tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post2331747948950709457..comments2023-04-07T13:32:15.954+01:00Comments on The Twisted Quill: SlavesSteve Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-50623963519854587822010-10-31T10:29:21.491+00:002010-10-31T10:29:21.491+00:00Tiffany, thank you for reading, and for your very ...Tiffany, thank you for reading, and for your very kind comment, it is very much appreciated.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-4263864162116048112010-10-30T21:08:00.982+01:002010-10-30T21:08:00.982+01:00Cold heart, blue soul and death around the corner....Cold heart, blue soul and death around the corner. Feels very authentic and I enjoyed the fast pace, logic and totally hopeless ending. All your stories have such appeal. Loved it!-TiffanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-64284606038985911962010-10-28T10:41:20.357+01:002010-10-28T10:41:20.357+01:00Hi Susan, thanks for reading, I fear she may too h...Hi Susan, thanks for reading, I fear she may too have been condemned to an early death in the mines, but maybe a powerful someone decided to take all that beauty for himself?Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-62964428658664758372010-10-28T04:34:34.567+01:002010-10-28T04:34:34.567+01:00Great story; a slave to love, a flight for freedom...Great story; a slave to love, a flight for freedom, a fight for life and finally he's confined and doomed to die a toxic death!<br />Well written, it really pulled me in, good pace.<br />Left me wondering about what happened to her? Did they kill her, confine her to the mines too?<br />:0)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014683585191165226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-89563187069690104532010-10-25T10:45:07.305+01:002010-10-25T10:45:07.305+01:00Hi Rebecca, thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed i...Hi Rebecca, thanks for reading, glad you enjoyed it. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-78530121966900955392010-10-25T09:31:57.325+01:002010-10-25T09:31:57.325+01:00I really enjoyed this Steve. The story seems to go...I really enjoyed this Steve. The story seems to go full circle which works really well.Rebecca Eminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931904595437049369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-76966130755192154322010-10-25T00:37:40.056+01:002010-10-25T00:37:40.056+01:00Thank you Catherine, I do tend to favour the sci-f...Thank you Catherine, I do tend to favour the sci-fi/horror scene though.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-50262603830725850642010-10-25T00:19:31.261+01:002010-10-25T00:19:31.261+01:00Wonderfully told story. You don't even need th...Wonderfully told story. You don't even need the last line because otherwise the story could be set in any time period. This was wonderful.Cat Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160039271069426174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-43473892201345142552010-10-24T23:39:22.397+01:002010-10-24T23:39:22.397+01:00Kath, thank you, you have echoed exactly what was ...Kath, thank you, you have echoed exactly what was in my mind when I wrote this.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-40997246362386950622010-10-24T23:26:53.047+01:002010-10-24T23:26:53.047+01:00Slave-catcher becomes enslaved only to be caught a...Slave-catcher becomes enslaved only to be caught and made a slave himself. Love the circular nature of that and thoroughly enjoyed the sparse way in which you told the story.Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719765628886270649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-50095014100324424812010-10-24T18:56:00.844+01:002010-10-24T18:56:00.844+01:00Hi Aidan, thank you for reading. My inner voice s...Hi Aidan, thank you for reading. My inner voice seems to work in clipped sentences a lot when I am writing, I started off with a long story, that almost ended up as a sort of poem.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-88722039366958006012010-10-24T18:26:16.963+01:002010-10-24T18:26:16.963+01:00This makes a nice plot and the details pulled out ...This makes a nice plot and the details pulled out to make this piece work well.AidanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876041003278004627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-29516811724051680202010-10-24T11:20:58.351+01:002010-10-24T11:20:58.351+01:00Hi L'aussie, yes, love is indeed a many splend...Hi L'aussie, yes, love is indeed a many splendoured thing. :-)Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-55579617478461309252010-10-24T02:48:41.897+01:002010-10-24T02:48:41.897+01:00A nicely told tale which says it all in few words....A nicely told tale which says it all in few words. Loved the ironic spin Steve. Ah, the things we do for love..:)Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-28655932509338072002010-10-24T00:01:46.763+01:002010-10-24T00:01:46.763+01:00Hi Jon, love is definitely an enslaver for many pe...Hi Jon, love is definitely an enslaver for many people.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-11023211275017771052010-10-23T23:32:53.570+01:002010-10-23T23:32:53.570+01:00Enslaved by love. Oh the irony of it all. Nice pie...Enslaved by love. Oh the irony of it all. Nice piece.<br />~jonJ. M. Strotherhttp://jmstrother.com/MadUtopia/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-7316217774113394922010-10-23T22:40:30.504+01:002010-10-23T22:40:30.504+01:00Hi Bill, thanks for reading, love is so important,...Hi Bill, thanks for reading, love is so important, we need more of it in this world.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-60739916024423256502010-10-23T22:19:29.969+01:002010-10-23T22:19:29.969+01:00Love will get you every time.Love will get you every time.Bill Dowishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026856910191933505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-54054005269915539672010-10-23T22:05:40.013+01:002010-10-23T22:05:40.013+01:00Icy, thank you very much, the compliment is much a...Icy, thank you very much, the compliment is much appreciated.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-32592251149099093442010-10-23T21:56:02.429+01:002010-10-23T21:56:02.429+01:00Wow, this is excellent. Told with such sparse lang...Wow, this is excellent. Told with such sparse language, but so much emotion crammed in nonetheless. Very skillfully done!Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-49859236949256808772010-10-23T20:50:06.767+01:002010-10-23T20:50:06.767+01:00Laura, thank you, just running was futile, but he ...Laura, thank you, just running was futile, but he couldn't help himself.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-61767794351858533332010-10-23T20:40:01.285+01:002010-10-23T20:40:01.285+01:00I enjoyed the spare delivery. It meshed with the f...I enjoyed the spare delivery. It meshed with the futility of the tale itself. Great job!Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-3540182547067907002010-10-23T19:50:42.256+01:002010-10-23T19:50:42.256+01:00Thank you Roland, I wish my story had been as eloq...Thank you Roland, I wish my story had been as eloquent as your comment. Again, thank you.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-48199822934059287262010-10-23T19:42:40.249+01:002010-10-23T19:42:40.249+01:00Ernest Hemingway would approve of this story I bel...Ernest Hemingway would approve of this story I believe. His ghost somtimes haunts me. But only in my short stories.<br /><br />Great job but the romantic in me wanted hope at the end not poetic justice.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947555836132631506.post-68757206825052362012010-10-23T17:49:17.424+01:002010-10-23T17:49:17.424+01:00Thanks Danielle, I know that this style is not to ...Thanks Danielle, I know that this style is not to everyone's taste, but it is a style that I am becoming more comfortable writing in.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.com