Green Room - Week 37 - Day 2

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

While we are recovering from the double shock of Jon Stewart leaving the Daily Show and Charles Manson calling off his wedding, it's important to stop and reflect on what we still have:

We have a deadline: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/836302.html

We have Quick Fire entries to read: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/836597.html
(Although half of the field skipped it this week, guaranteeing that they would not be safe going into the vote for topics that people say they struggle with!) and a decision that will be reached this evening.

We also have a Love Thread.

Why?

Because we are at the Top 10 and I've been sensing that maybe it's time for another one - a chance for people to say nice things about the 10 remaining contestants and have some good will going into the last bit of slamming your heads into a wall! :)

I'll create threads for the remaining 10, and you comment on them! :)

Comments

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

bleodswean

[yachiru]

Awesome. Sometimes dark. Sometimes really dark. Always a good read.

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I love the way you can sketch out the complicated dynamic between family members with such seemingly simple things - a silence at the breakfast table, a wrapped present long after the holiday is over, a turn of phrase or description that just sticks in the heart and makes it all clear.

[dmousey.livejournal.com]

The depths of her prose - boundless. There is a weightiness? To her pieces that always cause me to read again with a different perspective.

[swirlsofblue.livejournal.com]

Puts the awesome into awesome-sauce, both as a writer and a person.

Writing is so incredibly stunning, with amazing lyrical prose.

And she's the most wonderful of friends that anyone could ever ask for.

I'm stopping myself before I start getting all mushy.

[jexia]

You do a really great job of capturing relationships, and the tension-attraction between people. I still think about your "Musth" piece as an example of something with exactly the right amount of description.

[watching-ships.livejournal.com]

I am so glad that I've had the privilege of reading your work this season. You're an exceptional writer.

[suesniffsglue.livejournal.com]

I enjoy your work every single week. You've been one of my favorites for the entire contest. Your voice is powerful and dreamy, and very consistent.

[gratefuladdict.livejournal.com]

I've enjoyed your writing a lot this season. You have such control and subtlety - a real gift for showing us just what we need to see. It makes it all the more jarring and powerful when you let a character come a bit unhinged. Your Week 35 entry will stay with me for a long time.

[kickthehobbit.livejournal.com]

Your imagery is always, always amazing, and I envy you for the ease with which you seem to draw images.

[crisp-sobriety.livejournal.com]

Like I've said before, you have an incredibly unique voice. That counts for a hell of a lot in a competition like this --and in writing in general, actually. You have a style like no other!

Furthermore, you leave such incredibly sweet and enthusiastic comments on everyone's work. Every week I see you cheering someone on, and it makes me smile. And I'll never forget how you offered to give me a bye ages ago, when I was in trouble, even though we'd hardly spoken at that point. You're awesome!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

crisp_sobriety

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I feel like one of these days you're going to unmask yourself, and reveal that you're this famous internationally published author. I, for one, won't be gasping in surprise, because you are SO incredibly talented. Reading your stories each week is such a treat!

[swirlsofblue.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adore your way with words and use of imagery, so elegant and brilliant.

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

Your writing is so visceral. The immediacy with which you pen a sentence is akin to being thrown through a windscreen in a high impact collision.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

gratefuladdict

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy I got the chance to know you this season. You're a great friend and a great writer!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

hosticle_fifer

[yachiru]

The contestant I'd most like to read an autobiography from.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

jexia

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how you juggle family and job and hobbies and still manage to write such enjoyable pieces week after week, and leave thoughtful comments for other folks, and socialize in the GR and such. Your energy is incredible!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

kickthehobbit

[yachiru]

Is somehow able to run an exceptional workshop and write at the same time. Mind. Blown.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

lrig_rorrim

[swirlsofblue.livejournal.com]

Your writing is constantly astounding, witty, chock full of imagination, and with gorgeous wordage.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

suesniffsglue

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

I still remember that awful/wonderful dinner where you stood up to your boyfriend's family as they were being terrible about a trans person. That was what... *checks* back in week 7. A little while ago, now. ;)

Your writing sticks in the mind, because it is so very you, and your shining and sweet personality comes through in your words, loud and clear. I appreciate this chance to know you through your stories!

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

talonkarrde88

[yachiru]

Pretty sure he's a Russian spy. Also, he makes romance look both inevitably tragic and unbearably fragile sometimes.

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

watching_ships

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

All your stories have such a strong and clear sense of place. I love that!

[lrig-rorrim.livejournal.com]

Awww, Gary, you're a sweetheart. ~braces for a good kicking~

There are a lot of people I'd like to spread the love around to. Is it ok if we create some other threads, too, or do you want to keep this one just for the top 10?

[clauderainsrm.livejournal.com]

I'd prefer you keep it to the Top 10 for now.

We usually do an "End of the Season" Friending/Festivities anyway.

[tjoel2]

What?! Manson cancelled the wedding and Johnny Depp went through with it. That's just not right..