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A really excellent piece of

Posted on Wed, 07 May 2014

A really excellent piece of writing.  The ship's world and the relationships of the characters are established right from the outset, I think that this is really accomplished.  I don't like the omniscience of the seventh last paragraph but that...

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Posted in William's Powder Keg

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Really excellent.  Short,

Posted on Sun, 06 Apr 2014

Really excellent.  Short, pithy and encapsulates some of the universal truths of love's fallen hope.  Well done.

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Posted in Dining with you

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Absolutely made me laugh not

Posted on Mon, 03 Mar 2014

Absolutely made me laugh not just smile.  I agree with the above comment concerning the comma.  Excellent stuff.

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Posted in The Golden Spoon Award

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Could really picture the

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2014

Could really picture the sword fighting drills scene.  Well done.

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Posted in Tales of Ancient Rome: Salidia and Lydia Chapter 6

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Glad that you didn't get too

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2014

Glad that you didn't get too explicit with the torture scene, omission heightens the effect.

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Posted in Tales of Ancient Rome: Salidia and Lydia Chapter 4

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Surprised that this poem hasn

Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2014

Surprised that this poem hasn't garnered a few more comments David, I really like it.  Written with a simplicity that augments it and that in itself is a mark of quality.  This is the first of yours that I have read (I think) but it won't be the...

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Posted in Listen

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Another good episode.  A typo

Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2014

Another good episode.  A typo to consider:

"and then the guy just feel (fell) down".

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Posted in Tales of Ancient Rome: Salidia and Lydia Chapter 2

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I think that this is very

Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2014

I think that this is very readable.  Ease back on the literal, for example:

"In a few heart beats he was on the ground dead and she was standing over him, glaring down in hatred at him"

the "in hatred" is completely...

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Posted in Tales of Ancient Rome: Lions in the Valley

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But who is he?  

Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2014

But who is he?  

Good poem Leanne.

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Posted in Happy Camper

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A fantastic travelogue made

Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2014

A fantastic travelogue made fascinating by the description of of the effects of cultural perception.  I hope that there is a second part to come that puts us 'in country' alongside of you.  This is a very good piece of writing Tina, more please...

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