RHP Prose competition 2020

@very-rusty said
How do you know I was the only one who did it privately?

Because Ponderable said so at the time. (When tallying the vote count).

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 said
Because Ponderable said so at the time. (When tallying the vote count).
Ghosts never forget...

Well he will not be talking about a private vote this year Very Rusty never forgets!! 😛 🙂

@very-rusty said
Very Rusty never forgets!!

Or posts anything remotely interesting or sentient.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Or posts anything remotely interesting or sentient.

Funny as you have to comment on most of them!!! 😛 😉

-VR

@petewxyz said
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??

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.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
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.

Many? You only named 2....doesn't sound like many to me! 😉

-VR

@ghost-of-a-duke said
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.

I can add

Pulitzer Prize awarded Frank McCourt was 66.

@torunn said
I can add

Pulitzer Prize awarded Frank McCourt was 66.

Well that gets us up to 3 providing my Math is correct! 😉

-VR

@very-rusty said
Well that gets us up to 3 providing my Math is correct! 😉

-VR

Toni Morrison
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.

and the promised link:

@ponderable said
Thread 176189 for 2018

Thread 181638 for 2019

@torunn said
Toni Morrison
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.

You've named 6 anyways, better goad did! 😉

Good Job!!!

-VR

@torunn said
Toni Morrison
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.

Thank you Torunn.

Thank goodness in life, giving 'examples' is sufficient for most rational human beings.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Thank you Torunn.

Thank goodness in life, giving 'examples' is sufficient for most rational human beings.

Giving proper 'Examples' is sufficient! 😛 😉

-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!!!

@hakima

Good luck!