Yep, I am in Salem.. Where are you? thanks for reading my stuff.. I am so busy with classes, I hvaen't been able to devote much time to keep up with my reading here. Hopefully, I'll get caught up so I can get to more of your works.. You have a great one,, oh,,, the story I wrote was set in Oregon, and I bet you can relate to the weather.. teeheeeee. I really didn't over state the grayness. I tried to edit my typos but can't get in cuz it isn't puclic?? keep writing... Jeanie

Hi, hope the battle is going well for you today

You are very welcom for the critique and the fanhood...word??? I have posted three works.. I did a very short story called The Castle in my Mind... If you have time for critique or even a comment that would be way cool.. I would like to see if it envokes feelings in people and what they are... Also, I tried my hand at poetry,, really strange for me,,, having people read my stuff... but, they are called The Truths You Telll and Can you help me name this poem.. heck of a title... I need a name... so help!!! looking forward to hearing your opinion. off to class.. Jeanie

Thank you, Traci, for such kind comments on my poem, My Inner Light. I truly appreciate your thoughts on it. You have a Blessed week. - EFSage

"Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children." -George Bernard Shaw (I thought of it after reading "Almost 40 in the Age of Hipsters". And this next one just reminds me of you:

"I used to say to myself, 'What the devil have you got to be proud about, Marilyn Monroe?' And I’d answer, 'Everything, everything.'" –Marilyn Monroe

hi, traci--
thank you for the congratulations! i was giddy as a drunk monkey when i found out i'd won.
i appreciate your note!

Haha, I know, I need to get back to writing. But lately I've found critiquing to be much more interesting than actually writing my own stuff. I've just got to make some time!

Thank you for critiquing my poem. I'll be sure to incorporate the specifics into my poem soon,

Thanks, Traci, You're welcome for the crit. I'm glad I wasn't too hard on you, and you found something useful in my critique.

Keep Writing
Cathty

Thanks for the balloons!

Hey, Traci, I started a circle for NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy not too long ago. You can find it on my author page. I'm going to post the NaNo pep-talks there if you're still interested in reading them!

*hugs* And thanks for the notebook!!!

Hi Traci. No, I have never heard of Haruki Murakam. The thing that drew me into Japanese culture was anime, manga, and art. Of course, I'll feel very foolish if after I post this, I look him up to find that he's a famous manga-ka. Along with writing, art is my passion and there just seems to be art in everything Japanese. I am, however, about to go look up Haruki Murakam.

Thanks! I am actually going to do a fan fiction based on Stephenie Meyer's book, New Moon. Click my name, scroll down to recently published works and click on Black Heart of Deceit. It may not be finsished yet but I will get the rest of it done! Read and critique it too!

Definitely. If you've never read Dean Koontz, do. He wrote a really great book called
"Dragon Tears" and parts of that are told through the dog, and it's really funny. It's such a great book. I'd totally read it again. Dean is a big animal person. A lot of the books I've heard of by him feature dogs or cats, and I heard his dog Trixie (cute gold retriever) recently died.

Yea, I love him. I think Stephen King is brilliant. I'm more excited to read "Cujo" knowing that he wrote it from the point of view of a dog.

thank you for the thoughtful comments on my poem I'm glad you liked it !