tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post3690268590627345838..comments2023-02-22T10:44:50.456-06:00Comments on mudjob: Guest Writer: Jamie HoganMDJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17793388758122524855noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-91551188598141520702012-09-21T09:26:14.088-05:002012-09-21T09:26:14.088-05:00I don't know how I missed this at the time, bu...I don't know how I missed this at the time, but I did. I remember being very busy with my own work back then. No excuse. This is nearly two years old now, and I can say with some degree of confidence that your writing skills have improved, which is saying a lot considering the quality of this piece. It's one thing to have a vocabulary full of words, and quite another to know how to arrange them in a picture frame like this. This piece remains as unweathered evidence of your burgeoning talent back then. And today, it still grows. Bill Laphamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05905581419025750995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-33158223634882382922010-12-24T03:43:16.804-06:002010-12-24T03:43:16.804-06:00Jamie is a poet with license to roam. He can write...Jamie is a poet with license to roam. He can write about a tornado and make you feel comfortable sitting near its vortex. He is one of the two writers I have recently become acquainted with who does the natural world to a tee. Fortunately for MuDJoB's readers, both have appeared on this site.MDJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793388758122524855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-5740108377443730112010-11-24T19:15:10.469-06:002010-11-24T19:15:10.469-06:00Jamie,
You have captured the essential of this w...Jamie, <br /><br />You have captured the essential of this wild existence in your relentless descriptions of the air, the sky, the earth, the light dazzling off the water. <br /><br />You have captured the deep ache and the itch and the recognition that lives separately in the human heart. <br /><br />Beautiful. Haunting. Hopeful. I do hope you are working on a novel - it has all the right elements. <br /><br />Aloha,<br />Jenny (6S)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-85509365537679853132010-11-19T21:59:42.519-06:002010-11-19T21:59:42.519-06:00There were so many word gems sprinkled in this ver...There were so many word gems sprinkled in this very engaging read, Jamie. "The low brooding hills to the west were finishing the sun and the shadows reached long and thin across the earthen floor to climb the walls, as if feeling for a crease by which to escape" was likely my favorite. However, your profound "he just wanted to touch somebody" put a small knot in my throat. I found this to be rich and well-rounded.grey johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-15830243062862853982010-11-18T13:23:20.635-06:002010-11-18T13:23:20.635-06:00I like the way this one shaped up, amigo. I feel ...I like the way this one shaped up, amigo. I feel kind of like tagging along with this guy to Oregon. Cheers!Bill Floydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-85120954489707194812010-11-17T20:53:38.437-06:002010-11-17T20:53:38.437-06:00I took some time with this piece and read it three...I took some time with this piece and read it three times since I got the message from Brown that you were up here. For me, reading your work is more about the journey than the destination. I pause at certain words or phrases just for the enjoyment. Someone else might think this is a small thing, but "The fire twisted and chuckled in the night" was a high point for me. I have sat by many campfires in my life and experienced a real moment of recognition when I read that, and a warmth. Lovely work.Gita Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02883735348008779245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-56652912994776878122010-11-17T18:52:48.741-06:002010-11-17T18:52:48.741-06:00Jaimie, I got a kick out you of using a poltice. S...Jaimie, I got a kick out you of using a poltice. Something we don't hear about these days. My grandmother used to fry my chest and back with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-76224590696217115412010-11-17T16:42:52.627-06:002010-11-17T16:42:52.627-06:00As Paul said, Well done Jamie. A true wordsmith.As Paul said, Well done Jamie. A true wordsmith.Ed Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739273852956121241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-2685568759418764482010-11-17T12:56:06.657-06:002010-11-17T12:56:06.657-06:00a sense of McCarthy here Jamie- tight descriptive ...a sense of McCarthy here Jamie- tight descriptive language- enjoyed!Paul de Denushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340834218523341885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4014461870405318477.post-14009408958656168712010-11-17T02:20:30.604-06:002010-11-17T02:20:30.604-06:00Totally wonderful. Has the qualities of stories ...Totally wonderful. Has the qualities of stories I read as a child, a clarity of language, of justice, and the quality of writing I have learnt to appreciate as an adult - beautiful in its ability to create images and events. Thank you Jamie Hogan, aspiring novelist - I will look to read anything and everything you writeSandra Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788472031698175632noreply@blogger.com