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About Me Premium Member General Writer Fėdagor ALAMAR Bqb WizeMan22/Male/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 5 Years
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If you read my stuff, thanks for taking the time. If you :+fav: it, thanks for liking it.
There, now when I don't hit you with a "Thanks for the :+devwatch:/Thanks for the :+fav:!" comment, you know I'm not singling you out.

Hello, My Name Is ...

Sat Sep 12, 2009, 3:49 PM
Greetings and salutations to everyone who actually reads this!

I apologize for my long absence. I had some personal issues to hash out, and inflicted myself with a sickness called "dA-hiatus" in the hopes of curing it. Sadly, this did not work. But it did give me some interesting perspectives, and I now know that while a) I'm not addicted to this site(yay!), and b) my computer is indeed nearing the end of her life, I will not avoid dA again for just such a reason. Especially considering the ramifications on my inbox. Oi.

Anyway, I've a few pieces to post and a few more to correct a bit, so look forward to it.

I'll be trying to catch back up on your posts. If you have some in particular you'd like me to check, by all means tell me.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

WizeManBOB.
WizeManBOB@{insert place here}.

  • Mood: Lonely
  • Listening to: P.S. My mood would be :onfire:,
  • Reading: but they won't let me yet.
  • Watching: Which, in my mind is silly.
  • Playing: I'd love to be on fire instead of lonely.
  • Eating: Ah well.
  • Drinking: Maybe next time.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: In the land of my Green Lady.
  • Interests: God, Orange, Cheese, Fire
  • Favourite movie: e.g. Pitch Black, Stir Crazy, The Family Man.
  • Favourite band or musician: Oingo Boingo, Radiohead, The Rat Pack.
  • Favourite genre of music: Instrumental. The more I listen to it, the less I like other music.
  • Favourite artist: Michael Terracciano(Mookie!), probably.
  • Favourite poet or writer: J.R.R Tolkien, Samuel Clemens, Neil Gaiman, Yoshikawa Eiji
  • Favourite style of art: Imaginative?
  • Operating System: Tiger
  • MP3 player of choice: iPod
  • Shell of choice: Turtle
  • Wallpaper of choice: Something dark. Preferably black. It's just easier to see things that way.
  • Skin of choice: My own. Using other people's skins is uncomfortable. And illegal.
  • Favourite game: Chicken
  • Favourite gaming platform: Tables, mostly. Sometimes the floor.
  • Favourite cartoon character: Myself.
  • Personal Quote: For the writing of books is endless, and much study is a weariness.
  • Tools of the Trade: Rollin' bones, toothpicks, and luck.

Comments


:iconroninspath:
Dude, haven't heard from you in awhile. Still alive?

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What lies beyond no one knows for sure. But if no one will muster the courage to step forth into the great unknown, no one will ever know.
:iconlittlereddragkin:
Thank you for the watch!
~Kyn Sumner
:iconshano1321:
Thanks for the watch:3
BTW why did you watch me?

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May Chaos change you life and Order guard your home.
:iconwizemanbob:
Strange as it may sound, I try to watch anyone who watches me. Or who shows interest in my work.

I went through your gallery, too. You've got some great ideas. If I may say, with a little polish your writing would be very impressive.

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The man is most original who can adapt from the greatest number of sources. ~Thomas Carlyle

I love being a writer. What I hate is paperwork. ~Peter de Vries
:iconshano1321:
Thanks.
Any pointers?

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May Chaos change you life and Order guard your home.
:iconwizemanbob:
Honestly, the little things are most important. You know the saying "measure twice, cut once"? It applies in writing as well as any other discipline. Also, "the devil's in the details" fits.

Go back over your writing and check spelling and grammar. They aren't important when writing a draft, but afterwards, they become important. It looks more professional, and is easier to read.

After that, word choice comes in. Using the simpler words is usually your best bet. Flowery speech can confuse as often as inspire. But there comes a time when a simple "big" or "large" won't describe the person properly. Then we use something like "giant" or--one of my personal favorites--"brobdingnagian". All four words mean about the same thing, but if everything's giant, people will lose you.

That's my general spiel. You, personally, look to have a good grasp on spelling which, unfortunately, is the biggest problem with many people on this site. Your profile says you're in Denmark, too, so English may not be your first language. If so; congratulations, you spell better than most native speakers on the site.

Where you seem to be lacking is sentence structure, primarily punctuation. Sometimes you have a comma where a period would better serve, sometimes you don't have a comma where it would be beneficial. Capitalize the beginning of a quotation unless it continues a sentence that didn't stop when the quote was last closed. As I said at first, it's little things like that that, when correct, really help make your work shine.

I'll close by saying again that I really do like your ideas, and your stories are quite well-structured. with a little polish, they'll shine like the gems they are.

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The man is most original who can adapt from the greatest number of sources. ~Thomas Carlyle

I love being a writer. What I hate is paperwork. ~Peter de Vries
:iconshano1321:
Thank you for your great Tips, and yes my English are better than my Danish,must be all the games.
I'll look into it. Thank you.

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May Chaos change you life and Order guard your home.
:iconladycrimson:
:iconrainbowsheep2: Thank you for the favs and the watch!

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I swim a sea of skin, afraid to drown in flesh...
:iconwildrainoficeandfire:
:icontransparentplz: :icontransparentplz::icontransparentplz: :iconchrii: Thank You! :iconchrii:

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. (Anais Nin)

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