Comment from robyn corum

Exceptional

Bob Simms,

I adore you so much. Why must you wait so long so visit me and make me so joyously happy? I do absolutely ADORE you.

This post is part of the reason why - and this particular male character is one I want to meet personally and maybe keep in my pocket. Is that legal?

Your profile notes now say you WERE an IT trainer - so that sounds like you are no longer traveling from hotel to hotel doing whatever nonsense you WERE doing. Therefore and henceforth, I don't understand why we don't see more of this nonsense from your pen/keyboard. Explanations, please.

Otherwise, I am pleased. Thank you -- Out of anger, I SHOULDN'T offer a six. BUT, you are lucky, because I am magnanimous.

BTW, (since I AM a wife and a professional at harping I will continue) it also irritates me that you do not promote your work and so few people get to appreciate it. Grrrrr.....

Okay -- let me see. I think I'm done. If I think of anything else, I will ring you. TY

 Comment Written 27-Sep-2019

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reply by the author on 27-Sep-2019

Well, bless your cotton socks. To address your questions.

You must wait because I live a busy and full life which leaves me little time to be sober enough to write. But I'm trying to fix that.

I am no longer employed, but have retired to Portugal. I have a garden and a few hundred square metres of terraced orchards to tend to. For instance, today I had to mow the lawn, prune and weed the rose garden, hang the washing out to dry, take it in again, think about cleaning the pool but settle for swimming a few lengths and perform the duties of quizmaster for the local ex-pat quiz night. Whilst I had intended to spend each afternoon lying in my hammock with a laptop and a G&T, Er Indoors seems to have other ideas. Oh and I just spent two weeks back in England with no keyboard access.

And you're a fool to yourself. Why should I promote my work when you'll read it anyway? Okay, okay, I'll try harder and do more stuff and things like that. If you ring and a woman answers, pretend it's a wrong number.

Thank you for swelling my head, boosting my ego and giving me a six. I do appreciate it. I feel guilty for not reciprocating, but I cannot critique poetry. I'm a philistine, I'm afraid, but I promise that I'll try harder.

Unless I fall asleep in the hammock again.

Again, thank you.

reply by robyn corum on 27-Sep-2019

And so what I heard was... blah blah blah can?t wont blah I?m a man whine blah blah excuse whine.

I would be sure to alert you when I post prose again, but by the time you read the message and ventured by, the post would have disappeared back into the far reaches of cold storage again.

?sigh?

Perfect system you have there.

And yes, I will keep reading at two cents, but others won?t, unless they?re fans already. My POINT was that your work is often worthy of more views- goofhead.

Sincerely, me

Comment from Adri7enne

Exceptional

Great! A female character and one with a fairy tale background. Your male lead is probably some version of you, Bob- cool, dry, sarcastic. Lol! Whatever. I like him. I was looking forward to this new chapter. It didn't disappoint. I just wish the chapters were longer.

"I'm not hear about a complaint."HEAR-HERE. Not like you at all. Reminds me of what I see on Facebook every day.

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2019

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reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019

Yes, sorry. I've been travelling for most of the day. I must be jet-lagged. Hopefully, now I'm back home, the chapters will be at least more frequent, if not longer.

Thnaks for reading

Comment from Mistydawn

Excellent

This is a well-written interesting story. Your characters seem real and their thoughts, actions, and their dialogue seem believable. I loved the bar owner's attitude, a sarcastic dude for sure. He had Amanda all confused in the beginning.

 Comment Written 23-Sep-2019

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reply by the author on 23-Sep-2019

I'm glad you found it interesting,. Thank you.