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202 of my comments have received 219 Great Feedback votes

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Action packed and fast moving

Posted on Mon, 08 Sep 2014

Action packed and fast moving.  Well done.

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Posted in Antonio Solar: Origins of an Empire

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Didn't want to like it but I

Posted on Sun, 07 Sep 2014

Didn't want to like it but I had no choice.  Bloody excellent.

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Posted in Stacey on the Lunch

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It pulled me in too.  

Posted on Sun, 07 Sep 2014

It pulled me in too.  

I would like to see a re-work of the first two stanzas, or better still be braver and start at the beginning of the third and work to make thereafter even better than it is already - if that's possible.

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Well that's a big relief.  I

Posted on Wed, 06 Aug 2014

Well that's a big relief.  

I was hugely concerned that you might feel (understandably) that I had been unkind, focussing only on what I thought was amiss.  I really ought to have said also that the intrigue that you have created is deep...

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Jenny Is Right

Posted on Thu, 04 Sep 2014

I really like this one.  The rhyme is good and that quality is accentuated by a strong rhythm, the effect provides the reader with the sense that the poet is confident and trustworthy.

Very good.

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Posted in On Writing

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Just Read This

Posted on Mon, 01 Sep 2014

You are very good at tackling 'difficult' subjects that most of us avoid by taking the easy option and ignoring them.

 I'm glad Torscot clarified!  Of course I can see what she/he was getting at with the reversal of gender roles.

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You're welcome.  Thank you

Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2014

You're welcome.  Thank you regarding the Daniel series.  

You will find that writing prose for on-line reading has an effect on the discrete episodes.  It causes a faster pace to develop and the reader gets a pay-off for their efforts at...

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Philip, you will find

Posted on Sat, 02 Aug 2014

Philip, you will find ABCtales to be a supportive, nurturing and welcoming place.  There are many excellent writers here, you can learn lots - I for one should know - have a good nosey around the place.  Above all else I would encourage...

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Posted in Marking Time

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Quite!

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2014

Quite!

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Posted in Toady of toad hall. (a warning to children)

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Lovely overall images.  This

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2014

Lovely overall images.  This I found less delightfully unctuous than the rest:

"ever so slightly at the edges, and a blackbird

going home to roost, dreams of sleeping"

The italicised words seem less economical and...

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