tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post4366077260603025631..comments2024-03-29T09:17:03.691+02:00Comments on Thoughts from Botswana by Lauri Kubuitsile: A Good Night’s WorkLaurihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-6120934353750401762009-02-15T16:37:00.000+02:002009-02-15T16:37:00.000+02:00Yes I wanted 'a good night's work' to mean that sh...Yes I wanted 'a good night's work' to mean that she goes out sorting her 'justice' quite often after failing to get help from the police when she was first attacked. <BR/><BR/>This weekend I was in Gaborone for Valentine's Day and I watched a movie on DSTV at the hotel. It had Jodie Foster and it made me think of this story. her boyfriend (the sexy Indian in The English Patient- the only reason I've watched the movie about 10 times) gets killed in a brutal attack and she goes out and seeks revenge but she doesn't initially kill the ones that killed her boyfriend- she just kills thugs that trouble he or other innocent people. Anyway it made me think of my story for this week. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comments guysLaurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-48751056258957723222009-02-13T18:54:00.000+02:002009-02-13T18:54:00.000+02:00I get the sense that she does this to find justice...I get the sense that she does this to find justice she was denied. Is that right? <BR/><BR/>It was well done - could have used your talent this week. My husband tried to get me to read some of those kinds of novels, but I've never been interested. Maybe I need to take him up on the offer. ;)Pirate Princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164956276371481421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-75262327144398796832009-02-13T18:10:00.000+02:002009-02-13T18:10:00.000+02:00..and thanks for your advices, I really appreciate.....and thanks for your advices, I really appreciates itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-48029265740579052802009-02-13T18:09:00.000+02:002009-02-13T18:09:00.000+02:00"a good night's work?" - does this mean, she purpo..."a good night's work?" - does this mean, she purposely doing what she was doing? I was almost freak out, you are quite good with the details, the whole story, mesmerizing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-53020424988696514072009-02-13T06:21:00.000+02:002009-02-13T06:21:00.000+02:00This was exciting, and more than a bit chilling, t...This was exciting, and more than a bit chilling, to read. Kudos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-45422283574941697352009-02-13T00:44:00.000+02:002009-02-13T00:44:00.000+02:00True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, A...True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, <BR/>As those move easiest who have learned to dance. <BR/>'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, <BR/>The sound must seem an echo to the sense: <BR/>Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, <BR/>And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows; <BR/>But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, <BR/>The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar; <BR/>When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, <BR/>The line too labors, and the words move slow; <BR/>Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, <BR/>Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. <BR/>Hear how Timotheus' varied lays surprise, <BR/>And bid alternate passions fall and rise! <BR/><BR/>“Sound and Sense”, Alexander Pope<BR/><BR/>The sound echoes the sense in your story and adds a poetic element to<BR/>its (the story's) 'chilling, confronting tension'.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>DavidMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-14553267348385501222009-02-12T20:21:00.000+02:002009-02-12T20:21:00.000+02:00Oh you got me with this one. I almost couldn't kee...Oh you got me with this one. I almost couldn't keep reading - my palms are still tingling and damp. Expertly done. Standing ovation at the keyboard!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-17890978789577364182009-02-12T19:55:00.000+02:002009-02-12T19:55:00.000+02:00I have four detective novellas so this is actually...I have four detective novellas so this is actually a type of writing I'm quite used to. <BR/><BR/>Glad you got a bit of a chill.Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9052453698252224336.post-43438545846321205692009-02-12T12:57:00.000+02:002009-02-12T12:57:00.000+02:00Ooooh, a chilling, confronting tale. You created t...Ooooh, a chilling, confronting tale. You created the tension so well. I almost couldn't bear to keep reading. This is an edgy side of you that I really like - you do it very well. I'm glad she managed to get away. A nice little twist there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com