LJ Idol: Week 19: Que l'enfer, c'est seulement Canada

Apr 22, 2016 16:19

Pardon the blood on this letter.  It certainly isn’t moose blood, despite moose being what Margaret Atwood, Michael Ontaatje, Miriam Towes, and I are currently tracking.  It’s human blood.  My own, actually. I was tying rope to a tree to secure our dollar store tarp over the tents.  When I went to sever the excess length of the rope, my hand ( Read more... )

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awakenyourfaith April 23 2016, 02:58:37 UTC
Fascinating piece! I like how you characterize all of the authors.

“I see.” I said. Although by this point, I was not seeing very clearly. - This sentence just tickles me. That, and makes me want to try maple whiskey.

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lrig_rorrim April 23 2016, 14:14:29 UTC
This was such a bizarre concept and to execute it with quotes from the authors in question themselves was hilarious and fun and even more unexpected. Well done!

(Oh, and when I say something's a bizarre concept, that's a good thing, just for the record. One of the awesome things about LJI, for me, is seeing how other people's brains take the same prompts in the same amount of time and do things I absolutely never would have imagined doing, and do them well. :D)

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orockthro April 23 2016, 17:18:17 UTC
This is such a unique set up! I am highly impressed that you used actual quotes, too! :) I remember you talking about the idea in our group email, but the actual product is that much more fun and interesting. Nice job!

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ext_3620796 April 24 2016, 00:29:07 UTC
This was nicely executed. And thought-provoking. Which is sort of the opposite of what I envisioned when I submitted the topic in the first place ... which is excellent to see. :-)

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rayaso April 24 2016, 15:54:54 UTC
What a great way to tackle the prompt! This was so creative. For me, this would have been the most difficult prompt, and you did something great with it.

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