tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.comments2016-02-27T21:36:10.825+00:00Dedbutdrmngdedbutdrmnghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572029652132785021noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-18189632597830135152016-02-27T21:36:10.825+00:002016-02-27T21:36:10.825+00:00this is just properly, bliddy wonderful. i love th...this is just properly, bliddy wonderful. i love this, rj! xxxMar Claudrin https://www.blogger.com/profile/15595960558623829556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-66132261156909637052016-02-23T14:38:42.616+00:002016-02-23T14:38:42.616+00:00'And sometimes I will pretend to be a bear'...'And sometimes I will pretend to be a bear'<br /><br />There's a story there, probably a wonderful but difficult one to write, for loss.<br /><br />This properly got me, RJ, this post. Gah, you've written it so well too. That's a gift you know, if you treat her the same still. That's one of the things my best friend liked the most when her mam died when we were bairns, when people remembered her as not just the kid that lost her mam.<br /><br />*hugs* xxxMar Claudrin https://www.blogger.com/profile/15595960558623829556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-81475135908790884862016-02-17T17:22:07.100+00:002016-02-17T17:22:07.100+00:00HeartbreakingHeartbreakingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-4294171160624476552015-01-06T12:45:02.219+00:002015-01-06T12:45:02.219+00:001) Stupid publishers.
2) Never mind - one day your...1) Stupid publishers.<br />2) Never mind - one day your genius will be recognised - hopefully a lot sooner than Van Gogh's was.<br />3) When it is, you can look down your nose and sneer at them. <br />4) Come to think of it, you're tall. You can do that already.<br />5) Mega kudos on the being bought steak in London.<br />6) Onward with the fantasy thing! To arms!<br />7) Happy New Year to you and yours :)phyzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05180427854322861971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-3580664201155088502012-12-07T08:58:39.446+00:002012-12-07T08:58:39.446+00:00You improve with age, as fine wine. Good writing. ...You improve with age, as fine wine. Good writing. Really, really good.Mikko Sovijärvihttp://www.musasavo.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-34389338356272572052012-12-05T12:37:45.352+00:002012-12-05T12:37:45.352+00:00Very interesting. I like this.Very interesting. I like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-49824523088444972742012-11-29T22:55:46.729+00:002012-11-29T22:55:46.729+00:00Let me ponder on this a bit longer...
Let me ponder on this a bit longer... <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344632247987948932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-30347383995053113012012-11-17T23:13:43.118+00:002012-11-17T23:13:43.118+00:00LMFAO RJ, you got me that time! LMFAO RJ, you got me that time! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344632247987948932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-69181183768115618022012-10-09T10:42:44.021+01:002012-10-09T10:42:44.021+01:00 Cobweb kids line potholed roads
few can afford to... Cobweb kids line potholed roads<br />few can afford to travel. <br /><br />i like thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-86455199992460756682012-09-19T10:13:54.254+01:002012-09-19T10:13:54.254+01:00Oops. I shall fixify straightaway. Why can't y...Oops. I shall fixify straightaway. Why can't you be called Smith? Eh?dedbutdrmnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572029652132785021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-70565866609279115022012-09-19T00:33:58.377+01:002012-09-19T00:33:58.377+01:00Dude. You spelled my name wrong. For this crime an...Dude. You spelled my name wrong. For this crime and others (not specified here), I must unleash the crustaceans upon your exceptional tresses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-6222380863309582582012-09-06T22:16:01.930+01:002012-09-06T22:16:01.930+01:00Yep, I haven't heard of it either, but great t...Yep, I haven't heard of it either, but great title! Nice to be on board with you both. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382827974781689590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-48301437473163198992012-09-06T17:58:39.680+01:002012-09-06T17:58:39.680+01:00I've never heard of 'Searching for the Wro...I've never heard of 'Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus' at all, but it is a *great* title... Thanks for the mention, and I look forward to your story (and everyone else's) in OTR2...James Everingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04717149514440381738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-74672796566690108262012-08-29T15:07:22.226+01:002012-08-29T15:07:22.226+01:00I was in the back of the van with a gun trained on...I was in the back of the van with a gun trained on them, Rob. They later mooned a nun and ramraided a Blockbusters at my behest.stephen chawkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-65776992006243900812012-08-29T11:16:04.952+01:002012-08-29T11:16:04.952+01:00Excellent. It's so easy to let memories like t...Excellent. It's so easy to let memories like that evaporate, but writing them down fixes them.Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-82173842305543959152012-08-28T12:26:30.932+01:002012-08-28T12:26:30.932+01:00That is spectacular.
I like the way you've de...That is spectacular.<br /><br />I like the way you've decided to combat "feeling a bit rough" with a story like that. <br /><br />\m/R.S. Bohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101260459422806220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-65152413093601138822012-08-28T10:20:30.672+01:002012-08-28T10:20:30.672+01:00Beautiful moments you'll never forget. Faith r...Beautiful moments you'll never forget. Faith restored indeed. Thanks for providing my enduring image of the day.<br /><br />Heather (@TessaTangent)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-79648776040304517242012-08-12T12:52:14.848+01:002012-08-12T12:52:14.848+01:00*goth* ;-)*goth* ;-)bethnoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383069246571134707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-90191099501302850202012-06-20T16:49:49.730+01:002012-06-20T16:49:49.730+01:00Interesting piece, a bit violent, liked the ending...Interesting piece, a bit violent, liked the ending.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344632247987948932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-24229216680196185582012-06-15T12:42:07.606+01:002012-06-15T12:42:07.606+01:00Forgive me commenting on my own thing. This was le...Forgive me commenting on my own thing. This was left on Facebook by Marcy who's poetry I adore and I didn't want to lose it so have put it here. Cos what she said made me happy, innit.<br /><br /><br />"firstly, I've said this before I know, but you really should be writing more poetry you know. You've a wonderful, deft (I'm been waiting all day to use deft in a sentence. Tried it on the pizza delivery guy, but the box he brought was too big to be deft so I left it at eh instead) touch and I'm always left with a sense of having my thoughts split open by an axe crafted from a blade of grass and a bit knicker elastic from some deity's outside underpants.<br /><br />What I mean is, I always come away feeling I've learned something, even if that something is not necessarily a clear-cut (it's the axe image, now it's haunting me!) something. And I always want to go back and read again (like can you remember the one you did because someone had posted a scuba diving pic and it inspired you? I can, still. And the one you did where she never wanted to visit and there could have been rabbit gods? Aye, that's because they stick, like the best ones always do)<br /><br />Don't take out the seasonal btw, it's not clumsy at all to my mind, if anything, it encourages a pause, because of the slowness of saying it aloud. And it reinforces the way the poem is circular, and like the radial spoke (which I admit I had no clue about until I looked it up), especially with the refrain of your first line used again as your last. (incidentally, read it from bottom up. Works that way too really well, apart from the few instances where it's past tense) But yeah, I wouldn't touch that seasonal if this was mine. And I love the gentle irony of the held breath, esp because the poem is always moving and circling, there is nothing still in it. Except possibly our wish to remain static occasionally (because I thought that too, I got glimpses of the issue of ageing. But not as simple as that either though, maybe a yearning for change as well?)<br /><br />It's actually very clever too, and not in a excluding way. I've read it several times now, to gauge what is actually going on both poetically and technically, very clever sir, indeed."dedbutdrmnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572029652132785021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-90087296644954030652012-05-30T13:34:11.225+01:002012-05-30T13:34:11.225+01:00First: I've got no idea why everyone is so exc...First: I've got no idea why everyone is so excited for Amanda Palmer. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that she'd raise a million before deadline. If an indie rocker with no recognizable name and a marriage to Joe the Lawn Service Guy pulled it off, I'd be super impressed. And scratching my head.<br /><br />Second, I'm not sure your scenario would work. But that's a long and tenuously supported argument, so I can only add my own Kickstarter experience -- as a supporter.<br /><br />I peruse the Kickstarter site, or hear about something neat from somebody on Twitter, and I check it out. If, for a small donation, I can get something cool in return, I do it. I don't ever know who these people are that I'm supporting; it's all about the product and return on investment. <br /><br />I have never supported a writing project. Would I? I don't think so. I can't think of something that would excite me enough, even if my small donation got my a first-run copy of the book once it was printed. And, honestly, if the book is that good -- why hasn't the author got an agent? (says the girl who has never submitted a single query letter nor gone through said publishing process)<br /><br />That's just my two cents. Interested to hear what others have got to say.R.S. Bohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101260459422806220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-48487513811473551082012-05-29T15:00:39.441+01:002012-05-29T15:00:39.441+01:00I'm always open to alpha/beta reading and to s...I'm always open to alpha/beta reading and to sharing. Feel free to get in touch if you like, Mr.MartinRose@gmail[dot]com. Wherever you go with it, I wish you luck!Martin Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265623440686160715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-302642237903024722012-05-29T14:23:36.401+01:002012-05-29T14:23:36.401+01:00No, it's all welcome. Oddly, that was where it...No, it's all welcome. Oddly, that was where it did start and I added the previous two lines even thought it makes it repetitive. Thanks for taking the time, I've tagged your comment onto the document for when I come back for a first edit.dedbutdrmnghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572029652132785021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-4734206678722421122012-05-29T14:09:50.135+01:002012-05-29T14:09:50.135+01:00Intriguing. I like where this is going . . . I thi...Intriguing. I like where this is going . . . I think you might squeeze more impact out of it if you start from "Waking here was like the transition . . . " but you clearly know what you're doing so you probably don't need a drive-by concrit from a peon :)Martin Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265623440686160715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776842974844661177.post-74049500274386874672012-05-25T18:51:14.829+01:002012-05-25T18:51:14.829+01:00Totally enjoyed this and will be passing it along....Totally enjoyed this and will be passing it along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com