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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Hello, and Good afternoon to you!

I have read your story "In the Heart of the Woods", and will give you a review. I am not a professional reviewer, but I will do my best to provide you with feedback on how your story impacted me.

I enjoyed reading your story. Elara wanted to venture deeper than ever before. Rumors had spread of a hidden glade marked only by a curious sign, a single, vibrant, blue eye etched into a weathered stone. It was said that whoever found this place would uncover a treasure that granted one wish. She saw the stone sign glowing with magic. The blue eye seemed to pulse, beckoning her forward. Elara approached cautiously, breathless with anticipation.

As she touched the stone, a rush of energy coursed through her veins. The ground shook and colors swirled around her, revealing glimpses of her deepest desires - her longing for adventure, friendship, and discovery. The eye blinked, and suddenly, the glade erupted with life. Creatures of all shapes and sizes emerged from the trees, drawn to the awakening magic.

"Make your wish", a voice echoed rich and warm. She wished for endless adventure.

Wouldn't it be nice to have endless adventures, as you learn more and more things as you go along through life, experiencing the many mysteries and wonders that life has to offer for excitement in your journeys? This would be a fantasy coming true in reality. I'm hoping it's all good, without having misfortunes along the way. It would be interesting to know what she finds out on her journeys to share with others what she experienced. I can picture the happiness she felt to have her deepest desire come true.

I encourage you to keep on writing. I look forward to hearing the continuation of this story.

I hope you are blessed with good health, friendships, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime. You are deserving of this.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Genesis  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I reviewed your adventure story "Genesis". I am not a professional reviewer, but, what I can do is give you feedback on how your story made me feel.

Even though fighting isn't one of my interest areas, I thought your story was interesting how a brainiac and a delinquent could become good friends. Teresa wasn't very nice to Jason either, even though she knew him for years. Jason and his brother almost got into a real fight once. When someone acts differently than most people, they are genuinely picked on. It shouldn't be that way. I'm interested in what your new character, Ty is up to?

I encourage you to keep writing. I enjoyed reading your story. I feel you are off to a good beginning to a story.

I hope you have blessings of good health, friendships, love, and happiness to last your lifetime. You are deserving of this.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am doing a review on "Discover Who You Arre". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.

It's hard to thank people when you're going through struggles life's battles have put you in. When someone has wronged you, it's hard to forgive someone. The Bible says we are to Love our Enemies.

I am a person who tries to see the good in everybody. I have gone through many struggles in life where I have been hurt, laughed at, and cruel games were played on me. When I've dated, most of the dates were no-shows. When I find myself in these situations, I pray to God asking him for help. His Son Jesus gave his life so we could be saved. We are all sinners. Jesus, thank God, loves us all unconditionally. It doesn't matter what we have done, when we come to Him, he will forgive us.

Jesus is what keeps me together. I am glad that he's been patient with me. He is my best friend; he will never let me down.

I have moments of anxiety when someone doesn't treat me right. I am more in control since I have the Lord in my life.

I enjoyed reading your poem. I have shared what has helped me. I couldn't have done it on my own. I like the part in your poem that reads as follows:

Every struggle in your life has shaped you into who you are today GOD'S CHILD
And you will always remain that.

I hope you have blessings of good health, friendships, love, and happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of LIFE  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read the beginning of your novel "Life", and will give you a review. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can begin by giving you feedback on how your novel has impressed me by giving you feedback.

Your novel is off to a great start. I enjoyed reading it and hope to continue reading more of it. I don't know exactly what God has in store for me, but helping people to cope with their disabilities and continue to live is my mission in life.

I hope you are blessed with good health, friendships, love, and happiness to last throughout your lifetime. Everyone deserves this. Even though it's not likely for everyone to have this in life, it is my compassion that everyone has friends to confide in and laugh with. Loneliness is sad when you're all alone. We all need to be loved. Without love, we end up without hope. When we have God, we have everything we could want.

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Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of For giveness  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read your poetry "For Giveness", and am happy to give you a review. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can offer feedback on how your poem affected me.

It was interesting how you separated the word Forgiveness into two parts (For Giveness). I learn something new everything. Life is a learning experience. I love to learn new things.

I enjoyed reading your poem. It was a true inspiration. When a person can forgive somebody else, it lifts a big weight off your shoulders. It gives you freedom from guilt. I forgave someone for doing a terrible thing. He murdered his wife, a teenage boy almost lost his life for defending her, and two other teenage boys were nicked in the shoulder by a bullet. I hated what he did, but when I finally decided to forgive the man who had committed this crime, I could get my life back together. It was a freeing experience. Even though this incident isn't completely erased from my mind, I can find it in my heart to continue going on with my life.

I encourage you to keep writing. Keep up the good work.

I hope you are blessed with good health, friendships, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime. Everyone deserves this.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read "I Love Now as a Man Should Love", and will gladly do a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poetry has affected me.

It is touching how you have found everlasting love, whether dead or alive. You have learned to love the things you enjoy, regardless. I hope you find someone special who will love you back the same way.

I encourage you to keep writing. It's good to express your feelings to the public. It takes courage to do it. Writing is good therapy.

I hope you are blessed with good health, friendships, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime. You deserve this. Life is full of ups and downs but I truly want the best for you. Whenever life throws you a punch, it's important to get back up and try again, after all, the thing holding you down is usually temporary. Having the right attitude is the key. Don't get discouraged. Rise above the difficulties. You can do it. I know it works from my own experiences.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read your story "A Summer of Lost Connections" and will write a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story has left an impression on me.

I enjoyed reading your story about Myra (Monkey) and Nautica's relationship. It was nice how they were able to get together with the help of their friends. It was sad how a miscommunication had broken them up. Myra was heartbroken. She knew something was wrong, but never got an answer as to why this was happening. Nautica truly liked her but thought girls didn't like it if the boy was too clingy.

I have experienced this in my personal life. I was too clingy and was clueless the guy in my relationship didn't like that. Life is full of ups and downs. In my case, I finally got the courage to ask why he was pulling away. When he told me, I didn't quite understand but I did, however, become less clingy. He said he couldn't get his work done around the house when I kept wanting more and more hugs from him.

I encourage you to write. I hope your story will have a happier ending. I hope they can find their way back together. I hope they found it in their hearts to come together. Love hurts. I found this to be true many times in my life.

I hope your story will continue.

I hope you are blessed with good health, friendships, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of This is my love  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read your poem "This is My Love", and I will do a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.

I enjoyed reading your poem, but I didn't quite get the meaning of the following:

Sweets don't turn brine.

Can you let me know what you meant by that? This is interesting to me.

Your poem was beautifully written. I can tell you are very much in love. S It's nice to know someone is devoted to the love of your life like you are.

I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.

I encourage you to keep writing.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Twenty-Four Years  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good evening to you!

I have read your story "Twenty-Four Years", and I will give you a review. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can provide feedback on how your story has left an impression on me.

I admire your courage to share your personal story with the public. Your bravery is to be commendable.

I can relate to your story. You mentioned about wearing the same coat every day. As long as it's kept clean, there shouldn't be a problem with doing that. I wear the same clothes pretty much all the time. I don't blame you for wanting to put on a coat while you're in the hospital, especially when it's cold inside. Being homeless is not fun. Some people only want to judge and criticize those who are different than they are. They should walk a mile in your shoes. They lack understanding. I feel for those people. If they could take the time to get to know someone, perhaps they would gain some empathy.

I applaud your efforts to be who you are. It would be best if you weren't harshly criticized; you are what you are.

I encourage you to keep writing. I enjoyed reading your story. Give yourself a hug and a pat on the back.

Let the blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness surround you daily.

Put a smile on your face, it helps you to believe in yourself.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I read "Forevermore and Nevermore III", and I am doing a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story has impacted me.

Your story started out sad but ended up with a happy ending. Lily lost her beloved rabbit, Snowflake. She didn't feel the need to go on after that. Pets are like having your own child, you love them with all your heart. I can relate to this story. I have lost animals that I truly loved. I would cry for days over the loss of my pet. Pets are understanding; they love unconditionally. They bring joy to your life.

It made me happy when Lily was introduced to Neverland. She found warmth and love at this place. The sadness she felt after losing Snowflake was not to be remembered again. She found solace where she found pain.

I encourage you to keep writing. I love the kind of stories where a hardship can be turned into joy.

I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Summer Storm  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am doing a review on your story "Summer Storm". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can offer feedback on how your story has impacted me.

Your story reads as follows:

Lightning strikes and thunder cracks
Rain pours down flooding low lying ground
The wind like the wolf it'd blow down the shacks
Leaving the poor piggies fleeing all around.

The storm is gone as fast as it came in
Leaving all the destruction visible to our eyes
Knocked down trees, road blocked by a big limb
I look around in shock as the neighbors child cries.

Making the necessary corrections may be helpful to you:

Lightening strikes and thunder cracks
Rain pours down flooding low-lying ground
The wind was like the wolf, blowing down the shacks
Leaving the poor piggies fleeing all around.

The storm is gone as fast as it came in
Leaving all the destruction visible to our eyes
Knocked down trees, road blocked by a big limb
I look around in shock as the neighbor's child cries.

I enjoyed reading your story. You described the scene well. When any storm happens, destruction usually follows. It's sad when we go outside and see what damage a storm has done, and it's sad, especially when we see a child cry.

You can use more words to describe the situation, such as using more action or color to get in to how you feel.

I encourage you to write. People can relate to what you have written.

Have a great day. I hope you are blessed with many friendships, good health, love, and happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Not All Men  
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am doing a review on your poem "Not All Men". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.

I agree and disagree with your poem. The Osmond Brothers did a song entitled "One Bad Apple". Part of the lyrics to this song is "One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch girl. My addition to this song would be as follows:

You can have one bad apple, ten bad apples, 50 bad apples or more, but there's always one good apple.

Most women say all men are bad, but I believe there are good men in this world and
Many men say all women are bad, but I also think there are good women in this world.

I encourage you to write. Not everyone agrees with my opinion. I believe there is good and bad in everything. We should all get together and become good. Our world would be a better place to live in if we could do that.

I hope you're surrounded with blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of My partner  
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hello, and good morning to you!

I am doing a review on your poem "My Partner". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.

You have stated in your poem about if you want to be a partner with you, you have to run fast. If this is expected of you, then I would be a long way away from being that person's partner. I am not able to run. I am slow at doing things. Both of my knees are aching. I can see where many things are going to be expected of me. This scares me. I am not capable of doing some things. I am worried about the future now. I hope I can continue to write. We will see what happens. I do the best I can. The world is a different place now. It sounds as if the things keeping me going, are going to be taken away. The unknown is terrifying.

I encourage you to keep writing. Writing is a form of expression which should not be denied anybody. This country needs to be able to get along with each other. If we're unable to do this, then our country will be in a very sad state.

I hope you have blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness surrounding you throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Defining ideals  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello and Good evening to you!

I am reviewing your little story "Defining Ideals". I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how your story has impacted me.

There were a lot of musts in your life. I have often heard many You should do this, You must do this, and You have to do this, in my life. Some say everyone must work. I have a lifelong disability. I have worked, but it was hard to do that. I am hoping I can continue to write and publish some books. This will make me happy. I also like dancing and singing songs. I have done karaoke on the StarMaker website. I enjoyed doing that.

I see some similarities of mine in your poem. I encourage you to keep writing. It is good to share your story with others. You never know who you might help.

Rather than saying, "Defining Ideals", it would be better to say, "Defining Ideas". I hope my suggestion is helpful.

I hope you have blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness to last your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
Preferred Author
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Rated: E | (4.5)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am reviewing your story "A Journey to Trust". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story has impacted me.

I appreciate the effort you put forth in writing your story. It was hard to write this story. I suggest you get a professional editor to read your story. Your story was good. Having a professional editor can help you make your story easier to read by making corrections concerning the proper grammar. I had a hard time reading it. I read it over slowly.

I encourage you to write. It sounds as if you may have been a bit scared when you wrote it. I admire your courage to share your story.

I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness to last your lifetime. I hope my suggestion has been helpful to you.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Eyes of poets  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I reviewed your poem "Eyes of Poets". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem impacted me.

From reading your poem, I would suggest having a professional editor review your poem. It is a very nice poem. Your poem would sound even better to have them go through it and help you make it into the proper style of poetry. I believe it to be a free-style poem, but I don't have enough expertise to know for sure.

I encourage you to keep writing. It is a beautiful poem for the eyes of poets. I hope my suggestion is helpful to you.

I hope you are surrounded with blessings of friendship, good health, love, and happiness to last a lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am reviewing your story on "The Significance of Custom Keychains". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story has impacted me.

I enjoyed reading your story about keychains. I was surprised about the many different things keychains are good for. I love keychains. They say a lot about us. Your story was very well-written. I didn't see anything that needed to be corrected.

I highly encourage you to keep writing. It was informative and useful to me. Thank You for sharing your story.

I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness to surround you for the rest of your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Oscillating  
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Rated: 18+ | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am doing a review on "Oscillating". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your poem has affected me.

I can relate to your first stanza which reads as follows:

Well written
Well played
Players always seem to think sincere ones play games.

My sister does this more times than I can count. She insists that I tell her the truth when I told her the truth. She repeats herself constantly by wanting me to tell the truth as she sees it. I get frustrated when people do this in the relationships I've had. After sharing my poetry with my sister, she would say the following:

"I don't get this, and, "What you say doesn't make sense". I think along the lines of "Is she playing games with me? or do I need to work on something that only satisfies her?" She saw a magazine article about a poetry contest she thought I might be interested in. I submitted my poem and was happy when it got printed in their book. I was given a CD which had my poem read by a professional narrator, and I was given a beautiful plaque with my poem printed on it. The CD featured other poets as well. I was happy when I received them. My sister seemed excited when she told me about the contest but didn't seem as impressive or supportive as she used to be. It makes me wonder why the sudden change.

I encourage you to keep writing. Writing is a form of expression. It takes courage to share your story with others. I am happy that you took the first step in doing so.

I enjoyed reading your poem. I do have one suggestion. Try using different words to express yourself instead of using cursive language. Too many people are using these words today. As much as I don't like to admit, I am guilty of doing this. Expressing myself using other words to get my point across sounds much better.

I hope blessings of friendship, good health, love, and happiness surround you during your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Do you matter?  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good evening to you!

I am doing a review on "Do you matter?". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give you feedback on how your story has affected me.

In answer to your questions, I'm hoping I do matter. I care about others who are going through the same things I go through in dealing with a mental disability. I'm not trying to attention. I know we are living in a chaotic world. I have overcome hurdles in my life that I am trying to overcome. I am doing better. Taking my medication helps with that.

I share what has helped me. I am going to self-publish some books if I can. I am 67 years old and even though there are people I come into contact with, there are times when I feel lonely. The stigma that goes along with this illness is terrible. I hope that more people will understand.

I respect your opinion even if I agree to disagree. I take what you say and try to learn from it.

I encourage you to keep writing. Writing is good for us. It helps to get things out and share with other people who may be able to help us.

I hope you are surrounded with blessings of friendship, good health, love, and happiness.

We all matter and that's what's important.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of "Deja View"  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Good morning, and Hello to you!

I am doing a review for you on "Deja View". I am not a professional reviewer. I will do my best by giving feedback on how your story has impacted me.

It was interesting how you used a Granny Smith apple in correlation to Gulls, (all seagulls are referred to as gulls). Leaving deposits on windshields was something they did when they were full after eating. All gulls were named Frank. Frank was doing this continually until a harbor ferry ran over him.

There was light at the end of the tunnel. The gull dropped an apple pip on the ground. The following paragraph tells what the pip did:

Pip did what Pips sometimes do. Aided by sun, rain, and Frank's fertilizer, it swelled, split, and put forth two little green leaves. Days seasons and years passed. Pip became a sapling and then a healthy young tree. The house was bought and soon Pip stood proud in the center of a lush lawn. That wonderful year Pip produced its first few apples.

The last paragraph reads:

Frank's fate? I had no idea, but one of his descendants, also called Frank, (All seagulls are named Frank), of course, kept up the family tradition of soiling windshields until the harbor ferry ran him down, just as his beak closed on an apple pip.

I encourage you to keep writing. I enjoyed your story; I'm sure others will enjoy it too.

I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.

I made a few changes to your story to make it sound better. I suggest you get an editor to help you with your story. An editor would help you make your story sound even better.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Chapter 1  
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Rated: 13+ | (5.0)
Hello, and good evening to you!

I read your story "Shattered Pieces Left Behind", and I am doing a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer; however, I will do my best to give you feedback on how your story impacted me.

Yes, there was a time in my life when things seemed to be going well. I thought I had many friends, but they soon gave up on me when I told them I have a mental illness. I tried to work, but it was difficult for me. Through my faith in God, I miraculously was able to work for over ten years, which was enough to earn my social security disability. In the beginning, I was diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia. Years later it changed to a schizoaffective disorder. I will have this illness for a lifetime. I do the best I can to cope with comments from other people who don't understand this illness. I currently take two medications which are like miracle drugs for me. They are: Abilify (Aripiprazole, generic name) and Wellbutron (Bupropion, generic name). I have often been told to keep myself busy; this would make my depression go away. It never did fully go away. I am working on self-publishing books about my life story, poems, short stories, etc.

I can relate to what you're going through. I have been married and divorced twice to someone who struggles with mental illness. My second husband passed away in 2011, I believe it was. I am currently in a relationship with someone with the same diagnosis as I have. Though we have our issues, we try to work them out. My first breakdown started in October of 1974 and was hospitalize the first time in March of 1975.

I encourage you to write. It is good therapy. Don't give up on writing a book. It can help other people who are going through the same thing.

I hope I haven't rambled on and on about too much information. My goal is to help others cope with this illness. Animals are great! They are like part of your family.

I recommend you get an professional editor to go over your work. This will help your story to sound even better.

I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness surround you throughout your lifetime. You may find a special someone who will not abuse you.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am reviewing "Mind if I ask your time to rate this?". I am not a professional reviewer, but I can give feedback on how your piece has impacted me.

I think it's great that something could remain hot or cold for 100 hours straight. It would be so wonderful if this were possible. I think there would be a lot of customers for the product Thermos 500 if this happened to be true. To have an idea such as this one is magnificent!

I encourage you to write. It sounds like you have a creative mind like I do.

I hope you have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of “Let it out”  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I have finished reading "Let it Out", and I will do a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer. I can give my feedback on how your short story inspired me.

Dancing is freeing. I like the freestyle form of dancing. I don't care if I have a partner, although it would be nice, I get myself out there on the floor and dance anyway. Dancing is a form of expression; I go where the music leads me. Having my choice and style of dancing is nice; I don't have to worry about stepping on anyone's toes. I have, from my experience of dancing that the best partner to have while dancing is a broom. It's amazing how many moves you can do when you have a broom in your hand. You don't have to be criticized hard by someone who can destroy your love of dancing. Criticism is harsh.

I encourage you to keep writing. I enjoyed reading your short story. I am excited that you shared your story with the public. It takes courage to do that. Don't give up when you are criticized for your writing.

I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello and Good evening to you!

I read your poem "Her Mask is Her Cover", and I will do a review for you. I am not a professional reviewer. I can offer my input into how your poem has impacted me.

Your poem was short but spoke volumes. I have a mental illness. I was diagnosed as having a schizoaffective disorder. I had a breakdown at the age of 17 and have had a hard time coping with it until the age of 50. I am now 67 years old. Medication has helped me when it became new. The medication is Abilify (the generic name is Aripiprazole). I also take an antidepressant called Welbutron (the generic name is Bupropion). These are the medications that were like a miracle drug for me. Before that, I was on medications that made me feel like I was 100 years old. Then, I had to deal with the stigma that's attached to the disease. I found that when I was telling the truth about what was happening, nobody believed what I was saying.

My faith in God was what held me together. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have been able to function.

I hope that sharing my personal information has helped you. I am working on getting some books published. I want to be able to self-publish. When I am successful in accomplishing this, I will be so happy. My goal is to be able to help people cope with their mental illness better. We will have a mental illness for a lifetime. This is rough; we must support each other through love and understanding.

I hope you will have many blessings of friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.

I encourage you to keep writing. Don't give up. You are important. Always remember that.


Anna Marie Carlson
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Review of Up For Days  
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Rated: E | (5.0)
Hello, and Good morning to you!

I am doing a review of your poem "Up For Days". I am not a professional reviewer. I can give you feedback on how your poem has impacted me.

I enjoyed reading your poem. I relate to your poem because I stay up late writing most nights. I read my poems out loud. Sometimes they make perfect sense to me, but it may not to someone else. I laugh at what comes out on paper sometimes because it sounds too silly. What can anyone expect when you're up for days writing? We get groggy and what we are writing gets goofy. I surprise myself when I come up with a good poem, story, etc.

I encourage you to keep writing. Whether we're up late for days writing or not, write anyway; we can go back and make corrections later.

Have a great day. Wear a smile; it helps to be happy and humorous too. I hope you are blessed with friendships, good health, love, and happiness throughout your lifetime.

Anna Marie Carlson
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