tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post25190493839412005..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The So Long Colin, it was good to meet you writing contest Results!Janet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7070490296621492752015-10-28T10:54:34.715-04:002015-10-28T10:54:34.715-04:00I'm a little late to the party but congrats Su...I'm a little late to the party but congrats Susan - stellar piece! Such high quality writing!Calorie Bombshellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18039655088542854847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-7294286757669345862015-10-27T15:48:44.718-04:002015-10-27T15:48:44.718-04:00Susan - Well deserved win! Fantastic entry!
Ashes...Susan - Well deserved win! Fantastic entry!<br /><br />Ashes - I loved Hoppy's story. Fun!Pam Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10535615408563055466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14229725788243684122015-10-27T06:55:47.648-04:002015-10-27T06:55:47.648-04:00John Frain,
"...and to see how different peop...John Frain,<br />"...and to see how different people attack the same challenge".<br /><br />A hell-of-an outlook on life too.<br />Love it.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24663424185327023062015-10-27T03:54:46.256-04:002015-10-27T03:54:46.256-04:00Congrats to all entries. And I can't echo stro...<br />Congrats to all entries. And I can't echo strong enough John Frain's sentiments above. Spot on.<br /><br />Thank you QOTKU for hosting and reviewing these fun contests. We all really appreciate it.<br /><br />Donnaeve, sorry for your loss. <br /><br />Cheers all, Hankfrench sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-59784200523470847072015-10-26T23:56:12.563-04:002015-10-26T23:56:12.563-04:00*yawn* seems the shuttle will leave tomorrow morni...*yawn* seems the shuttle will leave tomorrow morning... maybe...<br /><br />...need to camp out for the night here in hanger 9... wait area 9 more like...<br /><br />...maybe here by these boxes... paper inside... mmm... interesting...<br /><br />"Dear Ms. Reid, My fiction novel VAMPIRES ON KALE ISLAND is a 200,000 word epic saga..."<br /><br />wait... what the date on this? September 19, 2003. Huh... box says "Slush Pile"... okay... time to sleep. nite...Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-68940445061481533142015-10-26T23:00:07.468-04:002015-10-26T23:00:07.468-04:00Susan: Congratulations!
Everyone who went "...Susan: Congratulations!<br /><br />Everyone who went "e"-less: Impressive!<br /><br />Everyone who got a mention: Great job!<br /><br />Everyone who entered: Reading your entries kept me entertained for an entire weekend. Thank you!<br /><br />E.Maree: Thanks for the wow!<br /><br />Janet: I don't mind being the creepiest creep as long as it makes your longlist--and doesn't get me exiled to Carkoon! Thanks again for the fun.Just Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546035917149403735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-53890998006537233022015-10-26T22:48:14.486-04:002015-10-26T22:48:14.486-04:00Congratulations Susan and all the mentioned.
When...Congratulations Susan and all the mentioned. <br />When you know your entry sucketh royally (not yours, mine) at least you can appreciate the amazing other entries. Great laughs this week. angie Brooksby-Arcangiolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000615140577512304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-2471528012976684222015-10-26T22:33:32.308-04:002015-10-26T22:33:32.308-04:00Kitty, thanks so much! That made my day; almost as...<b>Kitty,</b> thanks so much! That made my day; almost as good as getting called out by the Shark herself. After all, you did--I bask in reflected glory. :DKastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873852607471875896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-48066437648085211252015-10-26T22:05:22.335-04:002015-10-26T22:05:22.335-04:00Congratulations to Susan. Great story. Also congra...Congratulations to Susan. Great story. Also congratulations to all the mentionables and e-less writers in particular. What a great contest. Thank you, Ms. Janet, for taking your time for another of these fantastic exercises. Wonderful. Lynn and Colin, go with the shark.Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335923263777449916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-8446512702838000992015-10-26T21:42:43.005-04:002015-10-26T21:42:43.005-04:00E. Maree: Thank you for asking. No hidden meaning;...E. Maree: Thank you for asking. No hidden meaning; I think Janet just meant that, other than the prompt words, my story was written without using the letter 'e.' :)Eve Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488394403456097686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-92006297139350938512015-10-26T20:55:35.200-04:002015-10-26T20:55:35.200-04:00Superb Susan! The entirety of PTSD in a nutshell. ...Superb Susan! The entirety of PTSD in a nutshell. Superbly done. Superb.<br /><br />To the other short and long-listers, what a great bunch of reads!<br /><br />Thank you for the shout out and kind words - justice is served when the time indeed fits the crime. <br /><br />My entry was the flash version of "Life Sentence" which will drop on the "13 Stories 'Til Halloween" blog anthology. I'm not up yet, but will be sometime before the 31st. I twisted the twist a bit more for the long form. <br /><br />For some fun spooky short stories, check out:<br /><br />https://13storiestilhalloween.wordpress.com/<br /><br />Thank you so much for this random act of contest! (And go Susan!) It was a blast. <br /><br />Terri Lynn Coop<br /><br />Terri Lynn Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07290316565247120848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76939495162757340472015-10-26T19:27:05.851-04:002015-10-26T19:27:05.851-04:00Congrats Susan, the long-listers, short-listers, s...Congrats Susan, the long-listers, short-listers, special mentionables and unmentionables. Great stuff in those entries<br /><br />Just in case any of you were wondering I did reference Jimmy Buffet and Issac Asimov in the sentence.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49228820412035567142015-10-26T19:08:34.898-04:002015-10-26T19:08:34.898-04:00Oh wow, loved these! I actually forgot there were ...Oh wow, loved these! I actually forgot there were missing letters in them at all.<br /><br />(6) Susan really drew me in with those double meanings. So much wonderful depth.<br /><br />(7) Eve Messenger , I enjoyed it but I'm curious what the hidden meaning I'm missing is.<br /><br />Enjoyed the math in (8) Terri Lynn Coop. Very clever! 45 years, for anyone feeling maths averse down here in the comments.<br /><br /><br />(11) Just Jan was WOW. What an unexpectedly dark turn! Lvoed it.E.Mareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283073495361530535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-75015736840894533492015-10-26T18:07:58.864-04:002015-10-26T18:07:58.864-04:00I'm so impressed by the e-less entries! Love t...I'm so impressed by the e-less entries! Love the winner and the twist in Amy's entry. Also the zombie bunny. So fun, as always. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579884957931782780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54833991783012539802015-10-26T18:00:02.234-04:002015-10-26T18:00:02.234-04:00Susan, congrats on some might fine writing! All th...Susan, congrats on some might fine writing! All three of the stories on the short list made me stop and think and re-read. And the zombie bunny and the Clue stories made me laugh. Good work, everyone.<br /><br />Donna, I'm sorry for your loss. May all your memories be fond ones.<br /><br />Colin and Lynn, I tried to write you into a more physically appealing place! You would only have had to deal with mental anguish. Sort of figured between the two of you, you'd clean up the place and get rid of most of the typos, if not the bad ideas. I even added a SpecOps team to escort you, so you'd have a grand adventure getting there. Oh well. I tried. Let us know where you . . . land. If you ever take off.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-38188105923577710152015-10-26T16:46:11.372-04:002015-10-26T16:46:11.372-04:00This talk of limbo gives me a great excuse to post...This talk of limbo gives me a great excuse to post one of my favourite passages from Dr Seuss.<br /><br />THE WAITING PLACE <br />by Dr. Seuss<br /><br />Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come,<br />or a plane to go or the mail to come,<br />or the rain to go or the phone to ring,<br />or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No<br />or waiting for their hair to grow.<br /><br />Everyone is just waiting.<br /><br />Waiting for the fish to bite<br />or waiting for wind to fly a kite<br />or waiting around for Friday night<br /><br />or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake<br />or a pot to boil, or a Better Break<br />or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants<br />or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.<br /><br />Everyone is just waiting.<br /><br />--from Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussAmy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-6113377643720424852015-10-26T16:39:40.894-04:002015-10-26T16:39:40.894-04:00Congrats Susan! Good stuff here this week. And tha...Congrats Susan! Good stuff here this week. And thanks, Janet for the line mention. That was fun! A Room of My Ownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000521568940063130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41892539926372391082015-10-26T16:20:50.022-04:002015-10-26T16:20:50.022-04:00Why you should always enter:
Just typing... As lo...Why you should always enter:<br /><br />Just typing... As long as you come into these contests with a good attitude, there is only positive outcomes. <br /><br />We’re a community here. Everyone, including our Leader, wants one thing for each member. To improve as a writer.<br /><br />When you enter these contests, you put yourself through a rigorous process of creating a draft. An even more rigorous process of editing that draft. And for some, the most rigorous part of the process is putting yourself out there. Your writing, with your name on it. Then comes the anxiety of the results and the Monday thrills of victory or agonies of defeat. But thrill or agony, come Monday you’re ahead of where you were on Friday because of the process you put yourself through. That’s a victory.<br /><br />Don’t worry if your entry wasn’t on the shortlist this time. It happens that way in every business. Great actors have movies that flop. The best hitters in baseball strike out more often than they homer. Your favorite singer gives a poor performance. We’re all human. I tried to write a romance once. Ugh! Fail. But I guarantee nobody remembers it, and I learned something I thought would be easier is something I have to work on.<br /><br />So keep entering every contest you can. They’re a joy to read and to see how different people attack the same challenge.<br />John Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702305890462479118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-14295503350626398232015-10-26T16:19:47.060-04:002015-10-26T16:19:47.060-04:00Gadzooks, a place on the longlist?! How lovely. I&...Gadzooks, a place on the longlist?! How lovely. I'm a newbie here, but have been devouring the blog archives hungrily. Great to find such a convivial little spot here on the Interwebs.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688291652480357123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-92147151610504838382015-10-26T16:18:54.488-04:002015-10-26T16:18:54.488-04:00I think you just lost your chance to go to Washing...I think you just lost your chance to go to Washington, Mr. Smith.BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-15266745604423168702015-10-26T16:04:50.353-04:002015-10-26T16:04:50.353-04:00Just had a strange conversation with a man in over...Just had a strange conversation with a man in overalls. He had a piece of paper in his "hand" and he pointed to one of the contest entries.<br />"What's this place?" he said.<br />"Washington," I replied following his "finger." "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."<br />"You Mister Smith?" he said, grunted, gargled through phlegm (*sigh* Carkoonian speech--I'll miss it, I'm sure!).<br />"Yes," I said, trying not to look too excited.<br />"Goes to Washington?" he grunted, gargled, etc.<br />"Yes," I said again. "It's funny. Humorous. 2Ns was making a joke about me possibly going to Washington. It's the name of a movie. Jimmy Stewart..."<br />"Oh," he said. "Joke. Funny. Not serious."<br />Then he huffed and walked away.<br />Did I say the wrong thing?Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-19147069554202342892015-10-26T15:41:22.739-04:002015-10-26T15:41:22.739-04:00Limbo with just the tiniest piece of hope ("W...Limbo with just the tiniest piece of hope ("We'll get moving soon, I know it") is the worst kind of limbo...BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36929386431607347182015-10-26T15:37:59.978-04:002015-10-26T15:37:59.978-04:00Limbo? No, this isn't limbo. We're just wa...Limbo? No, this isn't limbo. We're just waiting to go somewhere. Not sure where yet. But just because we're waiting, and waiting, and waiting, that doesn't mean this is... limbo...<br /><br />Oh look! *nudges Lynn* Someone just gave us a thumbs up! Maybe... oh. No. That wasn't a thumb. *sigh*Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-10319141462651328862015-10-26T15:32:55.480-04:002015-10-26T15:32:55.480-04:00Thank you, Janet! And congratulations, Susan, long...Thank you, Janet! And congratulations, Susan, long-listers, and mentionable writers! Especially to -v-ryon- who wrot- th-ir story without th- l-tt-r "E"! Youz guyz rock!<br />For the record, my favourite line of all the stories was @AmySchaefer's "Not our turn, after all". It gave me chills.<br />@Donna, sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you.<br />@Colin and @LynnRodz, it sounds like Limbo to me.<br /><br />And now: (Happy dancing crazy woodland creature alert) THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU JANET! Because - although I am about to head off into my work week - I'm grinning like an idiot because the QOTKU "really loved" the idea behind my story!!! Yay! Yay! and hip hip hooray! I got me a mention! I got me a mention! *crazy happy dancing* (First timer, can you tell?)<br />Thank you!Kae Ridwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356868531870405990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54111038854165740022015-10-26T15:12:33.854-04:002015-10-26T15:12:33.854-04:00Way to go, Susan! Ashes, I enjoyed your dug-up bun...Way to go, Susan! Ashes, I enjoyed your dug-up bunny, too. Reading the entries is always the most fun part of these contests,<br /><br />Donnaeve, I'm so sorry about your friend.<br /><br />There are some very strange green lights shooting through the portal from Carkoon. What are you doing over there, guys? Don't make me shut it down.Amy Schaeferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263719891092841767noreply@blogger.com