Name: Goatspeed (Signed) · Date: 06 Apr 2024 01:08 AM · For: When We Met

Hi Pix!

I always have trouble reviewing things in pieces and drabbles are probably hardest for me, so I apologize but this is about the whole series.  I'm excited by your choice to tell the story backwards - it unfolds the narrator's emotional reaction in an unusual way and guides the reader into a more thoughtful reaction than a temporally normal telling might provide.  The story sort of puts the lie to the notion that journalists don't become involved in their stories - and that doing so is somehow unprofessional.  At least it does for me.  This was well done.  Thanks.

George

Author's Response:

Hi George!

 

This thing. I decided to experiment a bit, since it's so short. Moving the scenes around changed the way I felt about the story too. I'm glad at least that part of it came through. Thanks for leaving such kind words!

 

Pix

Name: Predictable Chaos (Signed) · Date: 19 Feb 2024 01:45 AM · For: When We Left

That fact that he/she? didn't want to go to the exhibition of their own work really isn't that unusual. You hear of actors who never see the movie, authors who ever read the book once it's in print. Usually it's because they are just sick of the topic; however, with this narrator, I sense it is something much deeper. 

What did they not want to face? Had they done something so horrible. I feel they believe they were in the wrong, somehow although her partner obviously disagrees. How did they make them happy? 

 

I have more questions than answers, but that’s okay. It makes it all rather intriguing, especially for under 200 words. 

Author's Response:

Hi! 

Thanks for leaving words on this story. It didn't turn out to be so great at first, but I went back and revised and it's a little better. This short-short form is sometimes a hard thing to wrangle.

 

Pix