Paul SB

No, I'm afraid I haven't, but if you put cardamon in your coffee it tastes like drinking a pine tree. I'm particularly fond of conifers - probably a result of growing up in Colorado. None of the above, to be perfectly frank. I was an avid reader from about 3rd Grade until the economy drove me out of my dream job and I became a high school science teacher. Once you become a teacher you can just about forget your life. A health condition blew me out of teaching, so I've been in a renaissance of reading ever since. I alternate between fiction and non-fiction, though. I've always found the science to be a great source of inspiration for creative writing. To be perfectly frank, I don't even know who Brandon is. A former member of this forum (J.S. Fields) recommended it to me.

Hello, I signed up for this a couple months ago, but found myself too busy for a while to pay much attention. Now I'm trying to jump in. I'm mostly a sci-fi fan, and people usually call what I write space opera, which tells me that they're missing the actual science I have in there (mostly anthropology and biology). I do read other genres, but not as frequently, so my critiques would likely be less insightful.

Okay, thanks a bunch! Hopefully he'll get something out of it.

I have been getting email from you guys for a few weeks, but I got too busy to do anything with them. At some point I downloaded someone's first chapter and moved it into a format I could use (since I don't have Microsoft), and left it open on my desktop for days. I found myself with some time, so I went through it and added comments. I want to put it up here, but I forgot whose chapter it was. So I'll attach it here. Please take a look and see if it yours (and whoever's it is, I hope my comments are useful).