tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post4369072578570092912..comments2023-03-26T04:40:44.435-03:00Comments on Buick City Complex: a new life - part 2Perfect Virgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-4186540794126124932008-02-05T21:35:00.000-04:002008-02-05T21:35:00.000-04:00Boulies - after a great deal of figurative writing...Boulies - after a great deal of figurative writing I have decided to try some realism.Perfect Virgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-44929626968261653892008-02-05T01:25:00.000-04:002008-02-05T01:25:00.000-04:00Wow! Great writing! It felt like true mental chatt...Wow! Great writing! It felt like true mental chatter of the meaningful kind. I think anyone could relate to this character, who's felt trapped emotionally or bound by outside circumstances or both as you character here has. Really interesting set up, and now I'm hooked!Elena Horowitz-Brookeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05603633911595032921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-17293919046282296132008-01-16T07:44:00.000-04:002008-01-16T07:44:00.000-04:00As someone who has worked in nursing homes and a m...As someone who has worked in nursing homes and a mental institution for several years I have to say you have been able to capture this environment with infrequent, but perfect references.<BR/><BR/>"From somewhere deep in the building a man's voice wailed, winding up like a banshee. He couldn't make out the words, he didn't need to. The sound was unmistakable, despair. He rolled over and put his ears under the pillow."<BR/><BR/>"Mid-afternoon sun slanted in at his high, square window and a faint smell of missed lunch hung in the air."Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-27877111613144293852008-01-11T22:12:00.000-04:002008-01-11T22:12:00.000-04:00FH - lovely is a fine word Steph. Thanks for your ...FH - lovely is a fine word Steph. Thanks for your kind other words too and I look forward to more prose from your Devonian pen soon.<BR/><BR/>Neetee - I know this had a painful effect on you but let me reassure you this theme is not the mainstay of the story, just a symptom of our hero's current frame of mind. I am very pleased to know you are reading and thanks for your very valuable involvement.<BR/><BR/>CJ - your mate Charles! I love that. I guess you remember the comparison I drew between you and he a few weeks ago. Yep, I sure do know about his serialisation.<BR/><BR/>Do please drop me a note of that book title. And I agree, who is to say what is an appropriate length? I too have read several full and rivetting books that didn't even get close to 200 pages.<BR/><BR/>And as to your last words, I'm working on it!Perfect Virgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-42793805615571802972008-01-11T08:44:00.000-04:002008-01-11T08:44:00.000-04:00that should be WON and NOT one. hmmmmm:(that should be WON and NOT one. hmmmmm<BR/>:(Russell CJ Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-62731548648778541932008-01-11T08:43:00.000-04:002008-01-11T08:43:00.000-04:00less of a chapter2 but really still part of chapte...less of a chapter2 but really still part of chapter one. and yes, it would make a good novel. as for the size of the novel, who says it has to have 300 pages?<BR/>i have just read a russian novel by someone incredible. cannot remember the authors name nor the book title! but it is one of the best storys i have ever read. it has one all the majot literary prizes (i will dig out the book and let you know). the book can only be 150 pages long.<BR/>also, during my mate charles dickens times, novels were first published in episodic volumes in magazines.<BR/>so come on fella...publish that book.Russell CJ Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-40771325790610062142008-01-07T21:30:00.000-04:002008-01-07T21:30:00.000-04:00Excellent writing! Real. A Methodic painful truth....<B>Excellent</B> writing! Real. A Methodic painful truth.<BR/>I ached when I read this. The cage of 'self' that Francis is in is so suffocatingly vivid. <BR/>I wanted so much to be the 4th voice, to tell him to simple step away - if only one foot - just away from where he has planted himself.<BR/><BR/>I will be back to read more, you can count on that.Neeteehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10022172941959946854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-66664092525084875902008-01-06T19:20:00.000-04:002008-01-06T19:20:00.000-04:00good to see the words flowing PV, and such lovely ...good to see the words flowing PV, and such lovely words. Well maybe lovely is the wrong word. Hmmm, but they are lovely...Always good reading my virgo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com