Forum / POISON PILL @ Every Day Fiction

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  Linda Simoni-Wastila

  Aug 25, 01:43am

  A short story, a bit of an experiment for me and written while strying to find the softer, ympathetic side of a novel's antagonist, up at Every Day Fiction.

  http://www.everydayfiction.com/poison-pill-by-linda-simoni-wastila/

  Peace...

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  MaryAnne Kolton

  Aug 25, 02:14am

  Linda, I loved this piece. So Un-Linda but written with such depth, intelligence and power. More than fave.

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  Robert Vaughan

  Aug 25, 02:23am

  Great piece, Linda. I voted five stars at EDF. Congratulations!

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  James Lloyd Davis

  Aug 25, 02:29am

  What MaryAnne said works for me ... the part about depth, intelligence and power.

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  Linda Simoni-Wastila

  Aug 25, 10:36pm

  Hey all, thanks so much for the reads, the EDF stars, and mostly the kind words. This story started as a very rough DZANC fundraising shortie, then languished for a couple of years. I was happy to find it a home. Peace...

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  Kathy Fish

  Aug 25, 10:57pm

  Yay, I'll read it after dinner, Linda. Congrats on the pub!

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  James Lloyd Davis

  Aug 25, 11:28pm

  Linda, after reading your story,, I went back later, looked at other stories by other writers and read the accompanying comments.

  That's a mean crowd over there, but they seem to have liked what you wrote. Some of the comments on stories by other people were the kind that draw blood. You took a chance, so now you know how good you really are. 'Course, we already knew that.

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  Joani Reese

  Aug 26, 03:04am

  A little tough to read the opening with your name in black bold letters covering it, but once I got past the odd format, I loved the story, Linda. Nice work. I also tried to give it 5 stars there, but it only gave me 3.6. Those folks need a better web set-up!

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  Linda Simoni-Wastila

  Aug 26, 01:30pm

  James, yes, the comments at EDF can be a little... vicious. Every now and then, though, a golden kernal to think about. Thank you also for your vote of confidence in my writing -- that is worth more than the $5 I earned with this story. (Yes, EDF is a paying market).

  Joani, thank you so much for reading and commenting! Apparently EDF's site collapsed a few days ago -- the page is usually much smoother, cleaner. Hopefully they will get their server back to snuff. Peace...

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  Sam Rasnake

  Aug 26, 01:40pm

  Nice story, Linda. Fresh. I like.

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