Thank you, Danik. I have a blog, yes - several under various names - which mostly house reprints of what has appeared elsewhere, as part of an online or print publication. But this is not on any site right now. I wanted to use something I've been working on and see if I could push it a little further in the process of adding it to the pot. I will consider this "published" as of a couple of days ago.Originally Posted by Danik 2016
I have been writing a long time, about twenty five years.
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“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” ― Muriel Rukeyser
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It was disturbing and made me a little angry. That makes it an effective story where I live. Damn good.
Thanks, PB. Because the story has the potential to be a bit incendiary, I've decided to attach a disclaimer. Also, I was trying to remain anonymous on the site but this is not necessarily a reality when posting original work.
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Nice story, heartwing!
Thank you, YesNo! I hope you and I will have started something and there'll be more takers! Or should I say: Givers. ha.
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What regards me, you will remain anonymous HW. I am from another country and I don´t know your real name.
But thanks to you both Y/N and HW for the high level of your contributions. I feel we had a good start.
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
I am not known here by anyone either. Definitely how I like it, actually, but that works against you when you're about to come out with a collection or two and you are thinking ahead toward a readership. I hope this will be happening for me in the next year or so. I also hope more people will contribute to the thread. That would be fabu.
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Just one comprehension doubt, HW, I see you are on line. Who is the singing "my mark" in the paragraph before last. Joe?
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Thank you, Danik. I added the phrase "in church" to see if that clears things up but I didn't want the mark to be Joe. He already knows about their short con. But I definitely don't want it to be confusing. I am open to suggestions.
The mark is just supposed to be some random innocent guy who is being distracting from singing hymns while the narrator steals from the offering plate. The offering plate goes around at one point during the church service and money gets tossed in. I envisioned the mother being there with the narrator to witness the con. I didn't necessarily envision Joe being there but I don't know if it matters, but yeah, suddenly he's not mentioned so...
This is really the beauty of posting in a public forum like this. I've seen my own stuff so much I don't always see what may be missing. Something doesn't always have to be missing, but sometimes this is the case and it helps to know.
Maybe I need to revisit the last couple of paragraphs.
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Thanks, HW. My interpretation of the final paragraphs was wrong, but now, with your explanation, everything is fitting nicely. I don´t think there is any need to change the last part for comprehension reasons.
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Ok. Well I started to realize too I may be assuming too much about people knowing what goes on in church, or for the most part at least a typical protestant church. I wonder if I shouldn't add just a bit much just to clarify that just a bit. The piece is going to need to stand alone and I do care about it very much. I've actually worked on it a while. I don't know why I care about it. So many unlikable characters. ha. But what happens to the narrator, as tough as she believes she is in the beginning, is something I care about so I want it all to stand alone. Thanks for your feedback, Danik. I really appreciate it. If you have any more for the piece, you can post it here or message me or if anyone else wants to give me constructive feedback, I am open to it through a message or here. I know how to handle such feedback so no worries about being honest. And it's likely this piece will remain fluid for a while. I may pursue publication as a reprint. But not for a bit.
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In that matter of con, catholic churches are very similar, they have the plate too, and I shouldn´t wonder if nowadays there might occur thefts. Thiefs are stealing more incredible things like bronze plates and statues from the cemeteries.
I shall love to talk to you about the story, per post or PM as you prefer as soon as the contest is over. As usual with the poetry contexts, I'm also going to make a short comment on each of the stories that come in.
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
Just a reminder. For those writing stories for the subject short story contest, there is still a week to go.
Deadline: August, 1st
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"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
For those writing stories for the subject short story contest, there are still some days to go!
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
There are still two days to go.
We are waiting for your submissions!
"I seemed to have sensed also from an early age that some of my experiences as a reader would change me more as a person than would many an event in the world where I sat and read. "
Gerald Murnane, Tamarisk Row
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