@very-rusty saidBecause Ponderable said so at the time. (When tallying the vote count).
How do you know I was the only one who did it privately?
You then decided to make your secret vote public. (Although, when you realized you had voted for both my entries you quickly edited your post. Alas, I replied to it as you were doing so).
Ghosts never forget...
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWell he will not be talking about a private vote this year Very Rusty never forgets!! 😛 🙂
Because Ponderable said so at the time. (When tallying the vote count).
Ghosts never forget...
@ghost-of-a-duke saidFunny as you have to comment on most of them!!! 😛 😉
Or posts anything remotely interesting or sentient.
-VR
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@petewxyz saidThere are many great writers sir who were late bloomers.
Watch out for the new kid on the block. I may be borderline illiterate, but I am sure somebody who has read stuff will tell you of great authors who were as well, possibly, somebody... anybody??
Bram Stoker was 43 I believe, and Mary Wesley (writer of The Camomile Lawn) was in her 70s.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidMany? You only named 2....doesn't sound like many to me! 😉
There are many great writers sir who were late bloomers.
Bram Stoker was 43 I believe, and Mary Wesley (writer of The Camomile Lawn) was in her 70s.
-VR
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI can add
There are many great writers sir who were late bloomers.
Bram Stoker was 43 I believe, and Mary Wesley (writer of The Camomile Lawn) was in her 70s.
Pulitzer Prize awarded Frank McCourt was 66.
@very-rusty saidToni Morrison
Well that gets us up to 3 providing my Math is correct! 😉
-VR
Helen DeWitt
Richard Adams, a favourite of mine
Charles Bukowski
Anthony Burgess
Raymond Chandler
... and many more
So whoever makes it in our crowd is in good company.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidGiving proper 'Examples' is sufficient! 😛 😉
Thank you Torunn.
Thank goodness in life, giving 'examples' is sufficient for most rational human beings.
-VR
I was apprehensive about entering after my initial enthusiasm about the prose challenge, but late last night I read something that sparked me in the direction I wish to go with this...now I’m 200 words in and I have not left my bed (where I do my best writing) except to refill my coffee mug.
Hurrah!!!