VERY recently downloaded and listened to this gem.
Your fiction is wonderful. I loved the story, even though I wasn't sure I would. The compassion and respect with which you write about the homeless makes me wonder if it was the product of experience or the product of research and study. It also made me wonder if you had experience with head injury patients.
I am just in awe of this story - your distinctive and effective use of POV to tell the story are just wonderfully done. I loved your characters, from Jared, Jensen and Jeff to Karen and Whisky Dan. There is a genuine sense of place and you've written the characters in a way that forces the reader to see it from their standpoint.
This is a wonderfully complex and also entertaining (in the sense of being involving and rich, not in the sense of being fluffy) piece of fiction and now one of my favorites.
I have much more time to listen than to read right now, but I intend to make a special effort to spend some time reading your fiction with my eyes. from your Master Fic List, there are a bunch that I can't wait to crack. I'm sorry that only "In from the Cold" and "Today's Tom Sawyer" are available in podfic form, but not sorry that podfic led me to your journal.
Thanks for the time you spend with your writing, and also for putting it out there for us to read. I have no doubt, from my limited exposure to it, that you put a lot of yourself into your fiction, and I appreciate your sharing it with us.
Thank you so much. It was an odd story to write--it just sort of poured out of my head--all these little bits and concepts and images I'd stored up for years finally coming together.
I'll say I'm experienced with the homeless only in that way that dwellers of certain neighborhoods of big cities are. We (hubby and I) lived for a while in an island of high-end apartments at the edge of Dallas' club district, where night-spots butt up against some of the most impoverished neighborhoods. So we met a lot of people in different stages of homelessness and it was certainly a learning experience. I carried breakfast bars in my car to give out instead of money when people told me they were hungry.
Hopefully I'll be back writing soon. The baby is almost to the stage where she can play at Chick-fil-A by herself while I write a little, and I'm planning on abusing the gym's daycare by having them babysit while I get a little writing done each day.
Looking forward to seeing your new stuff - I fondly remember my daughter and my youngest son at that age when I was working at home. If JK Rowling can do it...
Your fiction is wonderful. I loved the story, even though I wasn't sure I would. The compassion and respect with which you write about the homeless makes me wonder if it was the product of experience or the product of research and study. It also made me wonder if you had experience with head injury patients.
I am just in awe of this story - your distinctive and effective use of POV to tell the story are just wonderfully done. I loved your characters, from Jared, Jensen and Jeff to Karen and Whisky Dan. There is a genuine sense of place and you've written the characters in a way that forces the reader to see it from their standpoint.
This is a wonderfully complex and also entertaining (in the sense of being involving and rich, not in the sense of being fluffy) piece of fiction and now one of my favorites.
I have much more time to listen than to read right now, but I intend to make a special effort to spend some time reading your fiction with my eyes. from your Master Fic List, there are a bunch that I can't wait to crack. I'm sorry that only "In from the Cold" and "Today's Tom Sawyer" are available in podfic form, but not sorry that podfic led me to your journal.
Thanks for the time you spend with your writing, and also for putting it out there for us to read. I have no doubt, from my limited exposure to it, that you put a lot of yourself into your fiction, and I appreciate your sharing it with us.
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I'll say I'm experienced with the homeless only in that way that dwellers of certain neighborhoods of big cities are. We (hubby and I) lived for a while in an island of high-end apartments at the edge of Dallas' club district, where night-spots butt up against some of the most impoverished neighborhoods. So we met a lot of people in different stages of homelessness and it was certainly a learning experience. I carried breakfast bars in my car to give out instead of money when people told me they were hungry.
Hopefully I'll be back writing soon. The baby is almost to the stage where she can play at Chick-fil-A by herself while I write a little, and I'm planning on abusing the gym's daycare by having them babysit while I get a little writing done each day.
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