Comments on: THE COLLECTOR OF SHINY • by Sara Crowley http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/ The once a day flash fiction magazine. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Zoe http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/comment-page-1/#comment-16720 Zoe Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:37:19 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/#comment-16720 Chris, at least take the time to proofread your comment. That 'ugh' should have a cap. Although actually, it has no place in the discussion, as Tania and Julia have pointed out. Chris, at least take the time to proofread your comment. That ‘ugh’ should have a cap. Although actually, it has no place in the discussion, as Tania and Julia have pointed out.

]]> By: Julia B http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/comment-page-1/#comment-16714 Julia B Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:18:30 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/#comment-16714 Tania. I was just thinking the same thing. The cooking and washing is an ongoing act of daily repetition...so present tense is perfectly correct. Chris at least check your grammatical knowledge and read the piece carefully before lambasting a good writer. Double ugh. Tania. I was just thinking the same thing. The cooking and washing is an ongoing act of daily repetition…so present tense is perfectly correct.

Chris at least check your grammatical knowledge and read the piece carefully before lambasting a good writer. Double ugh.

]]> By: Tania Hershman http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/comment-page-1/#comment-16711 Tania Hershman Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:56:35 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/#comment-16711 Beautiful flash, loved it - and absolutely no problem with the tenses, it's all in the present tense, they are still together, she is still not cooking him dinner or managing to wash the dishes, Chris - don't consign this relationship to the past too soon! Beautiful flash, loved it – and absolutely no problem with the tenses, it’s all in the present tense, they are still together, she is still not cooking him dinner or managing to wash the dishes, Chris – don’t consign this relationship to the past too soon!

]]> By: Chris http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/comment-page-1/#comment-16703 Chris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:12:17 +0000 http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-collector-of-shiny-by-sara-crowley/#comment-16703 I lurched to a halt after you couldn't marry your tenses up - "I never once cookED him dinner or manageD to wash the dishes" And so will any editor or reader. At least take the time to proofread your work. ugh. I lurched to a halt after you couldn’t marry your tenses up – “I never once cookED him dinner or manageD to wash the dishes”

And so will any editor or reader. At least take the time to proofread your work. ugh.

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