The Sky's The Limit Spoilers

[Richard White]

Lonemagpie said:

Richard White said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

<--- need to add that to my business card.

Look at the amount of crud published every year that doesn't get that far. People remember the dire as well as the great...

Nah, I'm just picking on Smiley. Not everyone's going to love every story. I'm just glad he's finding more in the book than he's not enjoying. That's win in my book.

 

[Smiley]

Richard White said:

Lonemagpie said:

Richard White said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

<--- need to add that to my business card.

Look at the amount of crud published every year that doesn't get that far. People remember the dire as well as the great...

Nah, I'm just picking on Smiley. Not everyone's going to love every story. I'm just glad he's finding more in the book than he's not enjoying. That's win in my book.

"Forgettable" might have been too strong a word. I was a little frustrated at the time of that post, and that's one reason why I usually wait until I finish an entire book before posting about it. It's more accurate to say that some of these just didn't light my fire. Unless Steve and Michael totally screwed up the last story, there are no bad entries in this anthology.

EDIT: Michael and Steve did not let me down. In fact, "Meet with Triumph and Disaster" and "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You" form two halves of a great Thomas Halloway/Jean-Luc Picard story.

 

[Kevin Dilmore]

Richard White said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

<--- need to add that to my business card.

And I get to keep it on my business card for another year. :thumbsup:

Bubba D.

 

[Richard White]

Kevin Dilmore said:

Richard White said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

<--- need to add that to my business card.

And I get to keep it on my business card for another year. :thumbsup:


Bubba D.

What can I say. Us midwesterners need to stick together.

 

[MichaelS]

Smiley said:
EDIT: Michael and Steve did not let me down. In fact, "Meet with Triumph and Disaster" and "Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You" form two halves of a great Thomas Halloway/Jean-Luc Picard story.

Thanks! It's good to know that it worked the way we wanted it to work.

 

[Dayton Ward]

"Competent, but forgettable"

I think I'd like that tattoed on my thigh.

 

[JD]

Hey Dayton, long time no see.

 

[Judith Sisko]

Dayton Ward said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

I think I'd like that tattoed on my thigh.

Guys, I loved your story.

 

[Kevin Dilmore]

^ Well, we weren't going fishing for praise ("Sure we were!" "Shut up, you!") but thanks just the same. I'm sorry the story didn't work for Smiley, but the comment still was funny and I just wanted to chime in with Mr. White.

Kevin

 

[Lorraine Anderson]

So far, I've enjoyed all of the stories (and I'm almost to the end.) Great job, everybody.

 

[Lorraine Anderson]

KRAD said:

Told you it was a good story! Any story that completely holds my interest when read aloud at a morning hour when I'm struggling to stay awake due to health junk is definitely a winner.

Honestly, until I read the story aloud at Shore Leave, I really didn't have any sense of whether or not the story actually worked or not. I felt a lot better about "Four Lights" after seeing the audience respond to it so well.

Let's hope it works as well in prose...............

I wondered why I felt I had read it before! Yup, it does...

And that explains why I expected to see the line "Oh! My virus protection was updated!"

 

[KRAD]

And that explains why I expected to see the line "Oh! My virus protection was updated!"

*snarfs iced tea*

(For those listening at home, I was reading the story off my laptop, which had hooked into the hotel's wireless network, and Norton updated the virus protection while I was reading and alerted me to such in mid-read. )

 

[Man of Steel]

Dayton Ward said:
"Competent, but forgettable"

I think I'd like that tattoed on my thigh.

Welcome back to the boards Dayton. We missed ya..

Long time no see....

 

[Allyn Gibson]

"Trust Yourself When All Men Doubt You."

Guys, I got choked up at the end. Bloody well done.

 

[MichaelS]

Allyn, that is high praise indeed. Thank you very much!