tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post8428891124715535902..comments2024-03-18T09:09:59.625-04:00Comments on Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Flash fiction contest preliminary FINAL resultsJanet Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00615380335938685231noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-17112392610627079812017-11-21T06:25:57.241-05:002017-11-21T06:25:57.241-05:00Sorry to be late to the party.
Nice work, all. An...Sorry to be late to the party.<br /><br />Nice work, all. And congratulations to Richelle for a tender little tale.Michael Seesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694187657718931214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29502599092857861432017-11-21T01:57:17.979-05:002017-11-21T01:57:17.979-05:00Congratulations, Richelle. That was exquisite writ...Congratulations, Richelle. That was exquisite writing. I absolutely love the thought of that story.<br /><br />For me, the narrator of your story was alive but conflicted. The events of that tragic day had saved her from a different fate, but she has to live with so much weight from it. <br /><br />Oh, it's such a wonderful story you've weaved. Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />I'm so late, you probably won't even get this so I should make it a point to email you. I'm not allowing myself to visit the neighborhood until I have my 1667 words in. Was on a good roll today and hit 2400. Turned the Julie Weathers sand timer TWICE this evening!<br /> John Davis Frainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020019400599228492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-5507750878435784652017-11-20T20:43:10.207-05:002017-11-20T20:43:10.207-05:00Congratulations, Richelle! Lovely work. This con...Congratulations, Richelle! Lovely work. This contest was fun to read and I enjoyed reading through all the entries. Just Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546035917149403735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-61443578092742960432017-11-20T19:38:08.007-05:002017-11-20T19:38:08.007-05:00Some really wonderful, imaginative stories. Congra...Some really wonderful, imaginative stories. Congratulations finalists, and hip hip hooray congratulations to Richelle! Good on ya!Gingermollymarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684318210445109786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70849181700380893592017-11-20T18:41:24.120-05:002017-11-20T18:41:24.120-05:00Another round of fabulous entries. I loved Richell...Another round of fabulous entries. I loved Richelle's, too. Congratulations!Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165072684559960801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-72988604912188690062017-11-20T18:32:02.535-05:002017-11-20T18:32:02.535-05:00Ditto what kdjames said. Words of praise go a long...Ditto what <b>kdjames</b> said. Words of praise go a long way--so thank you everyone--especially Janet.<br /><br />And <b>Mike</b>--I'd love to see your chair!Karen McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640324898284007337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-24722404466945839722017-11-20T18:19:43.706-05:002017-11-20T18:19:43.706-05:00Thanks kdjames. I'm trying to finish a novel ...Thanks kdjames. I'm trying to finish a novel around this premise, this month. I had worked on it off and on for the last six years! My resolution for '17 was to finish. Getting there. :)Richelle Elberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323766317305564428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-15174759742394560822017-11-20T18:04:10.404-05:002017-11-20T18:04:10.404-05:00Congratulations, Richelle! I agree with Janet, tha...Congratulations, Richelle! I agree with Janet, that premise is haunting and one I've considered as an intriguing basis for a longer story. Good job.<br /><br />Thank you to everyone for the kind comments, especially you, Janet. Those words of praise go a very long way. I came *this close* to not submitting this one, because I didn't think it was very good, let alone even a story. This has been a good reminder for me that writers are usually the worst judge of their own work and I need to stop doing that. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-74187402834127091652017-11-20T16:57:25.352-05:002017-11-20T16:57:25.352-05:00Congratulations, Richelle, the finalists, semi-fin...Congratulations, Richelle, the finalists, semi-finalists, mentionables and everyone who entered!<br /><br />I didn't get a chance to enter. I'm busy trying to get moved out of my house, and finding someone to buy the darn thing. With all that going on, and with my brain under stress from all this crap, I just couldn't write. Maybe the next contest.<br /><br />Although, with all the impressive writing here, I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up.BJ Muntainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977414826388000094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26440885379628526392017-11-20T16:42:30.620-05:002017-11-20T16:42:30.620-05:00Congratulations, Richelle! Thought-provoking and b...Congratulations, <b>Richelle</b>! Thought-provoking and beautiful story.Amy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05324408700941398495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-9973695248226076762017-11-20T16:25:18.506-05:002017-11-20T16:25:18.506-05:00Richelle, your entry was one of my favorites. When...Richelle, your entry was one of my favorites. When I read it, I thought how surreal it would be to see your own name on a memorial, under any circumstance. Beautifully written.Riohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646023320200189325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76946735944236603562017-11-20T15:52:02.424-05:002017-11-20T15:52:02.424-05:00Congratulations, Richelle! Beautiful entry. I love...Congratulations, Richelle! Beautiful entry. I loved reading all of them. Flashfriday's entry especially left me wanting to hear MORE and has staked out a permanent claim on a part of my brain. I'm tiptoeing cautiously around my living room today. <br />Fearless Reiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12207513105790759320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-39377807301294207622017-11-20T15:29:43.831-05:002017-11-20T15:29:43.831-05:00Congrat Richelle and all long listers. Great stuff...Congrat Richelle and all long listers. Great stuff!Timothy Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07514224628760035696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-26569817096985081592017-11-20T15:02:08.791-05:002017-11-20T15:02:08.791-05:00LOLOL, flashfriday, you're scary!
Scary good....LOLOL, flashfriday, you're <i>scary!</i><br /><br />Scary good. Thanks again all!Richelle Elberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323766317305564428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-91635714239554004462017-11-20T14:44:09.549-05:002017-11-20T14:44:09.549-05:00Congrats, Richelle! A beautiful, haunting story. A...Congrats, Richelle! A beautiful, haunting story. And if you haven't read "Magpie Murders" yet--WOW are you in for a treat! What Horowitz does with plot and structure is unreal (especially if you don't read anything about it first). <br /><br />Thanks to the dear Sharque Queen for hosting, as ever, and to all of y'all for being so nice to my stinky grave story. I almost explained it, but the way it's lying there eyeing me, I thought I'd better not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-62631410548924843922017-11-20T14:32:47.412-05:002017-11-20T14:32:47.412-05:00Ooo Congrats Richelle! And congrats to the mentio...Ooo Congrats Richelle! And congrats to the mentionables, non-mentionables, and finalists!<br /><br />E. Berg's story haunts me, especially concerning the age group. Unfortunately, her story is based on true events and has been true for many many centuries... :( <br /><br />Well, back to getting ready for a trip to Spokane for Thanksgiving festivities. I have been very busy this autumn bowhunting, and then gun season- so everything is behind...I hope I can find a suitcase at least!Janice Grinyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363741660626407979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70422196727054341822017-11-20T14:14:38.311-05:002017-11-20T14:14:38.311-05:00Congratulations, Richelle! It was a great story--m...Congratulations, <b>Richelle!</b> It was a great story--my takeaway is the MC is alive and walked away to start a new life. A story that will linger in my brain. Well done.RosannaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399732751877180737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-44066343845105415372017-11-20T13:56:25.580-05:002017-11-20T13:56:25.580-05:00I missed that bit of punctuation in Richelle's...I missed that bit of punctuation in Richelle's entry the first couple times through. Such a nice touch. Thank you, Janet, for pointing it out.<br /><br />And congratulations, Richelle! Enjoy your haul!Nate Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690171790664252309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-81564959304789239732017-11-20T13:52:33.231-05:002017-11-20T13:52:33.231-05:00Oops, I had opened the page long ago and I guess I...Oops, I had opened the page long ago and I guess I hadn't refreshed it before commenting. <br /><br />Congratulations, <b>Richelle!!!</b> Well done!Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-15594955347082547022017-11-20T13:47:10.498-05:002017-11-20T13:47:10.498-05:00Congrats, Richelle! Well deserved!Congrats, Richelle! Well deserved!The Noise In Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433798159445551782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-29544103546144732342017-11-20T13:47:02.987-05:002017-11-20T13:47:02.987-05:00Oh so many good choices... flashfriday's (it w...Oh so many good choices... <b>flashfriday's</b> (it was so dang weird but fascinating, I couldn't look away) or <b>Richelle's</b> (beautiful!) for me, if I had to choose. I also chuckled quite a bit at <b>Nate's</b>. <br /><br />But they were all incredible!<br /><br />Congrats, everyone!Lennon Farishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03570629350169504234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-76867148883966137422017-11-20T13:43:44.116-05:002017-11-20T13:43:44.116-05:00Richelle: We're glad you surfaced from lurkdom...<b>Richelle</b>: We're glad you surfaced from lurkdom too! You as well, <b>E. Berg</b>! Welcome to the top-soil. You've made quite a splash (yay! mixed metaphors!!), so I hope you keep commenting. :)Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292997431935215499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-22292776495130202802017-11-20T13:41:34.108-05:002017-11-20T13:41:34.108-05:00OMG, I'm really stunned because the competitio...OMG, I'm really stunned because the competition was so fierce. Thank you thank you Janet. Congrats to all who made the final cut. So glad I've risen above lurker status on this site--it helps my writing immensely. Richelle Elberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323766317305564428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-84655039146532721872017-11-20T13:41:16.312-05:002017-11-20T13:41:16.312-05:00Congrats, Richelle! I'm always worried that ty...Congrats, <b>Richelle</b>! I'm always worried that typos keep me out of the running...this is proof that story wins out, every time! Well done!Karen McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640324898284007337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17040756.post-70322664794720905752017-11-20T13:40:08.905-05:002017-11-20T13:40:08.905-05:00Congratulations, Richelle, you won a library.Congratulations, <b>Richelle</b>, you won a library. E.M. Goldsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387494005655553037noreply@blogger.com