hey, look at me. Getting not one but two mentions in ERWA this month. I admit it, I got all girly and felt a little weepy when I read them back to back.
"Still Life" by Sommer Marsden (always a writer to watch) involves a woman's epiphany about her troubled relationship with herself. The man in her life is willing to go far out of his way to give her what she claims to want—but that is not enough. The visual image of the female narrator, a model, posing motionless in a roomful of plastic mannequins where her man has brought the "real" girl he just picked up is one of the most memorable in this anthology. This story raises questions about the differences between reality and media-driven fantasy that will resonate with any woman who has ever felt pressured to look and behave in certain ways.And Re: my story "Thrift Store Whore" in Please, Ma'am Ashley Lister has this to say:
Take, for instance, Sommer Marsden’s ‘Thrift Store Whore.’ Sommer Marsden is an accomplished short story teller and ‘Thrift Store Whore’ is replete with her trademark combination of quality fiction set sizzling by detailed, delightful sex. The central conflict in this story is the narrator’s need to be obedient to his partner, even when his partner makes demands that go beyond being reasonable.
So big, huge, tearful thanks to them and you can read all this month's reviews here.
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Yay!
And now I have "she's always a writer to watch" going through my head, to the tune of Billy Joel.
hmm. can't quite grasp that tune in my noggin...i'm not that musically diversive I fear. but thank you! :D
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I actually hate the song ("She's Always a Woman [to me]"), in its original form. But I like the version that's about you. : )
Oh...now i have it. I remember that song. lol. i like my version better, too. but don't tell billy ;)
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