san antonio- excerpt

What's to tear apart? You're talented....

Ah, ego stroking. A lot of that goes on here from what I've seen. Thanks for reading it and saying something, I'm glad you liked it.

No ego stroking here - I meant what I said. If you ever want to talk about it - I'd be interested to hear.

Talk about what? The piece or your response?
I'd love to talk about the writing and I'm glad you meant what you said.

The piece and my response. The piece is striking - absolutely striking. I can't even begin to put into words how it makes me feel. But I'll try -it makes me feel that I'm in the presence of something great. That word doesn't even encompass it. It's why I give up writing - because when I read something like this - I see what real talent is - and I know I don't have this inside of me. But you do.


*Edited for spelling

Well, that's certainly nice of you to say. I'm a little speachless and initially weary of sarcasm. Writing a response to what you said is harder than writing the piece. I don't think you should be so self deprecating though, if someone like me can write, I know anyone can.

I still think it's a little unclear as to the nature of why the stoning occurs and to the relationship. Did you know that the main character was male and that his romantic involvement with John caused the public attempt at biblical execution by his townsfolk?

I'm really interested in getting the whole thing published (which is a short story that includes this little flashback excerpt). You wouldn't happen to have a suggestion as to where I should go for that would you?

I'm not a sarcastic person, except when I'm fooling around. You can be assured that my reaction is not at all based in sarcasm.

I did get the nuances of the realtionship. That's part of what made it so striking for me - along with just the incredible strength of the language and imagery used throughout.

I do know of a literary magazine that would be interested in a piece such as this. There is a magazine called The Sun, published in the town I lived in when I still lived in the US and they publish really quality photography, poetry, and short fiction. I'll be more than happy to give you that website or you can google them.

Upon checking The Sun, it seems like an interesting magazine. I think it'd be a great place to submit the story and try to get it published. Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

You're welcome. I hope you keep in touch and let me know how it goes. Welcome to A2K, by the way.

Oh yeah- and this one too. Still want that address?