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Greetings and thank you for taking the time to read my work on Helium. My forte is the classical and mythological but I also work with ancient history, writing tips, crafts, travel, the supernatural and sci/fi - fantasy. From screenplays to stage-plays,

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love: 24 of 718

Suspended a few inches above the ground that is how I feel when I am with you breathing the same air as you resting against your strength your arms open so wide I collapse into them with my eyes closed smiling and weeping out of joy and sorrow that a mortal life only gives me years to know this ecstasy this freedom at your f...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips How to write an excellent first chapter for your novel: 1 of 19

To write an excellent first chapter for your novel, bear in mind that when a reader pulls that book off the shelf, he/she will usually decide to buy, or not to buy, by the end of the first two pages, so your first chapter should contain your best writing. Evocative, mysterious, and atmospheric; these are just a few words you...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: If I lose you: 1 of 13

If I lose you the sun's rays will not seem as sweet as they did when you were at my side. Nor will the rain feel as fresh on my cheeks after you've kissed them. If I lose you right here, right now, the world, to me, will lose all of its flavor and divine splendor. And I will lose the one and only key to my heart.
Food & Drink > Soups & Stews Recipes: Your best soup recipe: 7 of 78

A homemade bowl of soup on a frosty day provides a loving and healthy dose of comfort for the tummy. Soup is no longer your stereotypical portrait of watery-processed-square-potato-bits-with-chicken type of meal. Soup is cool! Soup is trendy! Soup can mend a broken heart and send the taste buds into a mouth-watering frenzy! ...
Pets & Animals > Cat Care & Health Tips for preparing your home for a new kitten: 1 of 11

Preparing your home for the new kitten can be as exciting as preparing it for a new baby. For there are many that choose not to have children and instead lavish their furry loved ones with everything from a kitty obstacle-course condo to kitty's very own bedroom. Bringing home kitten, with its tiny little ears, pink nose, in...
Religion & Spirituality > Thoughts on God Contemplating the existence of God: 10 of 108

It is easy to contemplate the existence of god, or a god, in the same way as we contemplate what we are having for dinner this evening or tomorrow night. The theory of something or someone 'existing' that is powerful enough to create a mass of minerals, soils, etc for life forms to grow, will forever provide an endless debat...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: On love: 119 of 1171

A Maiden's Tale Oh what hold you have over me, my love! I wait, as anxious as a child, for the sun to rise its golden rim rising above the horizon. For it is then that I see you, my love, stirring against the dawn the silhouette of your body rustling beneath the wool unaware of what the day will bring. Will it bring war? Wil...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Jobs Directing your script as a first time writer: 1 of 9

Directing your script as a first time writer is not an impossible task. Speaking from personal experience, directing your own script is a very rewarding experience. As a first time writer, your theatrical script is the foundation for your creative canvas. As the writer, you know the intricacies of your story, your chara...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Travel: 9 of 77

Photographic Memory And this is me standing on a white hot sandy beach with the sand curling up between my toes and the waves beckoning hypnotizing me and caressing the horizon You can see my nose pink and stinging from standing in this spot all day every day and the skin on my arms roasted by the incessant sun I chose this ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love unrequited: 47 of 372

Unrequited Love One look from you and my heart will lift the sea! One chance of a touch though accidental it may be. The sun rises with your smile but it is never meant for me. Every star knows your name, and that by whispering it they are set free. So I shall block up my ears and turn from the sky and stay locked within thi...