Oct 1, 2004 1:43 pm
Suzianne, Leave it to you to be the fly in my ointment, the monkey in my wrench. (laughing) I would be tempted to turn you over my knee and teach you a...
19867
Jerry
jerry5849
Oct 1, 2004 2:05 pm
Fellow writers, Recently I made the acquaintance of the editor of a local weekly newspaper. It is only a small town publication, yet when I asked if she might...
19868
P.J. Christopher
dc_writer
Oct 1, 2004 9:08 pm
Momma, There's A Munster Under My Bed! "Momma, momma, there's a monster under my bed!" Rusty went and screamed again, of course making that word sound like...
19869
faerieswishes
Oct 3, 2004 9:21 am
Savored truth this belly'd kiss, touching nights do proclaim, squandered hearts may not miss, a lost soul found, his dreams in chains. Mired conscious, the...
19870
the_only_data_diva
the_only_dat...
Oct 3, 2004 10:52 pm
Congratulations !!!! :o) Diva ... if ... following ... Becoming ... out. ... well...
19871
Jerry
jerry5849
Oct 3, 2004 11:16 pm
My dear Becky, I love the feeling this poem protrays. It is very alive and primal. (smile) You might try holding mostly to lines with an even beat. If you...
19872
beck
faerieswishes
Oct 4, 2004 2:50 am
Hi Jerry, Thank you for your kind comments. Yes, I still struggle with meter, but getting better I think. I'll try your suggestion with an applied effort....
19873
Jerry
jerry5849
Oct 4, 2004 7:21 am
Thanks sweetie. (grinning) As always, Jerry ... asked ... very ... this ... To ... I...
19874
Writingmkf@...
mfitz20002003
Oct 4, 2004 12:35 pm
Contrat's Jerry. Which local paper was you printed in? When was this? Also, I wanted to tell you, I'm not sure if I did when we met at the library during my...
19875
ian_springbank
Oct 4, 2004 12:52 pm
Having taken advice from the group, here is a rewritten first chapter of a novel "Back in the saddle" that I am working on. Any feedback would be much...
19876
Marc McCune
marcmccune
Oct 4, 2004 3:29 pm
Becky, I like Moonlit Blue. The words paint a nice descriptive picture. It is one of those pieces that takes you to another setting, another world. and...
19877
beck
faerieswishes
Oct 4, 2004 6:10 pm
Thank you Marc for your kind comments. This was written as a reflection to the painting, Candido Portinaro. I merely took the images and set them into stanzas....
19878
Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Oct 4, 2004 7:18 pm
Rain obscures light, blurs faint images, and plays with familiar shapes in the untended garden beyond my window. As though in a dream, those I once knew step...
19879
beck
faerieswishes
Oct 4, 2004 8:15 pm
Hi Suzianne, I really like this. Great visual. Your description in how rain distorts our visual is an exact reference for both reality and metaphor. "Imperfect...
19880
Christopher
sthernantiquity
Oct 4, 2004 10:40 pm
Hello, it's me popping up again like a prairie dog with hat in hand. I have a question about antagonists. I'm trying to create a good antagonist for this story...
19881
wings081
Oct 4, 2004 11:04 pm
Hi Christopher You want to create a baddy, a real baddy. I was going to suggest you research Comte Donatien Alphonse de Sade but I note from your profile this...
19882
wings081
Oct 4, 2004 11:13 pm
On getting published (Jerry) I would recommend this road to any writer who has yet to leap over the barriers of the publishing houses.. Pick any bone of...
19883
Christopher
sthernantiquity
Oct 5, 2004 1:26 am
... Thanks, Wings. You're right, I've seen people do some pretty evil stuff. I once saw a woman that, together with her husband, beat their four year-old ...
19884
beck
faerieswishes
Oct 5, 2004 1:28 am
Hi Christopher, We all have our methods....but like you, I believe that everyone has an innate goodness to them no matter how obvious. Perhaps you're trying to...
19885
Jerry
jerry5849
Oct 5, 2004 2:03 am
Xtopher, Although there are many different types of bad guys, it seems to me you are looking for a specific one, "...a bad guy of the most devious, almost...
19886
Marc McCune
marcmccune
Oct 5, 2004 10:11 pm
what I look like, what I think walking through Life alone mostly alone my thoughts are keeping me company On the periphery, my life is touched for moments ...
19887
Marc McCune
marcmccune
Oct 5, 2004 10:15 pm
6th Street near the Playground -- Wellsville, Ohio (a memory) It was at the corner of 6th Street and Washington Street, just over the seldom used railroad...
19888
rabagas
Oct 5, 2004 10:26 pm
Billy: Bard's a load of bull No holds Bard ... Billy Bob By SEAN HAMILTON and DEREK BROWN HOLLYWOOD star Billy Bob Thornton has created Much Ado in the acting ...
19889
Sorana
lucia_poems_...
Oct 6, 2004 10:54 am
ASCENSION INTO METAMORPHOSIS And so you are here, Once again you have kept the pace With the merciless challenge of time… - You desire no dimension! ...
19890
wings081
Oct 6, 2004 10:54 am
19883 Christopher. Hi Christopher Regarding the last paragraph of your post: My short answer would be: No the antagonist does not necessarily need to have the...
19891
Xtopher Knight
sthernantiquity
Oct 6, 2004 2:20 pm
hat may have very well been the perfect poem! I REALLY loved this part: "And when the rain comes down in droves, Breaking this cold window to pieces, Then you...
19892
Xtopher Knight
sthernantiquity
Oct 6, 2004 2:21 pm
Thanks for all the help, Wings. I will apply this and see where it takes me. I'm going to start off with one of my extra characters and fling him up against...
19893
Kathy Krajco
kathy_krajco
Oct 6, 2004 5:24 pm
A few weeks ago, I was watching C-SPAN and caught one of the world's chief bad guys giving a speech. Soon I was wondering how the heck I was liking this guy! ...
19894
Susan Donahue
suzianne411
Oct 6, 2004 5:26 pm
Dear Christopher: The villian of melodrama is not a good character for a modern novel. Bad people are complex. If a person looks evil, people will not be...
