tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post5979775655507941780..comments2023-09-30T10:31:07.390-04:00Comments on Short Fiction. Write it. Sell it. : Appearing in issue #46, November 18, 2013 Jody E. Lebelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-79420296221481231062013-11-19T04:18:21.613-05:002013-11-19T04:18:21.613-05:00Hiding clues is hard, that's why I liked Mary ...Hiding clues is hard, that's why I liked Mary Jo's water in the ear one, it was subtle. Here it was the beer bottle on the table with no coaster beneath it that had 'clue' written all over it. The glasses being nowhere near the open listings guide meant nothing. We leave our TV guide folded to the appropriate page each day and take our glasses with us all around the house, so for me that was a non-clue. Likewise the dishes in the sink (you'd better arrest me now). Even someone who's compulsively tidy could have just stacked them there for a few minutes and not got round to doing them before they died.<br />It was a pretty black and white set-up, neat versus tidy, but they have to be. There's not enough time to make them complex. I thought it was a competently done story - well done to the author.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-40523787123920117172013-11-16T22:27:09.186-05:002013-11-16T22:27:09.186-05:00"like a nose on Rudolph" How Christmasy..."like a nose on Rudolph" How Christmasy. :)<br />Jody E. Lebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777207515123248962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5015329098122035196.post-60998607368302983612013-11-16T19:31:54.922-05:002013-11-16T19:31:54.922-05:00Well, that's it with these little mysteries. W...Well, that's it with these little mysteries. Write them as well as you want to, and the clue/solution still stands out like the nose on Rudolph. I think there must be no room to be subtle or even clever.<br /><br />Mary Jonoreply@blogger.com