tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post4911629859512216147..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: The Sayonara Amy, Smooth Seas Ahead Writing Contest resultsJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-43332453772293817632016-03-19T21:14:27.122-04:002016-03-19T21:14:27.122-04:00Forgive me, I'm just coming down from the moun...Forgive me, I'm just coming down from the mountains and able to access Janet's blog. I feel like I'm in an empty theater clapping after the actors have packed and gone.<br /><br />Cheryl, that was breathtaking. And I mean that literally -- for your main character. What a hook! Loved it. A Fish Called Icarus.<br /><br />Mallory, wow! That was breathtaking in an entirely different way. I gasped right along with Janet. I went back and read it again just to enjoy it from the perspective of the one person in the wedding party who knew the details. Delicious still!<br /><br />Janet, you've created an ocean's fill of brilliance here. It's like Sea World. But when we all thought Sea World was cool, that Sea World. Whew, good thing it's an empty theater when I start putting my foot in my mouth.<br />John Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702305890462479118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-41531462197074942002016-03-18T00:55:44.444-04:002016-03-18T00:55:44.444-04:00Congrats on the win, Cheryl! I was thinking more a...Congrats on the win, Cheryl! I was thinking more along the lines of Little Mermaid than Icarus when I read it, and that puts a whole different spin on things.<br /><br />Good job, everyone who entered, and especially those who were mentioned. Such amazing writing. <br /><br />And safe travels to Amy! I hope you'll be able to check in once in a while and let us know how you're doing. (Yeah, I know, she's already gone and not reading this...)<br /><br />Jason, good luck with the kale and the lima beans and the math homework. I've been feeling a bit disappointed that the place has been uninhabited in recent months, so I'm selfishly relieved that you've been banished and will be able to report back on all things Carkoonian. :)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-36390390123830366742016-03-18T00:31:51.545-04:002016-03-18T00:31:51.545-04:00It would have taken me hours to settle on a winner...It would have taken me hours to settle on a winner between Cheryl and Mallory. Joseph S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07437663031050410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47768028278220245052016-03-18T00:27:56.547-04:002016-03-18T00:27:56.547-04:00ooo! Congrats to Cheryl, the finalists and the men...ooo! Congrats to Cheryl, the finalists and the mentionables :)<br />Janice Grinyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363741660626407979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-34217782886855611222016-03-17T22:39:58.171-04:002016-03-17T22:39:58.171-04:00So, I started listening to "Welcome to Night ...So, I started listening to "Welcome to Night Vale" this week; great mental fodder, and perfect corollary to the Carkoon discussion ;) It's like Lovecraft NPR, but for a sinister Arizona location, rather than Lovecraft's typical New England.Jennifer R. Donohuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363886899308588391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-685289480105445732016-03-17T21:05:46.091-04:002016-03-17T21:05:46.091-04:00Mark - I loved yours! Grew up in coral snake terr...Mark - I loved yours! Grew up in coral snake territory. CynthiaMchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12175917641033760408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-54552752491523588692016-03-17T20:38:22.842-04:002016-03-17T20:38:22.842-04:00I just signed up for the newsletter and seeing an ...I just signed up for the newsletter and seeing an e-mail from Janet Reid (even though it was the e-mail confirmation) was overwhelming. Still tingling!Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335923263777449916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17353920486385325732016-03-17T20:36:48.816-04:002016-03-17T20:36:48.816-04:00I'm just chuffed I got an HonMen. I wrote out ...I'm just chuffed I got an HonMen. I wrote out my FF and was about to post it when I had second thoughts. The FF isn't so much about the story but how we write it.<br /><br />So I rewrote it using the lessons I've learned from reading so many, many good entries over the years. <br /><br />I think I'm getting the hang of it.<br /><br />-----<br /><br />Hah! Jason got banished to Carkoon! Bummer, dude.Her Grace, Heidi, the Duchess of Knealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17818060864422019573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-53583711705043425332016-03-17T20:32:27.497-04:002016-03-17T20:32:27.497-04:00Congratulations, Cheryl, on a great piece of writi...Congratulations, Cheryl, on a great piece of writing! Well done. Here's is the out call to the listers and the mentions, "Good job, everyone!" Thank you, Ms. Janet, for another great contest and for being willing to take the extra time required to run through these increasingly great stories. Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335923263777449916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-80883807696441944612016-03-17T20:30:48.377-04:002016-03-17T20:30:48.377-04:00Oh thats not all i found there was also a recipe b...Oh thats not all i found there was also a recipe book for kale and lima bean pie, what looks to be an old bookie journal with bets for the chum races and a blue uniform with a nametag that reads Carkoon Buttonweazer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-10576941833091030412016-03-17T20:06:45.205-04:002016-03-17T20:06:45.205-04:00Jason, thank God you found my flip flop.Jason, thank God you found my flip flop.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-44785187862083423652016-03-17T19:44:20.318-04:002016-03-17T19:44:20.318-04:00I'm glad I waited 'til now to read all the...I'm glad I waited 'til now to read all these fun comments so I could get the entire arc. Jason - my condolences. Experience tells me you won't be marooned long - not solo, at least.<br />I have to know - aren't there any Reefers among these Reiders? I suspect not, or I would've gotten at least 1 Parrothead comment about my (admittedly poor) attempt to work as many Jimmy Buffet songs, books and references into a slight 100 words. After all, with those 5 prompts, WWJBD? (What would Jimmy Buffet do?)Jennifer Delozierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06050055272502746342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-85438665258218367202016-03-17T18:54:13.397-04:002016-03-17T18:54:13.397-04:00Jason: Just for your cultural edification, St. Pat...Jason: Just for your cultural edification, St. Patty on Carkoon is not what you think. That was actually the name of a former mayor/despot/tyrant (all the same word in Carkoonian, so I'm given to understand), Stallwort Patterskunk. If I recall the story, he only lasted 2 weeks. In his first week he banned the sale of alcoholic beverages, and in the second week he was deposed. Well, his head was deposed. Not sure what they did with the rest of him. That's why you won't get alcoholic beverages today on Carkoon. It's a kind of warning, and a reminder of how good things are the rest of the year.<br /><br />As you're beginning to understand, Carkoon is more tolerable in a drunken stupor. :)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-49975780432297740102016-03-17T18:36:15.327-04:002016-03-17T18:36:15.327-04:00E.M.: No, I think they tore down the statue to mak...E.M.: No, I think they tore down the statue to make room for the dog poo disposal site.<br /><br />I've updated the Contest Spreadsheet in the <a href="www.colindsmith.com/TreasureChest/" rel="nofollow">Treasure Chest</a>, btw.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-23792110469411394972016-03-17T18:35:39.259-04:002016-03-17T18:35:39.259-04:00Thanks Janet!
Colin, I did find a a book in the t...Thanks Janet!<br /><br />Colin, I did find a a book in the toilet. However, its without a title and its got a foot print on the front cover, could have been a flip flop, not sure.<br /><br />Oh and the Diner is closed, there is a tiki-bar open, but they only serve Non-Alcoholic Beer and, you have to pay a days time in the latrine to stare at the Last Bottle Of Tullamore D.E.W. <br /><br />I am not sure if you guys are getting my chicken scratches on these palm leaves but if so, can someone send some bandages the medical team here is still sleeping off their early St. Patty's day celebration; i'm still pulling shark teeth out of my legs.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-33433962085640942462016-03-17T18:23:33.996-04:002016-03-17T18:23:33.996-04:00Jason, most of us do time in Carkoon at one point ...Jason, most of us do time in Carkoon at one point or another. And it's not possible that you are an asshat. Carkoonian bylaws do not allow asshats, only chum. And only at the shark's leisure. <br /><br />You won't be alone for long. We Reiders being what we are. I think there is a kale statue erected in remembrance of Colin's prolonged stay there on the beach somewhere. Next to the dog poo disposal site I believe. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-30268902743648224322016-03-17T18:15:24.437-04:002016-03-17T18:15:24.437-04:00Jason: Hey, don't hog the hat. We all get to w...Jason: Hey, don't hog the hat. We all get to wear it from time to time, you know! :) And you won't be on your own. You'll have plenty of company on Carkoon. Of a sort, anyway. Oh, I forgot to mention, if you find a flip-flop in one of the toilets, you might want to send it back. It belongs to 2Ns. Don't ask... ;)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62443732382098518752016-03-17T18:09:52.787-04:002016-03-17T18:09:52.787-04:00Wow! What brilliant entries; there's no way I ...Wow! What brilliant entries; there's no way I could judge these so kudos (as always) to Her Sharkliness the QOTKU.<br />Congratulations, everyone! And Heidi, I loved loved loved your 'hope' line! :)Kae Ridwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356868531870405990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-16034442012149000872016-03-17T17:52:37.528-04:002016-03-17T17:52:37.528-04:00Dear Jason,
Oh sorry, you are NOT an asshat.
If yo...Dear Jason,<br />Oh sorry, you are NOT an asshat.<br />If you want to try for that you'll have to huff and puff more.<br />Responding with humor makes you the very definition of un-asshat.<br /><br />And I hope you love math.<br />I do.<br />All the answers in algebra are either right or wrong.<br />Totally unlike publishing.<br /><br />(But no, I am not going to help with the homework, sorry)<br /><br />Janet Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-47334017755941355142016-03-17T17:44:25.816-04:002016-03-17T17:44:25.816-04:00Aw, shucks. I'm blushing.
And congratulations...Aw, shucks. I'm blushing.<br /><br />And congratulations to Cheryl.Michael Seesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694187657718931214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-46690215224021626962016-03-17T17:29:24.793-04:002016-03-17T17:29:24.793-04:00So I just got finished taking the college placemen...So I just got finished taking the college placement exam because I figured I needed to go back to school. I am a software engineer and have very little schooling in the way of literary arts, so I am a fish out of water when it comes to grammar and syntax. However, it seems I am better than I thought, as I placed in the Honors Writing Program with the scores I received this afternoon.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I only placed in Intermediate Algebra and so I need to retake the math test so that I can get into College Algebra. So I should have plenty of time on Carkoon to study for my math test. Since I work two jobs, and now will be going to school full time, I may be absent from most everywhere once I start.<br /><br />Anyway, My Apologies <b>Janet</b>, I am sorry for being an ass-hat, and not thinking before I posted. It's interesting when you think about it, how often we impose our will on others(or try to), whether for good or ill, we have not the right to do so. <br /><br />I will see you guys later as this is the last piece of paper I have, and the last bottle. If I ever get off this island I will be sure to give you all my thanks.<br /><br />Sorrowfully Marooned,<br /><br />The Regretful Ass-hat<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-88640472986786593562016-03-17T16:53:18.141-04:002016-03-17T16:53:18.141-04:00Jason;
More bad news, I was consulting my Micheli...<br />Jason;<br /><br />More bad news, I was consulting my Michelin Guide. The best you'll find on Carkoon was a negative two star rating for "The Rusty Exhaust pipe shop and Deli."<br /><br />Don't order the swordfish, but go for the Catalic Consume and Oyster dipping sauce.<br /><br />Bone appitite'french sojournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262858704848580714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-48449320789990787432016-03-17T16:43:51.787-04:002016-03-17T16:43:51.787-04:00Congrats to all of you who came up with the gumpti...Congrats to all of you who came up with the gumption to enter. Especially to those who expanded the limits of their writing. Of course I can't forget Cheryl's win.<br /><br />I...think my corned beef is boiling over.Craig Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07157301156577795781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-23870821202978103692016-03-17T16:14:28.986-04:002016-03-17T16:14:28.986-04:00Cheryl: Thanks for responding. Icarus. How did I m...Cheryl: Thanks for responding. Icarus. How did I miss that? <br /><br />Lisa Bodenheimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17809067722921953857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-65550658356433644202016-03-17T16:06:13.929-04:002016-03-17T16:06:13.929-04:00This is my lucky day, never thought it would happe...This is my lucky day, never thought it would happen, but now I can hand over my toilet brush and all cleaning supplies to Jason M. <br /><br />No longer head of latrine 'doodey' I will now be in charge of kale and lima bean production.<br /> <br />Actually, considering my abhorrence of K and L, to see if Jason is doing his job, I might just duck into the latrine now and then. <br /><br />Hey, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.Carolynnwith2Nshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18394998702410764388noreply@blogger.com