peter rietbergen
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The conversation between B and P is almost heart-breaking. It does show the author's great emotional insight as well as his real talent.
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Southwold plans & Matt’s bedroom
peter rietbergen commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Southwold plans & Matt’s bedroom
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Didn't know about the Canadian usage. But, obviously, it doesn't matter a bit. What matters is it's a good story. Thanks for that.
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Indeed. the more so since Wojciech is not a surname, a family name - as in this tale - but a first, given name....
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Not Great at Winning
peter rietbergen commented on Laura S. Fox's story chapter in Not Great at Winning
You were right. Having read it, I wouldn't have liked missing it. Thanks. -
Let us sincerely hope AI is going to be of some real benefit in this specific field - to counterbalance the far too many useless or, worse, even outright dangerous purposes to which it's now being put as well.
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Definitely a message also "for our times"....
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As I write above, in my country, The Netherlands, the views on Zoloft definitely are not as favourable as, apparently, in the USA. But then again, we do feel that, generally, in the field of 'medical drug'-use the American attitude is woefully lenient...
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I'm definitely not an expert, but in my country the consensus is, that Zoloft is, in the longer run, addictive and, besides, that it definitely is not the best medicine to use for young adults...
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The exchange between the captain and his wife truly is a monument to conjugal life, and love. Moving indeed.
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Hortensia takes charge & a new opportunity
peter rietbergen commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Hortensia takes charge & a new opportunity
I still, and simply, love it.- 23 comments
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It is both a splendid example of poised narrative skill and, at the same time, wonderfully emotional. Quite a feat.
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Not Great at Winning
peter rietbergen commented on Laura S. Fox's story chapter in Not Great at Winning
Call me stupid, by I can live with this "happy end", without a steamy sex scene... -
An exciting chapter. And a very effective cliff-hanger....
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Not Great at Winning
peter rietbergen commented on Laura S. Fox's story chapter in Not Great at Winning
Very well done. Light-hearted and yet emotionally convincing! -
Interesting. I, too, would, perhaps, have come to terms with the actual act, but not with the sense of betrayal. It might forever have impaired my potential to trust in a friend....
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Obviously, or so I feel, the compromise is already embedded in the prologue, when Pitt's bell rings, two years after he has retired, and Blake turns up. It will be a real treat to follow them to that moment.
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A well-written, thoughtful and thought-provoking tale of the way(s) one single moment can, indeed, define a person's perspective of himself and the world around him for the rest of his life.
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Actually, I do not know if, so many decades later, Oscar Wilde initially also tried so hard to not succumb to the love society wanted to deny him. In the end he did speak its name. It cost him dearly. And, I've always thought, for a rather worthless young man. Many more decades had to pass before men like Pitt and Blake could be what they wanted to be. So... Are these two doomed, in 1809? Or will the author find an end to their story that fits the realities of those times? I'll be glad to read the answer to that question - realising it will be no mean feat if (or rather, I hope: when) he does give it to us..
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Hope Within Despair
peter rietbergen commented on Jeff Burton's story chapter in Hope Within Despair
Though i cannot even begin to feel what S has gone through, you make me "understand" it, not (only) in a "rational " but in an emotional way. You really are a writer!- 10 comments
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An Answer in a Question
peter rietbergen commented on Jeff Burton's story chapter in An Answer in a Question
That interpretation crossed by mind. And it would have been a rather wonderful narrative strategem. But then S's mother would have to be part of that other universe as well ... -
An Answer in a Question
peter rietbergen commented on Jeff Burton's story chapter in An Answer in a Question
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Whiskey in the Water
peter rietbergen commented on Jeff Burton's story chapter in Whiskey in the Water
Heart-rending. Powerful. And, besides and beyond: so incredibly well-written. -
Obviously, I do not want to sound like a lecturer, but... Of course people in the Georgian age, and long before, knew about homosexuality. Of course there were male brothels. Of course men, especially in the Army and in the Navy, indulged in homosexual acts. But this would never have been discussed, certainly not in "polite society". And most certainly not between parents and children. And most, most certainly not between a mother and her adult son. And most, most, most certainly not as if she were aware - as J's mother seems to be - of a son's tendency/longing to go beyond homosexual acts into the realm of a 'gay identity' - a concept that, really, did not yet exist.
