tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post2158498314764568172..comments2023-09-30T10:31:07.390-04:00Comments on Short Fiction. Write it. Sell it. : Appearing in issue #50, December 16, 2013 Jody E. Lebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-86097260223081374972014-11-01T11:00:55.793-04:002014-11-01T11:00:55.793-04:00@ Anonymous Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad...@ Anonymous Thanks for stopping by. I'm glad to see someone reading over the older stories. The glass of milk was the clue but it wasn't in your face. We were concentrating so much on the cookies, we skipped the milk. Rather clever of the author even though the method really wouldn't have worked. Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-43021093630920810762014-11-01T07:56:29.769-04:002014-11-01T07:56:29.769-04:00I got the answer at the part where it is said that...I got the answer at the part where it is said that on jean's table a glass if milk was found. Haha I suck and I know that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-1887551541346332732013-12-19T09:56:45.407-05:002013-12-19T09:56:45.407-05:00@Tamara, Yes! I had a note too, saying that the cl...@Tamara, Yes! I had a note too, saying that the clue must be "hidden" but actually in the story somewhere. I have one out now that I made a point of doing just that. We'll see how that works out...<br />--Mary AnnMary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00947204195242982339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-26643403201712578252013-12-14T04:37:23.649-05:002013-12-14T04:37:23.649-05:00While almond food 'flavouring' may not hav...While almond food 'flavouring' may not have even a passing acquaintance with the nut, almond extract is exactly that, the real deal. The author did use the word extract in the solution rather than flavouring. It's very strong smelling, though, meaning the person drinking the milk would certainly have smelled almonds and shied away from it if they were allergic. It wasn't as if the glass was barely touched, it had been drained, so that part didn't ring true for me.<br /><br />Other than that, I thought the author did a pretty good job of throwing us off the scent of the murderer by focussing on the three cookie-bringers. I hadn't even factored the milk into the equation. The title helped with that, too, mentioning cookies so that biscuits are in the reader's mind before the story even begins. <br /><br />Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-7729737117233962702013-12-13T23:49:40.719-05:002013-12-13T23:49:40.719-05:00That's so interesting, because I just had a st...That's so interesting, because I just had a story rejected because the clue wasn't mentioned. I got a short dissertation from Johnene about how that is required so that the discerning reader can observe it. Anyone else have that experience?Tamaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-65345101679527264502013-12-13T21:19:58.797-05:002013-12-13T21:19:58.797-05:00No, the almond was not mentioned in the stoy. The...No, the almond was not mentioned in the stoy. The author concentratd on the oookies to throw us off. Just like Jean's promotion would have caused problems was not revealed until the solution.<br /><br />On occassion I have problems with Blogger posting comments. That's out of my control. Most of the time it works fine...and it is a free site so I go along with the flow...Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-28813721197596173502013-12-13T19:23:04.888-05:002013-12-13T19:23:04.888-05:00I didn't pick up during my reading of this sto...I didn't pick up during my reading of this story that the almond in the milk was mentioned prior to presenting it in the solution. (Also, this is my second time posting this comment; the first one didn't take, even though I looked at it on the board.) Tamaranoreply@blogger.com