tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957720453833964079.post647957783181479967..comments2023-08-24T09:20:50.033-07:00Comments on Long Pine Limited: The Long Short Story RevisitedPhilip Deaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08332104632865537879noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957720453833964079.post-63209914574776535562010-02-03T12:53:56.635-08:002010-02-03T12:53:56.635-08:00PFD ~ I just cut my apparently unpublishable novel...PFD ~ I just cut my apparently unpublishable novel manuscript of 63K words to one long short of fewer than 18K words and sent it off somewhere or other. When the postal clerk asked what was in the envelope, I said a long short and she said "That's an oxymoron." Gotta hand it to Vermont postal clerks. Now if she can just get the dang thing into a mag or between two narrow covers, I won't care what you call it. Peace...Louella Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869785479821057602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957720453833964079.post-72801204925797845722010-01-26T17:41:14.380-08:002010-01-26T17:41:14.380-08:00Hi, Phil! This post with 0 comments proves my theo...Hi, Phil! This post with 0 comments proves my theory that no one really reads blogs, so I wonder why I bother. But now and then. . . this one came via Elliebelle. As one who has "committed" two novels (quoting Edward Albee from the 70s), both unpublished, and who is now working on a second series of stories with Alice Munro as my mantra, I say AMEN to all you said.Kathleen Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836793296793377680noreply@blogger.com