RESPONSES TO MY WRITING & WEBSITE

These comments received via email/guestbooks are 
what make my continued efforts for my website
all worthwhile! 
                  

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I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your site! 
And specifically, the two entries (please excuse me 
for not getting the titles correct), 
"The bethrothal" and "Egos, artists & publishing".

I absolutely enjoyed these two pieces and find your 
writing versatile. Have you ever considered having a 
discussion group on your writings? 
Just a thought...
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I loved the 'Wallflower' story.  Heather reminds me of 
myself. Keep'em coming!!! :)

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Wow!  Heavy duty story, 'Kiss of Death' but good.  It 
wasn't what I expected at all.  Keep up the good work!

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Hey... I found your site while I was looking at 
the soc.penpals newsgroup. :) It looks quite good. 
Keep up the good work. The "met on the net" idea 
is interesting. Daniel

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Wow! 'Wallflower' was a really beautiful story, and although 
i'm not like your protagonist, Heather, I can sympathize with 
her. you're a good writer Ms Swann.

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"Kiss of Death' --Nicely done.  Surprise ending justifies 
the suspenseful build up.  Definitely a 10.  You're a comer, 
fer zur. 
 
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Hi I loved the poem that you wrote "Children of the 
Storm".
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Hi,
I read your story, 'Wallflower' and really liked it. 
It's very similar to my own experience cos my fiancee 
is really really shy. 
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One of the nicest personal pages I've seen.
(good content. Good job!)
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I just read, Ordinary Hero, Sunset Season and your 
short story "Tent Revival"
I know that you are from the SE United States, 
which accounts for the flavor of the story, but the 
true sense of what preachers of fundamentalist faith 
are like must come from personal experience.

I thoroughly enjoyed it, and now intend to go back 
and read the rest of your writings.
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I'm a Senior at Nathan Hale High School.  My partner, 
I are doing a Senior Action Project on domestic 
violence. We created a Web Site and is interested to 
put your story, "Tent Revival" in it. 
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I just finished reading your novel, QUEST FOR DESTINY, 
and wanted towrite to tell you how much I enjoyed it!
(Very much...)
I am a fan of the romance genre, so I was drawn to
your description of the work.  I enjoyed the suspense
in the story, especially the discovery/redemption of
Donna/Cassie, as a character she surprised me!
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Hello, I just wanted to say hello & tell you that I loved 
your web page it was very nice & I can tell you have a lot 
of time in it.

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I discovered your web page through a twist of 
fate and must tell you it is bookmarked and will be a 
constant source of inspiration and delight. 
Thank you for that.
Oh, and your pictures of your home state are beautiful. I think 
I would enjoy a walk down one of those roads...a definite 
stress reliever. 
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I especially liked your tip page and the stockcut of 
an early 19th Century Woman with an old two piece 
telephone was delicious. It reminded me of Elinor 
Hoyt Wylie. Thanks again.
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Just wanted to tell you I enjoyed your site and 
downloaded the story set in Cade's Cove.
I wanted to ask you about "The Haunting of Helen". 
This sounded very good to me and I was wondering if 
there is any way I may be able to read it?
I love reading and enjoy reading all genres, but 
my very favorite is science fiction.
By the way, thank you for those great links!!! 
They will provide me with hours of enjoyment, I'm sure.
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Enjoyed strolling through your page; it's well thought 
out and easy on the eye. Keep up the good work of 
helping writers connect.
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Hi *:) I was over at Cybersociology Magazine, read
your poetry and followed the link here. Beautiful! 
Powerful! writing and website. Espec. liked 'Virual 
Apollo' and all poems on this site!
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You have a beautiful page! It takes hard work to build
and keep a site like this. CONGRATULATIONS! Thanks for
providing the WEB with such a beautiful place!

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Fabulous site! Positively captivating....it's not 
often that I find myself bookmarking a website, but 
this one was a definite "YES" 

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Impressive, motivational, bookmarked! :) 

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Hello...I loved your web page. This is a new source of
information and inspiration, this web world. Thannks 
for your sensitivity and grace. Mike 
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Nice site - it's good to see someone who isn't
"genre-specific." thanks for the excellent resources! 
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This page is great! I am a writer too. Too bad I 
didn't see your warning about destroying your writings 
a little earlier. Oh well, we all learn! :)
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AVery creative site C ! Have enjoyed visiting and will
visit from time to time, interesting, thought provoking,
and well written articles to help people escape the 
mundane day to day boredom, not to mention possibly 
help elevate them to a higher consciouness of 
knowledge, leading to wisdom to use in their lives. 
--David Lawrence Dewey
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Hi! I had a pleasant time at your homepage which is
dreamy, humorous and positive. Keep up the good work!
--Bodvar
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A completely beautiful page. I found you on webaholics.
Here's hoping your ad there snags you many fine users. 
You deserve it.
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Terrific homepage. I hoped someone would generate this 
type of quality eventually. I'm mildly interested in 
writing. My wife has written poetry-mainly sonnets.
 --Gene
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Enjoyed your home page and being a photographer I
had to see all your pictures and of course the artwork 
as well. I will come back and read a lot more and put 
in my 2 cents worth. Great effort cheers Alex 
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I'm actually a NetBaby. Just got myself hooked on the 
Net, and I'm finding it more and more fascinating.
Especially when I ended up browsing through the 
Writers' Net. That's how I came across your note 
where I found your homepage address. I'm eternally 
grateful to find a site where I could find something 
about writing. I enjoyed visiting your homepage 
and learned a lot from it (including registering 
my own homepage in Geocities which I hope to learn 
how to enhance--- I certainly have no clue!). But 
THANKS! It's been great, and you're definitely 
bookmarked in my account.
                   --shai

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Hi! You left a note on my poetry board and I 
visited your site..Love it..some great writing 
here. Please feel free to share and comment with
us on the board. Would love to have you.
                 --Judy

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Enjoyed strolling through your page; it's well 
thought out and easy on the eye. Keep up the 
good work of helping writers connect.
                    --Dan

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hello from Michigan,

Saw your posting on the visual arts message 
boards and found your webpage. It's great!

What I really like about writers is their 
rather clear definition as to what constitutes 
good writing. Several topics I created on the VA
message boards attempt to have people try to 
discuss "what is Art" and "Why  is it important 
for society". Many of the responses seem to have
the notion that "art is in the eye of the beholder" 
and that "anything you think is art is art". 
A very sad and confused idea about the power
and glory of art, I think. But writers seem to 
have a better grip on the 'craft of writing' and 
its place in the 'art of writing'

                 --joope
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I absolutely love, am very impressed by, am 
finding inspiration in, your Web site!! I will 
come here often.

I'm inspired by the quality of your writing, 
your philosophy as explained in "goals for site",
and by the classy presentation of your
site.

Kudos!!

           --Diana 


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Well, I'm very impressed..... I find all too often 
that the WWW has little or less to offer to the
common intellect. You have provided a refreshing 
alternative and I want to thank you!!!  
--GG 


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Think this is one of the best ideas I have seen. 
I'm new to the internet and unsure of
myself you have a very nice place to come 
and visit. I enjoy writing and it has been a few 
years since I shared with anyone. 
--Eugene


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Great web site! One of the best I've seen and 
well worth the visit. Thanks for taking the time 
to make it available. It must be a lot of
work. I'll be back again.

Bob


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Hi, 
Greetings from the little Republic of Cyprus in the 
Eastern Mediterranean. I joined your page only very 
recently, and I want to both  thank you for being so 
generous as to share your talents with the 
untalented rest of us, and to also congratulate 
you on your outstanding literary and philosophical 
output. 

Best regards,
Daphnes 


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Thanks for the nice alternative reading spot. I've 
enjoyed reading some of your work, and I'll be back! 
You poked at a couple of weak spots in my heart, which 
is a good thing. I'll file your page under "friends."

An engineer in Orlando.



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Hi, 
I just wanted to let you know that I like your site.  
It is easy to use and not full of a lot of graphics 
and stuff that slow things down. I know people like to 
complain more than compliment, so I just thought 
I'd let you know that you're doing a good job.

Laurel One 

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Thank you for having the diligence to create such a 
valuable site for the public.

Sincerely yours,

Jim 
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Hello,

I just wanted to tell you I enjoy your writing. 
Your work flows.

Michael 
"Timor omnis abesto"


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Hello,
I was browsing the Internet and rather occasionaly 
found your site, and then...
 
Then I was glad I did it, because I could be your 
guest for a while at your home page. Okay, I know 
you don't need to hear how good or bad  your works are, 
but please let me tell you not about a grade, but about 
feelings - some of your poetry (especially, I 
believe, Lost Love) could make me feel probably the same 
that you could feel at that time when you 
created your poems.
 
I'd like to appologize for my English - 
it is too far from perfection, because there is just 
one reason (not an excuse, of course!), and this reason 
is that English is not my native language. Nevertheless, 
I am able to understand and feel everything, maybe 
because a long time ago I tried to write some poems, 
and now suddenly I was surprised that some of your 
poems (the mood and sense) are very close and 
understandable to me - I wrote about same things, 
I had same feelings. I'm not doing this anymore for 
a long, long time, but sometimes I live through my 
memories and like sadness leaves a trace 
in my mind.
  
Good bye and have a great day!!!
My best regards, O.K.(this is my initials)

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Hello,
I visited your site, and was impressed by your enthusiasm 
for the medium. Good luck with it,
Robert 


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Subject: Your home page.

Hi.    
I found your post in the newsgroups and thought
I would check out you site.  I liked it very much.  
I'm really not a great lover of poetry but I have 
always thought that if I tried I could write
something nice. I like how your poems seemed to 
deal with current issues.
 
To me, what little contemporary poetry I have 
read rarely expresses reality. Yours seem to though.  
I got the impression that if I were to write
something it would be similar to your work.  
It is very interesting to me.
 
Anyway, thanks for the entertainment.
  
--Dan

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Subject: Just a note

I ran across your page from Cyberhopper.  Just 
finished reading "Homeless Hannah".  Great story! 
Made me think of my days on the road and being in bus
stations all over the states. I saw many Hannah's.

Take care,
Karin


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Subject: Impressed

Just read the poem CHILDREN OF THE STORM and it 
was beautiful!!
  
 --Trudy

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Subject: your thoughts

I am reading some pieces of your soul you simply 
exposed in poems.

I don't know if I will be able to say more
but it is incredible how they speak to me.

Thank you.

Just the Christmas day I spent looking for some answer,
and thanks to the lovely and missed Carl Sagan...
May your gifts enrich themselves deeper and deeper.

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