tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post6571414548428528159..comments2023-08-08T09:22:07.957+01:00Comments on Marlowe Manor: Orphaned HopeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-11189422089230382232013-05-18T23:45:45.972+01:002013-05-18T23:45:45.972+01:00I'm really glad you liked it and thought it fi...I'm really glad you liked it and thought it fit the character - that was my hope. Writing Erik comes a little too easily which should be alarming I suppose :PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-86116933459011750122013-05-18T18:21:19.281+01:002013-05-18T18:21:19.281+01:00I really enjoyed this look into Erik's mind. I...I really enjoyed this look into Erik's mind. It's one of my favorite stories, though I think your comment about the original novel itself not even living up to the story is so astute. Your language and world setting is impeccable; your writing style fits the story perfectly.angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974137283220034062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-41172651996297565102013-05-17T12:02:40.995+01:002013-05-17T12:02:40.995+01:00I'm glad you liked the piece - I've always...I'm glad you liked the piece - I've always felt a sympathy for Erik, without turning a blind eye to his murderous insanity :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-87624025500441612612013-05-17T11:38:58.090+01:002013-05-17T11:38:58.090+01:00I love the Phantom of the Opera! In fact, I've...I love the Phantom of the Opera! In fact, I've adored it since I was eight. :) The Phantom is my favourite character, and I love that you wrote it from his point of view. Poor guy. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT!!<br /><br />Mime, link-up-blog-hopping from the NotebooksistersMimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03166384979716659441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-85946075908287512182013-05-16T20:31:44.591+01:002013-05-16T20:31:44.591+01:00*bows* You're very kind, thank you. I'v...*bows* You're very kind, thank you. I've always liked the story but have occasionally thought that none of the versions, not even the original novel, live up to the story which is a fairly odd thing to think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-38578895594168119752013-05-16T20:29:01.579+01:002013-05-16T20:29:01.579+01:00Ahh, Bravo. You know, I never cared for this story...Ahh, Bravo. You know, I never cared for this story. Not once. Andrew Lloyd Webber did a brilliant job bringing it to the stage, I think, but only in that the story lent itself well to music.<br /><br />I like what you did with it. The ghost has a human quality here that I don't think existed before. So, yes, Bravo. Bravo indeed.Shelton Keys Dunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551666631783476472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-91191691273063014142013-05-16T20:24:24.238+01:002013-05-16T20:24:24.238+01:00How could I mind? I love the story myself, and th...How could I mind? I love the story myself, and the musical version (not the accursed sequel though *spits* ). I'm glad the story worked for you as a standalone too, and I hope you can see how it could represent his turmoil during this scene.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-5613173579309827982013-05-16T19:44:32.898+01:002013-05-16T19:44:32.898+01:00Beautiful and tantalizing. It worked as a stand al...Beautiful and tantalizing. It worked as a stand alone for me, but I am familiar with the story and the score from the play kept tugging at a corner of my mind, hope you don't mind that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-4597127077068321752013-05-16T08:21:04.427+01:002013-05-16T08:21:04.427+01:00Indeed so - thank you so much for the feedbackIndeed so - thank you so much for the feedbackAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-57291082563900154022013-05-16T01:49:34.045+01:002013-05-16T01:49:34.045+01:00What a beautiful, haunting story. Reality can be ...What a beautiful, haunting story. Reality can be so difficult! No wonder he wanted a distraction.TMWHickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099277984216556857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-88097523449537759542013-05-15T17:04:16.588+01:002013-05-15T17:04:16.588+01:00Thank you - that is a wonderful comment and I love...Thank you - that is a wonderful comment and I love the feedback you've given me, it's a real encouragement to me. I did leave a lot of the actual "plot" unspoken, more or less deliberately as I wanted to focus on the mental state of the narrator (which is not entirely stable, alas, most of the time) but what is being re-told here from a new and internal viewpoint is the prelude to the unmasking scene in Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" (the novel, and definitely not the 2004 movie abomination). It sounds as though my piece worked to an extent as a standalone, but if you want/need to have the backstory to wrap around it than that information should be the key to unlock the scene. Thanks again for the thoughtful response.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-14262123164331020052013-05-15T16:53:33.246+01:002013-05-15T16:53:33.246+01:00Ok. So I read this days ago and have been trying t...Ok. So I read this days ago and have been trying to come up with a comment ever since, so forgive me if what follows is garbled. <br /><br />I loved many, many phrases and sections of this, and I thought there was a lovely dreamlike quality as if I was listening to someones internal reaction to music, or to music itself talking, especially because of this line: "A thousand times I resolved to end it, to use silence like a surgeon’s knife to cut her free of me, and to cure myself of her." <br /><br />I certainly would have kept reading, even if only to find out what the distraction was even though I have to confess that I have no tangible idea what is actually happening in the story.<br /><br />I agree with Sam that you have such a distinctive style, a Gothic quality that I adore and return for and this was of course very much in the vein of that, especially with the choice of the spinet, rather than a piano.<br /><br />And I loved this line: Reality was a rare visitor to my little house but it crept in now uninvited and screamed truth in my ear. <br />In part because that is actually how I feel most of the time.<br /><br />Ok. I'm done rambling and writing the most bizarre comment of all time.<br /><br />I found this haunting, lovely and dangerous. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-9567796603579674262013-05-15T11:39:45.106+01:002013-05-15T11:39:45.106+01:00Thanks Sam, glad you liked itThanks Sam, glad you liked itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-13588710393416016412013-05-15T02:50:33.547+01:002013-05-15T02:50:33.547+01:00His is great as usual Thomas. You definitely have ...His is great as usual Thomas. You definitely have distinctive writing style.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15220312888756354357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-54116181982548956522013-05-15T01:46:51.440+01:002013-05-15T01:46:51.440+01:00Thanks Ann, I'm glad you liked itThanks Ann, I'm glad you liked itAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-14110321048535595692013-05-15T01:46:35.606+01:002013-05-15T01:46:35.606+01:00Thank you - much appreciated.Thank you - much appreciated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-57653171962611903702013-05-15T01:37:33.745+01:002013-05-15T01:37:33.745+01:00what impresses me the most with your writing is th...what impresses me the most with your writing is the depth of thought. Very good work!Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-3003760135909336792013-05-14T11:20:58.375+01:002013-05-14T11:20:58.375+01:00So beautifully crafted as always. LM xSo beautifully crafted as always. LM xLyssa Medanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350926829113722058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-54585006182098180642013-05-13T22:07:37.271+01:002013-05-13T22:07:37.271+01:00Glad it struck a chord with you. :DGlad it struck a chord with you. :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094349723028487644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3565386894395739369.post-67804851732174675322013-05-13T16:45:13.834+01:002013-05-13T16:45:13.834+01:00"Reality is a vice of pain and tedium; memori..."Reality is a vice of pain and tedium; memories and hope alike turn the handle of the vice, and so I prefer to let my mind wander and play in the celestial heights and infernal depths of imagination."<br />This is what I feel in reality!<br /><br />This is an amazing story.<br />I too am too easily distracted, I fear. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352812288132346320noreply@blogger.com