All Comments by Houlgrave

Hehe.

When I mean editor, I just mean someone to look over my writing and point out discrepencies, issues with tense, ect.

Nice to see so many eager beavers who want to help....XD

I'm Derek R. Baker, AKA Houlgrave; 19-year old genius, and the among the most lazy, insipid, inactive and talented writers currently here on StoryMash.

/hubris off

Well, returning to the State of Serious now, I'll talk a little about what I'm doing; currently writing a couple of sword-and-sorceryish short stories called The Sequences of Human Hunter Demnok (or The Details of our Ending cycle), and an odd novel of sorts called "Dmitry's Thanatour"- a work that is my shot at a dark fiction, genre-bridging epic. Good stuff; the problem is sitting down and writing more than 100+ words a day. XD

Hope to be getting published within the next three years here, though I know its a difficult process. Plus the manuscripts themselves need to be finished....

Anyway, I love this site and I'm glad to meet all of you. :)

PS: CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR AN EDITOR

Really honey? I guess great minds think alike....:)

You are welcome to help advertise this if you want, since I'd love collaborating with as many interested parties as possible.

Hmn, I think I'll submit a work of my own as well, though I can't say whether it will be sooner or later. Been so preoccupied with my novel as of late....

Very nice news indeed. This vampire of a site could always use fresh blood...

Wow, it's almost as if you put a head trip into words. Great!!

Lol. Don't add onto my poem; add yours plz. XD

As I've said, for now this contest is very freeform. You may choose to continue the themes from a previous poem, or do something completely different. This ensures we get a wide variety of material which can appeal to as many different readers as possible.

Didn't one of honeygloom's chapters get fifty something votes? Or was that sixth place one...lol.

Thanks everyone! You all had kickass chapters also.

Not really, though it may be necessary to establish one later on. We'll see what happens. I'd prefer one submission per person though.

Tell everyone you think would be interested about this also blackhand, since I'd like to get this rolling. :)

Unusual, but very readable. On with the next chapter! :D

Well, when you sit down to write anything (though we'll say the chapters here for context) you usually need to pick one of two goals: length/detail with the emphasis on a moving plot or character development with a focus on fleshing out some aspect of the story. The latter is less of hassle for me when I write because I generally have to spend less time editing myself (plus the word count is usually lower).

Anyway, glad you guys liked it for what it was. Seems like Day Seven completely ignored the bleeding eyes part though.... :(

*shrug*. I just wanted to try something a bit different than what the last 5 days have brought, hence I wrote a dream sequence.

A slice of life day wouldn't be too bad for later though. :O

Aight, I'll get on writing it. I'll have it posted before today is done for sure! :D

I'm definitely interested. Put me wherever and I'll contribute a "day". :)

To each his own I guess. Punctuation has more than one use you know; it can be used to emphasise a point (or several points), seperate ideas in a more cohesive form, ect. Not much of an argument, but hey, that's how I see it.

Simply put, I use whatever punctuation seems appropriate whenever it seems necessary. :)

Great writing, though I agree its very screenplayish; like a stripped down Hemmingway I guess? (I'm terrible at comparisons, lol)

4 out of 5 :).

Meh, I know I started it off...but did Raven give any indication she would show up for this at all?

Not bad: As for replacing me, sorry but I'm completely lost on when the deadlines even are. In regard to contacting other people, this is the most inefficient site I've ever been on. :/

Thanks so much for all the feedback guys. And yeah, I cut the deadline close.... :/

Also, I'm in the process of writing a novel atm, so I find it interesting to see what people think of my style. :)

I'd hope so dog, since I'm completely lost on where I should continue now. :/

I gave the impression he was an old guy? How so?

Sounds interesting. I'm certainly up to try this, regardless of whether it turns out well or not. :)

My God, this is great! Can't wait for the next chapter.

Also, does anyone know if poems are allowed to be posted here? I just posted one up I finished recently, so...

Neat story so far; you've got talent man!

Enjoy/add to The Ox and Lamb Kept Time everyone!