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Allyson - Nov 14, 2011 8:31:34 am PST #4878 of 6690
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Strix - Nov 14, 2011 10:18:16 am PST #4879 of 6690
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yeah, Allyson, I'll beta. Not for science (dur) but clarity. How long is the piece?
Ginger - Nov 14, 2011 10:38:39 am PST #4880 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't think I make a very good beta reader, because I have to fight back my need to change things. I am, however, a good proofreader, fact checker and sentence fixer, and good at shortening other people's copy. My own, not so much. I'd be glad to look at essay(s) at the point they need that, Allyson.
Speaking of my own writing, I use "wide variety" way too often. I've written a wide variety of articles on a wide variety of subjects for a wide variety of readers. Any suggestions?
-t - Nov 14, 2011 10:47:52 am PST #4881 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Diverse, eclectic, broad spectrum of, heterogeneous
Beverly - Nov 14, 2011 10:57:41 am PST #4882 of 6690
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Amy, I really love idea #2. I think it would appeal to a teenager's overdramatic sense of isolation and rejection. Then out of that, finding that one special person to be friends with, only to find out the friend is even more isolated and subject to probable rejection, even danger because of their differences from "the norm". I think there's a huge opportunity for exploring a first real relationship--from either side, if you wanted selkie POV.
#3 is so very, very intriguing though. I really want to read that trilogy.
JenP - Nov 14, 2011 11:07:27 am PST #4883 of 6690
broad array, wide array, an array, different, many different, billions and billions (Oh, hi, Carl!), a number of different, a whole lotta (no?), wide ranging, wide range of, multiple, many types of, different types of, myriad (what? I like that word), and, finally, many different and wide ranging multiple arrays of types.
Ginger - Nov 14, 2011 12:10:41 pm PST #4884 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It only feels like billions and billions.
Atropa - Nov 14, 2011 1:00:47 pm PST #4885 of 6690
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Scampering in late, but Amy, PLEASE write #3. I want to read it right now. makes grabby hands
Amy - Nov 14, 2011 1:08:28 pm PST #4886 of 6690
Because books.
I need to figure out where to do some research, though, other than rewatching Carnivale. Not that I'm not planning to do just that.
Allyson - Nov 14, 2011 1:16:12 pm PST #4887 of 6690
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
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