Doug Bond

Thanks, Doug, for your kind words and fave for 'Benny Goodman...' It always helps to find we are not alone.

cheers, doug. yes, a burger at the spot and a pint at island brew!

doug--

your comment on my poem got to me--may be finest ever received on this site, so thoughtful & just got to me. thank you for taking the time to read and to comment. g

Thank you for your very kind remarks on what I wanted in 1968 and I'm sorry it took me so long to thank you. I hope you are well and, as always, I look forward to reading more of your work.

Doug your rib story is so original, right up to how you handled the date. Glad your having fun with this group and hope you'll send more stories

Hi Doug - I really appreciate your insightful comment on 2006. Thank you so much for reading it and the fave :) Cheers ~

Doug, really appreciate your comments! When we were teenagers we used to call Cape Cod, the "dumb dune". Strangely, I've come full circle and am back...(stopped in SF on the way back...)

Doug, thanks for reading and commenting on I'm Not Charlie Sheen. Much appreciated!

Doug - ooo, your comments on "Liplorn" made me smile. Really appreciate the review, thank you. And yes, there's something about Lucinda. Maybe one day I'll let her run free.

Thank you, Doug, for your very kind remarks on my story fly. I look forward to reading more of your work and in all things, wishing you well.

Hi Doug - Thanks for your comments on "Safa's Hair". I really appreciate it, especially as I've been tinkering with this piece for a very long time.

Doug, so many thanks for what you wrote on "Doug" and the other story.
cheers! susan

Doug, thanks very much for commenting on boyfriends and yes, one should always send those creepos away!

Dear Doug Bond. Urgent good news! I am thanks to you for your comments that regard "So You Want to Write a Screenplay for the Children"! And also I am offer this special price on plugs for reduction in ear noise half price! Thank you!

:D

Doug! I love the supernova button idea. You are very sweet. Thanks for the * and comment on Two Trees -- your comments on restraint and the elements in the story made my day!

Doug, such a potent and interesting set of comments on Unpacking Sentences. Thank you for them and the fav. I love how you got the raw meat of the work via the sausaged dog! This is part of a dossier, I guess I would call it, for the main character in a long piece I am working on. She continually surprises me!

Thanks, Doug, for the GREAT comment on and fave of "I Am Not a Corpse." Glad you posted the couplet. Yes, hard to resist.

The Housman poem kills. Hard to pick a favorite couplet from it. I really love these lines though:

The world it was the old world yet.
I was I, my things were wet.

Thank you for your remarks on "motorcycle for a dream," Doug. I appreciate your analysis. It makes me realize, oh that's what I did. I don't think I can afford to pay you though but I appreciate it nonetheless. -- Q

Thanks for reading Whitechapel. Glad you liked it.

re: TwMD
yes, funny how that works, right? writing just takes its own coarse and we get to come along for the ride.

re: sensation
i once did an excercise in which I rewrote the same flash piece five times, highlighting one sense over all others in each version. scent and taste were by far the toughest.
it was one of the most helpful exercises i think i've ever done. you've inspired me to try it again.

best,

Hi Doug, Thanks so much for reading Tomorrowland -- and for taking the time to share your thoughts. Disney is a terrifying machine, for sure -- and the message behind it is omnipresent. There is no escape.

Thanks for checking out Wufniks. We hope you had a pleasant stay.

Hey Doug,

Yeah, Tiger Stadium had a lot of stories! Nice to meet you.

Hi Doug, thanks for your "Godot" comments.

Great comment on "Augustinian Prayer Sonnet," Doug. Thank you. Love your analysis of the opening word. Glad the poem worked for you.

"when whores are put before Descartes"
I can't really claim credit for this--it's an old joke, made unfamiliar or disguised perhaps in iambic tetrameter, but thanks!

Hey Doug, Nice to meet you, and I'm pleased you enjoyed Peach (2)! Thanks for the comments!

Hey Doug,
Where have you been hiding? Come out and play!

Doug, thanks so much for your comments on "Naked Ladies." You have the keenest reading eye! I think you said you were a lit major at one time, but wow!

I just read on someone else's wall that you grew up in CT. I worked in Darien for a time. I used to call it "Scarien!" Lily white. Hope you are enjoying your Fictionaut experience in writing overall. I sure am.

Doug, thanks for you kind comments on "Fancy Me"!Yes, I think it probably is a shampoo - manufactured in some little eastern Europeon country by old babushkas.

Doug, Thanks so much for your kind note on Spring. I really appreciate the close read -- and look forward to catching up on more of your work.

And yes to "Hills" - one of my favorite stories to teach.

Doug, I listened to This Must Be The Place, very mellow loved it. I notice it was performed at the Sydney Opera house (I'm an Aussie)
Your word would probably be in another language - the Dutch have a word which means sort of cozy but much more - untranslatable)

Doug, thank you and kudos on your recent pubs - great stuff!

Thanks for the comment on Love, Story. Glad you liked it -- fiction lite is fun too! I enjoyed perusing your stories the other day. Will do more of that soon!

Hi Doug! Thank you for your lovely comments on "The Face of the Moon..." I appreciate it!

Yes! Yes! Kafka is in the house! Thanks for the comments, Doug.

Hey Doug - thanks for reading Eight States Away - I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for the comments, too. foster.

I thank you, Edna thanks you, and the Lord thanks you. Bless your heart and thanks also for telling us about Riley Dog! Carol

Thanks for reading "Close to Ireland" and for your kind comments on my Pushcart nomination. I love the Oregon connection and look forward to reading more of your work.

hey doug, thank you so much for your comments on story & challenge, i enjoyed doing this...maybe i'll do it again next year unless someone else with more irish blood in him/her wants to pray to st patrick for plenty of great stories...night after night ;-)

Thanks for liking Beckett and Joyce, and I too look forward to my too often postponed trip to the Outer Sunset!

Thanks for the nod on my tale-o-blarney. Have one at the pub for me!

Hi Doug, thanks for reading Cactus, and for commenting, too. I'm glad you liked it.

Thanks for your comments on WINCE, Doug, and for your idea of a CPR group. Maybe later. Right now, I'm busy trying to figure out how this fictionaut stuff works. Follow? Message? Hmmmm.

Hey, thanks for the interest in "Autobio of a Head Bully." You can get the whole thing (starting) here: http://bighair.bravehost.com/AutobiographyHeadBully01.html.

Hey Doug, thanx for your comments on "the spaces between words". Much appreciated.

Thanks Doug! I really enjoyed yr story in the new Northville too!

Well, howdy, Doug. Thanks for the yummy comments on Twine. I look forward to reading your stuff soon-soon-soon. For now, there's a toddler on the loose in my home threatening to pour tea on my laptop.

Who knew that Meg's fella was also the writery-type? Have I been out of the loop this whole time? Dang....

Doug, that is HYSTERICAL and so damn cool, the image of the enterprising third-grade Doug putting on such a show. What a cool story. Thanks for sharing it and I'm so glad you checked out/commented on my story. Ha, I'm doubtful my story answered your question but if I tackle the issue again maybe I'll do better next time. D

Thanks Doug!

Have at this late, late stage 'discovered' Kurt Vonnegut. He is simply superb, isn't he?

Thanks,man. I appreciate the feedback.