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Comment on Remembering Buddy by Wayne Cresser

Wayne Cresser — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:23:12 +0000

Thanks, Vito, for writing such an eloquent tribute to one of America’s unsung, except by anybody who ever read even a line of his prose, and best writers. I’m welling up remembering phone conversations I had with Buddy about my own work. His analysis was sharp, funny and decent. That’s the thing I will always appreciate most about his mentorship, his basic decency. And then there’s the humor. We were talking about stories around Thanksgiving, 2008, and eventually he got around to asking me what my plans were for the holiday. I was a little nervous because we were hosting my fiance’s family, so I’m meeting my future mother-in-law for the first time and such. Buddy tells me to remember not to drink too much so as not to “fuck the whole thing up.” I told him I could do that without drinking, and he assured me I would not. And you know, it made a difference. Seems like everything he ever said to me made a difference on some level or another. I’m confident that Buddy will continue to watch the world with that “magic eye” of his, and I’d like to think that it will light on me occasionally (for inspiration).

Comment on Remembering Buddy by vito

vito — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:18:41 +0000

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Comment on Remembering Buddy by Fred Shaw

Fred Shaw — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:36:40 +0000

Nicely written, my friend. It was an honor to have heard him read. Be well.

Comment on Remembering Buddy by Julie Abell

Julie Abell — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:18:51 +0000

Vito, this is an awesome tribute. I’m so happy to see so many of them springing up. I feel the same way. The world needs to know about Buddy.

Comment on Remembering Buddy by Kathryn Messer

Kathryn Messer — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:46:19 +0000

This was beautiful, Vito. He will be missed.

Comment on Remembering Buddy by Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:37:41 +0000

good job Vito. He would have loved it. I’ll be sure Alicia gets this. He really did love your writing.

Comment on Remembering Buddy by Nicole DeCarlo

Nicole DeCarlo — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:19:15 +0000

Simply Beautiful.

Comment on A Long Tale by A Long Tale, excerpted in Shaking Magazine | hendersonhouseofcards

A Long Tale, excerpted in Shaking Magazine | hendersonhouseofcards — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:22:20 +0000

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Comment on The Clear Monkey by J Kwin

J Kwin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 07:42:00 +0000

Not bad, Patrick, but I feel the story needs further editing. You need to give the reader more space. The story gets too self conscious parts.

= put the blue monkey in my ‘right’ pocket, >>> Why do we need to know it was the right pocket?

= I held on to the door handle to keep from sliding across the ‘black vinyl’ seat. >>> the ‘black vinyl’ killed this sentence

Hope this helps.

J Kwin

Comment on Parlor Game – A Review of Creative License by Bigstuckey

Bigstuckey — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:03:37 +0000

Nice work freddy, not sure about gil-scott heron, but your words take me back to the days of trying to tune in college radio hip-hop shows with rabbit ears and aluminum foil!