James Lloyd Davis

Thank you.

Hey thanks much for your comment. Means a lot.

Thanks so much for reading and commenting on "Fantasm".

i like your comment. thanks :)))

Thanks James, for the comment on my story.

Thank you, James. I am slowly, slowly filling pages for this book.

James - Thanks for commenting on Underworld. Your early very generous commentary during the early days of my novel really did serve to keep me going. I will always appreciate your kind feedback, as well as Mary Anne´s. Regards.

Thanks for reading "Dinner", James. Such a wonderful compliment.

Beautiful photo, btw.

Thanks you, James. I'm glad you read and liked Otillie.

James, thanks for reading and commenting on "Samosely."

Ah, thanks for the comment on Cornfield, JLD! Much appreciated. I just read your Riding Down East Carolina. Such a strong opening paragraph - drew me right in.

Hi, ho, Colorado to you, too, James. Where does that phrase come from? Thank you for reading Let the Others Drool.

Thanks for reading my Berlin story, James. Great seeing your work here, at Blue Five and in other great places. Always looking forward to more...

Thank you, James, for reading Bitter Bits. I hope to find your elemental joy someday.

Thank you for your poetic and beautiful comment on Snowflakes.

What you wrote in the Connecticut forum thread gave me gooseflesh. Thanks for sharing your eloquence.

Hello, James! Thanks for your wise comments this week on "What Some Boys Do." I truly appreciate and value them.

Thank you, James, for your comment on my poem "Regret".

You always encourage me so. Thanks for the love on Texas Route 29.

James, thanks so much for reading not one, but two, of my itty-bitty stories. I do so love when you come around and set a spell. Hope all is well in your world. Peace...

Looking forward to reading your piece in the beautiful Lost In Thought Magazine!

Love,
Berit

Thanks, James, for your assertive and generous comments about 'The Next Side Road.' Some low down, mean sumbitches out there, for sure.

Holy moly. Thank you!

JLD, thanks very much for your comment on 'Copper'. 'Awed' is a very big word; I'm humbled and honored. Greatly appreciated.

Thanks, James, for reading and commenting on "That Night" - yeah, complex simplicity makes perfect sense. Well said. That about sums me up as a whole. I like the phrase. Much appreciated.

Honored to have you read and thankful for the kind response to "Swimming Lessons."

thank you sir!

Thanks, James, for your thoughtful comments about 'Hawaiian Reservations' and for naming a new flash subset.

James: Who is Lori DeRemer? You told me to Google her and I did, but there are a lot of Lori DeRemers. I don't get it.

Howdy James, Thanks for faving "The Second Poem of Xmas". Ho Ho Ho!

Thanks very much for commenting on and "faving" my story 'A Black Night', James!

hi jim, appreciate the nod for "fox". me, myself and my inner editor have wildly differing views on the quality and fate of the novella. my wife things it'd make a great deck of tarot cards.

thanks james, for your kind words re: kaffe in katmandu. and i like your new profile photo! hope the writing goes well. have a great festive season!

James, thank you, thank you. Your time and words are precious things.

James - big thanks for the fave and commenting on "Cloudy..." Gotta love those Freudian slips.

Thanks, James for the favorable reaction ( oh, right, FAVEorable) to my story contest. I've decided you were right: it was the Norwegians.

good to come to this wall, especially on the back of such a great comment for which i thank you. dove tails with what i said to maryanne just now...that confusion is the spring from which stories gush.

Thanks for the fave and your wise comments about 'Texas Tornado,' James. Made me laugh out loud.

You leave the loveliest comments. Thank you James. They keep me going.

"God, but I do love the Internet," you said. But what does that mean? Does that mean that there's something not right about being able to type in "The Mayor of Aspen" and reading about Mick Ireland? It seems to bother you. How come?

Hey, James! Thank you for giving "Freedom Can Wait" a thumbs-up. Very much appreciated. Hope you're doing well.

One of the best compliments I have received in a long time, thank you.

Thank you for the comment and fave on 'Creature in the coal' - I appreciate you taking the time, especially with a novel going on. Love the picture by the way!

Hi James - thank you again for reading 'Duet' and for your generous comments - made the whole day.

yes, jim, this is the "modern question" i suppose which you raise in connection with "<a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/the-sodomized-dictator">the sodomized dictator</a>". — am i invested. i think we are even if we don't know it (yet). especially as writers. thank you.

plus kisses xx

Hey, James. Sorry (or is it you're welcome?) for the near-60s flashback. In any event, thanks for digging "Welcome to the Occupation."

Say, James, thanks for reading my story. I like it when a reader feels involved enough to respond to the characters, be they good or bad. Also, it seems on this sight that since so many of the pieces are really short you don't get as many willing to venture into the longer stories, which makes sense. So I thank you again--for persevering.

Thanks, James! Coming from you, it means a lot.

you're among my favorite commenters. "pastiche" is such a great word for that story, <a href="http://www.fictionaut.com/stories/marcus-speh/moondog--2">moondog</a>. thank you, jim & write well!

You, James Lloyd Davis, sound like a strapping young man. Norman Mailer smelt it because he dealt it. He farted out a storm of words. Then, he got older, and he needed help in stirring up the fartstorm. He would accept nothing less than being thought of as a modern Socrates, or Nieyschzey (I'm spelling that like I hear it). The point being: don't get soft. Stay hard. And die hard. Kind of. Mailer was no Robert Capa. Die hard, James Lloyd Davis. You make me proud to call myself a Californian.

Dear Jim,
Thanks for your comment and fave on "Little Grey Elephant." Also for looking like Santa. For all, I thank you :)

I'm going to hell; that's pretty clear. I forget if I meant "publicans" or "republicans."

Thanks for the fave, James!

Hi James: You are my hero. Thanks for liking For Captain Paul and Three More for Nailpolish. I am always grateful to have a master storyteller on my team.

Saw a real shark today. Or its path. Making a straight dark line in the green water with a trail of pelicans and sea birds in its wake and silver white fish leaping in front. The line drew itself straight to where some some idiots were standing shouler deep in water. Chances were this shark would not bite them but then again there have been lots of bites in Florida waters lately. Thanks for your appreciation, Jim.

JL, I agree completely with your comment about The Church. Lutherans make esp. good targets, though, in my opinion.

James, thanks for your comment on 'Mystery'. Me too. Wouldn't be half as much fun to know.

Thank you, thank you James! Hope you are well!

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'A Life of My Own-4.' I greatly appreciate your comment and fave.

Thanks for fave on "Getting Home Alive," James!

Thanks, James, for reading and commenting on "Head in a Box." I've also heard that one night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster.

Old guys like me can't run. Can still walk, though, should I take a notion to. Thanks for the read & the star for "The Heron."

James! Not active here much lately so quite a treat and perhaps fitting to get an unexpected read on It's Not Over...Thanks so much

James, thanks for reading, commenting on, and faving "I'm Not Emilio Estevez." Always appreciated!

Dear Jim, I understand the desire to shake and vomit. Sadly we also do not like to admit that we shake and vomit to at least 99% of the comments we read and then emotionally reject as being "NOT JUST RIGHT FOR US". Please remember, it is nun-phobics like you who create more nuns. the more nuns you reject the more they procreate. xo-the editor sisters of Geneva

Right you are. It's not. Sigh. Thanks for reading and faving my little profile of the sci. teacher.

Good morning, James! Thank you for your comment and fave on "Husk of Hare." It's great to be back.

James, your comment about fiction/nonfiction in relation to my story "The Lost Boy" meant a lot to me. Thanks.

Thank you so much, James, for the compliment and fave on 'Annie MacLeod' - much appreciated!

James--Black Velvet? I've only got a few fingers of Glenmorangie left--will that do? Thanks for your comments on "Abstinence" and the *.

JLD, thanks for reading and commenting on "Flying." It figures that you would note the subtext. And thank you for the star. Much appreciated.

Thanks for taking a break from the novel-in-progress and reading Firework Sand - means a lot to me. Glad you liked it - good luck with the novels. Gill

i like the connections your brain makes, jim. thank you for your comment & for the buddha (one image i left out ...) — "is it real"? i assure you, it is most real. all happening now.

Thank you James - You made my day!

Hey James, Thanks so much for commenting(and faving) my little commentary on weather, hot and cold, internal and external.

James, Thank you for the read & fave for my "Soul Asylum" story. Little did I know when I gave Kurt a bb gun on his ninth birthday....

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'Bubble Busting, Boom!' I greatly appreciate your comment and fav.

Thank you for the favefavefave on Temp P. You always are so very supportive & I greatly appreciate XXX

James, thanks so much for the comment on Notice.

James, thanks for reading and commenting on "Burn"!

James: Happy I could make you laugh. Come by anytime, and I'll give it my best shot. Thanks for the demonstrative hilarity toward "Manhattan, Sunday Morning." There are more in the works...

Thanks for your comment on "Hector's Record Collection," sir.

Glad you liked "We Must Be Carefully Taut." Thanks for the fave!

hey james, good luck with finishing the novel. see you around!

Wow! High praise for "Zoo Story" from one of the best writers on the site! Thank you, sir.

Thanks for the fav on "Insect Eater"--so glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you liked "Bogdan," James. Thanks for the fave.

apropos "ginger": i would come out to play for debbie harry, too, james. andy warhol was no idiot. that cage: it's faraday-like, both protection and prison, so in a way i'm making stuff up. but we knew that. thank you!

Hi James, Thanks again for your support of this story. Your insights continue to inspire. Many thanks.

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'I wouldn't Wanna Be Me.' I greatly appreciate your comment and fave.

Hey James, just wanted to thank you for reading Cactus, I really appreciate your comment, too. fos.

Hi James: I think I was that little dancing/singing girl once. Wish I had one to pass it on... Thanks for your response to "The Human Condition." A fave from you is always meaningful.

James, it always makes me smile seeing your comments on my stories; thank you immensely for reading The Escapists.

"Wow" why of course--it's the best. And I thank you for it!

Thanks for the thumb's up for "Old Age," James. Wrote it out in one sitting in '08, and haven't changed a word.

Thanks for liking my triptych, James :-)

You honored me with a beautiful comment for "All the gaping mouths without a voice." I'm deeply grateful. Peace, Michael

Swart? Just kind of came to me. Mysterious. Just like Frisian? Thanks for the fave of my curious tree poem, James!

Thank you for commenting so beautifully on 'Sparking a sneeze' and fave-ing it, too. Much appreciated, as always.

Hi James,
Thanks for checking out "Amateur Theory of the Universe." I'm glad you agree with my theory that the universe is actually a huge jellyfish. It seems so obvious.

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'Mercury Unbound-5.' I appreciate your comments and fav.

Hi James: You have a very long wall! Thanks for reading and adding my piece Happy Hour to your favorites. I appreciate you.

Thanks for your comment on "Hijinks Ensue." I wanted an almost corny, old time feel so I went with the old terms like dip, stall, etc. I usually write hard boiled, and needed a break!

Thank you so much for reading, commenting and fave-ing on 'The wrecking of the Tayleur' - your support means a lot to me. Had been wondering about whether to expand. I do so love writing [and reading] about the sea. Nearly as good as being back by it!

Marvelous to hear from you, James and thank you for reading and commenting on "Novembre". I'm pushing hard for something to happen with this novel. We'll see...

Best,
I.

Thanks, James. Actually pantyhose weren't so bad; it was those #@*# panty girdles.

Hi James...please ignore my previous blank post. Just want to thank you for reading & commenting on "The Good Farmer." Death shows up in so much of my writing. Guess it's a favorite character.

JD, if I can feed your inner sociopath, well, my job has been done. ha ha! Did we meet on a plane over Hanoi?

Love your comment on "Paradise Island." Thanks for the fave, James.

Thanks for the beaver comment. It could have merit. This is one hell of a photo of you here.

Thank you for reading and the kind words for "Looking Both Ways." Much appreciated. Metaphysical is what I was going for.

lovely new profile picture, jim. charme personified.

James, I can't thank you enough for outstanding comments. CCS for "Couple Busting" was brilliant!!! Always entertaining!!! And loving your work! Good luck with the novel!!

James, thanks for the comment on Three Prayers for Rain, much appreciated.

Hi James! Thanks you much for the nice comment on A June Defection. I'm very happy to hear you think I chose the best route through those mountains. I also used to spot one of Norway's most popular crime writers up there, but never dared say hi to him. I regret that now.

James, thanks for your recent comments on my 3 Short Shorts. I especially enjoyed the "kung-fu" comparison. I appreciate them so much.

Thanks for the dead-on comment on "Demolition Derby," James. You're right, a lot like the body politic! and academia! and high school!

James, thanks for reading/commenting on "Drive." I appreciate it!

Hey, James! Thank you so much for reading "The Language." It's a long story for Fictionaut, so I appreciate you taking the time.

Here. Take your pick. I, of course, have a favorite. . . .

Synonyms for gnarly (adjective)

fine , great , keen , neat , praiseworthy , wonderful , boss * , finest , distinctive , magnificent , superb , marvelous , sensational , extraordinary , nifty , swell , unmarred , hairy * , gnarled

Thank you for your blush-inducing remarks on 'A bottle of raspberries'. Very very kind.
All the best,
Gill

James, you are too kind. Thanks so much for your time with Migration.

Thanks for reading and complimenting my latest, James. I am humbled and encouraged. That damn Caterpillar was too cool for school. I aspire to be the Caterpillar when I grow up. Ha.

James, really loved your comment on my "Robinsons" story!

Hi James, I appreciate the read, comment and fave on my bus story - thanks! fos.

Thank you so much for reading, commenting and faving "Unsaid." I so appreciate it, James!! Hope the novel's going well!!

Thanks for the fave of "Hitting the Wall," James!

Hi James, Thank you so much for your comments on "Things Unseen." I really enjoyed reading what you have on this page. "Right now, I am the novel." And your answer to "Why do you write?"--"To be read." Yes, I love that!

James, thank you for reading, kind words, and faving ANT FARM. And I LOVE your update -- yes, writing a novel is being a novel. So happy I'm out of my psych ward scenes ;^) Hope all is well in your world. Peace...

James, thanks for your notes on White Noise. I just read Pulitzer Grade -- I'm going to have those images kicking around in my head for some time.

James, Thanks so much for your comments and faving on "You are beautiful just the way you are." It made sense, oh, and how wonderfully it did.

Hi James. Thanks for the thoughtful words about "Tuscaloosa" and "Life of Charlotte". And thanks for the stars! It means a lot to me that you like my writing.

Erasmus, indeed! "Prowl Car" is "In Praise of Folly." Thanks, James.

Hello James! Thanks for the compliment and for the favorite!

"Roadside bombs"--I really love that image and what it suggests. Thanks for reading Headstone III.

Thanks so much for commenting on "The Woodsman". Death can be kind too, I think.

Hi James, thanks for your comments on "For Liu Xiabo". I want to spread this far and wide so that we don't forget about this man. He is a modern revolutionary for non violent change.

You are far too kind, James, but it's always nice to hear. I'm very thankful to you for reading Alligators. Continue your own wonderful writing and sharing. It benefits us all.

Thank you.

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on "Zhou Yu's Train".

Hi James! Thanks for the message on my wall.
I love to read stories about Japan (never been there) and, I discovered, about pineapple factories. :)

Thank you JLD! At this pt. I'm in need of all the luck I can get.

James, thank you so much for your fav and comment on the ceiling micro, i truly appreicate this attention on such a weird short short! Peace Amy

Thank you for leaving comment on my new post. It is wonderful to see and read you again.

Thanks for the thoughtful notes, James.

Hi James, thanks for taking time to read and comment on House Rabbit. Was a fun little piece to write, glad you enjoyed.

Hey James, thanks for the great comment on Table Thoughts. I really appreciate your feedback. Fos.

Thank you for the kind words about Rain Dog. I'm glad someone thinks Denny is upbeat!

Yes, poor Goldie. I'm afraid the contest was rigged. Thanks for your comment and fave!

James, Thanks for reading Unintended Consequences. I sure am hoping you didn't hear something crunch under your wheel last night ;^) Peace...

Your comments on my recent story here were damn kind, James. I like bar stories, too. But it can be tough, I guess, because it is a setting that's been used a lot. I think a Damon Runyon Best Sentence From A Bar Story Prize is a fine idea.

Thanks James for the comment and fave for "intervals,"very glad you liked it.

James, you killed me! "Sister Mary Torquemada.."" Ha ha! She sounds like an explosive and I'm sure she was!!!! Or a submarine!! Thank you so much for reading and commenting on "Sinister Age of the Draft" being another recovering Cath-oholic!!! Loved your comment!!

Thanks for Cassie Fly. Appreciated. I was a Chesterfield Kings guy. Couldn't do them and ride a bike too, so thankfully decided to lose the smokes. Still miss them, but I'm alive.

Glad you like my latest! Thanks muchly.

Thanks so much, James. You're so kind! And I still want those Picasso etchings in the divorce, just don't forget to drop them off...

James,

your support means so much to me. Your writing thrills me.

Thanks much for reading VOLT and for the kind words, James. It means a lot to me! Cormac is my all-time favorite, so that's high praise indeed. Look forward to reading some of your work. Best to you.

Hi James. Thanks for reading and liking my latest!

Thank you for your great comments on flower boat, James. Man, you are making my days as of late!

Jim I'm laughing so hard! Yes, I goofed. Croatia is still here. You aren't the first one to call me out on that. So blame it on my "unreliable narrator"!!! But thanks for liking Crackers!

Hi James, thanks for reading Misplaced Emotions, and thanks for the comment and fave, too. I really appreciate it, lots! fos.

You're welcome! Just poking my head in to read the good stuff this morning before I settle down to write. Cheers, James!

James,

I enjoy your writing enormously and am always thrilled by one of your supportive comments.

James, Thank you for the very special comment on "My Wife, My Love." Thanks for the "favorito," too!

Hi James, thanks for reading More Important than Money, I really appreciate that. And thanks for the comment, too - means a lot to me. fos.

Yet another tip of the hat to you, The Great Wizard himself. Thanks for a thrilling comment on "The Magician".

Hey, James. Thank you for your comment on "A Literary Separation". And thank you for laughing. :)

Happy Trails, James. Thanks for the zing. And a star, too! My my.

To you dear sir with love. Because you leave the most endearing and encouraging comments. Thank you.

Thank you so much, James, for all your insightful comments and for taking the time to read the stories I've posted. I love your work and good luck with the novel? I think I read that you were taking some time away to work on something extensive! Looking forward to one day reading that!!! Thanks for all!!!

James, you do wonders for my self esteem! Thanks for commenting on "Son of Goya." Very pleased you like it.

Hello James, thank you for your comment (and fave)on Now and Then. Some things do keep up all the same and emotions are at the top of that list. Thanks for reading the things I write :)

James, your comment about "Sand Dollars" meant the world to me. Thank you.

Hi James,
A big, big thank you for your generous comments on "Christina Heppel" - I'm just thrilled & honored.
Cheers!

Jim, thanks for "Ringing" --Big Hugs

Dear James: Thank you for your willingness to entertain the ineffable, but unfortunately, my little piece the woodpile isn't that at all. You are too polite to know a certain expression that would be the key to unlocking the ribald riddle but I know you'll find it out soon. I look forward to reading more work by you.

Thanks for the kind words and fave on Humpty Dumpty 2011, James! No, it doesn't bode well for the egg, or anyone else I suspect.

So, it's Joani now, eh? Last week it was Barb, then Linda, then...I want a divorce!

Thanks, James, for your comments on “God Bless You, Mr. Rinsewater.” Your “this is too hilarious” remark and “Major Fave” are much appreciated.

Thanks, James, for the lovely comment on and fave of the Translator poem.

Loved your comment on "Ribs," James. Thanks so much. Not sure I want to be in the company of WB though!

XXX

Hi James, thanks very much for your comments on Snowdick. Everything you mentioned- making the unlikely likely, believable dialogue, funny & a little sad too- I was trying, hoping I'd managed some of that, and so your feedback is greatly appreciated. All best.

Jim, I was sort of shocked that my little micro Loves Jimmy Ray struck you so forcefully, and it made me take a different look at that piece. So thank you Jim, for the friendship and comraderie (and the union)! You get to happen, I will sign up for sure.

James, I sincerely appreciate the enthusiastic comment on Too Late and the fave :) You have been really nice to me, so thank you.

James! Jim! Jimbo! Jimmy! Jimbob! Jimbobalobinator!

Sorry, I'll never do that again.

Thanks for reading and commenting on "The Musical" - we used to cover some Cheap Trick songs, including Want You to Want Me, in the late-80s. One of my top ten favorite songs, ever. :)

Thanks, James. I want you to read the novel, too. But I want even more for me to finish the @#$*&% thing (it's finished; I'm revising, but really that's where a lot of the writing is taking place, too).

Hi, James. Thanks for commenting on and faving "In My Nephritic Dreams." Your comments always make me happy.

James, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed "Somewhere, Midwest, USA". I changed the ending, pop back in when you get a chance and let me know what you think. Thank you for reading. I hope politicians can stop attacking unions and healthcare long enough to lower small business costs and inflation.

Just want to thank you James for your kind encouragements. I do cherish them.

hello james...thanks much for the read and comment on auditors. i accidentally deleted the story somehow....

James - your comment on 2006 really impacted me and made me remember why it is that I love to write. Thank you, immensely.

Glad you liked "Merry-Go-Round," James. Oh, those wild & crazy horses! Love that ride. You get on, get off. Getting off is the secret.

Hi James, thank you so much for the read, comment and favorite on The Last Piece. I anticipate reading your story with "The Cat". Cheers :)

James, meant to mention kicky works for me. For any youngsters wondering- No, that's not a typo :)

Hi James, thanks for reading Bad Attitude, and for the comments and fav. Telan's one of those characters who's been backburnered and simmering for awhile, so your feedback on this one's much appreciated.

Thank you for your kind words about "Clean." I appreciate them very much...

Jim, you beast for being honest! (I need it, thank you)

James, thanks for your comment and fav for "War." It means a lot coming from you.

James, thanks for the comment on and fave of "Sermon of Lilac." Give my best to Thomas.

I like you.

Thank you so much for making it through all five acts! I appreciate the feedback, and I am so glad that my motifs (if not motives) were clear.

p.s. We share a birthday. Same day, different year. Happy, almost, birthday.

"La Musa mas guapa..." I might just turn that into a title for a short story. Thanks for the awesome comments James. We should all get together at some watering hole somewhere.

Hi James - Thanks for your kind comment on "Safa's Hair."

James, I always appreciate your very generous comments. Thank you!

Arcade Fire, the band from Montreal has perhaps the best album of 2010, The Suburbs. I was amazed there is no snow song on it. Cheers LS & thanks for your comments.

Hi James. I appreciate your comments and read of 10,000 Dollar Pyramid. That was kind of you.

James, thanks for the read and kind comments. Please get your work published, soonish. I'm not getting any younger here!

Hi, James. Thanks for commenting on "Wahrheit und Dichtung." Really enjoyed your recent interview.

James, thanks for reading, commenting on, and fav'ing "Hoss Men." It's a baby baggy monster to me.

Hi James - Thanks so much for reading/faving "Nothing Good..." I'm truly grateful :)!

I love the way you describe my "Carver" story, James. You are one in a million!

Thank you for your kind comments on "The Search." I'm glad you enjoyed it! Just posted something new; hope you like that, too!

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'Many Rivers To Cross.' Your helpful comments are appreciated and enjoyed, greatly.

James,
Thanks for forum comment on "Greyhound." Happy to see that one reprinted.

James, I'm glad you enjoyed "Happy Trails." Thanks for the read, comment, etc.

Belated thanks for your comment on Smite the Hindmost. I appreciate it. LS

Thanks, James, for stopping by and commenting on "randy the ram" I really appreciate it. And yes "The Wrestler" was one of those rare movies that was able to do so much with so little.

Thanks so much for your generous comment and fave on Sins of the Father, James. I am honored that it was a source of inspiration.

James - thanks for the immediate read & laugh on the Minotaur - think he is really sore about it. String Band inspired me. Was thinking a series of Chalky's take on other myths, but could get old quick, maybe now & then.

Hope to be reading around on f'naut again, I'll keep an eye out for new ones from you.

Thanks again, Walt

Thanks for reading 'Z Boson with a Hardron,' James. I appreciate your comments.

Hey James - you gym rat you - thanks for taking the time to read and comment on I Like It. Appreciate it.

Hey James...thanks for taking time to read "Buckaroo". This story came to me as first paragraph to a blog post I had written announcing the first issue of Wrong Tree Review being available. The first paragraph stuck with me. Fights with Earth took me as her husband during that story. I'm glad you enjoyed, hoss. I appreciate it.

Thank you for the lovely comment on 'Pillow,' James.

James, happy that you read and enjoyed "Sage"!

James, thank you for reading my Cows; your thoughtful and generous comments. Wonderful made my day.

Thanks, James, for the read and your feedback on “Oh, Fish Eggs!” Much appreciated, Glad to know my Blondie link also was a hit.

James, thank you for your comment on "...until love lasts." And thanks for reading. I look foward to hearing from you again.

Hi James. Many thanks for the kind comments on "CfK".

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'Piece of Mind.' I appreciate your comment and fav. Plus, during a recent software malfunction, I was unable the post a thank you note here for 'I'll be Home for Christmas-2.' So thanks for that, too.

Thanks for the Z Gates - Your comment was what I was trying for. LarryS

Hello James! Thank you so much for your very nice comments! Greatly appreciated!

Thanks, James. Great comment on "Mussel Memory." Glad to be back indeed!

Thanks for having a nosh at my "Dessert Buffet".

Thanks for the awesome comment on Heart Line! I'm honored you found beauty in it.

Your description of my story (stories?) is a keeper, James. Thank you for the kind words about "Wipe Your Feet."

Hi, James. Thanks for reading 'Corrective Rejection.' I greatly appreciate your comments and suggestions. And the fav.

James - I'm on hold with Harrison's people right now. As always, thank you!

Your readership is highly valued. Thanks for your comments on "Inconstant Nature", the story of a roller coaster that hit bottom very rapidly.

James, thanks for your comments on "April."

JLD, these days, gotta hold my feet to the fire, but thank you for your encouragement - means a lot!

glad you liked "diorama" james. thanks for reading...

smooth as pudding, rough as coarse grit -- i love what you wrote, how you write. James, thank you.

Hi James, thanks for reading, and commenting on my story, "The Wedding March." And I appreciate your fave, also. Means a lot to me.

Super, excellent, learned comments on god's man, James! Both scripture and Latin. I'm impressed! You are a fun fictionauter. (So ffn. Like bff?) Have a really great weekend. Cheers. -- Q

Thanks James, appreciate your comments, you should check Sam R out, he's quite a talented guy.

Hi James--Thanks for the lovely comment on "A Catalog of Disappeared Things." A catalog is on it's way.

James, thank you so much for reading Gin And A Cowboy: Redux, as well as the first iteration I posted on fictionaut, and for the fav. Your email comments to me gave me some food for thought, and I so appreciate it!

thanks for reading my thing. left you a question in comments :)

Hi James. thanks for reading Familiar Things, and thanks for commenting, too. fos.

You're welcome, James. You're a new writer/hero now. Always have been high on my list. Now, you're higher. Is it too much pressure to request that novel? -- Q

James, loved what you said about "Repair Man." Thanks for that and for faving it!

James, thanks for your thoughtful comment, and the fave, on my tale of magic and the guitar. Much appreciated, and glad that "The Duende" hit the right notes with you.

Thanks for your big-hearted comments and fave on Minor Damage, James.

Thanks for the great comment and fave on Eat, Pray, Network, James! Sometimes I think BS also stands for "Big Seller"...

James-
Let's toast - JD and Black Velvet. Thanks for commenting on "Lay on Me". Appreciate it always.

Thanks James, for your lovely comments!

I hope you do come Bach, James. But Arnold can stay away--once he actually goes away, that is!

thank you sir. You always, always make my day or in this case, night.

James, you wanna dance? I cut a mean rug. Ha! Thanks for liking "rug"

James, thanks for your thoughtful reply to 'under the skin,yes the Darwinian struggle has a beauty of its own, tragic though it be.

Thanks again, James. As for the one line structure? Susan Tepper posed the same question after reading "Amahle and I". I'm unsure. I just want to get the whole novel down first and then I'll see. Great to know you still find the writing strong.

Hi JLD, want to thank you for taking the time to read and comment on "Snow". Made me happy, thanks so much.

Thank you, James, for your very kind words about after amelia. This means a great deal. -- Q

Dear James,thank you very much for your countenance in "About men`s pshychology",Mata

James, I am the original dark angel, but no deaths squads! ha ha! thanks for your lovely words on "angel"

Looove Archy and Mehitabel, honored to have struck that tone with Fly. Much thanks, as always!

Hi James - Thanks so much for reading and "getting" "She hadn't wanted one" :)!

Man, I just love your comments! They are like stories in themselves. Thanks, James, for the great comment on and fave of "I Am Not a Corpse."

Ah, James, thank you for the generous comment on Two Trees. I often agree with Jack. But gosh, what a lovely thing to say here. :)

James, Thanks so much for your receptiveness to what I'm trying with this off-the-wall work. It's very encouraging.

Thanks, Mr. Davis, for the nice comments and fave for "Margaret & Beck." Keep writing and I'll keep reading!

Oh, and thank you too for your kind remarks re: "motorcycle for a dream." I am going to look at several more of your stories this evening. Looking forward to some good reads. -- Q

Thanks for reading "Convictions," James. Your comments always make me feel good.

Thanks for the positive on "If Wishes were Horses..." I too write mostly novels. No one reads them but me. I don't have time to become John Stienbeck so I'm working on Roger Corman. The goal transition spawns the occasional post like "IWWHBWR" Cheers

James, thank you for the kind read and comment on "What to Bring to Critique Group." Good to hear from you again.

Kind words, James. Thanks so much for reading "How Elm Trees Die."

Yes, you ARE the best!! I thank you!

Loved your comment on "Florid Psychosis." Thanks, James!

thanks for your nice words about "Dog Park". I see that Jerry calls you Jimmy! Should I be jealous?

Thank you, James. A fellow Ohioan (I'm from Columbus). It's good to meet you, and I look forward to reading your story collection here.

Thanks, James, delighted you liked my grim little vignette.Can't beat Hemingway for grunts on the march, though.

Thanks for commenting on my recent work. I read in your bio the following, "Where do you really want to be? What do you really want to do?
If the answer does not equal your life, why not?"
I want you to know I'm thinking hard and hope to soon have an answer. Thanks for the questions. They sting a bit.

Thank you so much for the lovely comment on 'Gobstopper,' James.

Thanks for the awesome comment and fave on 4P28! Love the observation about cruel culture!

I wanted to write "you've got serious f'ing range" but I'm trying to curb my public-posting cursing. But yeah, serious f'ing range, JLD. Where are you in Ohio, btw?

Thank you for reading Phantom Soldiers. Yes, I agree. I had a full page, but didn't like it, so decided to see how it would look as a 55 word story. Will battle the longer version these next few weeks.

Hi James, once again a pleasure to receive your insights on this piece. You really do enrich the commentary and edge it toward discussion. This was a piece I'd written months ago and buried as it seemed too much. But I am so pleased I addded it after reading your feedback. All best, I.

James, thank you for rereading Redux - Things I Should Have Done #4- now retitled Heartbreak Waiting To Happen. It has been interesting, as you point out, playing with form. That series seemed like single paragraphs to me, but as I've been honing them, I am finding that breaking the stories out of single paras is freeing them up... as always, I appreciate the read and your incisive comments.

Thanks for the compliment on "Confession", James.

Hi James, thanks so much for your comment on Swimming Pool. I'm not very good at perfection as a rule, so this made me ever so happy!

loved your wharf story in the comment on my agence piece. so very vivid. thanks a ton for that.

"How you keep doing these things?"
The five S's?
Or maybe the 6th S--salt.
To tell the truth, I only write when I'm soaking wet.
Thanks for faving "Son of Uncle Sam"!

James, so glad you like my vagina girl story (Centerpiece), thanks so much for the read and comment, appreciate

Hi James and thanks so much for all your lovely comments on my flurry of posts this week. I'm having an infrequent flurry of free moments to post and read! So glad you liked Godfrey and also my oyster eating lady in Anything Again. I do so appreciate all your encouragement.

Jack, I believe I stole the comment from something Eamon Byrne wrote to me. I will do that sort of thing, given half the chance. No shame, utterly, no shame.

Hi James, thanks so much for reading 'Amoco Cadiz'. Very happy you liked it so much... and that it's not an 'oil' story. Kate

Hello, James, thanks a lot for taking a look and commenting on my novel excerpt. It seems that quitting novels is what I do best...however I will try to keep at it. In '02 I kept at and at and at writing perhaps the world's lamest novel, which clocked in at 300+ pages and still taunts me. I know it's in the rearview but images are in fact much closer than they should appear. I need to really move on. D

Oh thanks for the comment and fave on Escalation, James! Even if I worry about being too reprehensible... :)

Thanks so much for commenting on 'In transit' - I'm so glad someone else likes it! I may take encouragement from your comments and revisit the characters. Regards Robyn

Thanks for the comment and fave on No Goodbye, James! And I love it that I gotcha with the dog....;)

James, thanks for reading 'Unfit-V.' I greatly appreciate your comment and fav.

Thanks for the close reads of my stories, Jim. I went to college and grad school in OH (Delaware/Columbus then Cincy). I'm a huge Thom Jones fan, and Tim O' fan (The Things They Carried is probably my favorite book). Thanks again.

thanks very much for the comment on "the re-enactments" and especially for the story about your friend who walks with a limp now.

I, too, favor, organizers. The world needs agitation; I just hate the current crop of agitators.
There's a great line in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: "For God's sake, bring me some of the old!"
I feel like that a lot these days.
Thanks for commenting on "Black Squirrel Poem."

Thank you for the comment on 'Meditations,' James. V. appreciated.

Hi James. Thanks so much for commenting. For some reason this one has been slow to garner feedback. But I'll keep moving ahead. We'll see. Great to hear you love Anna Liu!

Thanks James for your kind comment. Your answer to 'Why do you write?' is right on.

Thanks for your comments! More like devolving maybe ...

Also, been meaning to comment on your A-Minor discussion post. For now I'll leave you with a quote from author Stephen Elliot: "When I think of how I'm going to scrounge more money I never think, 'I should write something.'" Oof. Depressing.

James. many thanks for stopping in to read "We Have Eskimo Bars" and for your comments on what it means when a Canuck walks out of a Houston bar with a beautiful blonde. Your feedback, eh, is greatly appreciated!

Retail! Dude, you better be careful what you promise :)

wow, thank you for your note on Walls Now. You are very kind. I really don't know what is in the next room. If anything, that is my "secret". Not knowing what the heck i'm going to write... but writing it anyway. You said that really well, and I thank you!

James, Thank you for the very enthusiastic Yeses on Letter to Natalie Goldberg. Made me :)

Pleased to read you! Also, any fan of Tim O'Brien... LOVE The Things They Carried. Always have. Usually teach it when I get the chance. :)

All warmest,
H

For your wonderful comment and fave on my story “Monsieur Editor and Madame Malaprop” – merci beaucoup! I’m thrilled you enjoyed it, James. You’ve made me feel most welcome on my Fictionaut maiden voyage.

Hi again, James. I'm so glad you're following the progression of this novel. I always look forward to hearing from your comments. I too, think you were spot-on regarding the bath.
All best, I.

Hi James.
Just wanted to thank you for your kind words regarding my story 'Chained'. Never quite understand the stuff I've written myself sometimes, so am always a bit unsure as to how it will be received by others. So, thank you. Your comments mean loads. Warmest regards, Ian.

James,

So glad you read and enjoyed my NOIR piece, Two Things I Did Not Know. A grand start to your day to be sure. Looking forward to reading your work as well. Cheers.

thanks for the comments!

Thanks for reading "Wanderlust" and for your kind comment. :)

Thank you for reading Summer. I'm glad you liked it.

James, Thank you for your great comments on In the Lake. And I love that I could read the advice Philip Roth might give, about "Don't touch it" one of two ways!

Thanks for the great comment on Limboland, James. Glad you like the stasis line!

Thanks for the fave and the cool comment on Upstream, James! I wrote it in a good mood but when I re-read it whilst reading the comments it cheered me down a lot. Birth to death in 55 words suddenly seems a bit like short change!

Thanks, James, for your generous take on my brief excursion.

"I love arson in a work of art."
You crack me up, James!

Thanks for commenting on "Something, He Wrote."

Thanks sweetie xx

Meant to say thanks for the fave on The Devil's Inkwell in my rambling note about Peoples Temple!

Hey, James. Glad you enjoyed "Vigo Beach." Thanks for the fav!

Con's comment:

"Zero for conduct? It's so unfair!"

A very belated thank you for your comment on Where the River Stopped. Happened to be where I had to stop too, but trying to make my way back with a heartfelt thanks.

Thanks for reading, and commenting poetically on "your story"!

Thank you for reading The Abyss of Contemplative Hatred. Much appreciated. Glad you liked it.

I don't think I want to watch a Ronald Reagan movie with anybody!

Thanks for faving "It's Like." Very pleased you liked it.

Thank you for the kind words about Peace of Mind. Much appreciated, as always.

It’s great to see your story up at A-Minor. It’s still smashing as ever! I think you have a new piece up that I need to read, and there are some other stories of yours that I want to get to as well. I’ll be back on here soon to read them, but I wanted to leave a quick note now.

Thanks, James, for comments (and fav) on Leaving.
Just a bit of fun as I said!

Thank you for taking the time to read, comment, and for the fav!

Hey, nice work on The Pure Land. Beautiful play of words my man.

Thanks for commenting on "Greyhound," James. Appreciate the fav!

Those were the days! In 1973 you could get a bus pass for unlimited travel for a month for $100.00. Fun riding around the country willy nilly, getting out when tired and exploring some unknown city, getting back on the bus and changing direction. I always liked the demotic nature of a bus.

James, thank you for the words and star for Requirement. Thanks as always for reading!

thank you for your comments on my story called "Feeeeeuck". Holy Ghost marketing! Yes!!!!!!!

Bill, I have a rule about poetry. I leave it in the hands of poets. Some of the little pieces in here, such as "Ghosts," "The Pure Land," and "Things you remember..." were originally poems. I think one day, I'll turn the Raskolnikov poems into a short story.

Thanks, James, for your sharp comment on Bedtime Story. Very much appreciated! Such a good way to start my day. Now, back to editing...

Thanks for the comment/fav

Loved your comment. Thanks so much for understanding!

Thank you for your incredible comments on Star Anise. It means so much to me that it meant something to you.

Thanks James for commenting on my break-up piece. I think this part of it is the most brutal, so thank you!

Hi James - Thanks so much for reading "Goodnight Dogs" - it's much appreciated :)

Wow, thank you James, I so appreciate your commentary. Kind regards, I.

James, thank you so very much for "fav-ing" my story, and for your kind comments! I'll live off the thrill of it through way past its due date!

Most reasonably weathered old white guys with beards and a tan tend to look a tad Hemingway-esque. Sheldon Lee Compton says I should enter one of those Hemingway look alike contests. I think I'd have to actually work on 'being' Hemingway, maybe train for it. Actually, the training might be fun if it involves what I think it involves. It might even help my writing.

James,
Thank you for reading and faving Lake Chelan. Your comments, about sneezing, made me laugh. I remember reading that comment, directed at someone else, in one of the forum threads. I love how you turned it on its head!

Ouch. Just read your (revised) bio, James, and am even more gratified that you were able to read, enjoy and comment through what sounds like considerable pain. Thanks, valiant reader.

James, Thank you so much for reading and commenting on "Thieves." Your critique is exactly what I'm looking for - ways to strengthen the individual characters and the relationship between them - and I truly appreciate it! Thanks again, Angela

Hello, James. I read your comments and thought, hmmm "eviscerating" and had to look it up just to make certain I had the right definition. You have encouraged me to keep moving with these characters, which seem to be speaking to me now. Kind, kind commentary. Thank you.

I was wondering who would call me on the dog. I shoulda known!

And so it goes.

Thank you so much for your generous comments on THE HOUSE THAT TIEN BUILT. Collegiality indeed ;^) Peace...

Hey James - Thanks for taking the time to read "The Celebrity" and the positive feedback. Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for the day brightening comment on "why are we feeding the lawyer?" and the fave.

Thanks, James. It is a fine leaf.

I only like my bio, so I change it every now and then, hoping maybe I'll love it myself, eventually. It's easy to do, change it, because I've done ... a lot of stuff. When I run out of stuff to tell people about me, I'll make up something. Then, maybe I'll love my bio too. Fiction is often less painful, more attractive than reality anyway.

Thank you so very much, James, for your comment on my flag day challenge story, X. I am glad it moved you so. Interesting you thought of Don MacLean when you read it. Central in this piece are references to that song, Fourth of July, by the band X (of course that's their name - Exene Cervenka and John Doe, back in the 80s, 90s). Rockin band, some terrible-beautiful-sad songs.

Thanks for your nice comments on Part of Life; Two Ways. Glad it brought an affirmative response from you.

James, I appreciate your comment on "...WIld Blue Yonder" / The line you pointed out came in a late revision...it felt at the time like it pulled things together. Thank you for reading!

James, glad you enjoyed 'A Woman Walks Into A Bar'. Thanks very much for the comments & fav.

Hi James, I loved your recent piece in Camroc Press Review (Being Picasso). Innovative, and so well crafted. Congrats! I am wondering if you would like to submit to one of three places of which I am editorial assistance: jmww magazine, Thunderclap Press, or Camel Saloon. If any or all interest you, please do submit! Thanks.

James, your book loves are almost identical to mine. How great to hear someone mention Thom Jones, I was talking about him just the other day with another writer. We miss seeing his work out there. Also love Ed Falco's work, and Mark Wisniewski slaughters me every time

James,

Thank you for your incredibly lovely words about my work in An Italian Lunch and An Italian Lunch (revision). To have gotten the male POV "eerily correct" (just love that phase) and to have it compared to the best of Philip Roth, what can I say, you've made my month, and as I write this, I am actually working on the project, deep into a revision of the second chapter.
Thank you again for your encouragement.

Hi James. I wanted to say thanks for your comments. I like your profile and I bet I'm going to like your stories.

It's fun reading your changing profile!

James, you are too kind. Thank you for your words on “Miss.” It means a lot!

Thanks for the quality read/comment on "The Purpose of Floors," JL.

Hey James, Jim, JL! Loved your comment on A Knobby Thing. That made my morning, that did! Thank you!!

Thanks for the comment. I am going to have to check out The Things They Carried and Blood Meridian. :)

James,
Thank you for reading, commenting on, and faving Things I Should Have Done - #5. I so appreciate your continuing to read my series.

You're the second person who has commented on my lack of paragraph breaks (within my one paragraph). In my defense there are a lot who love it, but I do understand what you're saying.

And I love your comment that you love my writing style (thank you for that!) and that if I had the breaks it would "make it damned near perfect."

I must admit, I don't know what it is with this series! In my head the story is a single paragraph, and each time I chop it up, in a natural fashion, it screams at me!

But I do so appreciate that you keep reading the pieces in the series, notwithstanding my resistance! Strangely, this is the only writing I have done without paragraphs.

Thanks for your comment on From The Doctor, With Love, James. And for the Donovan quote! Glad you liked the piece - I'll look forward to reading more of yours now!

Your comment made me happy, thanks! So glad you enjoyed my story.

Thanks for your kind comments on Stations of the Cross. Write on.

Thank you for reading My Favorite Color.

Thanks, James, for your insightful comments :-)

Hey James--Thanks for finding and faving little Bittie Betina. I'm going to post the story I first found her in when she was an old lady. It's called Giving Notice.

Your words about "The Happiest Mall in America" are greatly appreciated, James.

thank you for reading and commenting on my story "Extinction". Very much appreciated!

Thank you, Lou. But ... dapper? I'll have to do something about that. Can't be considered ... dapper. It's ... un-American, no?

James, thank you for reading, for the fav, your great comments, and wanting to keep reading!

James, thank you so much for your super comments on Bookends -- so much appreciated. I love that you love urban industrial squalor and French coffee in the same breath (me too), and am going through your readings. Wow. Loved the novel excerpt - just printed out so I can savor and reflect. I like to write gritty, so that resonated. Back later, after the day job. Peace...

Beate, thanks for stopping by. Birth was traumatic enough that one time. So bad, I cried. Now, I have PTSD, which I am sure comes from the fact that, no sooner had I emerged from the womb, but some harridan of a nurse slapped my tender young behind just so I'd know I was welcomed.

Thanks for the nice comments on both stories, James. Always appreciate people reading my work.

thanks for googling those words and commenting! I know! What a world!

Thanks, Larry. You're right, "Blood Meridian" is an all timer on many levels. The language in the dialogue alone is worth the price of admission. Something absolutely authentic, if not to the period, to the atmosphere of the whole.

Ohio is a beautiful place. I'm not from here, but have lived here before. Moved back from Arizona just to feel the seasons change. I live between Cleveland and Akron near the Cuyahoga river. I am originally from the tidewater in Virginia. That, too, is a beautiful place, but crowded now. The next time I get the urge to move on, I'll head for the Outer Banks of North Carolina and there remain.

Thanks so much, James, for your kind words on "Punch Patty" :)!

James,
My pleasure. I faved this story after I had written my comments, had forgotten to press the button. I am finding it so worthwhile spending the time reading others' work and commenting. The generosity I have already seen in people commenting on my work very much makes you want to keep giving back. I had read that general forum thread about seeing that a story has gotten views but no comments, and it's true what someone wrote, it doesn't help to just see views, you kinda want to know if the work sucked or shined!

Thanks James for your kind words on "Get Some Strange" :)

James, thanks for reading & comment on 'Is it Wrong'. Those times changed everything - like the civil war in a way, though mostly parents v. children as well as bro v. bro. I don't bear ill will for the future of all, including participants, I just don't have it in my heart, yet, to forgive. Perhaps writing this was a step.

Thanks for your comment on Party Line and welcome to Fictionaut.

James, I saw your mention of Turgenev on Foster's wall. I read Turgenev -- Fathers and Sons is a favorite story of mine, have recently read it again

Hi, James. Thank you very much for your kind comment on my story. Martha.

Let's bring Brautigan back. He influenced so many great writers I think.Welcome.

Welcome, Jimmy.