tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post8322133171305073169..comments2023-04-15T11:04:57.924-05:00Comments on The Rat Squeaks: HesitantRon Southernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08604305014713612990noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-60764706175553629772010-04-19T19:43:25.423-05:002010-04-19T19:43:25.423-05:00Not with the present material, but I did once writ...Not with the present material, but I did once write a short story and later came back and rendered it as a semi-erotic poem. I liked it better as a poem, though you'd think I wouldn't be able to decide!Ron Southernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604305014713612990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-15032678795781008892010-04-19T18:13:24.770-05:002010-04-19T18:13:24.770-05:00Are you having comment delay too? I've been g...Are you having comment delay too? I've been grumbling about it at the weekend and left a question on Blogger Help. There was one other similar complaint there too. no response to either though. Must be a bug in the system.<br /><br />Yes, maybe you wrote a story then did a concentrated version in the form of a poem. I can see that! :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-6851103446330552722010-04-19T17:35:08.756-05:002010-04-19T17:35:08.756-05:00Shit, there it is! Delayed reaction!Shit, there it is! Delayed reaction!Ron Southernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604305014713612990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-53695526743263310472010-04-19T17:34:25.770-05:002010-04-19T17:34:25.770-05:00I answered, but it didn't take. It was just a...I answered, but it didn't take. It was just a smart-aleck response, anyway, so I won't reconstruct it.Ron Southernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604305014713612990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-47031588267476776972010-04-19T17:32:07.615-05:002010-04-19T17:32:07.615-05:00Those long-winded novelists better be careful abou...Those long-winded novelists better be careful about "blowing things up". <br /><br />But what if I should tell you that a good writer already compressed that lengthy novel into a short poem? Do we really know what position we're in?Ron Southernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604305014713612990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6568759.post-82393292282733580012010-04-19T10:45:48.527-05:002010-04-19T10:45:48.527-05:00A good writer could construct a whole novel around...A good writer could construct a whole novel around that one Ron.<br /><br />I've just read R.J. Waller's Bridges of Madison County and it kind of brought that to mind.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.com