Steve Finan

Location Scotland
Occupation Journalist
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Steve Finan's Wall

Nonnie Augustine – Nov 08, 2013

Thank you, Steve. Encouragement enough and I might write this book!

Penny Goring – Jun 25, 2013

hee haw kissy one time x

Valeria Godines – Jun 24, 2013

Steve, thanks for the comments on my story. I was a journalist for more than 20 years. I worked in Southern California. Writing fiction has been a real switch. But I truly enjoy it.

Allen Hope – May 28, 2013

Steve, thanks for the comments on Dead Relatives Day.

Amanda Harris – May 23, 2013

Thank you for your kind words on "After Prom", Steve. As you can see, I'm all sunshine and roses...

Steven Gowin – Jan 07, 2013

Thanks for your note on the Giant Thermometer. The Mojave fascinates me and the demise of the Giant Thermometer is a set back for the Baker Valley.

Gloria Garfunkel – Jan 06, 2013

Thanks for your sad truth about Conversation.

Matthew Robinson – Jan 06, 2013

Thanks for the comments on "Three Endings," Steve; I wouldn't be offended at all if you stole the idea, as I kind of like the idea of having therapy patients writing short fictions. But I guess BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN already sort of covers that, and PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT. Or is that too direct, too obvious?

Lilia Souzay – Nov 23, 2012

Thanks for the high praise, Steve. Means a lot coming from you. (And how nice it would be to be paid some for fine, thoughtful comments, in fact I used to be before life took me in other directions ... maybe one day again.) Look forward to more of your writing. Lilia

Gloria Garfunkel – Nov 23, 2012

TIME:J.M./S.F. Do you know how many times "crazy" days at the clinic are blamed on the full moon? Forty-five minute sessions with no break? In that way, my brain injury was a blessing. I'll never have to do that again.

Nonnie Augustine – Nov 22, 2012

Thank you for reading and commenting on Dealing with Sudden Melancholy. I was moved by your remarks. Nonnie

Lilia Souzay – Nov 22, 2012

Hi. Thank you for your comment on my story 'Trust'. I just read your About Me section and smiled at this line: "I believe 90% of sentences written in the English language are too long." You're right. I also agree with: "I believe every piece of fiction reveals something about the author." This is something I think a lot about at the moment, actually ...

Gloria Garfunkel – Nov 22, 2012

Thanks for your comment on Aflame. Unfortunately I've worked with kids like this.

Gloria Garfunkel – Nov 06, 2012

Thanks for your comment about the shapes in the Princess and the Frog.

Gary V. Powell – Nov 06, 2012

Steve, thanks for the kind words on "The Mechanics of Sex."

Gloria Garfunkel – Nov 06, 2012

Yes, it's my worst fear, running out of stories.

writer – Nov 06, 2012

Steve, thanks so much for reading and commenting on "Leaving Home".

J.A. Pak – Nov 03, 2012

Hi Steve, I only just read your comment on Seal Skin. Thanks so much for commenting. I've always been haunted by stories of selkies. So I wrote one. As one does.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 31, 2012

Thanks from the Running Accountant.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 24, 2012

I'm so flattered by your kind comment on Muselman. The quality does of course vary -- let's not kid ourselves. But the sentiment was sweet.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 20, 2012

I never thanked you for your comment on Rain. I find myself so befuddled keeping track of these things.

Jamie Sughroue – Oct 19, 2012

Thank you (very much) for reading! Chapter two is up. :)

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 18, 2012

Re: Resistance
Thank you so much for that comment. I have been pondering why my readership seems to be heading steadily downward, comments often at zero, and contrasting my early stories with later ones. I wish someone would just explain to me what's going on. I know the disturbing aspect plays a part: some people just don't want to be disturbed. Sometimes I get too pedantic and less a story-teller. I could rewrite this in more of a story format, I suppose, but I like having different voices. I am so grateful to you to say you at least learn something, even if it's not always things you want to learn. I am so very grateful for the comment. Thank you.

Kate Reilly – Oct 16, 2012

Thanks for your comments on my stuff - letting anyone read anything is a bit scary and I only last a little while before I panic and delete it. Nice to know that it's been read and enjoyed in the meantime!

Gloria Harrison – Oct 16, 2012

Steve - thank you for your comment and for reading my piece. Yes, commiseration is, indeed, a balm. I look forward to diving into your writing. Cheers, Gloria

Marda Miller – Oct 12, 2012

Hi Steve, thank you for reading my 'lawyer' story and for the suggestion to amend the title. I have done so, "How to Win With Mom" is the new title and I think it does more for the ending than the previous one. Cheers!

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 12, 2012

Oh, I'm so embarrassed. Does What You Talk About reveal how much TV I watch?

Gary V. Powell – Oct 12, 2012

Steve, thanks for the read on "Missing." Glad you enjoyed.

Chris Okum – Oct 11, 2012

Thanks for reading Physical Education and thanks for the kind words, Steve.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 08, 2012

Glad you enjoyed Werewolf.

Harry Packer – Oct 07, 2012

Sir,

You have a swash-buckling head of hair and “Steve Finan’s Wall” is an anagram of ‘Naval Few Enlists’.

- Longest way up, shortest way down –

I thank you.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 05, 2012

Thanks so much for your very flattering Mother's Day comment which still makes me laugh. My comments are taking awhile to get to me.

J.D.A. Winslow – Oct 05, 2012

hello. she definitely mixes some cement then throws it is the river. i suppose the story later implies that the phone went in the river. i'm confused a lot too. thanks for commenting

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 05, 2012

Thanks so much for your interesting Munchausen's comment.

Amy LaBonte – Oct 04, 2012

Thank you very much for your kind words -- and advice.

Gloria Garfunkel – Oct 04, 2012

Re: The Tortured Nazi. See my longer note.

Michael J. Solender – Oct 04, 2012

So glad you enjoyed my piece. Steve - Thx for the kind words and the read.

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 28, 2012

Thanks for your fine compliment on Just Desserts. I love "dark" and consider it high praise.

lisa rosenblatt – Sep 28, 2012

thanks for reading My Space. yes, i was aiming for loneliness and being stuck in a
certain place, a self-imposed prison of sorts. L

Arturo Ruiz – Sep 27, 2012

Thanks for reading, Steve! :)

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 26, 2012

Regarding The Cough: Steve, as someone trained in nearly every school of psychotherapy I still have the nagging doubts of the early research that compared people on waiting lists to people in treatment and found no difference in outcome. A lot of what we credit psychotherapy for is just time passing. Thank you for your amusing comment.

Sheila Luecht – Sep 26, 2012

Thanks for stopping by; reading and commenting.

Lillian Ann Slugocki – Sep 24, 2012

Steve, thanks for the fav and your words of encouragement, all best, Lillian

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 23, 2012

Thank you for your Anne Frank comment. I really have an issue about the book being presented as a view of the Holocaust because it's really about a family hiding from the Holocaust. The horror happens after the book. I hope someday my book will be read in schools.

Mary Lane – Sep 23, 2012

This is an incredible compliment about my "Pool Toys." That you didn't even think about the writing.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. It is so nice to "meet" you on here.

Best,
HM

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 22, 2012

Your comment on New Jersey was one of the most flattering things ever said about my writing. Thank you so much.

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 20, 2012

Thanks for your comment on Absence.

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 20, 2012

Thank you for your sweet comment on For My Next Act.

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 20, 2012

Thanks for your comment on Catechism.

Alex Aro – Sep 19, 2012

Thanks so much for reading my pieces and leaving some great comments. Glad you enjoy my work. I'll have to check out some of yours!

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 18, 2012

I appreciated your generous comment on Waiting and also enjoyed ZinZins. I thought it interesting you are a sports writer and did add obsession to my tags. As a psychologist, I thought it a brilliant idea having patients write very short stories. They are often asked to journal, but that can often result in more self-obsession. Stories is a fantastic idea.

Gessy Alvarez – Sep 17, 2012

Thanks Steve for reading "Childless." Appreciate your insightful comment and the fave. Looking forward to reading your work.

Rit Wardenclyffe – Sep 16, 2012

Thanks, Steve: Much appreciated!

strannikov – Sep 11, 2012

Steve: Thanks, too, for your generous appreciation of "Any Given Recent Day". Renewed kind regards to you and Scotland! s

Barry Basden – Sep 10, 2012

Thanks, Steve. Glad you liked my Afghanistan story.

strannikov – Sep 10, 2012

Steve: Thank you for looking at "Cranial Electrification" and for your appreciative comment. Pleased to hear of your grammarian sympathies, although I suspect some of my fiction would prove less inviting than this essay. Concerning Orwell: after readings of "Politics and the English Language", I went through the American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots to compile an 1100-word glossary of contemporary English words of Anglo-Saxon origin, an exercise I found fruitful. Kind regards to you and Scotland, keep up all the good work! s

Tim G. Young – Sep 09, 2012

Steve,
Hi. Thanks for reading Melanie. I think you are right. She likes the porch too much.

Christine Daffe – Sep 06, 2012

I'm touched, proud, flattered... Thank you for "Glorious Zinzins!" I had a lot of pleasure reading it, and I believe you had a lot of pleasure writing it.

Christine Daffe – Sep 05, 2012

Thank you Steve for the comment on "Geneviève's Voice"...

Gloria Garfunkel – Sep 04, 2012

My voices come and go on their own and I appreciate you enjoy them.

Matthew Robinson – Sep 03, 2012

Steve, your comment on "Apnea" is too kind and very much appreciated. Looking forward to reading your work.

Christine Daffe – Sep 03, 2012

Bonjour! Thank you for your comment on "Etienne's Voice"!

Steven Gowin – Sep 02, 2012

It’s refreshing to see someone admit to not being able to read Joyce and Kerouac. I agree. Faulkner though, when read as comedy, isn't as bad. Thanks again for “America from the Outside.”

Marda Miller – Aug 28, 2012

Hi Steve, thanks so much for reading and commenting on both Madness and Voices from a Playground. It's much appreciated :)

Susan Rukeyser – Aug 28, 2012

Thanks for sharing your response to Stuck Shut, I do appreciate it.

J.A. Pak – Aug 27, 2012

Steve, thanks so much for commenting on "Mr. Wazzeldot".

Verkaro – Aug 27, 2012

thank you Steve, for you kind words. Salut.

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