Comments on: Installment 4: Something That Didn’t Happen http://www.makinggumbo.com/2020/07/installment-4-something-that-didnt-happen/ Making Gumbo In The University Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Monique Mohr http://www.makinggumbo.com/2020/07/installment-4-something-that-didnt-happen/comment-page-1/#comment-4602 Monique Mohr Sat, 18 Jul 2020 15:57:58 +0000 http://www.makinggumbo.com/?p=1118#comment-4602 I am so enjoying your book. I listen while I walk the neighborhood in the morning. I hope this is semi-autobiographical, that some of these characters and places are based on real people and places from your childhood. If so I am enjoying getting to know you better through your story. I guess even if it is not true your voice and character are still coming through. So far, you have done a great job building interest in 'the six'. Listeners feel investing in what happens to them. That is why whatever the 'moral' of the story will have so much more meaning to me, because I care about the people in the story. I can't wait to hear what happens. I also think it is very clever to have the events in the story somewhat mirror Julius Ceasar. I love hearing about the setting, the small town and the school where the story takes place. I especially like the term 'sister fit'. I have a favorite nun Sister Renee that I will share that with. She will get a kick out of it. My family caught a few seconds of the recording before I plugged in my headphones and they were impressed with the commanding voice I of course remember from NC State. If Robert is based on you, your teen self may not have imagined that your voice would become like your description of Iron Horse's voice! I am so enjoying your book. I listen while I walk the neighborhood in the morning. I hope this is semi-autobiographical, that some of these characters and places are based on real people and places from your childhood. If so I am enjoying getting to know you better through your story. I guess even if it is not true your voice and character are still coming through.

So far, you have done a great job building interest in ‘the six’. Listeners feel investing in what happens to them. That is why whatever the ‘moral’ of the story will have so much more meaning to me, because I care about the people in the story. I can’t wait to hear what happens.

I also think it is very clever to have the events in the story somewhat mirror Julius Ceasar.

I love hearing about the setting, the small town and the school where the story takes place. I especially like the term ‘sister fit’. I have a favorite nun Sister Renee that I will share that with. She will get a kick out of it.

My family caught a few seconds of the recording before I plugged in my headphones and they were impressed with the commanding voice I of course remember from NC State. If Robert is based on you, your teen self may not have imagined that your voice would become like your description of Iron Horse’s voice!

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