http://www.pdxwriters.com Inspiring workshops for every writer Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.pdxwriters.com/i-did-not-start-that-fire/#comment-755 Peggy Acott Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:06:38 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/i-did-not-start-that-fire#comment-755 Stephanie! I just came across this - wonderful! Stephanie! I just came across this – wonderful!

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/cutter/#comment-85 Jennifer S Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:03:06 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=457#comment-85 Gayle, I really like this story. Is this a new one? I'm so drawn in. The setting is alive; I'm right there with you. Gayle, I really like this story. Is this a new one? I’m so drawn in. The setting is alive; I’m right there with you.

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/waiting/#comment-84 Jennifer S Fri, 21 Jan 2011 02:01:46 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=453#comment-84 Umm. Haunting. I really, the details of action and movement. A great foil for the stillness of waiting. And of course, I want to know what happened that surpassed even fear. Lovely! Umm. Haunting. I really, the details of action and movement. A great foil for the stillness of waiting. And of course, I want to know what happened that surpassed even fear. Lovely!

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/coffee/#comment-79 Nina Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:20:22 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-79 "Oh, joy beyond wine..." is to read your stuff, Ms. Seeley! “Oh, joy beyond wine…” is to read your stuff, Ms. Seeley!

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/shades-of-blue/#comment-76 Stephanie Golisch Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:47:41 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=352#comment-76 Reading this, it all feels so dreamlike, but the last four lines just cut to the emotional core. Sea turtle ballet, gorgeous. The details of the man are so precise, I can see him in my mind without hesitation. Lovely job, thank you for sharing. Reading this, it all feels so dreamlike, but the last four lines just cut to the emotional core. Sea turtle ballet, gorgeous. The details of the man are so precise, I can see him in my mind without hesitation. Lovely job, thank you for sharing.

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/the-new-house/#comment-77 Stephanie Golisch Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:44:03 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-77 Oh, no, I wanted to hear more! Seems it's always "time," at the cliffhanger moment. I liked the narrator's good grip on the thoughts and language of a young girl, especially Lizzie's refusal of the room's name, "nursery." I also like the creepy squirrel as an entry in Lizzie's next adventure. Please post more soon! Oh, no, I wanted to hear more! Seems it’s always “time,” at the cliffhanger moment. I liked the narrator’s good grip on the thoughts and language of a young girl, especially Lizzie’s refusal of the room’s name, “nursery.” I also like the creepy squirrel as an entry in Lizzie’s next adventure. Please post more soon!

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/coffee/#comment-78 Stephanie Golisch Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:39:11 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=379#comment-78 Love. It. "Beaten down endorphins....acrid, voluptuous, libertine..." Such sensual, precise, and evocative words you chose! You have beautifully captured the essence of coffee. Seriously, this should be on every travel website that mentions Portland. Love. It. “Beaten down endorphins….acrid, voluptuous, libertine…” Such sensual, precise, and evocative words you chose! You have beautifully captured the essence of coffee. Seriously, this should be on every travel website that mentions Portland.

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/berlin-alexanderplatz/#comment-74 pdxwriters Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:15:22 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=330#comment-74 dreams filled with rainbow lines of the subway map...this city gets under my skin too thanks to this fabulous description filled with unforeseen images: the kid rave dancing to his own tunes, the latest Zitty, smelly, congested, churning, hard, high! Love it. dreams filled with rainbow lines of the subway map…this city gets under my skin too thanks to this fabulous description filled with unforeseen images: the kid rave dancing to his own tunes, the latest Zitty, smelly, congested, churning, hard, high! Love it.

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/shades-of-blue/#comment-75 pdxwriters Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:11:59 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=352#comment-75 The colors are so vivid, the moment so perfect, the ending tell us so powerfully that we need to bask in each lovely now. You know? The narrator says it so beautifully while I stumble. The colors are so vivid, the moment so perfect, the ending tell us so powerfully that we need to bask in each lovely now. You know? The narrator says it so beautifully while I stumble.

]]> http://www.pdxwriters.com/she-asks-her-mother-to-sing/#comment-73 Pat West Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:03:43 +0000 http://pdxwriters.wordpress.com/?p=293#comment-73 This poem lands just right! This poem lands just right!

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