Sparkles's profile

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AGE: 26
LOC: Colorado Springs, CO
GEN: Female
LAST LOGIN: March 28

Divorced mother of three very young ones. I write poetry and short stories, and I am working on a novel. I also paint. My art is abstract and sells rather well during the summer.

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Non-fiction / Thing for ???
Version 6
2 Reviews   0 Comments
I have been staring at my computer for an hour trying to decide exactly what I want to say. I put this off almost every day. My desire has finally overcome my fear so here goes everything. What do I intend to study? That is an easy one for me; I want to study psychology for it is my main interest. I learned long ago that nothing is as valuable as a good therapist and that is what I want to be. I grew up in an abusive, fatherless home only to have my mother die when I was twelve. I quickly we...
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Non-fiction / Thing for ???
Version 5
5 Reviews   8 Comments
I have been staring at my computer for an hour trying to decide exactly what I want to say. I put this off almost every day. My desire has finally overcome my fear so here goes everything. What do I intend to study? That is an easy one for me; I want to study psychology for it is my main interest. I learned long ago that nothing is as valuable as a good therapist and that is what I want to be. I grew up in an abusive, fatherless home only to have my mother die when I was twelve. I quickly we...
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Novel Treatments / Hell
Version 5
11 Reviews   5 Comments
Does one ever truly ponder death? Staring from my tiny window, I gaze at the twisted limbs of naked trees being tossed about by the violent winds of spring; a macabre waltz of Cottonwood and Ponderosa caught in my fragmented mind. Do the green buds realize that the murderous frost is about to come? Are they aware that their early arrival has damned them after a few short days of life? I doubt it. Days pass and I sit motionless in front of this window, wishing for the dark master to take me ho...
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Poetry / F*CK YOU
Version 1
16 Reviews   5 Comments
As you stand behind the line Smiling innocently You could not commit this crime And yet your eyes shine wickedly Smiling innocently As my body is carried out And yet your eyes shine wickedly While you suppress your joyous shout As my body is carried out My blood is dripping in the snow While you suppress your joyous shout And no one here will ever know My blood is dripping in the snow My will is caving in And no one here will ever know All you have done to win My will is caving in I'll give m...
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Poetry / Astral Plane
Version 4
7 Reviews   1 Comment
Taunted by the secrets that flicker in your eyes And I'm forced through blackened doorways; sleepless dreams urging me on. Drawn by whispered wishes to the sea of Never Was which lies between eternity and the cold, horrendous void. Currents filled with laughter lost echo cries of anguish past. Yet I plunge deep through waves of torment blindly reaching for… A flash of sweet exhaustion lies within your calm embrace. Inhaling sweet serenity: Sense of balance, inner peace. The almost-fusion, fad...
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I think that the first part of this is a little to much of telling the reader what to see as opposed to showing, but once you get to the dialog it sounds much better and the pace picks up a bit. Here are a few notes: "holy artefacts" misspelled artifacts. "automatic weapons, holy artefacts and firing in all directions like it was going out of fashion" awkward sentence...try "weapons and artifacts while firing..." "for want of a better word to describe the arrangement," really long, it could b...
Non-fiction / Lost Soul
Interesting. I think "neighbor of your’s" needs the apostrophe removed. Pretty sure. Is this a conversation or inner monologue?
Interesting, but it felt rushed, as if you wanted to cram all your descriptions into a tiny space. Few technical side notes: "tipped water pale" did you mean "pail" "He(the man who is viewing this)" is the phrase in parenthesis necessary?
Flash Fiction / Metamorphosis
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Flash Fiction / Chapter 1 + 2
I sure hope these chapters aren't considered complete. Your sentences are awkward. For example:"It was this morning, and it was that I didn’t know what to wear;" this could(and probably should) be a complete sentence if you remove the phrase "and it was that" since it seems unnecessary. Also, what are you getting at? It doesn't seems to have a story line. It sounds like thoughts thrown out to be read. Is this your outline? I do like how you compare inmates with illegals. I would go further wi...