joshuapaul

It's a little unnerving dear boy. I was never one for poetry, but it is you and I owe you a review or two by now. So I will make ...

I will be brief because many of the points I raise in Vimini are relevant here, though some aren't and I will get to that. So, you have continued to ...

Let me begin with a sound bite borrowed from Capote, That isn't writing at all, it's typing. An observation he famously made about Kerouac's On The Road. His dismissal, of ...

A few notes. Show don't tell, I know you think you are showing but it is far to telly. Consider the last few lines, how can you evoke an image ...

I'm going to briefly talk about poetry, not necessarily this poem in it's entirety but publishing poetry. I think people write poems for a number of reasons, one being to ...

I will get to this. It's clear you have put a lot of work in and it shows. I really can't find any immediate criticism. Work like this is rare, ...

Hot damn! There are some strong images in there, particularly enjoyed the dislocation of middle america when the power is out(if I have interpreted that correctly.) I don't have a ...

I will be brief -- I really must get off this laptop on my day off. Okay, so you will benefit from a couple more proofs. pressed at the head ...

Whenever prose features I am inclined to read it, and for the most part I wonder why it is featured at all. This vignette, if I can call it that, ...

Here, finally. “Are you sure they won’t mind?” Felicia’s maple syrup voice fell on my ears just like a feather scuds in the hollow wind. I pirouetted on my toes ...

God damn it Sarg. You make reviewing tough. Every time I go to critique this my fingers strike the keys but only one line comes out, over and over. 'This ...

Mature and intelligent. Somehow you managed it, I don't take ghost stories too seriously but your closing line sent the breath back down my throat. You've had a bunch of ...

Okay, to begin with, well done. This is really tough subject matter, laden with clichés and grey areas. I think you were successful in avoiding these for the most part. ...

Mikko! I still owe you a review on another work of yours. But here I am, and my this was quite a read. I will go over it line by ...

Ha! I was hoping to feel enlightened at the end of it, as though you were framing something deeper with this rant stylistic alternative. But I didn't, that's okay though. ...