tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post8662982781542895957..comments2024-02-22T07:47:22.661-05:00Comments on The Bathroom Monologues: 'L' is for 'Lonely Giant.'John Wiswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-7182719157137842882013-04-15T11:51:33.040-04:002013-04-15T11:51:33.040-04:00Just like the German rocket scientists...Just like the German rocket scientists...Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-32821058642891286572013-04-15T10:53:13.941-04:002013-04-15T10:53:13.941-04:00This sounds like the perfect setting for all sorts...This sounds like the perfect setting for all sorts of plot twists and character introductions. It's like a petri dish in a lap just primed to grow new things. Great choice.Bevimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924337684790883853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-2442550297521539072013-04-15T00:24:03.670-04:002013-04-15T00:24:03.670-04:00I love these posts. The Lonely Giant Prison Conspi...I love these posts. The Lonely Giant Prison Conspiracy ~ A classic government cover-up.Dan Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552898424225163279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-7700762937804764682013-04-14T09:31:38.976-04:002013-04-14T09:31:38.976-04:00High Fantasy is a fair label, and it's definit...High Fantasy is a fair label, and it's definitely Secondary World Fantasy. The A-post on the various apocalypses that have scoured the world is the best way of understanding it.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-73058781184732170042013-04-14T03:54:45.684-04:002013-04-14T03:54:45.684-04:00The Lonely Giant is a neat name for a fictional pr...The Lonely Giant is a neat name for a fictional prison. Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912167351889969855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-68221195592478025292013-04-14T02:19:14.038-04:002013-04-14T02:19:14.038-04:00"Some critics have had to be imprisioned"..."Some critics have had to be imprisioned" - Love it!<br /><br />I have to admit, proving that they can contain the monsters probably is more useful to an empire than killing them. If they killed them, the people would no longer feel that they needed to be protected from them!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rinellegrey.com" rel="nofollow">Rinelle Grey</a> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05651744055513494283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-24267938355341662582013-04-14T01:30:14.256-04:002013-04-14T01:30:14.256-04:00I wouldn't want to live there. Great piece.I wouldn't want to live there. Great piece. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-7092667728858609482013-04-13T22:13:56.523-04:002013-04-13T22:13:56.523-04:00Love the last line! But my favorite part is that t...Love the last line! But my favorite part is that there are plants imprisoned in The Lonely Giant, too. Living in the South with aggressive kudzu, it's about time someone showed those leafy green things who's boss! Jocelyn Rishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141176507423961390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-3817244556046538112013-04-13T17:38:37.508-04:002013-04-13T17:38:37.508-04:00Sounds like a time bomb waiting to explode.Sounds like a time bomb waiting to explode.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-19631353427362632552013-04-13T15:40:26.031-04:002013-04-13T15:40:26.031-04:00If I lived in the Empire of Gold and Jade, I'd...If I lived in the Empire of Gold and Jade, I'd be forever grateful for the lonely giant!Heidi Mannanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977089185982591577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-41985813212889865512013-04-13T15:24:46.887-04:002013-04-13T15:24:46.887-04:00Interesting premise. I this modern or high fantasy...Interesting premise. I this modern or high fantasy?Noree Cosperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07749231416433716462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-23686611989726039162013-04-13T14:49:47.069-04:002013-04-13T14:49:47.069-04:00No, thank you! That was so sweet of you to say.No, thank you! That was so sweet of you to say.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-1665900372099647632013-04-13T14:49:31.272-04:002013-04-13T14:49:31.272-04:00I've written at least one! Hope to have it ava...I've written at least one! Hope to have it available sooner than later...John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-59233716925508102562013-04-13T14:49:01.997-04:002013-04-13T14:49:01.997-04:00The tentative appeal of a free press, not unlike w...The tentative appeal of a free press, not unlike what the post-Stalin regime and Trotsky experienced. Solzhenitsyn is a hero of mine.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-42735216908840263462013-04-13T14:48:12.669-04:002013-04-13T14:48:12.669-04:00Happy to have you over. This is not from a novel, ...Happy to have you over. This is not from a novel, but does describe the setting of The House That Nobody Built. My A-to-Z theme has been exploring world-building.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-65765824150286119162013-04-13T14:34:50.039-04:002013-04-13T14:34:50.039-04:00Actually, that's the plot of my first novel. I...Actually, that's the plot of my first novel. I'm querying it right now, and I hope you'll be able to read what happens sooner than later.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-91967964419080741152013-04-13T14:22:34.140-04:002013-04-13T14:22:34.140-04:00Cool post, John - making me want to write Fantasy....Cool post, John - making me want to write Fantasy. Great stuff. <br /><br />Keep going - from another avid A to Z challenger. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-34330899359295840402013-04-13T13:56:01.716-04:002013-04-13T13:56:01.716-04:00At least they are far away from civilization.
KaT...At least they are far away from civilization.<br /><br />KaTy Did at: <a href="http://www.lifesrideasiseeit.com/" rel="nofollow">Life's Ride As I See It</a><br />Kathleen Jennettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527996189920596997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-15777469902695561602013-04-13T13:31:48.953-04:002013-04-13T13:31:48.953-04:00This sort of makes me think of a fantasy Guantanam...This sort of makes me think of a fantasy Guantanamo Bay. The last paragraph is the best, with the hint that technologies may have come from these very monsters. Cool.Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-28212796835182028782013-04-13T12:42:09.956-04:002013-04-13T12:42:09.956-04:00And what happens if those monsters escape?And what happens if those monsters escape?L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-25014751002306465732013-04-13T12:31:34.802-04:002013-04-13T12:31:34.802-04:00Between this and Jangs the Sphere, I could see mys...Between this and Jangs the Sphere, I could see myself reading an entire book on the hidden workings of the Empire of Gold and Jade.Pat M. Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241691415547200846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-73116503322963736892013-04-13T12:30:25.147-04:002013-04-13T12:30:25.147-04:00I love the Lonely Giant! Thanks for writing more a...I love the Lonely Giant! Thanks for writing more about it. <br />You are quite amazing and the Lonely Giant is one super example of your immaculate prowess in the way in which you write.<br />Thanks!<br />jeanJean Katherine Baldridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497992193034414806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-84507336362294055942013-04-13T11:25:34.450-04:002013-04-13T11:25:34.450-04:00Very interesting. Makes me wonder what's going...Very interesting. Makes me wonder what's going on inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-66041010115098377212013-04-13T10:35:34.967-04:002013-04-13T10:35:34.967-04:00The Lonely Giant sounds eerie. Definitely a conspi...The Lonely Giant sounds eerie. Definitely a conspiracy going on if the critics have to be imprisoned there too. Sounds like a whole book could be written just off this place.Charissahttp://www.joyinthemoments.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3337042377966398742.post-11511058166672493132013-04-13T10:29:56.448-04:002013-04-13T10:29:56.448-04:00Love the world-building you've got going here!...Love the world-building you've got going here! Fascinating prisoners and, yes, why would the government kill its prisoners when there might be information and secrets to be garnered? :)<br /><br /><a href="http://lauraeno.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Laura Eno – A Shift in Dimensions</a>Laura Enohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09982794146667832204noreply@blogger.com