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Thanks for the critique of Gyre. The corkscrew was my take on a steel observation tower on a mountain overlooking Zurich. I had some trouble deciding what was challenging enought to the reader and cutting the esoterica. I did cut a lot from the section you said needed more. I think I agree on that point, but what was excised needed to go. Thanks again.
My pleasure, I look foreward to enjoying more of your work.
Thanks for the fan-dom. Sewanee -- is that the school close to Monteagle? I went to a small school in the same conference.
Thanks for the critique. I think you helped me get started on some of the things that were bothersome that I couldn't place. Sometimes you spit something up on paper, stare at it for a while and wonder 'now what do i do with it?' Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the critique of "Smoldering." I especially appreciate the comment on the use of "pillows." I think it is a very good point.
Hi there! The pay for online adjunct teaching isn't great (teaching never pays good though, right?). But if you're willing to take on a lot of sections, you can potentially make a good living off it. The only problem is that because you're adjunct, you never know if you'll get sections consistently each term. Each college usually will give 2 sections per term to start and as you build rapport with them, they'll give up to 4 sections. Online education is definitely on the rise though!
That sound! On the wind. The FFF is calling. Will you answer?
Thank you so much for the helpful critique. It's part of a three-part POV of short story exercises I set myself, the angel Gabriel, his child and his wife.
Just make sure nobody offers you Hemlock.
No worries!
The corruption of children is far more important.
| Name: | Rachel Leroy |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | Georgia |
| Birthday: | Aug 11, 1977 |
| Words Written: | 23,049 |
| Hottest Words: | jim, mabel, house, water, looked, home |
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About Firejade
| Occupation: | College English Teacher and writer |
| About Me: | I have been working on an MFA in creative writing at Sewanee. Summer of '08 I took a workshop in poetry in graduate school, and this past summer I did a workshop in fiction writing. This summer I'm doing a workshop in creative nonfiction and writiI have done several workshops in different genres, and find workshopping helpful. I have to decide what genre I want to settle on by next year, so I can start on my thesis. Finding time to write is tough while teaching five college classes, but I do what I can. |
| Interests: | writing, teaching, friends, family, spiritual development, healing, yoga, nature, meditation, coloring mandalas, working out, movies, books, fishing, bluegrass music |
| Publications: | New published poem: http://snowmonkeyjournal.blogspot.com/ fictionweekly.com A few things in the university art magazine. |
| Favorite Books: | Dune, The Tao of Pooh, Sea Biscuit, Excuses Begone, You Can Heal Your Life, The Case for Faith, The Case for a Creator, The Mists of Avalon, The Left Hand of Darkness, Gone with the Wind, Shadow of the Moon, The Far Pavilions, older Star Wars, Leaves of Grass, Portable Thoreau, Little Women, Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft by Burroway (I highly recommend if you are working on your fiction writing). |
| Favorite Movies: | original Star Wars Trilogy, It's a Wanderful Life, V for Vendetta, Dances with Wolves, American Beauty, Braveheart, Gladiator, Sense and Sensibility, The Sound of Music, Lord of the Rings, Sea Biscuit, Walk the Line |
| Favorite TV Shows: | House, NCIS, Ghost Hunters, America's Got Talent, A Haunting (I love ghost stories.) |
| Favorite Quotes: | Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier. |
| Loves: | Jesus, open minds and hearts, the sound the wind makes through the trees, windchimes, animals, the potential of the human mind and heart, the creative process, justice, shiney stuff, bluegrass, fuzzy sweaters in the wintertime, books |
| Hates: | I prefer the word "dislike" for most things. I do not like feeling numb, bored, or complacent. Pushing myself into new territories and challenging myself makes me feel alive, but I also dislike workaholism. Sometimes, I just need to forget everything that's serious. |
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On The Widening Gyre, by dwgray88: Opening CommentsThis poem struck me in several ways. I liked the spare
word usage and strength of the words used; you u... Read →
On The Artists’ Model, by dwgray88: Opening CommentsThis is an interesting subject of focus for the poem. I
also find it interesting that the narrator tell... Read →
On Gritty City Poems - 1, by Posit: Opening CommentsI enjoyed the social commentaries that both themes explore in
the poems. You tackle big, tough issues w... Read →
On Zombies, by Adam Sifre: Inline Critique"I am
emotionally well assembled." The phrase, God only knows why, kept
repeating in her head. Perhaps, "... Read →










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