Mindbender (Book) - 9/24/2016 9:05:16 AM
From this short synopsis, I can tell you are a very good writer and can create action and tension very well. While the human brain is quite remarkable and our evolved senses are quite versatile and vary between individuals, I don't believe in telepathy. That does not mean that technology may give telepathic abilities to people in the future. We don't know what the future holds.
So, I would put your novel in the category of science fantasy like so many planet hopping novels and stories these days. An allegory of current humanity problems and lessons transported into the future. From your professional reviews, Mindbender looks like a bestseller.
Ron
The Thin Path (Short Story) - 12/23/2011 5:59:57 PM
As your daughter wrote, "This one touches my heart..." It's really a beautiful story.
Father's Photo (Short Story) - 11/23/2011 4:57:56 PM
Nicely written little story. It reminded me of bits of my own childhood. Thanks for the painful memories...haha.
The Thin Path (Short Story) - 6/19/2004 1:42:15 PM
Mom,
This one touches my heart, makes me think, and remember how hard it was to move away from you. The guilt that still prods us for it.
Also, how it will feel for us when Nikki leaves us, only 4 more years she will be our little girl then she will go on to her own life. It's not fair how fast it all flies by.
Still teary-eyed, Much love and missing you~ Shell
Father's Photo (Short Story) - 5/21/2004 8:11:17 AM
sad story, roxanne; but very well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your tx. friend, karen lynn. :( >tears <
michelle is so blessed to have a mom in her life still; i lost mine 14 years ago, and i still miss her very much even now. michelle, be good to your mom while you still have her!
Father's Photo (Short Story) - 5/19/2004 8:28:45 PM
Omg, Mom! This is so sad. I was crying by the middle. You put me right in Tom's shoes. Excellent story telling.(sniff sniff)
The Adventurer (Short Story) - 5/5/2004 9:14:34 AM
Wow. You, my dear, are an excellent writer!
I found this not only descriptive, but also, filled with depth and meaning. I hardly know how to explain what I'm trying to say. I only know that this is excellent work. THIS is the kind of work I aspire to produce. Thank you!
You might consider moving this story to either the "Spirituality" or "Mainstream" category - I think you'd get more of an audience that way.
Blessings,
Tami
The Adventurer (Short Story) - 4/28/2004 8:38:24 AM
Nice write, Roxanne! Enjoyed!
(((HUGS))) and love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Pumpkin and Lilac (Short Story) - 4/14/2004 5:34:01 PM
so innocent children are about such things; but they know more than we may realize! sad, heart tugging story! (((HUGS))) and much love, your tx. friend, karen lynn. :( >tears <
The Roach (Short Story) - 4/12/2004 8:12:47 AM
ick. i hate roaches!! i see them here in texas; but thank god not too often in our apartment; every month, an exterminator comes to spray the apartments we live in, so whatever bugs we see are very few and far between. at least this is the case in OUR place; other places have more. harrowing story!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your roach-hatin' texas friend, karen lynn. :(
what's worse than roaches are those DANGED water bugs! they give me the CREEEEEEEEEEEEEPS! *cringing*
The Thin Path (Short Story) - 4/7/2004 12:55:12 PM
nice story, roxanne! (((HUGS))) and love, your tx. friend, karen lynn. :D
The Big Picture (Poetry) - 4/28/2016 9:39:56 AM
Short but very meaningful, Roxanne. Love, peace, and best wishes to you,
Regis
The Big Picture (Poetry) - 5/5/2011 7:24:18 AM
Like this and it is all too real for most of us. We tend to focus on the task at hand and wear blinders to all that is going on around us...often until it is too late.
fee
soldier (Poetry) - 11/12/2009 8:40:13 AM
Horrible to contemplate. Your poem is a timely reminder of the reality of what it can mean to be a soldier. Thank you.
soldier (Poetry) - 11/12/2009 3:27:10 AM
A well written piece.take care
soldier (Poetry) - 11/11/2009 10:57:46 AM
Thanks, Karla.
soldier (Poetry) - 11/10/2009 6:15:53 AM
The horrors of war, the sacrifice of those who've given their all in battle, the repercussions of coming home, wounded from the fight: effectively penned, Roxanne. Thank you for remembering those who serve(d).
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla (USAF, '83-'85)
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 10/17/2005 11:44:24 AM
God. It's beautiful how the "Smolens" are all connected. But this poem is a gem and most meaningful. Thank you for sharing your gift. Love and peace to you.
Regis
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/24/2004 6:53:15 PM
Mom, I liked it alot. Love the complexity of it! Great Job.
Love you bunches,
Shell
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/17/2004 8:19:10 AM
wonderful poem, roxanne! well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :(
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 8:54:05 PM
Well done, Roxanne. You captured the setting perfectly.
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 9:30:32 AM
and it was a gift, just as this lovely poem is to us.
Continuance (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 8:47:23 AM
Roxanne, you have amazing talent. You are clearly in the top 1% of this place. I am smoldering with this emotion! Thanks...
Wanting (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 8:45:13 AM
Oh what a moment!
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 8:26:53 AM
Roxanne,
This poem belies description. It is the essence of poetry! So much vision, depth, color, emotion, and intention all wrapped together in so few, yet well chosen words. Truly wonderful work!!!
Retirement Home (Poetry) - 9/16/2004 6:14:06 AM
This poem is a gift. An insight to the sadness of nursing homes. Well done.
Lisa
Therapy (Poetry) - 9/6/2004 11:34:18 AM
Mom, I like your format here different than usual. Again the depth of your words brings you to the spirit of the healing, feel better! love and light and missing you bunches! Shell
Frances (Poetry) - 9/6/2004 11:31:18 AM
Mom, This is intense and mysterious just like the storm I like it.
The chainsaw vibe and sound adds a great depth of perception.
Good work! Love and miss you & glad as is well. Talk to you soon love & light! Shell
Frances (Poetry) - 9/6/2004 10:49:22 AM
This reads like a moment in the news. Nicely done.
Frances (Poetry) - 9/6/2004 9:53:33 AM
I'm not sure how to comment on this. I fail to see the purpose or the statement that was made with a purpose on this poem, except in my mind I could hear the chainsaws.
Today is not one of my days for a concise critique. Perhaps I'm just not too bright today.
Sandie May Angel
Origami (Poetry) - 8/11/2004 8:01:30 PM
love haiku
and the one and only origami I can do :)
my daughter does a lot more
both are beautiful art forms
well done
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/11/2004 4:05:09 PM
OUCh that had to be painful.... Good encouragemnt from the poem....
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/11/2004 11:22:55 AM
My deepest thanks to everyone who sent me their best wishes. How can I help but feel better?
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/9/2004 6:32:31 PM
What an inspiring write, Roxanne. Please take good care and mend quickly! My thought and prayers are with you.
Hugs,
Tami
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/9/2004 11:56:38 AM
OUCH! So sorry to hear of your injuries; here's hoping you are on the mend and back to full speed soon! Love the format! Well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend, Karen Lynn in Texas. :(
Am recovering myself; had a nasty sinus infection. UCH!
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/9/2004 11:22:09 AM
Great write.
"I suffer
less of the pain
than of the knowing"
I love the depth of those lines. It is nice to read you again. You have been missed. I hope a speedy recovery is yours.
Therapy (Poetry) - 8/9/2004 11:13:10 AM
(((roxanne)))
OW--hope you're feeling better soon! you will rise, stronger than before
excellent write--
(((HUGS))) and love, karla.
and i thought a pinched nerve was painful--ow, ow, ow...
Not Even Time (Poetry) - 6/19/2004 1:34:13 PM
Mom,
I agree, while reading this it does paint a portrait. I love the line about the long bodied insects, this adds movement to the paint but only breifly. Really beautiful SAVING IT! Love ~Shell
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/19/2004 1:30:03 PM
Mom, Intresting form and subject,I like it very much. Love you~Shell
Her Father's Eyes (Poetry) - 6/19/2004 1:26:49 PM
Wow, this is so intense! A great write, very fluid and driving you to read on. Love ya~ Shell
Her Father's Eyes (Poetry) - 6/18/2004 2:33:09 PM
(((roxanne)))
powerful, heartwrending write--the repitative "her father's face, her father's eyes" just enhance the drama--vividly described--BRAVA!
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(
Her Father's Eyes (Poetry) - 6/18/2004 10:24:12 AM
A wonderful, free-flowing, well-composed write - greatly enjoyed!
Her Father's Eyes (Poetry) - 6/17/2004 5:37:18 PM
This is a beautiful write. Excellent images.
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/14/2004 1:36:18 PM
Ok very interesting style as I have dome my double take here and see it fitting in nicely.
Very intersting and something I might try down the road
Tommy
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/12/2004 9:30:14 AM
Original in form and captivating overall. Thank you for this offering, Roxanne. Love and peace. Regis
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/12/2004 3:54:02 AM
I like your form here. It really holds my attention.
M.Rose
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/11/2004 10:31:05 PM
Wonderfully creative. Love the style as well as the content. Great job.
Final Harvest (Poetry) - 6/11/2004 8:46:15 PM
excellent! i like the format and motif ...
Wanting (Poetry) - 6/6/2004 1:04:49 PM
This is so much deeper than cold feet, love the sensation differences here, great write. Blessings~Shell
Origami (Poetry) - 6/6/2004 1:01:47 PM
now folded in time, love it! Blessings~Shell
Desert Rain (haiku) (Poetry) - 6/6/2004 1:00:41 PM
nice one Mom, I too wish I could write these, still trying
Blessings~Shell
Desert Rain (haiku) (Poetry) - 6/2/2004 12:28:01 PM
Having lived nearly 3 years in the desert, I must say, very well done...I much prefer my eastern living though :)
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/28/2004 5:26:47 PM
This provides the reader a beautiful, peaceful image. Nicely done.
Origami (Poetry) - 5/28/2004 4:04:00 AM
Lovely write, has a mystic quality.
Wanting (Poetry) - 5/26/2004 8:44:29 AM
Cold feet can be a good thing. Wonderful poetic insight.
Origami (Poetry) - 5/26/2004 8:43:41 AM
Wonderful description. Enjoyed.
Origami (Poetry) - 5/25/2004 8:29:01 AM
Roxanne, nice Haiku. Very well thought out and written.
Wanting (Poetry) - 5/25/2004 8:05:19 AM
Oh Roxanne, wanting, needing, loving touching must go on till those feet get warm - you vixen you. Bill
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/25/2004 6:55:15 AM
First of all, I love the dynamic name Roxanne. If I analyze it I find a firm, but gentle sound to it; frome someone who is one with the universe and writes from the heart to produce succinct poems like this one. Be good, be kind, go softly with the wind till we meet again. Bill (wolfman kojak) Oooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh!
p.s. Come over to my lair sometime
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/23/2004 2:17:13 PM
Super here as the pic matches the words
Tommy
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/23/2004 6:31:21 AM
Mom, so lovely, I love your haikus!
They say so much with so few words.
The depths the words strike is incredible.
Merry Met! Love, Shel
Retrospect (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/23/2004 6:27:06 AM
Mom, simple beautifully vivid with the picture~ exquisite!
Makes you want to reflect to enjoy the sunny spots.
Brightest Blessings! Shel
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/23/2004 6:04:17 AM
I like the subtle message in this. Beautiful work, Roxanne. Thank you.
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/22/2004 5:50:29 PM
Nice poem, Roxanne.
~ Sandie Angel a.k.a. May Lu ~
Persistence (haiku) (Poetry) - 5/22/2004 5:45:14 PM
Excellent
You are an inspiration
God Bless
Michelle~
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 5/19/2004 9:16:17 AM
writers block seems to be a theme for many a writer.
Well done :)
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 5/18/2004 7:29:28 PM
Some great lines. I especially like, "give
it part of me" and "It doesn't know
when I am done it will be just as blank."
Nicely done.
Night Time (Poetry) - 5/18/2004 7:26:07 PM
You capture the expression of fear perfectly. Great write.
No One (Poetry) - 5/18/2004 6:41:03 PM
So much truth here about when we are alone.
each time I read this the message became even more clear to me.
Thank you
Tommy
Night Time (Poetry) - 5/16/2004 6:29:02 PM
This is so intence...brings you back to those nights after watching a scarry movie, all alone! Your words are riviting Love it!
Night Time (Poetry) - 5/14/2004 9:49:10 PM
Roxanne, this poem held me riveted by the intensity of the fear inside it. Your poetry brings light into your words. I really, really loved to read you. Hugs Bill Murray
Night Time (Poetry) - 5/9/2004 9:53:56 AM
Good write!!!
Too Late (Poetry) - 5/5/2004 8:55:35 AM
Oh, THIS is good. Thank you.
Papa (Poetry) - 5/5/2004 8:50:42 AM
Beautiful work, well expressed.
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 5/5/2004 8:48:28 AM
"It doesn't know when I am done" <-- excellent line!
Night Time (Poetry) - 5/5/2004 8:46:43 AM
The fear here, apparent. This is good work, Roxanne. Good to read you.
Tami
Night Time (Poetry) - 4/29/2004 4:36:33 PM
Raw fear, at times too scary to read on.
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 4/29/2004 2:45:32 AM
I wondered what happened to my baby photos,great write.
Blessings to you,
Charlie
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 4/27/2004 9:03:21 PM
that's what happens when you write with disappearing ink ...
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 4/27/2004 7:00:26 PM
hot shit
Blank Verse (Poetry) - 4/27/2004 6:14:45 PM
I love the photo! very humorous.
There's something special about the way you recited this verse. Almost as though the words echoed from the page.
Well penned thoughts. Lisa
No One (Poetry) - 4/20/2004 9:24:41 AM
I can relate this.....such a realistic write....excellent!!!!!
No One (Poetry) - 4/19/2004 5:06:28 PM
Realization......is sometimes too hard to except, but with it comes wisdom........well done........pax A
No One (Poetry) - 4/19/2004 4:35:17 PM
excellent write, roxanne! (((HUGS))) and much love, your texas friend, karen lynn. :)
Going Home (Poetry) - 4/17/2004 11:42:57 PM
You paint this so well that I feel I am there. Thank you for this creative tapestry, Roxanne. Love and peace. Regis
Going Home (Poetry) - 4/14/2004 4:01:16 PM
wonderful description, so vivid i could see it clearly. you have a knack for story telling
Papa (Poetry) - 4/8/2004 7:40:34 PM
This is the kind of poem that reminds me of my grandfather when I saw him work. You've brought back a nice memory for me.
Papa (Poetry) - 4/8/2004 7:31:54 PM
Beautiful poetry Roxanne....I'll be reading back through your work when I've a chance. :)
Ty, Dani
Dark Horizon (Poetry) - 4/8/2004 1:23:02 PM
great write
Dark Horizon (Poetry) - 4/7/2004 6:59:09 PM
Heartfelt, beautiful sentiments and meaning. Thank you, Roxanne. Love and peace to you. Regis
Dark Horizon (Poetry) - 4/7/2004 6:39:21 PM
This was so lovely and deeply moving, such memories,
Reindeer
Dark Horizon (Poetry) - 4/7/2004 5:50:17 PM
Roxanne, It is fortunate for the world that the heart knows not blindness.
I can almost hear the song of the gulls and the love that inspired it.
Thanks for sharing this,
Mark
Dark Horizon (Poetry) - 4/7/2004 5:47:13 PM
Great write. It brought back a lot of memories to me. I think I know that place.
Not Even Time (Poetry) - 4/3/2004 12:19:03 PM
I agree with Anne. You paint a perfect portrait, Roxanne. Love and peace to you. Regis
One Frozen Moment (Poetry) - 4/2/2004 8:01:34 PM
Beautiful writing...welcome to AD......
ty, Dani
Not Even Time (Poetry) - 4/2/2004 7:46:34 PM
perfect
