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ha! you crack me up, alyssa--
thanks for reading my vague-ass story, and sending me your thoughts. you're right, it is all implied, nothing said outright. i don't blame you at all for being frustrated with it. it's definitely a departure for me...one i may not try again soon. rock on, sister!

Phedre

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I'm glad you liked Dead Lovin'!

Yes, there will be more to come, I promise!

*gurgle*
thanks for the congrats, dahling!

lol it's good to be back. And you're very welcome, I couldn't have chosen a better author to critque. By the way, I heard you got published. SOOOOOOOOOOO jealous, but I still love you! ::hugs:: Congrats and kisses: mwah and mwah!

hey, miss alyssa!
thanks for your critique of my bear story! how cool, that you picked it out.

*singsong* so glad she's baaaack...

ha! i'm glad i helped.

oh, call me anything. just slap a cape on me & i'm set. *chortle*
let me know when you write another story, eh? i really liked your .44 story. great stuff!

uhhh....*blushes*....golly. thanks!

i guess my usual attack is to pick a scene, not even a complete story, and just write it out as i want to. throw it all in there. most of the time a story forms out of it. then, i'll go back and edit out whatever doesn't directly affect something vital to the telling--i get ruthless.
don't know if that makes sense or is helpful at all...i've not really thought too much before about how i figure these things out.

i can attest to the buttkicking deadline of the flash fiction group.

did you know we started another fridays group? it's a core group of many of the original members, but more focused on regular writing and critiquing. check it out! 'furious flash fiction fridays'.

love that painting--thanks for the info! envious as hell, he could pick up brushes and just go like that. more power to him.

i've been doing the usual--plodding away at the novel (thppt), writing the short stories.
you should make time, alyssa! you're a good writer. give us some of your free time--i miss you being around!

hi, alyssa--
i noticed your fabulous profile painting....man, i can't place that artist! who is it?
(what've you been up to, lately?)

Name:	Alyssa
Sex:	Female
Location:	Neptune, NJ
Birthday:	May. 12, 1985
Words Written:	2885
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About Me

Occupation:	Student
About Me:	I graduated with a BA in English from William Paterson University.
Interests:	Reading, writing, music, movies, video games, yoga, organizing myself and finding new lows of nerdiness :)
Publications:	2 or 3 poems in my high school lit mag and one poem on Poetry.com...they put it in a book, but I completely forgot its title.
Favorite Books:	The Exorcist, Dracula, Lysistrata, The Illiad, The Odyssey, Bag of Bones and Beowulf. I'll read anything by, but not limited to, Lovecraft, Poe, Rowling, Koontz, King, Dahl, Shakespeare, A. Christie, R. L. Stevenson and M. H. Clark.
Favorite Movies:	The Devil's Rejects, The Nightmare before Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Braveheart, Scent of a Woman, almost any 80s movie, Disney/Broadway movie-musicals, and old movies with old actors like Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman
Favorite TV Shows:	I prefer TV on DVD: Sailor Moon, Run's House, Johnny Quest, The Venture Bros., Arrested Development, Veronica Mars, Batman the animated series, Cowboy Bebop, among others
Favorite Quotes:	Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. -George Bernard Shaw But my very feelings changed to repulsion and terror when I saw the whole man slowly emerge from the window and begin to crawl down the castle wall over that dreadful abyss, face down, with his cloak spreading out around him like great wings. –Bram Stoker, Dracula
Loves:	Hot beverages paired with cold weather, cold Italian food, dinner food, pastries and desserts for breakfast, breakfast food for dinner, animals, good books, rainy days, artists and their artwork.
Hates:	TV. It kills too much of my time. And Daylight Savings Time: pure evil.

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Dec. 22, 2008

Alyssa Franklin added Tide to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Elephant to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Arthuriana to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Lacrymosa, Chapter 2: Feather Duster to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Cairo, 1975 to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Katorga to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Desk Job to her reading list.

Dec. 12, 2008

Alyssa Franklin added Card House, Chapter 1: Rachel I to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Play To Kill - Part 1, Chapter 1: Play To Kill to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added King George III, Chapter 10: The Hunchback to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added The Water Marks to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added City At Night to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added 14:26:06:14:34:53 to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Women Shall Not... to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added The History of Foster to her reading list.

Dec. 1, 2008

Alyssa Franklin added Hell: The College Years to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Just Like You, Chapter 1: Getting Even with the Devil to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added Que Sera Sera (con't.), Chapter 4 to her reading list.

Alyssa Franklin added In The Distance to her reading list.

Nov. 28, 2008

Alyssa Franklin added So This Is The End to her reading list.

Latest Works

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The .44 Revolver

short story, fiction, thriller, young adult

It's his first time robbing a store, and he shows it all too obviously.
This was my first story (and my shortest so far), so it's over 5 years old now. This is the 7th time I've edited it by myself, and it still needs more (editing).... » Read...

Dance. Naked.

article, biography, young adult

This was for an English class called Methods of Literary Analysis, and it's an essay set in the reader-response analysis, responding to a poem by William Carlos Williams called "Danse Russe." » Read...

Home

non-fiction, pulp

This was from a favorite college English teacher. We had to choose a topic, take the 5 senses and write 5 statements (each) on the topic. It didn't matter whether it was in complete sentences, made sense or rhymed (you'll see mine doesn't... » Read...

Latest Critiques and Comments

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On The Liquid So Formed, by Laurie Paulsen: I really like this story, and how it seems to be about almost nothing at first glance, but it doesn’t take long to r... » Read more...

On Birthright, Chapter 1: Dead Lovin', by Phedre: Oh man, this is great! That was great; such a fun read! I was a little unsure about the work description; not sure I w... » Read more...