tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post5942310646519000176..comments2023-06-16T06:30:02.257-04:00Comments on Imagine That: Iron Behind the Velvet ~ Chapter 52Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-50867598595275515052012-01-24T21:14:10.088-05:002012-01-24T21:14:10.088-05:00The cliff has these deep indents, gouged out just ...The cliff has these deep indents, gouged out just for holding on. Thanks, R-1, for refusing to let go. I know I try your patience. And you know I may never get this story to an end point! It's scary. But you make me feel like it's okay that it's, well, still going on and on.<br /><br />I know too well how you feel about the surprises friends can sometimes deliver. Writing the Jenny Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-86592155761466779772012-01-23T23:56:59.563-05:002012-01-23T23:56:59.563-05:00Your description of Catherine's feelings regar...Your description of Catherine's feelings regarding Jenny really touched me. I had a very close and long-time friend betray me in a really bad way not long ago. Guess that is why that particular moment stood out for me. As for the rest, aaarrrggghhh!!! I refuse to let go of the cliff! I'll just enjoy WFOL and go back to the cliff when it's over. I'm really gonna hate it when this RomanticOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272643055154304321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-78956540451742233972012-01-22T10:05:45.643-05:002012-01-22T10:05:45.643-05:00\o/ That is answer enough! Next chapter, not 2 or ...\o/ That is answer enough! Next chapter, not 2 or 3 chapters away :-)NYC Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106301881139432855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-65448168036896198772012-01-22T09:55:59.991-05:002012-01-22T09:55:59.991-05:00Claire - what can I say (without giving away the s...Claire - what can I say (without giving away the story)? :-) Your questions are good ones, and they're answered next chapter, I promise. I'll reread what I've written with your concerns in mind and make sure. Thanks for saying out loud what you're thinking.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-90830568716034572712012-01-22T05:18:43.735-05:002012-01-22T05:18:43.735-05:00I hope Martin's apparent predicament will serv...I hope Martin's apparent predicament will serve its purpose --nudge Vincent forward & out-- but will have no lasting negative consequences.<br />(I'm still a little puzzled with those emotions Vincent is picking up. Are you setting up a smoke screen? Is a third party involved?)NYC Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106301881139432855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-19593982104343860522012-01-21T18:34:21.185-05:002012-01-21T18:34:21.185-05:00Carole! What have you done to Martin?!?!?!?!!!!! ...Carole! What have you done to Martin?!?!?!?!!!!! Ach! I hope he's OK! Such a dear, dear man, and an imp, and still with so much to do and so many people looking to him for help, advice, solace, comfort . . . . PLEASE tell me he just had a little asthma attack and forgot to bring his inhaler outside, or something like that!<br /><br />Oh, goodness, they're all climbing steadily up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-36815792584121548342012-01-21T17:28:01.007-05:002012-01-21T17:28:01.007-05:00Could be worse than Melville -- at his behest, I&#...Could be worse than Melville -- at his behest, I'm currently wending my way through a volume of John Maynard Keynes -- I asked a question, and the book was the answer.Brenda Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-11290919109457684962012-01-21T15:48:39.907-05:002012-01-21T15:48:39.907-05:00I'm sorry, Brenda! I'd missed publishing y...I'm sorry, Brenda! I'd missed publishing your earlier comment. I just did that now. Thanks for the links there! And I do have your last email, and will get back to you tonight. <br /><br />Your dad! He sounds much like mine. I remember the little grin he'd have, delivering such admonishments too. I'd flounce and <i>grrrrr</i> and he'd grin wider. I guess I have to admit, he - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-48852689207371246042012-01-21T15:35:48.213-05:002012-01-21T15:35:48.213-05:00My father would tell you The Melville Scholar assi...My father would tell you The Melville Scholar assignment was an exercise in mental discipline - it's easy to work on what we love, Sisyphus-difficult to do what we have no taste for. He'd tell you it's character-building (one of his favorite expressions). It's what he bolstered me with all through 11th grade, when my teacher smothered the class in her William Faulkner adoration Brenda Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-14469448735679930722012-01-21T14:20:21.937-05:002012-01-21T14:20:21.937-05:00Brenda - you got the 'suffer' verification...Brenda - you got the 'suffer' verification? That's just too odd! It's like a mean-spirited fortune cookie!<br /><br />I know what you mean about Martin and what needs to happen yet. I can't say more. Oh, I <i>want</i> to, but I can't. If I can just get the Muse-on … and write (and be satisfied) faster. <i>Argh.</i><br /><br />Melville - I just can't say 'ugh' Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-87225249346710631972012-01-21T13:47:52.739-05:002012-01-21T13:47:52.739-05:00Carole,
A lovely chapter -- damn, I read much too ...Carole,<br />A lovely chapter -- damn, I read much too fast -- even re-reading the last couple of chapters to revive the context.<br /><br />Don't beat yourself up about Melville - I never made it through Melville, Fenimore Cooper (tried 3 times!) or Joseph Conrad -- despite being an English minor in college. We just can't love all of it.<br /><br />Martin -- well, I just cannot see the Brenda Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-87352529803687850642012-01-21T11:47:25.253-05:002012-01-21T11:47:25.253-05:00Both, I suppose... I'm torn!
Be careful, for ...Both, I suppose... I'm torn! <br />Be careful, for we have made those dreams ours ;-)NYC Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106301881139432855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-30411896700277948342012-01-21T11:33:36.569-05:002012-01-21T11:33:36.569-05:00Uh oh! Claire! I'm not sure what to say - Than...Uh oh! Claire! I'm not sure what to say - <i>Thanks? I'm sorry!</i> Send fast-writing vibes. I need them, bad.<br /><br />Should I offer hugs or duck? :-)<br />CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-10966201235908876042012-01-21T11:24:02.209-05:002012-01-21T11:24:02.209-05:00Oh no, Martin!
(Vincent is doing such a good job....Oh no, Martin!<br /><br />(Vincent is doing such a good job... so is Eimear... but THIS has got to be the worst cliffhanger in many thousands of years of storytelling)NYC Utopiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106301881139432855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-8787327407118920872012-01-21T11:13:05.725-05:002012-01-21T11:13:05.725-05:00Ah, Krista - Thank you for saying you found gems. ...Ah, Krista - Thank you for saying you found gems. I think you're being kind, but nevertheless, it does my heart good to hear this. You know I'll just work harder now.<br /><br />LOL, my writer-intrusion moment, dissing Melville so. I never got over my college-required reading (probably 5 or 6 times at least) of Billy Budd. I'm still grouchy about it, all these years later. <br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968943996908198847.post-70490823224095623132012-01-20T23:34:15.041-05:002012-01-20T23:34:15.041-05:00Carole
Oh, damn
"Try not to need me.&qu...<i> Carole </i><br /><br />Oh, <i> damn </i><br /><br /><i> "Try not to need me." </i><br /><br />Um, wow. This is...amazing. So many gems here: Vincent, claiming the right <i> not </i> to be available, the right to a time and space of his own. Stuart and Vincent together. Father's reaction to "bummer." :D (Though--Melville!?!? Poor kids.)<br /><br />And finally, CatherineKristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05725718076683750180noreply@blogger.com