Comments on: Episode 47: The Broken Mirror Story Event, Part 2

By: golfwidow

golfwidow — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:28:44 +0000

I freely admit having stopped in for only one reason: wanting to hear Josh Roseman’s “27 Jennifers.”

I loved the whole issue, though. Very nicely done.

By: MLL

MLL — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:45:14 +0000

I really enjoyed “27 Jennifers”. I thought it was an interesting take on cloning and I liked the way Josh handled the grouping of the clones and the different relationships between them. Good job!

By: dracken

dracken — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 04:28:24 +0000

I love your episodes… I guess I must be one of your “two” listeners :)

Thanks for another bunch of laughter’s and some kinda creepy stories

By: Liz Mierzejewski

Liz Mierzejewski — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:44:54 +0000

My first novella is really really bad. It won’t see the light of day. I am currently working to release Apparition as a Kindle book, though.

Anesthesia Audio – I’m pretty sure I saw them in concert.

By: Abbie

Abbie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:25:08 +0000

Big – Oh, I see! Not in the show notes. I am no match for your logical skillz, Big.

Liz – Your ghost story is on my to-listen list (have you podcast both of them, or have you not released one yet?). My ears are currently over-booked. Sadly, they actually make anesthesia audio, which means it’s now competing with podcasts for ear-time, but boards too shall pass.

Oh, and you have thought about releasing it on Podiobooks? ‘Cause I get an awful lot of listeners coming from there.

By: Liz Mierzejewski

Liz Mierzejewski — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:08:38 +0000

Thanks, Abbie!
I have written 2 novellas – both female, both wack. Most of the female characters I write are unbalanced, although so far only one of them has actually committed murder. I write mostly from a male POV, and usually that man is between 50-70 years old. I can’t begin to fathom why.

Now I’m completely jazzed about OSSE – I’ve written 2100 words already. I didn’t think I had it in me to write horror, but then I remembered the first story I ever wrote was in 7th grade. A little piece called “The Killer Dog” about a rogue Irish wolfhound.

By: Big Anklevich

Big Anklevich — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:36:09 +0000

Yes, Abbie, you are blind. On the right side of the screen, at the top, where all our links are, you’ll find:

About Us
Contact Us
Submission Guidelines
Summer Issue 2008
Fall Issue 2008
Winter Issue 2009
Spring Issue 2009
Summer Issue 2009

and

Broken Mirror Stories

This link called Broken Mirror Stories will take you to the page that contains…wait for it…Broken Mirror Stories.

Sorry, I just love to give you a hard time.

By: Abbie

Abbie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:31:02 +0000

Great episode! I enjoyed all three of these a lot. I think Liz’s was actually my favorite. Body snatchers operating under some kind of a Avon system is just awesome.

The girls writing guys/ guys writing girls thing is interesting to me. I’ve written 4 large books, and only one of them has a female protagonist. It was the third, and it was a conscious decision. I was distressed when I noticed (in college) that I hadn’t written a female protag yet, and I decided to do it. With the 4th, I returned in relief to a male protagonist, although I think the 5th will be a female.

I have lots of theories about why this is. When I was 14 and started writing novels, it never occurred to me to write a female protagonist. The idea just did not cross my mind, either with that book or the next. I think it’s because I never sympathized with the girls in any of the books I read growing up. The characters I liked, the ones who made sense to me were the guys. I think there are a lot of female writers who think this way, although it can’t be the whole story because there are men (though not as many of them, I think) who primarily write women.

Hey, I thought you guys were going to put a link to all the stories up. I don’t see it? Am I just blind? This is possible. Direct me.

By: Josh R.

Josh R. — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:12:45 +0000

I just submitted a story right at the deadline because I couldn’t think of a title. I too went with a poem — Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind”.

By: Liz Mierzejewski

Liz Mierzejewski — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:29:42 +0000

Wrong turn = very entertaining.
27 Jennifers = made my head spin. Probably shouldn’t get my classroom ready while listening to something that complicated. I’ll have to give it another listen. But now I’m enjoying Mike Doughty! A most excellent reading, though. Would that I could sound like that. Instead I’m chock full of cartoon voices.

I agree about my title (WOYSD) – I tagged it on at the last minute. I would gladly entertain a better title. And the percentages – Not well thought out on my part. Most def need a structure that keeps them there for a long time, like the mates that worked on whaling vessels. They always ended up owing more $$ than they made.
But the reading was fantastic! I was so proud of the story when I heard it done. More than when it was just in print.

I am now chomping on the bit for the OSSE. I’ve got an idea ready to go.

And Rish – you finally got my name right. Hats off.