Noble Dust

Well, I never learned proper harmony and counterpoint at a collegiate level, so I still have plenty of limitations. My biggest challenge is breaking o...

Very cool. Same here, I do get a high from listening back. Which may seem weird. Maybe it is! Oh well. I only dabbled here and there with writing fict...

:up: I definitely don't have the know-how or experience to claim to do this with fiction, but this is how I create music. The fact that I still keep m...

Can we get back to reading, discussing, and voting on the stories, please?

@"Lionino" Yeah we're not doing that.

I've done this before. :razz:

I agree with the general sentiment here on this one. I was surprised by the last line, and it did give gravity to the story that helped me appreciate ...

Re-reading this one, I was struck by the use of color. It feels important in communicating the sense of nostalgia the author conveys. I didn't quite c...

This was one of the theological problems that helped me leave Christianity, the Protestant notion of having a "relationship" with God. I realized that...

:up: It's human nature to feel anxiety about doing well at something and being disappointed when your work isn't received as well as you'd hoped. Pers...

I just meant isn't it still a tally? Votes for each are tallied and averaged at the end, so the highest wins. But yes, negative votes still count nega...

I mean, my story hasn't received unanimous 4's and 5's, and I've gotten some good constructive criticism, but I don't know who scored it the lowest an...

Right, and in my mind if we have a 1-5 voting system, that means each number is in play. If it's so offensive to give a story a 1 or a 2, why do we ha...

This was a favorite of mine; a shame it hasn't received more attention. The writing is excellent and conveys the ambiguity of childhood fantasy really...

Thanks Amity for chiming in this time around, your feedback is much valued as always. :pray:

That's pretty wild.

This is well observed; I think I noticed this implicitly but couldn't put my finger on it. But I found the story weirdly funny even though it's about ...

My impression was that Laird, Lord, Wanderer and Thing are all the same person. Laird got his wish to live forever in perfect health and becomes Lord,...

I'm really not either, to be honest.

Now I'm confused; i thought this was your submission:

This bothered me as well, but now that you say this it does bring to mind steam punk as a genre. I'm not sure if that's what it's supposed to be, alth...

As of this writing I'm at 7,720 posts. For some reason that number strikes me as a very bizarre number. I feel like this is my first time seeing it in...

It's just part of the contest. Locking the stories in place wouldn't actually guarantee some sense of "fairness" anyway. You're also not exactly givin...

:pray:

:chin:

:lol: Don't think there aren't days where I wonder what my children's book narrator career could have been...

I enjoyed this as well. The writing felt fairly effortless, although there were also some snags if I recall. I plan on giving more detailed feedback t...

These are the authors in alphabetical order: 180 Proof Baden Benkei Beverley Christoffer Hanover Hypericin Jack Cummins Javi2541997 Lionino mentos987 ...

I was once told I should be a children's book narrator for a living (true story). I wish that meant I have a sexy voice, but I think it just means I n...

We have 16 stories total; the most of any contest so far. Pretty cool. Some are long; take your time, folks. I should mention I'm very intimately fami...

And for some reason I've begun speaking like @"Baden". NYE do be like that.

Somewhere in here, bruv.

The stories are up, folks. If I messed something up in the copying and pasting let me know, but please don't request any typo fixes or whatnot; the co...

Less than 24 hours, folks. Get those 11th hour entries in!

If you care to know, my buns have been delivered to the bakery.

And @"Wayfarer". :wink:

You seemed that way, that's all.

BC, are you drunk my friend?

By the way, I want to mention that this is shaping up to be one of our strongest contests yet; you've all really outdone yourselves. Less than two day...

There's still time. I was feeling similarly today until I scrapped my partial draft and rewrote it from a different perspective. Turns out that's all ...

The buns are back in the oven. The sheer amount of time I spend twiddling my thumbs versus the amount of time it actually takes to write a decent draf...

I received a proper 8 quart stock pot for Christmas, so this week's post holidaze dinner was Tuscan White Bean Soup. Cannellini beans, Tuscan kale, wh...

On the plus side, I’m receiving many hot buns in the mail. Belated Christmas gifts are still gifts.

I seem to have forgotten the yeast in my buns.

:up: Let me know which accoutrements are must-try.

:fire: via Gold Belly? Assuming you’re being sincere for once. I’ve only had the pastrami but it’s worth the hype.

I had to look up merienda, but sure. We eat it for Christmas breakfast, topped with lingonberry preserves (not cranberry or strawberry! It's Finnish!)...

Sorry, I had visions of sugar plums dancing in my head 10 hours ago. I’ve never cooked duck, but a 10/10 sounds like you did it right. Shoutbox schola...

It is, but only resurrected this year. I hear it’s a choice fish for fish ‘n chips. The giant pancake is tomorrow morning. I’ll try to snap a pic. How...

Haddock, coleslaw and roast potatoes over at the Dust household for Christmas Eve. Tomorrow at the extended Dust clan gathering it’s an Italian (-Amer...