Seven years ago, my wife and I packed up and moved to China and we have been living in the middle east for the past six years.
We set up a website to record our stories and pictures. We have developed a loyal following of friends and family, who follow our every move.
Thanks for sharing your daughter's adventures. Many people are interested, but don't want to do it themselves. Writing about it is a great way to spread the word.
I haven't read this is depth yet - but I think I will. Browsing it, however, makes me more inclined to want to read the book. Perhaps in your promotion, or marketing, you may want to include some key excerpts - it may attract a larger audience.
I am curious to see how you do with this book. As I would like to do something similar in the future (self publish), I am interested in how the process works for people.
I hope you are able to post your progress over time.
Thanks
Brian
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Not being a religious person, I would not be attracted to your title were it not for the appendage "...Or Not!" That makes me at least want to at least take a look.
Your blurbs certainly do add to my desire to at least take a look.
I have looked at the link to the website and I find there is nothing compelling me to push the button "Add to Cart".
I intend this summer to purchase a few books by members of the WDC site. So far this one does not pull me in. If, in fact, it is a book praising faith, it may attract that audience. But not being a person of faith myself, I would need to see some evidence of objectivity before wanting to buy.
Hope these comments are of some use to you.
Good luck.
This is a great short story. You have done a good job of writing it. I generally look for areas for improvement, but your story captivated me so much, that I didn't notice any problems in the writing.
I just read a similar short story that was published in a magazine and subsequently in a book of short stories. If I can find the name and source, I will send it to you to compare.
Another great, creative entry. You still have it. I imagine you put this together quickly for the contest, but this appears to be a great base to launch a bigger story.
I alway enjoy reading your descriptive language.
feel very alone. - The weak modifier "very" seems out of place considering all the other strong descriptors in the story.
Good luck in the contest - but you don't really need luck - you have talent.
This is an ambitious undertaking. You are great with the descriptions and showing the emotions. You must put a lot of time into your witing.
Thanks for pointing me to this piece. It is very well done. Have you tried submitting any of your pieces to magazines for publication? I think I would like to try that soon, but my stuff needs a bit more work.
You always write such touching and descriptive stories - quite a talent you have. You have a way of putting in a lot of thought and emotion into all of your words.
I enjoy reading your material. Keep writing and I'll keep reading.
This is a cute account. I wrote a similar story (not poem) for a contest about my last day of grade one - in my day there was no kindergarten. That was probably why I had such a tough time.
This is a cute story. It reminds me of many of my childhood experiences.
Well written - very descriptive. I hope you are accumumlating a good inventory of these stories. They are great to pass down to children and grandchildren.
I have read a couple of your pieces. I find them very thoughtful, filled with good research.
The topic always makes me uncomfortable - not sure why. Maybe its because I don't think it is something that should even be a topic, but it is.
I recall the first time I saw the play "Cabaret". Although I found it entertaining, I was quite disturbed by much of the theme - especially the song "If You Could See Her Through My Eyes."
This is a cute survey. Sounds like it may be based on personal experience.
I was part of a similar discussion at work one time where people were asking the question "how long after the death of a spouse should someone wait to see others'?" I avoided getting into the disucssion as long as possible. My best friend died, and within a month, his widow and I began seeing each other. We eventually married. We had known each other for 25 years. Everyone thought that was too soon - and maybe they're right. But we have now been together for 10 years. I'm not sure if you read my story "Invalid Item" .
This is really well done, I'm impressed. You could probably turn this premise into a longer story. You covered lots of territory in a few words.
One tall flower turned minutely - This seems a bit awkward. Maybe the use of the adverb. Can you find one strong verb to replace "truned minutely". Just a thought.
Congratulations - you really rack up the wins. This is a wonderful little poem, showing your continuted versatility. I'm curious as to how you're family reacts to your witing. I am just in the process of sharing my new writing with my two grown sons. Much of my writing so far has been about them when they were young. They are quite fascinated by it.
These are cute. I like jokes and I have hundreds of funny stories.
I have chosen not to post any of them here. My thoughts are that they would serve no useful purpose. So I am curious as to why you choose to post them here. I guess if they are your orginal words, it may be useful to get a response.
I must say I am enchanted with all of your writing. I like these personal experiences. I have written over 300 of them and am currently sharing them with my children and hopefully my grandchidren as they get old enough to read.
You certainly have an interesting collection of entries. I think I will try to browse through as many as I can. I don't necessarily agree with all of your thoughts, but many of them though.
You mentioned Collen McCollough - have you read "A Creed for the Third Millenium"? Not a fun read, but very thought provoking.
Keep your ideas flowing in words - I think its great.
I think this is the third poem I've read about family reunions. It's a popular topic.
I organized a family reunion in 1980 for my mother and father. But my dad died two months before the event and my mom was on her deathbead at the time of the event, so I couldn 't even make it. But it went on anyway and was a huge success. People still talk about it almost 30 years later.
Great piece - thanks for writing it.
Brian
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