tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post2981944098453062159..comments2024-02-17T13:12:02.048-06:00Comments on Rockets and Dragons: "Poetic Justice" - another excerpt from Conjuring DreamsStephanie Barrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-65309217278972752842015-08-22T17:49:03.414-05:002015-08-22T17:49:03.414-05:00Nope, that WAS an oversight (since corrected).
A...Nope, that WAS an oversight (since corrected). <br /><br />As for the heavy hand, that's a perfectly true statement and a valid criticism I agree with. If I wrote this today, I'd use a lighter touch probably because, for my audience, the more enlightened Westerner, it's the subtle stuff that still stings. Those subtleties are so hard to make clear since he's likely to think he's been magnanimous enough because he's NO LONGER treating women this way (even if they're second class citizens to him in a dozen other ways).<br /><br />But, I wrote this a few decades back when I was more black and white and more idealistic and, because of the format of the book (showing my progression and growth as a writer), I chose not to rewrite any of the stories in it. <br /><br />Also, for all our enlightened Western thinking, we're still buds with countries where this is no exaggeration. And there are still Western minds that would return to this if they could. Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4864423579966406496.post-39735262809413231952015-08-22T12:28:49.463-05:002015-08-22T12:28:49.463-05:00You dropped a hint about halfway thru that most fo...You dropped a hint about halfway thru that most folks would think was either a straight up mistake, or a leftover from an earlier draft. But I know Stephanie Barr, and she doesn't make a mistake that important. <br /><br />Aside from that I was captivated from the beginning and carried along like a river raft in the rapids. And rapids there were once our Pilot got thru that door. I felt a little sledge-hammered by the message this story carried. I get the importance in this day and age, but I think people will get it with less obvious parallels.<br /><br />Enjoyed the story, need to see more.Chuck Larlhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16615108822300063754noreply@blogger.com