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mudpuppy wrote:Well, what flaws would some of you suggest for a character in general? My book is for children so nothing too inappropriate.

Well...what flaws are you using for your male characters? Why couldn't you use those same flaws for your female characters?

Really? I'm always paranoid about my male characters being too one-dimensional. My males characters are always flawed and funny, females are the opposite. Why is that? I have no idea, I guess I'm just odd. :geek: You probably aren't. Let's face it, male characters dominate much of literature. Up un...

Sommer Leigh wrote:
You are not a writer unless you write,
Live by day and write late into the night.

Love. This.

I LOVE these. These are so awesome!!!! Who knew we had poets among us???? And polymath, medusa and sommer, thanks for your kind words about my Ketchup poem. I have to warn you, you'll only encourage me if you do that. I'm serious. I've been having some very poetic and lyrical thoughts lately about....

Really? I'm always paranoid about my male characters being too one-dimensional.

OK, I can't resist. I'm back to share another one :D : Desert Rose As I gazed upon it, I realized it was beautiful The single rose growing up from the sand Defiant color stood against the dismal sky Amazed, I looked…I wanted…I felt…I loved. Yes, I knew better than to claim the rose Yes, I knew bette...

Oh yay! Where's a hand-clapping emoticon when you need one? Polymath, I am humbled by your compliment. Thank you. I took my time reading your poem--I enjoy the way you string your words together. Your writing has a certain texture to it that is well-suited to poetry I think. I also enjoyed the unity...

Sommer Leigh wrote:

medussa74 wrote: Now I feel the need to start a Poetry-sharing thread somewhere.

Start one! Start it in the Writing folder. We'll all contribute, no matter how bad (and mine, my friends, is pretty bad.)

As you wish!

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I want to hear your poems! The good, the bad, the ugly, whatever you want to share. I'll start with a little favorite of mine. *ahem* 15 Minutes I have 15 minutes to kill And I find it’s dying very slowly. My gun is out of bullets, you see, And a knife is just too damn bloody. I wrapped my fingers a...

I listened to it three times the first time I found it, then listened to here one more time for good measure. That, I believe, should sufficiently answer your question. :)

polymath wrote: I dip in
Once and once again,

Those two lines strike me the most. Thank you for sharing your poem Polymath!

Now I feel the need to start a Poetry-sharing thread somewhere.

I write humor, prescriptive non-fiction, memoir, picture books and really bad poetry. I'm not going to stop writing the poetry. There is nothing that gives me quite so much joy as writing poetry, I don't care if it's really bad, it is beautiful to me. :) :) I too have authored a few really bad poem...

maybegenius wrote:Speculative and contemporary YA. Currently working on a YA Steampunk novel ;)

Maybegenius--yeah, I saw your excerpt out on the critique thread. I liked it! My last NANWRIMO novel was steampunk-ish.

Fantasy or sci fi flavored horror.

Ahhh...ok, that makes sense. Thanks guys!