https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/category-12-week-of-nbsp-01-29-07 en 2005-2012 shakespearesmonekys@gmail.com 42.65593 -71.33391 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:22 GMT yacs http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 70 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-79-criticism-guidelines https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-79-criticism-guidelines We all want to receive -- and give -- good criticism, but what exactly makes it good? Here are just a few points as a guide. (See also: Standards & Rules, Rule 3, "Give & Take Criticism with Grace") 1. Remember that this is not your writing. Ask yourself what the author wants to achieve and how best that goal can be met within the existing framework of the piece. Do not attempt to impose your own style on another writer; a good reviewer will in fact impose the writer’s style on him/herself for the duration of the critique. ... more anstey Guide to Comments and Critique Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:54:36 GMT /section-507-guide-to-comments-and-critique#comments 6 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/79 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/79 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A79 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2548-further-from-westford https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-2548-further-from-westford Wearing his worn blue Levi's jean jacket and black van halen concert shirt Mike told me a thousand times, "We'll go down to townfarm and toss rocks until sunset." He'd grab a pole, and a bit of tackle and we'd trek down the road talking about Audrey Evans, Michelle Fazio and life. The mosquitos would rage in the gentle summer breezes as the orange sun fell away revealing stars and the mysteries of our faith in bass, kibbies, shiners night crawlers, poppers, mountain dew and bubblicious bubble gum. He loved her, I think, with his Solid Gold dancer hair 5' 9" of taut sexy, with endless legs wrapped around his dirty dreams and her eyes were so piercing blue his heart would stop as he talked about her I wondered how she and Michelle could be so close until I looked at Mike, Our dreams entangled for a time Like Kerouac and Bukowski we wailed at life and took it by the balls -- man-boys daring the lightning on the mountain tops. Roaring down wooded paths -- that still, even now, cross Our history, our loves Audrey and Michelle, I do not know. Perhaps they still laugh together at Christmas over eggnog, remembering Mike and wondering how I could be his friend without overwhelming inaddequacey He's way out in Ashburnham now, and I never get down to Westford anymore the fish though, i think they're still biting in townfarm. ... more anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/2548 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/2548 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A2548 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-28-a-blackbird-asked-me https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-28-a-blackbird-asked-me Do you know Annette? I said, "No, no -- not yet of course, i'd like to have you seen her eyes?" She was wise, and smiled, "You know Annette," with knowing grin as if I did and sin. "Do you know Annette?" I asked, but softly so she couldn't hear the way I held that name so dear. But Blackbird sings o'er morning dew "I know Annette, and so do you." anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/28 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/28 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A28 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-27-before-looking-at-porn https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-27-before-looking-at-porn hating penguins is my favorite hobby next to masturbating (emotional or otherwise -- perhaps you'll never understand that) they have those grimy little faces covered in stupid and beady eyes full of reticent idiocy, what is there not to hate? Cuteness? There is no cuteness in black and white no love in the greasy fowl feathers of those noxious birds. Under the cold waters they will dance in and out searching for little fish to satisfy their little hunger while beneath them a great white shark awaits a single mistake, a moment between oops and dead then the joy of ... more anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/27 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/27 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A27 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-75-commenting-more-than-a-suggestion. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-75-commenting-more-than-a-suggestion. This is more than a request. Here's how it's going to be. Moderators have been informed that they are allowed to move comments from member writing to the general writing forum with a title: "Conversation inspired by .." with a link back to the work if the comment offered is not related to the work directly. This instruction in no way affects suggestions, and critiques of writing, questions about a work or the like. Nor does this mean comments will be 'deleted' -- the entire idea here is that we'll be trying to form a general work-flow on all posted pieces that makes sense for the community, the authors, and the adminstrators. ... more anstey Site Rules Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-52-site-rules#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/75 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/75 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A75 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-38 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-38 Ok... first thing's first anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/38 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/38 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A38 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-47-day-2-messages-suck https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-47-day-2-messages-suck yeah, this isn't easy anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/47 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/47 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A47 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-93-day-3-messages-still-suck-and-now-comments https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-93-day-3-messages-still-suck-and-now-comments Ok. Alessandra notified me of a problem where work in protected sections can't be commented on. I'm looking into it. I will offer solutions as i find them. Oh, and i'm still waiting to hear back from support on the mail problem. There won't be IM's but at least there will be email contact -- with hidden addresses. anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/93 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/93 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A93 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-103-day-4-the-suffering https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-103-day-4-the-suffering Well, today i looked into upgrading the server. More space. More speed. Updated software. So, let us see how that goes. I'm optimistic that we'll get somewhere. I think my messenger problem is due to old software on the server. I've needed to upgrade for a while, but  I hate spending the money anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/103 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/103 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A103 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-25-does-stephan-suck https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-25-does-stephan-suck Yes, but i the good way. Yes. ... Just yes. Not often enough. No, not really. Vote View results anstey Just a Nastey Journal Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-30-just-a-nastey-journal#comments 1 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A25 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-55-fighting-the-power-eating-cheese-and-hoping-for-another-minute-with-you https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-55-fighting-the-power-eating-cheese-and-hoping-for-another-minute-with-you anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/55 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/55 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A55 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-44-formatting-poetry-and-writing https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-44-formatting-poetry-and-writing Ok... I switched anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/44 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/44 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A44 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-31-i-loved-an-acid-tongued-witch https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-31-i-loved-an-acid-tongued-witch anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/31 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/31 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A31 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-30-i-was https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-30-i-was anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/30 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/30 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A30 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-107-in-spite-of-virginia https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-107-in-spite-of-virginia along the Potomac we walked once without children and sang loudly without the corruption of feet the sidling sounds of hopscotch and a cardinal in the soft pine wood to our right. It was always this way in my dreams until I remembered how it ended the flash scent of burnt cones and the rumble of a fire engine's tires on gravel The orange glow changed nothing, it was sunset, only smoke and time did that anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A107 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-43-messages-not-working https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-43-messages-not-working Sorry folks anstey Site News Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-11-site-news#comments 14 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/43 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/43 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A43 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-34-please.-cremate-me. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-34-please.-cremate-me. anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/34 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/34 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A34 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-65-quarrel https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-65-quarrel Oh but for lies there is not truth.But for the wretched, the saintsknow only the sad empty prayers of sinners. Pain is the burden I bear for the memoryof your dead love, and the dead lovesof all the lovers you never knew I knew. Oh but for lies, there was no us.But for my wretched heart, know, only joy in the memory of your eyesand every summer day we dared to foolish love anstey Release the Hounds Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-29-release-the-hounds#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/65 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/65 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A65 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-76-rule-1-treat-others-as-you-wish-to-be-treated. https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-76-rule-1-treat-others-as-you-wish-to-be-treated. I'm a big fan of this principle. Before you post anything, whether it's a picture, a comment, or even a passing remark in chat ask yourself one question: How would I feel if someone said this to me? If you'd be ok with it, then most of the time, it'll be fine. anstey Site Rules Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-52-site-rules#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/76 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/76 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A76 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-77-rule-2-don-t-swear-in-titles-or-public-forums https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-77-rule-2-don-t-swear-in-titles-or-public-forums Please leave your titles swear-free. By swear, I'm specifically referring to the seven words you're not supposed to say on network television before 9pm. Swearing is not a big deal, really, it isn't. I don't care if it's in journal posts, stories, poetry, or articles. All I ask is that you keep it off the boards, as a sign of respect, and out of titles. The key is where it is. I am asking that you offer people who are offended by that sort of thing some inkling as to the content of your post, so that they have the choice to avoid it. You have the right to post it, they have the right to not read it. ... more anstey Site Rules Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT /section-52-site-rules#comments 0 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/post.php/article/77 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/comments/feed.php/article/77 https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/links/trackback.php?anchor=article%3A77