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Whom Can You Trust in This Short Life?
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33 total reviews
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Comment by| 2019 Short Works Writer of the Year | | | Premier Author | | | Premier Reader | | | Poet Rating
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I think hyphenated words confuse some of the judges. (lol) A hyphenated word is still just ONE word. (duh)
One of my favorite stories was disqualified for being over, and the thing is, not only did they get the word count wrong, it was for a contest limit of 750 words = 10x this one. (That's a hell of a lot of counting by hand, yet I did, as well as the usual WP counters.) We were allowed between 748 and 752, and mine was exact.
I'm still pissed over that one. Good story, Jay. Congratulations on placing.
Lesson learned: FS contests -KISS (lol) There are some who just don't know, methinks.
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Comment Written 24-Oct-2020 |
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reply by the author on 24-Oct-2020
Thanks, Dawn. My, you dug deep for this one. I appreciate your reading it.
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Comment by2018 Novelist of the Year.
2017 Short Works and 2017 Script Writer of the Year. | | | Premier Author | | | | | Review Stars
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Comment by| 2019 Script Writer of the Year | | | | | | | Poet Rating
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Comment by| 2019 Novelist of the Year | | | Premier Author | | | Premier Reader | | | Poet Rating
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Lol, Jay, your word count is fine. I use Microsoft word and it has yet to fail me. Nice to see you posting again. I enjoyed what you were setting up in this story, but I didn't get the pest control comment. I know they're ants and it wasn't but a small drop, but where is he? Gutter implies he's outside, right? Possibly. it's too early and I need another cup of coffee. Hope you're doing well and Good luck in the contest.
Take care,
Russell
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Comment Written 25-Oct-2018 |
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reply by the author on 25-Oct-2018
Hi, Russell. Good to hear from you, and yes it's good to be back, in kinda an unofficial capacity. I've got until January to decide if I want to renew my membership or not.
Yeah, get another cup of coffee. LOL, The sixty bucks was what he paid the pest control to supposedly get rid of the ants, though, I've never seen anyone call Pest Control to get rid of ants in the gutter. It's usually inside. But it would be stretching credibility to have him standing on the ledge of his kitchen sink.
What I thought was funny was that two or three people called it a poem. I think because I tried to stretch it out as much as I could so their eyes wouldn't drift down to the punch-line. So I had a number of to and three word paragraphs.
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reply by F. Wehr3 on 25-Oct-2018
lol, jay. I hope you do stick around.
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Comment by| 2012 Script Writer Of The Year | | | Premier Author | | | Premier Reader | | | Poet Rating
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Okay, the picture threw me off. Logically, if people looked small as ants, the fall would be long and would you survive, let alone have the strength to flick off an ant?
Best line:A sudden gust whips my shirt tail into a white surrender flag.
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Comment Written 25-Oct-2018 |
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reply by the author on 25-Oct-2018
Howdy, Shari. I purposely didn't use "small AS ants for obvious reasons, just as I didn't have him "jump" but "step off," instead. LOL, it was a curb, you ninny! I wanted to set the reader up for a suicide.
I one-hundred percent agree about the picture. When I chose it from Google images, it was small and seemed like he was standing on a ledge. Up close and personal, of course, it was a food tray in the rain. Once I realized that, I should have changed it. Strangely, I got several compliments on the bird ... but they were probably taking up space for the word count.
Gosh, it's good to hear from you again.
Jay
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reply by Spitfire on 25-Oct-2018
Well, at least I commented on the content, not the word count. I read some of the reviews to find a clue. I reread it with new and improved picture. Now I get it!
Shari
XX from the ninny.
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reply by the author on 25-Oct-2018
But I did take your comment serious about the picture. Did you see the latest one?
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reply by the author on 26-Oct-2018
Say, me back again. Didn't 25 reviews with at least one six attached to it give one the vaunted All Time Best. Just wondering. I've been away, and like Leonard Cohen, "I sometimes hear these voices in my Tower of Song." I don't know where that came from, Shari, but while I'm on the subject, you really should listen to L Cohen's Tower of Song. Pop it in Google. Tom Jones has a version of Cohen's song, as well. Not a bad rendition, but not as good as the original rawness of the Canadian.
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reply by Spitfire on 26-Oct-2018
That's the deal with all time best.
Will check out the song tomorrow.
I love the new picture on your FF.
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