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Today, 02:06 AM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread The Block of Teenage (a.k.a. what the f***ing h*ll) in General Writing

It's only a mountain of words at this point. Sort it out.

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Yesterday, 01:35 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

Every league further north grew colder, especially at night. We’d stroll on the deck after dinner, dressed in our pea coats buttoned up to the top,...

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05-19-2013, 05:48 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread A story by a 10 year old - Together Through Weakness in General Writing

I'd like to explain that I thought it was funny because it was an obvious swindle. We Yanks have loved such stuff for a long time now, ever since...

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05-19-2013, 02:45 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread A story by a 10 year old - Together Through Weakness in General Writing

Sure it is. I've read plenty of ten year old stuff, and no matter the genius this isn't it. It's soooo not 10 year old. In structure. vocab,...

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05-19-2013, 02:00 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Tamerlane's Tents in General Writing

So if I have a diamond of say 10 carats, and it shatters, I don't get little diamonds of say 1 or 2 carats? Maybe I should have said lesser value....

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05-18-2013, 10:33 PM

Steven Hunley started a thread Tamerlane's Tents in General Writing

We’d stroll on the deck after dinner, dressed in our pea coats buttoned up to the top, stop in the shadow between two spirit lamps and talk, steam...

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05-18-2013, 12:40 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread The Body in the Bell Tower in Short Story Sharing

This was so enjoyable on so many levels. It's a comedic mystery with serious overtones. The humor was sharp and witty. Thanks for the read, Hawk,...

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05-18-2013, 12:30 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread De mortius nil nisi bonum in Short Story Sharing

Oooh, this is suspenseful. Don't leave us suspended forever. If this guy is Death, then how's our hero going to evade him? Or is he?

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05-16-2013, 03:01 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

I saw Sonny on an off until after we slipped through the Panama Canal, then for some reason he’d disappear for hours at time. Figured I ask Captain...

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05-15-2013, 02:34 PM

Steven Hunley started a thread Inspiration from Music anyone? in General Writing

I get a lot of inspiration from music. Because U-tube is so handy I use it all the time. Dumas once said "Art begets art." So for me it's usually...

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05-12-2013, 09:29 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Hog Day Afternoon in General Writing

Oh gee, Auntie, was this funny. But it was also a serious satirical comment. I liked the laughs and social commentary throughout.

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05-12-2013, 04:36 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Character Names ? in General Writing

I'm still doing it. “He’s up on the aft deck near the fantail. You can’t miss him, try there.” I didn’t recognize Sonny at first. He was...

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05-11-2013, 07:00 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Man in a Box in Short Story Sharing

"That said, I'll never give up writing, even if every one of you told me to smash my computer and cut off my fingers for fear that I might write...

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05-10-2013, 05:01 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Character Names ? in General Writing

Aunty, you're soo perceptive. I never much cared for Faulkner and this part of the class was the only part I remember outside of Faulkner's...

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05-09-2013, 11:23 AM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Character Names ? in General Writing

Hill, that's such a good point. You'd never want to use a name that doesn't fit the period. You wouldn't want a space-age name mistakenly pinned on...

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05-09-2013, 10:37 AM

Steven Hunley started a thread Character Names ? in General Writing

Many authors seem to pick character names at random. Others pick names that personify the character. Sometimes the name is obviously symbolic,...

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05-08-2013, 03:08 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

I felt I had marching orders and therefore a goal, a destination, and the direction was south. A week later found me at the Bell Inn in downtown...

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05-07-2013, 03:05 PM

Steven Hunley started a thread Torrey Pines in Short Story Sharing

Torrey Pines By Steven Hunley Then came a day of magic. It wasn’t planned to be that way, few often are. It was planned to be an afternoon at...

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05-06-2013, 09:32 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Cheating Death in Short Story Sharing

Suddenly the gun went off. BAM! The gun went off. or, BAM! The gun went off.

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05-05-2013, 10:08 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Cheating Death in Short Story Sharing

This is a very young person's story. I recognize the type, because I'm an oldster. The themes, the love theme mixed with the horror story with...

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05-03-2013, 06:04 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

We sat at the table and drank. He, from his ninety-nine-cents-a-dozen plastic cup, and me, from a cup, that had it been as advertised, was the most...

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05-02-2013, 10:39 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread stuck there in Short Story Sharing

Delta shoots straight from the hip-AND she's accurate. I would have ignored this one, 'cause that's what I usually do, but see here author, we just...

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05-02-2013, 08:56 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Rough Boys and Treasure Island in General Writing

Aye, ye be a clever lad, and smart as paint. The animal bit made me laugh aloud.

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05-02-2013, 11:37 AM

Steven Hunley started a thread Rough Boys and Treasure Island in General Writing

Rough Boys and Treasure Island a short story adventure by Steven Hunley Although it was steamin’ hot and late in October, Spiderman would not...

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05-02-2013, 12:11 AM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread The Body in the Bell Tower in Short Story Sharing

The wordsmanship is superb in this piece, and also the humor. I moved from giggles to chortles to guffaws within minutes! What, please sir, is a...

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04-30-2013, 12:03 AM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Short Story Assignment in Short Story Sharing

Same thing as the previous 'story'. You have the bare bones of a story, but no story as yet. The punctuation again is the problem. What someone says...

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04-29-2013, 11:53 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Short Story Assignment in Short Story Sharing

This isn't a bad story, in fact it's kinda cute. You may want to reveal in some subtle way however, that it's a human figure earlier. That one of the...

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04-29-2013, 02:12 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

Today’s assent to the dome of the rock would be organic freestyle. When we finally got to the top it was worth the climb. You could see...

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04-26-2013, 07:53 PM

Steven Hunley replied to a thread Dinner for Eight in Short Story Sharing

At first the way was a gradual downhill slope. The sun low and at my back, elongated my shadow before me, fashioning me into a giant, a Tall Man,...

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