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My stories have been read 171249 times
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12 of my 483 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 13 votes
jerry ryan
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Mitzi's Slice of Life
Today was gonna be a lucky day for somebody, most likely Fritz. Mitzi slept in and was in no rush so she took her sweet time doing her makeup. She...
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Bighorn on the Rocks
*/ Forty plus years ago, on a startling, clear August afternoon, I was smack dab in the middle of everywhere, the Grizzly Mountains of Montana. To be...
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Her Smile
Like most husbands, I am captivated and beguiled by the smile of my wife. I'm not much of a smiler so she's got to do the work for two as we tango...
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Fulfilled
We had been overwhelmed. We had cursed our coming creation. Get the goddamned thing over with. We resisted the urge to push. We were Full and ready...
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Full Filler
The engineer has the indomitability to rise again and ask the most basic and devilish question. "So, what's it about?" This is my answer and I hope...
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simply irresistible
Posted on Thu, 21 Sep 2017
a few clean up notes
get rid of a couple "littles"
clarify this sentence" The look, in her mind’s eye, that right now made her want to her jump right back on one and go home"
seek alternatives to the word "seem" ( appear,...
Read full commentPosted in Wrinkles
what's the name of that story....gotta read it
Posted on Thu, 09 Jan 2020
Yeah, I've been giving my work away for free for yers and people learn to think that its worthless and don't read it. Like the guy who was trying to get rid of a refrigerator. He put it on the curb and said FREE. Nobody gtook it. After a couple...
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Haven't seen Victoria
Posted on Thu, 19 Dec 2019
Birdman was great and Baumbach keeeps getting better and better. If I go back to the most significant two hours of my life, the night that I met my wife, I can truly recall maybe five minutes of it in my memory and I've been trying to writre...
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Brings back
Posted on Sun, 24 Nov 2019
a reminder of that first argument...the shock of it...the suddeness of it...the innocence of it.....the pain of it......the consequential/inconsequentiality of it....."I'm looking through you, where did you go, I thought I kew you, what did I...
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that's
Posted on Thu, 03 Oct 2019
what ahm tawkin' bout. Love it
Read full commentPosted in American Diaspora
The empty seat
Posted on Fri, 17 May 2019
My father filled that seat and left it to me.
Thank you
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The problem comes in when I'm
Posted on Sat, 28 Jul 2018
The problem comes in when I'm writing a novella. If the scenes don't attract attention in the beginning, they become far less "compelling" to new readers as the work continues. As of now, only 11 peple at the most, are up to date on what I'm...
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kayfabe
Posted on Sat, 10 Mar 2018
Kayfabe is a carnival term for never letting a non- carny in on the secrets of the carny. Wrestling has a long association with carnivals.
Bad guys are always bad guys in kayfabe and they hate good guys in kayfabe which is like pretending...
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i'm beginning to agree
Posted on Mon, 18 Dec 2017
in some ways i've resisted this mine because it seems too easy. Ya know the ageless bugaboo of thinking that it can't be any good unless it's a creative struggle. I should be old enough at this stage to realize this and appreciate the gold mine...
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I like it
Posted on Thu, 31 Aug 2017
I think I could use some indentations.
My favorite line....."In a way, it’s sort of like I’m feeling the story, connected with the characters beyond sight. Truly in touch with it, if you want.”
want might be will
Good work...
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