tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post422127685664727918..comments2024-02-20T02:40:59.760-06:00Comments on Blogged Down At The Moment: Esmerelda and the Area Known as 51Mariann Simmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-69529746809186152862013-02-09T19:32:01.799-06:002013-02-09T19:32:01.799-06:00KZ - For some reason, people really liked Esmereld...KZ - For some reason, people really liked Esmerelda and wanted to know more about her. I'm always telling my kids I want to write a book - and I have a couple started...if you can call a couple pages and no ending and no middle "started". <br /><br />I wrote this one a year or so ago - and about a month ago, I woke up with the ending. Maybe, just maybe, all I have to do is come up with the middle bits...and I have a book?<br /><br />I haven't a clue how it's done - I never wrote a book, so who's to say that's not how Shakespeare did it, right? :)<br /><br />Thank you for your kind words, btw. Words like that I never tire of hearing.Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-84837615814871795862013-02-09T12:44:12.633-06:002013-02-09T12:44:12.633-06:00Mariann, this is a beautiful piece of writing. It&...Mariann, this is a beautiful piece of writing. It's filled with so much melancholy and gentle empathy. We all repost blog entries now and then in order to put the best of our work on display. I can definitely see why you chose this one. Strong work.KZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569197547391456703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-91623568587282163872013-02-09T12:43:15.128-06:002013-02-09T12:43:15.128-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.KZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07569197547391456703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-911077187583578142013-02-09T09:48:00.227-06:002013-02-09T09:48:00.227-06:00Thank you, Katherine. :)Thank you, Katherine. :)Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-18091592923311294292013-02-09T09:32:15.147-06:002013-02-09T09:32:15.147-06:00Wonderful writing. The kind that makes you pictur...Wonderful writing. The kind that makes you picture it all... feel the heat, the dust, hear the song...!katherinehttp://www.shoot-me-now.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-58423582565972691402013-02-08T17:41:38.974-06:002013-02-08T17:41:38.974-06:00Now, don't you dare burst the bubble for poor ...Now, don't you dare burst the bubble for poor little Esmerelda...that's the finest perfume her daddy's store sells...has fancy words on it...and smells stronger than the others. It just HAS to be from France. Nothing on the shelves there cost THAT much. (Hey, this was a little ago, too. Not just last week.)<br /><br />Let the poor girl dream. :)Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-33011031117803031942013-02-08T17:39:30.893-06:002013-02-08T17:39:30.893-06:00Hey, Indigo...thanks. I usually write about thing...Hey, Indigo...thanks. I usually write about things that go on with me - but sometimes I do other types of writing. I had never written like this - and one nite it just happened. I thought it was pretty interesting myself. It's like I was there, watching these people.Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-66628056829053942302013-02-08T17:38:03.723-06:002013-02-08T17:38:03.723-06:00I was a happy little clam seeing that spot empty!
...I was a happy little clam seeing that spot empty!<br /><br />I thought of an ending for the whole story - now, all I have to do is the middle. :)Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-52553197399081920742013-02-08T17:36:55.049-06:002013-02-08T17:36:55.049-06:00Thanks, Mike. I know you read it before and you a...Thanks, Mike. I know you read it before and you always say nice things. :)<br /><br />I wish I could sit down with my Ambien (that is how it happened with this Part I) and just let the words slide out of my head and onto the keyboard. I wish it would - but the Ambien doesn't work for me like it used to and I get a bit afraid that it wasn't me writing...but some inner me that only comes out after taking mind-messing drugs.Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-21829153971682092272013-02-08T17:34:28.829-06:002013-02-08T17:34:28.829-06:00I post and then read as well. I don't want to...I post and then read as well. I don't want to read first. All my ideas are mine and when I see similarities - it's fun to think what you thought no one else would say...has been said already. Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-575972373850606982013-02-08T17:32:43.189-06:002013-02-08T17:32:43.189-06:00I've never done part 2. I need to do part 2. ...I've never done part 2. I need to do part 2. I thought, perhaps, it could be an actual book...if I tried hard enough and if the words would come in the right order. It would be nice to write a book - a book that sells. Always have wanted to. But I have to really sit down and try and not give up each time.Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-62913489769231287232013-02-08T17:30:54.594-06:002013-02-08T17:30:54.594-06:00I know - you don't know how much I wanted to b...I know - you don't know how much I wanted to be in that coveted spot. Yes, I am a childlike dork. :)<br /><br />Thank you. :)Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-80456338025167775772013-02-08T17:29:48.351-06:002013-02-08T17:29:48.351-06:00Maybe one day. :)Maybe one day. :)Mariann Simmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974827167853824792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-65315570417004893272013-02-08T17:18:17.936-06:002013-02-08T17:18:17.936-06:0050 cent perfume? I don't want to burst your bu...50 cent perfume? I don't want to burst your bubble - or Esmerelda's - but it ain't French! :-) Nicely done Mariann. And congratulations on being first. You win first place!Nickyhttp://www.weworkforcheese.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-90859544793150908662013-02-08T16:35:10.424-06:002013-02-08T16:35:10.424-06:00Hey Mariann, I liked this character study; I'm...Hey Mariann, I liked this character study; I'm drawn to characters. I look forward to the next installment. IndigoIndigo Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957870121933442627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-78935247897496051112013-02-08T16:01:40.625-06:002013-02-08T16:01:40.625-06:00Congrats on the first spot, Mariann. ;) I hope yo...Congrats on the first spot, Mariann. ;) I hope you'll be posting part 2 soon, I can't wait to see what happens. :)Zivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18174558111427961797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-18210110770286983012013-02-08T12:20:14.141-06:002013-02-08T12:20:14.141-06:00This is a sad, beautiful, and haunting piece of wr...This is a sad, beautiful, and haunting piece of writing, Mariann. I liked it the first time I read it, and I like even better now. Nice work, and it's very appropriate for today's prompt. MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-11928551056488289282013-02-08T11:01:54.038-06:002013-02-08T11:01:54.038-06:00Oh, I really enjoyed this. There is a reason I po...Oh, I really enjoyed this. There is a reason I post before I read everyone else's. Can't wait for Part 2.Lindahttp://www.roses2rainbows.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-74334412329067720312013-02-08T09:47:53.112-06:002013-02-08T09:47:53.112-06:00Quite the story there... will part 2 be showing up...Quite the story there... will part 2 be showing up, or do we need to dig in the archives?? :)P.J.http://www.hoohaablog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-38559106169991462352013-02-08T09:37:27.290-06:002013-02-08T09:37:27.290-06:00First, congrats on being first. You deserve all of...First, congrats on being first. You deserve all of the rewards that will come your way due to this accomplishment.<br />Second, this is a great piece - I love it and your phrasing is tres magnifique!laughingmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144289190001684974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-79549772237027240722013-02-08T07:54:41.373-06:002013-02-08T07:54:41.373-06:00Hmm? They are in Area 51, anything could happen......Hmm? They are in Area 51, anything could happen...<br />antfan713https://www.blogger.com/profile/05056694934510462700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24144743.post-53634088118322900532013-02-08T07:25:07.894-06:002013-02-08T07:25:07.894-06:00I got it. There's a Part 2? Sacre bleu!I got it. There's a Part 2? Sacre bleu!nonamedufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872118497732941675noreply@blogger.com