tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post413494814958470282..comments2023-02-22T10:44:50.456-06:00Comments on mudjob: Guest Writer: Bill LaphamMDJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17793388758122524855noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-75009504360148778812010-10-09T12:17:56.827-05:002010-10-09T12:17:56.827-05:00Hey, COB. Excellent subject and moody writing. You...Hey, COB. Excellent subject and moody writing. You captured the chaos perfectly. If I were to take this on as an assignment, I might've given it the title "Bargain with God" and carried it to the brink before craving that drink, and ending it there. As a theme, this would twist more readers' guts than the metamorphisis of modern warfare. I'm not criticizing the writing, but I thought I'd share my thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-44864975306464698112010-10-03T19:15:16.878-05:002010-10-03T19:15:16.878-05:00Bill L, I still read only your work in this genre,...Bill L, I still read only your work in this genre, and I think I have found the best person in this genre for me to read. I appreciate the way you used the idea of drones. I never felt that I was being pushed into any kind of theme, however - other than into the shocking dismay of war itself. Your writing remains clean and clear, as always.Grey Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-81581604112197582492010-10-01T18:33:29.634-05:002010-10-01T18:33:29.634-05:00The feeling I'm left with is disbelief, as if ...The feeling I'm left with is disbelief, as if I'd been there. You easily paint pictures of humans experiencing horror and I always cling to the human in the end, as if it is my own life I'm trying to save. Gorgeous work.Teresa Cortezhttp://wabisabiwords.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-74218167545557561062010-10-01T12:25:11.651-05:002010-10-01T12:25:11.651-05:00Amazing as usual. It's all been said. You shou...Amazing as usual. It's all been said. You should be a director.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-9211352435780260642010-09-29T09:17:11.409-05:002010-09-29T09:17:11.409-05:00This was terrifying. I am thankful not to have an...This was terrifying. I am thankful not to have any personal experience with this sort of event, but the possibility is ever-present, here and abroad. The intense presentation is perhaps the only real way of grappling with the costs of combat, so thank you for informing the conversation in a way polemics never will.Bill Floydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-88262015457392668972010-09-29T08:44:10.965-05:002010-09-29T08:44:10.965-05:00an 'are we prepared' for such a thing when...an 'are we prepared' for such a thing when it comes knocking- real life moment- I was there-good writing BillPaul de Denushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340834218523341885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-57263542681586488832010-09-29T08:27:43.001-05:002010-09-29T08:27:43.001-05:00Frighteningly real. It's honestly a little sca...Frighteningly real. It's honestly a little scary how well you see these scenes, and it's a little awe-inspiring how well you get them on the page. Bravo, sir.Jamie Hoganhttp://sixsentences.ning.com/profile/JamieHogannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-84962397124561056062010-09-29T03:40:21.415-05:002010-09-29T03:40:21.415-05:00Breathtaking. Painfully vivid and as coherently ...Breathtaking. Painfully vivid and as coherently described as we've come to expect from you - you make it look easy but I know it is not - and the location shocking.Sandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.com