Born John Stephen Rohde in Los Angeles, California, I focused my academic study on the liberal arts and I have striven to create worthy art most of my life.

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Dominic King
Latest book: IN ORCHARD LOST. Published on January 13, 2010. (2.00 from 1 review)

• Alius Dies on May 10, 2011
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  Overall, an affecting poem on the horrors of war. Although I don’t know if you want comment, constructive criticism, or both, I offer you some comments. First, I’ve read some Sassoon, so I know for what you’re striving. I can see and hear and almost feel the plight of the soldiers in the trenches. I commend you on your enterprise in using an aabb rhyme scheme in English, a language not as rich in rhymes as the Romance languages, such as French and Italian. I also don’t know the reason you used the word Alius. Perhaps to cast an aura of antiquity, as in the repetition of wars throughout human history. But I could be reaching. Anyway, glad to see you presenting your work to the world. I hope you have continued to do so.
  
• Oranges on May 10, 2011
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  One of my favorite fruits! Thanks for reminding me of the transcendent pleasure of eating one. In your effective use of blank verse you present some sensuous images, such as “…juices as cold as the new morning...” Makes me want one right now! Keep writing!
  
• I Would be Naive on May 10, 2011
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  A fine tribute! I have become cynical about Mother’s Day, what with all the crass commercialism choking its essential meaning. Your mother must have been very pleased to read this homage. Your rhymes integrate well into the poem without standing up and shouting: “Hey, look at me! I sound like another word here.” And I’m glad to see you consider your life a blessing. Alas, so many of us, maybe those without mothers like yours, see life less happily. May you enjoy many more days of your mother and celebrate them this way.
  
• Why a Train? on May 17, 2011
  
  Much like a dream. Bits of humor too. For its brevity, the story works. It is difficult to write a short-short and make it succeed. Good use of details for vision and taste. I really can't see anyone even thinking of approaching a bear to inquire about a pair of pants, but then this is a dream where anything goes. Your use of the language is rough in spots but maybe you intended that. The end suggests an existential point of view. Interesting touch. The story closes with an unpredictable darkness that left me wondering about this character's life--and death. Maybe the story should have told me more.
  
• IN ORCHARD LOST on May 19, 2011
  
  An interesting take on the loss of Eden. I found myself captured by the opening scene of a young couple finding a pear orchard. And I was further intrigued by the threatening darkness of chemical-poisoned apples. But I wanted more. When the writer left the story to conclude with a homily about maturity, I was lost, not in an orchard but at a dead end to a promising story. Maybe revise it with more development of the characters and theme.
  
• Smashwords Style Guide on May 31, 2011
  
  Essential to preparing manuscripts for ebook publishing, especially on Smashwords. Thorough and organic. But it could benefit from editorial/organizational skills from someone, such as, well--me.
  
• Smashwords Book Marketing Guide on May 31, 2011
  
  Well written guide, covering more clear information and direction in one cybertome than available in numerous sites on the internet. Remains to be seen if the apparently good advice will help me sell my books.
  
• 100 Easy Household Tips on Nov. 17, 2011
  
  Lori J. Mitchell’s little book, 100 EASY HOUSHOLD TIPS, is packed with many ingenious remedies for those common household problems we all encounter. This simple volume will surely help anyone who reads it achieve more efficiency in the home. I recommend 100 EASY HOUSHOLD TIPS!